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John C, Martin, Vice Prealil nt and Trraaurar:
Charles A. Tjlr. Hacretam Chafe H. Ludlnr.
tan, I'hlllp S. Colllna, John U. Wllllama. John J.
ftpurtton, OaortY K, aoldamlitt, David R. Smllty,
t)lrciom.
DAVID H. 9MTT.BT Editor
JOHN U. .MAHTlN..,.U-nrHl Uuainesa Manar
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teaalena, ro,tar free, fifty (SO) centa tier month.
Bis (10) dollars per rear, pitiable In nnvanea
To all foreign cnuntrlas one (11) dollar a month,
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trtlprr. Hitf)tidtie Snunrr, Fhtlwtrlphta
Member of the Associated Tress
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tltt'd fo (he uie far vjitiM'eoHoit of all neir
rfljpAfcnr.i rredltrif fo If or not otaeru'l-e rrrilttd
4 (Ale pavtr, and alo the local ncu-j publltlied
therein,
XII rlpht c reniiWIcaflon of rptcial dispatches
herein nre ahn reserved
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TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
THR Republican voters who wish to carry
on tho work which they brsfin In 1010
and drive the contrartor Itiniienre from the
party should vnlp nt tho prlmnrirR to
day for the nomlnntion of the following
candidates:
ron nrzTMCT attorxry
s.vMrr.t. r. ltOTAN
Mr. Rotnn has oondtirted tho irfAlri
ef hli omen fr evral ternm with effl
elency and without cnmlnl. nnd ho ha-j
aecured tho punlhment of ndhorcnts of
the cemtrnctor mac,'in for complicity In
tha murder In Uie rifth Ward.
FOR CITY COXTROT.LER
r.nwiN woi.r
Mr. Wolf If ft business man of wldo
financial experleneo nnd aound Judgment.
Ha Is his o"ii maa'er. ai'cl In Ihv ''on
troller'n oftlco he will not bo subservient
either to factional political or ttlfloh
flnanclnl Influences.
rOR CITY TREASURER
AKTHl'Tt O. OKA1IAM
Mr. Grnham hns had lonp exprlenco
In hnndllne the funds of tho people, en
trusted lo tho care of ono of the ltr-jest
aavlnss hanks In the city. He Is admir
ably qualified to handle the funds of ths
taxpayer? In the Cltv Treasury. And
he la pledged to do what he can to vnd
the abuses, of tho peinlc'ous fo system.
FOR RECEIVER OF TAXES
coi.oxni, r.oROi: k. kkmp
Colonel Kemp Is a soldier with a
Splendid record In tho World War and
with experience In a rlvllUn executlvs
post which qualifies him beyond ques
tion for hnndllne the business of the
tax offlce.
FOR REGISTER OF WILLS
VIVIAN l'UANK (1A15I B
Mr. Gable, who Ih a practicing at
torney, H a candidate for tho otllce. where
the Incumbent haa received JJjO.000 In
fees which ought to hue fc-one Intu tho
public treasury to reduco the toxoa, He
Ins committed hlmelf to opiioaltlon to
the fee, sjsttm and has said that $10,000
a year Ih.uII the remuneration which the
Rtclster should receive.
FOR JUDOE OF MUNICIPAL COURT
JOUN 11, MAL'REIl
Mr. Mauier Is tho Asu.stnnt District
Attorney who wan knocked down by the
tufj In the Kltth Ward In the flKht
which resulted In murder. He. la a "ip-
5u0se!"Wyer s'"uW mulsa tt K0"d
The Itepublican voters who believe In pro
gressive Kovernmcnt. und l proMdlns n
Constitution to ItiKiirt.. it, cliouM also vote
les on the proposition to hold n constitu
tional convention, nnd should vote for tho
nomination of delegates to that comcntlon.
CLOSE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE
TP THE old South street bridge had been
J. closed when otlicinl inepection showed it
to be unsound and extremely dangerous
there would have been less lazy dHlliunce
among those who hnve to do with the prepa
ration of specifications nnd the nwn.ul of
contracts for the new structure.
Council loafed and took its time long
after the old bridge began to sag. ICepentcd
appeals were neccsaary to obtain the appro
priation for a new span.
No one cems to have been in a hurry to
Kt the new work under wav. That is
Jargely because traffic Is permitted tc move
over the rickety old structure through which
a vehicle may drop into the river nt uny
time, despite all the precautious now ob
served by the dty authorities.
The old bridge ought to be closed at one-.
It will hnve to be olosed when work on the
new bridge is started, nnd since if Is of little
u.se in its present condition traffic could be
diverted to the Wnlnut street and Crnjs
Ferry bridges without serious Inconvenience
to any one.
