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Auguil 6. 1921 NO TIME TO ADJOURN TUEItH should lio no ndjuunnucnt vi tbc City Council until the important mat ,tcrs before It are disposed of. If the resolution is adopted next Thurs day to hold no more meetiniM until th middles of September, the gm queation and tho FrnuUford elevated lca-o will be left iuspeiidcd in the air. There hns been too lone delay on these matters already. Council hns shown no disposition to como to crips with them. Instead it has been toyinc with makeshifts :u the cos business and it has been pro erastlnntlng oror tho lease. All that ii needed to set the gas quetion in tha way of solution Is to pass a revolu tion authorising the appointment of u com mittee, to confer with others. As soon as ;tho commltte is appointed negotiations ;tan begin. A courageous facing of th facts In th ejevntcd business would bring about action. Tho proposed lease ij temporarv. It is known to what the P. K. T. will ngrec. No one expects the lca"o to be ideal. It must bo the result of compromises. Tboso hare been reached in a form of the lease submitted to tho Council. It would lie much better to ratify that lease aud permit the work of equipment and of connection between the .Market street elevated and the now line to begin than to spend more months In quibbling about details. If tho Council would do its duty In these two mattors tlii-n would hi no serious ob jection to an adjournment even until October. ROXBOROUGH AND THE FAIR fTjHE VisahieUon. the Imiiks of which are J- suggested by public -spirited citizens of Boxboroiigh as pre-eminently suitable for the site of the exposition of IDliO, offer) as much advantages as any other stream for a complimentary visit of tho Swisi Navy. The suggested location, utilising -U00 acres of tho Houston estate between the Schuylkill and the creek is. moreover. jut as accessible ns any other outlying district of the city, with similar suburban transit facilities. It is quite as much In tin shadow of Independence Hall ns, say, Olm or rinicuni The Ruxburghers aro dotiblles equal to naming many other piefcrrcd as sets. Fellow citizens, les favored by nit and nnturp than these north wetprn "moun taineers," may perhaps be inclined to niff at such pretensions. To those benighted Individuals the idea of holding the world's fair in Koxborough ram seem amusing Jokes, however, have born Known to provn boomerangs. Humor is often morcllo-s and to persona whose sense thereof is highly developed nothing can he quite so funny as the promotion of uti exposition without any alto whatever Scorn not the.e rfoburnliers. They hnv at least proposed some location and are nthusinstic in ii behalf It has filtered Into their cnnseiotntipss that tirr.e cannot be hnlted and that ! than rive years re main I" which to jvepare fitlv for the celebration of 1,V rears of American ind pendencp Tb" irrevprent ohservntiorj hns recently been passed that judjing by th process upon the Inroad street subnv and the Frankford elevated. Philadelphia will have her exposition completed and opened in time for the bl centenuial Hoxburongn cm dentlv believes in an earlier dale The hustling faith "f that hardy communitv amply ntones for what might bi doom.'d atretches of its exuberant fanev. HE WILL WRITE A BOOK TpOriMI'U MAYOU THOMAS 15 SMITH ' is more courageous or in..r tt.1 -than ho was supposed to he II. anno'inon that he is going to wri'e n hoot who it Ins xperiences a' Mavor Secretarv I.nniug wot a l"i n'it his exper.enooe m Vashmgfnj and in Pari". and be is proheWv orr- f- i f L" His fame would have been e-.)rr f j ,,,j frssigned from b State Department before the events " hich hie b"ok dtcrlle "U'hat fffect Mr Smith's book will han upon his fame If fam is the right word 'to use -will not be known until it ha been published. Hut this much Is known : When .he left the City Hall he subsided into in conspiculty so easily and so gracefully that one cannot help wondering why ho seeks to lift himself out of it. t But If he would really tell all ho knows ibis book would be interesting, whutever It.s effect upon its author migh' be He mn fesses that he has something to ipsidose. for lie did not tell all he knew, even about the Fifth Ward murder", when he was on the witness stHiid In court charged with complicity in what happened there Ve do nit know whether he is familiar Tvlth a certain passage in n famous book written manv enrs airo, but we .vi' re mind him that one of the co authors of that book expressed the fervent wish that .his enemy nv.