vwwrW' WH WR? gag1'.'-"" vyr r t it t mVXV1yP' fa. -1 ' ' :'', 10 y'l.1 PITllMn i.unftHn rmiPASV .. , ..,..... ..... .... . U CYItUS II. K. Cl'nTIS, Pbbkidbst . Cnirltfll, I.udlnitlnn. Vice Ppilm. John c ,f'rtln. Treurr I'liarles A Tyler 8fretar 'l'lilllp 8. rulllnn John II Wlillnms John .. gtlHirireon, Gcorgti I. Uotdmmlh, LUvlJ K. SmiLy, ftlrtcteri, KDlTullt.w. tlOAllTi . Ctaes It. K (.inns Chairman PAVID K. SMILEY mitor JOHN' C. MAIITtV .0nrl,lHnitin.'iMiiniiirir l'ubllhd dally nt Polio LrnuM Hulldlnp liidi",ndni-e 8qunrf, l'hll(nllphl Atlantic i'itt Prtm-VHion Itiulillng Nrw TotK. . nill .Ma,t..n .it.- JXrrnoiT . . Till ford nuil.llt j; fir. Loci 013 OtohflVmocrtjI nodding cnioAuo . . i ang rnbunt nuiMing xbwh in.nr.Ai-". TYiiiiiNoiON OcniMt, N K. Cor 'onngIvanla .vr. itnt Mtn Hi ftT YOBK lltllEtt . , Tho Hun Uu .Urn; London lii-nut, London rtmca HrilHVHlPTti'N 1 CltM.x The BtrM.su l'tuiir I.gkicii Is prviil to ui- ffti. arriDen In rhllad" phla uml surrounding t.nvns Hf1' ?' ' raU of twelve ''- i-nts rei vt.ck, pajivhl IK? . Mo tho.cirrler A "."' " PolM oiitl Of PhlllilrlflilA ll if United 8lRt.it . Hindu, or United snititi !.. i1i!22?' ,Ppl''CO fr.. Cftt 150) ceiila rer month. " dollars tier r ratable In nilt.inr To all foreign ciintun, one (II) dollar .1 month .. 0T'9E HUhfcrlberi nlhlng a ldre.t ehngej BlUit live old tin well i,n new nddrejn BE1.L,. iOQQ VTALMT M'TOM. MAIN J000 ly Aildrtl.i all copnmunlcmliyni to .'fntlnj I'ubtlc tjldper. nrfrpmrferir-' sVjuiir. , PniMielphin Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED MESS Is cscluswrly t filled (o the nt' 'or ri-jnihuea'to'i n n'l n-o i ujKitcit ermtftnl if or mif nfVm ne rmiovil tn tM paptr, ond nMo the tctcal mi publiinni thtrrin. All rtaht.1 of rrtwhnratlau o iprcfol ditpatehrs reln ore nltn reei-td. -- Philadelphia. Tue.day. Much 1. I"!! THAT PALACE AGAIN IN TIIK piit, ttln'ii tlicrt' ttorf citi-n with uni'liiiiigrnbli mlnN to tli-u trolloy cars with nlnrin. to stiwr at n lichti mid dodbt the utility of npliiilt l:tpn.nTs' suits. instituted, to rcstrl" t tl 11p11dlt11re ! puh- lic monej , tero oftnn n nuisiiiiee. Hut ill winds lilnu cond now and ihrn mid tlieri1 is no rule that ennnot work both wtij- The eontemplnti'd suits to hiilt .ludsr Brown's Mdictni' for n paliuv of ju.-tior will (itone for tin uiinojnin'cs f muny nimilnr actions If tills lutt'sr plan for a trcasmj taid Is frustrated. And frustrated it probably will be. Ivt-n n Ioiir delay would b n good thing. The Vnro-Hrown Ciinninehnni eombltie i a new mnrhine mode of old parts, it has teen repaired and repainted, polished and overhauled. It has a new top and side cur tains and good tires It needs onlj oil and gasoline for n long loyride and money to buy food and drink for the pa.sM'nijers. A taxpayers' suit etierKeticnlh pushed Is all that is needed to keep it permanent!) where it belones. That i in the garage. OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY tl I JUST put the bonds in tnj poeket and walked out," said the youth who tied from a Chicago bauk where he was emploted with almost ,7fl0.l)(in m negotiable bond-. But banking can lmrdly be as informal in Chicago as that fearful statement would imply. There is -ome justice in the i rit icism of the occasional banker who ntni'-ts the handling of tast sums of other people's money to young men emploted at small wages. But ft bank that puts temptation in the way of its cmplotrs usually takes care to make n fall from griwe dimVult or impos sible. How many embezzlers steal he-aue of Actual want or low wages.' Their number could be counted on the lingers of one hand at the end of ever lite year. People who eteal money in quantity yearn for more than food and clothes and ordinary comfort-. They want to hit it up on lirn.idwny The nant to play the races or but a tl) t iot"--car or diamonds for somebody or go lo Europe. THE WORLD'S HARDEST JOB Tl' USKI) to be stid that Mr Harding would have to shoulder a yh as hcavr as that under which Mr Wilson broke down. The prophecy needs revision Mr. Hard ing's term in the Whiti- House t likely to be even more tr)iug than the term ot his predecessor. The whole world is at Ion,, ends and i Js to Washington that most people tinaliv will turn for aid, guidnme and the solution of Vroblems treated by the follv, greed and vain ambitions of powerful bureiricrats who have lieeu mishandling the niTnirs of the old world since the armistice wa signed Tew of the schemes of settlement i ropoved can be rnlied without the nmr'il support of the United State? and without our en opera lion the peace form- imposed on the li-rmuns may prove to be Mttle l'ti'T than a scrap of paper. Yet then are Allied state, mi n who have been blindlt doiiu" 'loor best to make a T.eague of Nations srei.i ,nd sirnldv t.p th.' L'nitcd States. The ultimate n oisnis i.nc.it buve been Sir. Wilson's bud tli- plans drawn at Ver sailles beep worked out Vow ir is the Ke publican administrati.i-i rl.n' will '..:i.e : liear the wtight if respmisibilirt '' dc istons (is weiyht) as ni.t tr nui'le in tin w.jrn. DEVASTATED AMERICA Wl'll t 1" exi.