AT THE WIZARD'S THRONE
QL'CCnHSlVE und continuing disclosures
at the Inner shrines of Ku KIunImh
in Atlanta, (Ja., make it appear that liar
num was an amateur in the how business
and thnt all the qtiacl: medicine men who
ever built marble palaces with money wrung
from the Ignorant and the credulous were
even n little more iiinocent of guile than
babes in aims.
Clarke, the King Klenirle of the order.
was a hard-working publicity man n few
years ago, and Mrs. 'JMer, new head of the
proposed women's section of the Klnx, was
a trnlned nurse. Both, according to the
police court records of Atlanta, were ar
rested In a disreputable resort in the under
world and locked up for a night in lOlli.
Now Clarke and Mrs. Tyler live on n mag
nificent "Imperial reservation" of the Klux
near the city limits, and these arc leaders lu
an order which fcets itself up ns a moral
censor for the community !
Wizard Simmons was almost broke n few
years ago, Mrs. Tyler has confessed thnt
he couldn't pay his rent. Now lie lives
Kiagnlfieently in a fine home that is one of
the show places of Atlanta.
All this is diverting enough. Hut wlint
is the matter with a country in which propa
gandists of bigotry nnd stupid hatred und
general lawlessness can profit so greatly?
MODERN EXPLORING
IF HENItV HUDSON could have had n
ship like the Quest, on which Sir Ernest
flhackleton haa started on an exploring
expedition to the Antarctic, ho would hare
discovered more nnd would have been more
comfortable while doing it.
The Quest is equipped with wireless tele
graphing outfits, with an airship and with
steam engines, and carries fuel which en
ables her to travel 1)000 miles. There is n
moving picture outfit on board for the en
tertainment of the crew and a moving pic
ture camera with which to take photographs
of whatever seems worth preserving in that
Sir Ernest doea not plan to make nil
attempt to reach the Bouth Pole. That
jmlnt was discovered by Amundsen and by
jcQtt a. few years ago. Amundsen came
back, but Scott died on the Antarctic pla
teau. The purpose of the expedition is to
study the currents In the southern seas,
to seek for Tuanaltl, an Island mentioned
In old nautical records, but of which no
trace has been found in recent years. An
attempt also will be made to ilnd out
whether there Is any foundation for the
theory that the Eastern and Western Hem
ispheres were once connected by land which
has since been submerged.
The Quest Is to be gone two years, but
it will not be necessary to wait until 11U3
for news of her. Tt Is the Intention to
send out frequent wireless reports of tho
progress made, 'llie apparatus Is powerful
enough to communicate with ships similarly
equipped In tho neighboring ocean, and
these ships arc expected to relay the mes
sages to the land.
Exploring under modern conditions has
become so safe that Sir Ernest has taken
two ltoy Scouts with lilm to give them the
kind of adventures which will delight their
hearts. In the past only men of strong
powers of endurance have been allowed to
Join such partlei.
CONGRESSIONAL ACROBATICS
ARE ENTIRELY PLAYED OUT
The Reopening of the Special Session
Plainly Threatens an End of Toler
ance for Muddling and Ineptitude
THE party is over.
The new Congress called In special sea
flon by n new Trcsldent last spring enjoyed
every opportunity to pose for the pho
tographer, to look pretty and appear wise.
Discreetly exercised, such posturing Is
harmless enough. A new Administration is
not to be censured for drawing n deep
breath of presumed resolution, for striking
nn attitude of prospective efficiency, for
viewing the past with disgust and the
future with hope.
Nor is a Congress, in pnrt made over, to
be blamed for preliminary deliberation. The
average public responsible for tho new ma
chlnerv is at the outset sympathetic and
patient.
Before the summer of 1021 began it was
realized throughout the country that Con
gress was confronted with some of the most
baffling problems iu its annals.
lleallstlcally regarded, the responsibility
for thee difficulties matter little.
No min alive can correctly apportion the
responsibility among the Demoernts, the war
or the general wrong-heodedness of civiliza
tion, to mention three causes popularly
assigned.
It was the job of the rejuvenated Con
gress to construct, rather than dissect.
President Ilnrdlng, with the urbane sophisti
cation which is obviously one of his signal
trnits. temporarily assigned himself the role
of geneious spectator.
Tor tho first few months of its caicer It
cannot be sild that the new Congress suf
fered grievously from Executive dictation.
Save for the check upon bonus legislation,
the congressional hand was in principle
scantily restrained or guided.
Yet It succumbed to a self-inducf'd
poraljsls so enfeebling that the recess begun
n month ago marked not In the least a cul
mination of consistent endeavor merely an
uncomfortable pause.
The resumption of sessions tomorrow In
volves a grim set of obligations which can
no longer be shirked unless Cungtess in a
critical period Is willing to challenge public
indignation by floundering in a morass of
futilities.
