tAMA ?.? ! r.v w ' i e a m& lit f.'.i-v,; . jj-w i ts, :V'irU-7i; jSSSjt! WK&m YJ-V v 7 T :mmm '. m W t W. ixr.. v & 10? EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922 '-', yi? it Br ! w ijn. rnina Uubltc lledaer a$lUaUIC LEDGER COMPANY ffW'CtHUfl If K. CtHlTIS, TnDsiDtNT n v iriin ite l-resiucm anu vrraiurer: A. Tyler, Srcretarvi Churls II. l.udli.r 'hlllp S. Cnlllna. Jnhn n. Williams, .lehn .T. m, ueerce t: ueidimith, David E. Umllcy. ID B. SMIT.KT. .Hdlter MAnTtN...,Oncral nutlnem Mnnaucr SJirtbJhhrt dally at Pretto t.Ktmn Building ! ri" j IndcpendcncS Siiuarc. l'hllailclphla. FS 4. C,TT ..rrr..Cnfen IHUMIng ; JJI yenK M MmllKen Ala. J BBMlt 701 Tord nulMInK i" r: ..wfci.vn CUlCaOO 1302 Tribune Hulidlng .. uiiii.k uiii utanfutmecmt nil ns WaHIN0T0N IllKIUV, N. n. Cor, PennIvanlii Ac. and I till SI r.w A'emc llfncAC Thn Kun Tlull.tlnc Londen Uubeiu Traralgar Hull Una tt srnprniPTiON- Trnxis The. Etckina Prune Ledem in ere.l te nub erlbr In Philadelphia and nurreunluc towns t IJjs run nf twelve (12) cents per week, payable te th carrier. - j Br mall te points outside- of Philadelphia In inn Liimeu Minipx, lannna, ir L nitel ?tal' rn rn atsMena, peatasa free, nfty (MO) cents per month. Blx (ffl) dollars per ar, pajahln in advance. T nil fAVAlnn . A...,. ... ..ma ill I ,!-.. - ....... . ,. y , .w.-itte ."uiuLivB V '" .Muinr ii iimnm Uj -. nwww--euiiBcnufn wiBninp nuurens cnanteu t? Mlt Civs old aa well as new nilJrrn.. T,, J1 MIL SAM Trtl.srT VFVSTnvr uiiv'imi IfarEF 'AUrtis nil comimnifcntfeits te Evenlne Public r? .J.taetr. Inttcpinilrnce Siuarr. Philadelphia. v j Member of the Associated Press TttB ASSOCIATED MESS ticlntivttu en mtled te 1h use for republication el nil nrius 4i$tatche credited te It or net etirrtWie crcWcd n tMa paper, and also the local news published therein. All rlahts of rrpuMfcnHen 0 aeclal dispatch errt are alto reserved. 1'hllidtlpliU, Thurida;, Mar H- 1'" JOHNSON ART TANGLE ENDED THE decision in exhibit tlie ,lolinen nrt collection In the former residence of tin' late donor termlnalc 11 controvert wbleh, threueli tlic interplay of enllletliiE pur poses nnd lltiKiitiun, bad been inrrled far afield from the eriRinitl merits of the ciim. Mr. Johnsen't will was uplield by the Court, which refused te confuse the Ihsiip by ecendlns the movement te install the pic tures in the lieu Art Museum at K.ilr K.ilr meunt. The Naudnln street extension idea, Proposed in Council, was clearly nn attempt te employ the right of eminent domain ns an instrument for defeating the expressed object of the bequest. Mr. Hall's measure will probably net be heard of ngain. After conference with Richard Weglein. president of Council, the Mayer has nnneunced that the paintings will be displayed in the Jehnsen home, which, nfter u special appropriation has bten made, will be duly fircproefed. If.it is net In accordance with what was presumed te be the bull: of public sentiment , the outcome is by no means deplorable. Jehn G. Jehnsen, n connoisseur in art, had also made the exhibition of pictures spe cial study. Rlchtly or wrongly, he was convinced that vast formal galleries were it dreary and formidable error, that there was possi ble appeal In the intimacy of a doner'i residence nnd that no site was better than eae within the most populous districts of a rlty. It is net unlikely that the suit calling for the removal of the city as co-trustee With the I'cnnsjhnhla Company for Insur ances en Lives and Granting Annuities will be withdrawn and the threat te tnke the pictures te New Yerk will vani-li. In that ease the last gasp of litigation will be grnti lyinjly recorded. It may be added that the city and the public, recipients of Mr. Jehnsen's munifi cence, nre net stripped of obligations. One t- them is respect for the will of a great lawyer assuredly privileged te entertain t lueas et nis own concerning me cxnieiuuu ui EJ' b'isjirlcclefcs art. l Unfair te mr. Armstrong j1 TTlHE disposition of the dominant forces JL in Council te call a halt en factional '-t blclfering until after nc.t Tuesday denotes perhaps something mere than conventional (l interest in the forthcoming primary con test.' Evidently the nominating election is . met an nffulr te lie considered lightly. 