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Philadelphia, Tue.d.y. Mitch :. 192:
MONEY TO INVEST
EIOIIT bidders elTcrwl te take nil of the
new bridge lenn of $1,050,000 which nn
old yesterday. The btmds pn.v 4'j ler cent
interest and arc rcdecmnblc en nlxty dajs'
notice any time after twenty jcars, nud they
tre exempt from city taxes.
The fact that there was mere than
98,000,000 rendy te be iinected in the pocuri pecuri
ties indicates that the city will have no
trouble in fleatin: ether leans in the fu
ture. The money market is easier than it
Was a year age.
DR. THOMPSON IN HARNESS
rE return of Dr. Rebert Kills Thomp
son te the Central High Scheel at
lecturer en ethics under the Barnwell will
Js gratifying te all friends of Dr. Thomp
son and of the school.
The course in ethics was originally in
stituted bj Dr. Thompson In the belief that
the students should hove some instruction
,ln the subject te prepare them for life.
lie Is well qualified for the lectureship te
which he has been appointed. It is hoped
that no quibblcr will raise the question of
age in his cabe. As a special lecturer he
Is without doubt exempt from the regula
tions of the law retiring teachers at a cer
tain age.
The Barnwell will left $320,000 te the
school, the income from which is te be
used for its benefit. Dr. Thompson is the
ftrtt lecturer te be engaged. It is announced
that ethers will be Dr. Butler, president of
Columbia University; Dr. Penniman, not
ing provost of the University of Pennsyl
vania, and Senater Pepper.
UP A TREE
'A WASHINGTON woman has been up a
tree for mere than eighteen hours, and
all the Inducements and persuasions of the
police and firemen have been insufficient te
Induce ber te come down.
1Tai Ifiiatlnn ta atmnlA In enmnnpUnn
ikwith that of the Pennsylvania Republican
yeuucians. xney nave eeen up n tree ever
since tne ueatn or senator 1'enrese. They
want te get down, but they don't knew
hew. Se they stay up there, each insisting
that be has the only ladder long cneush tu
'reach te the ground and every ether one
Insisting that the ether ladders will break
under the weight.
They .are all mighty uncomfortable, and
nothing would delight them mere than te
are home one come along who could tell
them hew te get out of their predicament
Without any less of dignity.
: ' ANOTHER DEMAGOGUE FLIVS
fPHB Nen-Partisan League has appnr-
Jfently run its course. A. C. Tew nicy,
t. it! founder, has announced thru ht will re-
ABlm as president at the annual meetine in
, Minneapolis next Friday.
u Townley has te get out because he has
lea bis influence, and he has lest his in
fluence because the League itself has fliv
tered. The things which it set out te de
lTe net been done. Its experiments in State
aedallam have resulted in disaster, and the
farmers who were expecting great things
from it are disgusted. The League may have
a fitful life for a year or two longer, but
according te present indications it linh lest
all its vitality.
Its neme was always n misnomer, for it
as a party. The issues which It espoused
"cut across the old party Hnes.and the formers
Joined It, paying their dues te Townley uud
Ills' associates, becaubc they were innocent
enough te believe that his remedies for the
troubles that afflicted them would bring them
relief. It was a farmers' bloc in the Stntei
f the Northwest,, n little mere radical than
the farmers' bloc in Congress, but an or er or
ganisateon professedly formed te help the
farmers nevertheless.
It will net have existed in vain, however,
If it has taught the farmers that there Is no
quack remedy for industiial depression or for
low prices when there is n big crop, ami that
tee organization can repeal the fundamental
law of supply and demand.
A RIBBON TO STICK ON HIS COAT
GOVERNOR SPROUL lias just received
word that he has been mtidr n com cem
seander of the Order of the Crown of Bcl
irtua. The decoration which gees with the
fceaer Will be presented te him by the Bel
'fian Ambassnder.
The Governer doubtless nnnreclntna rim
A Bittinctien whicli has tome te him through
the grace of King Albert. But there Is nn nn
ether honor which he would doubtless up up
preclate mere. If some one would make
bin the cemmnnder of thu Older of Little
Besses of Pennsjlvanlii he would net lmvp te
,'Jsltup nights trying te find n wnj out of the
. iiBfie into wuicn pem tea i Kiiairs litne get
.-' tore.
It betins te leek n8 If UI fclinll l.nvn In
.Wty until after the Ma primaries before
; w shall knew who is te wear the decoration,
if n4 eren then it may be decided thut it is te
i be conferred en no one.
