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Louis 013 atobr-Demoerat ItulMInc Cuioiao inns minis Iiuli.ling news ufitc.vrs TTisiiisaioN HiT.KAt, N. 15. for Pennsylvania Ai" ni,.l Mth St. Nfciv Iork lluuui Itm Sun tiuiMlnr London lirniur rrnfulKur HulMInt: i"BscitiiTios tciims Tll ElSMSO l'IDtll' I.LKitr. in rervist to nun crlbers In rhlti(l.lihlfi nn.l Rurroumling townn at the rule of tiwlvo (IS) cnti ptr ttiik, pmhle to tho carrier. By niAil to points nuttiile of rhllmlrlpliin. In lh I'nltcJ Snu s. (.dnmlii, or Unltcl stAt" pos M.nns. poMacc free lift'- ISO) cents per month. Six ($0) dollar pr vojir. payMr In Hilvunrp To all for Up cnuntilcs nn (11) dollar a month NOTtcK SuMirlWi wishing mllf.. rlmmce.) must fflt oli a well at neu iddreiM. BELL, 3000 WM.M T kmtom:. mi 3000 JET" Address all crpnmuu Co. lots to 1'icHinp I'ubltc Lnlnrr. hnlepyndenre .Square !'httatlrli)ta Member of llic Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED rUVSS ( crcI'Md'CIv en tUlfd to th uie or ri titblirnltit n' nil Ht dispatcher creillteil (o It ,r not nllifni He credited in fhff paifp nnd also fli foeo-i nsio puoffftirrl fJirrrfn. .Ill rlolift of vrubUratlnn of uprvlnl dHpatchra herein tire n'.o ren ed. PhiladrlphU. Thiif.li.. April p:i DAYLIGHT AND LAW CANVASSES of numerous industrial plitut' nnil other ImMtirs cnniTrn in I'lillnili'Iphiii ilKrlosc , tin1 tiiniti 11 ln'iirt opproMil of ilnj light .nvinc. This ciitt irn'Iit. hnncMT. i iml rtciiii'il to iiu'lml" fnvor for Inilhiilunl nr intiiutitiiil r I)orlmrnt -. It lius born nrgni'il tluit if tin- lleht-'-inins mlvoi'iiti'- woitlil juvtlfv tholr enthusiasm tlic ought "imply to bogin rvork 1111 hour carlior mill iint it nn liour oom'r nrli iliiy. Tliis ri'iisouin? woitlil ho logical onoiigh wen it not for the interference of Inconvenient fnet, There ore certain institution obligated to adhere to 11 fined time schedule. The con fusion that uotild result from individual inltlntiw is nhvlous. Then is no practical way to cc'ti'iinlze tlic best hour of the sum mer ila --aw by advancing the clod; and legali7;ltu that chance. ApproMil 111 Iliirrislnirg of the pentllns bill nlieving cities ntnl towns from the obligation "f bserltig eastern standard time Is needed for the establishment of the icform. There is mhp'cIj a doubt that Philadelphia would pass on ordinance au thorizing the summer clock as coon as the state lnw vtns m.ule elisne The ilisgruntled fnrmers muld adhere to un tunc if the chose. NEW YORK HAS DONE IT GOVKKNOU MIM.KU. of New Yort.. lias signed n drv bill similar to the Sproul dry bill now before the Legislature, and it has gono into effect It provides that the local authorities shnll nforcc the prohibitory liquor lawi- instead of leaving the whole responsibility to the federal authorities. It might be said that It was In the eercie of the power of ron rurrent jurisdiction with Congress to pass mich laws that the New York Legislature cted. There are opportunities In It for the sumo abuses which grew up when the state alone regulated the liquor triiflie ami when there were working agreements lutween the sa loons, the police and the politicians. lint the situation can be 110 worse than it was before the adoption of the prohibitory amendment to the institution, nml the chances are that it will he nni'-li better than' the (situation which now ists. A RADICAL AT LARGE ClIAKLLS 1; IiWVKS ..ugh! to be ban ished If bureaucrai , pettifogging and red tape are to t'liKe In Washington there can be ii.i plaio in the 1 apital for this revo lutlom-t Onl lust week Pre'idmt Harding ap pointed him chairman of 11 ominissinn to inquire mto the trcntuunt of disabled service men. On April " this bod at do'wi to work. On April li three detinue recommendations Kere rcnd fir the Chief l'.eciitie, nnd Mr. llawo. declared: "I shall be disap pointed if the public investigation i not concluded tod.i Wo will begin work on the report tonight in eveiutne session " Is it possible that Mr Hawes doe not know the rules of tli" game nt Washington'' Ve gravely finr it. If this man goes on unchei kod he will trample down traditions which have kept thousands of patriots in easj jobs. A WASTE OF SCHOOL TIME BY .Ml stretch of tin imagination 1 an 1 miltatli lis of tollege fillti'imties be deemed 11-eful m tin; public schools 'n,,. minor frats, however, do waste the time of high school pupils und thej leiui.n'v n oourugn u parte n larlj sH s,,t ,,f sn .bherj in plai i's when it can do must harm. The exjienrii, e of boards of id'iuition and bleachers alike h,s ,e. 11 rc-pon-ible fur tl,c rules which in ii'most all . it , v forbid the formation by puhlii' x liool pupils ut exi lusivc cliques and groui.s. Miss Ilurroiighs, prl'i ipol of the Hoys' High School 111 Ciimdiii. 11. led with till -Inlrable murage w lien so Hiispended ight ouths win. faib.l to i.'spect the general order of the s. I . .). I Imaid relating 10 sei ret fraleniHH's It : odd to tin. I 1 tint the parents of the bos resent rather than ap plaud her n. tioii The piil.ll. s. n.iols nre edq. ation.il insti tutions Thoy ur" not established to help bojs and girls at tin: business of lime killing THE RIGHT MAN FOR PARIS Till! ,ipioiutiiii nt of Mm. 01 T I Id re k to head the An., iicnii . minis. j m I'nris s a hnpp.v choice t'n I'm si, lent Mr Hir rick's relations to the govt 1 nun nt noil pi o jde of Pranci. are 1 los.