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JUDGE BROWN RECANTS
rpUU noteworthy thing about .ludse I
Hrown's resignation from the position
of front lees of the hoi so in the l'iftv-l'iftv
circus is tint merely tin- fm-t of a weakened
Vnrc combine. Jt h th" n.tttrc of 1 1
"interviews" issued iu cxilatin(inii nf tho
new turn of nffnirs by the Judge hinit'lf nnd
by Senator Vate.
It is dillicnlt to bclicc that nny poli
tician of skill nnd erprienei' could lime
the effrontery in these times to imply that
nil voters arc without the milinu-nt of
common sense or a sinfjlo slimmer of critical
Intelligence. Judge ISrnwn nnd Senator
Varc assume all that and more They talk
as they might talk to a kindergarten cla-.s
in pronouncements solemn! is-tiril for the
ndvice and guidauce of oters in I'liila
delphia. The Judge took hi? orders. He took them
from Washington. It va under pressure
from Senator Penrose that he abandoned
a scheme in which two faction-, were join
ing to run the city for their own cxcluic
benefit Now, however, the boss of the
Municipal Court wants to be viewed as an
idealist, as one who for seven long jears
held nloof from politics anil took part in
that distressing business only to hrlp townrd
the electiou of Mr. Moore! He isn't a
politician, this Judge II" is a gentle
philosopher and a friend of humanity!
Similarly drools Mr. Vnre. In tills to ins
hour he puts his faith in the plain people,
the plain people whose stieets were left
dirty and disease-ridden in order that con
tractors might b" a little richer: the plain
people whose children were to be exploited
by the drug peddling and gambling nnd
rice wings of the I'iftj -Kiftv combination.
The amazing thing is not that voteis are
asked to believe stuff of this sort. It is
that a good many of them, including a eon
niderable number of women toters, nctuallj
will believe it.
WOMEN REGISTRARS
ALT HO l' OH the appointment of omo
0-7iO UnniOM FltniGtPIPu I. tliic nl ..HI
i not precisely shake the politioal structure
to its foundations, their de-itc to sere is
i an earnest of the right sort of consciousness
of their recent enfranchisement.
Registration day work is by no means
difficult, but the hours 7 in the morn
ing to 1 in the afternoon, a three hour
hiatus, and then duty again from 4 until
10 at night are long, and in periods of
political doldrums waiting for "customers"
is a sometimes dull nnd dreary business.
With brisk "trade" tesulting from a stiff
local contest, or tie imminence of a presi
dential election, there are compensations.
The Registration Hoard has definitely ruled,
that "over twenty -one" will not be ac
cepted as a valid answer from electors,
male or female. Although the list of epics
tions asked is not tjraunically imiuisitorial,
the details sought are pertinent and specific.
o Not eery masculine elector, if the fact
exists, admits without gulping that his resi
dence is in his wife's name There will
be more reluctance than oor when a woman
( propounds the query. There is, moreover,
no taboo on division gossip in the rcgistin
tion place.
The ten-dollar-a-day wage does not repre
sent tho full compensator value of the
job of cheeking up oting citizens.
MORE WASTE
"VTEAU Iinstol, in the dnvs of the war.
J- the (Jovernment built one nf its 'model
villages" to house workers drawn to the
shipyards No orv appears to have loohid
beyond the necessitj of the hour. St, one
seems to have given a thought to the safet
of on enormous investment of public money
The duelling') cannot be s dd at ti reason
able price. And groups of buildln','-. which
house -7S families are u-eleas b"c,iuv the
central heating plant, another bit of s'up
ping Hoard work, cannot be made to func
tion economically.
It is natural to suppose that the heuting
plant would be repaired and that the agents
of the Shipping Board would make an ef
fort to obtain for the Onrernmeiit a normal
rental for the living quarters in the ,iih
Ings.
Orders issued from the Shipping Hoard
headcpiarters in this city indicate, however,
that nothing of the sort is contemplated.
The families ooeupvin? the apartments ue
been oidered to find other ilveiims pre
sumably the beating plant and the series
of buildings which it senes an to bo left
to fall into decay .
The people who live in this model vil
lage have done right in organizing to bring
the whole mess to the attention of the
Shipping Hoard chiefs. 1,'nder the reorgan
ization there must be a few competent minds
in that vast and mysterious organization.
MEXICAN RECUPERATION
IF Tlili present (ioveriiment of .Mexico
is to be recognized it is inconceivable
that Hccietary Hughes will not have some
thing to say about it.
This prospect contributes nn element of
Inconsequentialitj to the Senate's discussion
of this theme. The debate, howeer, in
which Senator Ashurst. of Arizona, defended
President Obregon against the attacks of
Senators King, of I'tuli, and Watson, of
Georgia, is illuminating The (evolutions
are indices, for the fiist time in more than
a decade, of the existence of a conciliatory
ttltudc in tint border States toward any
regime In the neighbor republic.
