$sl 'T' ,T f'V ra it :Iw sfcfiflM ill i Saw 1 '.fiWj TO? kth !a TilrAl vm. m m I fl i tij i li iEH ! ft IS r3F If If 1 at sf j Mi s t1 ! S3 H' i I l3 OT rT ;V If S-. ', i" L"fr, ' it Satenmg public ffiefccc PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crrtrs it, k, ctims, riunre-T Jehn C, ilmtln, Vies Prcslel nt and Treasurers PiflA. Tylr, RacrMsry, Chsr e II. Ludlnr Ludlnr ten, Philip 8. Cef'.lns. Jehn n. WlHUms. Jehn J. Bpurseen. Oierts F Oeldsmli'a. D.1VIJ D. 8mdr, JMrtciers. ' DAvre n. SMii.cT f. .777 JOHN C. MAItTIN . Gfnfl nunlness Mwver rubllshed dlly at 1'CBLta LtPCtY Building i Independenca Squire PMIivrtMp'us. i ATtiNtle CITT Pr-t7nlen Bulldlnt Ntvr YOUK .1114 Martltt'n A..- pmwi 701 Ferd BulMInK rer. Lecis CIS GloBr-Demec-at Timid ng CniOaOO 1S02 Tribune Uulldlng , SEWS lifllEAfs. WltniNOTON I3CHEAU, AV1" c.2r- rennty'anl Me and Hlh Si ' f',JrTelit Brunt; Trm Suit nutldlr. , fceXDO Dukkac .. . .Trafalear Hulldln. .. SUHSCUII'TION TERMS TntV EVENtNtl PfMlfl T.vrrwiau la . . ...K- crlbtrs In Philadelphia and surreundln town. fi.'J?0 fM"ef twelve (12) cents rsr t.k. yaabls e the cnrrler. .Bl,n.,l! ,0 joints outside of Philadelphia In thj United States. Cnii.nl-. or L'nlted butes e. i .tn?'JpP",M '' nft W "Ms P" month. 'i"0' dollars per ear. puab,e In advance. te all foreign munuiee en- ll) dollar a month. Neticb Subacrl'jtra wishing address chanced must Give old as well as new address. MLLjJOflaTALNUT KrVSTONr.M4INl01 CT Address all commutilittflem fu ,tclitc Pubtie Itfrtger. iniltpewdtHi'i' Siuer', Di.lfiif-lpMa Member of the Associated Press Tntl ASSOCIATED rnrSS m eieusiteZj t titled te Iht use for rrpuMiralien of all newt ispafehes credited te II or net elAeruue errdllrt ; fh(s paper, anj oIje tht local neu-s puMlsied tMreiit. -Ill right of republication of special dispatches Arrrtn are also reserved. Philadelphia, ThunJat, Ucctraher 8, 19:1 SIGHTING THE FAIR SITE THK World's Knir Coniiiiittee I ind te be convinced that the ehnii e of a it.' can nilvniitngeeusly be made before the de tails of the exposition nre uerkiil out. The Importance of i-nnvi-r-i n t lhi point of view cun hardly be uiider-timat'd. Ex position plans hae loused in this city for a Tariety of reasons, but repceially prominent Rmenu these tins been the lnck of pictorial teIucs upon hich popular lmerct can be fastened. Selection of a settin; for the fnir uill accord te the enterprise a premite of reality f which it has been in lamentable need. The expert nuthentie" commUiened te atta k the problem are the l'hiltuHphiu Chapter of the Intltute of American Archi tects, the Hnsim-crs' Club and the Vhi.ailel pbln Real Rstatc Heard. Even if their find lugs c ash or should their agreement en the subject fail te hnd favor with the committee, the mere dKeuien of practical considera tions should prove stimulating. It is hijii time te unbind abstraction:! and te discuss a monumental uudertakins in terms carrying some substantial meaning te the general public. DR. LORENZ WILL REMAIN DR. LORENZ Is naturall scns'tlvp te the unfriendly entl ism te which lie hai been subjected mucc lie arrived in this coun try. His momentary decision te go bnek te Vienna and give up hi attempt te restore friendly relations between the surgical pro fession of Austria and that of the United States while operating en crippled children In American hospitals was net surprising. But Health Commissioner Cepelaud, of New Yerk, under Uiec aiir-plces he has been working in thnt city, has assured him that he Is welcome here and that even in the 'We-'t, wheie he hat been criticized most severely, the University of Michigan i ready te revive him. Dr. I-erenz has therefore decided he will remain in the United States for the prctcnt and continue his work, it ueuld be unfortunate if he were feri ed te have the country by any dcmon?tratieu of hestilit.v having its basis in feelings glowing out of tie war. LOWER FARES: MORE TRAVEL nrillE results of a test made in Connecticut JL with the restoration of u Iie-cent fare en certain trellej line show that in the first week tin re was an increase of mere than lOO.OOe in tli" number of passengers carried. The increased receipts mere than made up for this uddubnal epcn-e involved i la handling the excess traffic There is u point beyond which the public will ceasL. te buy. lis was shi,v n by the ex perience of s,jm lines of trade after the close of the high -wages period of the war. A percentage of the riding public had ap parently ceased te use the transit lines with the increase of fans and resumed riding when they were redti'cd. The lessen lies in the fact that there is mere money in n small profit ami many sales than in a large one with tew sabs, te say nothing of the element of seruec te the public and satisfied patrons. STATE TRIALS AND REPAYMENT SPEAKING nt a meeting in Charleston of Am rican State executives known at the Heuse