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Trafalgar building j. 8un.srnnTrn xriwia ,' Th Ctrmne Pent in I.r.rwir.-i in crvcl le iih eerihur In rnllai'tlrhli sin! mrreunltis tevn Ml l!in nh nf tMele (U')cenl.i per ck. pnyiibl te the carrier ., "? mail te points nutM of rhllndelrhts In th t'nitiM S'hIp", (.-inn n 11- I'nite iv-tat- n. !"" PeMnce fre. flfty 1301 cent! ptr menlh. BIT (Jnl (tullnrs n-r r. rttll .1 ivltsiue Te a fer'lun nuMrtii n-c. IJI) d-ill.ir n mflntli Neticd PuliBPrlben wlnhtr (eMren channel Wmt clv 11.it as 'l cm n.w ndJrn. Brt.r.. 3n0 TM.MT KEYTONi SHIN 1611 t7"(7(fr eti com mm ten fort le "iiff TiiMltf f.frfger, 'nrfcp'-mt'-iir.. ,sum--, rhlleilrlphln. I Member of (he Associated Prcs-: THE ASSOCIATED rKKSH n neliith-tlu m . itilltil le thr line ler rriniMifalln.i e all iirn n 'iHamitchcn crrdittit tit It ur net ethr n m rmliinl ij lil raer, ami iisu rie lecnl iftn txftllnAiil lArrilrt. 11 rights of rrjiiiWfnilnu 0 .cclul c.-pae.Vj Wfrrln nrf o'ie r-irri'prf. rinl.Jft,,!,!,, turidiT, Marrh II, W2 MELLON'S COLD ANALYSIS SErUKTAUV MKI.I.UN lint nnelyw.l the hewest Heniis lilll in ilPtnll in n letter te Chnirmnn Kenlney. if the Vm. nml JIpiiih Commit I re, He lepenlx the elije- tmtm wlileli he lins ninile In the n-t In nildltlmt lie inll nttrnimn te the fin t flint the hill doe tint iiiirniiinti' n insl dellnr fur I lie ininent nf n -liy;le li.mu. The hill iir it .tnncN inicht he i!ieil imniii meuh without 2ethi the vervlre men jier cpptlhlj ne.'irer In the innnei fur whieh 11 few of Ihcin lire ukiiii;. The hill i in reiilit nn nttempt n ilmtee the money if-iie. It simpl prnvhlex n hniius feheine. The ierler tre in lectlittlen knnv Unit n Inw reijuirliiK the expenditure Of money in net worth the paper II i printed en finlptw It I'.irrlei with it nn iipproprhttien te meet the i-linrgpi under it. CenKre"" Iihn heen knevsn te ''"P 'Inv ernment rtiternri'e legally nuthen.eil hy ( the simple expedient 'f ieftiins in make nn fipprnirlntien te carry them en. If the j prevent Censte'" l'd planned te create the impression until after election lliut it unci Toted n henus te the service men. while It had no intention of pnjins It. its course could net haie hcen belter conceived. It Mould he i-er. however, te drop the Bintter nlteEether than te nttempt te feel a considerable bedv of citizens liv siieli n jileec of leglflalien n the Fenlney bill. AND NOW SOUTH AFRICA f' QTAUTl.lNC. Indications of outright war- 5 fare are contained in the (ievnrnmeni remmunlitiies upon the -termy Mtuntlen in Seuth Africa. According te one bulletin "the total number of prisoner taken in operntieii" In the central nn-a I" --H0." This ! the grim. tere litngii.ige of Inrse scale campaisnins. difTerins in Hh dlpn Mennte formalism from eidmary report" of labor dlliirbiiiiee. Te uhnt rxient pelitienl in.iir;ene lia capltallzeil the ktriker-' .nue i a Mibject upon which the eutie world U imp.,r fectlj Informed. Acieuntx haie trickled tlireush lejardlng a crrnt neeiiu; of radical labor elements mid iriecencilable liner Nationally, held In .Miniiiiehurs en I'eb ruary (! Tills ii"(mhl.v i heered n resolution (ailing upon their !cprpc!it!itive In Pretoria, rnpital of the Tr;in:inl Trounce, te viriie for the crecllen of a piovlslenal govern ment and a republic. It Is known that (Jen eral Her113, one of the most nssres-lie and shrewdest of the liner "die-hard-." would net be averse te 111 exiling 11 gcneial -trike us n powerful political ally. Back of the specific seuices nf labor dis content in the geld, ce.il, Iren mid diamond mines there eii- i-enidenihle dismal ifac tlnn with the pest-war policies of the Smuts government. This is net surprising in lew of political situations eNewhere In the world. Throughout the glebe enW David l.leyd fleerge nnd .Inn ('hrltlnn Smuts enjoy if Hlich n term is nllewnhle ministerial pests which the.i bei duiin; the interu.itienal cnnfllet At the present moment they aie unqueflienably lctlinu of after-war reaction. The iiprling In the I'nlen of Smith Afiica fellows ominously upon the acceuiiis of nn ftlnrmtng and dilhcult lluaiinn in India. ThRt the Ktnplie will be able, by the nppli nppli ratien of nrmeil force, te icMeic order In both instances can hnrdly he dnuhled. Hut the fundamentals of each problem will renin In. A icckeuing ullh tlicc iuc cm (,nij lie achieved li manifestalieiis nf the highest lirands of i(;err'Us and tactful Miitcsiiun phlp. The nrtesf nf Candhl would seem te nuftment the ddicacv of I he situation in India. A meie suppici-slmi of tin strike will net remove the origins of unea-lues, ,n,, inr. bulenec in the federal ion of Smith Africa. ' WOMAN'S RIGHT TO HER NAME 1'A BOL'T the pieper ilejice of keriniisness characterized the dehaie hefeie the ( I.uey Stene I.e.igi f New Yerk en ihe Vfiuestien whether women should le.e their j;'names nt marriage, 2 The man who hiippnrteil the adit ninth fc aid that general rctcnlinn In- women of I their maiden names nfi.