"If there be a State that understands the
Mexican situation." declared .Mr. Ashurst,
"it is Arizona " Proof of the new friendli
ness of this Commonwealth is at hand in
the unanimous petition of its Legislature
urging Congress to recognize the Obregon
Government.
Texas and Oklahoma have also rccom
Mended such a sten. Senator As'iorvi nn,-.
Heularly pointed out the security of railway
twTel, asserting that recular Pullman serv.
71m la aww restored between Mexico City and
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the United States and that freight is being
systematically nnd efficiently handled.
The Administration in Washington is
naturally Inclined to move slowly in tho
affair on nccoiint ofMie alleged confiscatory
proviftlona. of tho Mexican Constitution re
garding property holdings by foreigners.
Hut the signs of tho return of order, em
phasized br Americans in n position to con
tiast them with the former chaos, arc not
to be dismissed lightly. The recuperation
of Mexico seems to be n fact nt once hearten
ing and substantial
THIS YEAR'S $32 TAX BILL
WILL BE $4 NEXT YEAR
The Reduction Will Come About Be
cause of Changes In the Revenue
Law to Benefit the Man of
Moderate Means
T1IK new tax bill, which the f louse will
begin to debate today and will send to
the Senate on Saturday, contains provisions
for icllof which will benefit n laigu part
of the population.
It does not do all the things agreed upon
i the House leaders who confer! ed with
the President last week. It does not go o
far in some respects and it goes farther In
others.
The piowslon upon which there seems
to be unanimous agreement among the
lenders .if the party in power increases the
tax-exempt income of men receiving less
than S.'IIOO to s.'.lOO for married men nnd
to 51(10 for ctcry dependent child regard
less of the amount of the income. The
present exemption is S'-'OOO and .'-MM) This
will benefit nine-tenths if not fort-nlne
fiftieths of the income taxp.-ners It will
ei nipt eniireh fioui income tax about one
half of those who nre now paying it
Tl xrmptioii is to date fiom January
1. 1!'M. so that it will apply to the incomes
lecoixul this yenr. As the tax tli.it is being
p.iid now is on last year's income, tho
ebnngo will not nffect nnv payments to be
made before January 1. but it will reduce
consldeiiibly the tax liability next year.
Tor example, a man with a wife and one
chihl nnd an income of SU00O will be
taxable on 5100, whereas he is now taxable
on !?M)0 His tax this year is ?rt'.'. Next
year it will be ?4. This is the kind of tax
relief that will be appreciated.
Accoiding to the agreement hist week the
transportation taxes were to be l educed
."() per crnt on January 1. 11)22, and to bo
lepealed altogether on Jnnuarx 1, licit.
The bill as agreed upon and reported re
peals all transportation taxes on January 1.
llf-'. This includes taxes on lailroad
tickets and tickets for seats in parlor cars
and berths In sleeping cars.
It will reduce nil traxelmg expenses by
! per cent, including the cost of commuta
tion tickets, and will thus directly benefit
the hundreds of thousands of business men
who live in the suburbs of the large cities
and travel to and fio every da.
The bill nlso takrs the tax collector's
baud from the purse of the consumer of
soft drinks and ice cream nt the soda-water
counter and from the purse of the purchaser
of medicines, perfumes and toilet prepara
tions. And It will no longer be necessary
for the wearer of eye glasses to pay n tax
every time lie gets n new pair.
The tepenl of the excess-profits tax to
date from last January . agreed upon at
the White House conference, was strenu
ously opposed in the Republican caucus.
It was announced that there were 100 Re
publicans xx ho would join xwth the Demo
crats in opposing it if the repeal was put
in the bill.
It was argued that the manufacturers
have been charging this tax to their cus
tomera and xvill continue to charge it until
the bill is passed. As it is not expected that
linal action will be taken until Derember
a retroactixe repeal of the tax would leave
the sums collected in anticipation of its
payment still in the hands of the manu
facturers. The soundness of this argument is open
to question. It would be difficult to find
many business men who nre making nor
mal profits this year, and the man whose
profits are o large that they would be
taxable under the excess-profits provision
of the law is n curiosity . Yet the official
estimate of the return under the tax' is
.f:t."0.000.000.
The reasons fop postponing the repeal
until next January are clearly politicnl.
They are put forth chiefly by the repre
sentatives from the farming districts, where
the doctrine that the rich must be made
to pay the cost of government to the full
extent of their ability is popular.
Thee amateur economists, however, were
not stiong enough to prevent making the
repeal of the heavy surtaxes on incomes
above ?0(!,000 retroactive to January 1,
ID'JI. This tax is fixed at 31! per cent,
which is large enough in nil icnson It will
yield considerable revenue without forcing
men who hnve had to pay 7.1 per cent of
their incomes to the Government to seek
tax-free investment in order to protect
their necessary business reseives
What the bill will look like when the
Senate gets through with it no one can
foretell, but it is not likely that the Senate
vvil! be so foolish as to forget that the
Nation is xpecting some such relief us it
provides for There are certain to be changes
in some of its details There ought to be
no i linage in its grneial p ii-pose.
