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Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press TIIL ASSOCIATED PltHS to txeluilvel-j en filled to thr tyvr for republication of all tiet' dliHilrli'-s crnhtid to It or io( othmrlsr crnlitr,! in I'm papir. aid oljo the local nrica publmhcil therein. All ifo'iM of republication of spoclal ttlspatchet herein arc alio rrverxrd, rhlliilrldH.i. SnlurJii. March 3. 1151 JAIL FOR WRICLEY WIW'S .Inilgi' Davis sonteiicpcl MnKistnit" Wn'clov in imprisonment for thrco jenrs and to a lino of $1000 for drivini; nn mitiininbilo wlnlo inliiic;iteil nml killiiic n woninn lie no'ti'ii out n penalti hi'lt popular veiititueni will approve Popular M'titiiinnt will nNo nppiovo the remarks inailo liv the jiiileo while priumutii' trtR the veil I euro. He did not ignore the previous record of the maEi-triiti but told film tlint n 'n.in who bad injured two per on, one i..' 'li.ni bad diod. before he was Ruiltv of t lie- offense for which ho has been convicted, ought to have refrained from tr -luc to drive a motorcar. There was no maudlin sentimentality about the judce's point of view. Ho simply nlil what every one hns been tbinlclnc about the case. He insisted that tho verdict of tho jurv m in accordance with the facts. h view which is tituviTsallv bold Kvory one who has contidence courts is hopmi; (hat the justness rerdict unci intonie will be uiiheld in of the this THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS PRi:SIIi:T HAin)lN(;S mnusuval :id dress ilu!) Hi cetK-r.ilitics Thoi' w lio looked for snet ilic declarations of polii v were ilisnpiioititi'd lint after nil nn inn istirnl rddress i not mi. nded to I"' a forma! out -line of ilj proenim of ilic ndminisiration. If If indna es that the new President p r eclves the Magnitude of the task before him and is wmI grounded m the fnndamenlal primiples ot Ann ricanism, that is about as much as i an be epecteI. Judged uccordinB to t h i - test Mr. H.irdins lid well. His leinarUs were inspired bv the llind of foehnt: wh.ch is shared by the ::rout mass of the lonuiioii people of this rntintr; There was pride in it over the siii'fw of the democrat n eperinn'iit which the fathcis of Ihe republic st.irie.l There was confidence in the abllitv of the people to nicer all future lests of then- abllitv to govern themselves. There was appreciation of the zramv of the issues which the ivw administration must meet. And then1 was that iiorc"t failh in H I Usher Power which U lielittin; in tie ehlnf ovoiiitiNo of n Christian tiltion The ilefmiie suggestions absent fr"tn t.i" address an I iU h to npp'-nr m the fli-f mes snge to t'on;re wi i 1 !" to be called in special session n the near fiture, ami it i cotimlenth inctid ih.p thev wi'l ji.lilv the round' to o vvhnli the . mmt-r has in the anitv and wisilmn of is tvu I'resi'l. m THE RIGHT WAY TO TALK Li.i nn i.i.i ii;i.i. .s. ! p ill legates ntl' lldillg Hie feience li I.. .i, ..ii u.. '.. said that I. All's n. ,,i , mission U I .- 1 1 i,i' v I i.r war lie. aiii .n1 Hi' i i " 1 1 tlo ( .i mi 'i i- n"i s !o fie I'.irnlii' t!i. i".:' i-t "ii i n an , ..ii II" i.l 1 l i" i 1 d'li .1.1V' , ll'l'l n; tl i ir i on ii i iiof ".I s.,', I'll r pro gales he .i-P rn llol icflile llll'l nor ie t'TUIs roRpotisiliil't v 1 v ii , day to mi ii,. i i . i ,,rt iiindo Hi A ' - " .' I. Indeiiinii n s .. posnN iiiiiiI" describ"! a tion." II. ' in good I. ii made an. -i of the pi'iii . These -... are justified look as 1 1 i force i in. nt mid con -lei i are w ulim tl. - -ic'ii l.v tl IIM I 11' II na i i. i nvi an no v i re ' I' ' nmnv I .Iri ' I ii' l'i MV I' . I IVi.il . lit III.' I' l'i .111- I t It III" b"K lis t meat .' . r s, r s. ' .llH'lls , sin i ri III ji In ' I v " i.n nnv Til. v 'OSt 1'f i nihil r part of iliistne. want in order to ir' ii He Ptai III" , ot t .1' sf lb -'1 p.. I.' oi- a-1 I' ; ' ' ..iid . . Iaye i n' i - .ind t ''Mis a ,d I I I I.I : .IS." - ll to ) limpet" vv I They are ti.c . this would t.il try. Itui ' .' i ileterminati o extent .' ' . i this now ! i ! 1 d i . t'.-Xlole lllll f t ' tl' 'I I I I 'Ki t" t THE FACTS IN THE CASE mi HM s, X ii ' ilelegiit' - i theor.'H' i ' only mid' i Of ..., -, stitntion l icpri'sei t ii tie tu I" thai tli. ., inodili.'d I" And he wi b din. i v P.ut M. It l P.I UN W 111 1 I s l"..l I M W , nt i" I'V III I WflV III v n. 1 ' in pnn in I nominal, il . n nominal'. I I. ' jUSt lis III' s, ',, of tile S. li'lf prevent t p the i aiiilid if s back r n sonn man sluill i on I orders, i" tie leaileis i"i iid Iho mini 1 i. i people " As Mi W ,i would bin i n i up of d'1' sin. P. .1 I In- I. ti -in ii ii -I ' - ni. in .llstllllt I . I.I.I... II.. I In I Iititie, .Iinlgi lii-own. N-niiiiii' a , ind He Vnies. ltiowiis ami l.ane- iu ' 1 1 , . i-.m inlltiities "f tin si,,ti 'I,, i-ill .in Ii i vcnti'Mi i.allv n nn si ntat'n i i.f ihe poipiti is to ut iun 'o 1 1 u v it t ie to w Iim h it would be Q coniplel. stiauger The . ..in. ul i"ii bill liel.ne tin. Legislature is draw u bv hard bonded tin n with a com pletc kimuhdw of political i midii inn- in the State III older I" od-et lb" ii.l..