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I'hila.MpMa Turlda. Uerrn-hsr t, lTl
WOODEN CARS! SINGLE TRACK!
WOOD FN" ''nn. he. single truck I'pen
ihoe trpai'h'Teu- survivals of the early
lp. et railways responsibility t"r the
tragpdv nt Woedmom prlmnrlly rpst.
I br engineer of th northbound local 1"
Mul i" have left Mryn Athjn Station without
waiting for orders. The vagaries of the
personal puliatien sometimes de defy regula
tion .Investigation mny establish the fart
if rookie-- train piloting, but culpable as
the engineer mnv have been, pergenal defec
tion will net ep!,mi -lie mnznltuije of the
bermr.
The .uinleti, t...iu 'h irim da of
flimsy nml itiuiliunte equipment theoreti theereti
tally lielnnRliic te the beKinnlncs of rail rail
readuiR. The smcle line of track for trains
mevrii In both tlin-ctieim rendered th ac
rid. ia possible. The i-iiiister itnachrnnNin
of wooden cer-, predured it iheckms fruit
in ii oiiHnvrrarien vquivnlenr ie a :inten
funeral pjre.
Iiim -tisatleiiH of tin- waster will he futile
tin'e-. the must Wnin !tre Is laid in the
1'ndlnes upon the chastly fellj of super
nniiunted railway iiiuipment I'ven en line
en u ! lrh t!. tratfle i- i-emparaf ively as light
lf it i" upon ihe lli'iulinc'" Newtown branch,
hitivle-trui'L "ithiv i u continual inennee.
ri'iit-'. ini: wuh iirr.ble -wiftnesM the con cen con
ie i nri, uf pcfi.Mn.il bluinli'r. and wooden
i in In" u' it K'l nien,iniy
THE PRESIDENT IN CONGRESS
jT!i !!i:iI; i pe-e,cil of an ex
iVJ. i.' eiii- nii'l n leimnHnilitiK plat-
fei-,1 i . eni ! Mr. Wil-en in hl day of
Siie.l hi'iiith wa- eiiuipped nlen; wimetihat
t. in' ln.ia. Ii wa Tliemiis ,Iofferen.
lnti lb w'tuall brilliant but no orator, who
fit a-i le tin- i"iium eb-eivi-d by 'aliinx
t'.n and Jehn Adami ff nailin me'-am1- te
Cm ,'n in person. n thix point of Ulti
ma i etitiii't l lie t'.'n-titutien i silent.
ti,. .-a Mr Vilen a -rit ized for his
fiai't uriiis of wliat w.i deeni.Hl tniditien.
T'. Mr. IlnrdlnR. tee. i- u gned f-peaker
B I a inilt'llii-t. Moreover, 'li e.teiutne
br.ni' Ii of hii yeNerunii'iit I av been a strens
nn 1 eilii ient a" the Concrete has been lai
nil'1 ilrlill'llli'tlt.
The I'ri'-ident hm a program of high ini -peri.im
e te divulge m betn heuv- teduj . and
hi adviei, should umleubtiilly gain ferec in
the manner of i's -i n ion. It i-. net eiiI.n
littins bit urgeiu th.it Mr Harding vheiibl
talk due' tl te tUi- nutieiinl lpgilanw- bedu"'
at the epeniiti: of n veien pregnant witk
respenvibilitu -
In adeptiug tl,i. million of pt-r-enal up up up
proaeh Mr. Hardin,; di-pla mi uuthentii
knowledge of pi a. In-ill lie. evilte-".
RIGHTS OF PICKETS
"liriTIl flint common venve for which li
YV 1" illHinglllvlieil, I hli'f .r'lhfli e 'i'aft 111
his dciMen en il)p light of strikers ie mi'
tien pi''keM ureiind the i!ant of the em em
piej i r against whom Ihm ari -;rikiiig has
ruled that the piikM- mu de nothing wlu.'h
interferes in any .ij with tli liberty of
thev.. who wish te work.
Affi r v-iving thai ariestmg ini-ii en their
way ie work with a view 'e lntliienrlng
them s net ngarded as aggression or an
violniieti of tin- libettv of unj one. he con cen
tlnues . "If. however, the offer i te expluin
whj !. ui.i'i nheiild net. work for the offend
ing irnple.veri is declined, as u may
rightfull be. then importunity and dogging
bei ome unjustifiable Jiinejatice nnd ebstrui
tieti whii h is Iikeh re mivei of intimida
tion ' and intimidation ma net be pej .
mi"ed
If tills ruling 'Mil tie enteued theie will
te- an en'' te ilisenler arei.itd plunts whiih
the (.'ncis, are trjing te op' rilte in spite ,,f
T, strike. H jllMlties tile interference of the
jieliii- te prevent aiiue;..ini e of the men
witling '" work an 1 if di-prl'i the strikers
Ui e'i- of their llle-l etti'llM WeiipetlN Alld
it s -ii tair that no striker can denv its
jii-'iii in limin whatMT in- may de in
pra'li'P
SPANKING THE BABE
rlT v-' t,, b. i,e,
Mountain I audi
ball h.is i. et i i.ila'i
I 1.