-r mamiigc would ydisritpt the census and that it was ih iimj f of women te sacrihee themelves fnr the g State. n The negative aihniaie lusis,.i that women should be permitted te reinln ilieir own names, se t imi when ihev de thine a they shouldn't the husjhndii's won't dr.ig U:the husband's name Inte the scandal." The League was. sturteil a jear age with much seriousness, but In ihe lnterveuuiR twelve months the members seem te have arrived lit the (oncliisieu that the subject Is net (tiite se important, as ihey thought it was. 'Names are primaill for the put pose of Identification. It does net rc.illy untler hy ,what name a man or a woman shnll he known se long as it pleases him. Arrange. ment were made long age for a man or "woman le change, his mime if he does net like it In the United Slates he can go Inte court and get permission te adept any name that pleases him, provided that there lh no evidence that he has n criminal pur pur pese. In Ktiglnnd, hy whut is called a deed poll, nil it man has te de Is te put en reierd In n public ellice the fact that he lias as- Mimed 11 new name. '1 here is Leenard .Met-. V&5jrf 4 rick, the, novelist, for example, who was Kpwfcbbrn Leenard Miller, but who changed his Ri lyty-irname te MerricU when he arrived nt R'Tt.years "f discretion. A mere distinguished !M"'ipstance n Unit of (ieerge Wettin, better W,. i Known us ururj;c t. u uccuiibe 01 me Kviri'',i'ipirebrluiu ntlachltig te the (lerman name rk"1 Ji(na hu ""s llul'" ""'' ,''",ll',1,l ll '" Wind kMiS? . or toen after the great win- began. T.itirft" .. ..t n. ...... ...ii. ..i. , i aurmiiiii'M (ie;in in.- .ii nn,ni nn vi i, recent origin. They were originally w,ei ie flltlhfush one .lames frein imnllicr, Jumcs. uel jbrm would w caileii .lames fju. 17ltTKt.iV)m'. f'." ." ' U'"'"" . umMHiUUii mm iiuiu wv, jus i V .. vSWh"1 v7UAX4J Sysy-Lsl ''.. ' r .tt.'VMA-y Smith, se called becatibc he wn n black smith or goldsmith or Ihe like. In the course of lime these identifying tngs became permanent and Indicated the family te whieh a man or n woman belonged, for the women took the names of their busbiilids In order that there might be no uncertainty nbeitt who they were. If It shall happen that In the greater freedom of women that is expected te fol fel low their political enfranchisement the identification of a wife with her husband shall net he deemed desirable the matter of name will settle Itself. MITTEN AND THE WRECKERS FIGHT IT OUT TOMORROW Parasites of the P. R. J. Are Trying Desperately te Drag It Back Inte the Mire of Twenty Years Age TOMORROW the stockholders of the 1. K. T." will meet solemnly te decide whether they shall cut off their heads te make a I'nlen Traction heliday: whether slrret cars In Philadelphia nte le he run for the geed of the people, the city ami the operating lempany or for the fiitlenliut of usurers in the background; whether we nre te have continuing betterment of the transit "J stem or an lnane leinrn te the brawling Inefficiency and the devastating ignorance nnd greed of the ''.IDs, After the meeting nt Tenth and Luzerne sticets we shnll knew whether Mitten, the ablest stieet railway manngcr In the coun try. Is te be replaced by nn automaton actu ated hy coupon clippers who knew nothing of the science of street railroading and every thing of the arts of dividend inflation; who nrctt't content wlih the IS per cent that they nre drawing from investments in I'ulen Traction nml who nctually believe that, for the sake f larger returns, it would be pn. sdblc te re-establMi in a grent public utility organization the tlifow-Jieiii-dewii-nnd-siaiie-thein-out labor policies of a past generation. Tomorrow wc shall Knew whether there Is nnj truth In the assertion Ihnt when jeu meet nn American tery jeu meet a man who is hopelessly and forever unteachahle. Mitten's relation te the P It. T. nnd the city Is peculiar. He Is In the odd position of a man who did the Impossible and the unexpected. He salvaged and rebuilt a cor poration whbh some nf these In financial niitherity ecr him would prefer te ce wrei-ked for geed and all. lie has bad all the responsibility and none of the ical authority needed te make his policies fully operative. In the background the i'nlen Traction Company operates the mchnnlstn of distinc tion. The 1'nien Tiactien Company doesn't operate n Music cur. It pais no wages. I'.ut because of the perfidy of the political bosses of twenty years age il rents the streets of the cit le the P. It. T. This right ,1s gunr.inteeil l airtight neitgages mi nil Important 1'. II T. pieprrtv. In twenty je.trs ii has t.tken S'Jii.WlO.fMHI fietn the people who ride en trolleys. This return icpresents nn IS per cent dividend en the enpitnl wlih h Its stockholders actually Invested. It is plain that 1'uien Tr.i-tlen doesn't want even a U per cent dividend te go te the people who put their money in P. It. T. nnd