HIGHER FARES; FEWER RIDERS
IN Till! Intel pretation whu'i Mi Mittui
makes of the Julv lepnit of tin' ICupid
Transit Company not a great deal is left
of the arguments against five cent trolley
fnics Ten million passcng' rs were lost
during Julv, 11)21, ns compared with the
totnl for the corresponding month last venr.
Hid tlic average ir Tease m rnrningb for
the ten veur peibl 1011 1020 continued
last month, it is estimated by Mr Mitten
that the gain with a five-cent line would
have been onh Ml l."7 less thin thnt ob
tained through the present chaige-
The seven-rent and six-iind a-qiinrter-cent
fares therefore hue been of s,im bene
fit to the company thus far Short uders
have been dis mraged by the rates, and a
further decrease of this patmnuge is pos
sible. It looks as tho.igh little save inconveni
ence has been obtained either In the public
or the P. It. T. as a lesult of the Public
Si rvice Commission's luling.
Transit nffaiiH. however, remain in such
a state of comnlexity that it is always ad
visnble to look behind the returns. In
instancing the present depression Mr. Mit
ten is obvioiislv seeking to mnke out as
good n case as possible for the negotiation
of a lense turning over the I'rankford ele
vated to Ins oignni.ation upon the utmost
favoiable terms
It will be interesting to watch his ntti
tude upon fans on that road when the
senil-mirncle of opening it for service has
been rialii'd. He is on recnid as n friend
of the five-cent fare. Insistence upon n
seven-cent fiat chaigc or higher for the
new "L" will cither denote inconsistency
or belief that that road will carry nothing
but very long dlstnncn riders.
In New Jersey, where virtually all tho
municipalities ami most of the business
Interests ha1 r had to exert nil their strength
to keep ti'oln-y fares from going to ten cents,
it is pretty clear that the street car cor
porations arc in financial straits because the
rising cost of their service has eliminated
a large part of Jhclr normal patronage.
The loss of patronage by the P, K. T, is
so great that IU cannot be attributed wholly
t,
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
to what the P. 11. T. directors call "busi
ness depression." .
In other words, people who have n right
to look to the city and to the P. H. T
for consistent and economical transit
service are forced to walk. They hnve to
endure the nddltlonal labor of n long or
short hike to nnd from their places of em
ployment nt the beginning nnd at the end
of each working day. It costs no more to
operate a full trolley than nn empty one
or one half tilled. The spectacle of a half
empty car Hitting along n street where
many people walk because they hnve to is
altogether Incongruous. Yet there is con
tinuing tnlk of a demand for a seven-cent
fare in Philadelphia!
I'p to last fall the tinnsit system was
operated with n view to increasing the
number of car riders. The easier jou make
it for ycople to ride. Mr. Mitten used to
sny. the more money jou will make. The
experiments "f Mr. Ford piovc the validity
of that rule. Mr. Mitten's experience when
lie worked tiiitinmmelcd proved it. The
facts now vindicate his judgment. Latterly
the P. 11. T. has swung to the older mood
of the monopolists.
If the present tendency continues we may
sec repeated in this city the confusion thnt
now exists In Jersey. Seven-cent car fares
arc but n preliminary to ten-cent car fares.
The loss of business which results from
seven-cent fares makes ten-cent fares neces
sary. THE WOMEN WANT TO KNOW
THAT was n commendable curiosity mani
fested by two delegates nt the conven
tion of the Women's Republican Club yes
terday nfternoon.
Harry Ivuenzel was urging them to do
their utmost to have the Chatter changed
so as to make the Citv Solicitor responsible
to the people by being elected by them in
stead of being appointed by the Mayor.
One woman intciruptcd to ask what party
framed the Charter which makes the City
Solicitor responsible to the Mavoi. After
some prodding she got him to admit that
the Republican Party in control of the
Legislature passed the Charter.
"Well, if the Republican Party made the
Chnrter. what nre they dissatisfied about
now ?" the woman wanted to know, but she
did not find out.
Another delegate asked whether "we aro
Republicans or are we split?" Mr. Kuenzel
informed her thnt they were nil Republicans.
"That means you're for the Mnvor. I
tnke.it," the woman said, nnd Mr. Kuenzel
dodged the blow ns best he could 'Hie
woman explained that she only wanted to
know who her boss is.
