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Cor. rnnlvanli Av- ntl 14th S. 7iw tens Itciuv Tim Mi Hullillrc losrea Ui'EEiu Trafalgar llulUliie HUJiftcnii'TieN Ti:rei.s Tha Emnine Praue '.iron I nr.l te aub firlltfrn in PhllArlelbhlk nnrl anrrnetnttlt' tntn t the rate e( inelve U-) tents nr weak, p.. alie te the carrier. . By mall te relntn eutalJe of PlillaeMphla In in united States. (.'nnaiti. or United Clitei pe- . bmieiih, peaiAga tre, wty i0) tenia par inenin. VlX (10) dellara tier er. tiavalie In Hrivjinre. TV, All fnreir,. i'iiitntrl nn. ftll ilnlla,' it tiiimMe. Netice Subacrlbera wishing address chatiga-1 I mil viva eiu aa wen as new aanress. . BEU, 3000 WAI.NI.T ktweM. mis net 7-ej-- "- - tXAddrtts nil cem'n mmitlviia ,e litem j 7'uMltf Lxtdgcr. Indrvrmtrnec Siiuiirr, P)fM4rlpiu I Member of the Associated Press ' THD ABSOCUrrD I'llVas i rte'iUtVW tltlid te the use for irpubthatiOn e el ii'U ivatchra credited te It or ret ether-: ur crrdite J t tM parer, and alie the local neirj puDlnhrd therein. Alt riglta ef rfpnbI(ra!lei 0 special dltfatchtt herrin are alue reumtd. rhUijtlphlt, Vf,In.iJi, I'rbruirr 1, 14:: BEGINNING TO TAKE NOTICE THE report of the limlsrt t'inmlttte of , the Sinto Cli.inilivr of t'eiimiTte ii in line with the rcconimendut.eni of Auditor 'General Lewis. " The inemlxTi f.r the ininm!it'c nir- busi ness men fanilliiu- with the method, that must be pursued if any buiue rnterpiiNO Is te avoid bankruptcy. They have been 1 studying tin method of the Lciilatuic ninl condemn them without measure. There is no Furious attempt made te keep expenditures within receipt.. There i no trustworthy estimate of what the receipts will be. The appropriation bill" are prepared l)nd passed without eivinc nnj one an op portunity te master their detail". They ere brought out of committee at the end of the irwlen and are then jammed through '" li.tBte, while the (iovcrner, with InsuiDelent Information, lia te de the best he can te cut the expenditures te lit the revenues. The committee recommends tins adoption f the budget hystem hi the preparation of the estimates for State expenditures. The politicians in Ilarrisburg have talked about a budget system, but they have net get be yond the talking stage. They will net get beyond it unless the business sentiment of the State forces them te action. If the Auditor flcneral continue te call attention te the financial trlis in which the State finds itself involved he may b bio te stir up sufficient interest in the mat ter anion; the voters te create a demand for reform. lie has made a geed beginning. SENATOR VARE'S ALARM SEXATOK VAIti: has informed Governer Sproul of his belief that the Republican Party In this Stnte is in great danger. Mr. Varc ought te knew. If the party is in danger he is doing saucb. te put it there. Ter even in this easy-going country nnd this easier-gting State no political party can hope te survive for long If It is content te be organized as a mere pdjunct te the contracting business. JERSEY'S RATTLING SABERS THEKE will be no nctual clash of arms between New Jersey's old military regime nnd the new. Evolution In. tri- vtnphed again, and Rrigadier JenTul How Hew v ard S. Berden has been removed by an act of the Assembly from the control of the State's militia. The Assembly has just acted in time te ( prevent a general disruption of .Jersey's r Tnllitary organization. Met of the active t and experienced officers were In revolt ! against General llerden and the v.trieus units were rapidly becoming demoralized. And the nature and origin of the trouble " e te prove again that you tan find n ( lore of the sounds and sights of militarism , in many unsuspected places and that you 1 de net have te be a German te b"cem" in- texicated by the glitter of n sword or the ""' crash of a military band. 1 The row within the ,Ierey militia was l!S' net due te a conflict of persenalitii-s or pur- s, poses or aims. It was primarily a battle between old ideas und new one. General Berden and his supporters had bei-n a long time In the National Guard. They had te remain at home when younger men uim te Knrope te find that all the theories of mili tary practice made familiar by past ex perience were upset and rcvied in Trance. "When the Jersey guardsmen mturned with their officers they found the Old Guard ready te take them in hand again and remh a re-establish a let of the rules and theo ries which they knew te be useless. Tin Old Guurd. which owed most of its prestige ii political friendship, loved its uniform tad looked with profound pleasure te tin Hevlcw Days, when it could glitter mag nificently in the sun and be saluted und lift Its shining swords in salute te the. colors. 3t,. held out te the last, while men who tnew real warfare threatened te quit if the 'militia wasn't brought up te date The Old Guard steed through a storm of political maneuvering 11s the 1'rem h I ad steed at Verdun. They proved at the Inst le be made of pretty stern stuff Hut they were routed at last. The Jcrej militia will be better for their going. If the war taught I i( us anything it taught us that you cannot '?