'SVhllc this chastening influence may be ; Justified in fact, the truce lias the effect of prolonging a situation which had its origin la the minutiae of ward politic. he objection raised by Councilman flans L te Mnyer Moere's excellent appointment of YTJiemns t Armstrong as 1 ity fiirciiasing 1 Agent was based upon technicalities in con nectien with violation of the Sherman Antl .jTrust Law. Mr. Armstrong was asked te r.nUDmn proeis cnuniering course et ciiipn billty. Fer some lime he has been ready te submit bis credentials and a complete defense te a ceuncilmanlc committee. , .But that body lias held no meeting nnd Mr. ..Armstrong's nppeinlincnt Is still un confirmed. The uses of alleged peace are net always "Vhqt they seem. .Sometimes thej are lie- I) ueerately insidious. UNREADY FOR A CITY COLLEGE THE stimulating accomplishments of Tem ple Unlversitj and its social and cultural importance te the (emmunlry are net In I the least disparaged in .Superintendent Broeme's recommendation that the Heard ; 'of Education reject the generous nnd pub ' Hc-spiritcd offer of the Hev. Dr. Ituncll II. , Cenwcll. Hr. Ilroeme makes no mystery of . the real embarrassmcntH involved, which are 'S.( nothing less than the deficiencies of th"e f present educntlenal sjsti'in In this city, .' which imperatively demand repair before nW ventures are begun. The "Kinegan survey reveals the fur- mlilalite fni.l llint llllllllt Sll 01)11 llllfl 1 T needed te modernize and re-eipilp school : buildings, erect new structures and. In gen- erali' britig the whole system up te date. t'R.SwiBenrd of Education is facing a work Wa"y - nn" ""Prcssive magnitude. In JgVc.WJ,yr(l!, I'liiladelphla, threugli practl S epV igerce of circumstances, is unprepared te v.eawarK upuu u iiiuiiiciiui cimickiiiil enter . tiDr. C'nnwi'll. whee sense nf values In (Consistently keen, insists tliat his offer will Vf TtAnt htk vttltflrnt n lioe'iesp nf lln, twih.ill.1n 1C.JWI be wltlulrawn because of (lie possible 'iwiblllty of the beard te accept It at this frjtlue. This is a bread and fnr-slglited view T'.Jf'l.. unktnxf The fact that I'hiladelpliia t-'y ""e1 ' ,'iriay unready te develop an idea whicli ,Bcen successfully developed elsewhere, if in New Yerk, is the community's rtune nnd no rctleetien upon the In c merits of the nronesal. I)r. Fine- n ixliaiislive analysis of the school sys- aciin Pennsylvania discloses the resret- ptiMe fashion in which fiindnnientnls have &1 itutJin .Aar1iit Ail mill tmini- ftltunlitfi. A.nil ti..tir.. overlooked. Putting the ordinary vf'iath.oelhoiiku In order is the flrst need. EHVc' - - fT"E BUSINESS OF MURDER ftyjflBAINyileohel, denatured for commercial Vj'and Industrial uses, Is alcohol highly (jiprfnntcd with deadly poison. It has ncaeineunriucci in nn sorts 01 tests tmt tlvtlbnli n II tirif lift ti-llMl I ( I miimrnjl ! PVVOIu'l luiiui'v uv. itii'ij viiiwtiri ii(i r process of re-illstiiiiitieii. fart, but of it, can be eliminated. Yet It has vfeunl that u veritable flood of re- '.'UViuiinx-'t iiix'iiui is ui'iiig iiiiiieii iwboe'tU'g-whlsky factories from plants iincu iu pri'imru unit uiMinuuic lll poison were' found a duy jpmit.in tuis city. m. IM .open rm. titles by people who hnve no means of knowing that they may be cutting their terms of life down te a few years or a few days. Ne pirns' of the Illicit liquor trade Is se appalling and se completely abominable as the traffic In disguised denatured alcohol. Men who engage In it should net he in dicted for violation of the Velstead law. They should be indicted for organized murder. NEW WAR TO BE WAGED ON CROOKED LAWYERS Judge Martin Is Ce-operating With the Committee of Censers te Purge the Bar E1 VEIIY. reputable lawyer suffers In Ids reputation when a crooked lawyer tubs a client or resorts te trickery te win a lad case. The unthinking