of (ioverner", Caiy A. Hardee, of Flerida, reopened a subject winch has here here here tofere been intermltteiuh disi usieil, though hardly with the thoroughness which its so ciological importance demands. It is the rierida Governer's contention tiat some compensation for State trial costs should be provided by convicted criminals. If net tee drastically enfened the plan would appear te be both economically und ethically sound. If net the full eper.sr te the Common wealth im judicial pmci 'dines, nt least a certain leturn could be made by prison lnb'ir. Indebtedness should, of course, ens" upon the expiration or commutation i f sentence. Jjtit the fairness of the principle of com pensation te the Statis Is manifest, while it is equally clenr thnt met prisoners re " speud mere quickly te reclamctlen treat ment when at wntk than in unprofitable, extravagant Idleness. A NEW ORDER IN CANADA rIE return of the Liberal Party te power in Canada is an augiity of closer com mercial relations with the l nited States, likely te prove of bubstuntial benefit te both nations. It is no secret that the gre-it majorities cwhich hae carried William Lyen Mmkrii.lc Klili? Inte the Prime Ministry denote a marked revival of interest In the policy of icciprecity und rational tariff adjustments. As in every country, pehtlial abnormali ties and u confusion of conventional party Jlnes w?re directly attributable te the war. The Libernls were materially weakened by an acute controversy eer the lonscnptien issue, which provided the Conservatives with ax opportunity for office such as had net fallen te their let for years. "What may be (ailed the linmedinte after math of tb world conflict U new past, und in oil self-governing nations new political 8jjnjments stressing domestic problems, ,m $1 some extent delivering them from (rent Btent the emotionalists, am In process of fwmitlen. 'Tariff reciprocity pregiams in both Ottneda and the I nited States blue led pre various careers. During the Taft Adminis tration a display of exuberance en the !raldent's nnrt, u few remarks picturing K er pellttnl union of the two countries, , i h Til1 sensibilities and the tariff-agree-' a .tis nremntly foundered. v ' fr sprint en this score was virtually im- possible during the regime of Blr Rebert Berden and the Conservatives. The new situation revives an Important Issue which has heretofore been handled without con spicuous tait en cither sld Reciprocity , Inns one of the fundamental principles of the Republican I'nrtj. would net enly Increase the economic solidarity of North Atncrliii. but as mi inti'rnutieniil ntnenlty shared by two pcateful neighbors, en opposite sldc of an unfortified frontier it could scarcely fall te prev; u sound ngen y of general progress in this hemi hemi jiliere. l'rem tin' bread American point of view Ihe Canadian elcriiens seem te premise n new era of mutual sympathies. RAINCOATS WILL SERVE IF THERE ARE NO UMBRELLAS Ne Law Congress Can Pas3 Will Pre vent Meney Frem Seeking te Get In Out of the Wet MONEY is like men. It knows enough te get in out of the rain. Secretary Mellen eemp alned of the re sults of this habit of money In a letter te the chairman of the Heuse Committee en Wnjs and Means last May. President Harding has Indorsed the Secretary's com plaint, and recommended the submission te the States of a constitutional amendment which will deprive money of Its umbrella, forgetting that there are such tilings as raincoats. The thing te which the President and the Secretary of the Tn-uMiry object is the ex istence of a large muss of Stnte and mu nicipal bends which, under present laws, the Federal Government cannot tax. Congress can tax or exempt from taxation all Federal bends when they are Issued. It ceu tax incomes derived from business or from investment In railroad or industrial bends or stocks. Put it has been held thnt n Federal tax en u State or municipal bend i.i an interference with the control of the States eer tbelr own financial affairs. When the war Income tax was levied, taking up te ";i per cent of the incomes of private citizen', investors at once rushed into the mnrk"l te buy State and municipal securities. They were willing te accept a lower rate of interest if the income was tax free than they were getting from their Industrial securities. Y'ct with this knowledge mailable, se ex perienced it banker as Mr. Mellen is urging nnd hn peruaded the President te utge such a change in the Constitution as will permit the Federal Government te tax nil securities, no matter by whom or by what 1-Mied. The conditions which have called out this suggestion would net have arisen if the In come Tax Law hnd been framed w'lth any proper consideration of sound principles of taxation. There ii always a point beyond which a tax law ceases te yiild any revenue. It is the point where the levy becomes con cen con fiscaeory . Ne law which "Congress or nny State Legislature can pass will ihange this con dition, because every man with a dollar te be taxed will de his utmost te protect his property. He will net consent te tine it taken from him by an excessive tax-. The wisdom of taxliig the income from uny form of public bends, whether Federal, State or municipal, is doubtful. If the bend i taxed, the rate of Interest must be In creased te such an umeuut that the net re turn will satisfy the investor. This Increase Is usually about the amount of the tax. Se a taxed bend means a let of governmental bookkeeping and no net return in revenue, for the tax collected will amount te about the extra sum that must be puld in Interest. This is recognized by the City of Phila delphia, which exempts Us bends from local taxation. It is al-e recegnised by the State of Pennsylvania, which levies no ta en the securities which it issues The practice is criticised chiefly by tin demagogues, who alwiiy.s insist that what they used te call "the bleated bondholders" be made te disgorge for the relief of the peer and the humble. They ignore the fact that public bends always bear a lower rate i of interest than the bends of private cor porations and thnt the bondholder, by ac cepting this lower rate, is really paying I a tax. The way out for Ceng es is net by an amendment te the Constitution providing that hereafter there may be no tax-exempt bends issued, but through u rudlc.il ruluc. tlun of the surtaxes en incomes in the Revenue Law and by the adoption of a sales tax. The sales tax would icst i-ipiitably en nil consumers, the rich paying In proportion te tin ir expenditures and the peer likewise. And u i eductien of the surtaxes would re move from tie redpients of huge incomes the incentive te hide their vealth from the tax collector by investment In tax-exempt bends. The difference between thf income en such bends and the income they would receive from indu-trlal securities would be enough te pay the Fed' nil tax and tht re would be no innnuvc te change the feim of their luvi stments. Tli" Federal Government Itself would profit immemciv by huiIi an nrrungemt-nt provided it made Its bends tax exempt, for It neuhl be ,'ble te de the refunding of billions of dollars of the war d''bt within the next I've years nt II per cent or there abouts, w !,er it is new laying si.uutl.iiu lik' .1 per nt en snort -time leans. This would mean 8Hij,iM)i).(HH) a year Inteiest uii $1 .0u0.0fMt.tnn instead of S.IO.OOO.Oimi, a seving of f-liO.000, 000. COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOLS AFThlt the Councilman 'iave e.i-nl their minds by criticizlt.g the IJmrd . i Public Education 'ir im le.ihing its I nit n: the tax lale fieill e gL'y te Il.lli'tV-l'.Ve l.ts we i e likely te he: . little men (.tout ihe matter. It l- unferfii.flte, of course, thai tli" Scheel IJeaid felt that It had le as!; fn nmre inniiev this year, but It was c nipelled te unl: for much of It in order te pav tl e lncrea-ed sn'aries wauled by the Stati lie. partmetit et Education. Th : beard will get mere than one-third of the tviiiey te be rui-eil hv lnej,; taxation, in addition te a eeriMMrnb e sum contributed from the Stute Treasury. This ought te ; enough te inutile :t te (any en n- uun; w'.tbeut any nerd f ! furt.ii t iucru-e ,n .is satire of the tax rate m fiitutc vein-. QriMP CHR STMAS PROSPPnTc: I WHAT with elc'tii'Ht, central .eaung plants and oil fuel, Chrirtiiins . tran porlalien tei.ti 'in apeady no ily Intel rupteil Ju the absi ti i of clu iih k however, Santa t'luus muv dill t ii ka tu perch climbing and ether untraditlenn! inVthudH of Yuletide invasion. Hut even as. sinning that entry is effected, it is mnv fen fon fen shadewed that tlm censequeu es may hauly be .worth all the extraordinary effort. According te in leremry experts et liyvu- fl VIKING PUBLIC L15DGBKAlLiJiHiA, THUJUSDAY, DEOlSMlil-K cuse University, Christmas trees may neon ! be obsolete, High prices are dealing ene blew te the survival of ui ancient symbolism. Conservation exponents nsslst. The menace 'f lire from the tinseled fir is the culininnt 'fig destructive agent. Doubtless It teitld be proved by charts, graphs nnd formidable tables of statistics that sentiment Is enervating In a people which seeks te be advanced nnd practical, and that Christmas Its -If represents u gross waste of itnl energies. It rim also be demonstrated that In every relationship hu manity, old nnd young, Is ut times Impcrl'ed by doctors and sociologists, by economists nnd eWoicney experts. The world is Indeed n fnlble place If all the possibilities for mishaps are reckoned. In regard te the devastation of Christ mas, the forest conservationist may nppeur te be the most plausible demonstrator. The Natien needs Its trees and does well when it attempts te safeguard them. Put is it really the jelly archaic aint who has been se fell an agent of deforesta