- plny at the game of military oignnuatlen 1 , Atiis.i.1tA. ftfMiil ltntikii Leriiif.it 'it fimw C determined te in-cstablish a sjsiem of or- V "ft ganlsatlen which, maintained pn-vleunh in $$'$' U National Guard divisions, had te be dis- P t CrUCU "Ml'll C WM.541M fcV " U .H -'i gOIYItUT A I 91. LUUlt Kt'lv'fPHB attractions of Flerida did net appeal ( -ijL te C'eunellnien Wegleln and Hall until ':t ' .f .. ..t..l ...1,1. .1 && Mayer aioerc, suricueu wun iiicm. was en ft" Ms way bact Heme. f When the .Mayer Una arrived in wash i Ington en his way bsck the two Councilmen announces! that they were going te St. Xmdt next week. St. Lucln is noted ns the i scene of many conferences at which the ? political affairs of this city and thin Com monwealth hare been dlscucscd, Ur. Hall and Mr. Wegleln are te be ,ke :.- l..i hin 1,il..i... u.. pLcvvwyauivu 11 .,. .-.Mwituun rceurc uj Mss V. tjunningaara, whose activities i fenerally annpese-i te be affected by n mxl ,Oen te pentics, una senator 1 are will bat by water, and may by chance meet Mksrs after he arrives. Congressman a arranging te join his brother, and aid that the weather hereabouts Is se fnwipsasjwt that Governer Sproul will find VK MrMapia te sees ine miiuer cunie of Ht. '-sMVsMi in the near future. iSWales'lie one will admit that politics will st in jBieriun, iscnnier vare lias 'tkatt.th gubernatorial situation ; tst upui alter bis return. ?Wt.''0 t will be 1 1 cMrNsIXtr the man recalled that ft demand for the appointment of Congressman Vnre was made en the Gov Gov ereor, and Ills reply was the appointment of Oconto Wharten Pepper. A tlemnml Hint the Governer Indorse the candidacy of Harry Mac-key mny result In hli Indorse incut of- well, some one who resembles Maekcy no mere nearly than Congressman Vnre lesenibles Senater Pepper. EPOCHAL ACCOMPLISHMENT CROWNS ARMS CONFERENCE Constructive Adjustment of an Array of Momentous International Problems Removes All Doubt of Its Success THE Washington Conference, new fast drawing te a elee. has been ti brilliant and extraen'-uary micces. The nole of nptlniNm is net strained in this appraisal, which is supported bv tin atray of hearten ing and Mubtnutlnl iiecempli-diments which it behoove, an anxious and .emewluit waty public te rei-ngnlxe. The deliheratieiis jji (he lapitnl haw net tian.fefineil huiiinn iinlure or inaugufatid an era et swcelne.-s and light ceniinensiirale with the dreams of extreme Idealists. The meeting wns net called te weik miracles. Its participants have tiel posed as necro mancers. Their action-! have revealed the reprcentativis of nine nations as practical statesmen engaged in the solution of prac tical problems which were none the less dilliiull because of netualit. In the main, contrevcriC" of the first .uagnltiide. which haw clouded the path of progress and linpeiiled the stability of civilization, bine been ndjuted. The open M'-isien of the Conference in Washington today the tirt since December 1(1 marks In a sense the beginning of the li-"l net of an imposing international ('rama. Loese ends of detail remain te he assembled, but dis position has been made of viitually all (he majur isue Twelve weeks, the duiatleu of (lie ton ten clavp thus far, is net tin nbneimally long period for the transaction of momentous busines". The public is, of course, invuria blj an impatli-m audience. Its capacity for drnfatizing its ambitions and then setting Impossible stainlards of achievement is no torious. Mr. Hughes unquestionably whetted thiR appefitie with his prompt nnd explicit program of naval disarmament, admirable though this was. But if the light of retrospect be peimitted te. shine, all icasenable minds may derive stimulation from the dovetailing of aspira tions with performance. Conspicuous fac tors of friction with Japan have been re moved. The Angle-Japanese Treaty has been delivered te the scrap heap. A basis of co operative development and piotectieu has been established ill the Pacific. Ter the first lime in history live great nations have vol untarily reselwd te reduce and restrict their navies. "cw standards of policy, bill walked bv a reawakened spiilt of fair play, have been established regarding China. Adult Americans will net sacrifice their sclf-respc( t or their alleged rcwrenee for the principles of common sense by applaud ing the summation of well-directed energies. Even the Senate, if it is capable of blushing, may perhaps be embariasscd by the passing of If favorite goblin, the Shantung dispute. It has been fashionable, te u-gard tins question as a mare's-nest. The Treaty of Versailles left it unsettled and it was gen erally viewed a.