i u vv.j :. - ,-v , ,--. -.f ""j'-r- ?r 'i l. il 1 EVEKLXGP PTJBttO IiEDGER PtaKADBLPHlA; SAtfUftDAY, iMAftCH 2(V Hfltt f f'." '"TijKW fJ-TTOTWf '"'VW ' W,JJffW7!-tVW i ii i ' r i i i im Ml Kri i Si' - , it" i PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY v CTni'8 H. K. CURTIS, PncalDiNT Churlen II. l.inlnwton. Vicx .'resiil nt John r, Urtln, Triuier, (.hurle A Tler Hfrcmry; S'hlllp M I'ollhts John II Wllllatnii. Join, .1. Sminfren. 0iorr !'. Cloldsmith. Duvltj 13, Untlley. PlKftnfK. niMTnhi.xT. WUI1U t'tnis II l iirtis - Iialrmnr. PAVID K HVttl.UV .K.titnt JOHN C .vrAHTIV, iltn-i ill 'nuHnmMnnamr l'ubllnhcil dally at 1'iniiv l.niunt llulldlns lndepondnc.i tfquar, , t'tnluillfltiln AtJANTir Cttv . . . I'ma-I n iim llullduiR 'ls'rif York... . . Hill Mndlkon Av. iVmicwr T'i lVr.) Hull Imit ttt. LOUIS 613 Olobr-iVniorrnt llull.llnit ClIICUllO laOL' TVfbtfH IfMllrllriK NKWS DL'ItKAl'S Tfisni.soTo.N Ileum, N E. for lar.nlvanlx Ait, nnd Htli -it Ken- onic Ht cent .Tiio mim Building London tumm .London TiM't SI n.-'C'ItlPTluN lEIlMd The Uir.si:.i I'tHLic I.Eonr.u la iriisi to nuti icrlbers in Phliiidrlphl und mirroundlnr towns at tt9 ra o i'f IMtho ill') trills per vvoek pjiabto to the catrler, . Ily mall to points ouKildj of Plilladrlplila in flfl United Stun Canada, or I nttrd siatrs po aaIons, postncc frrc, HIt i.0) rmi rer month. P'a (Id) dollary pr jr. pajxMt' In adi.xnr . 1o all foflitn countries one l) dollar a month JOtlcr Su'ocrlbi'r r Uhlng addren rlmru-td must mm old an w?U Ra new- addrc-. Bf.I.L. MOO AI,MT KrYsTOM', MMN 3000 t-1 Addrt 3 o.t ecffHtiiuitfcarlcon to r.ieniiig Public IWprr . iW'pr-Hrfrnce Squarr, PlnlaitrlphM Member of llic AE3oclated Press THE ASSOCIATED rRESS n cxcl'ii.. fJ.t ex titled to for tit 'or rrpuPilcil'ite. n' of pi r t rfiapiifcoM ci'Mtfrtf fo i' o- cof otirrutte f-r.f ori In fi(t paper nnd also the iiirnl iw .i publiti.j thf rrtti . ,t!l ryfjhts o' vipuoHfaon o 'pcn'ol rfuratr&cj hrfli or o'o ivtrnvd. PinUJclplllJ. .slurd. Marth .'. D:i HOUSING PROSPECTS SO.MIj OMileners of rocovcrj in tbc build -liiK iiiintion ate cliscerniblo in the re cent pi'rniits for now i'ontrurtiotis. PcrmN Ion to i root ii now npartmcnt Ihuim' in I'l'n tral I'liilnilflpliin iiml tlii-lj -foiir w ilwoll inR in an mitlxitij: rosiiloutinl iitrii;t wu frantrd mi a aiiiglo da this wook. lint altlioiigli these signs nf rhaiiKi's nio bfartemne. the v.-nlo of revival is till vntlier njodoat It has hcen irimati'i that tin jearlj nri's.it ensi for the ron-tru tlon if 10,000 tio hou"ca in this city. '1 lie n uiiiu lateil (leti. ii'iicy lia been by no means re paired, but It should be remembered that summer is the season of building activity. The community is n unit in wishitig for livelier tunes and for substantial testimony that the awakening already btarted in somc other cities k reflected here. JAPAN AND HER NAVY rpi MIK suitemi-nt of Vi'-o Admiial Katn. iIkk -- the assertions tnat .lapan i- -eektnc to rival the naval power of the t'ntt"il Stat's re "pr rosierous and absurd." is exnctlv what tlio .lapanesp naval authorities would be expected to sa if the assertions were true. What Japan dees and not what .Iapanee officials sn inusf be considered if one wishes to diM'over what the Japanese plans are. And the relation of those plans to the rco jtraphical position of Japan must also be considered if we would understand their ilgnificanie. Japan is im island rmplro with a Whib ea cons:. It has pot-.-cssions on the main land and it Is seeking to extend them. The came reasons which impel the Uritish to hac a strong nai might well impel the Japanoe to desire 10 be powerful on ttm sen. I'uless they can defend their own coast line and unless they nre able to protect the com munications between the mother country and the mainland, thoj will be at the mere of any othpr power which --ecks to attack them, especially if that other power has a siron; navy. In other words, there are strong domestic reasons for a progressive naval policy in Japan. Of course, a big navy can be useil lor aggression, and Japan is sii.peetei of having dreams of conquest The situation n uch that alarmists tind Ii easv to churg' Japan with plotting war Whether the alarmists are right, time ali.no i an dm id' But we may take it for granted that th" Japanese will nut admit nny such plots until they have -truck the tirt blow. In the meantime, observers will rein Ii whatMcr conclusion seems good to them A VETERAN LAYS DOWN HIS PEN W 11.1,1AM ri'.KItlNi:. cditor-in-duef of the iillotui who ilieil jesterda after a brief illnes. as tile dean if I'liiludelpiiin newspaper eilitor-. Mis inner in the ardu ous and a' mm- work of nij profe.smn ex -tendeu over nearlj half a i enturj . Kor moie tiinn linlf of that time he had m-cupied a recngnireil place in the front rank niuonc his local associates, and n'lien he pav-ed away, sti'l irtually in the hariie. he en joyed their fullest respect ami honor as n veteran of redoubtable -kill and intellectual rigor. Alwa a hard work" ne beiame best known to the public as ;iie writer of the column '"Min und Tilings" oer tin fisna tui'e of "I'enn. ' Tor two decade-, iiis riad pen enteiiaineil kner. of tiling- I'liilnde. phian w.tli an astonislunglj xiduiiiinuiis und lnteic'fing running oinnientary upon per. sonaliiies und events principally miviris io do with otlier daj In "the old town," a- he