-ji' I, ' I .1 f-'ll s',,- cjogs. nth niil 1 mo nil n jn(lr about it.e streets i. c. i -ijuai ! ,v police near the i. i .i ! sM ' - i : t wr Is devoid of l!ti in m?i- i hat doned It ieavit u turo ami hvesio- it in: el ffei 'K. ''in The -( ij ii store, trtllce p n (11 the renu tilr.g tt.ii? bullets Th- condi' hows tnfit tn I'm wrecked 1 dvtuiti.i'.e tht sum ootid, M o day ninl ntr Tin. . 1 1. itv .1-1.. i.ei , I, i? n . . ' rl 'til ' .rt.!,r -l :ib. . h - Ulil..' I shot off tlir map THIS bus '.nt bee' 'iimi, chronii 1 of the I n n. i ii ant ni tt g HO WHO faities. Ir is pui t o' a lerda) bt !o' ertmr le Vest Vinriuiit. wi. i. 'lutein. I, ,.si.., ,'ik 'ti: 1" Mnrg.il.'. , f uesir i.tr t' know pomething nte.i,' tlie between mnnrs iim, Htate. made a to .r jrnor t'ortiwull tin lighting between ftriko breaki rs has Irift nt r1, preset ' a- a', op ."ii. i r ii. the n o. pant Aitb ti'ot gh H'i mis if en gU!i k'-r and profi'ssniM, e. iie.it.i-' Hi was Npeaking of tm ti'iig- .' Wi'lis Uruneh ,n Fayetto muntt where tinre lm, i ,. , ,,,. jllet of purp is. s betwi.-n t,,. lINn, ,,,) ,). wine owners -.itiii.ii i to tint tuncli . numd ii long nispeiisi,n .,' iipfMtii.t - ,u d Ir ullv U general slaughter at Mingo A court nuil jurt at Mingo is !,.. j ir to learn who started the b...itiii Tint tnay not be nole to de nie WiIIih Miami occupied brst b) ti.e stnkiis and atttrwurd by organuid strike brmkers. was sunt up regularly once a w-k fm auiinet a tear. ' nccordlug to the goternor of Went irginia At Mingo n stute of untied ne.'e ban exmti.l (dnee last June There was i ompiiri.tue pen, ,n lllt, y, v, "Virginia milling rigbnis unul nprcsntH tlvcs of the reilenitioii .,f Labor rtten.iit.,, 'to organize the inmeis Kten i,h,.- ,, ook out n unifin i aid was promntlt dU barged. A strike fnloitd and t'' oper JM calieil in on, i.f the biggest strike .irenklng orguni.ati'ius in tin muntrf Tins .'ii the Iluldwln Pelts i impnii) which mad" no secret ( i's depend, in e on gun,, ninl lln trlnsall inetbod There wee. niubuslies lind murders Men who retinoid thur jobs 111 the closed mines and outsideis bi'mgl.t jn to help tliein Uu d bi hind harm iiiIcn of sum! i ..i . . nags unii sin i t inui. mi i n n. wi-lnn at burnt liiachine guns wen bouses of the strikers, tth. from the dwellings imne, ' Jinnies, lited Ml t "lit coiiiiiiuii Tlie miners blauif tin 1 i . Is t.tta Inauiu ihu lu.ii' i ni ti. h till I1 "J ti'v'ii. ii uu abatement of flic spirit of violent and tie structite iiiilagoiiisin generated in the last six months between the emploter uml emploje groups. This is in tho heart of a couiitr that has been trying to tench Mnrope the folly of wars and tlolence am! the need for the peace of understanding The question of the open "hop is prett) costly when it Is argued b) the methods thnt bate prct ailed in West Virginia where the highly organized and aggressive effort for its inaiiiii'tiance has been in progress for the best part of n )enr with no result but kill ings, trials, deadlocks, feuds, idleness, linn gi r and the "shooting of towns off the map WHY HARDING GOES BACK TO THE OLD HOME TOWN He Evidently Wants to Get Daek the Intimate Point of View of "Just Folks" Before Taking Up His Duties as President of All the People I'TIMt eveial weeks In i'lorida in ilose J proMimtv n the wiiiltb) pleasure seekers Mr. Hauling has gone hack to Mar ion to breathe the refreshing air of the borne town for n few hours before lie lentes it for Ms enforced residei in Washington. lie is wise in doing this, for the ntinos phere of the hnme town Is more conducite to sane thinking than thnt which ont clops any other part of the oiuitr) Men and women nie not abstractions there, nor arc the that pstchological concept usually described as average liuniatiilt . The are Henri Ilobiu on. tlicgrocir; Tom Kerrigan the butcher: Jefferson ltii-liiifll. the lawyer: Mrs. Me Carfhv. the washlad) , Mar) Adniuson. the milliner, and Patlier Hubert) and I r Alli son, the two best known pastors of the faithful. In other word, the home town people are just folks. Now the most important thing for tue President to keep in mind if be would be Mici'cssful j that etert one in the 1 tilted Slates is ju-t folks. It is easy o regard them as members of labor unions and law tors, farmers and -, i,,il teachers, clerks and clergymen, but it is not the incident of diiTeleni hi cupntioii thnt differentiates men. nor is it similar met hod of earning a litlng mat iniiKes them aliki It the ('resident can hold fast to what some one has called the terrible secret that men are men he will avoid the blunder of thinking that they an- some thing else a commodity, for example, or food for cannon, or mere economic forces. It is woTth.while reminding ourselves that most of the men who have risen to promi nence in American politics have been the product of the home town: that is, the town in which men live in dose human relations anil are tunic or less familiar with the in timate affnirs of one another. Marion is such a town. Tttcnit years ago it hud unit lO.Oliu population. Mr. Harding then probably knew etery man. woman and hild in the community. And he saw the som) additional people which the town contained in 1010 enmu in, n few nt u time, ami adjust themselves t their new surroundings And now that Marion has -7,0011 population it has not become so big thnt it is Impossible for him to know some thing nbout most of the families and about the problems with which the) are struggling. As a