, I hi
I ll.'
.it .liidge ki-tii'iaw
I'oeU-ltah of base-
ohm illitlull of tile
1'iiitcd Sl.ite- lj inlli'iiiij a "i ruel niid in
human ' punishment upon I'abe ICiith when
1 condemned that mighty cliiajjer le, forfeit
bis W'ei i ,s. rn s meriej ns punishineiit for
jdming in a barnstorming tuim after the
rcgulai baseball season had lesed.
Te the meinge weiker. i endeuiiii-d hv
fine te think in hundreds instead of tlieu-i-atids
of dellarv. it ua net seem extreme
te millet n penults of S.'J.'!I!' en n man who
rere.xcv, in cording te i urrent lejiert, SL'0.
00(1 a season ter placing baseball and prob preb
nblj iiiakes two or thiei tmiPH that much by
his 'artistry" befete the movie cnin'ra and
en the audewlle singe Hut it must net
be forgotten that the late Oscar Hummer-
Jitein spoke feelingly of the "pockethnek
nerve" of the grand opera star as the most
l Vjensutivc of all tin many kinds of nerve pe.
K'Sxfrf !' these teiiiperiimentiil bong birds.
Te tills class might be added movie stars and
baseball player".
And here is whcie the "cruel ami inhu
man" part comes in, for beheld, the Italic
combines in his own person two of these
classes, with n thiid in peteiitinlitj . That
lie Is tl baseball suiref the tirt magnitude no
Clie Will doubt for a moment, and the size
of Ills iue ie i hecks, if reports he true,
admit him te Munlum in this class also. Ah
he has adilul song te his stage accomplish
ments nnd the cuius all agree that "noth
ing like it was hit heard before" he may
tuke tit grand opera later. W have seen
and heard some beside whom he would
doubtless, rank hlgn
If the penalty Is te have any effect upon
the conduct of baseball players in the future
nnd te show them that this time the mag
nates mean te enferce the rules, the Babe
must be allowed te pay thN fine himself.
In the paBt, one of the worst features of
baieball discipline vn the fact that In the
cane of star players the clubs paid the tines
inflicted, which naturally made the penalty
n deail letter. However, In this eae. it is
mere thnn likely thnt the P.tibe will he al
lowed te wiggle out of the mes in the best
way he can. net because the magnates de
net sympathize with him. but because the
fine is tee big. The poeketbeok nerveef the
baseball magnate also enjoys a high 'fating
in sensitiveness.
TWO BILLIONS SAVED
BY THE BUDGET PLAN
The President Has Dene His Part To
ward Bringing About a Return
te Normalcy
pHAHLKS ii. HAWKS has .iuMified the
centideme the President had in him
"teen appointing him n lUrecter of the
Bureau of the Mudgei
What Mr. Dawes has done is ceumincd
in the lepert submitted bv the President
te Congress jetprdaj. lentnlning a state
ment of the reused estimates of the ex
penditures for the current fiscal year and the
budget for the firal enr of 1!VJL.2M.
!secrctar .Mellen told the Wny and
Means Committee en August ! that the
total expenditure for the current year
would be -M.5."0.00(),(i0e- Thl was Iwfere
the effect of Mr. Dawes' weik was manifest.
Within less than a week Mr. Mellen made
a new estimate ?,"iin,iMin,one Tower than his
first, leaving the proposed Pxpendlttirps at
?1.0.'ll,0()0.(00. Hut this reduction did net
satisfy Mr. Dawes nnd he succeeded in
bringing the amount ie be spent down te
S.1.0ll7,!l2L,,:itm.
This is mere than M ,-flfl.imti.OOO less ihan
the expenditures fm the fiscal year Ht-1-22,
This enormous sum of menev will 1 cumin
in the pockets of th" people instead of being
taken by the tax collectors. If is n detinlte
fulfillment by the executne department of
the premise te reduce expenditures.
But the economics de net step with the
savings for the current fiscal year. A still
further reduction of S-ltW.neO.tiOO U made
for the next fiscal jenr, n sum greater than
the total cost of tunning the whole Govern
ment in lMM!. The sum te he raised by
taxntien will be $.'.. "iiMUiiiO.OiHi. or Si'. 0(10.
000.000 less than in l'J"l --J".
This budget is prepared by ihe authority
responsible for spending the menej. that is
the President himself. He has insisted that
the heads of the departments under him
practice the most rigid economy and elim
inate all duplication of sen ice He has let
it be known that anj subordinate who seeks
te interfere with the couemj plan will de
se ut thp peril of his job This means that
the bureau heads will nm be pestering Con
gress for additional appropriations and that
the heads of the departments will tell Con
gress that it is unneces-ari te appropriate
mere than is asked for. as it will net be
siient.
The eflect of this disclosure of the finan
cial plans of the (internment ler the net
year ought te be le.issurnig te business It
ought also te go n long waj tow,.rd counter
acting the bad effect of the unscientific and
blundering previsions ,,f the new levenue
law f..r which Congress is responsible.