fondlj calleil r. 11. s knowledge of the eitj -history and in notable tigure- was nma. ingl.1 detailed, and he was able to impart it to his rentiers m a p'easin.' -lyh I'.M'ri thing relating to tun improve men' anl de. velopini nt of the c'ty won hi- tttt n-e in terest. Km mi "i h iii i u wider aniuaimuti ' among tne ! .nieis of m aff.nr- While he h'le.l t..e editoi im car Ii PeiTine wiine oil ii,e rau-foruiat mn of me Amerii an newspaper busine-s from ihe old fashioned pc-oual loiirnnli-iu. w.tn its bitter editorial page slungwanguv umi - tie. It nariuw mnl piiioi'imtl uoiting if ihe ne and it- ,ill-ii ? itih njr part n.an-1 'p t. i' presi nt i up i .unl liimtilir n r . .. t Ii I thin iiiungi' in tin- nil u l'a-t he con trib ited ii -igniticHiit p.irt Th- great pro; ress of tie orofi ss...)i toward hi itei tiung-wii- a !ii'Hiti topi, iipon w ii ill lie 1 koil to dilate c-(.,iiall io i.if 'miiiser goner. I'tmi among hi- . mifrerc- alas ere-Hig tin hope !, in tln would iihiiiui to i" t'n ir par'. Vow llllll Hi' i- gone s fe lows i,, Unite ,l ij. nng liiml I - II,' lie! DEBS ON HIS HONOR f?l'f AI l ft"lliM Ill llfliKI'M Jj d'd i" t hip t.ini ' j" i t 'mii a io bear wIihi liiyiie lir- it I -u iti uppoi t of ... Mii .oi i.'i n iiii.,.M lieo wenl to ii-'Miigton in -. im ,-i'i"iii' general No guar. i- trim in" if. . in p"M.'eiu,,ir Trent with him and w In n he had r 1 1 1 1 - ti I his inteimw wild Mr iai,glnii In t .oh the 1 1 nil li.n k t i A'luni i Those who me -i.ipris.il a' in 'i "I- ing Iuim n"t ! ot ui "in iim pi.igi.sj, oi prison iniinagi iiient W on i I. hi h- i In honor -j -ti in i- in oijur in iiiuni prison The iniiiiilcs to out of ilieir ill- n tin morning and work on large innn-, souk times itlm ii ollicilil guiird- I'm ntuin at noon and hi night, and eur nuin is a ftelf appoiiiii'd guiild for eier oiinr man He know- I'llll if Hlt.V one letrajs l me lidencc put in ilieiu all the privileges whnh the nil njoy will he cut off. ISut the honor 4'Stvlll does not stop here. IVlMUli ra have mail linn's been went nn railroad jourues alone on sonic eninid for the warden, and they lune iimrncd at 'Im appointed ti With the - .irl- dune '1 his -sleui ha- I'l'i n nio .i d in nn telnf that it 's tin Ini-inchs of the prison u. ii couroge Lie uoutioii of habituul criminals. If a tnan nervine sentence can live a natural human life It Is believed that the chances fnvur his abandonment nf crime when he ti released. And the first offender is frequently anved tn society because Ins tiilud Is bualeil with his wholesome tasks Instead of being tilled wllh resentment against the law. In tlnmed by nHsiiriiitUm in idleness with lmliltuinV lawbreakers There was no risk in allow ing I'ebs to make his trip lo Washington unattended He could not have escaped permanently it he had been so disposed, nnd he kll"w It lie would have found that the whole 1 nited States was his prison, with it wardens and guards i-ontlnitotisly on dut.v Me would have gone to bed In terror and have waked in dread in the morning, for he could not have hidden where it was impossible to find him. He is intelligent enough to know this, even if he vveic not intelligent enough to know that :t man niav not with' impunity Interfcie with the taisltig of armies when the conntrj is at war. Whether he should be pardoned is another question having no relation whatever to the wisdom of permitting Intn to visit Washing ton to plead his own enso Ix'fore the attorney general. It is not necessary to di-cuss it toilav IN THE LIGHTS OF EASTER THE WORLD APPEARS ASKEW When Will Humanity Realize the Value of Truths That It Has Been Casting Aside? WIlLiN. on the day that is .pi aside by n huge part of the world for the iclebra tioii and reinoinbranc of renewed promises of life and renewed hope, men and women put on blight raiment ravaged from the shops and go foith to shine under the sun, they are not, as some people suppose, Irra tionnl. They ure nt their sanest then. The ribbons and bright hatbands of Knster nre among the few good omens visible in a gloomv world. The aveinge man glimmering in a new -uit at this season tits add'iiatcl.v for a moment -and for n moment otil.v intn the majestic order of the larger life upon whbh his whole cMstenio depends lie becomes a part of the natural hartnonv which, nt all other times and seasons, he labois zealously to destroy, lie is almost as admirable as n newly green tree or a bloshomiug shrub. His new clothes nnd his general mood prove his relationship with these things and his unconscious obedi ence to impulses too profound for analysis or common perception. He fits into the picture. At all other times this same man is at war with the natural order out of which he springs. What a hater and destrojer he ha' become: How proud he is of the ruins tlint his pride has made '. From under the waste and destruction of winter on every hillside glorious and de pendable things are appearing. Trom the wreck and dovnstation wrought by men in tun places of their inheritance nothing appear- but stark and twi-tcd nnd poisonous growths of a sort that shock and sicken even those minds that are best trained to ac eptanie. A desperate effort was intide to leproduce in the realm of human nffairs something like the miracle of spring, to living something worth while out of the illimitable waste. It failed. It could not be Sieitier or later mankind will under--tiiiul the extent of its lo-s and it will want to know what was wrong. Certainly things are not all w U at this moment in a world from which intiunn ruble people will turn tomorrow for a look at the faie nf spring, or for an interval of ponce or to kneel Mimevv here and tr.v to understand the mysteries among which they live. I'lainl.v there is a great deficiency of some -ort in the sjstem by which people aie trving to acquire learning and discipline. The age is ufftiotcd with a wild assortment of delu-ions. Man. for example, believes thnl he rule- tin- world. He rule- the worlu about as Hrituin rule- the wave. The .