matter of fact, the family problems of the "..'7.000 population arc the same as the problems of the families when the town had onl) noun people in it. Tb" strength of Lincoln was due m lare part to his closeness to the people, .'111 inti mate contact which he seemed through resi dence in the small town of Springfield. III. The place was little more than n country village in his tiui" lie called his neighbors bt their git en names when he met them on the strut. He had helped them settle their disputes and he hail seen them struggling with poterlt and acquiring comfortable iu- nines He learned the le-snu o thoroughly tn.it lie net i r forgot it 'I hi- is w by lie was mercit ,1 when h- was asked to pardon ,ir reprieve a Mildier sen fern ! to di nib for desertion or for sl"'P itig nt his post He did not take the mil itarj point of liew, but lie nlim.is sienied lo net as if the touug soldier were bis neigh -tor's boy. a bo) who was merelt human with Miniiin wenknessis which bad got bur. ti tungled in the meshes of n system that has no bowels i.f loinpa-sion and has nev ' t leiib'd u drop of the milk of human kind ness Andrew Jackson, rtaioil ,;,,-. to tin. wirrh ami n'ter sup) isticaied by contact with the urtifo inlities of a large town, could tun be nisl'd bt abstini tions lie carried iiw m sist.n. ' ..ti ti..- personal relation to great' r i ttremos than nn one before or sin It wits In uli . insisted that whet, u part) w- sin re-, fu! a' the polls it slioiinl pi.t its w irk'Ts in tin . ilicc. e belictnl that nn n shuunl stand by their friends This t n w limed an et'rfme hits produced per i,i. iin.s r-s ilt. but it hud Its origin m a tort hun an qmi'ity and not in an .ibstrai t th"orv H. 'ten t !,' -i :ar a- tc n-i rt 1..- own :ndit ui'iali'v ngunst that 'if John Marshal! wlnli nie S .pi-, tue I 'oi.it oldered Inn to et ersi 'IIS ft' tm ti in n ciiiitenticcis uui'ter. si,pr' tue r.mrt did not ti'i He merely sm, "That is opinio', Now 1, t him i n John MarsL.il. couidn't d" Tl nan.e ., t', iuin with n .' I din Marsl.ii i s for e o Vnil r Wiisl.iugf.iti i 'i n f.irnn or a planter ns "n i i ailed a big fiinm-r In Virginia Itnth t'i Aibi.i ses were brought up mi a farm and '. 1 ! ii firm -t l.en thi't tor. nt home llosti'i, 'l,i ir lniue-t its was imt ,, big us Mai. is h tod i.. . Mad si. n and Monroe .nr" is. in'rt fii'ti itrunr ihht Iivi.1 in large t..t a ti'l In int to Wushii g'm, as I'r. sideM Hat's and liinfie'd were butn s:i,all-"n iu n I'nte'nnd m.d the t.nniger II.irr.soii, honour 'Mine tn.ni ci'ns with a opllllltion of Loire tllllll Kill. 110(1 im, , s so mj i i ti t the) hud vitiated the in.n.e town" .I'll.. s ore Itoosevel' i- tin i.n.t I'residint e I, u i had whi aim from a gieat , itt P.ut l.n life on a ran. 1. in tin west gave him elemen'n! huuiaui'i k- p i.. st mpu'his ut.'b rs J ns im- m r kindiiin s i,r.'l e iff. .It l lt.es I!llt tl..- barn u dos. it trtivcri l nv .nfhineriiMe ri n nr asphalt iifn . .i i. iiit.it,.. tvimh un n ban huilt and Mil! a iitt--is i.i t i, f.iv irab... mil in tv huh to rnisi the d-ri .cratii virt i s A mat. Iliny go in uml nut nt !,, lmii-n f,,i a i car without sp, aku.g to lis neighbor on i Mli t side of him. The families ,,a tin same the. i i'i an iipiirtini nt house am us sirang no untitle r Us though tint lived ti thousand milts apart Tl custoinur .tin isemetits are us m. personal us the per forinaine of n phniiogruph 'I here aie i x .options of iliUISH, bllt they nifili estilhli,;, ti.e pn willing linen' of tiui .,:h! ami the u . t. Illftrv lllblt i f till' etipl. Tin I "Uie 'omii It tiii' ii. ailing ;i. isiniiliiT loiitit uiiilp is tli s.maii ,,, ,,f Ann rn en political lile b" a ie it is a homo gem mis eoinmiiiiitt of peiipiu imt disus tlotislt tlistru'te.l bt tli" inuitipli. ij i.f di torsioi.s ..n whit ii the huge tov n pt.,pit fritter uvtav ilnir in rgics 'I hce little towns produce the lein!. is n fongrcss unit in tie tute I.egisliituti s. nut bei misi. tK Uil.n there hao guuier uhilitt than the 'mn in I he large nn . but beiut.M the men of alill - lt Ml tli greut eitlls will Lit I ondesceiiij to niton st tin in- lies in politos uml u ,n ,Ull hold I'UllI ifi 'C Till l . Illl lllllke a, nn liiotii i in si, 'in ntnti' uiis Tl et ii ' .n ,1,1,1 tin ri in 'e,c' llppo lltivc c.tru c t . it i, honor ittachis -neb us an .niilm-.-u.lni .) ,j, ,, i ., ii-tnitslilp In the eahi'ict bit as u i j tile, ibii itttu tut iouttut, ivtiiu ol go i mu 1,1 . ose I .ill'U' t with w lu Ii tt .s ni' .'ssurt- to t or') W e ,; ) not -X isb to h P ing thnt i i"r.' is l.Uliiaii fe'.lou-hip in h EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, meiit to be done by tlie men who liave fewer private affairs to distract them. Mr. Harding, who was In the Senate less than six jours, has not been away from Marlon long enough to lose touch witli the people. He has not sophisticated Ids think ing with tin- Washington point of view. In his conferences with politicians during the months since election he has had nn oppor tunity to judgf. them by the standards of his own tottn and lias doubtless been able to distinguish between those who regard tlie American people as a group of men and women to be exploited and those who regard them as their fellow human beings to be pro tectul in their enjoyment of