who. since the 1'. It. T. was organized twenty years nge, have had no teturn but a ." per tent dividend during n year and a bnlf. I'nlnu Traction would piefer te vrc dividends go Inte I he improvement of the property en which It holds its mortgages. Mitten icgards the It. T. as a p'lliic utility complete In ilfelf. He has labored te get It out of the clutches of the I'nlen Traction Company. "Off with his head." shouts Mr. Sullivan, the I'nieii president and real leader of the five "Insurgent" diiec diiec ters of T. It T. Mitten is mine than ,i gie.it icchnlcl.in. He believes, for example, that men and women who weik for wages are human being no different from these who ilnn'l Police flubs, liels, strikes, union organizers, funs and even ihe dynnmile of dcspciate slrlkes leii'dn'l btiii2 pea1 en the tielley line or cfhcli'iit operation, though they were trleil icpeatedli. Mitten hi ought peace, eliminated strikes, rcrhumcil the .iinlli wreck of the ', . T. and made It admir able wnaln its physh nl limit, ami operated' it with an cfhclcni and contented personnel by ineiely lecegnlzing the essential humnnltv and rcspertins the essential needs of the men nnd women who weik for the ceinpanv. "ilelshevlsin '." gre.inei) ihe coupon (Up pers, "He's a dangerous man'" A ilanjcinus man Milieu Is l'n ihesi. who line lii believe that you cm still niganle groups and sM' a stranglehold en public utilities and hinder tle pregics, of cities and deny the essential innveiilenres of civill civill z.'tien te vvlie'e communities by buying out pnlilicil creeks ns anxious for Miy money as .ion are. Mitten represents a new srhoel e' iudustii.il executives who believe in work lug In the open, weikius lauly iiiul working le have siienlilic management geneially applied in Ihe npeianen of utilities, Si'ect t in- service in Philadelphia js net adequate Ii Is net ndcfpiaie because the P. It. T has been bled white ever since organization bv the uoteilmis underlying companies It is solvent only because of Mitten's iMi.ieidlnaiy eflerts nnd brilliant tei'linlqup. The fact that ii U solvent appears te have fnghtened the Inieiests in the bin kgieuiid. Why tins should be it Is hard le say. There may be a fe.lr that Mitten will nctually find a wav te extend transit facilities, ami te further strengthen the P It. T. until It has energy enough te fight ilenref the paiasliesl Fer the pieseni I'nlen Traction has it by the threat and I'nieii True Hen controls Its major expenditures. In his la'est report Mltleii told of pielits which weie huge enough te puv a I! per iftit iliviileml for the first time and leave nbent S .(11)11,01)0 f the cotpnratlen's nwn euinings, even after nil the shy leek companies weie paid, te lie devured te Improvements and extensions. Then) was object Ien In the Ileaid nf Ilirec- teis te liny sip li expi'lldltllie The elij ters were piutlsiiiis of I'nlen Trnclien, Yet nt that moment the P It. T. was being berated for its f.illu provide better service. The meelin tomeirow will ,e esiensihly (e consider the innovation (,f the bonus whidi Mltlen has premised his empleyes. Actually It will be a trial of strength between Intelli gent stockholders and these win, fed that Mitten Is tee honest and loe efficient le be snfe for the people who seem Intent upon driving the P. It. T. en the lock. OUR RHINE BILL Till' American bill for nrmy occupation cost In the Ithlneland is a straightfer ward claim, it 1 undeniable that Ormnny lrttndtr ebltgattpn te relmburne'us nnd that, r;ii.i' uVi. ".. Ym '4.,M I. JAC-U I r T.'nl4l lOcf". iswss t i"" 'a ' ,wi. "jiw JBLIC LEDGERipiiiLAilLPHlA( -EtfEStfAT,' 'TdtiteHI taiM EVENING PUBLIC since part payment for occupation expenses has already been made te several of the Allies, thli (Jevernment is entitled te its share. Beyond this point, however, the case is obscured by n multiplicity of complications. Our demand for the $1.41.000,000 was made net te the ticrman (levcrnmcnti Jlie actual debtor, but te the Allied Finance Ministers. Warrant for this course is presumably te be found in that section of our separate pact with Berlin which reserves te us sepa rate rights under the Tfenty of Versailles. It was tierninny', however, which ac knowledged these reservations nnd It Is per missible te' question the authority of that nation te Interpret n treaty which it wns compelled te sign en the dot led line. In ether words, we hnve requested from the Allies the payment of a sum of money which tin-many was entirely willing that we should exnet from them. It was noted nt the time of the ratifica tion of the Dresel-ltesen Treaty Hint It pre supposed the arrival of some future under standing with the Allies. There were even statesmen abroad who suggested that Ibis might li incorporated In a new treaty be tween the allied tuitiens en one side nnd the I'nltul States en the ether. Mr. Hughes has obviously taken another ceure, but with the Identical object In mind. His desire