-it write one J UMWU JLVJlIE.O ', riOI'NCIMlAN HAI.l. is entitled to all vJ the satisfaction he can derlvo from his victory over Muvor Moore in 'tho ma tur of nam ns the new munic'pal recreation center at Tenth and I.omba-d streets. , It is evident that voters of the colored race, wdio lutppe'i n be I n roiis in the yard which Mr. Hull h pleased to believe nfcly confined In his i . t nie far from . pleased tit the rejection of I'hillis Wheatley's name for the pluv ground and the huhstitu . tlon, of Onirics. Si-jit . It is clear that tht coutnict'ir itiiti'; in the Council delights . to annoy the 5I".U"" and that then- are few depths of pettiness to which it will not descend. The designation of the recreation center : i 'ranks perhaps as u minor topic in municipal i jf.rr&lrs Tr'ri light n't air are soniel m h ' ' )ffa4fit"'Vrltl) meaning. TJia rumto'iiB,"" ,V V , f e- which appears to havo ended in n technical triumph for ward politics of tho peanut stand variety, is Interesting as an index of- tho chnracter of tho couucilmanlc ma jority. It reveals their mental and moral capacity In somewhat the snmo way as tho erection of tho Quay statue In Harrisburg disclosed the attributes; of Its promoters. And every body of course, knows iiow much that monument redounds to tho glory of Penn sylvania. HOT AIR FROM THE SENATE TO RELIEVE WINTER'S COLD If You Want to Know Why Coal Is a Luxury, Listen to the Honorablo .Mr. Shields, of Tennessee TO tho Hudson Coal Company and its senior vice president, Mr. V'. II. Wll Hams, of New York, the people of tho Fulled States owe a peculiar debt of gratitude. Mr. Williams has not reduced tho prlco of coal. Ho hns not even told why tho prlco of coal continues to cling to the moon. Hut he has dono something equally impor tant. Ho lias given tho country an oppor tunity to gazo for an amazing instant iuto the deeps of the composite mind of tho United States Senate. Few pcoplo read the Congressional Kecord. So, if the Hudson Coal Company wero not filling the malls with copies of n speech delivered by Senator John K. Shields, Iiemocrnt, of Tennessee, lu defense of the coal monopolists the people of the United States never would have known in deed, they never would havo believed that such speeches nro possible or tolerable In the Senate In this year of grace. The Hudson Company nnd nil Its brother and kister companies obviously consider Senator Shields a wlzan! in tho field of logic. The Senate Itself appears to havo had a similar Impression, for it followed tho line of reasoning outlined bv the gentleman fnin Tennessee in llnally disposing of tha Frellughuysen Coal Stabilization Bill. That bill was Intended merely to give ths Federal Government n right to examine tho system of combination, production, dis tribution nnd profit-sharing which is pre sumed to keep anthracite and bituminous prices at a fantastic) nltitudo in retail mar kets. But it seemed to Mr. Shields that ths wholo Gchcmo of froe government would bo In danger of Immediate collapso if tho bill wero passed ; that Mr. Frellnghuyscn was suggesting nn act of ctwful impiety and profanation in tho holy of holies. Why? Because tho starry banner still waves ! Because, as tho Scnntor from Tennessee saw it, tho people wdio founded this Republic in tiie wilderness were sturdy and God-fearing people; because we sent great armies to Europe; because our soldiers displa.ied mag nificent fortitude aud courage and efficiency; because we have n Government which guai antees civil and religious liberty: because, Mr. President and gentlemen of tho Senate, we have no cause to fear a foreign enemy and no foreign government can conquer and subdue America ! Only twice did the Senator mention coal. His spirit fluttered ecstatically in tho clouds that top tho evcrlnsting hills to which every political ranter (lees when ho is afraid to look a truth in tho eye. Tho soldiers who were so courageous ar hum.) again and thtiy cannot afford to buy coal. The industries that are the strength of the country aro being bled by the coal profiteers. Combined are formed to muke n mockery of every principle which, free governments are supposed to maintain and guard. There are groups that actually seek to make themselves more powerful than the Government for which this man from Ten nesaoe sheds Imitation tears of imitation pride. It is n groat Government. Senator Shields concedes that. Gladly he concedes it But it Is not worthy to look ot the books of profiteering corporation? ! It could not be trusted to do such it thing! Were, rlio Government of the United States to look into the books of these corporations and determine whether the pcaco and safety of the co'ititr are hc'ne threatened bv loot hungiy and extrnordinntllv bold combina tions we "should no longer b the sturdy and self-reliant people, who throw off the yoke of the King of (rent Britain!" Strangp, unbelievably murky as the mind of this particular Senator seems at close quarters. It is still