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Philadelphia, Tliuriilay, Aujuit 19, 1921
THE BRIDGE AS AN INSPIRATION
IP THE Delaware River Bridge Commis
sion continues to sustain its present
rnte of progress the great public work con
cerned may acquire, u wholesome value
through the force of example.
Bids will be opened tomorrow for ex
haustive test borings at the piers and un
ehornges oil both sides of the rler. In
rder to make the best possible speed in
construction the commission will also con
sider letting the contracts for the main
tower piers in two sections. It 7s forecast
that, granting good weather, work on the
caissons may be started in December.
I Phlladolphlans are not accustomed to tho
advancement of public projects nt such a
atc. It looks ns though they will have to
accept bridge progress as a freak or else as
an inspiration for advancement in other
enterprises. In this ease the promoters of
tho 1020 world fair need not wonder
sjhero to look for profitable Instruction.
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"NERVES" ON TENNIS COURT
THE collapse of Sunnno Leuglcn tem
pers the exultation with which the vic
tory of the American tennis champion. Molla
Mallory. would ordinarily be received. To
admit this is not to depreciate Mrs. Mai
frry's performance, the conquering bril
liancy of which justifies the conviction that
she would have remained the winner had the
match been played to the end.
J The American sport-loving public is tem
peramentally chivalrous, and its attitude
oward the loser is in this instance clearly
qne of sympathy. The French girl, who
Ijad not lost n tennis match since (.he was
jight years old, was plainly rattled. I'nder
tjrying conditions snapped nerves will brook
no argument. Whilo it i easy to assume
that world champions are supposed to with-'
stand the ravages of panic, Mile. Lenglen
played under exceptionally grueling condi
tions. Xot the least was rapid travel and
Trlft transplantation to a strange land.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Mallory's dazzling
laurels bring renewed prestige to amateur
eport in the United States, and her com
patriots are rightly applauding her to the
' echo. 15ut there would be considerable sat
isfaction were the unfortunate French chal
lenger in some way given another chance.
THE PHILIPPINE MYSTERY
CECKETAUY OF WAU AVEEKS. in
O seeming almost to beseech the senate
end representatives of tho University of
Pennsylvania to make (Jencral AVood's stay
In the I'hlllpplnes possible, has hinted at n
Dew sort of crisis and new dangers in those
troublesome islands. The sudden change in
the plans of General AVood himself has been
o surprising that It diverted attention from
the background of the general scene.
In AA'ashington they talk In whispers
about the Philippines. Thus fnr the people
- of the United States have not been permitted
to know what Is expected of' them. Must
xic prepare hurrledl for it war of defense
against tho Japanese in the Eait? Are the
native A'ares and Ilrowns making a complete
wreck of the eh 11 institutions established
, by Americans? AA'hnt is up or down in
tho Philippines? Surely this country has a
right to know.
Democratic institutions have a difficult
time of It lr. their infancy. In some climates
they die jioung. There nre some airs in
which they Minive and grow with the ut
most rtltlk'uky.
When in places like. Cuba and Mexico
and the Philippines the native statesmen
take the!r Ic-sons from Tnmman. the
legend of freedom nuturnlly approaches a
sorry end.
Perhaps we must begin to spend and work
and Etrlvo and worry again for the political
salvation of the Philippines the largest
white elephnnt ever unloaded on any Gov
ernment. That may be the Inner meaning
of General AA'ood's appointment.
1 TERSE AND TRUE
T1EOKGE V. XOltHIH. gowrnor of the
Vr Fetlcrnl"psere Dunk of Philadelphia,
sacrifices nothing to vividness .in his, em
ployment of the succinct and forceful phrase
'disarm or bust."
AA'hnt he told the local Ilotnrlnn ester -dpy
ubout the Indispensable factor of world
recuperation is no new truth. There were
statesmen engaged in flaming the League of
lotions who realized Its pregnancy. A'ir
tually every thinking person the world over
admits the axiomatic nature of tho warning.
,And the folly of national competitive
armaments cannot be loo otten emphasized,
tqo fiequently repeated. The raefbr and
more vigorous the language emplojed, the
brighter nie the chances of mastering a
problem as simple in broad outlines as it is
complex in details
jMr'. Norrih' picture of one of the most
oppressive burdens that man ew r created
for:hiiiiNclf is not In the least fantastic. II
talks in the uncompromising terms of na
tipnal taxation, which, largely because of
tbjcVtir and military and naval expenditures,
isf Increased for an average family of five
iti the United States fiom S:i:i jear'ly befoie
the confllr-t to S-'l !.! at the present day.