decide at once that all lawjers arc crooked. They generalize from Insufficient data. This habit of drawing sweeping conclusions from an Isolated fact. Is altogether tee common. The careful, scientific Investigator always accumulates a mass of evidence before he draws any conclusion. He hns learned by experience that this Is the only snfe course, and he has learned, tee, tiint he must nhva.vs he ready te modify his lenclusluns In the light of new evidence. Hut the man In the street does net always have a scientific mind. When a politician is proved te be a grnfter he says till poli ticians are grafters. When n clergyman is detected in a fault he insists that nil clergymen nre hypocrites. And when a lnwjer is guilty of sharp practices he insists that no lawyers can he trusted Hut we all knew that these conclusions nie at fault. The overwhelming nuijnritj of men In nil professions are honest. They are tn ing te de as near tight as they knew hew. If there were no ether incentive, they knew that It is in the long run the most profitable course. IJut most of us have sufficient con fidence in liumnn nnture te believe that this Is net the compelling motive. The renewed efforts of the Law Associa tion of this city te purge the bar of the men who have been false te their oath is evidence of n jealousy of professional honor which justifies the belief in the underlying Integrity of purpose of the lawyers. The association hns been handicapped in the past by its inability te force offending lawyers te appear before .its Committee of Censers. This hnndlcnp wns removed by the Legislature of liUit, which empowered the presiding Judge of any Court of Common Pleas te issue subpoenas en the request of any approved lemmittce of members of the bar of the court te compel the attendance net only of nny accused lawyer charged with unprofessional conduct, but te force the attendance of necessary witnesses. The Committee of Censers has just se cured the co-operation of President Judge Martin, of the Court of Common Picas Ne. .-. in carrying out the purposes of the act. The Judge welcomes the opportunity te co operate with the lawyers in upholding the standards of the profession. In the past, offending lawyers have de clined te icspend te the summons of the Committee of Censers. As Judge Martin pointed out. they hnve made a settlement with their aggrieved clients and laughed at the efforts te punish them. When the client was satisfied he would net appear as a wit ness against the lnw.ver. He was intetested only In getting his money, nnd did net care te trouble himself with protecting ether citizens from being preyed upon by the lnw jer who had been honest with him only under compulsion. 1'nder the old nriangement the Committee of Censers has been aide te help aggrieved clients without being able te de much toward securing the disbarment of dishonest law jers. It iias been .only in the most flagrant lases that n luwjer has been disbarred. I'nder the new arrangement the offending lawyer can be brought te book before he has bad time te cover up ills offense by making a settlement with Ills client. The identity of the few crooked lawyers in town is known te ether lawyers. They are likely te be r, niched with Increased vigilance new that the I.uw Association's committee hns seen fit te go into open court nnd secure a public announcement from the Judge that he Is ready te co-operate with it in its work. The Court itself is directly interested, for the lawyers are all officers of the court directly responsible te it for the abuse of their privileges. Tlieie Is another abuse in the administer ing of justice which Is as greatly In need of attention as the dishonest lawyers, and that Is the Interminable dela.vs resorted te in order te wear out the patience of men seeking just lie. I'nder the American practice, lawyers nre allowed te make dilatory motion after dila dila lery motion, and the Judges have no way te prevent it They cannot question he geed faith of the litigants without proof, and proof Is net