-ea rules Itritain and compels the Ilriti-h to lit all their policies of government to it-whim- and its perils. The world rules men. It imposes liiirdi n- on them and emlle-s obligation-. It i filled with things that limit human capacity and retard human effnri Life i- a pi f onfiirmation l tin- haiu'eable natural tuiidition-. In the light of i it eviiits one might -uppo-e that barriers of all kinds were i-iabli-heil in the beginning to keep the races from -elf-destrui tion that that was why the moi.ntnins and the sea- were mad" As ihcse obstacles are ovinonie or t,raiup'ed down, life on thi- partnulnr planet eim tn grow more uncertain and the thing- iIi.it men seek in their hearts eem to be further ami farther uwa. If tin ra' e- and nation- nre to -urvive tl.ei will have to revise inost of their l ' v er philosophies Th-'.v "ill have to Incorporate in their code- of ait ion more of the trutn implied and demon-tniicd in the great p ligion-. The things of the spirit will Mne to be nmie generally honored in dailv lite It hits been assumed that -uch a thin; i. impossible. And b' hold the result' T'e wnr wii- practical: it was a triumph .ii. 1 a i uliiunation of practnal philosoph.v Men want to be happj. Tor that t ' live and tight nnd toil and search W ho will tell them whin they are voung ihnt v.. i ianu.it. be happy through material po-e-sums alone ur bv being mighty? You cannot of course. That simple truth has hern demonstrated in tire nnd flame ur.d in nil the i curd of the succeeding tragedies that i utiian liitorv. Still nr :i will not !' liei i Ti.eir governments will not piliew it As a consequen f a. tin-, modern civ 1I17. ition is pasionatelv t oie-crneil nl . t inatenul thing-. It i- engaged funoiislv in what -nine one on e ialbd "the i-edi-'ritni 1 1. hi of atoms " If that pursuit -i i in- to n the nio-t important thing in lit" to king ii'd stute-nnn and gfnonils mid tin i ' I ot ii tin. wuo ..in h'tunc the iiiiin in tin .ir"t for In- wholh dcsti.itiv" gosp. . of i i.iiiTi run. -in .unl .in'' ins a. iiu i.;ei o"i ii so tiauiiil that lje is umible ; pMieive nm lt 1 di ul of the thinking now being dmi In ii. ml palace ilooi- in 1" ropi , whore gold l.n i d guard- stand is o ,"e as squalid. i,i t.. is dungi rous lis th ti.iuking of a c nn il of vegg.nen in the ba k "ioin of im a!''v d w Kaster is hii e-i ape 1' i- nn in'irv.t' m siinin. The hutli.iiids .ind the riiilion- -now tt.al iiitmnalit.i . ii"' nl'ogtlii r inipnilile I. the liiimtin rip The mirage n.im ii. I is du..litig ilntliis finds some sort t plip in ine rhlhuiic prm s of a sound' i lit" than .in, tninK h" ordiniii ilv know- Id ..inn..' -nig like the tiling- of the mi lie aiiliot a-t p easan sillldi like a trii Mr do. -n't liodi.ei rn In - and llmg tlnm Bliont to all miners lint h(' maj yet le.irn how piir.-nr it i- for hi ) 111 to follow iimre clo-e'v the e. ample of tne life whnh ha uiitates on one dm of lh. ii .ii If ti,e - "f ihe tn ii Mn. foiever m.iiliiig in.d ttampiiiig em ii ..t n t one -lipped mil 'it iiu gio'illd.i in igv ii,nn I'or ihe s .sti nam e of InindreiU ami iorn n i,p for the mere -utisfai'tioii of owning some iintig tliat ii i ould not use, the lariu would nuve be-n black and ban en ng s ago len i ling perilouslv to the edge of a glitieriug iinmr-e -o va-t n in he hen, nil measurement even h the imagination- .md i all themselves the inlet- of life '1 hev ignore almost every great and pi riuain'iit rule established as a law of ontiuiiing ex isienie on thla planet. Thei have not earned the le--on- of dm which proves--a- all lifi lb" s mat tn.i griMtni-s .mm I i.M must begin in liniiuliiv Marts rs w l! f'uve to oine and g I'. i makers will continue io be ru itied am'v will rule for n long time before men learn, in sonic supremo disaster, lunv far they have departed from logic in their relations with one another. People will come to realize sootier or later that things nobly believed in cannot be untrue. In that time the highest monu ments will be erected to the patient souls and before them men nnd women will not be ashamed to kneel. "ALL-AMERICAN DAY" I 'l' WILL be four .vrnrs on the "th of April since the I'nlfed Slates decided to par ticipate In the world war. Arrangements nre under wa.v for n celebration of the an niversary bj the display of the national flag and by n parade by the men who vvoro the uniform of the army and navy nnd by mnss lueetliigs nddressed by tlenernl I'ershlng. In the Interval between the present and the date of the ndebriitlon it might be well for the people to think about the relation of "All Americanism" to what we began lo do on April 7. 