About nil that an be saj, j.j fner of the
law is that it rediiies the anieunt te he
raiseil by internal taxes. Te that extent
it heads in the right direction.
As business new knows what Federal tax
burdens it will have te bear for the next
twenty-four mentl j It can adjust it-elf te
the situation and go ahead The mi un
certainty is removed. Afte, three jjiuiiili of
gradual improvement. buluess just new is
marking time because 11 is waiting ter the
outcome of the Disarmament Conference.
When it is known exactly what that Con
ference decides te de it i morally cerium
conditien: will again improve They arc
immensely better than they were two years
age.
Fer example, the volume of emuieic ml
paper outstanding has been reduced about
."0 per cent, according ie figures coin piled
by the New Yerk Fedeial Ite-one Hank.
Figures supplied by thirty ipp.pseutative
dealers showed that there was SI .Ilod.ooO. .Iled.ooO. .Ilod.eoO.
OUO of nueh paper out m Jnnuarv, P.tUO;
the amount en the 1st of December this year
is only St5."0.00e,000
The ceuntiy t- headed toward ii i et urn
te tiermnl conditions, and it I'eiigiesv will
de as well as the Piesnlent in removing as
many obstacles limn the wav as possible
the return Will be glcltlv .Ii . ileiateil
FORD'S "ENERGY DOLLARS"
Tin:
of
lllKUi; are few uuivir-.il gi muses (.unable
mastering v ei v
s it jii t in whii h
Henry Ferd j. net
l.e dm s net knew
knowledge Mm
tiie) infi-H'St theinselv -one
of the few What
about nia.liiiiei v is i,,,i
what he knows .ilim i a tiumliei of ether
tilings i eiild he lie uded hetvvieii the levers
of a verv small volume This i- net te his
discredit
Hut lie persists n. thinking thin no knows
e'her things eut-nle his speeiulty. Hi,
latest demonstration of this fact is found in
his htiggevtimi that geld be abolished as the
basis of ' urren' hecnue. forsooth, geld is
the iaisp of war. and that a unit of energy
be used with i urreiicy i-.sued up te the
energy units of various industrial plants
Mr. Ferd evidently has net the tirst glim
mering of an idea about the irue nature and
function of money or he would net talk this
way Th greenha' kers of the lu't century
uiged that "money" he issued by tin Na
tional Trensurv based en the national credit,
with no prevision for its ledemptien Mr.
Ferd's plan is greenbackism m n new guise.
Mut s,nie Ben Butbu ran for the piesl
deiicv en a greenback platform almost every
one has disi eveied that a greenback, as well
us a bank note and a Trcuuiy note, is, nly
a premise te pay and that the thing te be
paid is geld, which is a eeuunudin pist ns
potatoes or eeal or wheat is a lommedity.
Mut the knowledge of what money is has
spread se widely that it is only necessary te
Mate Mr. Ferd's plan te make its telly ap
parent te almost every one.
JOKING AT PROHIBITION
THKHi: Is a geed deal of sound sense in
what Prohibition Commissioner Hayues
said nt a public meeting in Washington en
.Sunday about joking at prohibition, hut it
is doubtful if any great number of viola
tions of the law or the apparent indiffer
ence of a large number of law-abiding iiti
zen.s can justly be laid te this ( ause.
It Is perfectly true that a law can he
laughed into oblivion, in se far as n rigid
enforcement of it is concerned, but this is
net likely te be the case with the eighteenth
Amendment. The xiolatlens are caused he
cause of the immense pecuniary rewards of
successfully running the hlocknde, which
cause men te take chances with their liberty
In' order te make money fast aud easily The
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGBRr-PHILABBLffiU, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Indifference of the public Is chiefly the result T
of the natural disinclination of every man
te go Inte court even ns a witness when lie
doesn't linve te de se. ,
It is useless for Mr. Ilnynes te expect
men te cenvtltutj themselves volunteer pro
hibition officers. Ment Americans obey the
Prohibition Law ns they obey ether laws
and strongly ceiideinn violations of It. But
there has never yet been a law In peace
times se pepulnr that the citizens ns a body
concerned themselves in its enforcement nnd
there probably never will be. If there were
such n lnw a written statute would be un
necessary, !iccaup Its Infraction would be a
violation of the strongest of all laws pub
lic opinion.
The troubles of the enfei'i cinent officers
are many and serious, hut in the main they
will have te be worked out by the official.
themselves. And joking about it is, or
should be. one of the least of these troubles.
AMERICAN COMPOSERS
AN INTKKFSTINC bit of news from
-Ti Pari says that two American students
in the Conservatoire hnve qualified for the
Prix de Paris, which is. next te the Prix
de Heme, the most eeveled awaid in French
music lircles. Until lontesinnts have chosen
te compose the tirsi mevi metit of a string
nuartet as their thesis, which shows thnt at
all events they are nnnlrnid, as they have
chosen the mnt difficult of all forms in
which te compose elTcctivelv
Furepc has thus f?r been mere generous
te our compesprs than has thp American
public Fer instance. MuiDnwell nnd Still
man Kelly have been mere played nbread
than nt home.