for an understanding 1st plain spoken. As the shed; of our demand is dis pelled, which seems in the end :i probability, a definite arrangement regarding the Amer ican Interest in the reparations payments may he expected. This accomplished, the Dresel-lteen Treaty would acquire a force which, by Itself, it has never gained. GOVERNORSHIP ENTRIES THE two Republicans who hnve formally announced their candidacy for the gov gev f rnershlp arc holding State office. They are Kinking Commissioner FMter and Forestry Commissioner Plnchel. Fach is confident t lint he could success fully pet form the duties ()f (Jovrrner. nnd ench talks of the need nf business efficiency in Harrisburg. Lieutenant (ioverner Beidlemnn and State Treasurer Snyder nre receptive candidates, and Workman's Compensation Chairman Mnekey will accept the nomination if it is given te him. Thete remain Auditor lleneral Lewis, At torney Oeneral Alter nnd a few ethers yet te he heard from. But it is morally ccrtnln that there is net a head of department in Ihe Stnte Capitel who does net think that he Is equal te the task of succeeding (iov (iev (iov ereor Sproul. Theoretically, the candid. lie will be nnml nnted nt the 'primaries In May. but as a mailer of fact he will be sclcrteil b.v the party lenders! within the next few weeks. Then the parly workers will be told te vote for him nt the primaries and he will be nominated unless the unexpected happens. This does net mean that there will be only one candidate for the nomination. One or mere of I lie men turned down by the leaders may have his name put en the pri mary ticket. He will de this without any expectation of winning, but for the purpose of demonstrating his strength in order that he may demand something eN from the party In the fiiluie. A let of mere or Ies important people have signed a Idler asking Mr. Pinchot te lie a candidate. Similar letters making n similar icquest te ether men will he pub lished. Tills is pari of ihe strategy of cam paigning. Such Idlers are easy in ge. and only these with little political experience give them undue weight. Tin- field is still open for iiindidate's whose personalities will wnriiiiit overwhelming support at the polls. CONGRESS WILL FIX IT A. NI1W gatewnv for Ihe Interference el 'engrcss in the initiation of foreign policy has heen dlsceveicd in the Army Ap propriation' Bill. This measuie. new pending, net only ignores certain fermeily established preroga tives of the commander-in-chief of the mili tary establishment, orders Secretary Weeks about like a clerk and impetieusly fixes the number of troops in be maintained In Hawaii and Panama, but il demands the withdrawal of the Amei icin linfantry regi ment f i mil Tien T.dn. China, nnd the evacuation of the Rhine area by July I. Willi a cendesi elision which inspires iiuia.er.ient. mandates legiudlng the Philip pines nie exi hilled. Doubtless the F.xecutlve s cxpei ted te appreciate this concession te Ids authority The J'enstituliiin of tin- I'nltecl Slates must provide depressing reading for the nriglntitnis of this army bill. In the basic Instrument of this republic something is stihl about a balanced division of executive, legislative and judicial power. The framers ate dead new. Perhaps Congress Is chat liable enough te regard them ns nilguldcd rather than deliberately cruel le the. legislative biancli of this (lov (lev ernment ns nt present constituted, A CHANCE FOR THE OLYMPICS T IIL uty of Paris hn-. ti.ilkeii at voting the iiieuiiscd nppropriallea of 10,000,000 funics for the Olympic games of HUM. Only one-tenth of that sum is new In prospect. An argument, which has a familiar sound te I'lilladelphlan'i, has niisen concerning sites fjir the nthleiie larmval. the Olympic Committee insisting that the Pershing Sta dium, faveinl by the Municipal Council, Is Inadcquaie There nie Indications that the Freni Ii capital may lese entirely its oppor tunity of playing host te Hie world's selected athletes. A dispatch from Pniis mentions Les Angeles as a possible Min-cssful winner of the dlsjinetien Nothing is s,ii, about Phila delphia and ihe suggestion nf postponing the games until 10-0. for the purpose of holding them In conjunction with the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of American Independent e What bus become of that proposal? It wns beset with dllhculties when the Pnrls program wns rejarded lis viitually m ranged. But the ca-e Is altered ted.iv anil new. If ever. Is the moment for pressing the claims of Philadelphia and the htne.s of , debrat -lug athletic prowess In connection with n world's fair eiiteipi sp, supposedly of llirt fir-t magnitude. THE SECRET A (JAIN the Rev. Dr. Jehn Rein h Sttatnu has been swinging verbal whips nver the wicked ader folk. This time It Is .Mm-y Pickfeid's iliviiii'e und renin rrlasu Hint seem wrong te Dr. Strnten. Hew cun this Indy and her 1 1 w husband walk smilingly and without shame m the streets