And all this happened iu a convention
supposed to be controlled by the Vnre inn
chine. The leader of the Women's Re
publican Club has announced that the mem
bers must take oulers from the City Com
mittee, and that it is nlmost treason for
members of the committee to consult with
tho Mayor. Under the circumstances It is
not surprising thnt some of the women nre
beginning to wish n little light. If they are
Republicans, whv arc they not supporting
the Charter which the Republicans passed,
and why ate they not supporting the Mayor
nominated and elected by Republican votes?
Is it something else than Republican vic
tory that they are supposed to be interested
in?
Well, the way to find out is to continue
to nsk questions, and to ask them of tho
men who are supposed to be able to nnswer
them.
THE RASH BRIAND
mi
;HI! Trench estimate of the significance
of the Disarmament Conference is
strikingly disclosed in the persounl ac
ceptance of Aristide Hriaud, who is to head
the delegation of his Government. The
I'nitcd Stntes will be pleased to welcome
so distinguished a statesmnn.
Thus far there are no reports of dis
content in France over the fact that the
active, responsible chief of the Republic, as
distinguished from the figuiehend President,
has seeu fit to appoint himself to n mis
sion involving a departure from his native
land The French, it mav be remembered,
were not particularly surprised when Presi
dent Wilson decided to go to Paris. Per
haps they entertain the notion over there
thnt a nation can he well represented by
its foremost official figure.
As is well known. Anglo-Ameritan opinion
sometimes inclines in the opposite direction.
'Iliis time the United States is out of the
aigument, since Secretary Hughes has al
ready been made head of the American Com
mission, nnd Lodge ns an associate, while
the President will remain a potent influence
in the background
Hut Rritnin hns been greatly wrought up
by the mere discussion of an overseas
journey bv Lloyd (ieorge. Lord Northdiffe
is appalled at t thought. Now that
France has taken the initiative, as the first
foreign nation to name a delegate, n con
tinuation of lively journalistic times in Lou
don may be anticipated
Will the rash Republic over the Channel
be permitted to set the styles for nil the
other nations?
THE ERIE'S BOLD MOVE
AVHHY huge part of the working organ
ization on eyerv inilrnnd is engaged
in the shops in linn, iifrn Hiring nnd repair
ing rolling stock The labor rulings issued
bv the fiincrnment and formulated lifter
delibeintioii in Ciingnss and in the reient
industrial confi ienn s m the interest of
economic progiess nnd industrial pence
apply to the shop nun as well ns to the
older brotherhoods The Railway Labor
Hoard i establish! d to keep peace on the
rails by maiiMaming woiking lules satisfac
torv to the men
The l'rio Itailroad. bv the simple ex
pedient of abandoning contiol of its shops
and turning its pnsonncl and equipment
over to a new conip'iny independent of the
Hallway I.nboi Huiwd, lias made the opein
tion of an important division of Its system
independent of I'edernl control.
How the plan will vvoik out can be
Imagined after Valuing thut n ten-hour
day is contemplate! for the Flip's shop
wo'rkers ns well as tlu abandonment of
rnaiiv of the working rules established be
tween the unions and the management on
other lines.
Itnltimore dispatch to
Orioles hand boosts jazz. Pro-
Sing Jazz fcpsnr of Fiigllsh at
Johns Hopkins snvs jazz
is helpful In creating Interest in miisV .
probably another instance of how extremes
meet. Judge of Orphans' t'ouit snvs jiu.
has cut forty venis from bis age; thnt lie
feels that much v onager slme he learned
to dnine Cynical Cuss avers average nge
on average dance floor wns originally forty
five. A burglar-proof safe
Well. Hardly I'!rr lined with lead ami a
series of lead plates
two and a hnlf inches thick are being
placed In position In the Philadelphia Gen
eral Hospital in anticipation of the nrrival
of the two grams of indium puichnsed for
S15 1,000 by the city for the euro of cancer
Never has costly gem received so rnre a
setting.
Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping Hoard,
has a whale of a big job, but that Is no
icnson for considering him a Jnnnli. He Ik
bound to make mistakes, perhaps has made
them already; but he nmy yet bring health
to "a sick business gasping for life;-" The
least tho public can do is to sit tight and
glVu ill "4 B"
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Yankee Thrift and Yankee Shrewd
nets Apparently Have to Be
Treated With Some Cere
mony If 8elf-Respect
la to Be Retained
Hy SARAH I). LOWRIE
0NTB In York Harbor I took n walk with
my hostess. She Raid she had an er
rnnd at her laundress' cottage, which would
take but n moment, after which wc would
amuse ourselves with more Interesting sights.
I was not exactly amused, but I wns
Interested and nstonished nt the sight I
beheld nt the laundress' cottage. It was
neither more nor less than my hostess and
the washwoman arguing over the price of
the doing-tip of n white petticoat. The dis
cussion went on nnd on and entailed mental
arithmetic on mv hostess' part that did her
credit nnd n firm determination to hnve
the extra cent come her way that did the
other woman credit. I could understand
(lie washwoman's haggling, but I felt
chagrined at my friend's hnggllng. 'When
wo had resumed our walk I expressed my
chagrin. Whereat my fiiend gnve mo n
quick bird -like glance of pity and impatience
mingled.