'(. "' ' SILLY SHIFTERS
i',,rpHE "Shifter" fad must have gene fur-
' -J. tuer in M-w lerk thsn hi this eltv. nr
V!m there are n let of liystcriiul persons in
e-i New Yerk. Dispatches from that city have
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aaaa "" " v muiirm iirr n iuen-
rSrrre me niuruin tu ine junnj people,
fcjfeiUrc they are regarded ns u liiiriuliM
'.flfayrt " "" vievvumviiuvnt et
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t,,t;.apiaiMi( uuhmie ii no u mailer anu
f S:)We ut the alarmist dispatches from our
! lKtaan pepuieus Mimire. xne whole tiling he
as a passing erase mat will reue
L-Jm a few months utter Us novelty has
tjerebably the sensible view. There
anon anu mere can ee none.
,'ara held ateel every Shifter can
initiate 'aa many ethers ai he plees. They
nil take It as a geed' Jeke and after -It has
been played' en them they play it en some
one else. It is like the IIew-Old-Is-Ann
problem which spread ever the country and
occupied the attention of men, women antl
children for months, new se completely for fer for
xettcn that few today can tell just what thi
problem was.
SENATORIAL OBSTRUCTIONISTS
RECOGNIZE THE ZERO HOUR
Sudden Collapse of the Opposition Guar
antees the 'Swift Ratification of All
the Washington Conference Treaties
rnilE emphasis of n decisive football score
Is contained in the 73-0 verdict of the
Sennte upon the two supplements te the
Four-Power Treaty. Fer the first time
since Mr. Wilsen imported the League et
Nations the "interference'' Is routed,
utterly discomfited.
It has been a protracted and agonizing
contest, this struggle of the elements of
sanity in American statecraft te attain the
goal, always in plain view te thee spec- 4-
tnters who have chosen ta use their e.es
The irrcspenslbles, irreconcilable, the
wanton opportunists call them what one
will have been persistent. But the narrow
margin of ratification by which the quad
rilateral pact slipped through was mere
apparent than real.
The. 'passage of that compact was n
specific accomplishment, laying the founda
tion for n new nnd heartening program of
international co-eporation te safeguard
peace. It marked the frank return of the
I'nlted States te the ranks of international
comity and demonstrated the impractical
felly of obduracy in subsequent stages of
the program.
Mr. Hitchcock's eleventh -hour effort Ui
dislocate the machinery was typical of a
certain east of the senatorial mind In the
hour of defeat. The upper house tradi
tionally delights in technicalities nnd has
exhibited nt times nn unholy joy in creating
perplexities and confusion.
But this last gasp of ob'tructlenary
ecstasy wus short-lived. The problem was
essentially tee simple te be lasting. It hns
been solved by the perfectly legitimate
attachment of the declaration regarding free
dem of nctien in domestic affairs te the
geographical-definition treaty bounding the
Japanese mainland.
The vote en 'the Four-Power agreement
was quite sufficient te illustrate the helpless
ness of the frothy demngegues. In the
full sense of the term, this Is their zero hour.
The cnpitultttlen is the most enlivening
evidence that all the ether covenants framed
in the Washington Conference will be ac
cepted. The Naval Limitations Treaty, a
beacon en the nrdueus read te authentic
civilized progress, is fortified by solid bas
tions of public sentiment. Net even Mr.
Berah, unless he has spurned all acquaint
ance with consistency, can oppose the reduc
tion of navies, cxhibltivc of n principle
which he was among the first te sponsor.
The stage has been set for quick nctien
upon contracts stabilizing the Fast, mate
rially reducing the burden of naval nrmu
ments nnd substituting the muchinery of
arbitration for senseless devastation by
war. Hopes arc being fnst converted into
facts of which the entire nation save for
a handful' of embittered 'marplets may be
proud.
AN ALMOST INCREDIBLE TALE
A PITIABLE tale of violent intolerance
and merciless prejudice is revived by
the death in Londen of Ernest Vlzetelly.
When Emilc Zeln was a name te shock
and startle complacent Victorians of the
seventies and eighties, Vlzetelly, scholar,
journalist, belligerent literary radical,
shared equally in the notoriety.
The publication of "The Seil" (LaTerre),
which Vlzetelly had done into English, was
the signal for nn orgy of persecution which
has few parallels in the annals of literature.