alvvajs easy te attain. I'nder the English practiie the lawyer who makes n motion involving delny Is forced te put up a sum of inenej te be forfeited If his motion is denied. The sum is large enough te dis courage motions made purely for the purpose of delay. Chief Justlie Taft Is about te visit Lon Len Lon eon te study the system in order te dis cover whether it can he adopted in some form in the Federal leurts in this country. lie is evidently determined te bring about a reform in judicial procedure in the Inter ests of justice. Already through his urging Congress hns authorized the appointment of a large number of new Federal Judges needed te handle the Increased business of the courts. When these Judges are appointed nn effort will be made te clear the calendars of cases that have been awaiting considera tion for two or three jears. If he can In troduce a sjsteni which will discourage dila tory motions lie will prevent future over ever crowding of the calendars. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT rF CONCIiESS did business in a business. X like way it would have amended the rupt PrnetiiOH Act of 1(111 as seen as pos sible after the adoption of the amendment te the Constitution In HH.'I providing for the election of 1'nited Stutes Senators by popular vote. Such part et that act as referred te Senators legulated the expenditures in volved in securing election by the State Legislatures. In order that there might he no doubt of the application of the net te the new conditions, It should have been amended se as te cover the election of Sena tors by the people. Jiut nothing wih done. Then came the decision of the .Supreme Court In the Newberry case te the effect that Congress had no authority under the Con stitution te Interfere in the manner of nominating Senators or Representatives, whether by prlmnry or by convention. Even then no attempt was made te bring the law Inte conformity with the Consti tution or te amend the Constitution se ns te give Congress control of the mi" hed of nomination. And new sonic surprise Is expressed at tliu opinion of Attorney (ieneral Daugherty that Senators are no longer required te file nny statement of their primary or election expenses, as the senatorial part of the Cor rupt Pructlees Act has become invalid under the court decision. And similar sur (Prijn Is expressed at Ma opinion that Hep cmMtatlrea are set .fwulred te ale aa tntzrr.innik i . w. . ' statement of their primary campaign ex pense, ns thnt part of the act is also In validated by the decision. I'ntlt the Supreme Court noted in the Newberry case the Senators, even the bct lawyers among them, hud been filing a statement of their primary and election expenses under the assumption that the change in the method nf electing Senators had net uffected the application of the law te them. As the Daugherty opinion Is only nn opinion and net u decision of the court. It Is llkel.v that Senators will still file these statements of expenditures in order te be en the sife side. Hut they will net pre tend te limit their expenditures te, the mini fixed b.v the lnw, for the limit has been lifted sky high. THE BRIDGE BUILDERS UT WAS William James who, having been gloomily tesigned te a world from whicli till heroic adventure seemed te hnve van ished, glnneed put of n car window nnd snw a group of structural steel workers laboring with enormous beams at a dizzy height against tlie sky and suddenly felt his heart lifted with a new pride in humanity. Heroism, he decided, is alvvajs a part of life, though It may appear in strange nnd unexpected places; daring nnd adventure are evcrj where and always In t lie service of mankind. Later Prof. James said In eIe et ills lec tures at Harvard that such monuments ns were te be built In Hosten should be erected te the men who sweated and toiled under ground te build the subways nnd then van ished, as such men de, when their task wns done, leavlns no suggestion of their identity behind them. We have been hearing a great deal about what the