their inalienable rights to lite their life In their own wit). UNANIMOUS OI'P to Itussui, when boMicvisni wn mnelt), went a del-giitlon from ns n the Itritish Labor party to stud) 'he new creed and report on its utility . The delegation te turned disillusioned mid dismissed Leninism us an unworkable and destructlte gospel un acceptable to workers nn) where. The Herman Socialists looked for n while toward Moscow. For a time they wavered between the prospect of Soviets and what they invariably tulk of ns the economic slnvert imposed on them by the Allies. Iii the i ml. after a survey of Itiisslnn in action they decided that even slavery was to be pre ferr"d to what Russia is enduring. The Italians went further than eten the Itritish or tlnj (icrnians to satisfy their cunositt They actually displaced some of their cmplo.ters ami sovletied n few of the big maniifni turing plants nt Homo and Turin. The experiment had the dreariest sort of ending Now it is the American Federation of Labor that has denounced practical bid slievism ami urged against it the enmity and antagonism of nil trades unions. The fed eration calls Letiini' and Trotzky savage be trayers of labor. In this the labor men are right. The ordinary reactionary who desires lo tight unions and force them out of existence bus merelt iciiiriietl to the point of view of 1M0. The HoMii'iist lendeis In their treatment of those who work have returned at one leap to the middle ages. Kussia. with labor or ganized in regiments under military disci pline, without the right to object or eten ask questions, is not a spectacle likely to i beer people who seek to improve life and opportunity for wage earners SHORT CUTS March 4 this ycor is Black Friday lor Iiemocnits. Add calendar .March lirst directions: Murk tune; C'ongiess n.s it hurries is now sorry that it wasted o much valuable tunc .March huv ing come in like ii tame linn may be expei led tf go out like u crazy lamb. The one thing sere to emerge from the London conference is disappointment lor Armenia. Uncle Sam. unfortunately, mav vet pat for bis unwillingness to accept a miindute tor Armenia. It is invariably nn oil derrick that marks the place where peace is shattered in a S01.1U Amerimn republic. "liriind) Demands Lconomv in the State." Headline. Seems to be us talkntite ns th" missis, doesn't he? Senate committee indignation at Secre tary Houston will have bits of time to sim mer down nfter next Friday . The allied premiers go into tlie confer ence with no foolish idea that the titiiiifin ilelegutis are simple Simons. The war between I'osta itiea and Panama appears now to be nothing more than a Washington brain storm. The home of the Hritish prime minister is known n Chequers Court--presumably so that he mav study his next move Some of those who grow cxcit"d at the drift of modernit) are unable to differentiate bettvien n innreol and n crime wave When a politic ian says he will wait for public sentiment to crystallize he usually means lie will unit for it to stagnate. i 'rgnniers of the New nrk "Rhine Rail)" uppareiill) um unaware that we arc still technically at war with iicrmuny. Mrs. Jiiliu Willets Williams silts it is tunc fnr women to get into politics with both feet Is this un nrgunieut tor common een.se shoes' When I feel inclined to grieie ot or tli picsonoe of women in politics, mi) s Demos tl.'iios Meltinnis. I look at the men there and b'-c ome reconciled. Hi mid by pei haps, Costa Run and Panama will rculize thnt thei will uecccni-I1I1-.I, more by working together thuu 1.1 Iciek ng against ouch other Th" fad that bandits took uish but no ilis,f from two local drug stores would seem tic indicate that they have no ditheultt in getting their hooch elsewhere Pi rhaps (toveruor SU" il tines not renli.c- that the man wlm tights wins eten when ,o is liclcd and that th" man who Ids things drift loses even whin It" wins. U ii. n we read of three armed bundits bung si.bdiied nnd captured by a Philadel phia '-op who cscd nothing but his club we beg'ii to pulT up vtitu pride ill our city. '1 cc ib'co in Centrn! Amero-n mav tuich lis us n iich of the geography of that seitloii us tin I ig war taught us about Ilurupe Hut going to war is un t.xpensive via) of learning t'i'ugrapht Chicago ntticiuls are detirnuned in mnki an i Minipb of the buy who stnle S'171! 000 -a iiccri' or es iiuturnl roiutloii to the much iilvtilisnl leniency of Judge I, mulls in it previous (Tise of the kind Ambler tiltzei.s on March 1 mil hnnllv not" the fur t that a President has been in a igurattd The really lug event of that chit" will be tin- mass meeting inaugurating the campaign against th" Philadelphia Sub i.i him lias mid Klei trio Company Mrs Margaret I! Laird, member t f O.i .Sen- Jersey Legislature, says that 1 odv is dominated by u little group of wcalthv w, unen. The time mm i ome when it mtiv lo net essnry to i lei t women npresentatives in order to suie onim-ltes from the woman lio-S if she i .ses siinyrna ami Thrace sym pitnv f'-r iircece will b" tfiupcicd by the fli't Hint sin miide the first stcqi herself It, that dint tion id oterthrowing Venizelm and again receiving Coi.siantnie Venizelns stood for empire i whatever cleinocintic nuine it might be knoitn b) i , his oveithrow piovi'd lirec'iun tiinulliiigiiess to puy