possible to perceive the outlinoH of tho character behind It. Senator Shields is the sort of man who would have denounced Noah for building the Ark He would have accused Noah of Iniquitous paternalism, and ho would havo proclaimed the ssrjetlty of the established order and h risht of overv living creature to fiedom of action and Noah would have kicked him into the deeps of a wood Hsd tho (jentleraon from Tennesson been a hour when the sturdy settlors of whom he tnlks wore building tho foundations of the Republic, ho would have cried to heaven asalnst tliem and prophesied disaster. He would hnxc warned them darkly of tho evil of meddling with established Institu tions After telling tha Sonata that an effort to regulate the coal business bv Federal notion would lead to tho collapse of tho Constitution. Mr Shields cried: "Surely in averting such a enlnmltv we are serving God"' Th god tbn' the Senator from Tenns see oerred In 'his instance Is th god ' bines as-the-nre and it Hvg In or near Wall street ond Its bvmns are suu? to th orotjipanlment of nt.h register In the nair of that god Ponato' Shields unloosed In the Senate a torrept of the ".flddest, the silliest th most shameless fJHndoodle, ever printed in th Congressional Record. And the Senste teems aetnullv to have listened to him and to hine believed nt lc.i-t a little, of what ho sad' GROUND-FLOOR POLITICS COMPLAINTS about the character ot n. imin.es for political office are often valid, but just as fnqu.ntlv they nre be lat. d. lieeidedly mora iffertivo than lamen tation, however sincere, is practical atten tion to the bne of the partisan edifice. At this motneut some uf the foundations are visible in tho prlmarv election notiees issued In the Court-. Commissioners Tbn pait balloting will take place in this city on September t!0. Prior to that date the names of candidates must bo officially recog nized Lrftil August 'J.'t, electors in this county aro endowed with tho right to tile, at the Citv Hall tho names of ntiv citizens whom they mav deem fit for the offices of Pistrict Attorney Ri;'ater of Wills. City Tivn-uier, Rec. Iep of Taxes, maifistratcs to th number of seventeen. Citv Control ler, constables, director-, of the poor, audi tors, town clerks, school visitors, election offiiers and assessors. In most instances 100 petitions f..r anv aspirant will insure tiie inclusion of lis or In r name, upon the party primarv ballot. For the office of delegates to the Statu Constitutional Conveniion in each congres sional district, one ,ludi;e of the Supremo Court, three Common Pleas Court .Tudgo.s, tl rec Judges of the Orphans' and ono Judge of the Municipal Court, similar pro (edure Is requited save that tho light is State wide for the State offices nnd peti tioning period is shorter. The final date for (ling the names is August 11 uImiIp thp prufensional political clans, iiow.mucli respect win ba paid to tbcsi in vltatlons to participate In government at the source? Unless public spirit has been miraculously altered, it lu safe to prophesy that tho nvcrago citizen will permit the work to bo performed by self-constituted experts. Indignation ovor the fact that politics is managed by politicians and party leaders Is quite as certain to bo expressed by voters who profess to be interested in clean gov ernment. This class of electors Is prono to consider itself nbused. Nothing of the sort. The legol opportunity to enter on tho ground floor periodically recurs and pe riodically Is missed. And the penalty of Indifference is in evitably rule by the bosses abhorred as objects of denunciation when it is altogether too late. SALES TAX INDORSED TXHIIIiK Secrotury Mellon was proposing ' an increase In letter postage and n tax on nutoinobllcs and bank checks and while Representative Mondell was saying that Congress would not consent to such tnxes, the report of the referendum of tho United States Chamber of Commerce on various proposed modifications of the rev cnuo laws was made public. More than fiOO organizations of bus'ness men in nil pnrts of tho country voted. They east 1170 votes In favor of n sales tax, an overwhelming majority. When they were asked to express their opinion as to tho form which the tax should take, 1142 votes were cast In favor of a turnover tax and !103 for u tax on retail salee only. Be tween n tax -on all turnovers and a tax on turnovers only of goods, wares and mer chandise the voto was S24 to 3G0 in favor of n tax on all turnovers. Before this disclosure of the sentiment of tho business organizations wns made tho leaders of Congress announced that they would waste no timo hearing arguments in favor of a sales tax of any kind ! Whether they will reconsider now rcmnlus to be seen. ' But Congress could raise rcvenuo in no way