Measures passed before the summer ad
journment Included the temporary Tariff
IllU, the bill to prevent dealings in futures
on grain exchanges, the pestiferous Immi
gration Hill and tho bill extending the pow
ers of the War Finance Corporation to give
crellts to farmers.
In Hie line of major legislation that
was nil.
Congress U stultified by "blocs." repre
senting selfish, clashing interests in which
party lines nie effaced. A contentiousness
much more fatal to progress than a lucid,
even If rigorous, partisanship is substituted.
Meanwhile, cutnomiu and industrial dis
tress continues. It must prevail until some
sane and vigorous effort Is made to wrestle
with the taxation muddle, with n reduction
of governmental expenditures and with n
mass of pressing problems which Inevitably
cannot leatt to anything but direct Meat
meat. The refponsiblllty for frittering and foot
less tactics Is mounting, nnd unless reme
dies nre applied the reckoning at the next
congressional election is une'-capablc. No
party vlctnrv, however sweeping, can be
safely accepted as a continuing Indorsement
of a policy of collapse.
The point to which bungling nnd misman
agement have proceeded is revealed In the
embarrassments of the Senate, which is
already iu such n snarl from its own pro
crastination that the House is expected to
he virtually Inactive for a fortnight to enable
the upper chamber to extricate Itself, even
partly, from (he welter of unfinished busi
ness. Senator Penrose is seeking to win pri
mary consideration for the tax measures.
Hut further wrangling over the beer l.lll
threatens constructive work upon the legs.
latlnn which before ull others profoundly
Interests the Nation, nnd, ns an additional
stumbling blo"k, there is Senator Borah's
proposed reprnl of the Panama Canal Tolls.
Act.
Warranted or unjustined. this proposition
ou the eve of the international conference
Is most flagrantly Ill-advised,
The parley Itself is just now serving to
bolster up the fallacies of the stultltiers In
Congress. While It Is transparently plain
thnt reduced armaments would give promise
of lower tnxes, the conjectured adoption of
such a program Is the thinnest of excuses
for mishandling or avoiding tho taxation
problem under immedlnte conditions.
Congress vvab empowered by the public to
art intelligibly concerning Federal imposts
long before the faintest thought of calling n
meeting to stabilize pence and reduce indi
vidual and governmental burdens wns ever
entertained. Possibly the Ccrmau Treaty
mav be squeezed thiough the Senate before
the regular session begins In December, but
the indication of speed are by no means
certain, even though eventual passage Is
undoubted.
Thus far. nnd makins due allowance for
Initial difficulties, Congress has botched its
duties nnd made a wretched failure of the
special session. Evidence of progressive
leadership, adjusted to the vital needs of
the Republic, has been wanting,
If redemption is impossible within Con
gress Itself, It mny become necessary to
apply the conventional outside remedy
Executive Interference. Mr. Ilnrdlng and
the public have been patient nnd the latter,
as usual, long suffering.
The chnrltnble period lu which congres
sional Imitation of a chipmunk in a revolv
ing cage ran pass for substantial perform
ance has passed.
THE UNINVITED CHINESE
CONSIDERING that the Pekln Govern
ment refused to be a party to the Penro
Treaty sanctioning the Shantung deal and
In the end negotiated a separate pact with
Germany, the accusations of betrayal
hurled from South to North China are not
entirely convincing.
Less open t4v question, however, Is the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEHVJPHILAi)EI.PHlA, itJESBA feETE'MBER 'W,
attitude of. the uninvited Itepubllc of South
China toward the coming conference In
Washington. Partisans of President Sun
Ynt Sen, Installed In Canton, are becoming
vocal In America and their cose Is seemingly
not one to be summarily dismissed.
But this fact does not lessen the embar
rassments of the American Government,
which obviously could not run the rlk of
Inviting opposing lenders In a civil wnr to
participate In the parley.
Some choice of alternatives had to be
made. Tho Pekln Government Is represented
officially by legates abroad and to this au
thority, therefore, the call to the meeting
vvna sent.
The case necessitates in no small amount
the tact which Secretary Hughes hns thus
far no consistently displayed In the prelimi
nary negotiations.
South China, whether of doubtful status
or not, comprises a population nearly double
thnt of the United States. Its claims and
policies nnturnlly warrant consideration in
any adjustment of Pacific affairs.
Perhaps If that need Is generally under
stood Dr. Sun's republic will realize at once
the difficulties involved nnd the enrncst de
sire of the United States to give no offense
to his constituents.
As an executive, well Informed by train
ing and experience concerning American
principles, ho ought to bo nwnre that the
hope of a square deal for China in one of
the undcrlylns causes of the conference and
thnt this expectation Is much less grounded
in favoritism of factions than in tho wish to
formulate a brond policy of honesty nnd fair
Piny.
VOTE STRAIGHT!