tion? When responsibility for the grc-d, the cnrelessiiess nnd the short-sightedness exhibited in the depredations en the tree riches of the country hns b'en lived where it belongs it may then be titling te consider the ravages of Christmas. While accounts arc being squared per haps n spangled tree or two mllit with out tee much damage be permitted te ic ic jeicc the heart of childhood. POLITICAL JUDGES THE Law Association has made n geed start In the work of investigating the legal machinery of Philadelphia, a task vvhi'h it nccept-d at the request of the Runrd of Judges, by taking up at the begin ning the matter of the political Judge. There is no mere serious menace te the In tegrity of the courts nnd te the respect which the I eeple as a, whole have for the law than this. The political Judge always has been an integral part of the political machinery of every county containing a large city, und of some of the smaller ones as well. Ills object Is te build up a political machine for himself or for the faction te which he be longs through the machinery and the patron age of his court. In se doing lie is perhaps achieving some temporary advantage for himself or his patrons, but he is doing serious harm te one of the main foundations of government confidence in ceuits and the administration of them. The ideal of the law is that every citizen shall appear before it, invoking either its aid or its protection In absolute equality. This i clearly Impossible in the cas: of the pelitiil Judge, wiie il always in a compli cated if net actually compromised position with fnver given and received. And when this feeling permeates the community and becomes getieral the usefulness of his court is seriously impaired. Hut there Is no necessity for the political Judge. The attorney honored with n judge ship 1. an well afford, for his own geed name ....I (. Il.nt nt Vila ..All ft 1,1 clVO UII II 11 UIIU "i iiiul v. ,, . ....... - a- -- i connection with politics. The public, even with its short memory, does net forget tne righteous Judge when he stnnds for re-election. The voting public is mere sensitive about the administration of the laws than about almost any ether subject submitted te Its suffiage. ... , The political Judge is himself before the bar of public opinion. He will have n fair and impartial hearing by the Law Associa tion Committee and the public will be asked te render the verdict at the polls later. If the action of the Peard of Judges results in nothing mere than a thorough investigation of the political Judge it will have been well worth while. UNCLAIMED MONEY THE wanderings of a mysterious payment of S34.1V0 made by the Kerr Stumiship Company, of New erk, te obtain the lease of n-uty pirr there have In en traced by it vigilant commission until it low been found that the last receipt of the money was by a man who has stiue died. What l.us b uuc of the cash u net yet revealed nor under the circumstance- i it likih te be. The case in some respects is rnnliiisient of the mysterious $1001) bill which played se conspicuous a pnrt in ihe Fifth Ward case in this city. Rut in both caes there were disadvantages in admitting ownership which clearly out w eight d the possession of the money. The Philadelphia $1000 bill ulti mately went where it did geed, into the hands of the mother of the vi tim of the Fifth Wnrd tragedy. Frem present appear ances, the myrterieus New Yerk money will net be put te se geed a u-e. The chronic Londen pes- Let Sleeping -iml-t who tees a ruinous Tariffs Lie iate war following the light of the Irish btcc State te lew a tariff is unnecessarily alarmed. The" Irish won't levy such a tux because it Is something tiny can't afford. It may even be that the lluht unexercised may prove a wholesome example te European countries engaged in tinanelally cutting each ether's threuts. The thirsty one viewed Progressive Queries with a curious eye the di-patch from Sofia te the effect that full diplomatic relations had been icsiiiiied between Iltilguriu aiid the United States, l'ees "full diplomatic relu relu tines." he nnuses te imiuire, mean thnt It's ! nlvvins fair wtaiher when geed fellows get together? And does fair weather imply wet weather? ! We gather from the railroad probe te date that the wooden com lies wcie equipped with heft pcdalb. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ What Is the new title of Ireland iieeeidecl It In the treutv with i treat Itiitaiti? Where de the Circassians Jive? Who wajj Wolfe Tene and when did he live? What was the first name of Whistler, the fameUH American artist ' What Is a tlriv.un . What is a luinmihulist" What Is a huft'iidn ' Hew long did Him vh of I SI 2 last? Wlvii were the. ijreat p'l.nnid-, of llfypt supposed te luivs li-en built'.' What Ii ' SpoentiiMC ' Answers te Yesterday's Quiz According te a tabic compiled hv Simen Newton from Ien yei) names In blo ble (jrnphu.vl dletlennrlis. army and mew reglsU'is, etc the inesi pep llur unmet) for male children .110 Jehn, William, JanwH and e'harlta Clement riant was a noted LtiRllsh play adapter und iliarnatlc critic, of the into tei nth ccimii-v, vvritliiK chiefly for the Londen I'allv '!' lerapb. A lircHsene li a .r hIiui or saloon. The name Is Imported In KiikHMi from Krance JucqU' H-'Jerniiiin Suufflnt was a cele brated IV mil arehlint, deslKner of lli I'i mil en in I 'ii tin Hla elatcn nru 17CI-K8" Ciiev a Mitall i in I" Northern Franeu neat which tic Jhiifl sli under Kdwnrd 111 K.lneil n ilt'slvt victory ever tint I'ri.ncb under l'l ' ip of Vnlu'j, In i:j,, Mei ' He lv I I'le lll'lallt (idviriier of I'orle Hlce yV.jodie.v WHsuii will be nily-llve en 10. I a. K.tmlittl' ' "s a . ....... I.t. A iUKJ HhuuM 1'' formally nrJcln-HJed an i t- !.iir , I J'.Kia" til "t-ii i r ' The Illv I .vim In one of th thief ilveis if la eland. It flews into the Uriniel I hunnel one of the Indenta tions of th west cetiat Hall y's ceinet was ut vUlbl te the naked eye In 1010. M" 'e te, WHEN COUNCIL DID THINGS Thirty Yeara Age It Investigated Jehn Dardslcy's Accounts and Sent Him te Prison This the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Episode Ry C.EORUB NOX McCAIN PHILAI"ELPHIAS world of finance thirty -one years age this week was being rocked from rim te center. The famous urn en the Keystone National Hank had commenced just n week before en December 1, IS.ie. It was checked within n week and, It was alleged, the renewed confidence of the people was shown In nn Increase in the bank's depositors. Hut the institution was rotten te the core. It closed four months later in March, 1801, unable te stand the strain. Ne crash in the history of Philadelphia's financial Institutions had such wide yet dramatic consequences. It sent two men te the penitentiary, an other into exile for seven years nnd shook the Philadelphia political system till its teeth rattled. POLITICS, graft, the Itch for power nnd n desire te shine as a star In the world of finance were the conflicting elements in tl't' t"eipdv. It was the one time In the pelltlcnl his his ten of Phi'adelphln that the hand of the tnw reached out and seized the "higher ups" responsible for its disgrace. "Honest" Jehn Hnrdsley, City Treasurer, was the principal figure in the tragedy. (Silicon W, Marb, president of the Key stone National Rank, fugitive from justice, was the second of the trio. Charles Lawrence, cashier of the Keystone National, was the third star. The outstanding feature of this drama of n generation age was that "Honest" Jehn Hardsley was the patticnlar friend nnd political favorite of the great niujerity of the politicians of that day. Councils gave a reception In his honor nnd resolved te hang ills portrait in the chamber eif Common Council. Gideon W. Marsh was the type of finan cier who, in that day, aimed te be known ns n lceder in the realm of finance. Charles Lawrence was cashier of the Key stone National Hank and, of course, was cognizant of Its interior workings. It was this fact thut linked blm up with the ether two. "TTONEST" JOHN HARDSLEY was nn " Englishman by birth. He vvns a hail-fellovv-weH-mor. He was popular with politicians. His sobriquet was earned because, up te the hour of his dra matic downfall, he had been credited with being n "square" man. whose personal In tegrity was beyond shadow of n doubt. Hiirils!cy'n trouble began with thut run en the Keystone National Hank. As City Treasurer he had control of the city's, funds. On December 1, TflO. he had S3f1H,0fin of the city's, money en deposit in Clie Key stone National P.ank. It was whispered about mieii after that u high city edliclal had been graltlug. On March 'JO. 1S01, the Keystone Na Na tlenal closed its doers and national bank examiners took charge of its hooks. All that had been merely hinted nt new became crystallized into vv retched fact. Warrants wen: Issued for the arrest of Gideon W. Marsh, its president, nnd Charles Lnwicnce, cashier. Hall was fixed nt 20,000. Marsh disappeared and for seven years was a homeless wnndeier en the face of the earth. His bail bend was forfeited and his securities wcie compelled te muke geed. Lawrence went te the penitentiary. Pres ident Cleveland grauted him n pardon in lS'.m. Shortly lifter Lawrence gained his free dom. President Marsh voluntarily reap peared In the city. He had tired of the role of Ishmacl, the wanderer. He was. ready te confess. There is every reason te believe that the former bank president had been led te think he would be leniently dealt with. The memory of the financial catastrophe was growing dim in I lie minds of men. United Slntes District Attorney James M. Heck wanted the whole story retold when Marsh appca.