-ts of the polltiilll svstrm of i!i ling de'eg.lles, it empowers tlie ( invci nor lo name Iwoiitv live delegates on his own initiative. It is coufi- tlently expected that the flovcrnor will name, some of the biggest men in the state regard less of party, men whom the senatorial dis trict leaders would not nominate under any circumstances, nnd that thus the host opinion i an be secured for the Important work of revising the fiinilaiuental law. It is a plan based upon a proper recogni tion of existing conditions, with proper re spect for the tbeorv that the people and not a group of politicians pick the men who hold olllec. The delegntes elected by "the peo ple." ns Mr. White would have it, will be in a majority anyway, so he has no real grounds for dissatisfaction. PRESIDENTS, THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY'S HARDEST JOB The American Method of Political Prog ress and Change Is Easy, Certain, Safe and Painless MOU13 or les i-pguliirly. nt inter dniiicil nflor ilrlihenitioii anil errals or I o.pen incut, the countrv passes without a pang or n shock or a llutler of nnv sort through a political icvolution. It went through one esterdaj It riglit-aboiit-faced. It turned its back formallv not onlj upon a parly but upon a whole set of political and ccouoinu theories The transition from one viewpoint to another means change more profound than most of the transitions that often are brought about by liots nnd sicgpsp sorties and gun plav Within a few moments the whole com plexion of the government underwent trans formation. The process will decpl.v affei t our relations abroad and our relations at home. It is a process that may be made as fur -reaching as we desire. There is no limit to the possibilities of our system of government but human vision, human will and tlie human virtues. The changes when thev i ome are ordered and dictated .by the adult minds of the lounlr.v. When vou realte the polentiallly of the common fran chise, the vv.us in which it mnv he used in tho interest of any hope, it'.iv aspiration or. any aim. good or bad. the short drama en acted every tour jeais nt the Capitol take on n new mcanln:: and n fresh signiticani e. A new captain and new pilots are aboard. Thev didn't acipnrc authority bv accident or even bv fori e. They represent ns neatly ns nnv human a;i w ies can what the people want. Votcis an' sometimes wise and sometimes foolish. The country goes along comfortably enough at all times, drawing, iu emergencies, on the reserves of its strength and its moral force without which it would often be in trouble because of the political unwisdom oi mnur of its people The moial stamina of the country i veiy great and its resiliency is immeasurable. It natural strength wll alwnvs save it from suh dangers ami discomforts as other nations often exponent because of a lack of foresight in leaders and a negligent public opinion 'I'd suppose that wo have i cached a st.ite of governmental perfection or ionic nnvw n-re near tho ideal existence that ought lo be possible with our vesounos and our opportunit.es i to lie deluded utterly bl national pride We ii-e no higher than the nib" live mind of nil s.vfs and conditions of pernio And the peop'o have variable moods,. Tiny have periods oi inspiration and lnii resolve And they know long periods of la.y-initnledness. Yesterda.v. for cxampli . thev blithely put upon the shoulders of Mr Ilnnlnc: and his associate, burdens that aie the' In nv ier bo cause v.'tei- linve permitted them to ,n . uinii -late. Wit'i . licers the loiintrv n. hi red iu a PresMli nt wlwi must face perplexities nnd responsibilities as great as nnv man m I i- to"V e er cli-oilliteroil The people nlwnvs exi" I the itiip.i-,blo lioin Presidents Tint me m n .-i.--.-i-i 'i ' ami ontunistio s'atc of mind now In a litllc w.'nle criticism will ng.iin begm I., beat like a storm on the White iloiiso. Th.it is be muse in.'iM.v voters n'V'T ipnte ni.ik' up iheir nurds about what tliev do-ire Tin v appoint a President lo attempt ihut tuudij wmk. In th'ir r'.Vio.is with Presidents the I" "pie nf i bo I tiitod Sinus alwavs vmuo ir'P sting Thev like In st the m i-ii who lire vci 1 i I ,) like them-i-lv i s '1 hev liked limiti voir cnoriiiouslv. Piofunilitv of mind, tin reti'i"ne of scholars, the habit of ,'llonf- -i,.. peeii.'nr to v i rv sin-itiv nvu p i.'!e tllHllI ton " ! .ii of a iimn win i,m ;cik fro- t i" l.o ,iji-r ' ntid m ' b.id and mgiiig liiitnes . ,i kid things wiHi.'i.t n moiin nt s i esiun "! li'-i i an gl'idlv inh 'iiou'il'-i-s hi a itowiI and wave his lmi and kck a inn1' f.i. t.-r i"'e id of nnlitolv rxterminniing him in i'" v.i'". 'in nlvvnvs l,e Pn sid'-ut for two tiiii l'i, and this is signilirant ein s h i ii a i i.itinot be Pi-i sident lot lime ti'i - I 'i ii i tit , von vr.iii)-r tin lest e Ml til' HP ' I- ll'l'l 'in' mind Iiecotii' nbc'v s -, i. nli nl v antagonist i Mnv ers.il tondeiM v t" ..ok l"t i I I' tlavv- .' i.c hero After i-iou , , i . in e wi'.i ,i . vtiiiorilin.il v Presidi nt Hie ,l TV I'll Ml- si, nictill.es a ilHle upset to shelf it- . mli) r traditions. Tn" ai pains to si i U "ill n Minn i own uvi'i.ige temper. III.' I pi" Co I VI, . I .. f .. ii vir'i.. sin. ill failin tie, sdeli do ' VI- I." II.IV .llg ' 11 t" I 11" i . . Ii tl ev Ac-- tn. " 1 III I'M V t I)" IU' l oven sum,, or lh.