THE powers behind boinc of the Fifty
Fifty candidates arc making desperate
last-minute efforts to enlist Independent
bupport for their men.
Mr. Hadlcy, for example, Is being con
fidentially exploited as a white sheep among
the black onea as a straj ed lamb who ought
to have the help of all good people.
No one but the case-hardened machine
men apologizes for the Fifty-Fifty ticket as
a whole. The fight Is on the ground of "In
dividuality." A gangster is a gangster. If he Is a
recruit fresh from a respectable calling he
is nil the more to be suspected.
Don't split the ticket.
If you vote for one gang man you might
ns well vote for all of them. They form a
close corporation.
Tho only way to fight them is to vote
straight for all the men about whose chat
ncter and purposes there is no doubt the
candidates indorsed by the Voters' League.
THE SAME OLD SENATE
'IITHEN civil war seethed in West Virginia,
when Governor Morgan cried aloud for
Federal troops while nn army of miners
nnd an army of private detectives prepared
to battle for control of the soft coal fields,
everybody in the United States, became in
terested In the news from the Mingo field.
Even the Senate of the United States be
came nwure of something wrong nnd author
ized nn investigation at the source of the
trouble.
A committee was named. But only two
of Its members deemed It worth their while
to go to West Virginia. These arc Senntor
Kenyon, of Iowa, nnd Senntor Shortridge,
of California. They nre in the coal fields
now, listening to the miners' side of the
story.
Meanwhile nil the forces of the State of
West Virginia are being devoted to the
prosecution of workmen found carrying arms
at the time of the disturbance. Homo of the
miners were murdered. Others were
harassed by the deputy sheriffs even after
they hail obeyed the order of General Bnnd
lioltx to disperse. Sid Hatfield, one of their
leaders, was shot down in cold blood. But
no one is being asked to account for these
latter crimes.
It is to be regretted that nny of the Sen
ators appointed to investigate the soft coal
war in Wet Virginia found other Interests
to occupy their time. There is a pretty
general feeling nowadays thnt tho country
has much to lenrn about the cnusc of the
soft coal war which It cannot learn from
the local und State officials of West Vir
ginia. A LITTLE HUMANITY IS NEEDED
PRESIDENT HARDING confesses that
he has been distressed by reports of
hardship suffered by Immigrants who had
to be sent back to Europe because they ar
lived in this country after the quoin for
the month from their country had been
admitted. Yet he says thnt ho is informed
thnt the trouble arises through dishonest
steamship agents, nnd he says further that
the immigration ngents have been Imposed
on In mnny cases by nn appeal to their
sjmpathies.
His information comes fiom the men nc
ciised of an unintelligent administration of
the Immigration Law. That law restricts
the number of immigrants from any country
for the jenr to a certain percentngc of the
natives of that country already In the United
States, nnd It permits the entrance in nny
month of no more than five -twelfths of the
quota for the year The law was drnfted
in this form because il is well known that
the number of immlginnts is very large at
(ertdtn tensonb and is almost negligible nt
other seasons.
The immigration authorities, however,
hnve been limiting the admissions each
month to one-twelfth of the quota for the
year, and they have been sending back to
Europe the number in excess of that quota.
Under this practice they rcceutly Bent
back to Poland a ten -year-old girl who had
come hero to join her father, who hnd been
here for seven jenrs. He hnd been told
that his wife nnd child were dead, but this
summer he learned that they were nlive. lit
sent the money to them to pay their fnre
to this country, but before they could Btnrt
the mother died. The child came, but as
the quota for the month hnd been admitted
the door wns closed on the little girl, nnd
she wns returned to Poland, where she has
not a relntlve left.
It is Incredible that so inhumnn a thing
could happen in a civilized State. The
eagerness of the steamship ngents to fill
their ships with passengers cannot explain
such nn nbuse of discretion as this. The
stenmshlp companies nre iu business to make
money. They will bring bh many immi
grant's here as they can induce to take
possuge, and they will take their chances
of getting them into the country.
But the real sent of control lies in the
American Consulnten lu Europe. Through
the legulntlou of th" Issuance of passports
It is posnlblo to limit the number of Immi
grants from nny country to the number
allowed by law. And then, through an In
telligent Interpretation of that law, tho
immlgiants with passports can be admitted
whether onc-tvvelftli of the year's quota for
the month hns arrived or not.
It is regret'ed that Mr. Harding says that
such separai.ou of families as hns been com
plained of is unavoidable under the law.
When such things were called to the atten
tion of President Roosevelt lie did not suy
they were unavoidable. lie found a way to
avoid them.
Just in a little vhile wo shall travel
from the court to the gridiron.
! : JS3
Good knight, Sur Tax, good night.