of chaste New Yolk? William A lirnilv, who, being also In the theatrical business, seeniK almost as fend of publicity lis Dr. Stralen, has sprung shout ing te Miss Plckferd's defense. Mary doesn't need special defenders. She s safe enough. Fer she lias managed nt various times le make u let of people hnppy und te give delight le multitudes. When Dr. titrnlen can de that lit lit li he will have u light te n patient hearing, It was net a pleasure One Never Knows jaunt Ihe Prince of Wales took in India, but one Hindi for political cllfii Bui the greatest political efl'ei t of his visit l,s one undreamed of. His presence In India may delay the resignation of Karl Reading, the Viceroy. Delay may mean leconslderatleii. And, history .will thus be given aa uncg. peeled twist. i .'.. i . . i. i . . A'Mjfj..,ii: ... i. . ... y ',.. '.-Li' JI1IM i.l ' 't. '"i - "--'l. ..'X-.L.'t Kh3m SHORT CUTS It Is new the Committee of Foolish Ways and Forbidding Miens. Our Interest In France's National Wine Week Is purely academic. Wonder hew that rebblt Is getting along with the Easter eggs? Civil service Is what the bootlegger alms te give nothing else but. "Oh. well," says "Fatty'; Arbuckle, "the third time is the charm." "The Ilake's Progress" is new being singed in ever se many back yards. Chicago law firm consists of mother, daughter nnd son. What'smatlcr, pep? We presume the "Meledy in A Majer" was written by Dawes before he became a general. The congressional carrousel Is still going geed nnd net getting anywhere in particular. New if the Navy had been In need of free seeds Congress might net have slighted It. " Don't blame It all en Crew. The sick tnnn Ih being used by politicians jockeying for position. Davenport, la., man fell dead when told the amount of his taxes. L'nusunl, but un derstandable. Merldcn. Conn., has n ghost that throws fiat iron-. The Antlgnulsli spook has put them all en their mettle. Democrats linvc at last united en a State ticket. Loyally determined that they shnll nil go down together. Whereupon the committee devised ways nnd means of Ignoring the facts and figures presented by Secretary Mellen. "Airship bombs kill Transvaal strik ers." Curious hew the late war made a commonplace out of the unprecedented. Visiting Prince says all Philadelphia women arc beautiful. Has evidently joined up with the Beest -Philadelphia movement. Kern te Popecatepetl (or should it be Momecatcpetl?) n cute little Kldokltten Kldekltten npctl. Mether nnd son have a het old time. It mny by and by soak into Fordney's mind that n bonus bill Is wanted neither by the Administration nor by the country nt large. Paris belles, we are told, nre wearing hells en their gaiters. Paris beans, we sur mise, will counter b.v wearing bows en their suspenders. With I'ncle Sam's demand for $241. 000,000 for expenses In connection with the occupation of the Ithlneland gees the wish that he mny get it. "There Is no nltcrnntlve te the treaty hut ruin," says Arthur (ivlffith. And De Valern's fnvnrlte song appears te be, "Oh, eh. the ruin' e' t." Newark, N. .1., trust company has ordered lis girl clerks te cover their threats and knees. New watch the girls get square by uncovering their ears. Dr. Prince Is said te hnve a clue te the Autlgimish ghost. This Is plumb discour aging le a newspaper reporter who hns coveted police headquarters. Pnrter.sville, Snn Luis Obispo and Kakersfield dispatches tell of California earthquake shucks, but wc leek in vain for any word from Les Angeles. .lust ns we were beginning te worry ever the obscure of old Dee Sawyer from the news he bobs up, uniform nnd nil, In pictures from St. Augustine. Bosten I'nlvcr.sily is teaching t-etne of its students hew le become-bellhops and bend waiters. If it tenches them he te lefuse a tip it will be a service worth while. Londen professor snys there will be no cotton in the United States live years from new, as the bell weevil will hnve killed it. (Hi, well, we'll alwnvs he able te find it in some of our nil-wool suits. Warehouse In Chicn, Calif , is being hninhnrded with locks which appear te fall from the sky. The Antlgenlsh ghost, driven from home by Investigators may have taken u trip across the continent. McL.. noting the fact that P. It. T. stockholders meet tomorrow, desires te knew if the fact that tomorrow Is ulse the last day for filing Income-tax returns suggests anything te the lnsuigcnt directors. It must be a shock te Senater Robin son te learn that Secretary Hughes and net Arthur Balfour wrote the first draft of the Four-Power Treaty; but Jeseph T. Robin son, he isn't caring much about facts, d'ye see. I notice, said old Sour Face, that the superintendent of schools In Cheltenham Tewiibhip puts his O. K. en knickers for girls. Well, he comes within a letter of expressing my opinion. Change the first "K" te nn '." Altnena Y. W. C. A. has ruled thai its members shall net be allowed te use ineic than enough powder