These young Americans are the firt te
qualify in composition for any of the big
prizes of France, nnd their success in the
preliminary test must he gratifying te
music levers in the United States,
Seener or later the aleitncss of the Amer
ican mind and its Individual and eriglnnl
manner of thought will make its impress
upon music as it alrendy has upon muify
of the ether arts and upon all the sciences.
It Is iinfeitiiunte that their own country
efter little opportunity for the cultivation
of composition, but '-art is long"; and the
over-strcs.od. hectic life of America, still in
the threes of economic and material devel
opment, does net yet offer the philosophical
tranquillity needed for creative work In the
most subtle of all nits.
DEFENDING A MONSTER
STFPHKN LAUZANNi:, editor of the
Paris Matin, new reporting Conference
developments in Washington, is nlmest tear
ful in his defense of the submarine, claim
ing that this agency of war is less lethal
than giant guns and ether sanctioned mon
strosities. Acndemicallv ensideied. there is perhaps
n certain validity in i,ls argument. "Yeu
wuntr" he says, "ie prohibit submarine
and you will continue, will you net. le au
thorize the torpedebont';"
It is an appalling pictuie thai he paints
of the fell destructiveness of huge projectiles,
and from the standpoint of pure logic it i an
nul be d' nied lh.it there is inconsistency in
defending .one sickening product of man's
pugnacious ingenuity nt the expense of an
other. But does this adieitly (inllic reasoning
previ th" mildness and benign suavity of
under-sea war mitt If Net for the most in
finitely tiny particle of the briefest moment.
Until M. I.au.aniie can mil away the
savagery of the U-beat he cannot in n prac
ileal world icceiicile its fuin lien with the
protestations of pmgi.ss w hi h livilizatien
strives te utter in its own behalf.
Though great guns and barbarous projec
tiles remain, the elimination of the war sub
marine would mark u hiimaae step forward.
The gain would be actual and substantial,
though nn (insistency, always game for the
ironist, might nourish.
Sergeant Ah in Yerk's
Interview Due lefusal i exploit hiiu hiiu
Urem Malm Itutli self n, vaudeville- nnd
motion pictures is said
te have latlseil people pledgt d te help the
Nashville Itetarv Club te huv him a farm
,i where later be hopes te found a great non
sectarian s, hoel in the mountains i te with
draw their piemised support, therein demon
strating that iiieilestv seldom pavs dividends
Or. perhaps, it simplv proves that the people
who premise te pay and won't are quitter..
A group f girls in
.lamaicii and Hellis,
Leng Island, hnving de-
Try Individual
Pupils, Hills
' "I'd that the bey.s of
their acquaintance knew limbing of the art
of conversation, lenueil a dub te give thim
instructions, and wite distress,., ,0 ,jni (mt
net one of the invited males attended the
first meeting. The-e who have listened te
the conversation of the average group of girls
may give sympathy, but will feel no surprise.
It is only shade less silly than the talk of
an average group of heys.
If a blink piinihci hadn't terced his
head through the bars of his ( age and .seated
everybody sick en beard the fruit liner Pas
tures, aiilving in N-w Yerk, the world
might never have known that Captain Tem
Wilnieth was taking a bum h of animals te
winter quarters at Mi'dgopert, ami it is
honest apprei iatien of geed press work that
prompt us te give the fin i added publicity.
As the day.- go bv the fact glows mere
plain that though thuie may b,. difference of
opinion as te the rate of wage railroad men
should gel. there inn be none concerning the
wisdom of the Itailread Laber Beaid in
abolishing the working tales that tiled up
unnecessiirj i xpense
What De Yeu Knew? j
QUIZ
What is ii Rla' i-?
Who is chnliiu.ui of n,e s. nam Foreign
I telat ions eiiiinlitee
What Is n moratorium
What Is a i onueitluni '
Name two famous rnvvris m liuiututf
Who wa.s Sir William Tempi, '
Te what nation does the Island of (iuein-
ne belong?
What Is ponipane '
What are the i luef ingredients of
scrapple .'
Hew tunny sub- i an a polygon have,?
1
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
I The patina of bronze is thB Inci ustaiien,
usually Kreen, upon it surface
Hays of Sltal-iHpenre m which semes are
laid in ancient Hern, ate "Titus Au
di enlcus," "I'oiieUmiM " "Julius" C'ao C'ae
sar" and "Anten v and Cleopatra"
3 The patroenaof Nev Vel k were posiicasem
of landed estate latablisbed under the
Dutch Cov eminent, with manorial
privileges which were abolished about
4. A pasticcio Is a. medlev, especially a
musical composition or plcture, made
up from various Heune.
5 (spikenard was an ancknt costly nio nie
niatlc ointment, made, chiefly from a
perennial limb allied te valerian It
was also the name for kinds of fra
grant oil.
0 Jehn Churchill, the first Inike of Marl
borough, wa ii lelcbr.itcd UnBliah
Rcneral In the wars of the Alllea
against Leuis XIV. His datea are
11150-1722.