-r, more nn p. nml vital than thoe of 1111 othi r nnibas-.i.or to the republic m ear. Poise, good si nee, sjnipatln and general capacity haincleiued his perfoinuiii if difficult duties in the npi-Mug ihns of the vvnr. He will '." vel.onie.l on Ins return, not inere'y lis ail efli. lint ili)Iomutist, hut ax n friend. Praiiie I" .eiiinii for some tiuie 10 loom large in the liiternati.ii.il affair- of the I nited Sinii s It 1- gratifying to know thai Allien, a will In r, pn sent, .1 m these gnu.' concerns In an olhcial whom. iuulillcnlloii arc be.M.ud 1 1 - p 1 1 1 c FARAWAY WASHINGTON HOW milch do the wnliis and thinker III iishiiigluii know about the lest of the counir' ' Thar 1111. lent qui'stnui is siiu geuti'd 1 gam bv 11 l.u dls'.alch from the Keilllte g:il'er to a New ) nrk newspaper' that is interesting 1 IlletU beillllse It is im teachable "I'resid. nf Il.iriiii' " 1 11 in- this imitation of n.-w will lot usurp the po rr of the llailwav I nli.c II nnd' ' There W no rcis. n w!i to I'esnient rhotlld usurp the powers of the Hallway Labor llouiil- There Is no reason why any 3 oau bliouliL have suspeotiil him of such tin intent Ion. Tho llnilwny Labor Hoard Is n board of inquiry. As a balance-wheel it has been functioning admirably. It baa kept the unions and the rallwnj malingers ulike from lljing dangerously out of their neons -tinned orbits and risking their welfare nml the publlc'H during the ptescnt wage discus- ion. Morciner, the board U the only agency upon which the country enn depend for n wise mid fair adjustment of Interests be tween the three groups vitally concerned in the present rail emergency the. public, the Investors nnd the railway operatives. I'llml nnte the Railway Labor llonrd or usurp Its functions nnd .ion will slip automatically bnckwnrd over u pnep of twenty jours to the times when the public waited nnd suffered while industrial dispute's were settled ac cording to the rule.s of necident nnd force nnd, therefore, settled only until the losing side recovered strength enough to Tcsunie the battle. ALL-AMERICANISM IS NOT A NEW DOCTRINE The Essential Principle of It Were Laid Down Two Thousand Years Ago In a Letter by St. Paul to the Romans IT IS important that those who lire Inter ested In the celebration in this oily today, either as participants or as spectators, should ask themselves what they mean by All Americanism. The celebration Is in honor of the fourth anniversary of the declaration of war against tierman.v. That declaration was a genuine net of All-Amerlcntilsm. It was tho result of the decision nf the I 'nited States thatjt could 110 longer Ignure what was nnd is going on in Kurope. The splendid Isolation of which wo bad boasted for a century had ceased to exist. Although three tbousannil miles of salt w nter sepaiated us from tho continent on which the fighting was taking place, we were directlv affected by the conllict. The war on the sea as an Incident to the war on the land had resulted in the destruction of the lives of our citizens. It hnd interfered with our oomnietoe nnd was threatening to inter fere still more disastrously. We discovered that the United States was n member of the family of nations and thnt its pence could not be preserved so long as there was a bitter quarrel among other members of the Miitne family . We raised an army of 4.000,000 men nnd sent 12.000,(100 of them to Europe. We incurred a debt of $12.",000,000.000, which it will take severnl generations to paj, nnd we turned our Industrial forces from the oenipatioiis of pence to the activi ties of war. And till was in a real sense the appli cation of the principle of All-Aiuerlcanism to the international conditions then pre vailing. To put it in another wnj . it was the ap plication of the principles of Christianity to world politics. One of the most distinguished ppoiiiideru of those principles, wrote to tho young church nt Home that "none of us llveth unto him self mid no man dietli unto himself," be cause he wished to Impress upon the Romans reared in the atmosphere of the capital of a triumphant and conquering nation thnt there was no salvation for the world so long ns ingrowing scltlshnos was the rule of conduct. We knew in April, 1017, that 110 nation could live unto itself. We had been taught that even intelligent self-interest required that we should play our part In destroying the force which was seeking to trample down all the liberties of the allied nntions and to set up an empire based on greed for power and pelf. And wc acted in accord ance with the logic of the situation. When Mr. Harding explained In the Sen ate that be voted for the war resolution be cause our rights on the seas were disre garded he told only half of the truth. Whether he knew it or not, he voted for the war resolution