- n topic of alarming delicacy. Encouraged b.l suggestions from 1 'resident Harding mid Arthur Balfour, the foremost principals in the controversy, China nnd Japan, have evolved n compromise whiiii re stores sovereign rights In the peninsula t the fernn-r nation and original possessor. This categorically means the Japanese evac uation of Kiao-Chau. The railwav agree ment is a compromise, providing for pnj -incut for the line In Chinese treasury uetej running fifteen J ears, with the option of complete redemption at the expiration of five years. Ter the same period the trallh trallh ineuiier will Le Ounce, w.th a Japanese assistant. While the renunciation of tl.e claims of the Tokie Government .s thus somewhat qualified, the situation sr, treed y ieembl--s that impasse of HUJi in which possesien, of Kiao-Chau was deemed by its occupants te be a Japanese fruit of the World Wai. The naial-reduclien tieaiy, held up fei scmal weeks bj discussion iepeeting forti fication lights, has lieeji clarified by defini tion, of the highest hUteiic importance. Ne restrictions ate placed en strengthening of cea.t defenses in "Japan proper." New Zealand, Australia nnd udjac.ent teniteiies, including New Guinea: nor en tin- mainland of rh" I'nitrii Stales. A!aka, Hawaii ami the Panama Canal Zene. The status quo Is te be j.re.civeil in the Philippine., Samoa, Guam, Hongkeng and. wlih tin above ex ception. British insular jie-scssjun. e.ist of ll'i degiee-s e.jr longitude, in I'ori,.esa. the llenins, 11 few ether groups of Japanese islands nnd in the Kurlle group l.wng be tween Saghalicn and Kamchatka. This Ian exemption is imteweitln in ;rs relation te an agreement that ihe Tinted States will net lertifv the Aleutian Islands, stretching irmu Alask.i almost te the main- ! land of Asia 'I his chain Is n cnmpirat:c!, near neighbor of the Kuril., -('lie Mtuatn-n comfortably suggests that pievalling en the Canadian tteuitier, whetc the. ban en ferti- ! ficsriens he. ireciJ (,ne of the most u . j assuring -al'egu.irds of j nice, leileuniling 1 te flic iiedit ejf r.iiiain's largest dominion 1 anil the world's for'iuesi lepublic 1 elienient of the lusulur protee-iieti pleb- lem sheulil tleiu- tin-way feu a correct under- staudlngc-f rlic I'our-I'ewerTrruty, plc-lglng the 1 nited stutes, Gi-ar Bril.un, Jiiiuin and I'nuice t- submit all future l'.icilic di.. piites te arbitration. Ii weuh! lie absuid te deny that this pae'. ulneli s ip.rseil,., the Angln-Japnuese Tnai, . net nuthiiiin' Itisurancei against war. The Shantung in cold 1 "Helen possible tin- indersement by China of the Niue-I'eiwr Treaty restoring te n gieaf but weak nation ingredients eif national integrity, hitherto Ignored during n season of rempeiitivi: nggiessien ,y out siders. The withdrawn! of the Japanese from Siberia Is n subject which the) Conference declined te examlne deeplj. Evacuation is new dependent upon the ultimate geed faith of the Tokie Government, The elisfuwr with which the Enlleel States regard the present occupation has been formally n--corded. Restriction upon aiicrafi and subiiiaime building Is another topic which tin- se. se. slens did net press. The question, how ever, Is certain te be lerivt-d In the 'com .mission te frame the rules of warfare, which will succeed the Conference, Hut the lapses of the con-dare, if thv msytbe se described, wclxb Jlgbtly against EVENING PUBLIC LEJDttEK- Its treasury of geed deeds. With n fidelity rare in the nnnals of international confer ences n program, in Its outlines that of Secrctttry Hughes, has pushed te n tri umphani conclusion. The perspective of history will be of serv ice In establishing the tverth of the Wash ington Conference. Clese te the event, however, merits of the highest order arc discernible. The sfntcsmen who will set forth the achievements In (he plenary session ledny have no need te be npoleglts. Apologies are out of place In n situation made stately by the eloquence of accomplished facts. MARGOT ARRIVES NO ONE jn the Conference for the Muti lation of Armament, se far as we have been able te learn, hud anything te say about the .Menace of the International Lecturer te tins Cause of World Peace, mid no delegate appears te have been able te formulate any plan adequate te cope with a practice which still tends te firmly estab lish a f pudency toward homicidal mania among (he national characteristics of other ether wisp well-meaning people. Se .Airs. Marget Asiiulth, wife of the former Premier of Britain, arrived, like W. L. Geerge and the rist of them, without Interference. We have reasons for feeling thnt it would be better for us te withheld complaint. Fer Vaclnl Lindsay was lecturing net long age in England, if memory serves, anil one Vachel may easily be us painful as ten Mnrgnls. Mr. As-qtiidi, whose impoliteness in print gave her international fame, has come le lcclure. She will net discuss P.ritlsh pelitie-s or British labor or the social slate of England. The Intel national lecturers neve! talk erf the things they knew. And fheic is eeni strange thing te be said about all of them, whether I hey are Britishers holding forth te tlu people of the Cnited States or Americans lecturing te the British. They appear te knew less about n subject after they have studied it than they knew when they knew nothing. Se, nt least, it appears after a survey and analysis of the thing" said nnd written in England, ntid even en the Continent, by the literary ladies and gentlemen who like te exploit en 1 he platform the transient fame that is theirs as the writers of book". One may venture te guess at the