7 The Persian Gulf, nn arm of the Indlun
Ocean. Is semcitlmts known an the
Green Sen.
g Th" word hullabaloo Ik said te be derived
from the Irish "pullalue," a corenach
or crying together at funerals.
3.
10.
The first Krcai unanciai panic in the
United StateB occurred in 1837.
Hera In Greek mythology was the wife
of Zeus, the greatest of the gods. Iter
Jleman equivalent waa June, the wife
of Jupiter
THEYJEVER REPEAT
One Conviction Ends Election Crimes
In That District Precious Stones
Found Near Philadelphia One of
the Latest Tragedies of the
World War
My C.KOIUJK NOX McCAIN
ED I,. L. KOACHi secretary of the Com
mittee of Seventy, despite the fact that
his official business is te ferret out, chase
down nnd prosecute ballet-box creeks, Is nn
optimist.
He thinks elections in Philadelphia are
glowing cleaner and less tainted with crime.
If anybody knows Mr, lleach docs out of
the abundance of hi. experience with repeat
ers, ballet-box Ktuffcrs, election beard crimi
nals, nnd the general riiT-rnff of the political
underworld.
"It's n fact, but it's susceptible te proof,
that in no elecfien division In Philadelphia
where we have once secured n conviction for
crime ngnlnt the ballet has the offense been
repeated." he said.
"That's net saying that the city is free
from criminal acts of this chnrncter. but
they are growing fewer every year.
"Kleetlen cr eks nml the men behind them
have learned thnt once the Cemmlttcp of
Seventy starts after a man it never lets up
till he is brought te trial.
"It's the pulley pursued by the Canadian
Northwest Mounted Police nnd our own
State Police. '(Jet your man!' is the order;
nnd we usually get him."
THFY are digging out semi-precious stones
within thirty -five miles of City Hall.
Up in Montgomery County they run ncres
garnets every once in a while.
In Chester nnd Delaware Counties they
find moonstones, which when cut and pol
ished and mounted in geld or plntlnum grace
the showcases of leading Chestnut street
jewelry shops.
The finest moonstones come from Ceylon,
just as the iiiipst emernbls come from the
Republic of Colombia. Seuth America, and
from our own Seuth Carolina.
It's only in Chester nnd Delaware Coun
ties that moonstones are found in this State.
The (Jeolegical Survey, which keeps the
fingers of science en all such interesting
things, has been totting up en moonstones,
sunstenes nnd Amazen stones.
They nil are minerals; the finest grade of
feldspars. Of the commercial feldspars (here
were produced last year something ever
$81,000 worth, all from Southeastern Penn
sylvania. In fact there arc feldspars, nnd perhaps
moonstones, in n vein under a part of Phila
delphia in n line tunning fiem West Phila
delphia te Frankford and from Oermantewn
te the Schuylkill.
It wouldn't be a safe bet. though, that any
of these stones will be teuiid that would be
worth cutting for jewelry!
Feldspnrs are used in emery wheels as
the abrading medium, also in the making of
china, porcelain and glass.
(.Icin moonstones eieur in pebbles and
Irregular masses of the coarser feldspar.
I haven't heard of any rare finds of the
stone hereabouts, though the possibilities
are if any such luck should befall the ton ten
tractors nnd miners it wouldn't be blazoned
forth in the newspapers.
CHAHI.in UNGFU was buried the ether
day in the little cemetery en the hill
beyond Pennypneker's Mills.
His buriiil service was read by the light
of an electrical flashlight. It was only I :.'t()
in the afternoon, a dark., overcast day.
Several hundred friends and neighbors
braved the wind and storm te stand around
his grave.
In the forefront with its firing squad was
the Bey S. l.eidy Pest of the American
Legien. He had been one of them.
It yvin my gieat privilege te knew Chailes
S. Unger years before he enlisted for "ever
there."
Yeung, piegressive. a college man. quiet
of voice, a Christian and a gentleman, his
death closed another tragedy that has black
ened the name of the Hun.
He had been shocked and gassed.
TTKIIK was the uncomplaining
the uncomplaining ami piv
thetic phase of the boy's life;
He knew that he was deemed fiem the
first, but he never mentioned it.
lietuniiiig home after the close of tin" war
he went about his business affairs as usual.
With his sister he purchased the Purkieiiien
Inn, the leading summer icsert hotel of the
legion.
When he enlisted, and he made two at
tempts before he was aiceptcd. his pro
ficiency with auto machinery took him into
the tank mrps.
lie had beeti one of the organizers of the
Perkleiaeu Aute Transit Company.
J ii one of the last engagements it was at
Bids L'I'vequc, I think the Hun sent down
n i loud of poison "gas. I'liger's gas mask
failed te work and he was compelled te In
hale the mist of death
He began failing a year age. The special
ists in Philadelphia did what they could for
linn.
I miw him the day he lift home for the
hist time. He was a mere shadow of his
former self, but he was (heerful and smiling.