hecau'e he was conscious that there was no safety for any nation so long as Herman) wns fighting to establish her right to control the destinies of the world, and because he was conscious nlso that inch of the allied nations must make sacrifices, for the others for the general good if the general good was to be vindicated. Two eiirs nnd live months have passed since the fighting stopped, and in thnt time the fires of high idealism have burned low in many places. There are men who wish tn have the Tinted Stntcs wnsh Its hands of the whole ilrmdful business nnd to turn its back upon the rest of the world. In so short a time the have forgotten the lehson of fnir ears of war. The shut their ejes to the fact that modern inventions have ponged the seas from their place between the continents and have made all the na tions next-door neighbors, nnd that whether we will it or not we cannot shirk our obli gations to those neighbors. Man of them never knew thnt the United States shares with the great Uuropean na tions the responsibility for the conditions which brought about the war. l'rancc in ls.711 protested to the United States, to England, tn Spain nnd Italy and the rest against the seizure of ANnco and Lorraine by liennnii) , but none heeded the protest. They nil acted on the theory that Herman and Kranc must settle their own quarrel and that no one else was concerned about the terms of the settlement. Hut the triumph of (ierman greed in l'sTO convinced the dor mans in 1!(1 1 that the) could once more take what the.v wished with inipiinit.v . lie. a use the great powers ignoied the principle that m nation can live tint u itself the) lune paid in blood and treasure for llieir violation of the law that lies at the foundation of human conduct. Men have be. 11 .i)iug that thrj do not wish the I nlt.'d States to incur uny obliga tions wlii.li would make it ne.es-.irv for llieir bo)s to go to Uuiope to light, its though it were not partlv be. hum- the I nit.il Stiles m the past had de. lined to iiiurnc nn) obligations in Uuiope or to bung moral pressure to bear 111 the inurest of eqiiiiv thnt 12. 001), 00(1 American ho.vs had In. n oti.pclioi to go to I'urope and 12.0110. 000 in. re had to be taken from their Jobs nnd fiotu the s. hools nnd 1 ollcges so that the might he leady to light if needed. Thousands of years before Paul told the limiiui. 1 mi t no man llveth unto himself the tirst liiui ilTr denied that he was bis brother's keeper So I11113 as nations act in 1 online to the rule of Cain there will Im- wars. There can Ic no stable pence until tuitions in 1 in accordaiM e with the principles laid down bv Paul. The) ronialn the es sence of what should be All-Americanism. It would lie a grievous mistake to assume that win u we sai we believe in America for Americans wc think this form of words -m-liii.lles the law and the gospel of national i oudii. 1 Amen, a for Ame-icans is sound doctrine within pioper limits, just ns Philadelphia lor Phlladi'lpbians is a good polie) within proper bounds. We know thnt Philadelphia lanuoi prosper if it cuts it-elf off from the lest of the iiiiintr), UtUI we ollgiil to i.now llint it would be a fatal mistake tor the United Stalls 10 de line to iuteicst its.-lf In what is going mi in other pirts of the world and to ii-fuse to Use its power and prestige in the intend of International JUtli ' TROLLEYS AND POLITICS ToMOHKOW 11 ghi. if all goe- we'l the' I.eis'ni,.re of Vi'W ,liis,. will adionrii for the summer The session at Trenton has been much like the session ut Harris burg. It has be 'n notable for the desperate giuiic). of polltlct 1 chew played between clnn nnd olnn while public business was neg lected. The representatives nt Trenton had nn opportunit) to do something useful not only for New Jersey, but for the country nt large. In sifting out and identifying tho forces that nre. seemingly directed to keep street railway fares on nn upwnrd trend. They were confronted by trollc) corporations which still clamor for 11 right to charge ten cent fares. These sninc companies did every thing possible to cnuse the Legislature to outlaw jitne.vs. Xo attempt to bolve tho question of trolley furcs or to let any real light In upon it wns made nt Trenton. Hut the governor, In vetoing one of the Public Service Corpora tion bills, did lay down n rule which other states might well follow In dealing with the problem of street railway service In tho future. lie argued that jitney service, like street railway fares, ought properly to be regulated nnd fixed, not by blanket laws covering tho whole stnte. but by tho needs ami conditions of particular communities. In relation to trolleys, Mr. Edwards rea sons nlong n lino made fnmlllar by Mr. Attcrhur) nnd the railroad companion in thcTr discussions with their men. He be lieves that rates which would be fair In one community might not be fnlr In iinother. and thnt while jitneys mny be undesirable in one region they may be extremely useful In others, That Is what the railways have been saing of wages In their light against the brotherhood