cause of all this. The literary trotter en either side of the ocean sees only the mere lamentable aspects of a hurrledl." visiled country. Mr. Wells saw little of the Cnited States but overcrowded nnd ever-lawsh restaurants and hotels. Marget Asqulth will see Broad way and Congress. She will se" much of the hotels, and it would be like her te be lieve thnt the Cnited States Is 11 land-populated wholly by bell-hops. What is mere, she- would be leady enough te say as much in 11 book of essays entitled, let us say, the American Scene. Whatever book she writes about America and she is sure te write one, because they all de it will be unkind. If Mis, Asqulth couldn't be kind te her own friends she cannot be expected te be kind te her distant cousins across the water. The literature of mlsrepi escalation which grows out of these lecture tours is ton ten tinunll expanding. A very large reading public in England visualizes the Cnited States as a plate In which each day's work Is n riot of high-hatted, white-vested men for any dollar that happens te be brought te light and one In which the captains of Industry wear two or three pounds of dia monds mi each hand. In n similar quarter in the Cnilcd Slates it is fashionable te suppose that the English de nothing but drink in their pubs and scheme te steal ether people's trade ami ether people's tec tec literies. It will be interesting te listen te Marget A.quith alter she returns te England. Her book wn. saiil te have been devastat ing. It was devastating te the British aristocrats' icpiitntlnu for geed taste. Like all the ether itinerant iiitellec tuaK Marget will leek nt I'pper Broadway and the Heuse of Representatives, and snj. "Se this is America '." Similarly our own wanderers leek at the Pans bnulmimls and the Cafe of the Cat Dead or Paul Pelret or Clemencenu and say. "Se this ii- that heroic Trance !" International conferences called n the future te seek out the cause, for the per sistent distrust and di-llke which exist among nations will sun-lj put a ban of some suit ejn the international lecturer. There will be established boundaries within which each country will be compelled te ke-t-p the talkative folk who de net knew what thet are talking nbeul. ' THE EASIEST WAY" I T ANY ONE thinks that President Hard ing does net knew hew te plaj the game l.t-.l. 1... !l .in ,iil fli, 1. ,ii,snn lin.. i, . ill WHICH Itc I"- ' ntip' m ..it. isti-. 1,..- .,.,- ether guess coming. The President bus just appointed Sena Sena eor K.-non te the bt-in li of the Tederal District Ceeurt in Iowa at an annual salary of i5s.,"ilii The appointment is for geed behavior. Tfic Senater has incepted it. and hit. announced that ids taste. Incline te the bench inthcr than te political activity. But tin- Senater was ihc head of the agricultural bloc, lie was making trouble both for the President and for his Repub lican colleagues. The ether members of the bloc depended cm him te plan their campaign-' 1 1 i - li'tireuu'iit will leave them li-wi.f ..rlcs.. ' le.-ielerless- UkI sanl .nothing I HO ll''S'Oltl IK.- I'"' .1.11 .1 !.!.., 111 flu, Sliiti.iteu . tie in 1. .. I.I..... Imiu lias llinilli in' I',"' i" - tempted him b.v ail nllim le which bi taste 1u.1I.es liiin iin-lineel. and In- has Sanl many niee thing. 11 be iiit tin- fitness ,,f the Iowa s.'....ii.iv t'ni' the tielli-li Oliee mole 1' is U'-iiiei.si iiin-ii huh 1 in-re e mole- subtle wiijs of le moving 1111 ob 1 .1 1.. i.e... 1.... le 1,.. iil.li .I...... an- 111 LH.I' ,.!, ,'. M ni-'iiiii, .... ..1.. I.. 1.1..,. I. II. II III. tvlt-ll lltllll. stacle than stncie WIIUI i'. i'n.ii. t. 'M' ' .,....- mite, a way which does lint endanger the head cif lili 0110 whc-ll I lie fragments of the il.winiitltcd obstacle' obey the law of gravity and return te the earth WHO LIVE LONGEST THE death a' the l-'eru-st Heme .1 Mrs. Annie Wine Barnes, an acti-ss. at the age of i-i','lit -one- ye-ai-s, will 1-1-iiiiiul the elisrning that the people e,f the stage live long A woman seventy jcirs old 1. acting a leading pan In a plu In this - ity m the present time. When "Einiitiie" was icviveil a wmniin sevent) -five jears old. who c-ieiitcd one of the parts in It, was called back te the stage te play the same part, nnd Francis Wilsen and De Wolf Hepper, both mere than r-lty-five 'wars old, were as agile ns in their jeuth. Jeseph Jeffersen continued te play inng after he wns seventy. There are scores of old actors, famous In their clnj, who are new living In retlremefit. But ncteis are net the most long-lived persons'. Seme- one once made 11 list of 1000 famous men, showing the age at which they died, and found that the average age of the pbj-'li-ians was highest. They llicd te 70,-11 eiiis. Historians came next with 70, .1(1. Statesmen dlcel at the age of !7..'S7 and Kings at the age of ,"s,rj."i years. Peets lived only 11 juir and n half longer than Kings. There sccius te be u fatality about kinging and verse tanking that does net nflllct the writers or lmtery or or prescrip tions. 