rooro cosily and with less inconveni ence to tho people than by levying n salos tax. It has been estimated that a tax of 1 per cent would raise $1,000,000,000. With such a tax tho nuisance tax on trans portation and tho tax on thoatre tickets could be abolished and tho Government would have a net revenue of $050,000,000 moro than it now receives. Tha need of Increased revenue, however, is not admitted by the country nt largo. Tho war is ovor and it Is imperatively necessary that we should return as quickly as possible to the moderate expenditures that prevailed In peace times. The Govern ment is still engaged in nn orgy of spending. Secretary Mellon has told the Ways and Means Committee that economies of S'-'SO,-000,000 can be made, but even thou the annual budget would be in excess ol $4,000,000,000. or four times ns raueh a was annuallv spent in the years preceding 1917. What tho necessary expenditures will be will not be known until' Mr. Dawes has finished his work of praparing n budget on a business basis. If be cannot cut several hundred million dollars from the estimates of tho dopartment hends, then he is not the kind of man the. country has been led to think ha is. To do this it will be neces sary to abolish thousands of jobs aud to call a halt on muny projects. But Mr. Dawes Is supposed to liuvo tho courage lo do this. And when ho does it tho tax burdened people will back him up and ex pect their representatives in Washington to follow his advice. Secretory Mollon's estimate of the na tional income for tho current fiscal year Includes only S.r,000,000 interest on the monev we lent to tho Allies. The Interest for tho j'ear, however, amounts to about MoO.OOO.OOO. The Government, which bor rowed the money from the American people, is posing tho Interest to them and is taxing them heavily to do it. When that burden is transferred to the real debtor and It ought to he transferred as quickly as pos sible -the taxpayers can bo relieved, nnd many of the present Irritating taxes can be abolished Unless CoDgress does something to satisfy the expectation of lower taxes It will havo to reckon with the voters in November of nett your. NEW CLOUDS OVER ERIN 0M1NOU8 nre current repoits from those centers of debate and notion in Ireland whern the future of the country is being decided In peparnto conferences of the Re publican leaders and the I lstor minority. It hss been hoped that after the recent discussions in London. Sir James Craig, representing Ulster, mid Mr do Valero, representing the South of Ii eland, would b" ablo to carry the penes discussions forward amienbly from the point at which Lloyd George withdrew nnd ultimntolv formulate, nnd publish a program likely to meet the approval of nil fuetions N'ow it is an nounced that Ulster 1ms hold aloof from conferences hold by the Republicans nnd that Sir .Tnnies Crnig will not go to Dublin or participate in nny debate over which tho British Prime .Minister does not prcsiue. Simultaneously Mr do Valora has Issued o call for an assemblage of tho rrish Repub lican Parliament Since It has been gencrallv admitted br all parties concerned tint no publication of the peaco plans would be mado until a ton tative agreement hnd been reached between Ulster, Dublin and londnrj. this latest bit of news must be disconcerting to every one who had hoped to t n" end to the eonfu non of purposes in Ireland A call for s parliamntarv session nould indicate Pe Valero's intention make n leport of his work, which unless oipcfjclal indications are not misleading cannot jet bo cither complete or satisfactory to any one. It Is too soon to suppose that a hopeless deadlock hoa been i cached in thu Irish ne gotiations. Dissension and throats may be renewed. But in tho North and tho South of Ireland there are leadeis too earnestly devoted to the welfare of their country to permit n renewal of the nightmaro that ended temporarily with the London conferences. It is bettor to hope that IV Valcra's report to his Parliament, oven If it sounds discour aging, may stiniulnte now efforts toward Just settlements nnd cunt liming peace. Nations of the wot Id iso Full of a working for dlsnrmo Niimber of Things ment, hurrying' produc tion of warships so that disarmament confeience will permit them to npend moro monev on warships. Toxtllo workers who will need coal and miners who will need clothes idle because they have no Immediate need for either ond will, by and by. have no money for either. Statesmen preaching both thrift and increased produc tion iip"iircntly unable to see that ono kills tho othrr. But there isn't a hingtho matter with tho world. We're all as snne ns bane can be. The Ro Hoard of F.du RndiforRjo cation has postponed the opening of the schools from September 1-' to