The translator was fined, imprisoned,
financially ruined and the great publishing
house of which his fnthcr, Richard Vlzetelly,
was the head eventually collapsed in bank
ruptcy. Doubtless much of the intense indignn indignn
tien against the outspoken qunllties of
Zela's novels was sincere. Doubtless also
Vlzetelly was an intractable and ungovern
able champion of modern realistic art in
fiction. But considering the ultimate high
position achieved by the writer of "La
Debacle" and thp defender of Drejfus, nnd
especially recognizing the later trend of lit
erary endeavor, the punishment and misery
heaped upon the brilliant Vlzetelly seem
cruelly out of proportion te his perform
ances." Three jears age he was discovered
In the sick ward of n North Londen work
house. There are net a few prosperous novelists
of the present day who would be incapable
of defining Vizetclly's offense. Whether the
world has grown better Is n matter for de
bate, the conclusion depending upon the
point of view. But certainly it has changed.
PATCHING UP THE TURK
WAR weariness is unmlstnknble in the
prompt acceptance by the (ireek Gov
ernment of the proposal of an nrmistlce
with the Turkish Nationalists. There nre
indications that the Angera Government Is
also eager te subscribe In principle te the
program outlined b the Near Eastern con
ference new sitting in Paris.
While it rnnnet be snld that the Near
Eastern nreblem is settled It Is at least
apparent that the desire for some
sort of accommodation is keen. The Greek
campaign In Asin Miner is, in pnrt, an
outgrowth of two flagrant delusions that
the Treaty of Sevres, in nil its previsions,
was enforceable antl that the Western na
tions of Europe could unload their responsi
bilities upon tliP Hellenic military power.
The French, ns is clinractcilstlc of them,
were the first te view the situntien rialls
tlcully. It has been asserted, and perhapi
correct!) , that the Trent of Angera nego
tiated with Mustuplin Kemal and his Na
tionalists en the Asiatic mainland was n
bold attempt te acquire profitable conces
sions in the Near East.
Its Immediate effect, however, has been
the awakening throughout Islam of a new
spirit of friendliness te France. This senti
ment is obviously net one te be misprized
by n nation possessing large Africun terri
tories peopled mainly by Mehammedans.
Great Britain has been less fertunnte, or
less shrewd, as witness the present stntc of
Moslem feeling in India.
But the formulation in the Near Eastern
conclave of n definite prngiam designed te
clarlfj and rehabilitate the status of the
Turk both in Europe niiii Western Asia ex
hibits among all the majur Powers a uni
fied endeavor te fine fiuts.
Some of thesp nre unquestionably un
palatable. It had been thought in 1010 that
the total exclusion of Turkish rule from
Europe could be accomplished nt lust. Re
ligious considerations of world magnitude
have clouded this view.
The Ottomans in Anatolia have dlsplajed
something of the remarkable recuperative
powers of their race. Decisive victory has
been denied te both belligerents in the
Turke-Greek supplementary war. The
Greeks arc anxious te cease fighting, pro
vided seme of the gains can be erganised
nnd preserved. The Kcmallsts regnrd the
present moment as a favorable one for enpi
tallrtn,; recovered prestige.
The plan of the allied Ministers in
volves n new division of territories in the
Near East, the restoration of a part of
Thrace te Turkey, the cslnbllshmcnt of
Turkish sovereignty ever virtually nil, of
Asin Miner and the retention of Adrinneplc,
tVjutrrn Thrace nnd all of the Galllpell Pe
ninsula by Greece. It Is proposed that thc4
territories adjoining the Dardanelles be tie-'
1 militarized and that control of the straits
should be vested in nn International com
mission, Insuring free navigation.
The prnimsnls cannet(bc called Ideal, but
nt least they reflect n revived acquaintance
with actual conditions In the Levant. The
most nebulous of the suggestions concerns
Armenia, which Is left te the core of the
League of Nations.
Ah this organization has net developed
these military forces, the mcre conception
of which cccnslened se much distress te
League opponents in the United States three
J ears age, the prospects for Armenia cannot
be called bright.
As a matter of fact, the Near Eastern
conference hns simply ignored the unending
Armenian question. The nttentlnn of the
councilors has been focused en the Turks,
who cannot be dismissed from the reckoning,
nnd upon the Turco-Greek War tragically
protracted and nn increasing menace tp the
stabilization et the Levant.
The ncccptence by both belligerents of an
nrmistlce could scarcely fall te exert a bene
ficial effect upon the proceedings in Genea
when delicnte nnd dangerous Near Eastern
topics arc breached.
ANOTHER AIR TRAGEDY
MEN'S habit of restlessness, their desire
te control and explore and their dis
content with slew and safe ways of exist
ence are costing them heavily.
Aviation, for cxnmplc, has been attended
with consequences mere tragic than nny
ever recorded in the early days of any ether
system of transportation. Fliers, whether
they were in or out of the mllltnry service,
have experienced hardships nnd risks of n
sort which even deep-sea sallorsknew noth
ing nbeut. They have been burned te death
In the nlr nnd blown te bits with their own
explosives. They have fallen mile after
mile te a terrible deatli which they had
time te contemplate before it came te them.