1 i,;' 1 -PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Gentle Radicalism of Qentle Radical Seethes te Qentle Slumber But Conditions Discussed Were Conditions In England B.v SARAH J). I.OWRIi: ANY ONE who has read much English biography, especially of the Victorian period, must have n sense thnt, whatever family lest or gained ground, the Russcllx managed te keep somewhere near the center of (he Mngc politically nnd Intellectually. And the same thing might be said of the family in this first quarter of the twentieth century, only the iwiitics of the most con spicuous of them is of ee radical a type compared (0 his seniors thnt the fact that he Is in the line of succession te the head ship of the family must be an astonishing thought te sonic among them. Knewing the Hen. Berlrand Russell'" leanings tjeward pacifism nnd his out nnd nut sympathy with the EnglUh Laber Party ami the miner of his aircst and of his being spirited nvvay out of harm's rea'ch by solicitous family friends during the war I say rumeis, for they were never explained, and when he turned up la'tcr in Asia, or was said te be in Chlnu at least, that was never explained but knowing what he was and what was rumored concerning him I bought n book he published some time age and Kit down te icad what I thought would be the high tnlk of nn enthusiast. Se it may have been, but as It had te de with higher mathe matics it left me cold, incidentally, he Is a university professor, and the book was a technical treatUc en tome seit of higher cal culus. When the English labor program that wns fe line and Utopian enme out during the wnr nnd wns mere or less accepted by English and American progressives ns the last and best word en constitutional socialism, mnnj persons thought the agreement had been worded by Russell, since it was undoubtedly the English of n university man. and llert inmi Russell was the most conspicuous uni versity man from the viewpoint of America who hnd identified himself with the Laber Party. But that theory hns never been verified, and certainly there wns nothing in Bcrtrand Russell's book en higher calcnltiH that wan anj thing like the Laber Party's platform English. However 1 have continued te have nn unflagging Interest in Bertrnnd Russell just en general principles, first because he is n Russell, then because he is a progressive and last because, whatever he docs or sajs, even the English conservatives de net seem te think he ought te be shot up or squuslnM or put a Mop te. which shows that England Is n great deal mere solidly sine of her conservatism and Its peweis than we arc ever hcic. THE ether day when I was asked te go te n Seventh Ward meeting of the League of Women Voters nnd te incidentally meet the Hen. Mrs. Bertrnnd Russell nnd te hear her tnlk en English politics. I was very (Jlad te go. knew that Mrs. Russell was an American wis-, in fnct. a parr. Philadelphia!! nnd n Brjn Mnvvr girl, all of which made bet interesting apart from being Bertrnnd Russell's wife but whnt I wished te observe was whether she would seem radical te nn Ameilenn or jus,t Eng lish. A cousin of hcis had told me Inst summer that when she had met her some years ng' at a reception at llrjn Mawr, given in her honor, as she was Swept past her along the line by n rather peremptory introducer she had murmured te Mrs. Russell: "I think we arc kinV" knowing full well they were second cousins! Whereupon Mrs. Russell had looked at her with kindly but icmevcd interest nnd inurmiiied: "What Is kin?" and left it nt thai. I wanted te sec if Mrs. ltus.cll looked as though she would still ask that question. And then I get te that meeting nnd v.ns arranged In a most comfortable armchair and Mrs. Russell came down stalls and was pleasantly intreeluce-d by her hostess and ours. Miss Marien Reilly. and began te tnlk very amiably and without any tiresome, in in in lioduclien about the political diffeiciice. be tween this country and England, all mero ejr less lu favor of England, but net Insi'tcd upon with any complaisant assurance. 1 felt se .soetheil and comfortable and nt rest about her neither being tee radical nor tee English that I dropped off Inte a lovely sleep through which I beard well-rounded definitions and boine pleasant quotable things such as: "In America things arc much mere stren uous politically; is it perhaps because in England a man 'stands' fop Parliament, while) hen- a candidate 'inns';' " nn( "I am told that in some States your bal bal eots are marked with the party signs te designate the affiliation of the candidate-', ami that an eagle typified the Repuelii-aus and a feiintaiu the Pridilbltiensts, which wns net always ns clarifying as It was hoped, the man who wished te vote 'wet' c-hoet'ng the fountain, and the Socialist choe.