for it in blood nnd treusure. line of tin Jilt as for the international l.atioii of tip is ba-std on the oceanic caltles for which up whs a base "Was" is ught. i Cable coinmuiiieutioii between America and Shaiighui by way of Yap does not exist 1 luring the war tin- line wus diverted bv Japan to the Loo-ohon I'Llu-ktu) Islands I "for administrative purposes." Perhaps she , was within her rights perhaps, nuking i into the futuie, she row where "adimiiistru- tt,e pripn-is" ii igl t iiii bide giving the di- .loinuiist - "f riiloi countries the nn ri v iu- hn P.utwlier weie nor consuls and ibn'o in tt." i I - i int liet liermltted tins i I buppfii iMtiiout giviuc it yubliutj t , v A LITERARY D'ARTAGNAN ! The Career of Joseph M. 8toddart. ' ' Sadler and His Stato Road Work. Thirty-Year-Old Appeals for ' Better Highways It) fJKOUOi: NOX McCAIN JOSFP1I M. STODDART. who tiled lust week at his home In Ulkins Park, is spoken of in obituary notices ns an editor mid publisher. lie was more than that He was a literary d'Artiigtwin He dared to do things at which other anil greater publishers halted and finally de clined, lip hud faith in his own judgment. Ami it wus ii faith triumphant. His greatest achievement, I think, whs his publication of the entire ninth edition of the Lnctclopedlii Hittiinnlcii, which was followed with the Kncyclopedia Americana. It was a tremendous undertaking not alone in the domain of mechanical production but in its sine mid distribution. There were no India -paper editions in those da.vs, n ml the vnst whole was a bulk) series of volumes) of Imposing appearance. But Stotldmt made n success of it. as he did of the other lltcrury'vcntures upon which he launched. AS. 1 rciul! him thirty years ago. he was below the average height, inclined to stoutness and reserved in manner except when in the company of friends and inti mates. Along about 1SS!) and 15in "Joe" Stod dnrt wus the central figure of a little group oi literal') men, newspaper writers mid .voiing fellows with aspirations to magazine writing. Among them were Melville Phillips, author of "The Devil's Hat," then literary editor of the Press. O'Brien Moore, a cultured young Irishman, as brilliant ns he was lov able. Will Harrison, brother of Judge Har rison, who In later .venrs was n member of President Wilson's cabinet. Dr. Robert N. Keel), who n few years after went as sur geon of the lirst Peary relief expedition to the Arctic and wrote its liitnr.t . tins another member of the coterie, with "Joe" Slnnott and "Dun" Dawson, clever writer, lecturer uinlnn amateur boxer of skill and prowess. There are others whose names have faded ill the lutis-e of time. it was the custom for the coterie to gather two or three times a week at the Holly Inn. If was on Sixth street below Arch where the beer was good mid the mlddii) lunch of soup, meat, red cabbage ami various other lermnn-style viands were pronirnble for the modest price of twenty -live cents or more, according to the demand for the umber fluid. "loo" Stoddart and Melville Phillips, both brilliant men mid charming conversation ists, were the life of the party. Until were acquainted with many of the literary men nnd women of the day and each hail n rcser voir of anecdotes concerning great person -ngos that was an unfailing source of delight lo the rest of the company. Death, new fields of labor or the lue.xor able demands of n busy life gradually drew the members iiwii) in the course of n few years until rm the Holly Inn followed suit by changing hands till it reached the level of n plumber's shop. Hlf'.HWAV COMMISSIONER I.FWIS S SADLKR is in the midst of bis pre liminary plans for road building in Ib'Jl. The pokiness of the legislative routine as it concerns finances has led to some uncer tninty, but the present yenr will undoubtedly seo n greut forward movement in road con' Htruetioti. . Only those who are short-sighted 07 inex perienced criticize and find fault with the highway department nnd Its piograui with reference to economy in management A more than ordinarily intelligent up -state man remarked the other day on the subject of state labor: "There is a lot of needless expense in cer tnin state department!). There is tlie high way department ns an example. "Why don't (hey hlnn down cvirvthing when winter comes on. They can't' build roads for nt least four months, vet thei maintain a big payroll when that money should be saved." THIS critic is a fair sample of the un thinking uml inconsiderate class of his kind. Hv would have the highway commissioner Miuish to smithereens a great anil efficient organization thnt required months to perfect. He would permit engineers, superintendents, inspectors and foieineu, nil experts, to be dismissed or suspended and scattered to the four corners of the country In other words, he would wipe out the operative plant completely for four months mid nt the end of that time, th" opening of spring, begin all over again the work of re organization. By the end of summer, perhaps, the com missioner would be able to stnrt mail build ing again on 11 proper scale. The critic overlooked the fuel that all un skilled labor that can be dispensed j, during the winter is given 11 vumtion hv the tlepiutiiii'iit. There urc highways to lie kept clear of snow uml millions of