And the less of the passengers of an ex
cursion plane bound from one of the Flerida
resorts te Blminl shows that as air raachlnea
nre put te commercial uses some rigid sys
tem of control and inspection will have te
be devised te safeguard their passengers.
The narrative of the "Miss Miami" is
awe -inspiring enough te rank with some of
the famous horror talcs of the sea. Yet the,
vessel was lest only a short distance from
the coast of Flerida. Had she been equipped
with wireless her company would have been
saved. Brigadier General Mitchell, of the
Army Air Service, suggested long age thnt
all commercial nlrplanes, especially these
which de their flying ever thp sea,i should
be compelled te carry radio equipment.
A bill te nutherlzc Federal regulation of
private airplanes is before Congress. it
embodies Genernl Mitchell's suggestion with
relation te wireless. Had that bill been
passed n month age there would net have
been a less of five lives a few minutes out
from the' gay beaches of Flerida.
We are cheered and
Air Voices solaced by the knowl
edge that William Jen
nings Br.vnn indorses the radio. We have
been nfrnid he would dump it with Darwin's
theory of evolution. The nir is filled with
the spiritual voice, lie says. Net "spiritu
ous" be it noted. That would imply thnt
the voice of the bootlegger was being heard
in the laud. Recognition of the voice is
important. It shows there is growing hnr hnr
meny in the Democratic Party. Voices in
the air were a noteworthy feature of the
Wilsen Administration.
Spirit of Les Angeles
Presy Spirits centenarian sends mes
sage declaring there Is
no rheumatism in heaven.. That's the trou
ble with 'most of these spirit messnges.
While there is se much we should like te
knew of the ether side, thev waste time
prosing of the obvious. Of course there is no
rheumatism in heaven. There couldn't be.
AVith rheumatism it wouldn't be heaven.
It would be rheumatism.
Moscow is snld te be
Jingoism alive with war talk;
war in the spring, war
with Poland, Finland, Rumania, possibly
Involving Germany and eventually Franci.
It isn't impossible; nothing is impossible;
and .vet the chances are that the Soviet Gov
ernment will hesitate before anv nctien of
theirs shall automatically shut off American
famine relief supplies.
The Sublime Perte appears te have had
its kick reinstated.
A turtle weighing a ten has been cap
tured off Argentina. Who enres for your
piffling pleslesnuriis? This menus soup.
Dr. Broeme admits he's a shifter. Mr.
Walnut thinks he knows of one. Senater
Crew has refused te become u member.
Enster styles from Paris Include alumi
num hats. Hubbies will probably find
they're considered worth their weight in
geld.
The Rhine wine crop for last year is
the best for several generations pnst. But
the record Is still laid by the Rhine whine
crop.
Geerge Sylvester Vlcreck accuses Daniel
Cehnlan of being un-American. Well,
nobody te date has accused the Pet of lyingi
about the Kettle.
Music Hnll wen the Grand Natienaf
Steeplechase at Alntrce, Liverpool. One of
the favorites beaten was Clashing Arms.
Peace hatli its victories.
A reformer, said Demosthenes McGln
uls judicially, Is a snthetlc politician of
possibly superior metal (mettle?) but in
variably inferior durability.
The Jumnica. L. I., man who dubbed
women "the battling sex" is mistaken in
mippesiiig he has discovered something. But
he snld something all light.
The Fordney Peiuwuent Tariff Bill is
te be reported te the Senate next week. If
opponents knock the tar out of it there will
be much virtue In what remains.
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce
considers preposition te have nil street cars
painted with tne city colors, wliltu nud
blue. Accepted us rcud. Three cheers, etc.
Twe hundred plunge into the surf nt
Atlantic City; two thousand at Ceney
Island. But you can't call them crime
waves simply becnube of the numerous dips
there present.
Grapevine from Pittsburgh casually
mentions as a passible belated linibinger of
spring the mere or less immediate llkeli llkeli llkeli
hoed of a crocus nppenrjng en the grounds
outside of the Mercy Hospital.
Samuel Untennjer seems te have dem
onstrated that Rebert P. Brindell. serving
time In Sing Sing for robbing his fellow
workers, still dominates the Carpenters and
Deckbullders' Union of New Yerk. It is
about as sad n commentary en the quality
or mass meraiuj as yat can- weiiMmagine,
. tern ef thi Gentlemen WKe - Vv -', ''' - l,,V',A ' lM-' S4Wft!?VtfV V Ail4y vn,1
Like te 8tep
the Sheet of Oov Oev Oov
rner Sprout
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
. A DISTINGUISHED citizen et Pennsyl-
vanla handed me three pages of type
written manuscript 'the ether day. ' 1
He ia widely known for bis Independence
In Republican politics.