doctrine of llat wage scales fixed by national ngreement. MR. HUGHES' POLICY AMEKICAX concern with certain highly Important fenturcs of the pence settle ment has not lapsed with American failure to ratify the trcnty of Versailles. This is undoubtedly the point of view taken by Secretnry Hughes In the notes dispatched to Urent llritaln, Italy nnd Japan. The texts of these communications, which hnve now been tnndo public, refer partic ular! to the mandates over former (Ierman possessions. These territories were not sur lendcrcd to the League of Nations, which hnd no existence at the time of (icrmany's milltnr collapse, but to the principal Allied nnd Associated Powers, of which group the United Stntcs wns then and still is n vital member. The disposition of these lands In Afrien, in the Near East, in Mesopotamia nnd the Pacific ocean wns undcrtnkcu by the league in execution of the mandate system. Tills is the popular argument in the foreign chan celleries. Hut whilo there Is logic in the contention thnt wi; could not very well have been included in nn International body which we had rejected, it is equally true that American rights arising out of our participation in the victory nre funda mental. These claims, ns Mr. Hughes emphasizes them, are based on careful analysis. Ills diplomatic policy, as it is gradually re vealed, suggests that this government is endeavoring, after n season of stagnation consequent upon pnrtlsnn strife at home, to re-establish world tics, to cement them (irmly and In friendship. In justice to Secretary Colby, whose Meso pntnminn notes now take on n new signifi cance, it may be snid that lie wns feeling his wny to somewhat similnr results. Hut Mr. Hughes' course lias the color of con sistent policy with the bncklng of a new administration capable of carrying It out. Possibilities of n rewriting of the trenty of Versailles or of some new settlement with the foreign governments of questions direct ing the whole world nre indicated. What ever happens, it is rapidly being shown that the State Department Is proof against the isolation fantasy, (lovernments In power are compelled to face realities. EINSTEIN IN NEW YORK WHAT Is be ond the blue of the sky? What took the place of time before time began and what will there bo when time is no more? If you were to go sailing outward from world to world nnd from universe to universe, what would you find at the far cud of the journey after the last world and the last imaginable limit of space had been passed? Prof. Albert Einstein, of Vienna, whose theor.v of rclntivity hns given nil scientific minds n fine bone to pick on, believes that he can answer these questions In a inaiiner acce, table to finite intelligence. And yet there Is an alderman in New York who ob jei toil strenuously to giving the professor the freedom of the eity. lie is Aldermnn Unlconer, who snid he didn't know what the Einstein theory meant. The visiting professor might have coun tered with a query of his own. Wise as he is, he icrtninly does not nnd cannot know the meaning of what in New York is called "the freedom of the city." Wbnt sort of freedom is it? AVhnt Is it for? Of what use s it to nny one? , Why Is it supposed to be n great thing to receive? If Alderman Falconer will tell Prof. Ein stein wbnt the freedom of the eltv means. Prof. Einstein will probably be glad to tell Mr. Falconer the meaning of this theory of relutivit). JOHN BULL'S BIG STRIKE FROM this side of the world, and even fnun the benches in tho Hritlsh House of Commons, the minora' strike nppears far more serious and menacing than it actually is nt bottom. The Hritlsh trades unions can boast very able nnd conservative leadership. There is a question whether even a concerted effort of the dock, rnilwny und mine workers would bring industrlul pnrnl)sls In Englnnd before it brought about killing physical paral)is In the unions themselves. There will bo thrcnts nnd ominous speeches nnd a great deal of public anxiety and the terrible economic loss of widespread idleness in England, nnd then the government and the labor leaders and the mine owners will rein h a compromise which, if the) were more reasonable, tlio.v would have nchjeved before the strike wns first called. TAXICAB WARFARE UNTIL Representative liuldi rose, with a bill in bis blind, to tell the Legislutme that he wishes to stop the warfare between taxb ab companies, in this city, few people had any reason to suspect that nil was not peaceful in tho world thut rolls on lubber tires. It is the stranger In the city who, seeking quick nnd inexpensive taxi service, is likely to observe signs of friction. And neither the rules now In force nor those siig grtted in what Mr. Haldl calls his taxi regu lation bill will assure tho city the sort of motor cab service that it ought to have. Taxicab companies. Instead of being per mitted to establish stands located with n view to general convenience, have ahva.vs been forced to compete among themselves, for the privilege of operating their vehicles from points at which piuperty owners exercise the rights nf