te remove the shine from their faces, nml (fiat it must net be npplied In public places. One would llilnk the nose wulDclenily public. "I believe In the great future of Phila delphia as a seuperi," says Captain Ker nilt Roosevelt, who heads a steamship com pany seen te carrv freight between this citv and Havre nnd Antwerp, That's the wny te "lull; Philadelphia" with a deed en the heel of the word. Today's Anniversaries 18.S1 The fust Free Baptist chinch In ihe Territory of Michigan was organized near Ypsllantl. JS.11 Fifty lives lest by the bursting of a Hue oil tin Ohie River steamboat Rein deer. IS7U French Assembly passed a bill pro viding for the punishment of any person joining the Internatienale or any similar radical society. ISH.". Karl Marx, the founder of modern .socialism, tiled In Londen, Bern at Treves, Prussia, May .1, 1W1S. ' JMI1 Kiev en members of the Italian Mafia charged with the murder of the chief of police of New Orleans were taken from jail nnd lynched. lb)- Tln steamer Missouri sailed from New Yerk for Russia with supplies for the starving peasants. IS!)" (Ireat uiuss-nieeting In Londen te express sympathy with the (Irccks. J 1100 Piesiilent McKinlcy signed the Geld Standard Currency Kill. lOlil Six young Irish Republicans exe cuted in Dublin. Today's Birthdays Maxim Heilty. famous Russian nercllst nnd reformer, born at Nljnl Novgerod, fifty -four yciir.s age. William Graves Sharp, former United States Ambassador te France, born at Meunl (Ulead, ()., sixty-three years age, Themas It. Marshall, late Vice President of the United States:, bout nt North Man chester, lnd., sixty-eight yearn age. AVIlllam N. Scllg, one of the noted pion eers of the motion-picture industry, born in i;nicage iiiiy-cigut years nge, Charles V. Curry, representative in Cm ess of the Third California District, ., l4hfrttAI0lll 1 II lvf.AM wahmh aha '. y l J. ere -,-, .-., .-.-.,. '"-""Hjffi aw-. . .., ..M.srJAim ,-AfiM; NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best DR. J. PERCY MOORE On the Pletieeaurus and Extinct Animals TUB chances that n living pleslesaurus hns been discovered in Seuth Amerlcn are exceedingly remote, nccerdlng te Dr. .1. Percy Moere, profess,or of zoology nt the University of Pennsylvania and correspond ing secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences. "The authentic data about the alleged discovery of a living pleslesaurus ' said Dr. Moere, "are se .limited that it is im possible te say very much about the matter, but the scientific men of this country nre. skeptical te the point of disbelief that such a thing has actually happened. "While the scientific men nre always xvilllng te ndmlt n discovery If one has actually been made, still nt the same time I de net see hew this etic can possibly be true. Theie may be, and probably Is, some ether large animal in-the part of Seuth America where the alleged pleslesaurus was found, but ns far as I can sec there Is little likelihood that the nnlmal Is a genuine speci men of a species long extinct se far as Is known te science. Extinct for Millions of Years "It is generally accepted by scientific men that the pleslesaurus has net existed since the Mesostetc era, or, roughly speaking, for about ten millions of years. Conditions ns they exist new ns compared with these which are believed te have existed at that time would perhaps net absolutely pre clude the existence of such an nnlmal new, except that In the general progress of evn evn lutlen the types of animals which existed in that period have been totally chntiged. "The pleslesaurus wns a marine animal, or rather reptile, and all the tvpes which existed wits-, it are new totally extinct. Therefore, tafc presumption Is that nothing of the kind could hove continued te exist down te the present time. "There Is no authentic case of the exist ence of any ether type of anlmnl which nourished nt thnt time, which In Itself mnkes the discovery of n plesieaurus sound rather doubtful. Furthermore, the conditions under which this anlmnl was living nt the time when It wns found are- radically different from these under which the genuine plesi plesi esnurus lived. "As I said, the pleslesaurus was n ma rine reptile, and therefore its natural eu eu xlrenmcnt was the sea. History and science de net show any case In which these gieat antediluvian reptiles lived in mountain inkes, as was the case with the Seuth American discovery, and se far as I can see the animal could net live in such an en en vlrenmcnt, certainly net unless It had greatly changed in the nges which have elapsed since it was known le hnve lived. Causes of l-Atliutleu Unknown "Very few scientists will veutuin te ex press definite views en the reasons for t In; extinction of nnlinnls of bygone ages, be cauvc these reasons nre net definitely known. Thus, for example, wc de net knew the reasons for the extinction of ninny ani mals of n far mere recent period tlmii that in