Alse he Is a publicist, a philanthropist
and a member of one of the learned pro
fessions. ' The manuscript, I found, was a clever
sntlrc en the present gubernatorial sltua sltua
Gen the candidates particularly.
It is printed herewith without alteration,
comment or suggestion of any kind.
It doesn't need any.
IN THE welter. of candidates for the Gov Gov
ereor's chair a shrewd observer has token
the pains te investigate the early lives of
the men who are new among us for our
judgmentvwitheut' either fenr or favor.
'As the boy, se the man."
It fellows, therefore, that nn intimate
glance backward will very greatly help the
independent yeter te reach an intelligent
conclusion upon his choice for Governer.
we have taken up the "early lives of can
didates" in. the inverse rntle of the Im
portance of their candidacies. The render
can readily appreciate the patience nnd labor
devoted te this task, reaching bark into the
past. Where it has been possible we have
depended upon the testimony of the nurse.
Of course, where se many candidates have
sprung from the very peer but honest home
devoid of luxury, there was no nurse or at
least none surviving.. In such a case we
have fallen back upon the testimony of
schoolmates.
Again If the candidate is se extremely
democratic ns te have been denied the usual
opportunities of education nnd te have lifted
hynself educationally at odd and uncertain
moments stolen from his dally tell, we have
te fall back upon mere rumor, hearsay nnd
local tradition,
Remembering the order given above, we
proceed immediately with
HARRY C. MACKEY, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Mackey is the friend of nil the
working classes.
His old nurse, new nn aged woman in
Susquehanna County, has told us that baby
Harry's first intelligible word was "com "cem "com
PensnGen." and. the second two were "pub
lic office." '
While still of tender years he become the
j jr et,hlB. Wows In all kind-hearted
deeds, and when he wrote his first message
te the public, he described himself as n
human engineer of a naturally retiring
nature."
He has been forced Inte the limelight by
n grent swelling volume of voices of men
nnd women who are calling te "Harry the
Workman's Friend" te stand for Governer.
:J. has, become almost n sacred duty with
this tribune of the people.
9
flip
UITE antipodal, te the "tribune of the
People." With nn unhrlnetnir nl1v
posed te the Simnle life nn the MnnWev
arm, uem wjinu geiu spoon in Ills mouth,
nurtured nt tables luxuriously spread nnd
breathing the rarefied nnd pure nlr of Pike
County, is our next candidate, Gilferd
Plnchet.
Always distinguished In appearance, al
most te n mittinee idol degree, with n native
hauteur of manner net easily acquired, Glf Glf
ferd Plnchet may well count upon the vote
i the ,w,0,1cn ,or nt ,eust tllc J6 nnd
susceptible female vote.
Yeung Plnchet had two nurses a day and
?i.nigJJLni,e- We htve lt irem them both
that Gilferd was always a distinguished and
aristocratic baby; that among his playthings
he always chose the Btiff little green trees
of his Neirh's Ark; thnt his first real word
was "forestry," and the next, a few days
later, "conservation."
His entire nnd expensive education was
directed te the thought of becoming United
States Ferester nnd he did.
The only rcnl drnwbnck te Pinchot for
Governer Is the fact that his idenlisin is se
ideal that when he is faced with a real
situation he is apt te be "up a tree."
TE NOW come te another rough diamond,
at least rough, a rugged, straight
forward county leader: A real politician
Edward Bcldlcman.
Ed Beldleraan nnd Dauphin County nre
almost synonymous. There are ethers, but
Ed is pretty nearly "it" around the Stute
Capitel.
.What he and Harry Baker de net 'knew
about the ins and outs nnd areunds and
nbeuts of politics is net worth knowing
Of French Huguenot descent, Ed Bclille
mnn s forebears settled long age In the capi
tal city te give Ed his chance for the gov
ernorship. If the decision rested with Dau
phin County alone, if the plain old Hugue
not families of Womelsdorf and Werners
vlllc nnd even as far as Allcntewn hed the
deciding vote, It would certainly be nH ever
with the rest of us.
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I Eddie never required the services of n
nurse; nc was always a strong boy. Perilous
he was allowed te walk a little tee early
but he was nlw-aya self-reliant nnd sure and
had a bass voice. A boyhood friend of Ed's
put it tersely when we inquired nbeut Ed for
Governer. The boyhood pal renmrked "Fd
Beldleman Is geed enough for Lieutenant
Governer."