1IM7. Wo were aware four years ngo that there could not be a great wnr waging in Europe without involving the I'nltcil States. We bad become involved before n formal declara tion was made, (lermnny had presumed to lav down rules under which we might use the high sens nnd it had threatened the de struitinn of all our shipping which disre garded tho-e rules. She extended prohibited zones far bovond the three-mile limit of the coasts of the countries with which she was nt war, and she was insisting on her rights to do so. We discovered that if our rights on the sen were to be protected against such high-handed proceedings we must do some thing to defent the power which was Inter fering witli them. In brief, we discovered flint the quarrels of Kurope were in it large measure our quarrels, and tlint uny ancient formulas which proclaimed the contrnry would have to be disregarded. Yet since the fighting censed tunny Ameri cans who boast of their Americanism have forgotten all this and are insisting on the snnctit.v of the old forniulns formulas de vi-ed at a time when the sea vvas a burlier instead of a bond and when the nation was .voting and struggling with its own domestic problems. If All-American 1'r.v , to be devoted to exploiting the theory that America need not bother itself witli what happens nnjwlicic else it might better be abandoned nt once Hut if it is to be devoted to keeping alive in the minds of the people n realisation of what has happened In the last seven years and an understanding of its significance, then its observance every year will be wel comed by nil those who believe in iutcmu lioniil peace. THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE EVi:ity UN"i: who thinks at all knew all along that n time would come when the Japanese would challenge openly the rights claimed by Washington It. Vniidorlip and his associates in rhberia. We had almost forgotten Mr nnderlip. Ho is the American who returned from Kus-ia witli documents to prove that the Soviets had given him exclusive concessions in the richest part of Siberia. The active agents of Sovicti-m in lUi.-sia number fewer thau half a million. They luul no nght to give away ltuinn tirritory. Washington I Vnnderlip had no recog nisable moral right to accept tin gift The Japanese who. having invaded Si beria, now use lighting words in dicu ing the Vniidorlip concession, have no more light to the Uus-ian terrltorv they oi up.v than Vnnderlip ha- to his much -talked -of concc-sioti-. They have less right, as a matter of fact, because they forced their wa.v into regions which the.v now hope to claim a- their own. If IJuia ever actually wakes, Vnnderlip. Japan and the Soviet nlhViiils will find '.he problem of Siberia .settled. All three of them will be gently but tirml.i ti-herod to iuim ide. Meanwhile, the Japanese and Mr Vnnderlip and the Soviet-, arguing loudl.v over other people's properly, pro-ent about a- nice an example of the eternal triangle n- ever wn- apparent in lite icalm of iiitT niitiouiil politic-. FORWARD-LOOKING BRYN MAWR Pl'MLK ' -irvioc of signal worth is fore shadowed in the new kind of summer 'school which villi bi opened bv Hr.vn Mawr Col. "go In the hc-t -pli it of i diiciit ionuf progre-- i- the plan wherebv wonn n inilus tnal workers will rcicivc in-trin tlou vir tually tree. Scholar-hips provided by the Hi.vii Mawr illlllllllUO will take i are of tin ixpeiisc of giving the courses, which in the case of .ii h student would nmouni to about IJUUtt. .-oleitinii will lie made b.v o nl ommittecs finiii mining the local upplinints in each lominunlty. While stories of nliicatli.il among the youthful working classes. i,mh and female, make good aiiirdotol leading, this road to . ultiire is admittedly dillnuli. There is Inspiration in contin I with iduentlon at headquarters and in co-op' rat on with fel low or sister aspirants tor the fruits of learning. 'Ihe I'rvn Mawr idea wi'l n'.ir imitating in ttit r higher Institution-. 1 hat it is neither n.ipructii al nor based on u,i ml-e knowl i dge of (onditious Is pioved In the fact thai -evenly, young women world- have already .ippl.nl for adinis-ion to il. . mir-e- at gen- rous and fo-wnnl-looMng linn Mawr. AN AID TO MAIL SERVICE Pn.MMAS'mt ;i-;m:ki. tlm tir-t person to run " to -peed tlm deliver! of a ' it as soon n- possible iitti Id. l the y-n in is by no n mi. HA. S is not that one way 'l i '.- to mail i- written, i tun i nl and a- iii.it permit in pile up ; dm ur. serioiish " f I and 7 i -i i urn inii if I'ln - of tin t --i'i that tlnir . en In ea-ilv tin re are -till mismovi ion i tit ir outgoing com -pome in until the iii-i of'tlm iinrkii, III coli-oq'n nee postofh' . eiiibariii-seil In tweeii 11 ' l.n i n'i Im k in the aft' riionii 'I i sclnhlo-, the "peak-load Mltll lopoliiun ttansit lomjuiui. ., I. inli n- at- unavoidable I'mnipt mailing uietnod. adopted 'Iim "niail-i n n -hi ought not io teipilre nil ilitl i campaign rn e and ostlv piopiig.imla ilidiiinri I tn instincts -in. uld be an ndquiilc Inn ku ig for i nrri ing it .Mi 1 1 ii- siigge-tion. operation wi'l benefit l he i I' b! i Tldi.it of the I'o-tnfiice I)f oii'tinent jut u s .t II n'li-r tuin-tions of tin government CITIZEN TRAINING CAMPS Till! War 1 '"piirluu nl - in inn tion- i--ui l to nine 'orps umn miiri.indi i - mil at It-utinii in ihe new sisli'in of vohiui.iry mili tary training -tablis.iiil by the nrmv in oiganiation imt pas-i d 'ii-i ,lnno ' h,. plan is undoubtedly nn outgrowth of the I'lntt-burg idea, winch piovd -o successful immeilifltely pruednig the war. Its development, however, nppl.es th" prini iple of geographical onvi nn m e, for ti.o new I nulling amps to ln opened tins s numei aie distributed throughout thecinjii tii. Camp Iix will he available for the seloi ted applimiit- in the I'liilinlclphin legion In this camp. a. m others in ' nlifornin, Washington New York. Illinois and inrious Ktates, there will be accommodation for I'JOO iiindiilates. 