PROTECTING THE MAYOR
Police Code Number on Hit' Automo
bile Every State Road Free of
Snow Thle Winter Rare Old The
trlcal Programs Given Away
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
WHEREVER Mnyor Moore goes he Is
accompanied by n personal guard. J.
A. Artmnu In asslgucd to that duty from
the reserve patrol.
He is at the Mayor's elbow or heels every
instant of the time he Is absent from his
office. When ho is nt the Union League or
in his own or a private house, or in some
one's private office, then Artmnn takes up
his station at the door.
The officer, always In plain clothes, rides
beside the chauffeur on the Mayor's auto
mobile Both Mullen, the chauffeur, and
Officer Artmnn nre armed.
In ono corner of the scat in the official
limousine and handy to the right hand of
the Mnyor is n heavy night stick available
for Immedlnte use.
It is the only weapon which the Mayor
permits himself. Up to the present he has
never had it in his hand.
IN THE private code of the police depart
ment the Mayor's number Is 854. That
also is the number of his official automobile.
The code number of Director Cortelyou
Is .150, nnd that of Superintendent Mills
is ,m
Every traffic policeman recognizes the np
proach of the chief executive's car before
he recognizes Its passenger. The officinl
number is visible just as it is on tho auto
of Director Cortelyou. Neither one ever
gets by n traffic officer without a salute.
The automobile division at Harrlsbtjrg In
forms me that the requests for particular
license numbers by automobile owners is
increasing every year. It mounts Into the
thousands.
It Is a common thing for n business man
to icquest a license number for his car cor
responding with the btrcet number of his
private residence, the number of his offlce
suite or the number of his lodge if a mem
ber of nny widely distributed fraternity.
"Thcro are two uombers I'm hoping to
see one of these days slmplv as a matter
of curiosity," said a traffic officer to me the
other day.
"Thcy'ro the numbers 123,456 and tho
41,144, or 4-11-44. I guess I'll never see
'em go by," he snld rcslghcdly.
A WELL-KNOWN advertising expert Is
responsible for the following:
On n recent afternoon rnln thrcntcned to
mnr the scheduled ball game. As is custo
mary at such a time a rain check is issued
with every ticket.
A rural citizen, manifestly nn ardent fan
of some bush league, bought n ticket.
Grabbing the pasteboard he ignored the ruiu
check that accompanied it.
"Ill, there, you forgot er rain check!"
yelled the ticket seller.
"Nnw, I didn't. I don't want it. I got
an umbrcUcr."
thousand miles of Pennsylvania
J Stn
State roads will this winter be swept as
clenn of snow ns the trolley tracks of Phila
delphia. Every trunk line from end to end will be
divided into sections of five miles. Every
section will have a foreman who will be In
charge of a gang of workmen.
The latter will be mado up of highway
employes who are unemployed regulnrly
during tiie winter.
The State also will be divided Into dis
tricts with a superintendent in chnrge.
District superintendents will vvntch the
weather Indications nnd a forecast of snow
will be the signal to begin operations.
Before two Inches of snow have fallen
sweepers and snow plows will be nt work.
Where drifts pile up autotrucks and snow
shovclers will be rushed to that point, where
thev will work day und night to keep the
highways open.
Auto traffic on every mnln thoroughfare
will be maintained throughout the winter,
snowfalls to the contrary notwithstanding.
A CITIZEN, whose anonymity shall be
preserved, looking out of one of the
wlndowH in the Mayor's reception room nt
City Hall, facing the north plnzn, raised
his eyes cnsunlly nnd snw the hend of n
mnn In n second-story window of the Ma
sonic Temple opposite.
The following dny he ngnln happened nt
the window nnd ngain glancing across saw
tho same individual iu the same position.
He apparently had not changed his attitude
from the dny previous.
"See that fellow yonder nt the window,"
lie said to n friend whom he called to his
side. "I've seen him thero two different
times in the last two days. He never moves.
What's he looking nt?"
Tho other burst Into a lnugh.
"That's n life-size oil painting of ,T.
Simpson Africa, once a high Masonic offi
cial. It's been thero for n week. You can
see the top of the gilt frame if you look
closely, but not tho sides. That's what
fooled you."
PHILADELPHIA tourists who have
visited the famous old Cheshire Cheese,
Fleet street, London, one of the most an
cient tnverns In the metropolis, will recoil
the notable collection of old nlny bills and
programs thnt decorate Its walls.
They go buck to Onrrick's time nnd con
tain the names of other actors less promi
nent but still notable In tho annals of the
English stage.
Percy W,aldron Edmunds, n chnrge of the
vaults of j West Philadelphia banking In
stitution, -was for more thnn twenty-five
yenrs n member of various English opera
companies.
His father was a concert and opera singer
during the middle of the last century. One
of his hobbles wns tho collection of theatri
cal programs, bills and posters.