OUR next in order is from the real coun ceun
try. One of the Interior counties where
the folks nre kindly nnd neighborly nnd go
te lectures nnd church seclnis, and where a
man is known through and through.
Such a man, nnd one who hns wen the
united support of the home folks, iN Jehn
Fisher, wne is neither nrlstecrnt, plutocrat
tribune of, the people nor astute "politician "
If he were mere nstutc lie would avoid
the entangling alliance with the manufac
turers. Jehn had a geed nurse, wns educated at
home, lived at home, was sent te the Stnte
Senate, was a valuable member of the Con
stitutional Commission nnd n very useful
AHlIinillK vwUimiiiBniuiji-r,
If we had been his nurse we would cer
tainly have whispered in his ear innnv times
a day the cryptic letters "N. G" -s ( '
May.Fishcr be delivered from the hands of
his friends.
WE NOW come te the man, the peerless,
fearless leatW of .Schuylkill County,
the knight errant who wins te office by his
happy disposition, his carefree manner nnd
his tetnl lack of appreciation of his own
limitations, leu hnve guessed his name
also n "French Huguenot," Charles A. Sny
der. Charlie was n rosy, rubicund bnbv that
gave very little trouble te his nurse. "
He wns fend of flowers nud always were
ii carnntlen even in the days of bib nnd
tucker.
Ne one could be nngry with Charlie for
any long time, and It is this statesmnnlike
quality that will push him Inte the Gover Gover
eor's chair,
Ne one ef the candidates hns held public
effice we, long, W) continuously, se tena
ciously as Charlie Snyder.
He is 111 this respect well equipped by
temperament and habit te go en from office
te offleo until there is nothing left but the
Governer's clmlr.
We mny all as well ngree that sooner or
later Charlie A. rlnyder will be Governer.
Why net new nud hnve it ever?
We present, therefore, our next Gover Gover
eor, Charlie "Attlt" Snyder.
Today's Anniversaries
1822 United States Heuse of Represen
tatives misfVl a resolution recognizing the
independence of Seuth American provinces
1847 United States sloep-nf-w'ar James,
town soiled, from Bosten for Cerk with sup
piles for the starving peer of Ireland.
1871 The Commune was proclaimed in
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
CAPTAIN HARRY L. SHULTZ
On Phlladelphla'a Traffic Preblema
THE greatest problem which confronts the
traffic police of Philadelphia is the edu edu
catien of the genernl public up te the point
where they knew whnt te de nnd hew te
conduct themselves in the midst of the city s
traffic with the least danger' of accident,
nccerdlng te Captain Harry L. Shultz, the
head of the Traffic Squad of the Bureau of
Police.
"There arc two great things which the
traffic police of the city hove te de," said
Captain Shultz. "One Is the prevention of
accidents and the ether is the handling of
the enormous traffic of the city with the
least possible congestion. The accidents
directly concern people, perhaps, mere than
does the congestion, und we use every menns
within our power te decrease tqe number 01
them ench yenr. A .
"We are succeeding pretty well. tee. In
1020 there were 5447 accidents in the traffic,
nnd in 1021 there were f422. But there wus
a big drop in the number of fatal dlsnstcrs.
T men iiiern were 2."i3 which resulted
(totally, and In the following year 108. This
yenr nns suewn a muituuuun un.....-,
there having been about one hundred acci
dents n month fewer than last year.
Educating the Public
"But our main difficulty is te get the
public educated te the point of taking care
of themselves. We have mere difficulty with
pedestrians thnn we have with the motor
ists, although I de net deny that there nre
some very careless and reckless motorists.
One impertnnt tiling which we hnve much
trouble in teaching the people nt Urge s te
cress nt the crossings nnd net in the middle
of the block.
"The pedestrians should learn te watch
the semaphore and net the traffic. There
nre very few motorists who disregard tlie
signals of the semaphore, and when the
signs nre turned against them they nil step
nnd the crossings nre safe. But there nre no
semaphores in tne miueie 01 tne moths.
"The matter of the children is another
thing which gives us much trouble. Parents
should teach their children te keep out of
the streets and, above nil, te use the public
piny grounds and net the streets for their
recreation. They should also be tnught the
dangers of automobiles, nnd all of this in
struction should be given at as early an nge
as possible. As an example of tills, I wns
driving with a friend through one of our
smaller streets n few days uge, ami within
three blocks we snw nt least 2.TO children
plnvlng en the street while the parents sat
en the steeps or perches nnd watched them.
When conditions like this exist lt Is little
wonder that there are se many accidents
te children. ,
The Truck Traffic
"But the grentest trouble is still nt the
street crossings. There nre a number of
reckless and careless truck drivers, nud the
motertruck is the most unwieldy nnd dan
gerous of nil meter vehicles. We get these
drivers whenever we can and talk te them
nbeut the necessity et using the greatest
care In the handling of their machines.