''Disarm or bust" is the unanswerable
commentary upon such a formidable rate of
jiicreuse. The nations to b leprcsented nt
tlje coming conference In AVashlngtou, the
one ray of hope In the darkness, re not
, compelled to memorize the words. Theso
ire, if Governments can he thus spiritually
conceived, already burned into their un
falshcii fcouls
, r A LITTLE PARADE
BAIjTIMOIU'ANK are suggesting a parade
. ill their iltv of the J. '100 iookle from
Pennsylvania. Man land. An-ginui ami the
iiulrlct of Columbia now aoiiniiug t ln-it'
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CW1 lusir ui nuiiui'iiii ' 111 lilt I llinis'
raining (amp at Memlo The idea of a
Ue of fjompany A, the Philadelphia unit.
Uf-iiQine town Jiaa also neon proposed.
iccts may erve to clarify tho pub-
..ma uwnK;cirap.poucy, coat
ccrnlng which considerable haziness pro
vollsv If the purpose, however, is to swell tho
number of candidates for next year's camp,
it is just now less easy to justify. Tho
Government is already overwhelmed with a
profusion of nppllcnnts for whom no ac
commodation has been found. Thousands
have been placed upon the waiting lists,
since the total number of young men for
whom provision was made only slightly ex
ceeds 10,000.
Citizens' summer training is thus begun
on nn extremely modest scale. If the Na
tion really believes In voluntary training of
youths the camps of rookies sliuuld be made
larger in 112L There Is plenty of enthusi
asm and much more than n sufficiency of
candidates. It will require many years to
build up n reserve corps of nny respectable
size out of the citizens' training camps as
nt present proportioned.
The voluntary training idea is cither good
enough to be ndopted Jit authoritative style
or, in accordance with the anti-militarist
trend, it should be dropped. Tl'e present
compromise Is not a great deal of nn) thing.
CHANCE FOR VOTERS LEAGUE
LIES IN AVOIDING JOBSTERS
Ticket Must Stand the Test Which tha
Independent Voters Will Apply
to the Character of Its
Candidates
7T1HE A'oters League is on trial. AA'hat
the people think of it and what use they
arc willing to make of it will depend largely
on the character of the men it indorses for
the nominations to bo made nt the primaries.
If it puts up a lot of political hacks of
the same t pe ns those proposed by the
Contractor Combine tho citizens hoping for
better things will have no choice. Fortu
nately, it looks as if such n blunder will bo
avoided and instead a ticket named that
every voter can support without apology.
Tens of thousands of voters arc eager for
better things. They wish to carry on the
light against contractor government which
they began with the nomination of J.
Hampton Moore for the mayoralty and with
the selection of candidates for Council who
would work with the Mayor.
These citizens won nt the polls, but three
of the Councilmen whom they elected be
trayed them nnd went over to the Con
tractor Combine. They hnvo sufficient
provocation to make the victory so decisive
this j ear that there can be no bctra.val.
The Contractor Combine controls several
of the county offices, It rewards its friends
by appointments in those offices where there
are no civil service regulations preventing
appointment of political workers as such.
The Combine is exerting itself to the utmost
to keep control of these offices. The Mayor
nnd his friends are doing what they can to
secure the nomination of men who will pledge
themselves to dry up the sources of political
patronage for the Combine and will co
operato with the forces which are seeking
to wipe out the last vestige of contractor
domination from the public offices.
Under the circumstances, many citizens
arc wondering just what to think of the
activities of the A'oters League. They know
that it is backed by a number of independ
ents who have been always aligned with the
better elements in politics. And they know
also that there are a few men trving to be
controlling factors in it whose political
standards are little higher than those of the
Contractor Combine.
There is encouragement, however, in the
latest reports about the type of men tho
League is considering nt the suggestion of
Major Moore. A. Lincoln Acker, Pur
chasing Agent, is suggested for the City
Controllership : Charles Deluney, a banker,
is mentioned in connection with tho City
Treasurcrship, nnd Frank L. Kcnworthj
and David T. Hart nre talked of as Register
of AA'ills. There are others quite as ac
ceptable. None of these men may be nominated, but
no mistake will be made if the men finally
selected nre as well qualified as these.
The personalis utid chnracter of the can
didates are highly important. 'lie Con
troller, for example, should be a man free
from political or financial dependence on
others. He is moro than the head book
keeper for the city, for his powers are so
extensive that he is the director of its finan
cial policy. He should be tinder nobody's
thumb in politics or finance.
This city had a Controller once who lifted
the office into such prominence that he at
tracted the attention of the whole State.
His name was Robert E. Pattison. On the
strength of the record he made In reforming
tho administration of the cltj's finances he
was twice made Governor in this Republi
can Commonwealth, r.lthough he was a
Democrat.
The Controller's office is in about as great
a need of overhauling now as it was when
Pattison was elected. It needs new blood.