At his death some yenrs ago this unique
collection came Into the possession of his
son, who resided, during the interim of con
cert tours, in London.
Mr. Edmunds confesses that he did not
then nppreciato the value of his peculiar
Inheritance.
A frequenter, with other theatrical and
singer folk, of the Cheshire Cheese, he
thought It but fitting thot the older of his
stage mementos should grace Its vvnlls. He
made n gift of the rarest of them to tho
establishment where they hnng, carofully
preserved in frames, to this dny.
Tho remainder of the collection gradually
became scnttered through presents to friends
and acquaintances. Today nobody, doubt
less, regrets his open-handed generosity more
than Mr. Edmunds.
The collection In Its entirety now would
be almost priceless.
TO MY COMRADES
I DO not sing for critics, but for you,
My comrades, whom I meet upon the wav
Of Life ; und I would have you hear anil
say,
Not "This is bright," or "This J, clever
new," nut rather, from your heart. "This one
sings true."
" 'Tvvns thus I felt," "Such is mr life
todny,"
"So Kings my heart when I am glnd and
gny !"
Or this "Denr God! jou have known nor
low, too!"
For. oh, the Human Heart is my one book !
The words of all my songs ure written
there.
You, too, may rend them if you will but
look.
And I but sing them so thnt you will
hear!
And comrades, this one thing I strive to
say:
"You have a fellow traveler ou your way I"
Resells Merrier Montgomery, In the New
York Times.
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HUMANISMS
By William Atherton Du Puy
CAPTAIN WALTER J. LAWSON, of
the United States Army, wns In com
mand of a flight of fifty-two nlrplanes
which, tome weeks ngo. went fifty miles out
in the Atlantic Ocenn nnd dropped bombs
on borne enptured German warships, the
same being done for experimental purposes.
Fifty miles is n goodly distance from
nny place where a flier might land and nsk
for a glnss of buttermilk; and they soared
nrounif a bit. burned up much gasoline nnd
wntched dnrkness settle down over the world.
Finnlly they strung out and started for
home.
After nn hour's flying there peoped over
the horizon the dlstnnt twinkle of n light
house on Cnpe Hnttcrns. Captain Lawson's
pilot leaned over, touched him on the shoul
der, pointed to tho light.
"North America," ho said.
When the campaign wns over down In
Tennessee Inst fnll the Republicans celebrated
their first victory since the Civil War with
nn elaborate dinner to Claudius Huston,
now Asslstnnt Secrctnry of Commerce up in
Wnshlngton. who hnd hnndlcd the campaign.
It wns, of course, an all-Republican af
fnir. But n little while later the Democrats
enmc around to Mr. Huston, signified their
desire to get their feet under tho table for
a few cats likewise, nnd asked it he would
not allow them to make him their guest of
honor also.
He assented nnd a lovo fenst resulted, nil
because the whole campaign had been a
clenn, high-class affair, satisfactory in its
main features even to the losers.
Representative A. L. Kline, of New York,
is n big, genlnl, elderly gcutlcinnn who likes
to gossip about the twenty jenrs he spent
In groceries on lower Broadway and the
twenty additional yenrs that ho devoted to
Republican politics, with the Borough of
Kings as a base.
He wanted to get it in his record, he said,
that he hnd served ns Mnyor of the greatest
city In the world. So, while nldcrmnu, he
got himself chosen vice chulrmnn of the
Board of Estlmnte nnd Apportionment.
John Purroy Mltchcl, afterward Mayor,
wns president of thnt board, nnd Judge Gay
nor was then Mayor. Kline was thus third
in Micccssion.
At the first meeting of the bonrd Mr.
Mltchel wns sick nnd Kline presided. Not
much time hud pnssed when both his supe
riors were ill nnd he wns noting Mnyor.
Then, in 1018, Judge Gnynor died and
Kline filled his post for four months.
AH of which is un argument for getting
one's self In line,
Wnllacc Humphrey White, Jr., thnt
sprightly young attorney from way down
Enst, who represents Lcwiston, Mo., in
Congress, used to hnng nround the Capitol
three decades ago, for ho wus a grandson
of Senntor Frye, long n power in the Sennto.
Mr. White rccnlls how the keeper of the
Senato restaurant, n man from Maine
nnmed Page, used to fnvor him with pie
and one dny when he devoured half of n
big one of the custard variety and enmo
near dying.
Mr. White renppenred nt the Cnpltol fif
teen years later ns secretary to the VIco
President in McKinloy's time. Then there
wna nnothor decade nnd a half nnd he re
upneared as Repiescntntlve.
He Is n young mnn with the soit of mind
thnt follows nn Idea right along, so he can't
help thinking thnt lin will be lu the Senate
In another fifteen jenrs.