-d before Judge Htttler in Ihu United States District Court thut fatal eltiy, the Ktth of December, 1MIS. , He wanted le bring out the names of nil who had pielited by Marsh's criminal acts. Hut Judge Puller confined him te the case in hand. Marsh was sentenced te twelve year:, in the penitentiary. JOHN HARDSLEY had been put en the uiek back in J. Mid. On April 20. ISM, the sime City Council that had lauded him te the skies hegnn nn investigation of his books ns City Treasurer. Just tuie month inter Hard-Icy resigned. Five days later lie was arrested uud his hail was fixed at 20,000. Unable te secure this amount of bail from among the men who had fawned upon and lauded him in the days of his prosperity und power, "Honest Jehn" was compelled te be te jail, Seventeen true bills were found against ihe former City Ticasurer by the Grand Jury. Deriving gain from bank deposits of pub lic money was chtgcd in sl cases. Loan Lean ing money as a public official was charged in another batch of indictiiiMits. Mr. Hardsley was very liberal with his leans. They ran in lump sums anywhere from .'0.0011, the lowest, te $100,000. I Mm bank alone paid HunNlcv as high us 20,000 in inteiest f.u- ctj" money en deposit. With one exception. 1 belli ve, all of the banks Involved In the Hard-ley transactions have gene out of existence, or have merged or changed their names in the Intervening years. ARRAIGNED befeie Judges J VII and Willseii in June. ls.!il, Jehu Hard-lev pleaded guilty te i h uf the charges. His sentence Is notable, for the sire of the fine imposed, in criminal annul i in this citv vir , 2:i7.r.:ie. In addition he was sentenced te hftecn years in the penit ntinry. Congressman Geeige s'. Graham was )is trb't Attorney at the time in charge of the e'ase. Wording te Hard-liv's tiituics there was a balance of lf)l,001 li.'t due the clV and Sl.Oil2.7UO.il I due the Stale, mt'al 0f l.l!ll,0.'U..T. Six weeks after he had resigned his office as City Tieasiiivi, J.din HurtMey was ec- iiipyuiK a i en in ine penitentiary, HE SERVED only five ycais of his sen tence, for he was pardoned hv ( ioverner Hastings in lvni. ' Political frhinls worked "fei his release te geed effect. it was shown Hint be had made ristlmtlen se far as lay in his power; also that he had given va'uiihle evidence te the courts, A stroke of paralysis vvas the real cause that led Governer Hastings te extend ex- CI III IV e V leilienc.l , After lii- health had been restored HaiiNley get a position as n i lerk. Hut he wan a broken man, a phvslcal wreck. Fer two years before hs death he was n sufferer from hcait trouble. He died Jan nary -I, 1H0I. JOHN HARDSLEY was net piemcditat I'dlv n dishonest man. His life was free fieni Main or b'emlsh until he yielded te the liiauiilsl incuts of men who used blm fur their ev. n 1 HI pose.... In the v i rd- of a Phi'adelehla banker who get drav n nte the pelirHtl miieisn, t went v odd year aim and "Might relief u iiiilile, lla'ds'ci luiulit linve cried, "Mv hand is in the I enV mouth." ' ' Just ihlrly-eue yenis aw this week f.it" registered the first Indication of the Hnrdslev uffair. It is t-enty years, lucking one month sliuc he died. It wns tlm ir-cnfest and most regrettable episode in Philadelphia politics and financial inisinmuiKciiitiu, .... ,l WHERE CANNON GOT FODDER Fermer Speaker Played Wily Trick en (he Heuse With the Assist ance of Oscar Underwood By WILLIAM ATIIKKTON DC l'l'V SENATOR OSCAR UNDERWOOD, who sits with the American delegation at the Conference for the Limitation of Armament, was, when Congress was asked te appro priate fund- for the enteitainment of visit ors, reminded of an experience he had with Uncle Jee Cannen some twenty years age, vvh"U Underwood was a youngster In the Heuse of Representatives and Uncle Jee was its dominant factor. Congress has a ways been very reluctant te allow Government officials te spend money for entertainment, and the United States lues never been able te give tlm t at tention le the social side of diplomacy which is shown by ether nations. There was n bill before Comuess appropriating cerium money for entertainment, u bill which Mr. Cannen favored, but the popularity of whli Ii he doubted, One night Mr, Underwood's doorbell rang and it was the Speaker. The Republican warhorse asked the young novice of Democ rat le go for a walk with him, and they Mrelled out te Sheridan Circle, which was then in the suburbs. There thf two sat upon a curb and Uncle Jee unfolded the following leheme: On tli" next day. he s-uid, it would preiba lily happen that along toward the end of the session matters would lag and the iu- tendance in the Heuse cliauilier would en 'ight. At that lime he, Republican leader, would ask anion upon this bill appropri ating money for entertainment. lie would like Mr Underwood, of the opposition, le niise and, with some heat, oppose the meas ure He would like Mr. Underwood, how ever, te appear aiurnab'e te leasen anil te seem te be cenverted te an acceptance of It. Thus would