He never told the steiv. He was reticent
almost te the point et obstinacy about his
war experiences.
Three or four weeks bifme the end he
iiifui med his father and mother for the first
time of his experience; what ii meant te
him.
He told them tee that he knew tiein the
first he was doemed: that the i,ms hail done
its weik. He felt that he would live for
about two jearii and a halt
He lived only n few months longer nnd
died with a smile en hih lips.
I THINK it mut have been nn exliemisl
in his or her aversion te modern political
systems who sent me the following
It is submitted without cemmeni, or as
editeM usually bay, "W'vj me net lespenslble
ler the opinions expiessed."
line angel met .mother en t
siriefs taking earthly observation
"What are you loel ,ng at"
"Men," said the ether.
'And what de you see;"
"I see wise men living under l
bv tenllsh men and knnvrti aud
of (heir own wills."
jasper
admitting
"Strange," said the ethei "An
thev iustlfv m ii n system?"
hew de
"They don't justify It. Thev sv it,
wrong." , . . .
"And vvlir de they submit.'
"That I i.mtiet tell.
"And what de they call such n
anomaly V"
"Polities
llinige
Today's Anniversaries
1 7!lli The seat of the United Slates i;,,v
eminent was removed from New Ymk te
Philadelphia.
rr'.H'i The fiit Cengiegatiiimil ihunh in
Ohie was fei med.
1 Slid The ('eneral Assembly of the
Northwest Territory passed a law te regu
late the vale of liquor,
1Mil President LimelnV fourth and last
animal message was presented te Congress
1aW Antheny Trollepe, celebrated Eng
lish novelist, died. Hern Apiil LM, 181."
IfeWt leffersen Davis. ex-President of
the Confederate States of America, died in
New Oi leans. Bern In Chiistian Count v,
Ky., .lune .1, leOS.
Today's Birthdays
Cenernl August von Mackcnsen. one of
the prominent Cerman commanders in the
late wnr, born In Saxony, seventy-two
yenrs age.
Brigadier fiencral Herbert M. Lord
Chief of Finance of the United States Army
born at Heekland, Me., sixty-two years age.
Atlee Pomerene, United States .Senater
from Ohie, born In Delmen County, O.
fifty-eight years age.
Bight Hev, Themas .1. Walsh, Catholic
Bishop of Trenten, N. J born in Butler
County, Pa., forty-eight years age.
Willi""" S' Hurt, one of the most widely
known of motion-picture ncters, born nt
sNewbiirp. N Y., forty. five years age.
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InUiiti ) ' J ;i'' i
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks M ith Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects Tlwy
Knew Hest
E. M. fiACKNEY
On the Crime Problem
TY'UIN(i the last i-mitury ciiuie has
JL been one of the greatest problem with
whii h this country has had te deal." ac
cording te F. M. Hackney, chief probation
officer of IJuurtcr Sessions Court.
"And." continued Mr. Hackney, "le my
mind, two or three years of caieful and
thorough study en the part of widely ex
pel ienccd men whose duty it would be te
get light down te the seuice of crime would
be a most excellent thing. A small amount,
of the nniiiial revenue tieni the States
could be used most advantageously ler this
very thing.
"Of course, n will requiic time, nun h
patience and constant application, but the
result would aid in decieasiug crime con
siderably and would take u burden from the
shoulders of the taxpayers. I de net feel
that sufficient attention has been paid te the
causes of i rime and the circumstances which
bring it about.
Prisons Have L'ses
lieforinateries and prisons aie needed te
some extent. There are some criminals who,
for the geed and peace of a community,
should he punished, but in a great many
eases these institutions hut serve te make
bad men out of unfortunate young euenders,
and also make bad men worse.
"The average child can he reasoned with
instead of whipped, and se it gees with the
average offender. Sometimes a man brought
before the com I is a victim of circumstances
which aie absolutely beyond hie control.
Then- are cases when a limn is the victim
of a designing prosecutor. Net the regular
ami despeiatc nimiiial Or. it may be that
a crime is being .emniitted for the first time.
The offender is sentenced te prison. Fer
liiauv davs of the t i he breeds ever the
iieny of 'fate vvhith lauds him where he is;
lie leseiits his position. The child when
whipped is outwardly submissive but in
wiirdly lebellieiiv.
Favers "Anether-Chance" Policy
' Bui pliue a man en probation, (live
him another cliance and see what it does fei
Iiim. He is free te go out into the world,
mingle witli his friends and at the same
time is getting assistance from the proba
tion office which Is decidedly helpful. If
liieie nie cases when the mini en probation
is sick and cannot pay his rent or needs
medical attention, an appeal is made te the
proper vei iety te give the aid which he nnd
his family need.
"Milt, te quote Chief .luhllte (ill-son, 'Ne
iheeiy of i riniilinl piecedilie will ever pro
duce Ihe results rationally desired until
crime i dealt with by Individual study and
tieatmeiit of the offender, and the old, im
personal, mechanical and manifestly Inef
fectual method is abandoned.' Society as
a whole Is always interested m dealing out
the proper punishment whenever it is
needed, but nt the same lime Innocent peo
ple are known te be accused of crimes, and
then- have been cnse when a trial judge,
has imposed a sentein e of live years' im im
prlseiiinent when one year would be a just
and pieper punishment.