'Ihe total number ot citizens to whom tlm phi -ii nl and military "duration will be open will Im IIMMI. The Innovation naiinot Im .mlicted for nnv spirit of hiirileii-oiiie in 1 1 i t.'l li-in . Indeed, it Is probable that the experiment will ap peal to more i niiug men with a taste for 'iimplili in Miimii. i tinm than i an lieiicioui modatid. Not the leii-r of its villain in its proiiitfcc of healthful, Instructive vacationing. THE SILENT TREATMENT How Newspaper Correspondents Ao ministered It to a Member of the House The Qreeters' Asso ciation The Frozen North Hy (iicoHoi; nhx mccain E.I. STACKPOLi:. publisher of the liar- rlsburg Telegraph, has been con tributing nt Intervals to his editorial col umn his reminiscences of legislators and Legislatures of the past. Kor nearly twenty ycnt'R of his life .Mr. Stackpolo was n legislative correspondent. He has known every governor from John P. Hnrtranft to William V. Kproul. In one of his recent articles he directed attention lo nn episode now forgotten which occurred In Harrisburg and which wns the first of Us kind to occur in the country. It1 WILL be recalled that during the world war when Senator La 1'ollctle wns rant ing iirountl the Senntc and frothing on the lecture platform about the government, he suddenly dropped from sight. His nnme failed to appear for about a year in the newspapers of the country. It wns Just as if he had fallen Into the crevice of n glacier to be heard of no more. His un-Amerlcnn expressions led the nrwspnper correspondents ht Washington of all parlies to give hint what was known as "the silent treatment." He was completely and utterly ignored by the newspapers. It was equivalent to exile. His name was omitted from all con nection with the news of the day. Hy a great many people nnd a lnrge number of newspuper men it is .supposed to have been the first Instance of its kind in this country. That is a mistake. The first instance occurred in Harrisburg nt the legislative session of 1SU5. i Tlinitl! was a certain member of the House of Representatives from n central I'enn sylvania county who wns noted for his vit riolic tongue and vindictive disposition. He wns an organization muu one ot tho-e party men who "go along" witli any measure, right or wrong, just so it bears the stamp of the reigning boss. He lind beeu criticized by some of the correspondents, und contrary to all prece dent, forgetting that ns n public man his 'votes were n legitimate subject for com ment, he made n violent uttnek upon the newspaper men on the floor of the House. It should not bft lost sight of, nlso, tlint this gentleman had received favorable com ment, ns well as criticism, and. vvas really under obligation to the newspapers for the constant publicity he hud icceived during his long career ns a member of the Hou-e. The Legislative t'onc-pondents' Associa tion, which tliis year will celebrate ils twenty-sixth anniversary, had just been formed. At nn executive ses-ion of the organiza tion it was decided, in view of the attack upon the newspaper correspondents as a body, to completely ignore the gentleman in question in all future newspaper dispatches. Knch member of the association was pledged to seciccy. From that day the gen tleiuaii in question disappeared from legis lative life as completely as Senator La Toi lette did twenty -five years later. In vain did he make impassioned nil dresses; useless were all his. brilliant witticism-. His name ot his addresso, wore milliard' of by ihe people of the state. He first became angry, then threatening, finally frightened. The correspondents made no explanation to his friends who appealed to them. They displayed no anger; they simply ignored him. It was crucifixion for a innn who lind been in the eyes of the public as he had been for .veins. One day bo nro-o in his place and apolo gized frankly for his ungenerous attack on the newspapers. He i-otitcssed his mistake; lie had attacked hi- friends. I'mm tlint day till he clo-ed his legis lative career his name held its old plate in the newspaper columns' of the state. GKtilU'K 1). WUUTIHNCTON is the official head of "The lirccters" of the L'liiled Stales. This menus thnl he is president of the organization. Kvery traveling man knows what a "greeter" is. lie is a national institution. lie welcomes you in Huston, shakes hands witli you in Atlanta and makes you com fortable in your temporary hotel home in Portland. re. lie is what hi- name implies. He wel comes you to the hotel whom your wander ing feet may lead ou, if he is n member of the organization. The mark or emblem of the tribe is a ttnv replica of a hotel iegiter. open in the middle with the letter- ti. A. upon it. meaning "tireeters' As-of tation." There arc sumo hotel iloik-. I -icgret to -ay, mighty few of tlmiu chough, for whom that "(I. A." stands for "(imuch Associa tion." They unit you with a frown instead of a smile, while