It is Imperative, if the intetests of the
taxpajcrn are to be safeguard! d, that the
next Controller should be a man who will
be his own master and who will originate,
his own policies without dictation from any
hanker or bankers, and who will co-operate
with tho head of the Administration in
stead of playing politics with thoe who nre
seeking to block tho plans of the Mnyor.
The other offices to be filled are not so
important in n largo way as the controller
ship. Hut if the .work of cleansing tho city
from contractor inUuenco is to bo carried
on, it is imperative that the control of the
Contractor Combine over the patronage in
the offices of the City Treasurer, Register
of AA'ills nnd Receiver of Taxes should bo
tnken from the politicians who are using
it to fight the fajor with. These offices
are filled with party workers. It is this
patronage that keeps what is left of the
Contractor Machine together.
Deyond this the fee issue Is involved in
filling tho office of tho Register of AVills.
A law was passed a few jerrs ago requiring
the Register to turn into the City Treasury
nil the fees that he collected in excess of
10,000. This was declared unconstitu
tional, and Register Sheehan has been
pocketing the large fees ever since he was
elected. It is tho undoubted policy of tho
city that tho fees should bo n part of the
public revenue. It is a prerequisite that
tho A'oters League candidate for tho regis -tership
shall announce that he U opposed to
any svstem which will penult the Register
to receive inure than SIOOOO u vei f,,r i,s
MTviics and that he believis that all UK
fees be) mid this sum should bo deposited in
the City Treasury to tho credit of the cit)
1 -J.UU ruivia ui.hu. m uuuvraioou to DO I
committed to. thlj policy. Conauentlj it '
Tho Voters League l understood to bo
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEKr
is not likely to indorso any candidate who
is opposed to it.
If thcro is to be a contest at the pri
maries, as now seems likely, the issuo will
be squarely framed between tho Contractor
Combine nnd Graft, Spoils and Vico Pro
tection on tho one hand and hostility to
all this sort of thing on the other hand.
A victory on this issuo was won in 1010.
It ought to be possible to win another vic
tory in 1021 on tho same issue.
"THE SON OF BLACK GEORGE"
THE dentil nt an advanced respected age
of King Peter Knragcorgevlch, "Son of
Black George," suggests that time is not
invmrlnbly "envious and calumniating." It
was this undeniably picturesque chleftalu
whom the majority of the European Powers
were loath to recognize ns King of Sorbin
following the brutal assassination of King
Alcxnndcr and Queen Dragn in 1003. Tho
suspicion that the rival claimant to tho
throne was in some way implicated in tho
murder plot was never definitely effaced.
Great Drltnln, ns n protest against tho
regicides, refused to entertain diplomatic
relations with Serbia until 1000. Yet
wlthlu n little more than eight years France,
Russia and Iititain herself were ronged ns
champions of King Peter's Government nnd
tho integrity of ids nation In n conflict un
paralleled in human annals.
Tho Serbian epic became involved In the
larger considerations of the European catas
trophe, nnd yet the Homeric quality of llttlo
Serbia's superb stand against her Austrian
oppressors and the almost superhumnn suc
cess achieved until German military aid was
invoked rank among tho most prodigious
feats of the war.
King Peter, old but still sturdy, shared
in the heroism. Age, however, and perhaps
n consequent innbility to grasp the new
order, told against him in the end. lie was
forced to observe the nlmost conventionalized
Serbian practice of abdication, and in 11)11)
he surrendered his throne to the regent and
official heir apparent, Prince Alcxnuder,
who assumed charge of the newly constituted
Kingdom of the Serbs, Cronts and Slovenes.
Exiled for u time in Greece, the "Son of
Black George" was eventually privileged to
attain his wish of "a grave on Serbian
soil."
On tho whole, barring the cloud upon his
accession to the throne, there are factors of
an honorable fame, cast in nn antique mold,
in King Peter's life story. Its elements of
drama have been seldom matched. The
origin of liis irilo peasant Hue goes back
to the original "Black George." chosen
leader of a crutllv persecuted, ignorant anil
well-nigh savage people In their struggle
for Independence from Turkey, which as
sumed major proportions in 1S01.
Karageorge, the peasant, some mv a
swineherd, was chosen commander-in-chief
of a reawakened nation that once had been
great in Eastern Europe. After several
t.vplcally Balkan dynastic overturns lu's son,
Alexander Knragcorgevlch, assumed the
throne ns prince in 1M2. He, too, ran the
gamut of respect and repudiation, deferring
to tho rival Ohrcnovlch line sixteen jears
later.
Belief that the Knrageorgeviches were
permanently out of favor persisted in Europe
until tho corpses of Alexander ami Draga
were thrown from the windows of the palace
in Belgrade. Old Peter dNabusul tho world
of several false notions, including the one
that Serbia could be bullied and oppressed
with impunity.