Rome one called up the du Pont office in
Wilmingt'tn not long ngo and nsked that
several kegs of dynamite be hurried to n
HtntWm nn the Hudson near West Point.
"Whnt wns the nnme?" "Why, It wns
Reblnoff, Max Reblnoff."
Whereupon the du Pont office outfit blew up
with n loud noise, for It was careful about
supplying materials to men with mimes which
sounded like long whlskeis and Incendiary
plots. It wou'.l not ship the dvnamlto.
So Mr. Rebinoff hod to go down to Wil
mington nnd explain himself or lie got no
powder,
He was very well known up Boston way,
where he had developed Hie Boston Nntionnl
Opera Company. He knew Wonihow Wil
son nnd cvcrvbndy. for he hnd been at Pnris
nnd wns economic adviser to formative Em
thonla. He wns well known nround New
York because Im had lota of money and had
recently purchased large estate up the
Hudson. He had sent a landscape gardener
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Aviator Who Understudied Co- SHORTCUTS
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SHOOT OR SHUT UP!
lumbus and Discovered North
America Love Feast Fol
lows Republican Victory
in Tennessee
up there and this nrtlst wanted to create
a lake. Hence tho explosive.
"There is something in a name," says
Mr. Rebinoff. "There is troub'e in n nnme
like mine."
Ernest Lewis, Interstate Commerce Com
missioner, n man who has earned his living
in the somewhat intellectual profession of
writing for the press, states that his educa
tion consisted of two terms of six months
each In a country public school.
Eugene T. Chamberlnin, Commissioner of
Navigation for the Department of Com
merce, makes the study of crime his hobby.
Whenever a bensntionul murder Is commit
ted near Washington Mr. Chnmbcrlain is
likely to turn up at the scene of the crime,
there to inspect the premises nnd work out
his theories of it. Measuring those theories
up with the facts ns they develop is, he says,
n fascinating entertainment.
When the dlsurmnment congress, with n
sideline of Ear Eastern affairs, meets In
Wnshlngton, none will have it better back
ground for understanding its problems thnn
Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy. Mr.
Denby lived ten yenrs in China ns n young
mnn, nctunlly learning to rend both Chinese
nnd Japanese n bit. Oriental history is his
hobby. He knows nil about Genghis Khan,
who is probably tho greatest conqueror of
all history, operating from Cliinn west about
a thousand years ngo. The Secretary of tho
Navy might bo n handy man nt this confer
once, knowing both the Far Enst nnd the
navy as he doos,
Representative A. L. Kline, who writes
for himself one of the longost biographies
in the Congressional Directory, went to work
at Broadway and Grant street. Mnnhnttnn.
In 1873. Forty-second street wns then the
boundary of the town, he says, nnd Harlem
was a villnge wny out In the country. It
wns a day's trip to go out there and now it
enn bo done in twelvo minutes. Tunnels,
bridges nnd electricity are tho three ele
ments thnt hnve done most to transform
New York, lie snys.
There nre three qunlities necessary to
greatness, says Representative H. A.
Cooper, of Wisconsin. Ono must hnve in
telligence, heart nnd conscience. If he fails
one he fails to achieve greatness.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who discovered thn Ohio Tttver?
2. Who wns Baron Lister, and for whnt
wns ho famous?
3. In what year of the World War did the
llattlo of Coporetto occur?
4. Who was Qulntllllnn?
G. Whnt Is tho femlnlno of tho Hindu title
najah
0. Distinguish between tho Pharisees and
tho Sadduceea
7. What Is a kobold?
8' Wli?,..?H "' FCUl"or of the famous
Medusa? Per8eU8 wlth tlle head of
9. What ara lustral rlfpq?
10. Who was nccntojn classical mythology?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A MokuI locomotive has u two-wheeled
pony truck, six driving wheels and no
drlvlni? wheels under tho cab.
2. Tegucigalpa, now tho capital of Hon-
auras, is to be the capital of the!
new United Htates of Central America!
3. Tho nations to bo federated ure Guate
mala, S-ilvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
nnd Cost.i Itlcn. M
4. Itlo de Janeiro literally means Hlver of
January, tho discoverer of tho h.iy on
which tho city Is now located having
mistaken tho Indentation of the At
lantic for the mouth of a kihu river
January was the month of dlscoveiy!
D. Pompey (MaRlius Cnclus l'ompelus) was
the most formldahlo political rival of
Julius Caesar. Ho wus defeated ut
the battle of Phaiballa In 4S . j.
6. A IiIkIU Is nnother nnma for a bay ami
also for a curvo or recesa nt u coast
or river or of n loop of ropo.
7. Uobert Hums wrote "Auhl Lang Syne"
8" AC9301Ivc'im iml"eSlS' All"m "Ve'1 to be
9, A quincunx Is an arrangement of iivo
objects so that four aio at coin ih
thu nquaie or icctiumie and ti oth.-i
at Its center, as, for example, tho nvu
on dico or cuiUs.