dollars' worth of ma thiiieii and outfit to lie rt paired and kept in loiiiliiion. Then are (eituiii kinds of work in stone quiii lies, in the iicciimiilatiuii of material, thnt tun proceed in anticipation of the coming spring work. Above nil, then- are plans, spieilications, contractu and similar work to b" prepared that keeps the teclmli ,il .stuff busy m winter as well as in summer Ii'Hid building on 11 state wide schedule is utic'i all, n year-round job c MIVRLF.S V. HARRISON and Levi is M today of a noteworthy committee nf leading ntiiiis. thirty in number, who made n grout" efliirt thirty -one yeurs ago to imprott the roads of the stat" The statement of this fin t merely intimites th ntiniied effort, loveuug a period of at least half a centurv, to rem h thf high stand, aril of road building that bus butn iitluiticil toclllt Iii January. IMiO, thousands of Inters mid circulars were sent over the state to slimu late a move for better roads One "f these letters Itisnelj ,p.,iMt,. out the reu.scn for the deploliible'c oinlition of cm- hlgllWIiys: reasccn tliut Is us potent now us it tins then It says, ' Muih of the hi'k of appreciation of gnotl lominon roads mid of the ueiessitv for skilled engineers in their coustructinii und laaiute iiuitce is due to the vvuiit ot practical know I -edge 'en the purt of most people as to tthut constitutes n teal!) good mad and Ms no nnmie advantages over a poor one '' One nf the most powerful mid iiiflin ntml committees ever nuiii"d for liny public pur pose attached theli names to t 1 i s lettei It was known ns the coiiuiilttt" of hotter rmtds Sonic of its numbers u em, J nv Cooke, Chillies F. Remind C c Harrison. John It. Fell, tiioige Ii. Roberts, Joseph Whaitoll. (if urge W. Chillis It .' Jamison, A. J. Ciissiilt, John II. Conterhc', John Lowber Welsh. Liluard C Knight' Henry 11 Houston. Ileauteiu llnrle. Justus C. Straw bridge uml Linn C. Jay in William II. Ithavtn was chairman unci Lewis M. Ilnupt secretary. The eoniluittee tombed the city f,,r ,,, tributiolis of $10 to this "bettt;r road" fund TTUXII 1 and FNDRKDS of dollars were subscribed lor vviini purpose ...... j.... ,..--, us nrixes for the lust pap' is und mulntcnuiico 'In lie ottered us nn mull tanking The project was plae'd unihr the dire inn of Dr. William Pepper, piov.tst ,,t- (M. 1 IlU'crsltV N'oL only did the commune invite papeis upon road building, but they subsetpieiitlv organized it second comiietitlitn for the bent tlllilts of legislative bills deslgni 1 p, ,.m oit the features developed hv the hist com. petition. Tin so mav b snld to be the legitimnt" forerunners nf the now clebnitec Sprou) rutul bill under which the stute operates And the Siiroul bill, mimed nftei th. author, the fiovernor, was the lirst i,,In. plete, 1 ouiprehensive nnd workable measure conformable to modern progress (l ,(lll, building ever passed by th" Legislature Hut 1 ten this bill, and th mliii,,, iincllT WHICH II l.-e tcii- Hill.', unisf . jin proved upon winters has sv stems that i'cura WW. I he e.xpi'iii'iiie . t Uu last tu., deiiionstra: vine 11 pp tl tt ninilti f u d. of TUESDAY, MARCH 1, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN FIERCE WHILE IT LASTED" ' iivfi Mmff if InT tilff iifrfff? mm i iW v . Qriasi"lSlciair .. TjsjgTjs, a? . Jjcmn 3Hnifjffi"IBs2S .'-Si p' iUtSHHOj !f trrSGmmirn&i"' 1" -s J jiSoftrPS3-,j ,(ir , it' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks Willi Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Knoio Best JOHN L. CLARKSON On National Building Construction NATIONAL building construction in th" near future will be modeled 011 what is known as the "Philadelphia plan." which was iitloptid here at the recent four-day con ference of the consfriKtion industry, ucrotd ing to John L. Clnikson. secretary of the National F deration of Construction Indus tries, A conference will b" held in Chicago March U and H at which representatives from nil over the United States will attend, nc rording to Mr Clurkson. and where practical ninl urgent problems connected with the re habilitation of tb" bulldin:; industry vvill bo discussed unci plans mail" for ti series of conferences in many cities, nil based on that so Hiiecessfullv undertaken here. ' When the four-tlay conference which the industrial relations touiniittee of the Cluiin bcr of Commerce hold a week ago met in un effoit to get nil of the elements in the run strnotioti industry into 11 public meeting to mnke whatever concessions and statements Huv desired in the hope 'f starting in mo tion the wheels of th" construction Indus -trv." says Mr. Clurkson. "the question naturiillv 'arose as to what method would be evolved to put into 1 lTe( t the tinditiRH of that tonferenc o. Method Has Been Foil ml "This method has been found. While that industrial relations committee is busily en gaged here in arranging small group meet ings to bi ing about u solution of the housing difficulty, tin National Federation of Con struction Industries has tuken up tlie na tional phase nf the matter, and we have ar ranged a e.iiife-ronie of mpreeontnlivos from all otei- the 1 tilted States Marih U und .1 111 Chicago "There 11. will tnke the 'Philadelphia plan,' us the foundation laid in tills city lust week is now known and make nn effort to liute it