Like his own people, he was primitive,
proud, courageous; perhaps, in the words of
Katisha, "just a wee bit bloodthirstj." The
Serbia which lie sjmbolized is passing.
Heroism abides in this virile race, but
civilization and enhnneed opportunities
founded upon a long-belated reunion of
kindred peoples are making rapid inroads.
In King Peter there is nn echo of that
crude and vivid romance with which the
stormy history of Serbia is ineffaceably
quickened.
MR. WILSON'S RECOVERY
THE fevers generated when political par
tisanship and war sentiment mixed in
the United States aro over. People arc
thinking soberly again. And for that reason
the news that AA'oodrow AVilson is return
ing to normal health will be welcomed.
It will be a long time before the world is
able to form n just assessment of Mr. AA'il
son's work. But the people of all parties
in America will some day gtntefully admit
that Mr. AA'ilson almost sacrificed 'js life
in labors for hvinnnitv. His countrjraen
will now wish for him long .venrs of happl
nrs.s and health. Since his retirement lie
has given tho world a remarkable exhibition
of stoicism nnd restraint.
WHEN NOBODY WINS
IN Till: current report of tho Bureau of
Mediation of the State Deparment of
Labor the cost of industrial unrest iu Penn
sylvania is shown to bo appalling. It is
estimated that the miiii of wages lost to
strikers during the first six months of tho
present jear is .?L'(Ul..ri05.7.'. Strikes
were twice as frequent in that period as they
were in any other jear.
In every published summary of this re
port it is being stated thnt "labor lost
over twenty-six millions" because of walk
outs or lockouts between January nnd July.
Thnt is a superficial and misleading state
ment of the case.
Labor wus not flu- only Ioer. Every
business man who serves the needs of wage
earners suffered, too. Everv business man
who is not a member of a monopolistic group
and that means about HO per cent of busi
ness men had to shnre the ultimate burden
and endure tho loss with labor.
In that simple and undeniable fact there
is proof that business men need to take a
larger interest in questions of economics,
and that for their own welfare they will havo
to do more than they hnve been doing to
creato n sort of public opinion that will
make strikes and walkouts unnecessary or
even Impossible.
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR?
TF FAME were the greatest thing in tho
1 world thcro would be greater iniportanco
to the findings of H. n. Miles, former
president of the AViscousin State Board of
A'ocatlonnl Training, who, after an ex
haustive special survey of the United States,
reports thnt of 2,000,000 men who aro
graduates of American high schools, "only
VI 13 may be said to have achieved distinc
tion." Of .'(.'1,000.000 men and women who
enjo)id only elementary schooling, S00
achieved prominence. College graduates do
better in the limelight. Mr, Miles found
thnt about 1200 of every million cun be
relatively famous if they will strlvo nnd
tire not.
One cannot but wonder whether tho survey
included the movies, through which one may
be famous before one reaches tho ago of
eight or glimpses tho Inside of a schoolroom.
How many graduates of colleges and high
schools achieved happiness? How mnny
were usiful, constructive and devoted citi
zens? How many found education nn aid
to contentment? How mnny were able to
ri-nlie. through schoulini; or the lack of It,
that the pmple who live the fullest and
richest lives are those of whom jou seldom
or never hear?
Mr. Miles ought to mnko another survev
anj forn
ground
and form his conclusions on mora logical
T
- PHlTiABiJLPHlA, THUKSDAY, AUGUST 18,
WHERE HE LOST MEAT
But Hlllman, Who Thrived on Stolen
Hogs, Was Willing to Make
Saorlfleo for tho Sake
of the Party
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU FUV
SENATOR PAT HARRISON, of Missis
sippi, tells of n certain compnlgn In
the South of which he was cognizant, in
which n henchman of ono faction, living in
the hills, wns saddled with the responsibility
of organizing that district.
All went well until the opposition began
to nsscrt boldly that this man was no less
active ns u purlolner of his neighbors bogs
thnn ns n political llner-up of votes. Ihw
talk must bo allayed, and It was suggested
thnt n pledge of reform, indorsed by com
petent authority, must bo issued.
The county boss cnlled the hlllman on the
carpet nnd tnlkcd plainly to him. He Fald
that it was necessary to political success
that he quit stealing hogs. It hnd, there
fore, been decided that if lie would turn
from those wnys which were so open to criti
cism nnd lay off the shoats of his neighbors
ho would be presented each fall when tho
cold nights of November rolled around with
two prizo porkers.
The Jiillmnn scratched his head in contcm
nlutlvrt consideration.
"AA'cll," he snld finally, "I'll do It. but I
will loso meat."
Senator John Sharp AA'lllianis, of Missis
sippi, is n devoted student of the classics
and his references to them sometimes aro n
bit hard for his nssociutes to follow.