-ir nv u s.iii h men do v. iy well n, tl ,. il i irmal times s.,,,,,,, ,,f ,,, , 1( 'I " tnergl'llci. - .ten tin ir Prfsinent, the pop1. n. ul end nnd i ni the mni '. t vou alone d'.i.'l ! t inm nione t:r-t few p. tui inoiiii - ..f i. s in to gi nub1.' Thev sM ui i il' liewspapel s I'llllg- II III ll I I, III t" W into Hon i" . verv I il ii. in .puck i b in ii- V s , I , I s,. ,,b"lV . p I II ' l rid- 'Ii -i i t i" I" ,'b.l lib d Tl" I II. i'v ini-iiiidi r-i"."i - t I" I" . I I'ed . lo ihis and hi 1, ami .in iic in a ii-i.ii" d ie.' bv l.ili-'i l.e litis, i..ii . g ntlei'inii w i " i Ii I I 1- iinxn t ' -bl ' o i otisidi I in 'i i"l I' ! d I ..it: tl,.- llll ii. an t i I lllltlt.s . . In..', ' II ll' I "lo ', light and wl "in -- ,i up. I 'I' II l.llllllllll ' lit in r w ill in I 'v .inur - lit. .'lit HIM Pi' -l'i. I ll." ti'-vi dii.v . w i ' . ' . nti" i ! ,i tli. 1 1 1- -1 i it I, n "I t tl . s, , , t - W III I'l s S , I I,, s i il Sldl'll llll'l It! p! sii lit of the II i II Illd ' I I " Is th. . "I ii- " ' ! 'i U .lll'l 111 I n.'l Hint nt.ii II. -v, g..l In ;: I III. .1 1 oil. I- l.l.lgl..'l 11 lb II. i in'- u' ii if I if ti ' 1" net Mil l-lllli- ' . ii i , d and gi v .1 1 M.id.iiii. - i "ii.iin-i I .ti i d Ii i g.'l.e I .illS ' I "1 I, "ll 111 I -M I II .111 V'i n ill. Pn 1 i. in -I 1" 'I I av. i tlolis IV) IV W A nian w i'l " it a in ml tie plinoil bv pln'iisopliv would In,. ,i n,m m tlie Wlil'e IIo'ls. ii, n . inm,),, r t vv lin'i it ind' cxtiuonl.il il ll" living l.. n s., gn ai spirited a a an a- I! ni. did not iiiiiiiuu' t" mill ll" li'iiisiiioii lr"iu Ihe hljgllts f, 111)- HVI'l.lge i.'V.-l Willi'. 1. 1 lbs iiniifi.it. Ills vrv i ii rin sin, -- iiiade the ixp.i'Mii'. bunb i II" appiiii.il lt n to fi-i I lb. son nf ii i vini. strum, and nmn t ti.ii s Hint in-" fin. nil. ir t " i-i i . - i mi. ir ilrivr in iiiiii-Iiiiii - driv.ii bv nihi r no n with a iliffeictit torn h and a (I iff. i. hi ini-Hnid. He was forever troubled by a feeling of re- spouslblllty and n knowledge ot danger. He was forever putting on imaginary brakes and Instinctively assuming familiar stresses of nerves and mind. Mr. Tuft Is perhaps the most successful of all ex -Presidents. Mr. Wilson has trails and a habit of persistence not unlike Roose velt's, l.lke Iloosevelt, he is pretty stiro to carry many of the cares of the presidency into private life. Mr. Tnft, eiilmcr minded than either Wilson or Iloosevelt, emerged from his great office with a smiling coun tenance mid an unruffled spirit. 'That was in itself a great achievement nnd one possi ble only to a man gifted with a nervous system of extraordinary resistance and stay, I ng power. I'verj where in the country nowadays the people nro saying to themselves that tho times are difficult and that It will be a public duty tn be patient in the face of grent problems, to help and uphold tho new Presi dent, to feel assured of his wisdom and his high intentions even when things do not go ipilte as they should. Tlie mood of broad and friendly tolerance and faith recurs with every inauguration. I!ut behind it, nt the bottom of the public mind, there are hopes and expectations that loubl not be realized by any act of Mr. Harding or any other President. That is hard for the new administration. Hut it is a condition that each succeeding administration has had to face. And on the whole it is better to have the nation critical than to have it quiescent and too easily satisfied. It may not alwn.is be able to state its own mind unanimously and ex plicitly. Hut it does want progressive gov ernment and it never fails to make a right choice between good and evil when the case is not complicated bv subtleties not readily understood. Sometimes the country takes a little time lo understand and scrutinize tlie proposals of its more conspicuous lenders. Then it never makes a mistake. It prefers to go slow in stiange waters. It waits to see. ltut the direction of the political allegiances with which it has been eperimeiitins for almost twenty xenrs shows that at heart the I "tilted States is tlie reverse of reactionary that it is looking forward rather than back nnd that its mind will not go fur along with tlie mind of am man who doesn't do likewise. So our painless political revolutions will in tlie end accomplish more for the. good of civilisation thnn ever was accomplished by wild risings mid gunfire. A ROOSEVELT TEXT Mli. HARDING put his hand on the favorite Roosevelt text when lip took the oath of ofliee It is one of the most one of the least -rend famous passages in book of the I5iblc : "What doth the Lord icipiire of thee but to il" justly and to love mercy nnd to walk htimblv with thy God." It is a pretty good motto for a President, mm h better (ban that from the Tkalins about spreading a table in tlie presence of one's enemie Indeed, it is ns line an expression of pin.'tical idealism as tiieie is in all lit er.ituie If Mi Ilinding keeps ii before ins mind dining his term of oflh be cannot go far w ron is UNIVERSITY POLICY T1IK "iiiinitiication of fonner Piovost ll.ii ns of the I nivct-sitv nf Pennsyl vania, to the association of alumni clubs in session in Sew- Yolk indicate that he is in heart j svmpallM with the view of the gen eral iil'iiimi committee that it would be a mistake to make the l"mvoriiy ex. lusively a staii institution. Mr ll.ii ritiiii i- a member of the board nf tnisiois nml one of tli), nio-t generous hen efa. lois of i ,c I'niv ei.sitv . He is as loyal to it as nnv oni' cle. et iheie nro other trust.. nml other loyal nliimni who can sic ni wax out of the present embarrassing tiiuntiiii save through an appeal to the stilt.