ownership over tliu streets. One of the big railway companies actually grained a monopol) of Its patrons' business to one taxi coinpan.v. Mr. llaldi appears ju believe that the taxi iiiiiipnnics should continue to pay hotel owners and railwii) companies and even the owners of private property for the right to render 11 needed service to the public Titxicaba ought to be regulated, but they ought to be priitci ted, too. Ur"c competi tion ought to be allowed nt all points. The citv it-dt should provide cab stands from which taxi service could be made easily available at nil times ut railway stations, theatres, hotels, ferries aud In the chopping districts. AS TO DECORATIONS Phtladelphlana Who Have Received Ribbons and Crosses From Abroad. All Classes Represented Tho Proposed Flag Law Hy C.EORGU NOX MrOAIN THE announcement thnt n Phllndclphln business mnn hns been awarded tho "Order of 11 Knight of the Crown of Italy" for civil services to Italy during the war Is unusual. Knighthood hns very rnrelv, If ever, bcrn conferred upon un American 1Jtl7.cn In this order. There is n mistake, evidently, some whore, as the highest rank In the order is thnt of (irnnil Cross, whose decorations con sist of 11 scurf nnd plaque. The "Order of the Crown of Italy." ns It is properly known, wns Instituted In 180S by King Victor Emninnucl II to commemo rate the annexation of Vcnotln. It wns designed to honor military men, but is nlso given to foreigners ns n reward for slgnnl merit nnd direct interest In Italy. There are live classes hi the order (Irand Crbss, which Is bestowed only upon members of royal houses nnd great commanders : (Irnnil officer, Commander, Officer nnd Chevalier. PRIOR to tho world war tho number of members of the order In this country,, nmong native Americans, was comparatively rcstrlct.d. Among the most prominent wore Or. W. J. Hollnnd, director of the Cnrnogle Mu seum. Pittsburgh, who wns n Comninnder-, and Robert Underwood Johnson, since nm bnssndor. who wns created n Chesnllor. Melville E. Htone, general manager of (be Associated Press, was mndc n Ornnd Officer In 100,1. Ernnklin Simmons, the sculptor, wns ere ntcd n Chevalier in 180S. Among Phllndclphlans prior to 1015 upon whom the decoration wns bestowed wns Edward Shippeu, medical dlreetor in the navy, a Chevalier. C. P. A. Haldl nnd A. M. Vltti nlso hold tho rank of Chevalier, though on his recent visit to Itnly Mr. Hnldi wns iidvnnccd to tho rank of Commander. William Potter wns miiilo n Commnnder. Since the wnr n number of decorations below the rnnk of Grand Officer have been nwnrded to private citizens. Hut no Ameri can knights, In the general European accep tation, have been created. DURINt; and since the world war the nations involved who had decorations to bestow for civil nnd military merit have been honoring American citizens quite generously. The most prodigal exnmple of wholesale decoration ever known wns given during (he visit of I'rliicc Henry of l'russia to this country in 10012. " Crosses and rosettes of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia fell like snow from one end of tho country to the other. I'olicemeii and train hands, us well as mayors, news paper reporters nnd hotel men, were given the fifth or lowest class of the order, though sometimes the fourth clnss saw the light. As Prince Henry was hero ns (he repre sentative of his brother, the Kaiser, tiierc was method in his Inrgesse. Equally odd is the fad that the Order nf the Red Eagle was founded as "L'Ordre dc la Slneorlte," or the Order of Sincerity, Uidelit), Truth, ns )ou may have it. The most prominent member of tho order in l'hilndolphln at that time was C. J. llexumcr, conspicuous during tho world wnr for his pro-Cicrman activities lu (his city. QUITE 11 little company of liiilodelphinns have been honored In the last twenty years by foreign governments in tho way of membership in ancient orders. The three most conspicuous titles granted in connection with these honors were those of (irand Officer, Commander nnd Chevalier. Women were represented, nnd thus reeog nized years before they gained the suffrage light, in this distribution. Mrs. Edwin S. Cramp was given tho Order of Modjldle of Turkey twenty ytnrs ago. Mrs, Lloyd C. Oriscom wns decorated with the same order, while Mrs. Snlllo Crnzer 1 III precht was given the second clnss, the high est ever given to 11 woman, for support of charity work in Turkey. Frederick Coiirtlnnil l'enfield lecelved the second class nf the Order of St. Stanlslnus of Russia from the late czar. Mr. IVnfield wns one ol the two most -decorated l'lnla delpliians, having received the ribbon of four orders. l'rnf Illlpreeht, who, although a resident of this cit) for many years, returned to (ier man) before (he wnr, was tho most berib bnned educator this city ever had. There were live decorations to his credit. DR. ERNEST LA PLACE is a Chevalier nf the "i.eglon of Honor of France. Henry A. Plntnrd, president of tho French Society of Hcjii'voleiicc, and Joseph "3. Rnsengarten were also created Che valiers. Dr. Charles !". Snjous is