Not long ago ho met another Senator, nnd
that gentleman, accustomed to tho vernacu
lar in parts of the country where folks nre
so old-fashioned ns to go to church and use
tho phraseology of the preacher, greeted him
tu follows :
"Good morning, brother," he snld.
"I hope you are not addressing me In a
Colcrldgian sense," said Senator AA'lllianis,
and passed on.
Ills associate was puzzled. Just what did
Senator AA'illinms mean? AVhat hnd Cole
rldgo said that could apply tu his manner ot
address?
That night he got down his Coleridge and
perused the poet long nnd Industriously. A
great light broko when he found the line In
which tho poet snld something to the effect
that he was brother to the ass.
John Garland Pollnrd is a A'lrginlnn gen
tleman of the old school and u member of
the Federal Trade Commission. AA'nshlng
ton summer dnys never become so oppressive
that he forgets for a moment that grncious
courtesy that is second nature to him.
He joined n group the other day, for
instance, of which J. Paul Yodcr, the sec
retary of the commission, wns a member,
ns was Senator Norrls, of Nebraska. Sena
tor Sterling, of South Dakota, hnd been
under discussion nud wus in the minds of
the group.
So when Mr. A'oder introduced the Com
missioner to Senator Norrls ho inadvertently
called the latter "Senator Sterling." Then
he corrected himself nnd apologized.
"Tho mistake was a logical one," said
Commissioner Pollard. "You were thinking
of the gentleman's qualities rather than of
his name,"
General George Barnctt, formerly com
mandant of tho Matinu Corps, remembers
very vividly the first day of his arrival at
the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, more
than forty yojjrs ago.
He remembers particularly the first meal
which he ntc in the mess hall of that Insti
tution. Ho remembers that there were muiiy
other boys, who, like him, were dining for
the first time under the rigid discipline of
the naval school.
There wns one youngster, for Instnncc,
who industriously prepared for mastication
n large sweet potato, lie carved the peeling
from tills potato and reduced It to that pal
utnble form where every morsel wns ready
for purposes of melting in the mouth. Then,
quite dexterously and without nny injury to
ills person, lie proceeded to his work with
no other aid than the knife iu his good right
hand.
No one said a word. In a few moments,
however, a piorcssion of waiters began to
file past the seat of this joungster, and each
waiter brought a fork and deposited it by
his plate. Soon there was an array of these
aids to eating that provided u barrier like
a biiibcd-wiic entanglement, which reached
entirely around tiic plate of the offender.
Thus was he given n first example of tho
manner in which his Government proceeds
toward making a proper gentleman, while
at the same time producing u most skilled
agent for conducting its wars.
Senator Henry Ashurst. of Arizona, an
other of the lontestants for the honors of
being a leading student of history in Con
gress, now that Chump Clark is gone, up
penrs with an observation on Presidents.
All tho holders of that high office, he savs,
with a cry few exceptions like AVasliin'g
ton nnd Grant, have been Presidents by
accident. It might happen to nlmost any
body. J Jn,m Tnmcs Tigcrt. rccentlv appointed
chief of the Federal Bureau of Education, is
a youngish man, not jet forty. Ho used to
ho the all-Southern fullback, flung n wicked
basket ball and. after going over to England
as a Rhodes scholar, rowed with tho crew
of ns college, pla.ved for it in tennis, cricket
and baseball. A quite athletic joungster
one would say, has succeeded Dr. Claxton.
The nnme of George B. McGlnty is signed
to no less than 5000 communications that
emerge every day from tho Interstate Com
merec Commission in AA'nshington. Mr
McGinty is secretary of thnt commission ami
its extcutivo officer. He signs the mail
Some twenty vears ngo ho went into Atlanta
frmi the couutrv und got u. job as a clerk
In a railroad office.
John R. Mohlcr has been carryjng on a
war for seventeen jcors in behnlf of the
Government. Tho odds hnvo been millions
to one ngninst him, for his fight has been
upon the Texas tick In an attempt to save
the cow crop He fights by ducking whole
i- i l?f,c"tt, ln.' f poisoned liquid
which kills tho ticks. He is big, genial
man who keeps on a-comlu'.
Uncle Joe Cannon holds thnt Theodore
Roosevelt, while lie wns in offiro. wns more
populnr than-was any other President in the
dajs of his actual Incumbency. He wns not
particularly friendly with Roosevelt and the
statement is made ns a student of politics.
Ihe former Speaker sa)s that neither Lin
coln nor AA'nshington, while In office, np
proached tho popularity which Roosevelt
enjoyed.