repealed 111 every city of srze in the country. n thai, with every city working mi the piccblim and phming the costs of toiistrui'titcn on u sound economic basis, Phil nilelphiu's prnhliiii in the ion .traction line, in mmmnn with those of every other citv. will be teinlili snhed. The plnn is heartily liidnised by Joseph H. Defrees, president of the Chainiie i' of Comnioice of the United States. "Tin coiifonnce is designed for the pur pose of inking steps to place tin construe tion industit upon 11 more sound oooimtnii busis and to nispiie miiewed activity in such industries upon Improved oiiilitioni lie tuils of the Plan 'I he projet 1 in more detail n solves itself hugely miei setting on four the follow ing movements . "nil 'I'o plie t construction materials upon a less erratic and more substantial basis of puces than now exists in many Instances. 'tii To sit up machinery w hereby ml lustment limy be made in labor costs which will prnpoi ly ac c ml vvitfi present conditions, "it 1 To elite hep modifications in the con ditions surrounding th" liumu lug of the ton-t-tiuction industi is, which will torn! to make moie reiidt th'1 supply of funds for this class (if lllllllstl 1 nil To make impioveuo nts in the tela tions between employers and employes, which will tend t" we m 11 tli" 1 oiitiiiulty of opera, tions ami 11 iiinie satisfat tury production in onstrtictioii. "ic 1 'l'u aid emplover.s nnd contra, tors in tffeeiing such timber dellutioii of value, thioiighout the (instruction industries fund all stages ticiieof. from raw materials to finished piceluc ts' . unhiding their own titer head anil protit ns is n quirt d under presint conditions "Following the , onsiiluration i.f the ubote points. It IS lll.iposell tllllt those In fltti till - ami. at the (oiifeie no,, work out u progiuiii nhereb) 111 tinh local t niniiuiiiinti there vvill bu held CUlfeieilc 1 s between lllbol',' t lllploy ,.H mateiiHl interests, tiniiucial intuests, urchi let ts mid eiigiiiei rs for 1 In purpose ()f reach nig an uiitlerstnmling among all foucermd it huh will 1 ause ilium diatc tebaKe of , tru'ls for building construi tmn Ailtlic tu Anlilleits ' To tins t ml uiihiteits ami eiigmiei's nil! be urgid 10 list the buihliiig piojoits of thtjr 1 In llts lis follows ' 'lotul projects ,1, dolliirH already financed 01 di finitely lapable of being fimu.,., ,.,. ilivulecl into type of buildings osp, cm, , 1 it on 11 unit 00 ' nn. llsleil mtn th tlllieilis 1 .1' ipnllelit lli.lli li.ll- uml ue.ik lic-ei,e, 11. ,111 ,...,..1 .iu,., .1 ,-. 1 riiiiiiailnu j)i , i'i. nod 11- 1 in j , t i.isf hn.i f "Kni,i labor, mattnuls unq (u tuntiuctjng usse'u. 1921 bin ge thereof for submission to the buvi public on the one baud mid to the construe tion interests on the other for nitituu ncree. ment in order that all such work as can be linmiced shall promptly be released for pee. formitnce. J p'i1' j," I'ropnsed nNo that the National ledcratlon of Construction Industries u-t us 11 clearing house between these cu ,.,. nil", ,1;,ni;t,.vi,,c' "J"1 nM '"' "Kency for deal ing with interests having n national scon"" Brlggs Back Home Tinm tlie Nett Vork Tribune nIiiis,M"it('ufi,tlns tlint "niulia sbniibl turn . onl 1 ir?T l '"nierce and every other oral institution of importance to do honor nil, 1,1" "rfKS' -N" M"tesman has nn- tcntl hks nudlonre. Not even thnt greatest 1" ", 7'"",r" 'lpr"'',,. the movie actor, is n 1, "'"'."'"iTated. UU pencil spoaks ",u,r of ,l,c l'"'''' t city Cn n, ,. l,nlI,Vr,r,,' '" ,'1 1'llitP.I States and o e ,T ltu,i,,ns' ,ln, nH-pensnb!p part of the mental currency of America. foil's 1 m.r,!?LSP(,",M ,0 I1U" i0i,,,N,1 ' home which . trlnr ""n'" nnilabli- candor with ilrnnl 1 ,?v '" !',l,lr"ctC'-H of 1,1, little I- iw ) l Nr1)ras'('' need not worm. It HesLmlhil" "'I' Mr- ,,rlKKH ''H n,d iii.es nnii boIonirM tn Hmt ,.i. ,..., . tribe of human beings that inhabit ii i!rT'-.i"Mr.,iriigs,tij;: '" .vi an tlie country over that (he ISriuirs liliticii sn ,,i...... -1 " "" J'nggs In tins constantly shifting, visiting 1,01111- t;ii of ours, that reads the same n -s in its papers nnd sees tj same si 1, ws d fl.ns no matter where it dtt ells , r. " 's h-nty of local color, but onl ni. sort of human being-Auu-i lean. The" It" ggs nencl draws 0,l,in, , , l "fcS' I enci fTks"!l',?rr;v,.f;,t.t,",t,, '"-' 'ot,ts Scotland "Bone Dry"? From i, V. c,r,', tVorl, The Mutlsticnl methods which have ,ifl,, -. iii ., w 1 1-14 1 irmuii, riu A Word From Down Eatjt Krorn lli .VlancJteMi-r Union Why nbolish the down. Fast (, ,,. the peoplo Who are guilty .' it n ? ul,7,u ' he only people left on earth .!,.. ..' .." I'L1 ,"'.? to Tan.l.ertl,MlvVLcaru.;;;iyr,t.:!. stage i TIIK AUCTION TV AV upper story, ot Delmiiiii,. JL An auctioneer was selling Hiroshlges and Kvonagus. Prints delicate and rurc. Blue nnd tan and rose mid velluit (ieisbo girls und Somurni. Through them all the blue S(n shining Oi the snow cone of Fuji, " Slifll-llke against the skv Ten. ten. ten ten, ton," ten ten to,, fifteen twenti going nt tvteutt Wiit. twenty f,,r ,lllN fnmIM',v Twenty -five. thht). fr this Iliros,iK,. '"'' I orti, forty, going mm ,lt frU " ' UtS' '!.U' ,if,'fi f"lr "'iniiug.'fiitv Fifty- liftv sold for fiftv dollars' lo Mrs. Steele, them, over in the corner "''''ViVe'-' '"""'"' """ n,,nt iKJ0"r S,nrth5,nir,eli.l,,,,",r''1- T,"Vfln '"'"" "" ivto iiiuiuriii. ihmo hundred U.vonuiru. for this Four hundred, four hundred hundred. Four hundred, foir humli r I and fifty. K"ing nt fuiir four hinidii'il Ami nt 11 Thev foul muting. 