September 10 so that the boys may act as caddies during the golf tournnmont In which President Harding and Chief Justice Tuft arc partic ipants. As tho boys will make big money during the lournnnieut, It would have, been a Wrj Hoard if it had Insisted on school attendance. A 'top his mnchltip ha-- I en sufficiently taxed perhaps efforts will h made to tax In auto drlver'a patlccc. FOOLING THE RED CROSS A Revoallna Story of How tho Soviet Worked tho Gamo Mr. Hoover J Will Need to Watch His Step Vory Carefully By GEORGK NOX McOAlN HERBERT HOOVER will hnve his hands full dealing with tho crafty Beds of Russia. Thero ori n number of pcoplo who nre of tho opinion that his plan of splendid phi lanthropy may bo thwarted. Recent history has proved that thoro is no degree of insincerity ond low cunning to which tho Lcnlncs nnd Trotzkys will not descend. Tho facts) havo been established by their own dcludod followers and sympathizers. Even now tho leaders nro haggling over terms. Mr. Hoover must watch his step. SOME time bock I wrote n porogrnpli nbout the famine In Hovlot loud. I hod tho temerity to say tlint it would bo n brave American commissioner who would trust himself to the word of a Lcnlnc or Trotzky. This was before Mr. Hoover had an nounced his fomino relief plans or terms. The- statement landed, nnd stuck in, on some "Bod" or his brother in Trenton. Thus : Sir Your ignorance Is phenomenal. It is that you write of what you know not of Russln. You ore despising a struggling na tion when you lying nssert no ono will trust their leaders. That Is not to bo true. The pcoplo trust them. Long live tho Soviet. SERGE 8AVINOFF. I have not the remotest doubt that untlci the signature of Scrgo Sovlnoff reposes another name. Tho real one of my compli mentary critic. That ho is a Russian Is no doubt truo. That ho in n foolish nnd fanatical Bod Is unquestionably truer. It would be interesting but wholly Im material coming from such o source to know what Mr. Sovinoff thinks of the following statomont of fact. It is also commended to the keen-scrutiny of Mr. Hoover. DR. GEORGE WILLIAM LINCOLN, whose extensive reading of European as well as American lltcraturo makes him a storehouse of contemporary facts, hna called my attention to an Interesting nnd portl nont aside on this very question of Russian famine relief. The Incident sheds n baleful light on the brutal nnd inhuman character of somo of the Russian Government leaders. Tho Rovuo des Deux Mondcs Is the lead ing critical and literary publication of France. Early this year it sent n cultured nnd daring Russian writer into Russia to inves tigate nnd report conditions as they actually exist.. Tho correspondent, disguised nnd mouth ing Soviet principles, succeeded In his mis sion nt great peril. All thoso facts ate 6ot forth In preliminary explnnntory notes by the editors of the Rovue. Tho writer's liamo Is withhold. His reve lations. If nothing more, would compel this. Dr. Lincoln has handed mo n translation of a portion of this correspondent's latest article In tho Rovuo of July 10, which, by his courtesy, 1 reproduce : rpOWARD the end of last September -L (1020). bv way of the Red Cross from Norwo, there arrived nt the Hospital for tho Cure of Children in Petrograd a train of twenty-ono wagons, or curs, of pro visions, "Fifteen of these wagons contained dried fish, cocoa, chocolate, condensed milk, rice, preserves nnd canned soups. "Tho train was accompanied by a repre sentative of Jie Red Cross from Norway named Kruk. "When the train nriived In Petrograd Krok delivered SOU pounds of provisions, nfter which ho snw nothing more, of tho supplies. All the rest were tent, by order, to Bezrabatnoje Strelnn. tho summer homo of the Communist Chief .ln7inorleff nnd his fellows, formerly the family residence of the Grand Duke Nicholas; also to Smolna and Astoria. "Nothing wns for the children. "At the same time the people were bring supported bv a stinking kind of bread made of induseriliahh' mixtures. "Communists wero receiving special food cards glen out at Smolna nnd the Kremlin. "They received butter, sturgeon, cognac nnd other delicacies of n similar kind." Tf anything wore needed to emphasize all that has been written nnd revealed of the Riissi.i of todnj nnd its curse of common Ism. tl is tlm recent book by - Alexander Schwartz. He Is a Russian by biith nnd was n Com munlst bv choice. Place the emphasis on "was " "The Voice of Russia, " written after his return from a lslt lo Russia, where ho Imd hoped to si.end his lemninlng days under tho glorious freedom of Soviet rule, is tho mot startling arraignment of the Com munist Government nnd lis leaders ever written. A dying nation, cnnl and corrupt lend ers. every principle; of jusdeo and humanity flung to tho winds, avarice, lust, hrutolitv and favoritism the ruling passions, nro tho high lights In this book on communism written by a disillusioned and disheartened Communist. Schwartz lived in this count! v a number of vc irs Ho mnrrlcd a Wisconsin woman n Socialist. She return. d with him to Russn ns lo n land whom nl' In r dreams of equnliu nnd liberty veio to loina true The pnir attended the Third Internntioi. s'e nnd itno-r. n,t, utiKlne hearts the 'irerk of then hopes Mr nnd Mrs s;0iM,nrf, UPro nin, , prisoned The mfo ,l,e, of privation nnd shock nrl the husband returned to Amor i'."'