10. Spindrift Is spiny blown along the sur
face of tho sco.
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Lloyd George nnd Do Vnlcra are havlnj
a nair-spmung lime.
The House tomorrow will begin to mark
time until the senate catclies up.
Saloons, having been abolished, will bs
closed (lining polling hours today.
The intense interest being manifested
In the Democratic ticket today Is being suc
cessfully concealed.
The one thing ccrtnln nt this stage oil
tho proceedings is that wc ure going to get
the candidates wc deserve.
Tho President mny not yet realize the
fact, but ins holiday is about over. Tnere
is a busy time ahead of him.
Whatever tho future may hold, the rn-
eral public will cheerfully indorse the action
of the railroad shopmen In deciding not to
btrike nt the present time.
Governor Edwards snys there are few
Congressmen who hnve empty hip pockets
or empty cellars. He is too good n politi
cian to say n word about empty phrases.
Oh. well, crumbled the DUzruntled
One. if we didn't have war we'd have
something just ns foolish. We'd continue
to waste. We'd simply do It in anotnervvny.
The Nntionnl Park man who gave a
parson half a dollar for innrryine him was
disposed to hang the expense. If it Is a
wedding, ho snld in eilect, let It do a weii
ding, by heck !
An Jnterborougn bulletin lor -ew iota
straphangers urges tho passenger to hold
MminlP Innealt Ttitf nitnrtp n Incnl SUD
way victim, how can this bo done when he
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la imuuiu i if. nil j i
The hundred dollnrs for n rainy day
which Chauncey M. Depcw put in a MM
in 1801 and then forgot bus earnea iw
for him. That's because he spent his ratal
days reading Joe Miller.
An Annapolis Roynl, N. S., bjj
storied a $2."0.000 fire in order to sre tai
firemen nt work. And now, we suppose,
some Up-und-Uc-Doing Society will aware
him n medal for knowing whnt he wanteJ
nnd going nfter it.
There Is extremes likelihood that thi
500,000 mombcis of the Ku Klux Klan .bear
a striking icsomblnnco to the uUU.inw n
.-,(.. a l.., ...nt n nMtlf C rkfl (ii t II 1 3 COB D
buiVaam unit ih-i h'-,,1r " uv - -.- .
i ta.11.. l.i .i, fA ttm TvfilflAr. UBCia
Sum may put a little healthful fear in their
hearts.
"ninclt eves." said the Young Ui
on the Woman's Page, "seem toha "M
different messages to tho men who made
their business to collect data upon the i
ject." Meaning, as we seem to hear Jattii
Benny remark, the Hard Guys on tui
bporting I'ngc.
Party politics Is bW
Ring-Around- wny to group pol "
a-Rosy The group in polR
will In tho nature
things bieak Into smaller groups and KtW
that Impinge on one or two other group';
The next step' will be every man for m
sen. uy which ume an uroi - i,
to form two big parties ngain aud will o
await nn issue. ,
-11. 1 .. . I ,. n LouU
i. ii r i i- .
But Wo Aro Lange. N o r w ay
For Peaco Uelegnto to im -.
vnfinim AsBeinoiJt
snys the big Powers are Wiling ''"""''.
ment ngainst the wishes of the ",lJ, - hut
tho nations of the enrtn. it ma) . - .
.... ... nlit .. .i ..i.i. i.i !i,iiti,ncv I ai
M7.0 HUH lUllB III HO Willi " I""" il, ..
there are ever so many of the s"1"",. ,t
tions with lurgf hcrnps ou tneu ""." m
the present moment nnd others iu
mulling.
Though the apple "
Apples und Things ' for the entire counw
is estimated W"
about half of that last year. Maine trots
. i. . M t. .. in. r ii linn i.......iti.i liiiiiL ..
ine ironi wuii .low, nun nun.,,- .. ii.
doublu the production of u ear "'
for Maine ! An apple u ilav keeps the dec
away. Bui not even Malm- has twicr npp'"
than Pennsylvania. Some of tacsj.
t.l ,, . 1.1. .1.1 ..! .. ...... iFllilll? tO ""..
rillUllieipil.a II nil sioirn nn- """,, ,,,.( I
cover the fact. IVrhnps t o" i J .,
I'lllllllinipillll lllllbllllllTH It'll mi- M. .,(
are wniidcifullv progies.vo heie a
i oi'iieri oi ine emu', imi'i- ' ',- ,,ihfl
iu Pciiiis'lviiulii. IVlnvvine mid '' J
--belter fruit than can be found vl"'""",,
While trading with thu wor d '"' 'a,
might not be a hnd Idea to brighten up
nni'liAi, tvltni.e n'n n.n
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