"We nre both Yankees," said she. "thnt
woman nnd I, and we would feel we lind
not done the situation justice if we hod
not haggled a bit. She would think I was
ilch and careless, and I would think he
wns poor and careless, if we did not bargain
with each other."
I FELT duly rebuked and very much en
lightened, nnd since then I have tried
to piny up to New Fnglnnders whenever n
bargain was in the wind. Today I had
another eye-opener ns to their ability even
in early youth to carry out o money trans
action with finish and aplomb.
The boys of iny fiiend, the professor's
wife, nre perhaps seventeen nnd fifteen.
Socinlly they nre speechless in my presence,
but ns men of business they display coolness
nnd strategy. 1 felt that 1 was being firmly
handled by them.
The subject under discussion wns nn an
cient single buckboard. with an extra spring
sent over the rear wheels. It had seen
great services in my youth In our family,
but on the deuth of its owner had been
put nwnv in the recesses of the barn,. and
in the course of years had been taken apart
and piled, with other left-over tilings, in
a disused box stall. The hnrncss that had
been used for old Topsy had hung so long
ungrensed that it was stiff and cracked and
had been gnawed by mice, and there was
an umbrella top that had been rolled up
in the garret anil become bent by long sag
ging between rafters.
I had hnd two nibbles for the purchase
of the outfit, one fiom the mnn who hauled
the garbage, nnd the other from the mnn
who brings the milk. Neither would quote
n price nnd both seemed disgusted with
the one I quoted $1.".
THIS spring two former owners of notable
stnblcs were disciissitij the juices they
had got for their town carriages. A
brougham had brought .?2T and a (ileus
Falls thrcc-seatcr $20, the double harnesses
from $0 to ?3. I tucked this information
away in my mind with nn eye to the old
buckboard, nnd when I got back to our
farm I casually let it be known thnt I would
sell our buckboard for $10 or n little under.
The "llttlo under" wns the bait for my
hook, nnd I waited with no very great ex
pectation of a nibble, since both the garbage
and milk man had acquired wheeled vehicles
of an ancient and durable vintage elsewhere.
But this morning tho nibble came!
Feeling the occasion to bo n momentous one
I treated it with all the solemnity I could
command, although I was so nnxinus those
boys should possess that dear old vehicle
that It was all I could do to make them
buv it nnd not give it to them.
Hut they hnd obviously come, as purchasers
and also as hagglers and ns they were
agents, and not Hpendcrv of their own, I
realized that it would be n great come
down if I presented them with what they
wished to bargain out of me. So we began
afar off on quite another subject.
They were in fact-or rather the pro
fessor's wife was in fact renting the old
barn from me at $1.1 for the season, sub
ject to its being left clean when the boys
removed their old white pony for the return
to town.
Tho haggling began on the subject of the
barn. Thev felt that they only needed half
of it and in that case what rebate was I
prepared to offer?
I said that they were using the whole
of it. having the pony nnd the white horse
ami two carts and their bicycles.
They gazed at me with expressionless
faces and said, "How abou the other things
stond there, not theirs?"
I asked them if they meant the buck
board Thev nodded solemnly.
"You mean by that," I said, "that al
though you pny for tho barn you lmvo not
the intire use of it?"
That was what they meant. After a
due silence they took up the matter of the
buckboard They said they might not have
n horse another year, so that buying seemed
to them pioblematical. 'J hey might con
sider ruitlng it.
I moved too rapidly for them at thnt
point. I said that they could hnve it for
' I meant buy it, but they thought I
meant to nnt it for that.
iliev leuiniked therefore that as I had
tiny understood, put SIO on It as a sellltiK
prlie. st) as mj 1PIltH f01. nnrt of t)lD j. p
seemnl too much.
I saw that I would have to bieak it
gently jo them that the selling pi Ire was
now M,, including harness and umbrella
Jo sue my reputation with them as u fe
male of some sense I fell back on th" fnct
of mv using the barn as n stouige pla, e
ummor luivm,, tt i,...l,..l .1.... .!. .
"i'""''ii mill, llgllt cm
leasing the pinpprtj, so thnt a icbnte was
in order I would therefore take .? ,,y
tin rental and sell the bucklmaid for Sp)
or lake Si ff the buckbo.iid and sell it for
Mj whichever they piefcircd.
TIIFY withdmw to consult theh mother
In about an hour there was the tattle
of wheels on the drive and the professor's
two sons and two giils and u third boy
nn a sagging buckboard rounded the cuivc"
They had dime for the cushions nnd the
umbiella.
While the mnles withdrew to the gairet
in seamh of these things the two fairs dis
mounted and chitted
"I am glad thev got it!" I said.