.. , 1 ,",P",,I""'''" and once hniod 1 Plted States. t te flf tl(1 hnrrrs ,,,, befall under Ins one, helmed communism. larlor BolMievl.tR nd College Commun ists should tnke n pock Into its pares What Dn You Know? QUIZ 1 What Is the best airship time for n trnns-Atlantlc passago? 2 What Is tho Hall i;irennn? S Wh-it Is n iom d'otat, and how nhoulrt the iihniMi be pronounced? 4 Who Is the nuthnr of the declntntton ' n.cli.-ir.l a himself again"? f. Who wns Bernini" f. In what country ts .Myron T UeM.'lt serving as an American Ambassador? 7 Which is fie Sunflower State? 5 WhHt Is an eisteddfod? P Who ts TommnEo Tlttonl? 10. When did Richard Wagner live? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. 'Rl-iV vant ' is i French word meaning former or formerly. A 'ci-.b v.-uit" Hmperor Is henco, a former l:mn ror 2 In racing pai lance a plater Is an Inferior horse which mujtbe sold Imme linteii after thi race 8 The centenary of Mexican Indeiieiicienon occurs in (.ctober, 1921. 4 ncorcla claims to have produced t,f, nr(i. Iron ,hlp, the "John Randolph" 6 Canada whs a French possession from tho time of the fcottleinent of Quu,p K','i8 until the treaty of Purl i, i 17(53' wh. n Urn country was ceded to fireot Iirltaln nl 6. Two opima by Gluclt am "Armlda" nnd "Orfco " 7 Representatives In 'Congress nro elected for two enrs 8 George HUot wrote "Daniel Derondu," MalHChl s the last hook of the Old Testn- ment lQwBalnsqlogy la the science of bathing. ,. .! h . . e Atfii!.'""Z'.-e""" .J''' -rfi''-,' " W-335ie' NO W MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. HOUGHTON On Counterfeit Money THE manner lu which the Nation's cur rency is protected Is outlined by Captain William II. Houghton, agent In charge of the local branch of the Secret Service. Captain Houghton has been connected with tho service ten years and during that tlmo has had the distinction of being se lected os tho personal bodyguard for Marsha! Joffre. the late Cecil Spring-Bice. Lord Reading, Prince Ferdinand, first cousin to the King of Italy; Baron Mnncheur, who headed tho first Belgian mission to thSd country, and other notables. "Ono of the most Important of the many duties of tho Secret Service ot the Treasury Deportmont Is to keep tho currency of the Nntion free from counterfeits," he says. "This, when you consider the country's large area, with n population of 100.000. 000. consisting of peoplo from all nations of tho world, Is 0 man-sized job. "Aro wo successful? 1 will answer thnt by asking, How often do jou see a counter feit noto or coin? Crime Hns Fascination "Tho counterfeiting of notes nnd coins has n peculiar fascination for a eortuln class of criminals and the onlv cure Is 11 long term in prison. In many Instances the never get over the ldt?n that they will bo able to make up 0 lot of counterfeit monej, pass it successfully nnd live nt oust for the remainder of their Hies "Recently we apprehended on old offender who ts 0 genius nnd who could, if lie wanted to, make it good living nt his trade. "This mnn had picviously served a term In prison for counterfeiting .?." gold coins, nnd while in prison ho conceived a now idea to make counterfeit notes so good they could not be detected. "A j ear nfter his rolenso from prison ho succeeded lu turning out n counterfeit .$5 note which went through the banks and was not detected until some arrived In Washington, where our chief. W. II. Moian. the cleverest export on cnuntci felt money In tho United States, pronounced ii a most dangerous counterfeit and tnsii noted il to com ontnilo our efforts in npueli(uiiling thu maker III sl weeks' time fioin Hie discovert of the first nolo we suiprl-nl I he counter feiter nt work tit his hoio.. In liibv. Pa. ,lni. Will B-v Uatrlicd 'this man. v hen lie nunc up for sen tence, made nn appeal to the Judge, saving tlint lie was through with counterfeiting, lie was given n four-ioar bontenco ; but I 11111 of Ihe opinion tlint the TVoiet Sonico nlwajK will have to take an interest in his movements as long ns lie lives. "I om often asked If tho woik Is danger ous. The apprehending of any erlminnl Ih moro or less uncertain, but when you con sider thnt we