Most of them pny attention te our vvnrnlng
because they knew thut it will be followed
by Fevere penalties if they have accidents'
through cnrelessuess of their own.
"We heuld hnve n lnw in Pennsylvania
demanding thnt every driver have some
knowledge of the trntnc rules and regula
tions of the State and city befeie he is
granted a license ns a driver. Many of ttiem
knew only enough te start and step their
cars. Then they get their licenses and go
out, especially en n Saturday or Sunday,
when the traffic Is congested under any cir
cumstances, and, of course, many of thorn
have accidents, net se much through their
Inability te drive ns through their ignorance
of the traffic conditions nnd rules. Whnt we
need is the thing which they hnve in New
Jersey, where it Jh required that nn nppll
emit for n driver s license show that he can
handle his car in the traffic. This could be
easily done by requiring that the new driver
go into the traffic with some experienced
person nntl leurnlhe things which Jie must
knew In order te drive safely.
"Anether dniigcreuH thing is the prac
tice of se many children iu 'catching rides'
from automobiles. It is dangerous te them
selves, n nuisance te the drivers of cars und
te the public, nnd a practice exceedingly
hard te break up, Here again the parents
could give us tremendous help It they only
would de se.
"We hnve increased our traMc poets bjr
I a large number durjng the last year or 3,
but we still could use mere men te geed ad
vantage. However, the public has had a
considerably better service, as' we new have
mere men than we had en Bread, Walnut
nnd Arch streets, nnd arc going te nut
merp en these streets as well as at ether
congested points. Traffic conditions have
improved greatly in the last couple of years,
and we leek for them te get still better. It
is getting te be n great problem in many
districts nil ever the city, and with the
paving of certnln impertnnt streets these
have becemp the outlet for an Immense
vehicular traffic, which must be cared for.
Delaware uvenue, for example, has been
greatly improved, nnd the number of block bleck
udes of traffic there and all ever the city
hns been largely reduced.
' "We nre handling today about 40 per cent
mere traffic thnn we were five years age,
nnd the grentest increase has been In the
truck traffic, the hardest of nil te handle.
It is the most difficult te hnndlc because we
hove se few streets ether thnn Breed street
where this traffic can be placed. In the
same way Chestnut and Market streets get
n let of truck traffic because we have no
ether streets for them.
"As a matter of fact, there should be no
truck traffic en Brend street, nt least be
tween Lehigh avenue and Washington ave
nue; til's piensure-car traffic is quite suffi
cient te tnx the qtrcet resources te the limit.
The business wngens nnd the trucks have
really no place en this street, nnd yet we
hnve no ether place te put them.
Compared With New Yerk
"Mnny of the streets of Philadelphia,
like some of these in Bosten, nre tee nar
row te accommodate the immense amount of
traffic which passes ever them every dny.
New erk Is much better equipped in this
respect, because there are se few cross cress
town street-ear lines there. But iu Phila
delphia we, hnve n-strect-cnr track en urac
tjenlly every street, nnd this cemplicntes
the matter of handling vehicular truffle
enormously. .
"The llghllng-slgnal system is working
out admirably in New Yerk, but our condi
tions here are be different that 'a decided
modification of it would have te be made
te have it weik efficiently. Our great preb-
lc!n. ,,n ,.th.1? re!iI)ect ,N Clty "all Square,
which 1 divides the traffic. It might be pos
sible te weik two different lighting systems,
one north from Arch street nnd the ether
south from Chestnut, but City Hnll inter
feres with nny such system ns Fifth uveniie
has ,n New erk. In Philadelphia, owing
te the City Hull Square, we have both the
Bread street traffic and .the Market street
traffic moving at the same time, which, com.
.pllcntes the situation. But we shul have e
come te something of the kind some day.
und the whole mutter of handling the vchicu
Inr traffic of the city will have te haw mere
the'paat! f"tUrC thaU " h bed liS
A Congested Area -
"In Philadelphia the traffic zone extends
from about Girard avenue en the north te
Seuth street en the south, and fm ,lw
Delaware River ter the Schuylkill In v,
Yerk this traffic Is spread out ever a dls
tance of six or svveu miles. In this wav
their problem is easier then ours, and added
p that fact is that theirs runs in straight
ncs, where ours iu broken by City Hall
Square. " "uu
"Our entire traffic force consists of hnt
TOO men. We hnve 20.1 feet officers dft
into tin ee nlntoens. Jin ..we.i ."' .V
ylded into two platoons, and there nre 211
In the meter squad, divided into three
plutoens, iintl stationed in every district for
emergency calls. These men hnve proved of
the utmost value te the city. They are Jie?d
only for the purpose of answering emergency
calls and go in motorcycles te the acena
where they are needed. We have net yet
solved nl the traffic problems of Phlladel
phin, but we believe that we are en the
Today's Birthdays
years age
Mortimer H, Ceeley. of IInive.Ui... .