, "V', va"' "n' "f tllr K'''ls' "and so aie
thev. They said thry pickid it up at n
verv low prb e ' '
Just then the bovs appeared with all the
old belongings, and tn buz, of pleasant chaf
fing from the gills oiithtted the vehicle
As thev drove off down the hill I ,.,,;
hear thnn boasting of its possibilities as
though they had owned it all their vouii"
lives, ' "
Win Fame for 7helr Town
l"i m ib' llcjguion Kin, llonnoi
Again we are proud of (i0i Hp, ,),
Hiui.ry won first prie m the sack Hue and
Julian Allen took first piize in the time,
legged race at the Fouith of July ,,.,,.
bullion.
LUTE STRINGS Il JAPAN I
PI!()NY nnd lotus and still waters, steeped
In green :
Shadow and bird flight, nnd Its song be-
twten ;
Golden the geisha's gown, golden tho sun.
Ah! What a day to live!
Sigh when it's done!
Down the long garden pnth Innleins, alight
Gleam with the fireflies In the moon's white;
Song of n geisha falls clearly and sweet.
Soft, like the plum flowcis
Wlieie branches meet.
8ilver the gclshn's gown, silver well spun.
Ah! What a night to live!
Sigh when lt'n done I
Elsie C. H. de lestctlcs, in the New York
-ximei. i
WHAT THE MONEY SPENT ON ONE WAR WOULD DO IF APPLIED Toll
- - - PEACEFUL PURPOSES , u,
It would criss-cross the continent It would irrigate and reclaim an
with boulevards our arid spaces.
It would re-forest all the denuded It would build ship canals from
timber lands. the Gulf of Mexico to the Great
Lakes and the St. Lawrence.
It would supply every farmer with It would build hydro-electric
a tractor which will plow SO acres plants capable of supplying the na-
a day. tion with power.
It would give us a self-supporting It would eliminate the slums and
merchant marine, without which we afford wholesome bousing for every-
cannot be independent. body.
Vk&'.V&&' -"TE-y a
"SS- --iT fORAMceJ
It would provide every seaport It would build landing Seldi and It would provide old age insur
with a deep and well protected har- moving piers for a system of trans- ance, which would rob the creeping
bor. continental air routes. years of their terrors.
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS
On the "Three-Mile Limit"
THOSi: ambitious booth ggers who arc
seeking legal nid nnd cniiifoit In.n
"tluec-mllc, limit" or even n "twelve-mile
limit" from which thev may with lawful
safety defy the laws of the United States
lie building thcli hopes on a foundation of
sand. This Is the opinion of John Fied
etVk Lewis, who is piobablv the pic-cml-nent
nuthority of the. country in mntters
of maritime law.
"The question Is n complicntid otic In
some respects," said Mr Lewis, "but tin
laws regarding it nie clear and specific.
Self-preservutlon Is nn absolute rlu'ht of
the sovereign Government of the United
Stntes, nnd. nssumin; that the defendants
are guilty ns chaiged with riim-runiilng
from vessels anchored off the Ameilcan
Const, there is no question as to the iurls
dlctlon and povvtr of the United States
to stop It.
"The three-mile limit lias nothing to do
with the question. Thnt limit was fixed
bv the general consent of the older writers
of international law as the utmost range of
a cannon (speaking, of eouise, of the tunge
of the cannon of that day). It was oilg
inally described as tluee mnrine leagues, and
tho purpose of the limitation was that bel
ligerentR should not tight or i ome within
that limit because their guns might shoot
to the shore, nnd on the other hand, they
might be within range of guns fiom shore
to sea.
"The limit fixed was not by international
agreement, but wns meiely set up by gen
ei.il i onsent of the older willers us il ic.l
sonnhle extent of jurisdiction.
"There was nlwavs liitisilictlop over livers
and bays, and hence the lurisdiction of the
United States over the Delawrue Hav, for
example, or over Cliesipenke Hav. has never
In en questioned, although the enhances if
both are more than s miles wide. .
Liberal Interpretation Needed
"As a matter of fact it ha been cluimed
thnt, with respect to the American Coast,
n liberal IntcrpU'tntlon of our jurisdiction
over the sens is ncitssnrv, and that our
Government should exc rcisij juiisdiillon
over such cuives or iudentuicb of the coast
as between Cape Ann nnd Cape Cod, for
Instance, or between Montnuk Point and
the Delaware Capes. At anv rale the imls
dlctlou of the Government is ample to pic
vent any vessel fiom iiovcnn.' on the
coast and conspiilng with those on shore to
violate our laws.
"As long ngo ns the time of King James I
nnd King Charles II, the Hiitisli Govern
ment prohibition by law the 'hovering' of
foreign vessels so near the hntbois of Gtent
Rritnin as to disturb homewaid or outward
bound vessels, and the Hutinh 'Hoveling
Act.' passed bv Pailiament in the ieign of
King George II, expicssjv assured for icve
one purpose a juiisiIii Imn ut four Vagues
fiom ihe c oast.