"It is a well -established In. t that inesl
et our crime is undoubtedly due le (he in
ilueuce and condition surrounding the young
offenders dining the formative period of
their lives. My expeiience has been that
ecesslve punishment will net act as a
lemed.v.
Probation for young eflendeis extends
ever the same period as it does with adults,
from three months te thiee years, reports
being made each month. Ihe probationer is
given te understand that probation is- net
merely an easy and convenient means of es
caping punishment for wrongdoing. t js
lust as important for the success of the pro
bation system that the offender of this class
be reariested for Ills violence as it is te help
and encourage the probationer when he s
endeavoring te comply faithfully with the
conditions of his probation.
Probation Is Helpful
"Mut statistics preve that probation helps
youthful offenders. They are shamed and
will make nn honest effort te de differently
nud better. It also helps the adult offender
Probation for the adult striven te build mi
tt new ehnructer In the offender; It gives him
an opportunity te replnce the criminal ideas
impulses nnd perverted habits, which he Vic
quire i tllreugli ,.vl associates, te readjust
blmsdf w a tibefnl and law-abiding citizen
'i22? m nve - November
r
.. - - ..-- - ' -' f'r ..''-
1. P.l-l, the Judges ,if (he Qunrter Sessions
Court have dischaiged en probation (.'!.'!
adult male eiTendeis, all of whom either
pleaded guilty or were convicted en crimi
nal charges, of this number ",01 weie for
the year of P.ll just ending. During the
two years '2X probationers, having falth
tiilly complied with the previsions of the
probation periods fied by the Court, have
been discharged. Forty -six failed te con
form with the rules and have been commit
ted te prison or the industrial reformatory,
while eleven are (-hissed as fugitives.
Avoids "Med Tape"
"I giv
permission te people en piebatlcm
le Ii nvi- Hie city
get eiup'ey nn nt,
iigul.irly, either
tieiis or through
if l hey can In that way
and thev lepert te me
by personal coiniiiunica ceiniiiunica
their employers. If bv
cliance they de net lemut ns tbev ulw,,,l,l
the case i investigated by the Probation
Dep-iitiueiit in tlt. city in which thev are
resi Jug.
"In in a linn believer in the honor system
winch is bcim; installed j some of the pris
ons in the Wes,,.,-,, States. There Js a
something in a net-se,, ,i,., ,nnkes ,,,
Miliar.. Ins shoulders when he Is placed ab
solutely ,, i,is I,,,,,,, nnd the States of
Washington Oregon. Arizona, and some
ethers re having splendid results. I Imve
been In piobatien work for the last nine-
V.V,,' . ' ' ,' ' ' "-M.iniiited with
pretty thoieughly Hern every angle.
It
- ..mucins once said, '(ililde the people
h. law, subdue then, ,y punishment, then
I hey may si,,,,, crime, but will be void of
Ce!":':.'. (:"'U' "'V!'' '' example, subdue by
1 elilucliis nce said. 'Celd,
cillirtesv
they will leant si
le he gee.
lame ami come
l'ew'w.Md'iv""" " "Pnl"' "f "''1""1 '" ,1,ut
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHEttTflV nV i.itv
Tl 101 should ask Senater James F,
J- Wins,,,,. , Indiana, who, in his opinion
is the greatest chatterbox i.Uhe , ,,, er u
of engress. I w, wage, sW '- J"0",.
e
will never
Penrose,
lie he
iiieiiuen the name of
Meles
'I
litleiiiiiu from Imlinen i.. :.. . ... .
a experience with tl. gentleman n,i iv -s
lyniuii which ()l, influence his erdi t
t t.aiisplied vyhei, the latte,- tele, henei the
lurmer d asked him te go driving
Penrose was comfortably stewed nvvav In
s.,wrw?& irtaS'-"
.rdi.i,dhmsu,nn,erwe!,;:i'rdnen
Piesently the, ariivcd in the Monumental
i...,ifer,y,es away, and WatsenT,!
t
..-viIere ,wp a", " Daltlmnre.'
Where de we go from here'"
he said.
leti;.:n.a. sah lhv ,,ennsh.nnlan
Twe hours nnsspil slle,i , ,,
feur drew ,,p in the Ciiy V tV ZCZ JT
We have arrived
,..i i.. . .. ' """.
town, chortled the
'" your own home
verbose Watsen.
v niiiier nvvav
'Washington," f,iid Pentese
Just this much talk had es'can,.,i i
three or four benis hitcr, hev reeh. I' I' I'
deer of the Indiana Senater. renc-'d the
OOll-lllglll
ment.