Michigan, president of the American Enal-
ncerlng Council, born et Cnnendalgun. N
Y., sixty-seven years age. ' "'
Nerman Hamroed. 'author .n.t ."..
United States Minister te Denmark, bar.
Hill rh t Mfttf-fniie. MJWamn . "M
nrCh!:afe nfty,feur ycarc age. ' 08r
Arlstlde Hrlnnd, the French Premier wh
attended the Washington Conference? born
at Nantes sixty-ene jenrs age,
Dr. William Allan Nellson, president .,r"
Smith College, born in Scotland flf v.' L"'
SHORT CUTS
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Listen te the springtkne flowers
Dreaming of the April shewers:
"Politics ain't worth a ruble,"
Sold the Crocus te the Bluebell.
"And the newspapers provoke us,"
Said the Bluebell te the Crocus.
The calendar has' received belated, in in
eorsement. Spring is really here.
When the coal-strike horse is well, eut-Vd
T ilaaa. taLla A. I. ..A. .1 (II I JV 4 .
vi tuc niuuic luuiuuer will DC nxcu. tf
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Areaiy treaters are new oppreacbing the
mainland of Japan through u thick fog et
talk.
Northwest business men ere of the opin
ion that a simple remedy for the skip-step
is a step-skip.
The only thing the public positively
knows concerning the coal strike is that it
loses, whoever wins.
Perhaps De Valera aims te prove' the
old-time allegation that Irishmen are better
scrappers than executives.
Velivn of Zlen has forbidden the use et
anesthetics when teeth nre pulled. Here's
wishing him the toothache.
IrresnerrivA nt elm marten nl t .
the slogan of ce'al consumers ,the country &
ever Is "Back te the mines." iK
Fer se supreme a disaster, se sublime a
tragedy, the name of the flying beat, Miss
Miami, was pitifully frivolous.
, A New Yerk University professor has
decided that the male of tne flapper is a
Hepper; but which is the flipper?
The Quiet Hours
HOW brief the quiet hours always seem!
I wait upon the doorstep et a dream
On tiptoe, sure of entrance. If some Grace
Would thrust the world aslde a little space I ft
Sun, sky and summer wait befere my cye, " ,-j
Thn nmvei. In fnlel, thai,. Knnii, tnm waii S
cries
Loud in my soul, and then the hour Is
done
With broken dream, nor nny bong begun!
Edna Mead, in the New Yerk Times. ,
Shifting Taxes
rrem the fiurlngfleld napubllcnn. '
Taxes mny be shifted this way or tlint,
but it Is much ns n tired nedestrinn shift)
his burden from one shoulder te the ether. '
It may case some sere spot, but lt makes a
new one.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1, In what city was the separate treaty of ";
, peace between the United States and '-
Germany drawn up? ,
z. Who was Marie Baahkirtseff? y
3. At what age does a citizen become eligible -6
for the United States Senate? '
4. What Is a hatchment?
6. Whnt Is the chief sugarcane-producing
State, of the Union? I-
r, What is a calery?
7. Who was Themas Nast?
8. What is a calender?
9. What Is a polonaise? .
10. What winter did Washington and the ,
Continental Army spend at Valliy
Ferge 7 I1
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Answers te Yesterday's Qui j
1. The colors of the nag of Denmark art
red and white.
2. Maryland was the first American State
te mine soft coal. The production m- !
tween 1107 and 1120 amounted te 3009
3. Theode'r Memmsen was a celebrated Ger
man historian, noted especially for Ids
histories of Berne. , He died In liOI. j
4. A perimeter Is a circumference the out
line of a. closed figure
8. An earwig Is a. harmless little animal re
sembling the rove beetle ,1?ern,,Ajj
6. Abraham Wnceln married Mary Tedd, s
of Lexington,. Ky(' , , . ,.,,
7. A caret Is a mark like an Inverted "v 4.
placed below the line te shew tne
place of emission. . . . . , A
8. Geerge Washington attended school in
Fredericksburg, Va. , . .
9. The President of France W elected for ,
seven .yeara by an absolute majority
of the Senate and $ Cbmj"r.m:
' Deputies united In a .National Aasem- 1
10. Et&t. Wl.lha.ly a French word. )
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