n Commander of the Order of the Liberator of Venezuela. Llo.vd C. (Iriscom, formerly of 1'hllatUiphlu, is (irand Cross of the same order and is a Member of the Lion nnd Sun of Persia nnd the Rising Sun of Japan. Roduinn L. Wnnamnker hns the Legion of Honor and Wharton Harker Is n Chev alier of St. Stanislnus of Russia. Among others who have hen decorated in the last two decades, some of whom hnve since (lied, nre (ieorgc W. llo)d, of (he Pennsylvania Unllrnnd: Coleman Sellers, J. Franklin MeFndden, A. Loudon Snowden, (ieorge C. Iloldt. M. Richards Muckle, Ethelbert Watts. Henry I'ettit. Horace fi. Knowles, of Wilmington, nnd Henry C. Cochran, of Chester. MAJOR R. R IIOfJAX. with Colonel Franklin D'Olier aud other Legion men, is greatly Interested in the success of "All American Hay " At the same time he is not losing sight of other matters that have to do with the public expression of patriot ism, the curbing of radicalism nnd (he recog nition of the repuhli. bv the Reds nnd others of the breed, whether they like it or not. The "fiag-dlspl.i.v" bill in Hnrrlsburg Is n point In question with Mnjor Hogan. This bill, once it becomes a law. will ren der it compuNoi) 1 hat the American ling bo dlsplnjod at all public meetings in the com monwealth. Not any kind of an American (lag will serve the purpose. 1 Ither. No tin) emblem the size of 11 postage stump or 11 poeKot handkerchief will satisfy the law. A regulation sU.e Hag must be carried and dlsiila.veil, and If the Reds and ragamuffins endeavor tn dodge or evade the statute the penalty Is fine and unpi isoumenl. An Occidental Wonder From the Jwi l"" r.mn urn! rull. Mrs. Charles Harnett, wife nf the mili tary attache to the United States embassy in Japan, is noconleil the distinction of being placed among the foremost ranks of .Inpnnese poets in 1 onsequence of her New Year's poem, 'Hefnre the Shrine of Ise nt Dawn.' Mrs. Rurnetl ihe first foreign woman to have her verse read before the imperial family in I'hoeniv Hall at the palace. Her contribution, submitted auouyuioilslv and judged from n purelv literary point of view, was selected from among some 17,000 sent from nil parts nt the einplie. it was written in Hira-kann. .Inpniiese characters, nnd conformed in even icspect to the re quirements of the tliiie-hiinorcil custom of O Utn Hnilme (The Opening of Imperial Poems 1 dating from the ninth eentur.v, when imperial poems came Into existence as a court function. Stone Deaf I'roin ih rMmtnmitl Kii'iulrtr Moiiev mny talk, but have ou ever no ticed how hard of hearing It is when you cnll it? Permanently Sure From the W'anhlneton 1'mt. Tho only thing In Russia that Jinsw't caught tno uprising unuij, .is. imp, . . - s..- r ... i.i-.-.iui ..."-- ."rrju-'-'-iuBBWitr . s. -s. . l . y -. .. .. .. . ,, .Z.'. 1Wt2rVfVZrmr-XiJV Vtos'AlQfcVITw NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They JKnow Best W. S. HAYS On Building Trade Needo THE cicntion of 11 board or tribunal of some sort, such ns has nlrcndy been sug gested, which would net nsn stabilizer for the building industry and go n long way toward solving the most importnnt problems of the situation. Is more important right now, in the opinion of W. S. Hn.vs, consulting engi neer on management nnd Industfinl rela tions, than the continuous attempt to reduce the wages of labor. Mr. Hiivs, who is at present retnlned by the Council of Associated Hiisiness Trades of riillnilelphln and who will bo one nf the speakers nt the council's "Hililding Waste meeting tomorrow night, deehires the need is paramount for thousands of small homes for men with families curning .11200 to 51. "00 a year. "We must focus our attention." says Mr. Havs, "on the lowest paid worker of any Industry. Wo must aid nnd encourage him lo ucqiilrc nnd develop skill nnd full use of the talents (iod gave him. "In the Imlldlng industry the laborer nkU fiftv cents 1111 hour and fifty hours for every week In tho year, or $1"00 nnniinl Income. Taking away savings and Insurance of S'J-10, union dues mid enrfnro to nnd from work, his ne( Income for living expenses would b reduced (o SKMI0 -little enough to mnlntnln even n semblance of un Amerlcnn standard of living. lie can't live on loss, and we should help him earn more. Income-tax ex perts set If'JGOO as the figure for n fnmily of five. "Rased on Heparlment of Labor .statistics, the worker's homo should 'cost nbout !?1S0 a year, or S1." a month. Philadelphia needs thousands of 'homes' of (he kind urged li) bousing experts of our city, which the work liigmau can rent or buy- und maintain nt that figure Axemge Fewer Than Forty Weeks a Year "Under existing and past marketing con ditions of the building trades, (hey average fewer than fortv weeks 11 enr actual work ing time. Hence their savings nnd (he health of their futilities nre sacrificed. The building Industr) needs 11 permanent sta bilizer in flu1 foim of some bourd or tribunal sudi av Mr. 1. Knlckerbaeker Ro.vd sug gested In this column Inst fall. Fills should be adopted lit once. Tile liulldln Trades Council urges lis adoption. "Representatives