-ing what he called the 'chicken.' " She remaiked en the comparative sim plicity of the English elections with four or live candidates from which le thoesc ntid our tremendous ballets of sometimes "00 names ami national. State, inunly and mu nicipal elliecs te till. T GATHERED fiem her that the Laber J. Pally in England is what the conserva tive Laber Patty of the Gompers brand is here, except it Is politically erganucil te vole, 1 al her than make its pics.iiri! te-lt by strikes. It leans vety tar away from social' ism eif the communistic sort ami has dermrtc-d fiem its original cellectivlst trend. That is, li Is working toward a constitutional ele ele mecraey. She said very rightly that with the present system In England the mlneilty parties have a better chance te make themselves felt there than here, because in Parliament th Government can nlvvnjs be voted out of power en any iin-asuie brought up by the part) chief 111 tin- Heuse e Commens, And the b.v -elci-tleii is also u we-uieiii in the bauds nl the mlneiity. That is. en the death or leslgnntien of a meiiile-i'. tile vacant mmi can be contested for in tin election in which the v. hole- country can take pint, since ,1 candidate c,m tun or st.ind. lather for the seat from any party and from any p.nt of the ceuntr.v. On the eleatii of Peiile-e. for itibt.iuie, his siiccessnf for the unexpired time would net have been appointed had It been in England: lie would have had te stand fm election, ami llii. pin tics could have put up Hoever ev Weed op Pershing or any man thiv these from 0115 where. Till Laber Party in England is vetv 1 keen nbeul tin- dewnline nt -e.wii el inib- lic utilitle-s, ,i well us bunks and niine and insurance. The taxable pie pert j and the per cent 01 tax would make the gieal e-stntcs piehlbitlw, Mis, Russell i-iimi.iIIv iciuurkcil. 1 suppose if she had bei n talking about raising the taxes right Inte m Philadelphia I would net have chopped off se gently in between her cheii fully voiced lenini-lts. ip. mciiibei-iug the miles nnd miles et unculti vated sheeting preserve, in the heart of England, and the filghtful overciewdlng of Londen with its brutal poverty, I thought ps 1 dropped eff: "Geed enough for (hem." But I have thought since that if we were willing te listen te the Laber Party's plans for England from a lnberite. we ought 10 listen te Inber's plans here nnd from n labor laber itc with the same easy "llvc-and-lel-llve" lecllng thai we had in that drawing room listening te the Mell. Mrs. Ilcitrnnil Russell, Senators plilppv. War- Disguised leu and Sterling receui- Blessings mend 11 law- te compel the iiiciii-poriitlen of fa- Imii- union. Tin- suggestion will meet vvllh much opposition; the postage of the law, though just, may work some hardship here and there; hut indubitably such a step mould be in the right direction. Many who evade responsibility, later, when it Is thrust unen tucui, cuerisu it as. a pnymic,,., s iMsVr SsS '"k. ,.."F- l,( et.'criJn-J-ie ITSr:?:'. i,vS:-- S. .!-'c . --mT s.vy tr-.esg3KiisAi r -3 jr. '0- J A 1 .Z II I Vj - -.-- ,ys. wsxs. ' 1 K I MatrS vHsaft Sifll 1 A 1 17 IPJI IT ' 'I Hhj 1 i 111 WlaHWl W'lii Mill 'II n yps'S'.-rtSSSSsSSSam .alTBEiSZZsiBBB5Ii'ti.!'Si: i'l-il A Ti -1 J? . !Ki ..Tjs -s . '-s1. T rftlr: ZZZ 9na3LHBafHaPSS L X HfV -..-' ST:' Ck 'TSSftl - "SSST&MmmTf s.Ux. V.fe-Js5S3'-tSL:S. "!!2SK&ia Zr.VzZi'tViy-r-vr'-tm .-,rtf" .--. J :'. """-..".- ' ""-c KZaSBilf '2tiGSZ xti&'&SStzzm "-.. " f- j-j ST y ." ' v -fit" " NOW MV IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best EDWIN CLARK On Building Inspection THE best and only practicable way te prevent necldents In building is te held Ihe owners strictly responsible, lb the opinion of Edwin Clark, chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection. "Accidents such an that which occurred in Washington last Saturday evening, iild Chief Clark, "arc exceedingly rate nnd. in un impettant feature, it was different from most great theatre disasters. In most ac cidents in places of amusement, the death roll Is vastly tcvvclleel by the panic conditions which fellow the actual accident, but in this one. panic evidently had little te de with the number of fatalities. When 11 panic Is cre ated, the building is net endangered by it, but in lids case, it would appear that the building simply fell in. "Concrete reefs are numerous and they nrc uidinarlly safe. It Is net the kind e construction iluit causes nny danger, and the ordinary concrete reef stimuli! safely bear tar mere weight than put upon it b.v several feet of snow, provided that the material used is of the best quality, that the workmanship I.- lir.t class and that the design Is correct. And of these features, design Is the most lui lui 1'ettaiit. Stresses Should lie Calculated "If these three elements are as they should le, the concrete loef is absolutely fate and should bear safely a great deal 11101 e strain than Is ever likely te be put upon it. The proper method of construction is te cnlculate the greatest stresses which will be put upon n structure and then provide the material, weikniiinsblp nnd design te 111010 than bear these stresses salc-ly. "The owners of buildings and the eontrnc eentrnc eontrnc ters who crcs.