their -ludicil hauteur is in t"iucil to chill the mariow in the bones of the guest. The tii eoti rs have a foothold in every state of the t'uinii. it is an organization of lintel managers nnd clerks. A i o-opcrative body of the clever men who loine in contait with the traveling public. When Mi AVorlhington came to Harris- buig truiii Texas to manage it- big new hotel he disi o ei'cd that Peiiii-ihuniii was without mi organization of the Ureetei-.s. The Hotel Clerks' A-sociution of Philu di Iphhi luul gone into a slate of permanent somnolency He n organized it ns the liroUcr- in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, after which he extended it to other ports of the state. hut iiuui' natural than that he should be i hoseii sntc presidi nt of the orgnnizu Hon. I.n-t year at tlm annual meeting in Chicago Im was elected national president After ienty-six yeai. in the hotel busi tn . and he is -till th.- -id" of fiuty. whin moie natural than he -hould occupy the position (hit he does today in the oldest, inn-i ivtenshn n in I lnigisi hoti'liiien's or ganization in the louniii'.' VILII.IALMl It STIir.WSMiN. the An -tu- i xploPT, wln i- in tin- country. Hikes a fall out of tin -i lni"l geogriiphii wlm h di scribe the eMi.'ine northern por Inui- of the lontiiicnts a- tin "frozen ninth." lb- viry propei ly points on the fallacy of tlm popular id. a. tin oiiigiowth of er roneous teaching, thnl the lands north of the amtic chile ale pun tit .illy devoid of life and ihe mtire legion i- n laud of eternal snow ami i e. TllNCK -pent half u d.lv in the old Mc Donald Hotel in Ihiw-nn i' with Honey, the man who built the While Pn-s Itallroad ftom Skagwuy to White Horse. lie hud 1 1 ached Daw-on two day- lufote aflei a six week-' trip overland from Val di z to Kngie City . 1 1 wn.- a joiiriiev of about Kill mill- He made it on hoi-ibink It w.i- a leion nai-iiiiio for tin tin n propo-ed Viildez I'ort Kgbeit Alaskan Itallroad It via- through a subarctic iiuintit HK.NLY lolil iim it uio-t le'inarkahle story ol the pn-s ibi'iti's o, agriculture in ihe unknown inli i no oi Aln-kn iiIoiil' tin ionic that im luul traveled of vnt plum willi (.rn t" hi" Iim si'- girth, wlmie initio could be vviliteied In the upon us safely us Iii Montana Hardy gram ciops were, lie mi id. as po. sible m- in Canada. As for it.- mineral wealth, im 'stimuli ol it could be made. Mulbi rrms, striiwhcirles, riirinnls and ni-plieiin s grew wild and huge foiosts of native nomls. lues of vast growth, coveied the lowr slope of the mountains Tridm the route then mapped by Ileney i- the overland tiail between the Yukon nod Vnlde Scatti rn hamlets and wireless tehgiHph stnt inn-'tint a vast region tlint Is still waning tin Hie iiillux of the pioneer clcuicn' that will turn its imaginary fields of ice nnd snow Into prosperous farms nml -vast cattle ranches. ."-- O -' i liafp iirrft r"rToX!s ' -lb-. : jiftSHMM kkz?s&c- m . i 7W 'Vllf- ' rf-.l JPViiBr V .D'TI !. It iW mm, nHrm. mmsms .k mmoy ugfaps mmmm "Vs-I. l vOw' . ht.WvtJij X V"" VlM-i. .XM . .r -i iwv mWmr luu.y,ff?vyv s'vr sr3Jfc .2SS NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks IT ilh Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects Know Best WILLIAM O. HEMPSTEA.D. JR., On Philadelphia and the Shipping Board WI1KN the new l'liiled State- shipping hoard is ((instituted by the Harding administration it should have a representa tive Philadelphia!! as n member, according to William (. Hempstead. Jr.. a member of the shipping firm of I). !. Hempstead iV Son. witli offices at II South 1'otirth street. "That ii port as big ns Philadelphia, witli its tremendous natural advantages and the, facilities tlint have been placed here, -hotild have a representative on the new shipping board goes nlino-t without saying." says Mr. llompstcadi "A Philadclphiai) on the board ( oil Ii I aid this port in ninny different ways. I'or one thing, lie should he a man witli the i mirage of his convictions, n man tiioioughly con versant witli conditions here, ami a mini who would be brave enough to show the port just where it is deficient. Then cer tain of our failings could be remedied and tlie port take i utile second to none. Could Safeguard Interests "A Philadelphia!! on the -hipping boaid ii ould be in a position to safeguard the in terests of this port. Do not misunderstand mo. I do not mean that the shipping board would under any circunistiinces do any thing to hold back the port of Philadelphia or uny other port. I believe nnv shipping board would do its utmost to build up. Hut 1 do menu tliut a Philadelphia!! on the board, with the wide vision he would have nnd with the grasp of the situation the world over that he would acquire, would be in n position to give shipping interests here advlio that would be invaluable and at the same time could show his colleagues on the board just how advantageously business i ould be done here. "We should have oveiheail cranes, better lighting on many of our piers ami matters should be systematized. Kverything goes well here as long ns things follow their ac customed groove, but the moment an un expected rush of biislncs, comes tilings are nt once nl sixes nnd sevens. "These things could easily be made right It only needs nuubndy with the i outage to come right out and tell what is icquircd. I 'pon the otlier hand, our advantages hero nio sn great, our rates so. low, eoinpnioil with New York, for instance, that Philadel phia should handle n ticmeudous quautity of business it does tint now recci c. Hafe.s Iteally liwer Than New YiuK's "i iiir rates 'bore am really lower than tho-e ut New York, becati-e in New Smk they tack on so many little apparently in- What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 Who is Auatole France" .'