of air rmplo.veis and all trades should gather and create such a body to iierninnentlv nlnce the Phllndclphln build ing Industr) on a sound basis, with tho nubile interest as its keynote. Construction is vitallv iiii'ded at ntoo. This stnblli.er. If ndopted. will nvoid nny further deln)s; the public will have confidence lu il mid both sides must respect and obey Its decisions. "The following functions should belong, properl), to this proposed tribunal : "I'irst. Research work for better con struction standards. "Second. Provide yenr-rniinil einplo.v -inent for efficient, rellnble, skilled and un skilled wnrkeis who want to work. Instead of an pinplii) incut office, the personnel work would be a sales department of the services of the skilled workers nf the Industry to thu public. "Third. Health and safety control nnd benefits given in other Industries, such ns medlcnl nttendnnce, trained nurses, etc. "Those further should be provided: "Fourth, firnnp life Insurance, "Fifth. Elimination of waste and un necessnrv costs. "Sixth. Elimination of legislntive nnd tiiiiiiiciiil rcstrli thins. "Seventh. Creation nf efficienov nnd pro ductlon and pride In craftsmanship. "Eighth. Develotmii'iit by contact and co-operatlou with all civic movements of nn inereiised deninnd for the services of the in ilustr.v. "Ninth. Co-operative marketing of such services. "Tenth. Creation nf icspect for (he union card as a mark of u man's skill, elllclencv and proficiency, ami make it impossible for men to secure full certificates not justly earned and iiiipartliill) given. "Eleventh Cieatlon of higher paid classes of workers than the basic wage set by the American standard of living, In order to en courage men to remain in their respective trades and develop mid train themselves to gieat prolielene.v. ( Now Is Time lo Call for lilth "Now is the lime to cull for bills on eon. htructlon work. Prices are practically nt the bottom, The ultimata fnll from 10120 ine noi.om, j.ne limmaw mil from 1020 peak prices may nl years ,to bo realized, "AS YOU WERE!" k. ns wns the cusc after the Civil Wnr, nnd then they ucver went all the vvnv back. Muny rises and fnlls from present levels innv be expected, but the public, which has boeii procrastinating on new building for (he Inst four )curs. should procrastinate 110 longpr. Tho 10121 construction work should bo begun nt once. This wonderful weather is too good to lie missed. It is 11 erimc to see skilled building mechanics walking the streets when there Is so mtieh work to be done. "And then, too, nlong a slightly different but kindred line. It Is importnnt lo realise that a definite program should bo ndopted nt once of annual construction for the 10120 sesqulcenteniiial If wo are to be readv for that big event. The 10121 part should get under wo) at once. "All those various questions can ho solved for the most part by the establishment of some such stabilizer ns the board suggested by tho Council of the Associated Iluildlng Irades, approved nnd ngreed to bv authori ties on nil phases of the subject. Here, then, is tho crux of tho situation." Pessimist or OptlmlstT from Mm lloton Trnnncrlpt A smnll Roxbtiry hoy )csterday traded his sled for a bascbnlLbnt. A Guess rrnm tho Milwaukee .lnyrn.il. Ma) be Mr. Harding chose Senator Fnll for tho Interior to keep him nway from the border. Getting Something In Return From tho .N Hiivimi Hi kIMt. If you have a lot of old junk, don't throw it away and feel wasteful; give it uvvay and feel charitable. The Same Thing Tioni tli I.oulsvllle Courier Juurn.it. (illbert K Chesterton proposes that we abolish the inevitable. Shucks, haven't wo prohibited It? Difficulties of the New Congress Prom ihe Ohio ist.iis l.iiirni.l. Even If the next Congiess should turn out In be nny good, wo don't suppose It will hnve much time to do nnything but clean up after this one. What Do j 01 Know? QUIZ Who Ih the pioeui uiidcr-secretary of . In what inontirilhl the Pnlied Ktntos enter ull Hie major wars of Its history" Who mm Funny Runny .' What Is meant by 11 "non t-equnur"? What nro tho four H.iiliory ntntcs? Why arc :lnm beans so c.'illcd? . How long Is the loute of tho government's Alnsknn railway." . Who wns societal-) f war In the cab Inet or Abraham Lincoln: lu what ccntuiy d.il John ("nlvln live'.' . What Is llio meanlnu of tho word esou- Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Ituiiinnln. iVedio-Slovnlfla nnd .Tiiim-si-i via coniposn the l.ltilo ISntente. Seals tiro classified us hullo, cows nuns and bachelors, ' ' . Vlcointn de Turcnni. was ri celtbratcl French marshal, grnnilion of will n ! t lie Silent of the NetheiMuds "t" killed by 11 cannon ball while V... ''" e-r Kasbach." 'iK"0',',-, Wlangu,aBe0",;3 ' the B,'ou" '" Celtic 'Plui Thrpn I In k1 Ib.iil., I.. ,. . . . ' lllstorv was foinx i,, ' . '' "B " '"'V'1 !.. . I... . "x-ll llli 6. Tho Muirls urn the nboilgl(i lnb,hl Units of New .calami. imi.ihl- 7. MiiicblonesH Is the feminine of innrmienH b. Tho "annus nili-aliills" (woudeirni In the lils.ory f H.iKlaim v is r,fl i'"i .eiiMveil thai name because 1 icmu'e, London0 '"!,BUU """ "" ""' "Vw or 9, Senator Mct'nrmlck is trm tiii ... JO A pnnnl nuncio Im ..