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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.
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, 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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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, .,
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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
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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
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'jekhut Is an obsolete bass truiim-l
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4 w.n?PfBltlen ln Pblla.lelpl In In 187C-i-
,).mt,lH.!l Protagonist? ' '
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fi What is bismuth? Ainca.
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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"
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