il get certain support from both sides of the Heuse ami brcee through. And it did. James R. Mann, et Illinois, the "most competent Congressman," wns trying te get ctitain business transacted one day when the Heuse was working en the unanimous consent calendar. Mr. Mann arose und be gan as follews: "This business." lie nnd. "might he translated today, but it Is obvious that any Individual can prevent il bei.iuse it is pos sible for any Individual te tluevv a monkey vieiich Inte the machinery of the Heuse." At just that moment a member opposing the measure urese and said : "1 make a point of no quorum." Noses weic counted, the point sustained and the Heuse had te go about the tedious task of i minding up members until it get the required number for the transaction of business, This being accomplished, Mr. Maun con- timir1: ... i , i .. ".l t was savine. he proceeded, "any individual may threw u monkey wrench into the machinery, but," he went en, "it does net fellow thut every monkey ought te threw u wrench." V We steed in u eml -circle about thn President's desk in that big. low - ceil -inged itieni In the little one-storied wing of the White Heuse which lie'ds the executive efliii. of the richest nntieu in the w rid. There were a hundred of us, the group of newspapermen in Washington having aug mented itself of late. The President vvas monosyllable today; hadn't much of nny thing te give out. At the veiy point of the semi-circle, where I steed, I was almost behind him nnd from thl point made the fel owing observations. The President Is. thinner iii fact, his big finnic show quite benily through his well tailored clothes. Ills hair is one-third blai k and two twe tlurdi while. Quite stinngely thh combina tion pi' times u shade that exactly matches his b tie eyes. II" has big hands and feel and Unity vv.aix a new pull "f v I'd-kid shoes. When Lord Nerthi liffe said that the Pn siii at was six feit two Indies In hel.dit he evei .estimated his stature by nearly half il feet. The.e is u pile of letters eight inches thl'k en the Piesident's desk. There nre two pictures en his desk one that of Geerge Washington In a geed-sized frame, standing ever te the left. Jut in I front of the President Is u Iltjtla frame con 8, 10-1 "AGREED AT LAST; LET'S STAY SO! . .itV1 8 V sr taining the picture of an e'derly lady. The picture Is quite yellow nnd dim with age. I edged ever te Rudelph Ferslcr, the Assist ant Secretary, and nsked him who is the lady, lie 'ci.vs it is the President's mother, Phoebe Elizabeth Dlckersun Harding. Pugsley s a hit of an unusual name. I den'l think I had ever encountered it until I met Charles William Pugsley, the new Assistant Secretary of Agriculluie. who is as big and bald i's Secretary Denhv himself. Mr. Pugsley says that l.e lias known few men who beie his name. Sonic yenrs age. hevvevei , he had jusi get himself married and wai combining business with pleasure taking a wedding trip, and nt the same Min repotting a livestock .,(,u. down in Texas, lie and his bride sat rt a tabic in a hotel dining loom and he addressed her by her newly acquired menuker. "Is your name Pugsley?" asked a man across the table, and was answered In the affirmative. "Se is mine," t,il(l that individual, "( hailes Pugsley," "Charles Ptuslcy is my name," said the bridegroom. "This gcntb'ici.u." said the ether Charles, "is William Pugsley, mv brother." "My middle name i, William," -aid the future Assistant Seci.dary of Agrieultuie. 4 Senater William II. King, of Utah, made hlshfst public speech at the age of eighteen, nt Trafalgar Squaie, Londen, and lb- sub ject upon which he -poke was Irish Horn Hern Rule. He vvas In laver of Irl-h llenu Rule befiiusc h.s mother was a Crclgl.len. of tin. fnmi y of Mr Admiral Creighen. and there fore wry Irish. Te he sure, the Kings Ucin English hv way f New Eng'and. for Rufus King, intimate et AVxandcr Hamilton and candidate tei President defeated by James .Mduiec, was a lineal ancestor. Self-gevern-nieiit for Inland has traveled far since Senater King was eighteen. Seif-analvsis. says Victer Murdoch, the I-ederal Trad" Commission, is the great fad et .lie. time. Felks sit mound and lake tlcnisciU's 0 pit.,-., 'I'hcv 'iv tin ir mental p.m. ,mt en little tia.v, ii'id i,,,,', them eve, nn s,.,.lt fitl.i. jf CM !, ,.. own ishf'l, is m lirt out "a .emplex" am examine it Tie mental mch-inician wh enn hnd a lemphx y. a whiz Having lhs l-il.fi oneself aput l( , M.li.ewlat .litliciilt te git all the piev.s brK in Phi". t i3 doubtful if it can be done. I hoe H likely te I c.it.ilng 1, ft eve. . i bin one h-is (., -lake himself , Kn . inathlnery t iciiib agi.n. .i, "inteill genee, th.s tampeici -vith. is !ik,lv never ..work s anoethiv again as u did when It had but te be wound up win, the key e a wholesome mteiest in externals te keen l properly lit vetk, " u Today's Anniversaries 1M0-Return Jonathan Meigs became Govern r of Ohie, "ss-uine 18152-David Davis, r,f Illinois, wns an pointed A-seclate .lustie,. 