'A provision to the same effect Is reason
able in the revenue liws of the United States,
and such juiisdiclion was upheld In Chief
Justice Marshall i" a decision of the Su
pri me Cotiit nine than loo y.ars ago.
Twelve Miles Not nimugli
"Lvcn u limitation of twelve miles is
not the limit to which the Government arm
can readi to prevent (1 vlolntlon of our
laws in conjunction with persons on our
shores. It is a familiar principle In luvv
that what eiu do by the hand of another
you do yoiii self, and in my opinion a shin
twenty miles off shorn eould be arrested
and brought Into run I'oiuts If she connived
with the' owneis of motorhonts or the mas
ters, of them to unload a cargo at sea and
run it Into our ports without innkinir due
entry and In violution of oui laws
"Our Government could stop sVh m Hon
just ns It could slop it If a vessel nnchi. e
three miles or twenty -tin..,. ,i,.H fr Ku,,e
nnd then tired guns whose hmt would laud
on our coast and Injure our people or dam.
ngo their property.
iif t 1 I i
yur Aiuoricui. v. oast waters are generally
shallow and a vessel can anchor with ren-
r aonable aafcty many mile, off store -hence
IT, 1!)21
ef1 - " -
pi iffy 11 ii II
tlie reasonableness of such power vested in
our Government to prevent tmnsgrcssions
of our laws.
Act .Must Ho Illegal
"Of course, the uct of the unested xcssel
must be unlawful. If she be innocent our
(ioveriiment would doubtless mnke due
restitution to tho owners for the anest of
their propcity; but if the vessel were guilty
no foreign Government would, in mv opin
ion, claim for a moment thnt it was en
titled to either Immunity or Indemnity."
Today's Anniversaries
-Puchess of Kent, mother of Queen
17SG-
Ictorla of Great Ilrltain, born In
SaxeCoburg Dleel near Windsor
-March 1G. I8fil.
1817 Gregory Thurston lledell. third llplsco-
pal Uishop of Ohio, born at Hudson,
N V Died .March 11. 1892.
1810 National Whig Convention met at
.Ve.Nhvllle.
1871 A statue of Sir James Outratn was un
veiled on tho Thames embankment,
London
1877 Tercentenary of Petr Paul Rubcna
colclirated at Antwetp
1894 Chailes Itnblnson, first Stnte Coventor
of Kansis, died nt Lawrence, Kan.
Horn at Hurdwiek, Mass, July 21, 1818.
1919 Former lJmperor Wllllnm bought thu
Doom estate near Utrecht.
1920 The great clock strike In New York
was ended.
Today's Birthdays
Former L'mperor Charles of Austria-Hun-K.'iry,
now living In rxllu In Switzerland, bom
thirty -foui veals aim
Vice Adnilr.il Kdward W Hlierlej, the mvv
coinmnneler-ln-ihlef of the United States
P.uilU! I'leet, born nt Denton, Te., fifty
scveii veiin nRo.
Julia Marlowe (Mrs rj H Sotliem), one
of the- most distinguished nrtiesses of the
American stage, born In England fifty-one
yeais ago
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 Nam eight kinds of conifers
2 What fltato does Senator Glass renre-
bent"'
S. What Is the original meaning of tho
word aluebra"
1 Who wa the first translator of tho
"Arabian N'ghts" Into a European lan
KUll,e, B. What finplre vns conquered partly be
cause of the fe.et with vvhMi the In
linbiuuits ifgnnleil the. horsc-s of their
Invaders .'
fi Whnt Is the cipltal of New '.ealnnd''
7 What was the Mint city of the United
States to use tiolley cars'"
8 What Iri the last n.uiKi of .Michelangelo''
9 What Is niennt by the A Be' Powers?
10. Who was Harriet i'ies(.0tt Spoffoiil?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. On a direct voyage from New York to
Now 111 leans vessels pass through thev
Stialis of Morula between Florida and
i ulin
2 A gavi.il is a particularly savage Md of
crocodile found in tho Congo region of
I entral Africa
3 Chita Ih the administrative capital of the
Cistern Siberian ltepubllc
4 Kara Uernbatdt iH sevtnty-six vears old
f. HalnbrldR Colbv was .he thud' ami llBt
SK SUUo o l,le Wlt,0
fi Comic dc Iliiffon, Coorges Louis Icleic
was a eclehii.ipci .r,.nc, niitui.tllst!