- to take over the mntiol of the I'ni- Vl'fsll The tunc it npproiir lung when a decision must be mud". The trustees postponed Ihe nniioiiin enient of ilieir . .inclusions on policy nt their Inst niieting because they lould not agree Thev c.intiot postpone it much lollgei AN ARMY-NAVY MERGER? IT RI. MAINS to be seen whether Mr. Il.inllug. in spi.ikmg of a general 1 1 1 till -cat ion of the v annus militar.v energies of the iiiuntrv, a. lunlly means to merge the army and the n.nv direiiorate and to take ntn or lessen the pei uliar idintilv of each ! partinetit. It is doubtf il xvm tin i lie means to do any tiniig of thi. sort ii'ii t hi'i o are good rea sons why a i loser H laiiotithip between the War nnd Navv Ileparinii uts nnd a separate department of aviation simuld be sought in sisteiitlv by the Picsident Kxpi rii'iice iu time of ppin . and in time of war lias shown that in.' various branch) s '' the military scivic off n tenet not to a stunt o oi opeialion. hut to a pii it of i iv.-.lrj and even nf iiiitiigniusiii. Thus theic i- a constant debate ns to whether the navy r the army should have tin- most money for me development of uvi.ilion. If we were lo follow the example of some of the moie nleri Kiiropean governments and put military aviation under indi pi tul.-nt duo tion. one of the sore points of tuition between the Win nnd Navy Dopaitm. .its would be eliminated. And moreover, we slmuM be following a provi d rule of pfln loin . The army and ihe navv smffs, however, me confronted wnh vmk.IIv different prob lems. They need the inspiration of inde pendent etitti'iiie and tuey are ofitithd to the full rights of iniuatiM A navy that fi-'t itself to be a bruin h of the army, in an army that felt itself to In- n brunch of the navy, would lute mm h of Ihe inspiration that makes for piogr.-st What is iiicded is some an iingetnent that will lmue closely interro'utc ihe a.tivities of the three branch, s of the si rv n e and make common cffi.it and common amis possible in all of in. in iiator W .1 M. Nioi.nl. of Pin inl.l ulim. has inirniliiccd a bill iu llnrrisbnrg intil.iiig ii a felony for nei im participating 1 in baseball or other athletic nnteslt to no 1 i opt bribes or for any one to give such bribes i or to bet on garni s. This may be brn.idlv i iasseil ns foolish, unnecessary nnd harmful I h gi'hition. 'Ih"ie is law enough alieadv to ' punish offi ndei's. Ii mnv be taken as nxio Millie that the sport that needs Special legis l latioti is diiinti.il Popular sentiment is enough to pin a stop o tin. crooke.liievs that 1 nn. mental ily showed itself in the national I gam". The game must bo kept eleiin or it will i-.-a-e f. be a paving piopositioii lint 1 iinpiiliir senium nt will not nacK a in. asm e that miik. a frieudlv - a bet riMimii ot ttie mini vviio mill, on the liium- team Wi -i t'hester isn't the pimp vvh.-ie ilo-ie ain't no Ten Commandments." Thev Hie si ill tint), ill brolic ill flout of the Chester 'i.iintv )-oiirtli..iise. hut it was n Iiariov- sipiuil, Thievis were pivpuriu.' to mnv off the "JOO pounds of lnon.e nml bad riuiov.'.l 'he lie, ids 1i in Mime of the heavy bolts win ii distill bed by the police. Wo wonder if by nnv i hance the bolt first tain licreil wiih was that one nearest to the (-ommandmeiit, "Tlmu shalt nut hteal'" Sollle of going to miik linn (and p. ihe..- davs some n'-wspaper is a bit by luivilig an inaugiiia rhiips ev) u n Coiigiest later) covered bv n iilain, honest. to gnoitncss iv- port if in i. ad of liy a siccialist. Tli"-. who seek I lupin walk with bleed nig f.il but N'orinabv, in the same gencial dire-linn Inn not nearly so far off, may , we gather from the iiiaugilial address, be reached by wearers of common -benne shoes. BAKER ESTATE AGAIN City and State Officials Pestered by Would-Be Millionaires The Old Humbug as Active as Ever. Tho Man From Toronto y ni'oitr.i- xox mi-cain SOMK days ago I referred to that perennial and mouuincntal fake, the Hakor estate. As n result there have come a number of letters making inquiries about it and the facts of its development. The most Interesting feature of the pub lication is that the Department ot Internal Affairs nt llarrlshurg, the Mayor's ofliee in Philadelphia and several other departments have been freshly besieged by nnxlnits Rakers claiming heirship and visioniiiK easy money in the not far distant future. Rrlrfly recapitulating, tlie story goes that Colonel Raker (and tho given name varies according to the whim or wish of the swin dler or dupe', an officer in the itrmv ot the Revolution, leased a tract of lnnd in the heart of what is now the business center of Philadelphia early in the last century. The lease was to run for a period of ninety -nine years. The transfer was lost sight of until vxithln the last twenty-five years or so. In the meantime, the vnluc of the land had in creased until estimates range nil tho way from S'-'OO.OOO.OOO to $030,000,000. TIIM mythical Colonel Raker Is alleged to have originally hailed from Somerset or some other western county. He must