0f ,t ' .., ,,"p Court of the United States Supreme 18154 Detroit lecnme alarmed bv rumors 0fi'LtiT,'U',U? Plut l0 ,)llr theVitv 1 Will Ihe Pepe Invited all I'i.i n Hlsheps te Reme , celehrat'e , J' ,., 1,a,, j,' centenary of the iiia.tjrdea, of Peter ami IS-.'i-Hundreds of buildings destroyed bv f the Japanese city of Yeddo J ' leN4 Ihe Supieinc Court . f il.e im, States d. dared thee ctim 0f ld- axm Immigrants liiii-onetitui limul " HWl-Rcd Cloud, fatuous Sieuv I,, i. flilef. died of old f.gc llt the P ,, ',"" ag y In North Dakota ' Ui'11' 11)111 The United States went .... t, mill rations. ""'l "" soft Today's Birthdays Wil'lniii Cardinal O'Cenneli t u . one of Ihe two me.ul.rs of I, "sa,,, r,,.'M,1' tege lesident In the Ui.tied ;, ,, ' ' ' "N Lewell. Mass., sixty. ,w icar" age r" "l Rear Adniiial Henry T. Mave U v tetbed. born at' Hurlln-Uen, Vt', Hix!v n." yeais age, ' M,xty-llve lUshcp Edward Ilhike, of the .Metlmill, Episcopal Church, bera at Durham mL' fiftyturce years uge, tnam' Uc 1 ' ;1 SHORT CUTS "10-10-7's taste of heaven." Said the little Japnnce: "Hut while ulletin' tell me net In Meurnfu1 ntiiuhers rt-."-:?." The eighteen nrlieles of the Irish treat; de net include u shil'iiliili. Ail that Is asked of Ulster is that she ihall wear a little sprig of gieen. V.'c suspect that eventually the Near East problem will have te content Itself with a near solution. Education Week prompts the thought that it is a wise fathe.- who takes the time te knew his own child. Chinese delegates le the Washington Conference might act with greater wisdom if they didn't have te go home when the Cenfeience is ever. Here in America wc cannot fall le fed the effects of the new ilea,! for Ireland. Twisting the British lien's tail hnj lest much of its viitue us n vote-getter. It is Inconceivable thnt Ul-.ter will want te le scpaiated from the rest of Ireland. Always the north uud south have scrapped under the same loef. Who shall dare divorce them? On reading that prohibition enforcement next cnr will i e.t in the nel'thbeilin.itl of I().0iin.000, the prosperous boet'efper quaintly lcinaiks that it wus worth thl money. The wnrnim: of Watsen, of Georgia, ugain.-t Ameiiean meddling in relations be tween Great Britain nnd Ireland amy, in the light of recent events, be considered as an exercise in futillturlaiilsiu aad surer surer surer erogatien. Carles llerrera became President of Guatemala In April of last year. Anether revolution lias new dropped him. Gnate mala pe'itieians bdieve in the turn of the wh el and their motto Is "Ne prngrcs with out revolution." The New Yerk Stnte College of Forestry urges, in the Interest of conservation th use of artificial substitutes for Ch istmss tree.. Ami the bootlegger, we opine, ina? nporeaoh it with an artificial substu.itc for the Christmas spirit. A Vinelnnd, N. J., mail vvlese riuht hand was amputated a week age is going te have the member dug up nnd the linger' straightened. 'j'hey hurt him, he says. These wlie vouch for the reasonableness of his conviction nl-e have their lingers crossed. The use of helium In the big blimp that made the trip le Wadilngten from Hamilton Reads and mum mark) a step in the de volepuipnt of llghter-than-ai irnft .l"1 n gas that uin't exp'ede and does net li sipate, air travel should seen be safe us trolley car. These who have read of the horrible conditions existing in the famine regions el Russia will lejelce In the action "f H" Unlied States Senate In directing the War Department te turn ei-er supplies te the American Relief Administration. Sympsw should kuuw no nationality , hunger uai none. .. ... ,, i r.i. l'l spasm of "thrift," Themas A. Edisen sips bis son invented II steel shell wheel which could be filled ,,I!J I .M nnd li- made te nil two in les. cue-' ting thieugii i ven thing in i's I"1"1! I" fore expb d.ng. Bef le it ceil'd be U-e en Genual! trenches the war mine te lj" end. P.ut think f n,,. hM,.ct und lejeiy tilings lil.i'y te happen In the next wir. The seceiary general of the Jiuuiir'" Agrl mi tiirnl As oeiiitlen of Cil'lf r lit M teurin- Mriichu In It ..,'-i'i f ii field fr the .'iiiine-e new en the ceist who, he sn)'-j are tired of he ug i (. ,v i . 0. litem ttlen.ni t ;e'.V 'ihe grief the thic.itcned I'veilul vv II en list. Californium i" d f eis de carefully concealed in the interest of int.." sviiiJ,N I k "" Secretary Hoever savs the country! iincmp'eycd have decreased about a mi'Ilen during the Inst few weeks. As that nillllen, will p'neeed te spend its earnings ether ml'II n. wl'l have te go te work te "UPPIJ their needs; and the geed work wi'l rout!""' until nit ,, . L,,.i ...I ......i 1 I..., rt finnthtf i '(11111 aim iiu.w ...-- inuiunai at amity. b . .1 . Jji --!- i.-- ,., A
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