Eugene Meyer, head of tho War Finance
Corporation, was born with a silver spoon
in liiH mouth, prepared especially at Yalo for
u career in banking, studied abroad, served
an nppientlceshlp in his father's bank, or
gnnlzed himself a model institution, and
made enough money to buy a bucketful of
radium,
Senntor Ashurst, of Arizonn. who keeps
n dlury, says that AA'oodrow AA'ilson coined
the phrase "Hyphenated American" on
May 10, 101-j. at a speech upon the occasion
of the unveiling of the Barry Monument. He
Fays that he, Ashurst, nudged his neighbor
when tho phrase was first uttered and re
marked that we would hear moro of It.
AVill Irwin, tho wnr correspondent, talks
even better than he writes ninl nothing
pleases him better than to father ninunil a
table with a gioup of his fellows and glw
them the "low-down" on londjtions as lie
has seen them iu Emopc.
Llko Herbert Hoover, Joseph G. Cannon
nnd A. Mitchell Palmer,, Senntor Arthur
Capper, of Kansas, is the son of a Quaker
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. L'. B. ROGERS
On Aiding Wounded Soldiers
THE establishment of nn Intelligence svs
tem covering the whole country to main
tain accurate data on progress toward re
covery of every disabled ex-soldier will be
the first work of the newly organized A et
ernns' Bureau, was the declaration made by
Dr. L. B. Rogers, manager of the lhird
District, comprising Pennsylvania and Dela
ware. Tho bureau, which assumes the func
tions of the Bureau of AVor Risk Insurance,
the Federal Board of Vocational Education
nnd the United States Public Health Service,
wns authorized by the President in the Svvoct
bill signed August 0.
"The bill wns anticipated by us." said Dr.
Rogers today, "and plans for the organi
zation nnd its work were laid many weeks
ago. "With the provisions of the future law
to work on we had everything developed to
a running basis by tho time the President
signed the measure.
"The bill provides for fourteen regional
offices throughout the country with, in addi
tion. 140 sub-offices, -or centers, Tho
Third District, comprising Pennsylvania nnd
Delaware, has ono regionnl office hero nnd
eight sectional offices located at AA'llmington,
Allentown. Scrnnton, Erie, Pittsburgh,
Hnrrlsburg, Johnstown nnd AAlilinlngton.
These will serve ns centers for the concen
tration of bureau work.
Fills Long-Felt Need
"The new burenu will relieve a long-felt
necessity. The old laws that inaugurated
the bureaus arc abolished: tho Federal
Bonn! of A'ocational Education, the Burenu
of AVar Risk Insurance nnd certain activi
ties of the Public Health Service were passed
during the wnr when there was little com
prehension of the mngnltudo of the work
thnt was to devolve on them. At the time
thev were deemed iidcquntc to meet tho
situation. But the work, in addition to the
normal casualties that came through during
the months before the armistice, extended
over-night to tremendous proportions when
the fighting men were demobilised by the
hundreds of thousands. Then it wns seen
that these bureaus were inadequate and it
wns from this cause that arose so many com
plaints regarding neglect of wounded und
disabled. Duplication of effort, red tape
nnd in some cases n misunderstanding of
situations were responsible for these un
fortunate delays and created much of the
adverse comment. AA'itli the new organiz
ation we hope that in a short time much of
this misunderstnudlug and delay will bo
cleared up.
"In n coloul organization of this kind,
taking on ourselves the inheritances of the
other boards, revolution and mniked im
provement must not bo looked for over-night,
but good results nnd n speeding up of the
service to the disabled should be appaient
within two months. I believe thnt it will
take about ninety dnys to effect the reor
ganization throughout the countr.v.
(1(1,000 Victims In Pennslnnia District
"In the district covered by Pennsylvania
and Delaware there aro about (KJ.flilO dis
abled service men, in nddltion to 1(1,000 en
l oiled in vocational tiiiining couises. Many
of the till, 000 have had their clnims ad
justed and nre receiving compensation iu
one form or nnother.
"One of the first things we are getting
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
1 "What Is the origin of American horses?
: When did tho United States uoqulro
Klotlda?
3. Of what country Is Molla Mallorv, tho
famous tennis player, a nntlve?
4. AVhat Is tho literal meaning of the word
nlcohol?
B. What doesi KaraReorgcvlch, the surname
of the late King Peter of Serbia,
mean?
C AVho was tho moon goddess of classical
mythology?
7. N'amn two members of tho American
(lcleffatlon to tho disarmament con
ference. 8. AA'hnt Is the nltltude record for a hdro-
monoplnno?
9. "Who was William Congrevo?
10. What Ib nn uubaile?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 i:ight conifers, or cone-bearing trees, nro
pines, spiuces, hemlocks. Urn. larches
cedars cypresses nnd junipers. '
i SVnutor Carter Glass Is from Virginia.