11 1 den,, th, d Imt r.tis tm Ii- ,.,...,.. Mint. I. , , . ...... llll, 11 or Hoover h huiigi, iinMr,',, i) st nt Ills Aew Rochell,. . m, , . . he artist that he . I, fl prec s.'lv been,? Wifr nT, t,,C ,,nfllJri,,B "i-""" "f Pri 1 'He and her tint lntu .1.-...: 1. ,.. . - oisinii:iMS 00 milt" ' """B '" " "it It spends .s-o.ooi) 000 6 (I for liquor and onlv S:!00,(M)0,0(ih f r "l, o 1 SU.'.i.J'nT tnr, "'""""' ,l""' '"' "" rent1 Scotland spends more in six months for iil ' hoi ban for bread in fourteen. .Uread-t.. rrt"iS in'n.' (,""" i-11".'"'""! will b. ''b, : ,!:iHX"wr,l.n,, ,,"(!,mi,,,,n'n'fr puiifi III 'lllll'H IOU 1,11, im '('I,, U, u, Stillmao m the N, 1 tuxes Hvctilng Pou gSSJudi' KSS I't'rri'' - . i"w. .t.tr. ii I What Do You Know? , QUIZ 1. By whom, In addition to a marshal of 1-ranee, is a baton used? 2. Nmno the tlve Great Lakes. .1. What Is the full niimo of the author of "Mr Uritllng Sees It Through"? I. What long frontier line, partly land nnfl partly water, Is without fortifications, naval fleets and carrlsons of defense-' .'. Should the name of the llrltlsh premier be hyphenated or not' (' Distinguish between two noted contem porary men, of vlrtuullv the same ii.tme, one nn Ameilcan novelist, th other n llrltlsh polltlclnn. . Who wus Kd ward Lear"' s. Who has been designated ns nsslstant secteinry of the nuvv In President elect Harding's tablnet ' ! Who Invented the thermometer" 10. Whnt in Conernl Pershing's 0nicl.1l title" Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Miihntma Uandhl Is the head of the Hindu "Swaraj" movement, or move ment fur autonomy, which Is to 1,1 effected by withdrawal of Indians from participation In Imperial life ami from co-operation In trade, etc with Great Ilrltaln. - Guatemala City Is tho capital of Guate mala ." The "baton" In th symbol ot a mar shn of Franco It H a short wand or stick. i IMvvIn Denbv, of Michigan, Is to lit soe reury of the ravy In tho Hardin cabinet Ho served ns a gunners mate in the Spanish-American Wa and In tho marine corps In tho world war ... A number nf old Anglo-Sa-xon names ninl Institutions survlv-fl In tho stnto o Delaware. County divisions are stlM called "hundreds." Tho whipping po. Is still used ns a means of punish ment i Sir lo Drummotid llrltlsh statesmin Is chief of tho permanent secrclarla' ot tho League of Nations. Daffodils Tint came beforo the swallow d.if's and tikes The winds of .March with beautv comes from Shakespeare's "Witif's Tale" (Act IV, Scene I). S Such exceptional plurals ns man me mouse-mice are due to chances In ' ' I'ngllsh, of the vowels, which vvre affected by sound In following silla-bu-s which have been lost for cen turies although tho effect survives 'J. The "leaning tower" Is found In P Italv. Ii) A sachem was a rhleftmn among 1 Atnerloaii Indlnn Tlie word Is u now- In connection with the lenders c' Tiimmnnv Hull, ,1 political organ'z non. and also in tho nonienclatute of some fraternal orders. A Historic Slice ot Beef I- dim -i UUtled! The energetic press serviro nf the 1 nit "A States marine corps sends us u bulletin fr m Ann Arbor Mich., with the following curio if not important information "A piece of beef cooked in ISO.', is St " being inrefiilly preserved in u little slli'" pilclur by Kdwtird It. Mntiwiirlng. of tin eiiv I'bis is not being kept in anticipation of a further inemnso in the cost of beef, In t is a genuine heirloom "Seigoant Joseph linbbins. of the lliitis" royal marines, saved the piece of beef, which he was eating when assaulted with nn ax b a cook on a Fmneh vessel which had been 1 tint ii red bi Lord Nelson nf Trufulgor Th" cook misstil his aim. but the sergeant got ti beef. Sergeant linbbins was the groat-great grandfather of Lieutenant Colonel Cdword P.. Manwaiing. of the United States marine Cntps. The "Illumination" of Russia 1 nn t Win. In thi World s Work The peasant riots wete caused bv Russian conditions and ns, to a certain extent, br tin. propaganda of the Socialists. The revo lutionists piomiseil the factories lo the work men und the html of poniie-sbehlki (land owners' to the peasants, declaring that these commodities belong n, d,,. p,.,,0 by righ' uml had been unjustly tnkcu nwnv fr. m them. I he workers niituiullv rcspoiidoil with stul.i-s. while the peasants begun to puictii.. vilutt. in imitntloii of mi orator of the I roue h Itetoliition, Deputv Herr.enste'U 111 the I- list D1111111 culled "the illumination of the liiiid-ovviit'i's estates i e . they begno lo burn ami loot the putpertv of the" laud' d gently . A German's View of-Germany "Lev tlnll.ni ll.ii lot , ih VV irld VV'.,i, Of the old Piussiun parslinouloiliS s n Id citv and pious state discipline tber" n iii.iiiicd only the gigantic bninicks. R01111 iib'iui was the usurious practice of the inusn 1 "H'l'iilio ol nn Iiisiuiitiiry gold milling i-aiiip IHl sol.it Iilll'lls'l It-ill L'l.mths nf the 1 cur kill'! ulni 1 ran lil ,1 in- woist eu ti .' - i ' j iiis inrijji'nse if Pothduui, , n t"MV -'waJtiW. C" - s k. 1
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