have been the father -of a nu merous progeny, for his nlleje'd descendants have multiplied prodigiously. Prom their letters they cover the entire ('nlted States and a largo part of central and western Camilla. It would be an inexcusable waste of val uable time to attempt to determine the exnet date when the fake was first foisted upon the public. One might ns well endeavor to get n ihrotiological grip on its sister swindle, tho prisoner iu Spain nnd his buried treasure. About fifteen years ago the persistence ot certain western attorneys in seeking to ob tain documentary evidence in this city of t lie existence of some such lease led to con siderable uneasiness among property owners in thp vicinity of South Peim Mmire and the region round about. Rut they had their fears for their pains. DURRKI.L SHt'STKR. private seer to Mayor Moore, together with R rotary oore. tnecther with uoliert 1). Harper, chief clerk to the Mayor, have in a measure been the largest recipients of anxious inquiries on the subject. Recorder of Deeds James M. Hazlett has also been pestered bv innumerable inquiries to a great extent. Not a week goes by thnt some willing-to-bp inillionaite does not write for information. There is not n department of the city, county or sinte government that has not. I presume, icceived inquiries about the mythi cal colonel and tlie lease. Recently the .Mayor's ollice has-been turn ing thesp over lo Director Hassi-lck, ot tlie Rureau of Legal Aid, to dispose 0f as lie scci fit. BY LONG odds the best Moiy concerning the humbug came to light following my reference to the matter a short time ago. It was last week when u gentleman ap peared iu tlie ofliee of Seiietarv of (lie Com monwealth Woodwaid. iu llnrrisbnrg, to obtain whatever fads were available. He was a Ciinadian. and in some remote fashion was i elated to one of flic supposed Raker heirs residing iu Toronto There is quite a tolonv of the fit tit ions colonel's heirs -pri'Mimntive icsidins in tlie vicinity of Toionto. So inanv of them, in fact, that they ate said to have an associa tion whose principal bushiest ii is to con tribute regular sums to a fund for investiga tion and legal aid. Secretary Woodward's visilm- was fur nished with all the' information concerning the Philadelphia lease and tlie supposititious fortune of sniio.nim.oon. Which vvas nothing at all. As stated in my previous article, theio is absolutely nothing, directly or indirecllv. of record iu nnv of the stale departments l elat ing to any such tiling as the Maker lease. The ( iiiacli:in visitor confessed he was not surprised. He had alwavs looked upon the tiling ns a hunt for n chimera. The Toionto Iiakeis nnd the others Inter ested had. be said, an attorney retained at a fill tiguie to usist in piosocutintj their sup posed claim Thev had been fed up with the idea thnt the millions were shortly lo be distributed, and it was now nulv u question of time until each of them would be lolling in his limousine and otherwise wallowing iu tlie lap of hixurv . The Toionto dupes, be said, were slmilly i)i hold n meet ins, and it was his purpose m appear and bv dociiinenlarv evidence, fur nisjicil bv Seiietarv Woodward, prick the bubble of their hopes and aspirations. lie was anxious to s( ,. the effect of his first hand informal ion. not only on the in uo.-ents themselves, but upon tlie legal gen tleman who had Im'cu harvesting their coin. As lie smilingly put it. it would lie a scene win th traveling far to see. FROM various snnics of inf.u matioii H would seem that the swindlers work in a very clever way. Thev nppaiciitly have u icgular system of munition Newspaper publicity is their principal bait. The 1'iiiiiuioiicst form of letters icceived iu tliis city contained the -t n l ) i n.-ii t thai "having read in the Iiinv ill.' Dally Argus u telegram suying that the stiil of Colonel Peter (.lames or John, as ihe i-ase-mav be) linker, amounting lo SliOlUliiri.OOO. in Phil adelphia, is about to be distributed. I here with write to make nnpiiiy iiuiieiiiiiig t lie same," etc. The publication uually appeals in some leniote middle or far west newspaper. .It would be exi eeilingly dllhiult to tritce Ihe origin of such a news ij. m. The chances an' that it icachcil the eiliioiial sanctum in tlie shape of a clipping fiom sonic iinouymnus "Regular Render." As t In 1 1 ate usually some "Rakers" iu inch loiintv. the fake thus begins its headlong "in si The ni.i't iiiiiu.iug f ii 1 ni of the humbug is the pi rsjsiow e with which ill. dupes fol low up the delusion. Repealed b'tleis, am infoi mi d. aie ip i.ivcd from the same individuals. They refuse to adept the olh'-ial statement that there is no mh Ii thing as a Colonel linker ('sinte. Their impics1ou evidenily is Hint omit oflicers and state and city offi cinls me somehow interest! i in siippicssing the f.ii-is to their own advantage N'lor only aie ouu uns uu- shining objects coking infor .f the Inn- and besought for those cm respondents matioii. but lianlis. inonuicis i yen private individuals, an li'.lit on tlie siibieot. Within tho last few day tin- se(-i clary of internal affairs icocived n letter front -i trust company iu this1 city asking for uu exact slilleinenl. that could be Used ollniall), about t In' Raker csiatc The letter i-aid th