3, The word aluebrn Is derived from tho
Arnblo "nljeor," meaning tho reunion
of broken parts,
1 Tho "Arabian Nights" were first mnrto
known to Kurppe by Antonio Gnllnml,
a French Orientalist who, between
1704 nnd 1717, published a French
translation of the tales, tho first in
any Kuropean language, under tho
tltlo "MIIIh ct Uno NU,lB ("Thousand
and Ono Nights"),
E. Th Azteo Emplro of Mexico was con
quered by tho Spaniards partly In
consequent of the fear In which the
Inhabitants held horses, which they saw
for the first time
fi, Wellington Is the capital of New Zealand
7. Richmond hlins to be the first iltv lii
the lnlted . .itcs to uso trolley earn in
regular cTvlct " '"
8. The last nanie of Mleludnncelo was
Buonarroti.
0. Ar?.A1Sa'cI1p2wPi1 f'Wle re tho
10, Harriet Frt'scott Kpofford was a New
?JiBlia.nA l32S?Ust and Vo "er dates
1021-
THEY'D BETTER CHECK THEIR ARMAMENTS
N.v'"' INDUSTRIM- I
done is putting the district of which I nm
in chnrge on n basis of n file where we will
be able to put our hand on every disabled
man nnd nil the history nnd data connected
with him at n moment's notice. This npplles
ns well to the veteran in the backwoods ns to
those in the larger centers.
"AA"e nre now holding a series of mass-'
meetings nt sixty-one points in the district,
to which wo hnve Invited representatives of
every welfare organization in the community.
Such n meeting wns held in Philadelphia at
the Y. M. C. A.
"These representatives will be acquainted
with the system of the new bureau nnd will
bo asked to cover thoroughly the territory
in their community for nil disabled veterans,
find out their status nnd whether they have
filed claims for Government care or com
pensation. These men will be brought to a
meeting a week or so later at the same place.
At this second meeting n squad from this
office, comprising n doctor, n claim e.
nmincr and nHraining man, will go over these
men and give tlicm ratings in the compen
sation schedule. These findings will bo
forwnrded to AA'nshington for comparison
with the files there, nil ns especially expe
dited matter, and thus these men who hnve
not had attention will bo given n short cut
toward their compensation nwnrds. It is
planned to keep these Information centers nt
nil times forwnrding data on the progress of
the men to the regionnl office nnd thus an
nccurnte check of activities can be main
tained. New Ratings. Made
"The rating schedule for compensation
were drafted in AVnshlngton and were Inter
compnred with tho schedules of other Gov
ernments in compensation to their wonnded.
The American schedule closely paralleled
the foreign ones and it wns revised in several
instances where the allowances for certain
wounds was lower than that made by other
Powers. AVhcrc our allowances were higher,
they were allowed to temnln, so that now
our schedule is, 1 think, the most liberal of
nil.
"The ratings for disability are under four
bends; total and partial disability us to de
grcc and permanence. A lnrgc number of
men are taking up vocational training, and
considering the colossal amount of work
done by the bureau with consequent llttlo
misunderstandings, the percentage of dis
satisfaction and complaints is low.
"There has been it total of 005,00(1 appli
cation filed for compensation, of which
JOil.OOO hnvo been disposed of nnd awards
made. There are now 1 ,"7.000 receiving
monthly pn.v meats fiom the Government,
tho discrepancy with the settled claims rep
resenting the number of veterans who hnve
died or totally recovered."
Today's Anniversaries
1S2.'!- The first steam printing press was set
up in New A'ork.
1840-Robert D. (Fighting Bob) Evans,
distinguished American naval officer,
,..n " J'1 c""nty. Vn. Died in
ANnshington, D. C January :t, 1IH1.
ISjG The A'lgllanee Committee Iu San
rraneisco, having accomplished its
ends, disbanded after a painde.
187-1 China demanded that the Japanese
withdraw fiom Formosa, and threat
ened war.
1SS12 Mnrrled AVoman's 1'ronortv Act
passed by the British Parliament.
1SS0 gueen Victoria visited Edinburgh
stn)Ing at Hoi) rood Palace S'
1891 Storm at Martinique wrecked nil the
shipping In port, dcstiojed 1110 lives
nnd did propei ty dninuge to the
nmount of 10,000,000.
1800 A' Bourke Coekian delivered n no-
auie speecn .Vw York lu opposl
on to the candidacy of AVIllluin J.
Br) an,
1020-
-Terenee Mac.Svvlncy. Lord Mayor of
t-oik, was lmprisoued In London.
Today's Birthdays
Otto A. Ilnuerbach, successful inv.
wrlght, bom lu Salt Lake City forty-ehmt
years ago. ' ' l,1"1
Bishop Francis J. McConncll nf i
Methodist Episcopal Church, T, ra'n Tr 1-
way, O., fifty .venrs ago. '"
Jack Pickford, noted photoplay star and
brother of the famous Mary Pickford bor
in Toronto tweuty-fivo ears ngo
Panama Hats
rrnm nuitotln of tlu Pan A.ncrk.m L'n on.
mndc lu Ecuador.