which the Rient reptiles existed. "There Is the ensc of the wild horses of this continent. We knew t lint the wild horse originated heie, but they ate net the ' progenitors of our horses of today. The wild horses of our own and the immediately pie. ceding generation are descended frein the horses which were brought te this ceuntrv by the Spanish explorers nnd which escaped nnd multiplied in the wilderness. Yet f0ss remains show that wild horses existed In this country thousands of years age, and that they underwent censiueruuic progress. "They were practically the same ns our horses, although there was some difference In the teeth structure nnd some ether de tails, but they were, nevertheless, true horses. "These wild horses became extinct thou sands of years before the Spanish explorers came te thlH country Hnd brought with them what were destlticd te become the progeni tors of the luter wild horse of America, hut what the reasons were for their disappear mice from the earth no one definitely knows And they were of a far later period thnn the great reptiles of which the pleslesaurus was a type. Se If It Is Impossible for us te say what were the causes of the disappear, anee of the wild horse, it would be much mere difficult te nttempt te formulate he reasons for the disappearance of the rii., reptilian group. winr ine. Hiancea or tne repl e or anlm.t K50m&,.i s: l" '. ...',' y '-'i ne i teV - . . i i a? mi';v s. a -ir. DRIFTING being n pleslesaurus nre exceedingly remote. There may be some large and unusunl rep tile living there, but science will wait until it has been definitely classified by thoroughly competent men before accepting the state ments about it that have been made. The chances that It is n pleslesaurus or any ether ancient reptile type arc practically nil. "One of the humorous features of the in cident Is the energy and enterprise exhibited by flic Seuth American Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty te Anlmnls, which advo cates allowing the nnlmal te live in peace in Its native element.- In fact, this whole 'discovery' has been nltended with unusunl publicity and hes new been generally made known te the scientists of (he world. "The discoverer of the reptile, Prof. Onelll, U net one of the leading scientists of Seuth America, and for that matter I have seen no expression of opinion from any of these men. Seuth America has some very nble scientists, who should knew the conditions under which this anlmnl was found and men whose word regarding the scientific value of the reptile will be final. But none of them has ns yet expressed any opinion : when this is forthcoming we shall knew what bus actually been found. "I de net knew whether any of the well known scientists of that country hove taken up the ninlter or net; if they have there hns been no Indication of the. fact thus far. but it is only nntural te suppose that se widely cii culaled a report of a scientific dli-cevcry nt their very doers would stir some of them te action. Occasional Discoveries Made "At the snme time it Is true that occa sionally in the past a type supposed te be extinct turns up. Seme years age an eknpl, believed te have been extinct for a long time, wns found In Africa. There was net the slightest doubt as te the genuineness of the hnd, ns it wns seen and classified bv scien tists whose reputation nnd knowledge were beyond question. It wns simply a case of n representative of n type gencrnlly supposed te hnve disappeared from the earth long since surviving. "But this wns nn individual instance, most unusunl, it is true, but proving netlw lug in the present cuse in Seuth America. I lie eknpl, tee, it must be remembered Is very much mere recent than the pleslesnurus nnd Its chnnces of surviving through the ears were nnturnlly thnt much better. "Steilcs of the discovery of presumably extinct nnlmals crop out In (he news cver'v little while, nnd once In n very great while Ihey nre substantiated. This particular one has been taken up, however, in a peculiarly drcuinstantlal way. but scientific men will awni the verdict of a elentlHt of nek new I edged reputation and standing before c cepting what, en the face of It, 8ecma te he an utter Impossibility." 1 What De Yeu Kneiv? QUIZ Si!!?! .'.? .'.l1? .nrK'" "f. the word done- Who was Jehn McCuIleugh? sir! "'" marmesets: SI1?' n'e,a',tophageu!i nnlmals? iint.'i "; Confederate name for the HaUle of Antletnm? lne Answers te Yesterday's Onir 10. ii.ui rtnurew- il Andrew- Jehnsen been found culltv 'he famous impeachment trial IWu. lamln Wade, of Ohie, president of ti, senate, weulrt have hocema rn'i.,it''? nfna.ae'LS m 'reaident quadriga in nn ancient chariot drawn or en coins T,Tv, 'or' m:ria(1, "Blnally meant n. thousand. New t is tismi in i,.. a n of an indefinitely m dumber '""' nclh Is the capital of India. ' IVnilennes nre outside window blind, of light horizontal laths, "iniu-i or Inn Marquis de Lafavette w-a ,. , , In the Qattle of Il?un,l?w"ne Mn" Ihl American Ilnvnlntln,, '"-",llu in Ihe rt SHCHI1UI 'jekhut Is an obsolete bass truiim-l -ith n slide for altering the niieh D" w n un'He't'tlerwi'atfrr. ,,ar0"10,e, ,ndl' Srtw!r!iteM,i'Tn fS? 8aT iheua ; Simen Pc'tcr, Simen? the The Reman sign for '2000 wis MM rAXW4 JfV x ' -s-i 11 -. JK , .''