-. 'T1"'"' . at a rSrelgn court? P P mnassalor 's. A' r 'Wi.. ?- - i;rj.tas. -, .a- r -amt - s-,- "w s.- ',. . I" f . L.Tvw, -J. 'J' .-I tvr-WF . tl9 ,l ty under flhikc Peane ,, V, r 1 runrv IS. 19 and 20 IBR'l ti." Diet I.Wd ,),,. Kngllsl, clViimii "'" Plymouth to ('.ilals T , ''' "h ,ro, vlrtu.ill) .1 draw. "Mn "i V- y. : rSrr - "V. ' . ,.. "- S. "Ts. . 'TU-s. 'Ua ... - rjvsMSfyjyyzi j?v Humanisms Ily WILLIAM ATHEttTON DU PUT PRESIDENT TIAUDIXt; stood in front of the big, flat desk in his inner office nt the White House and talked to the lifty people who hnd been admitted. 1 noted thnt his skin wns quite bronzed, that his eyes were big and brown atvl kindly, thnt ho possessed thnt feature by which' the physiognomists put such store, a hawk nose, tiint his physique was trimmer und more athletic than I hnd expected. Then I looked at" his hands. The Imnds of the President nre probably the most uu usual element in his physical mnkeiip. TI117 nre of n peculiar typo that one sees once in n blue moon. They are very long and my wide, hut they arc nlso ver.v llat hand!. There is surprisingly little thickness to thorn. The lingers, somewhat big fingers, arc of inordinate length. One does not associate physical strength with pucIi a hand. It suggests two thin;s dcxterity and genius. A commonplace man would never hnve such a hnnd. An inventor nf complicated mechanical devices might. A teacher, thinker, drcnincr, idcullst, would be likely to. Mr. Harding, from tils hands, is nil tint n mnn with thick palm and stubby fingers is not, Mrs. I larding nnd Mrs, Coolidge mad' their first public appearance nfter innuuuril when the.v nttended the hobby pnrty of the National Press Club. They came together. Upon arriving at the theatre Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge went down the lobby together and the two ladies followed, They had gono half way down when It dnwned upon .Mrs, Coolidge that she was walking on the right side of the first l.idj of the land, while, as u matter of precedence, she should have becu walking on her left. She hesitated in confusion and slnee whlsperodi "Oh! I nm on the wrong side.' They stopped and faced each other, members nf the sex in the presence of a faux pas have done since time began, iliero was a bit of a trembling of shoulders. The would have liked to giggle. "It does nut matter. Come nloug, ' said Mrs. Harding and they went their w.i As floor loader of the Republicans in th House of Representatives, Frank W Mo' dell is called upon to meet mini) 11 sitw I iou in which rough methods are ncccv sar.v . To him und his ussoclntes mi tli steering committee fnlls the lespoiisihility "I mapping out (he program of work nml jm"' mliig it through. Quite natuiall) there nre iiuniy men with special enthusiasm for pet measuies il" fight hard for (hose measures, are likely H feel strongly ami express themselves bit terly when they are placed on the siili'trmk. It is said of Mr. Monde 1 that he ih,i tht'se situations with the firmness 1I1111 i necessary, accepts deniincintiou philo-i'l1" ically. Then, at the end of the dm l' sponges the slate. None of the bittern''"1 carileil over. On the mm row he Is 11 - U1" ' friends to the man whom he has -iciuii' rollered and who has nugril.v icsoiitcil it J' if nothing hnd happened. To him n u new day. If one goes over to the av) lloiwitn "nl to visit Major (ieneral John An In r ' ieime, commandant of marines, he meet- i the onler office of thnt informal ur tit Ionian n tall, lingular aide, with tin bar of 11 hl" tenant 011 his shoulder, und a iniiiit''"""' so battered that It would seem to have bee 1 through nil the wars. This Individual is John II. ('ring " time football star, later oiunteiir IMIi oliiuu plon of (he Atlantic seaboard, nicmlicr "' the American tcnni in the Ol.imiue P11111.'" in Eiiglnnil. the man who hung out l'nl" lingo In I'nris and fought all coiners J fight 11 da) throughout a seusou, lianip yi" dlor of fortune, journalist. Craig has found his niche In the ligntiM murines and bears 11 stronger roscinlilnui''' " (he populnr conception of a "devil d"S "l1111 an) artist could paint. SiiuukI L. Shortrldge. new senalor fr0"' California, had not been in Washing!"" loi'l when he dined with lleiheit lloou'i' . Ho pointed out (o the new sccicinn "' commerce thnt there was a rem iikatue parallel In their lives. Roth weie horn ' lown ; both went tn Salem. Oie., to,1'.1,' both attended school ut San Jose ' ""' both went nwa) and worked during i1'' (iou (line In thu milling camps, where "' senator beenmo 1111 expert tool siuuinin and the sccrclury un iindcrgioiind h.1"10 Now both have homes within 11 ml'" "' f'"' inner across 1110 uuv trout n.in m"i nml lioth ln.vn honoln.l on (liOSO hollies' !" come to Washington to hold .high l""" ' 1 A (HI .0 K 1 TjyifiTivvl nirdMMrttfw1.M . ffc s. - V, ff fi 1 'iw ,"f A Ael j itTi itoif n't h-1----s-. , tnc .government, ujmriMrtnt
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