.!- ... 'n',",.r"-w !'" n'''"m hats nro
paja toqu.lla n,j comes f,o , Tin" 'w
or thieo meters high. The leaves m. ).
just ns they are about to unfo l,o . iUi
taken out and the fiber r,,n' i' ,11 ,C, ?,
mi imueuai Is called
ir,. I-,-., . IV " ouui
only in.g tne part of the dav when
humldlt) Is gieillest, si,ln, ,,(l .'trim . f
best ouall.y is no. d,;u,p:M,Vd'v,i ,,;'"
lug six hours a day cmiiiletcs a ,,,,.
hat in six or seven dvs. 'b,,! ,," ' , ' " )
ono he spends a month ,H .. hiif. V, i "
labor thcrefoie, which mal "s the' h ,U i'"
nenslvc. Tim inns f ....'. '.'.'nii -
- ! ui- ii ii von
nro tnosn nt
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SHORT CUTS
Tennis stars tnko their glory net.
AA'herc the AA'ar Board is, hope lodges.
Erin can't see for tho tears In her ojm,
It takes n hnmmcr to get down to bran
tacks
When the Pacific Const sees yellow It
sees red.
Lloyd George's work, llko womnn's, It
never done.
A man who is cold to his kind can al
ways slop over a dog.
It's nil right, Suzanne,
win ull the time.
AA'c can't all
Tho Sllcsinn muddle is spending a brltf
vacation In Abeyance.
Fortunate the man whose bean provea
that he is no mere has-been.
Congress can make home brew legal,
but can it mnko It palatable?
AAV trust this breaking out of fire it
Point Breeze won't become u habit.
Some good Chrlstlnn hay fevcrltcs arc
now called on to kiss the goldenrnd.
After Senntor Lodg- hns made the
President show his teeth he may feel 'em.
The decoy schooner bootleggers are said
to be using probably has a lot of foam on it.
It would be a mistake to class the
raising of corn as un infant industry slmpl;
because it rests In a crib.
The only people who are getting Joy
out of Republican dissension in Congress are
tho professional Democrats.
The trouble with the smart )oung nun
Is that he objects to trulk because It i
platitudinous nnd to thetcrnal vcrltks
because they are bromides.
As the Joint Bridge Commission will
get bids today and award contracts tomor
row, it is pertinent to remark thnt the new
bridge will be judged by its piers.
A young man In Camden tried to com
mit suicide hecnuse nobody In the world cares
for hint. The "Miller of the Dee" suggests
the answer. It may be thnt he cares for
nobody.
Cnngressvvoninn Robertson continues to
be level-headed. The mission in life of
Cousin Aljce appears to be to reconcile the
nvcrage man to the presence of woman In
politics.
Hnrrimau Townsltc villagers nre soon to
learn whether I'nele Snni Is a heartless land
lord or a philanthropist. There arc op
timists who profess to believe that he need
be neither.
One would like to feel that Hog Island
is too valuable a piece of property to be
used even by so great u fair as tho scsqui
centennial; but one cannot always fed as
one would like to feel, can one?
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It took Great Britain seven cars to
return the railroads to private con
trol. AVo were specdlcn ubout it. Hut on
the other hand, perhaps the British rail
roads aro really back under private control.
Said tho Professor of I'ncon.sldered
Trifles iu ii philosophic mood : "A thousand
men make best sellers to one who makei
literature. And out of a thousand who
make literature one ulone may make a best
seller."
The hardwood floor of the Paris react
Palace is wearing out and the authorities
ore considering the advisability of obllgin
sightseers to wear sandals. A h) not make
them go barefoot? AVar demands that of
ninny of Us victims. And Pence is a beau
tiful thing nnd worthy of homage.
Census icports show
that the value of all
the farms In N
Eticland. New 1'
Or, Perhaps,
Something Elso
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the South nnd if'
Mountain and Puelhc States would be nl
most enough to pnv the Aincileuii vvur bin
This tenches us. dear children, how plcajune
nud trilling iigrlculluie is compared to
good scrap and that n Disarmament t enter
encn is of far less impoitnnco than a Hit
lleet.
THE REAPER
WHEN silvery the now moon gleami,
A sickle in the azure deep,
It seems to roina to me in dreiims,
And tcap for me tho fields of slop-
Then I have pansles purple eyed,
And radiant roses round me strewn,
And popples rich und daisies pled,
Cut by the sickle of the moon.
And I have grain in golden sheaves. ,
Willi,, lnvi.p rubles 11CU1' 1116 lie, '
AA'hnt wonder that iny spirit !, ,?.
AVhen tho inoon nuta its BickU W.l ;, . .4
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