. x!rt"5J-s 4 ''"' ''-- ' m WL. tnViHii. nWBIWBS 3 What Ktiperer i,r,euVlJ,r,?e0',cne,n 4 w.n?PfBltlen ln Pblla.lelpl In In 187C-i- ,).mt,lH.!l Protagonist? ' ' e. he Is Premier of Seuth Africa' fi What is bismuth? Ainca. tlllill II Iim .ll'lfeal it l ' ' ' -ill 1 HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUT ONE would think that a man, even theuj. he be mneried, would, when he hl attained the dignity of being President ( the United States, escape that treatment it the hands et' wife and friends familiarly known as panning. Such, however, Is net the case, when the facts arc revcalad. There Is the incident between Prenident Harding and Jehn (?. Price, for instance, the latter being the Attorney General el Ohie, and an old friend of the man from Marlen. Mr. Price came te Washington net leni age, getting in late in the evening, anil decided te go te the theatre and hit the hay assiduously before going ever te the White Heuse the next morning. He went te M 1-rnncis Wilsen in "Erminle" and get tie last scat In the house, which was way etk en the end, right under the boxes. When he went in, net dressed up or iw thing, he was much embarrassed te find tin President and his party there, occupying the box right by him. Se Price hunched down n ills scat, seeking oblivion, and keeping his eyes glued te the stage. Finally, in the intermission, he heard i veice repeating insistently : "Jehn. Jehn. Jehn Price." He had te leek up and there he , Hit President of the United States with his hand te his mouth, calling te him from Mi box. He was forced, business-suited ai li wns, while everybody around looked en rieusly, te get up and bow his acknowledg ments. The next morning ever at the Gxecutln Mansion, Warren Harding, (he host, n inclined te take Price te task. "Yeu nre responsible." he said, "for my getting n very neat dressing down law night. Because I called te jeu in the theatre, Mrs. Harding spoke te ine r.jlt sharply. She told me that 1 should deport myself with mere circumspection; that If I wanted te convey messages te my friends i Ihe audience, I should employ the uiben. My conduct was altogether loe informal." ".Mrs. Harding was absolutely right," Prlce retorted. "The idea of spetllghtlM me as you did, me sitting there la toiled linen. I never was se embarrassed in ntf life. And for the life of me, I can't remem ber our ever having been introduced." I remnrkediln this column net long age that Secretary Hughes pronounced "agenda with a soft "g" and that It was a von se recently inducted into the language that it did net appear In my desk dictionary. New n critic comes back nnd observes th'l lha Secretary of State, the whole bloemiM Arms Conference and the entire jeurna!iW world used this term in such a Mil" street wny as te be inexcusable. The verf form of the word is plural. Anrbe ought te knew that. The singular of It "agendum." Yet this plural form wnsmM nil the time In the singular. Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, who J probably the champion woman traveler the world, who journeyed -10,000 miles J" Seuth Amerlcn, climbed P.l.iiOO feet up Andes, (a mile higher than Pike's Pert'; nnd penetrated "t6 twenty frontiers in t"' continent whete the feet of white weajia had net before trod, says n Sioux India" chief ought le be (lie best husband in t" world, for he Is certainly thoughtful. Mrs. Adams get her Impression of Sle theughtfiilnes.s In this wny. She had go" te Kurepe during the war, saw (lie halti fronts, came back te America and seug" te de her bit by going nbeut making encour aging speeches en hew noble the boys we" acting ever there. It wns a part of i' game of maintaining morale. After traveling about en hosts, '' conches nnd jitney a for a few months, ' Adams found herself one day addressing group of Sioux Indians en their rwe tien full bleeds in II. V. D.'s and pWI" bells, speaking only the grunt lnnu";: the half-bleeds ln parlor clothes and,,!", cause of their Carlisle educations, critic" of one's use of English. . . But what wen Mrs. Adams was this: A' she had made her speech, Jean of Arc, . fayette. we nre here," and' everything , " it had been Interpreted, nn aborigine a"' and spoke with that ineffable grace wn.fli his by nnture nnd which defies SI00''" "j" iiiauiiiuiiin iciiuicin. 4u. , ' . bi cinched the medal for theiightfultiW .3 when lie proposed that tncy pay - er'a expenses for coming. It was i. time nnytwdv suggested suen " !",. MM. Adams1 wtVW0rt jeurnejya" r-4. vh- i i n ifcyiiaftiM c .imm aV. . cKi n X ., i I ...'iiWr.Av, ,
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