-t them are responsible for their construction. It would be the best thing pessibles for the safct.v of the public If the owners of buildings were held strictly re sponsible for tlni conditions which exist tlieiceu. "The officials connected with any cltv de net underwrite the safety of the buildings of that c-it.v. If they did. flic city govern ment would be paternalistic nnd it would be necessary te have the funds nt linnd le make such repairs as would be found necessary, Inspection of Buildings '-The t-iilef part of the work of the build ing inspector lies In the inspection of th buildings while they are under construction. It would be n line thing if the building in spectors could be continuously present while buildings were being erected, te sec that the specifications arc- being ligldlv (..implied with, but this is clearly impossible. "Anether Important thing i-i that llieic should be occupancy licenses, and no building should le used for occupancy unless It was well adapted lu the piii-pesu for which its use Is (eiitemplatcd. In this manner, both the public and all private tenants would be i-.mply protected against the use of any structure net in every way fitted for tl.e pur)Hse of thp occupant. "Building inspectors arc something like policemen In 11 way. Where they find Il legalities or the existence of dangerous conditions-, these ate promptly rectified; but in iismueh a. if Is impossible fe have continuous Inspe.clieii of c.uli Iiulivldiial job, defects may. In smne Instances, (repp into the Hirudin e. Te held the building inspectors responsible ter the safety of such a building would be somewhat similar le holding 11 police officer responsible for net catching u lawbreaker for nn offense that the policeman did net see committed. Make the Owners Responsible "The only solution is te held the ewneri strictly responsible for nny accidents which may ex-cur in their buildings, If this were) done, the owners would been see te it that they employed only thoroughly efficient nnd responsible) men fe de their construction work, and they would see te It, further more, that the materials were of the licit and that the workmanship and the design were such as the strucliire demanded, "When a building permit Is Issued, it gees te the owner or te his authorized agent ; and when there are coiuleiiiiiiilien proceed ings, these also go t-i the owner, The con tractor Is net eificlally lecegnlzed lu cither the Issuing of the permit or lu the con cen con dcmiiatien, "The function e'f the building Inspector has te de enlv with construction ami ! ll I Pt!,Jl, tej!. wl.h ..ll, maintenance of n - e building, "lieu buildlugs are constructed 1, 1922 , PASSING AWAY - . "r.: '--.Siim. . T"-w... '-.. "-T". -.w vSwnu. . : ' jrjys ? s. -". x 'i-ii i-'.v ' - : . 1 . '.isr j'jr . r- jr bb. SSSaw-BSaaSaaalL -.LIL.-i'--J..iXK"- . . m-nr-F' -..- u. i. j 7t--ii 1 ,'i. iii" '. - wi-i JIf ArlG--,. . (tsCaiV' mtlB&m. tic-cording te the law, the functions of the Inspectors cense nnd are taken up again only when n complaint ns te the safety of the building is received, or when the structure comes directly under their observation. "Building Inspection is practically the same nil ever the Pulled Slates in its gen eral features nnd method of operation. Public nnd semi-public buildings receive mere at tention than ethers for obvious reasons. But. in the end. the safety of any buildings Is immediately in the hands of Its ewners.and it will continue te be se unless 11 siimclent force of inspectors can be provided te give continuous nttentlen te every building erected in the limits et their jurisdiction. "In the case of the erection of buildings, the owners pay for certain duties te be per formed, and it is their duty te see that this service is In responsible hands nnd that it is fully performed te the best interests of the public nnd these who mny use the build ing. Responsible contractors- will net bcamp their work merely because an inspector cun cun nej be present all the time, and these arc the only kind which owners should use in the erection of any building. "It gees without saying that every one should build safe buildings regardless of the expense incurred te make them se. Our Buildings Safe "I may say that the buildings in the City of Pliiladelnhln which arc used for the pur poses of public assembly nrc net enlv strictly safe, but all of them are provided with ado ade filiate exits, te be used in the case of emergency. "But in the case of a panic, the mnttcr of ample exits Is n miner one, although some terrible disasters have occurred in public buildings for this reason. There has been tiene new for a geed many veurs. as the Im portance) et ample nnd rcadllv accessible exits lias long been fully realized. How ever, n panic can occur in an open street se far its that is tencerned. It is only n matte-.-of these who !ir(. Milncl pushing ever and trampling these who arc ahead. "As long as these iiheud can keep up with the speed of these v.'ie nre pushing them on en ward and can keep their feel, there Is Iltt'e danger of disastrous consequences, although fheie will be much jostling .i 11 wild rush. But when one gees down, the danger of se rious injury te many with possibly less of life Is very great." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ . AVJ1".' f-lbuleu'? animal la flnsle horned? .. What were the names of the Three eraces . 3. -NV1$nI(Jn.,th0 lllira smallest State In the t. In what part of the Continent of Asia Is the city of fc'lniwpere? 