inp.inv Inn! ru.'ived letters of icquesl for information, nnd for the pin pose of linally disposing Tif them, ami ,inv others, t It ii t might lie i vi-d in ihe fu tuie, it was d( sirable to kiiuw the exact tiuth fiom othcial Minions. l'lnni the evpi in nee of tlie past it is verv ev ub ul that the futun- will continue to bring Us quota of letters of itnpiiiy, for the i posiirc i of the fake cannot ow-Uake tlie oiigiiial story. All the "suckers aie, seemingly , not dead y et . Just when the daylight saving lull goes on tl ilcndar in I Ian islnirg a daylight saving icpeill bill is icnilj to go through the Assembly in Albany. It would m-chi that .New Sink and Pennsylvania aie never In tun ri Ii in step. Theic is possibility that the popular joke of last year, which set forth that n took tin en hours to go to New ork and only one hour lo get hnik, will be used this year with reverse application. Popular sentiment in Argentina takes the view that if the Allies object tu German) exporliug iii'iiim to neutral countries it is not lo tin- iii-nt i itl countries, but to Germany, tlie Allies should address themselves. Rmn though one does not altogether sy nip.-ithi.o with tho point of view, one must udmil the logic, of tho position token. r "I ...m,i.i.jilf nil- ie" L" .,i-Yi-M5Ji'"u"',,A,"J-'"y' .. - -7-SSS2SiS.-lBlti .l "' umgl)).-' r - k-.w--s"-;-,,.. ,1,14.111,-11 SEonrji-tSJSrt. t-J II""." ir7"nj:wnif" : . rr-"-; H-rLiiiiy ."-" :.-Tt" . ll-- .'T-..1: SfeSi t"'K5?:' ikMW t " m 7WtM K ii BS&m 'MiiliMlgHHB iSkBorzrz r NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Tilths With Thinhing PhUailelphitms on Subjects They IP ilh Thinlcing Philadelphia!! Know Best REYNOLDS D. BROWN On "Impressions of America" ANRW stundniil Colileti Rule in 1 of ethics, witli the ml service rather than acquisition a- governing principles, is seen by Reynolds D. liiown. attorney and pio fossor ot propei lj nnd le-jal ethic-, of I In Wharton School, I'nivei-siiv of Pennsyl vania, as the nun ome of the world war. Mr. lirown lakes advantage of the view point provided by a five months' absent c iu l'miice during the war to record enntpurativo impressions, of iho two countries during the war ami impression-, of this country iu tlie petioil which has followed. During his time in l'niiiee doing Y. M C. A. woik. Mr. liiown stale)! that the l-'rencli had a high appreciation of tiiul or ganizatioii's work iliiring the war and the kindliest feelings for Ameiica. which thev regarded as their savior in tlie hour of trial. "When us there was iu this country an element of prejudice that nniounted to livs teiia and n use of crudities passing lor in spirntion thnt was almost shocking.'' sniil Mr. liiown, "mining the Prencb, riglit nt the scene of battle, tiieie was sinipl) u quiil. philosophical icoognitioii of the fact "t war and a enlm determination to woik out of it the best possible rCfUlt. nilTerenrcs in the Two Count lies "Tlie atmosphere of emotion in the Ann r nan public mind icpresenti-d u curious iiiinil gain of pure gold mid alloy. n the one hand we lind tlctcrniiniitinu lo maintain ihe right at anv i-ost : on the oilier a stimulated and uiiicnsoniug liatrid of cciytliing Gel man. Unhiding Kreisler's violin, '.ignei-'s opera, the teaching of German iu the school-, etc. Tlie Pic-iieli. on the other )i n in I . simph looked on the coulllct as one more war with a troublesome neighbor witli a simple ilesiic to pievent any fuitlii'i- conllicl. "Tlie I'rench soldier took his task sen ouslv ; he Aineliciiii soldier, almost willioui exi eption. joyfulh . There was no joy iu life tor the I'l'cnch lighter, while li.iscb.ill nnd football almost with tin' spirit of cnllesc stiulents iisiiall) succeeded the Ameiicaiis' light wiili the enemy. An absolute link of fear M-eiiied to distinguish both Ivpi- of s,, dier. 'I'hc annoy unci' expressed by olhceisof a Pr.-n. h battalion that a German bombing attiiik li.nl broken up their caul game, iiitlur tlmu anv ( oiisbleralion of safelv . would i-ni' as a i hiiiiii teristic illiietratioii ol lln- point. "Rei kb-ss ilisii-giuil of person.il sulci v to the point t li tl t il traiisccmlcil gooil inililary pi-.n tn ". but thill oil the nllii-i blliiil fur iiili.i the I'lieuiy witli a discouraging ex ample of our spirit, was a sinking impie--mi i'ii n got of our boys in in-1 inn "Ami run's attitude during the two ve.ns sliii e the ill mislice lias bciii disi ledlluble lo her uinl a Mid blow to tin- pic-tigc which she bad liglitfullx secuii-d among the Allies bv her gi nei on-, i o lit ri but ions to the mm , t ss llll l-siie of the will. There was ll leiideiicv on Hi" pan of Iim people to iriltile the I'n .ul, in tot- going In I'l. ill. e dining the peat e ilelibeialioiis ami to hiauil the l.tagin )d Nan. ins mill tin- treaty as .in i.ftoii in thug Aiuiiii-a Iroin its old iinlcpcntlcin e of Kuiop.