arc right and the criminal wiiuig, that wc'hnvi) the whole power of the United States behind u nnd that wo generally take tho erlminnl by surprise, you must admit wo havo about 1)5 per cent thu best of it. "In ninny Iti'-tnnces. whore tho prisoner or officer Is shot, it Is caused by 1111 1111 uccossar display of firciiiins. We nlwn.vs cudeiiior to moke our ariosw as quietly as possible. "We recently ruidod 11 liriiilinc establish ment where thej were making counterfeit' Internal levenuo strip stniut.s to place ov li the neckH of bottles containing bad whlsuv . When wo entered the shop a Negro patrol man wns standing across the stieot, and io quietly did we carry on our scaidi thnt the lii st lie knew iinvthing was up was when v were lenvlng with the prl-oncr-,. Wo calkd him over to notifv him ti.at the shop Jiad been seized by tho Goveinrif tit. Ciyi't Get Away Willi It "Wo of tho Secret Seivieo consider n counterfeiter one of tho mosl foolish njul deluded poisons on tho face, uf the caith, becaiiM) he cannot get away with it. "Everything Is against his success. In tho first place, n man who can innkn a nolo thnt Is emi'-ldei'cd by tho Secret Servlci dangerous must invest a lot of monev In his materials and spend timo on his work befori hoKnn reap any return. If ho succeeds 1 1 tuHing out a note that will deceive tho average handler of money ho Is In dungur of arrest every time he passes one, ami soon n tho brains and energy of tho Secret Service ore eoneentrntcd on his downfall. "How do we go about locating the coun terfeiter's plant'' "I cannot explain that, for obvious ma tons, and, besides, each case is different, HOPE $w which incidentally Is what makes our work more or less interestiug und holds the men in thu service when they could probably ob tain 11 larger salary outside. "Is counterfeit money easily passed? It you should sco s.ome of tho crude specimen1: tlint sometimes aro pnssed successfully jou might think it wns Tho average "shop keeper pn.vs very Utile Attention to tho money he handles, which Is no doubt a compliment to the Secret Service nnd its sjstcni. .Much Tioublo Recently "In thu last threo or four jrurs wo hove had a great denl of trouble with tho laislug of Federal Reservo notes and wc have on deavoicd to educate tho public to memorlzo the portraits on thesu notes, to that when they sco Washington's portrait they must know that It is a SI nolo; but on account of the many different kinds of notes that aro 111 circulation this has been most difficult, nnd our chief Is endenvorlng to hove Con gress pa.s an net standardizing all not,., iih to portraits, so that on oil SI notes will nppenr the porttnil of Washington; on nil - notes will appear the portrait of Jeffer son, etc. "About (hrco joars ugo, lu the Pills burgh district, there wn.s a mnn who lived mgn for about lluco mouths bv raising SI Inderal Itcerve nolo, ( represent ?5 note's. tin one of hi, notes lh.. niimcrnls were upside down, hut it was successfully passed lu a cigar stoic. '"! nsked htm nfler his arrest whv he tool: n elinue.0 on pn5iUfi that note and his reply wns, rhes, never 0i, r t "I leeeutly hoard nu nttornev nddrerslng the jiii.v in t, defense of n uoto-ialser "vdnlm wiili eIP 0th,irst of fooling, Uhv. look nl this ide! V011 could not pass 11 ..11 n Chinaman !' "I laughed lo imsrlf when I heard him, because wc Know thai n Chiiiniiian Is ,. ot the hinilcst poisons in fool with counter feit monev." HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATIIKRTON 1)U PIT rpili: influence on oilier, of a man's woids J- and deeds, no in.Hler how lowlv mav be his po-nioi. in life. . well lllusirat'cd in' Hie sliiv nMiiivv Kepios, main,. ,J,,m S. 1 in Sii. ,,r V.i,liinKi. ,, , j the cliui.il. when , ,,. ,,, ,l(irL. '", '" ,'", '","' s ml More hi hIhciio .. John Siiniuioi . the,, i,,,nph,stjote,j ravin lad, unbeknown in anv one but him self, had dnoi mined Unit he w.iiildn'l join tl ihunli. despite general eflorU being made to iiicK-nse ihe 1 boishiii in that oomu.un.tv, , . lil(, 1(lii (j fathers turn., whom ho greatly admired, had done so. ' Olio day nevvs enmo to tho crossroads store that the Summers' hired mnn. at a rcviva meeting, hod become n member of he village chu.cli. Voung S'iiihiikth hoard liu umidumeuiout and, within tvventy-four hours, he also was member. The hired man is still w.ukmg i v,.,.ni. ,, tIle , ' whom he had unconsciously influenced to wind heller ihiiig, , lww member of C011 gtrss. and --till feels grateful to his old timo idol. Down , Oklahoma, John Willim Hor lolcl. a urn Senator from tht State. i ailo four campaigns 1., fouttec, months and won all ot then, despite H. l,lct thlt " " " muiiity is normally Democratic and 1, u Republican. H IK- did much huriylii" about and speech making during these wmipaHw ,, th-ouciio.,. ihein nil .nriled X'Cliewla old und dilapidated gup Last tall wh.n I'- i;ii.miih1..I the whhiwind ., g,, th i.