5. Mie were the nine Muses" C. Who wns William Wyeherly? '' "'.'itf, ls ,,nc !lRln f 'be expression. "The Rlery that was Oreece and the grandeur that was Reme'"' S. Where and what Is Wrens ? deficit?'' tl UCC"IU fa" In ",c v'etl1 10 What Is an unguent? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1 ' '"!,",!!;? J2.5 !!,m," . '. Pl-ved by erlKlmilly a, chime uf four bells t,. which there Is reference In tle mm ," ..-rivc.1 from the i,atln ''nun tiier" tbreUEi the old French ''careuV. n a n-h -1.1. -1.7. ".--:." '." "eneicr inntl.' " "V..V'"C,' w Ul "10 Azores Is 1'entn DelRHda. li. A fess In heraldry Is two horizontal 11 nes. field C. Helvetia Is the Latin name for Svvltzer. llie Jltln expression. "Rheii fuernes 1.. Ce......... .. - in correctness. 0. Tlie lust syllable) of the word conduit Bheulil l)e pronounced "It." Tlie "il ls silent. " " 10, An aye-aye la a singular nocturnal lemur a kind of monkey, with W a!.ei?"r' " !"? ,nl' ana 'atUl teeth, it j- 4WS.UU m -"""a'tpaaris , te the wssewary x has two lrB.',Hlea 'ih correct title of th0 l.oeU pefeuiirlv "?'". ns "Alice. In Wen'lerlnnd Is "Alleei'H Ailventmvu 1.. , ."!'"' IS '"Via 1'IIIU 1H II inPfPft Allalfenl re.. . 1.. a'."' fill liliplilermei.l . B one of lie-odes' of ,' ' ".? fURiicea labuntur mini- ..i.e... 1'"u '-Alas! the vears tly lew y rn-ftly -' huliellni.lster inUHU, Is music vvi-tti,i liv a i.ii,,WttSi rr ' " Xffijj '&& ..Ja vuMmr .Itfc-BflKCt-sC.ay ' t'-W.i. t3s, SHORT CUTS Shackleton dead remains an Inspiration. Afterthought is what runs Coroners' juries. The stork has visited Mrs. Koe. Its burden seen will murmur "Goe." Heflln, of Alabama, will henceforth be careful hew he throws stones ut Glasn houses. The Toddle Tepper wants te knew if Kenyen was benched for criticizing the umpire. As Mayer Moere sees R. Congress will be readier te recegnize the Scsnul than te finance it. There ere times when "escheat" seems te be trotting around with mere letters than it is entitled te. Judging from recent Interviews with Mrs. Asqulth, reporters arc net making much progress with tiie argot of Marget. ... Ira'. Margaret Sanger says super-men will result from birth control. Mr. Hcnrv Peck euys they are little better than super , Mauch Chunk hosiery mill working full time, taking en empleyes and paying big w'ages. Mere work ter the First National Bank el Lisle. ,Whc.n tIlc Practical joker who is pend ing in false fire alarms ls captured he should be placed In a snowdrift and have the host played upon .him. Despite disorganization of the Russian railroads, American feed Applies are reach ing the famine districts. Charity occasionally rises superior te economics. 9 The pigeon that tried te steal a diamond ring irem n Mlddletewn. N. Y., jewelry store probably wished It te be known that she was net n common carrier. Fermer Deputy Police Commissioner of jNevy lerk. Interviewed in Ionden, says Getham police are unequaled in the world. Individual subscription. Special rate for clubs. Sarah Bernhardt Is sick, but her doctors feel no uhirm. Her condition Is robust, thev sny. beenuse she Is determined net te qui"t work. Leve of work is n great life pre fcrvcr. Investigations new being conducted in all the big cities of the country prompt the thought thnt, while the groundwork of the drama may still be uncorrected, the reef that shelters it Is no longer neglected. One suspects u wicked sense of humur back el the bill Introduced In the New Yerk Legislature which provides that any person who for pay or reword shall udvecate and biippert any legislative measure calculated te restrain the exercise of personal liberty shall be guilty of hypocrisy, punishable as a misdemeanor. Ludlow, Vt,, man strangled bobcat with his bare bauds. Grasping its hind legs with his gloved hands, n Minneapolis, Minn., man slew-a large timber wolf by smiibhliiK its bend against an Iren fence, lisli. tush! One of our city's hired hands killed two shining hours with n snow sherel en Walnut btteet this morning. "it Is persistently reported," savs the Senate resolution te investigate the Wash ington theatre tragedy, "that contractors and builders, nctlng in collusion with build ing inspectors" have scamped their work for gain. The chances are that a man who made his money In that way new feels that Inte has played him n scurvy trlek by inuklng him responsible for the deaths of f? ma,'5'' Net. f course, that he wilt held himself responsible, The world never ees n failure of the nllbi crop. Polncaie wants no Su- 1 , , r" preme Council meeting And Repeat te discuss the German , , Government's tatcineiit et the program It Intends te adept for paylny leimmticms, preferring that the matter be submitted at once te the Reparation). Com mission, which, of course, may mean that there will be a repetition of the Canns Cannes danct which breke down, n Hi fijures, aa it wjre, when Uriand wu u fertUQattljeaaUiiiaWety,- . , csac ',TruernwCiiX3'IW li.yjn.-'si-J-' sp-f JJgWiarrTr"-L-'jf acn - ...' ii.s '& 1 vV ar-vw. r i. U;. V ;,-
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