-aii i iiliingleincnts Ido .Much Single View point "Mr Wilon should have incepfd the ep rn i if our allies nml lorini-d n . nn Ii tion iiiIiiii.'I and also should have lakeii with Mill Its (ounsclols III the lolllel'elice I epic si'tiiatives of tho opposing political pint), tlius pn seining' b-ss individual viewpoint "I believe history will id Woodtovv Wilson ns i In- great idealist 1ml Ii ol the war anil Ihe Pence Conference Ihut folloiinl. uud that his participation resulted in iigitni ndwin mt what would ntlu-rw ise have taken place, and that the insults f i a mil foiitidnli n which we mnv hope l,,- ih,. periuani'iit peace ul tin world in the yi-ms lo i mill' "Tlie pailieiilur aspect of Ainerii a's tl -tilde toward llieso inatter.s Ihut I want to emphasize is tlie curiously individual, not in say selti.h. point of view fiom winch the problem wns looked at. Insistence on our pint of tin- iccogllition of the Milium- line irine in alls the iliteiestillg ilNiovei) that tlie leading nations of South Aiueiica af fected by it are by no menus in s.uupnlh) with it "Consider the popular allitiidi- lowanl ihe Iiisli question What would vie sui il I'm liaiiietlt ileli.ltcil a resolution, t hat the I'lulip pines ouglil to be free of our oiilillol? What, coblness did we iu the Ninth develop linvind I'.uglanil win ii she openly cspoiisid t lit- South during tin- Civil War? "Take it pill civ iloinestic piohleiu. Hi" sudden piissiice of (lie piulilliltioli aiuciiiliiieiii to the constitution, A Inign part of the American people, If not themselves directly WONDER ISS IT LOADED?" " M v .. -fi . . .... tti ,t2fl r , , nit'-0t i violating this nniciidmcnt. at lens bv their iiiiidiii-t have tiicitlv apptovoil of thn-e who do. Surely the essence of law, especially iu a ilciaocracv. is t lint it law passed by (lie will of repjcscntnlivcs of tlie people shall be obeyed in letter and spirit . "One nf the sad t'louuli giotesque uller vvar i-iaei obvious to anv one who walks the streets of any citv todav is ihe feminlun fondness for cosinetii s. Seven hundred nnd lifti iiiillion ilollais spent on nisini'tii-s and perfumes, is a large bill. ll is usually Ihoiight that leininiiie atteinpls at self -dm oration linve some lelntuui to iintielpaleil li in --I -ii 1 iii- adniirulii.il. I'm- in) part, I have seldom heard a man s.iv he liked rouge and powder atnl I have heaiil many share my wondci incut at their gencial use' I am iuelliii-d to surprise thui Hie guiding prin ( iple umnng iim de. .ie. s of paiilt uinl pow der is the i-ouM'iiliou. 'we utiglit tn do what the rest of the world does.' "The same convent Inn is seen iu Hie ill--decs of fashion issiml bv sumo inilocral that inake skiits shoi-ier or tiglil.-i. affect shoes mid lials ami insist upon cutcrtnin tui-iil-. lasting lo mi hour wh.-u the biisv man is rising for his moiuiiig meiil, tins iciuleiiug nun Ii of so called ooev iuipnssilile nr tlie nian who i ii n -1 i ai n his tl.nlv bread "Tlie characteristics nn utioueil. I niu in i 1 1 lli-il to believe, an- the t lull in terisl it's of yoillli. Is lb)' college si ml, i, M,i -ubjet I to stiong euintiiiiinl np.euls. vn-i .1 . i- of patiiot i-M nl- nf the alli'il lulls willing lo il.ne all for his country m lor ihe giil of his dieaius? lines he not pit-lcr Hie i li.iiiiploliship fool ball game lo the ititeii olb-giale debute'; What me a few broken limbs to tin' pn scrvutioii of tradition': "Aiueriia is like ibis happy youth, ami .tn s. t as tlie you lli is belli i oil for h-niiiing his limits, so will vc us u uiiiioii iiapiovc it our citizens d t devoie all iln-ir pnlrint isiu in proclaiiuiiig Hii-iii-clvcs Inn pn ii-nl Amciicau. intlicr Himi In ti- i x.iniiiie tlu-m-siln-s mid si.k for ilion things Hi.it ..-ibaps i d coi rcctioii. We me iiiaile up of many pi nph's and un-i s '".In -t as histoiy has alicady i.ii.i'.leil the m till ilaliiy of ili'ilmiug iu Hie I, mums lire laialioti tlint all iiii-ii an- lun free and .iial, and yet I'ollowiui: mu h I ici-lmatiou Itv a . mistii ul inn wlinh in ti-inis lccogui.e llie slaveiy nf ll i niisidniabln pill I id nitr popiilalion. so ills-,, Hi,,,, ,,s show ii thai with .ill its nil-ills our coiisiitm mu has iieeileij iniiiiv alteration- and iuipi'ovcmi nl-. I'or iiisiiiuic, iim lixnl fniir yinr ttini for a i'lesidi'itl is n luatlei- that unghl will be qui siiiincil. pin liculai I) iu tli" ligJil ol the ndnniiistrutinn ju-t piissci), "We also have ,i -;r.-ai iiunilicr of pi.-Sii ll. is thai must be ciudii .il. .1. 'e in ei siillll' lU.llltl'cslulloll ot 1 lin I Cln isliaultv Inn ( "In i-t inn iialintis piol'iss to sun,, lor; we must It-iii ii o give si-vi,-i. mid apil the Golden Rub . uud lln-u our several bundled Milts of mil oust ions l"t loplll. lit in.iy have piepaied lis lor Ihe post ,,t proud h ,uie s,,, aiunnu nur fcllnw mil mils," 'llieinai-i III PlUlisylwinni T-'iUII nn .1 i. s tiiul '-'-.HI H I clllldli'll il -u usslaiice I.asl )i-ar Iln- l.'-gishiiine appi-tipi iap ,j SliL's., (1(1(1 fin- their aid. The sum was whollv iiiaiieipialz. ll i-aieil fnr Inn .Msu ,m,,' Repri-elllaliVe Vii kelliiilli of Allegliiiiv' tomity. this vim has iiilioilui-i d n iiil -..-hi' iug toi uu appiiipriatniii .d S'J .",uu nni) ' p,, the fllllll. ll s ,l oo Mil, h tu, n, (lesiied. Mothers and ihihlieu an ,i siui,,"N gfeatest as-t-l Motcmer, it mm , M1( I hole is louiv in th, p . f,,,. 1(,M homes in-.- biuki'ii ui md liilili,-i, ,,. .,! i iu iiisiiiiiiiiuis ihe , xpt use much Ki enter, iu iiililUimi lo Hi" i ml iii-hit-vt-d belli" less desliahle. " "I ag.ee with the Pr.sule,,,,-. ,,.,.,, Ihe IhllxlV due, "whin he llecl.lics tllllt the en. Ill is th.rsl.ng I.,,- ,, , ,, , ,( will, but I hav.