-ul.d in his .leaion as 1 nit.-d St tes S.nator ho mganlwl 11H .iiiiinlBI, ,, "' cl.we, f, mx j-ni-s ut least, and unpick Ins old grip lo tin- viry bottom "l""iul In one of tlm loinpuitmoiit, l0 f,,....,, strange Utile ,,,,,-Uw llf Tll(. X ! ) which ho had not know 11. Unvvini,,, ." 1 !" found that it conlalned t, "' V ur V f clovers vvhl.., hud lH.ni picked l,l''fi;.,f Jtar-ohl sou two jour before, vvhc tl ,', . .might, r can led . i,,,,. , ,', " l Sp.lngs fr his summer ,,.&," S , "e'v' the Hurls four-leaf ch.vers ,. ,-V, 1, iiulte tr,klMBls with . :,o.(,i,( V, Z ' the (a.iilidatc had received over his i-U ill If Cmigrc, rould lolil its ses,j()I(( ... Maino dirug the summer ...oti' hor, might he uetter legislation ond fewer f raz 4 lUto t SHORT CUTS It takes a financier to make a burnlni question out of a frozen loon. The next we'll hear from Hungary con cerning Charles of Austihi Is that lie "flew de coup." Prohibition agents dance 011 nothing while John Barleycorn plays a jojous tune on h Reed instrument. The nation-wide band of mall robb scetiiH to have determined to get the but possible results out of the Postollice. Skirts, says n Parisian edict, shall h I no more tnnn six inriics irom the ground. Docs this bar, women from aviation? President Harding thinks the place nml time has been reoojicd when war must chum. At least it may bo said that his optimism is cheering. Charles of Austria, it Is said, is na hit way in disguise to Budapest to stage a conn back. Ho ovidontly doesn't know how little a crown In worth nowadays. Controller Iladloy experts tho Indorse ment of the Voters League, but even he li not sanguine enough to imagine that Mr. Griienberg will help him to get it. The Russian Soviet hints that some ol tho famine stories have been exaggerated, which is probably dm- to tho fact that neither Leniiic nor Trotzky is among the starving. Without trying to tnako heroes out of lawbreakers, It may be pointed out to Weit Viiginia mine operators that the motto of their State is Moinitniueois are always ficenien." One reason wo don't got tho truth about Russia is that no one mnn Is competent to tell it. Wlmt chouco would on immigrnnt detained at Gloucester have to tell the truth about America? If Japan can get a free hand in Man churia, we oie told, she is willing to forgo advantages elsewhere. Conferees may phot wisdom in conceding the point. It would be wnsto of time to try lo provo It ethical. The Rnlliond Board having ruled that tho P R. R. and its employes, union and non union, nro nil right lu some particulars .ind nil wrong in others, has laid the groundwork for harmony at the confsrenee suggested. We tiro not wasting sympathy on the banker nnd business men who have less in lliienco in politics than tho gambler ana haloonkcopor. The gambler and bnloon keeper reallzo that eternal vlgllnnco Is the price of liberty. Washington is said to bo paying a mil lion dollars n doy for uiinecessory clerk hire. Plans aro being made to snvo tho money, 'lliere aro economic reasons and reasons ol. efficiency why the country should not com plain if tho weeding-out process Is not chnr netcrized by haste. Ono of tho first Jobs confronting the . President on his return from a brief vacation will be tho signing of n bill merging t various bureaus designed to old dlsaWea soldiers. As it cuts red tapo and makes tne lot of tho falck soldiers cosier, it probably win bo 0 task ho will cheerfully tackle. Seventy Topaka, Knn.. policemen raided thirty-fivo stores where It was euspectea cigarettes were being hold. Henefforjn elgnrettcH found in business houses are to d conliscntod as evidence and the proprietors attested. The raid on the Insidious coffee pot nnd awful woffle may come next. Immediate revision nnd eventual "(luc tlon of taxes are what the country has right to expect from tho Admlnl-'trntloo, and revision rightly made will bring about reduction. No more costly way of raising revenue con bo devised thou tho present M como tax ; no ehouper way con be thouSnf of than 11 soles tux, There would have boon less trouble In Silesia if tho Council of Four had accepted the unanimous opinion of the experts mi tne Polish Boundary Commission and 'I"1'? v frontier lino at once. The (rouble wlio , seeing both sides of a iiuehtlon Is that mm iiucstloiis have morn than two sides, niiu illbciishlon of them moans trouble long "''" out, Even a wrong decision Is better lu" no decision at vail. , , , , , . ft V -tV,l'Vl'',. S , J limfi iiiiiiliiIaiiM''ii i'W - ' r-", ;?-Tiis,V v-WTilVjlii' Hjwnwfx twCT - fea-ii ?. &.
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