. Wlm !- the present Monetary of ngrhul tuic" 3. What is tin i inef naval station of tin t'nlieil State- In Culi.i? I When did the Franco-Prussian war icour? ii Wlltl'f .ne tlm .1. nil. m Isl.ttitU und to what nation do they belong? i'. Who vuu, i 'iiKliostro'.' T Whnt lh the Hi Ht niiuic of Maish.il Foch" y. Who was Tliom.iH 'NiinC 'i Who wiuu tln play "I ininii ol Athens'? ly. What Is tlm meaning of the word heb domadal? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I 'I h. (iisi Mint in the hnitln oT ., urinous fouuhl h, iwien the llrlilsh ami tin tiei leans in 181. was Hied h .-iiiiiitiil Spotts, of Philadelphia. : Wind hoarls are uinri Hum coroneijj and simple taitli than .Voituiin blood'' Is from Tennyson's pimni, "I.aily Clara . re do Vi'K," " Koine Is the capital of united Itolv i. Aliie Uoliri twin of likUliotnii h ilu ,.nh woman nif uiher of ('oiiKrisn 5. I'lJwfu rieiiliy Is tlm present t-ottietiuy of tho navy. f. Two operos by Kk'lmlil Sliailhs ,irn ' s i loine" und "Illoktra " ', 'Ihe ufiittmiry of Napoleon llon.ipai i,. death occuis on May H l'l.'i S .Silesia is a latt'o rcKioii in i-i in ru ' l,,j lop, ni.iinly In the upper 1mh.ii of n. Odor ihei. It liiiatuo I'ollsli h, ;.'i was separated from Poland in lii;,i' ' Kriuliiiilly liociiiiic lierni.inl.! d, wj under Bohemian Hiipreiu.icv I'.'Sli la'? and wiih tncoriioiiiKil with Dolieml.i in l.'tr.r, Willi Holn una it ,,n-. , to Hi House ol Mitpsliutif It was lo.ioiided bv Frederii k the i.reni ITII-lil'.1 He. fore tin world w.u paits of M,.NI, iieic posscched hi ItiihHiii and Xusiihi Tlm i'lUKslnii ttiriiory lijcluded the rich Industrial and illinium iIIhIiki- ,,f I'pptr .Silesia, in whnh u nlcblHiii. has Jilbt been held to ilcterinlue whether the region In longs to Poland or tierniiim 0 Tlm Pniiainu cuu.il from ih ., walir to deep WHter Is 13 Hi linlis long 10- Aigon Is a gae nn Inert constHurni nf the atmosphere, THE OLD STORY VWLAiiiMDir J MvrWLf''. m a Mkam i . . z?w v . m i r i i iiiifc Mtr k ow'si-:v , .I - -ti s.j v -"m 'AlttUa. ft - They I i consequential charges that the rates really equal ours and In most i a-cs arc higher. A Philadelphia shipping man would under stand this tiioioughly. and such a man on the shipping board would be able to present the facts when putting in a good word for this port. "It is nil very well for people studying I lie facilities of (he pon of Philadelphia lo ride up and down the riv'cr on n steamer. Hut the man who really knows is the man who has walked along Delaware avenue, studied the situation at first baud and knows every foot of eviry pier. Such a man on the hmii (I would be of more value to this pon t linn a doon theorists, no matter how well-intentioned they might be." Humanisms H WILLIAM ATIIKKTON l)L' TV nil IK crookedi-t baseball linger in the L Senate i- worn by Senator Patton Ilnr-ri-on, of Mis-is-ippi, He got it in the seventh inning of n historic cinlc-t between the 1'nivcrsit.v of Loui-inim ami Tulatie I ni v cr-ity . He via.- pitching and the game was a close one, so lie -aid nothing about the bioken linger and played il out and won it. Sinator Harrison didn't linvc any father or silier spoon or nny tiling, and so he paid his way through college by wailing on table He hold- that the fact of the existence of deiuociacy . even in southern universities, is pi oved by his having been invited to join cadi of the four (irick letter fraternities of the University of Louisiana, despite his servitude ut ineul times. If one vi ill hnik back to "The American Ciiiumoiiwealth." wiittcn decades ago by .limit's Hi j co, later Knglish ambassador over hem, he will he impressed witli the grasp which that gem Ionian had upon American tendencies. Hurry A. Slnttery. seeretarv of the Na tional Con-crvntioii A-sooiutioii. lolls of the methods of tin n-tulo gentleman in getting at tlm bottom of American problems. .Mr. Ilryce cultiiattil the young men in olhnal i imh'H in Washington. Loul Percy wits u youthful and charming Hrltilier at tached to the embassy who served as one liaison, bul there were otheis, A wiek lamly passul duiiug winch there was pot u gathering in which Ihe i hicf element was the young government official. Mr. Hryce was thcr' lie sal iicxl In a young lotcstei, chemist, i ngincer, who was working on gov ernment problems. His Interest in this man's spicially wn- unbounded. He pumped him dry, then turned to another nml another, lie sent Lord Percy to lough jt iii the West, a thing for which lie was loo old, nml icport hack. lie kept young, live, informed, hy cultivating young men who were the active agents of the government Mr-, (.nil L.righliii. o, Califm inn. that -piiglitly, quick-spoken little woman who ha- loiight at the In. nl nil the time in the campaign for -ulTiiige. tells inpid-tiie stories to illiiMiat" the position in which enfran chised woman finds herself. I Id' mental attitude, she -ay-, is like thai l' a little giil who was talking to her bioiher and told what might properly be chin ai'tei i.i d a- "a whopper." Msier, -unl the tiny in mn want to go to hell'" "Wait till I gei my hut." The lighting wns ,, fast. Mrs. Liiughliu's vii vv . tlint piolcsl. "do said the girl, iiciording lo woman wns lorced to net in ciiiei'geiicie, as did a ceitaiu good soul who was ciilhil out of bul lute at liignl to admiiii-ler to the sick wife of a neighbor. Ailiniini-lieil to Iniriy hi the frightened husband, -he -ennobled into her rloihc nnd st.nteil down the walk at a run. Shu stum bled and fell to In i' hands and knees, "Don't slop to get up," pleadiil the innn. 