-as vei ,,s, ,.v,.,-,, ,,, li.ui lb.it In- will favor mure Ihm, half f 1 pel lent kick." ' Ihe I ictidi-lll s ilecliliation that we ctillliot sell Wheie vve do not ,il) shows sound PI'r,,eial if uu i uniii- t i-iitli ; which eltlii-l .....,, ...... ,..,,,i- ,., muni hi nilM j. . i ale iiii iiui'iisM' ti,- u siuum"; palh. The Piisidt-iit diilu'i iinili-iinke in inlililli .i I. for ...... u ,m.,i. IM.I I,.. mt ,,, Ji II tint urn. nls ""I ; ii i -i ii in i in i i -, n' iii pie cut. lllg a s, iiniuli- ill iiiiliiiislitil I, ii- Sl Ss 'isicidiiv inm in, ,K Pitsid, , ,!,., Ilardiiig ..jieiiid-a iiies-a;;,- In airplane f , Mayor ll)lau, f . V()1.ki ,'. , ' "' vas a urouilko to keep Hi Johwon busy. vi ILMMLMH I'l I iH i ii tfRm'JFXmttbr luir'.JZ.UU.d.nth H : JIVffsMlfikHiHBIikkkkBHHBbZM luAjt iim.i'ni wui-sU '- . -, ' ".HK:2i77rTOmisraiaiiKVKkurti.'v: "itwrPst.JvWw-ii"tsitijii'i tnrWi)TSljaMg? m --" '"Hi'i HtHPI I ill M III I i . ilXw fvw...TtnHCa ..-, " .tMi" "wiiiuH;niiMtTwA i .. a i i i I1 I. !" m -,ni tit - . i..','" " wa i , ' arlir .-. """"" hi i : s .. s. .,- jr -jmir w s---r p t.iim' SHORT CUTS The I-'ariua story grows to serial si.f. The law has wisely applied the brake to Wrigley's speed-devil. The G. (). P. elephant has now fnllnwetl his trunk to Washington. Nobody grieves over tin- fact Hint the jitney emergency tariff Inst its license "I waul my jnck !" said the vn-tuu to bandit, and was handed the bliukjatlc tlie The President', speech, ii ma) at unit lie admitted, is characterized bv diplomatic reticence. Take it all in all. the inaiigiiiai ii'liliost is tin' solemn pl dge of a modest man to do tin er) best he knows how. Yesterday's newspaper editorial- the country over may he summed up with Ihe slogan of a one-time famous whi-ky It is. icinnikeil one of tlie train.. I -.'ill now performing in Washington, a ilr.ih in auguratioii. Nonsense ; Harding blur Then aie ever si, miiiiv hoiiseh" i, r appmcutly of the opinion that I G I, stands tor I iuIit Grade lllumiiultioti 11) th'- way Costa Rica "iiisln- t n p to ihe trout" one inl;;hl be led to In In-yi that something was happening hi tin- ilin k 1 ""itl . 'I'lie upininii is widespread Hun Hi. lint ish iIh-i mal unit, should huvn Ih-cii th nii-il adiiiissiou at tin- port ol Philadelphia a ui iiuilesiiablc inuuigrant. Thai iiidigmilil coiisuiuei' wlin -aiu ne ."iilil get as much gas out of uu chili' tin lis i i mild nut nf ). itilupnil) 's pipe i .1 whale lor spouting i hi apt simile Tiieie is something humiliating n t " fin I Hint legislaiion ma) be held up in Ibn rishuigsuiilil leprescntatives can get uit"i matioii as in how Senator Penrose th'siies then lo vote. And uiiparcntl) the -loci' lent u tlie political value nf mdip-mi never cuce. M hat Do You know? QUIZ Wli.it iiii rn-.iii poll ix'linsiV'lv il il III il." ty lie linxiiinetei- ' Whin s the tluct.vllc liexiiuii ti i l-")ir vv bum la Vul" 1'ulveiHltv in I lmi ilo I In- Insignia of u major i " I " In UN unlit colonel ilill) r.' W lin Ii is Uu- .smallest mute in tin i " ' " ' V l.o Is liltillo intll-Cifii.ii" Who vvioii '-l-'.-ililcs in Mimg " Winn nn- tin --l.iniih of M Mm lo . ..tt tl" W lt.it Is lb.- .'tiil.i of ( '.Hilt. i in. II. is tin I fill il Mutes n iinlioii.il -ii' '-'" and. If so. vvli.it ir. il ' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ' 'I'.ii I'.iv' is ,t popul.ir t pit I., i or ' i (ii'oiiiioi a Xullonalisi in- ml" i -' i'' Hi Ittsb I'.n liaim-lil 11 is a ' I.i -'" piuiiiincl.ilttiii of Ilic Hist two mil d Wllllll Wl -- IIMell hi tin lllle of a II' p,tp i In i tllli tl lb. also wa Hi, i lot of II p.lpl i- of polllll.it, tin III - 'I an. I six hit uossiii mid loiiuii. nt le " M A P. ' Willi ll ll.lll (.Mainly About I' w lib- cln illation n , .l. I I. lll'l. "S P '.I. I! ' Is mi alibrcv l.ifoii f. Latin Vvoids ' Sena Ills Poiulisipi maiiiis." iiieaiilug 'Tin .-smut' Unilian People." The (insu.s of Ki-jn. like llal ol 1." .md , M IK.-.I Hie t'.-ii t.-c of pnpul.iHiin n tiiitc'l Slates In liiillnn.i ' I'cnilcnnl.s," bv W Itll.nn M.iK. i" 'I'ba.-kei.iv Issliblltl.d " Nov. I olll it lleio" Iim .iiitbni s puiios I" to avoid lie- mm, nines nml In i nn il S ill . ijiilinipoi.iry tlcllon .mil lo p.im' ' man of bis pel hid as lie aitii.tll ' i isted. 'I Ho liieinlDia nf the Unfiling i linnet who linve lin tl .tpi-i-lallzcd tiiiining ' eiiilpnient for their iosIh me tin- n- -v Hft-ii'tiirx of war, John V Wnl.s i lio is a graduate of Annapolis and Ins In en In the iii-ini il sen ice "f i'"' I nili'il Slalis, nnd the new hi .-r.-t.ii " of the nnv), lldvviu Penby, who H'-rvia as a 141111111 r'n tnat). In Hie .sp.niisli Aiiiiricnn Win- nml In the marine iois in ibn wuiiii wnr William Penn'M ship was the Wfleonie lie Milled for lus tenitory of PenasjI v .ii.ln Iu II In HiS:1. .loliu lluu.van wioin "I'llgrilu'H Pi ogress .lefTt'ison I'll) Is lb,- capital of the inm iiioiiwealth of .Missouil ' I in lit I" Is the Knob, bulb or nthei nrim nielli vvlilcli sin mniiiilH .1 pos or col iimn In ciililneiin.iMiig nr aicliitei niii 'i'lie MaiiiiMpn tvpi. ni ari-hilc lure i s liliineil fioin ih,. Moois I, Maui 1' "' wlioiii lis pi-culhiriili-s of iluincH. color ing, decoration, iic , woib orlsluate(1 or developed. f f 1 , (r il$ 4sS ' .jhW: AfUiJ?1 MjiW'Vi.. '!
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