HIh dates are 1707-1788. '
7. The first name of Mile Lenglen tho
ii-!,!V,,.tnn"ls thani'lon of the world,
8. A snare, drum Is bo calVd from the Annlo.
Saxon 'Bnear.' later "snaie," a nervo
eir sinew. Tho . rum Is built of tt hollow
body mad of biass, over both ends of
wlile i a membrane is stretched " hl.ii
uin b tightened or loosened Across
the lower membrane nre stretched v?
era! strings of catgut, uhlelf vibrato
and act up,,,, the lower me nibraiie very
much like drumsticks Thus n l)iK,ty
pleiclng sound produced l,,,t'
9 The play of Hip Vi, Winkle" was
.dapted from Washington Irvine-
story In 18(50 by nion Horn' caul t'utb
HUKKtstlons from ., sei h ,ie f"r"u ,i,
lntti,e"piece.,,tr "m,,u ''' "w-lJnS
10. Six materials 'used In mnklne row iru
hemp, nax. cotton, mfilltof JSff AH
rate1.'
7?- n . -r-v, "" rC . S OLD Arc- SJfCGtZxtW
I,
it wouia suppiy tree education o
the highest and most modern type.
&J
It would electrify all railroads
and give them the speed of the mod.
em interurban systems.
I
It would buy all the coal mines of
fJie country and have them owned
by the government.
It would supply the poor of the
nation with the best of hospitals and
promote anti-disease research.
SHORT CUTS
The weather mnn has nt last decided to
take tilings coolly.
The Society of Little Gardens deserto
to grow and to become a blooming success.
Hy way of compromise the Disarma
ment Conference may use English with 1
French polish.
Life is just one roast after another
for the Vares. Their goose U cooked.
'llicy're done Hrown.
These nre not whnt one would call hot
dog elays, though those who have sweltered
consider them nil to the mustard.
If mosquitoes could be voted they would
probably be overwhelmingly in fuxor of short
skirts und onc-plece bathing suits.
it nen i.uiiL'iieioru. Lirceiicis a new il
..... .1... ..... I..... .n .. ...!.... J....4 1.1.., .tttl.S 1
OIIU II'IUS JIUl illU III MIUllll'l JMSL l)UI lUUW.
the wish is father to tho thought.
When T. H. Mitten points out the ,'
les of the tlve-ccnt fine the populace H
isly acclaims his "I told you so." I
virtu
joy on
Tho presumption is that the Supreme
Council hadn't heard the declaration ol
Senator Lodge that the League was dead.
Cunningham says he is "tight as
clam." Meaning, ns Little Denny would nj,
he doesn't know what moment he'll land U
tho chowder.
Hope for Irish pence remains robtut
becnuse of tho grave responsibility that wlu
i est upon those who bilng about a ureal
in negotiations.
Washington Society Note Senator Pen
rose 1ms hail many pleasant callers ilurlni
the lust few days and some of 'cm had au
unpleasant time.
Hv nnd by, when we have time to think
of it. we'll begin to icaliu that the (ov
onimeiits of European countries were imici
lmpiovcd by the war.
Fcidinnnd is said to be nlanninj tt
return to his throne in Hulgarln; butt"
best the IJalknn fox can expect U to lea"
liis brush with tho enemy.
"Seems to me," snld the Tuneful Spott,
".!,.,! tl.-a l.n.wlltd 1,1,.. Ilsi'll inllll'SiVO r'"'
ter to ston the yawps of their victim inmU A
uceu icguiar suck -up t")",
f'.,-.,t l.oo , ..nntn.l , hlllk" lO be knOWl
,,u ci... "T.v sihniiiiiieiitliiii Hoard. 30O .1
,.. nmiin.. CnniTins immv annolllt a COW' i
inittce to straighten out its complexities, jj
necistiatlon Commissioners, have rule! 'J
thnt women voters must give their corijv
age. Huh! Other wibe guys In the P
hiivo made such rules ami wheic did tw
get off?
The flight of the 7M-
of less ill;
nificanco ns tho initial tiip of a P"'J
wor engine than as an earnest oi :
freight and passengers may be -,'irrleu
the future.
In the matter of high kicking nuilrtl
comedy has nothing on tenn If ;"
in the mutter of "nothing on worth m
tioulng them's little to chooso between
stage nnd the beach. ,
Under the Volsteael net a buildi
which liquor Is sold may be c low if
year. If tho law wero enforce, vvc.ro w
iinve n houso shortage that would m"
tit up and tnkei notice.
Triplets hnve been born J" Jlr,i.'Uf
Mis. Paul Poriipcnnsky. of Hnzleton. i,g
out libations nn.l fill UP the eiiiij.lt ii
health to 'em. May thc.v ever be com H'"
that three of a kind brat two poll.
i .... ns t'l
Doubtless .Mr. Iinguc- M.U.." V itfii I
ns Mr. Iloiiih that ills.umomeii 'Valljl
eleliiKd If it wiilti. u the fceUleiiia M,
national dl(ierence2, but If It fan; '?.?. ieW6 J
,to It main object bring obput ifc " wO
faent of tome differences, why, all tne wf h
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