'I luollgliout lint great war, Itepicseutalll CatiUMiv. of Ailiiinis, noil -eiiiilni, ol tlmm wns i o!isiieiatiou whiih weighed more belli Ilv on Ihe mind uf Wood low Wil-on limn nny other and which explain- much of what wn- luu k of manv tilings he did. W Imw Wilson griiv.il localise the pen- pies at war were white pisipl . f il( vv ostein iileos. He saw in their lotillni a iicakin ing of ihe white iimes. Winn a man was killed on eitboi side il imiiiit that there would be one ie-s pt opiigalor of individuals for the gciienilioiis iliat worn to meet the -buck when icllnw men -ought to nile the wot Id lie soimhl to so ns,. ih,, i,. .,.,, ,,, r of ihe I ii 1 1 "il Stales Hm i M. , (), I bi'iiuglit to il close win, . t,.s p,.-,!,!,. :.s I of life Due can better und ! land manv of his actions, says (he bcntitor, If th,- thought is borne in mind. ' -nHeES-'r. - '3PZZ3MiMBZA -r!PT5si3-'- .l"- j-ij-x.- iP-" ' .$ 1 t I i ;u ux ',r . '. - SFfT'J fi- HSr SHORT CUTS Debs' brief outing may presage a i han? residence. ot Jermany mny now tnke another sp.i-ru mid then pay up, ticrmnn icvolts appear to urn on a icparntlotis schedule. J . When I .I'll i ne comes lo the eiul nf hiv rope ht- may swing on It. Kaster doesn't make a particle of differ ence to the hard-boiled egg. Slid the heart of the woman wlm to morrow must put on her old giay bniiint Hy all means let Mr. .Mitteu II Ir Inn tarilT April I. That's the day tn wliuli it belongs. The P. H. T. underlying cuiiipnmr- in ss upon drawing unfriendly attention to themselves. Ulsp.ttches from Kborbach -eein in -mm i hat (icrmnu ii'i't'roniiiiii') is making u inu out of a skunk. I'ornior Pre-ident Wil-on - reaction in the Lansing story would make uiteii'Min; leading just now. Can the United States enter ir.ul. rcl.n tiolis with Soviet Uilssia while tlint go em incut is backing mvnliitiou in Mexuu m tin menace of all Americans? 1 1 it In t sulks. Hay- hurt hi- feelui:. Hut Hope slugs with growing power: "If you'd speed up business, dealings Do your mailing every hour " A majority of the 'J0O gnl graduu'" of. the Mount Holyoke Collrge will enter I. r teaching profession. Already Ihe iro"' t of better salaries is hearing fruit The bill sting of a tube of tetanus tov n in the hands of a physician at a loiat Inb.n.i lory dramatically draws attention io il.ui gers which become coiiiinonplaces lo dintoi" N'oithcr Scciclnry Hoover nor iimbo'lt cIm- Is oppiiscd to trading with Uu--ia Opposltinu, i lo trailing with the Sm ft liovcriinient nt the piescni time under exit ing I'oiidltion,-. Jiime.s Hcunessy, of cognni fani ln entered his uinctccn-viar old Imr-e for l'n Hi public Slakes at Auteiiil. lVutne f iiiorrow. The owner evidently -tick- tn the opinion that the llennessy urund liupioiw with age. The Dutch steamship Sihiediik nn-n" rived witli a eaigo including Ida .iios brandy and whisky. -!o case, of gin m 'J.ill cases of wine. "If n man wen nhnaw that ship," ruminated the Hefornied t-oiK "and had to reiiiain there until In aii'' to piiuiounce its name lie might ii'irloi a case of delirium tremens." If the United States coiium-sinnc "' immigration, with the aid of the t iirmp Corporation, of New York, succeeds in tf . ting iiiimigianis to the fauns in-irail "j allowing them to coligcsl m the "'1 mm eventually load to laimms u'r' whoso poiiulntioiiK will travel to their tacot as cin men do. It is link of ",.""u! interest that makes the farmhand loncomi ami long for (lie city. Dr. Wilbur F. rrnft. blue Inn ' pii.n. brought a collection ot f,"""n.u; lieturcs with him from the 1 onimoni aJ displayed ll.ein on the walls nl In- W" iliilli he discovered they wen not "", nit" to the young person, wheieiinwiw them away nnd onlv shows lliem u ' friends sufficiently educated t" K,t "" . tilled enjoyment from their liea in totifess to being Impressed with the m"' gelitleinan's point of view -nut m ' "' elded as to whether lo classify u " lirl" Craft's. The fui in expeits in Wii-hiugton ",r on 'he job again. , . ,,.( They've filed II bill of Wl.kedlics U.'"" the lowly hen, a, Willi linpni'sth they would ul "' would take her down a I.; , , I'or the ben Hint does the ,a-!.hiiS '"" always lay the egg. 'Tis uiifortuiiaie, we fancy I ' ''"' ' should now lie made (, , When the hens are very l)tl-v vi'" l'ater trade; . . .. ,, So we'll Hike it wllh ii puicli o. m' egg-caieif should- . K ,nii I or the men who matte the J -H ' always make them good Tin skeptics glow as 111 the K''"s' ,,u"" cIllSfK IlllOlllld. 111 It bmiiks our tciidci heiirls I" -n '" !- till in d. ,,,,, ,i I II-I ihlllg 'Oil klinw lo' v I ",' " all good linn will "IT"! , titl 1 That tho Luster nibbll duesii't lr I'" ojgs.ut all! ( , C-" if rt ,is..JH,rt . 1. J.1 ,MJllif)aih,1my. J I j . ,Kt
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