I'e smiled from Ihe pave
Th
I'eiiiisylvaulaii gninte-j.
is an educated Li, ''"fc",, !
e
should have been able te l ?,'""
and
that he studied fossils a erts I , V V k
Is a bull market en nsvchnS. 'Imt '
mpler-llke.
re
JJr. J err an, is head of the Cam,.,., t
tute in Washiimteii. u. ,LlnIie
. ---,"bpi'i.
stltute it
mpesing home right en Hlxtee t, sire., ttn,
being the head of which Is t i.if' "ni1
what getting your name li cleJtr flfr ?tUt
Mreadway is the thespliui. llB',ts "
The hiisinesH of the Carn,.i., r
is te develop information vvl ch ,1i1iI"kVll,,c
1st in the world before. I)V wi"et f'
net been its head long, but he nl?. i ,nui ,ms
fact that PSKholegistS'are ,r lima 7s ,''''
co leges cannot held their ps clolegU,' n'
iidvcrtlbing agencies are hi.ld ng ,e.',, J ' m
away. Kvery wlTfgi,Int Silver sb,"
agency nowadays has its psychologist ii"8
It bought away from home co lege ,vl W
could net meet the wnge cpmpetltlen
6, 1921.
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K? Hiaixraw fr'H J- J
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SHORT CUTS
n.iu tnesp net in tnver et iiavmg wear.
en juries ratty Arimckle.
It isn't a higher ratio .lapan ilctitcsiJ
uiiicii as u imsi.s et exchange.
I nele Sam might expect mere ftet
congress if he didn't knew it se well.
ihe trouble, with ever se m-inr wnndit'
railroad coaches is that enlv disaster rttw
tiieiu.
the ( ongressienal Plumbers' Union r2
new proceed te provide Washington b'
Muain neat.
As China sees It. the Powers mielit.ls
plify distribution of the loot by returnini t
mi ie uer.
Students of the Irish situation nurn
comfort out of the old saying that dark's tit
"in oeiere me dawn.
If lord "energy dollars" ever becea
currency lets of people will carrv their let
tunes in their mouths. '
iini l. -. - . .......
iiirney urnps Ollensive. IleadliM
I he gamut of cold hash, croquettes and beti
.seu), mis at nisi ueen run.
Deinestlienes Mcdinnis savs he knevi
a vegetarian in West Philadelphia who readi
i.eiiiiug nut itiiver Unions.
1 hat some noento ovneo, ,f t)in IVaili
ingteti Cenfeieiice is te' untie in weeks I
uiiui it ioek centuries te tie.
wttii Henrys new currentv sy-tti
Mus, le Sheals should be able te provide tit
unews ei wnr for any big undertaking.
1'es. dear Sophrenln. the head of a pe
lltical bloc is as VOIl MUmlse. but it is tit
absolutely necessary te spell it with a "V
We gather the idea fiem a puWiM
iiiicnievv unit n Hamuei I ntermcjer cow
b
induced te express his opinion of HeW
Ferd
niigiit possieiy nay seinetliing neJui
I hi- chief of the State Bureau of SUW
tics says (hat the world conies te Penotf! Penetf!
vania for its false teeth. es, sir! As
vve'ie already planning some tine bridge wert
for the Delaware.
Arthur J. Ilnlfoee v.n s he fenr Drell
hit Ien will mean a dry and dreaiy I'liristtsu
ter me I nited States, and implies teat"
will be very different in England Tee te01
may be en the ether leg.
May we remark that among the anlmi'j
Dr. Charles It. Penrose ppects te briti
bin k for the local zee from Venezuela ID
bunch ,,f tnphs without being accused
making light f the trip?
Admiral Tsai.Tlm-.rCim 1ms hern telli'f M
Bosten women lem- le l.een n htisband
Mend his doilies and don't let him cool, tj
says. .ew. if home Chinese lady will
the men hew le keep a wife the dh0e'
-e.iii.s may ciose nt once.
WEAl'ING
MY DUFAM is but n silver web
I weave en sultry summer dnyi
Of flower nnd bird nml li.if mill sun.
Down pleusant, winding country wJ' I
A cobweb caught upon a leaf
Is net n thing se frail and fine
I lie scattered rnln drops net se bright
As Is this filmy dream of mine.
I knew when winter comes again
That I must ,,j0 ,v dream away
Within some messy, licheiied bole,
Te wnlt another" summer's day.
Tim ..ii.- .. I...1 - ... - ...i
..,. niuus me 111 II lie. .JiUI
W hen days are short and sharp and W,lr
A net of steel thnt holds me fast
while I grew weary, gray nnd old.
But, eh, my eager heart Is free!
It gladly waits the summer when
I snap like withered twigs these bonus
And u,).,1 ,,,.. .,11...... , !.... ,. nielill.
Ablcnll W. Cress,,,, l ibe N 1 Tl0l
'" 4... J!, ..s
The Reason Why
iron) Hi-- Sin 1'rnii. n Iirnn. , Jl
, Plijhlcul deterioration of the ntiitNlJk
the United Status may have set In wll J
tlllO Of lloetlof l.'vnn Amnr enllS CdnHV
OXPected te hnvn frnioes nf nbillllUal, ll"
of asbestos and ronstlttitleiis of ceppfi
N..