Delaware llrldge will cost in money Ne one lias said anything about what the bridge will cost in strain nnd stress te these individual men whose strength pitted against bedrock nnd ngalnst the tides nnd the strength of steel will lift the great structure bit by bit until it is swung beautifully from ene city te another. The caissons are down nnd within them for a long time te come there will be continu ing revelations of the superb unconscious cournge of the average man. Chiefs among the Sens of Martha these caisson men nre; fine representatives of the army that, silent nnd unseen, does the hard, heroic labor of the world. Without the strength of their arms nnd their hearts all the money ever minted would net put the bridge in place. Men In the bridge caissons must work in sealed I'hnmbcr under wnter nnd endure artificially created air pressure high enough te keep the river from coming in upon them. They carry special identification tags semeAJ ..!.... III.- .1 ... - 1 ... aL . "inn uie i hum' um'u in me nrmj, ueenusc sometimes they collapse in the streets after a return te normal atmospheric pressure. Their hospitals represent the first completed work nt the bridge terminals. It is net possible te centemplnte the work of the bridge builders without feeling much ns Prof. James did without deciding that when the bridge is completed there should he somewhere about it a word or a sipn or a sjmbel In honor of the men who labored lintilest te build it. There might properly be a tablet or a list of names or even one of thee ornamental groups of sculpture which are being put up every day ie pre serve tlie memory of le.-scr men nnd less significant cause.-. Fer, after all, your caisson man Ihe "compressed -nlr worker" of engineering definition Is suggestive of mero than bridge building. He represents, in n form unusually dramatic, all tlie world of faithful, toiling men who keep civilization in motion. When. In the middle of the night, jnu touch a button nnd get light ; when trains and ships arrive or depart, when the wnter Hews, when the lamps Hare In the evening te Illuminate the city, when trellejs nppcar en time, it I because somewhere men are watching gauges, tending machinery or laboring in boiler rooms that jeu will never see. When your house is warm in winter It is becnuse et men who tramp through snow te labor in mines. The whole form nnd order of jour life, the comforts anil the security that jeu take se easily for granted, depend upon the industry and the faithful nes of men whose iiHtues you never will knew. Wherever you se and find order and snfetj In inilway chnnis made for the easy passage of travelers, en long reads. In cities the Sens of Martha have been before jeu te de tlie work necessarj te jour coin cein coin ferr. A pieper understanding of tlie thing tjpl fied by bridge builders and caisson men would de mere than yards nf statistics and miles of court decisions te solve what is called the labor problem. SOME GOOD OUT OF GENOA W HATEVEIt may be the Until and com prehensive verdict upon tlie proceed ings nt Cenen. tlie conference Is already as sured of a place in history as the inspira tion of side treaties and collateral agreements-. Te the Kusse-tJerinan pact, the Angle-Ilussian oil contract and the vaguely lcpni'tcd Turke-Italian accommodation add tlie convention definitely disposing (,f the lomplex questions arising from the parti tion of Silesia. The apportionment bj the League of Na tions of national and economic jurisdictions in this rich industiinl and mining region was announced nt the outset as displeasing te (Serumus nnd Poles nlike. The necessity of i (iming te terms upon u question vital te tlie economic welfare of Europe was ines capable. Delegates of (ierman.v nnd Poland at (tenon seem te have realized this fact. The result has been an interchange of ideas and a deference te the spirit of com promise which hnve borne fruit in an elaborate and explicit contention between the two countries. The new treaty, which contains tlKO urti urti eles nnd Is longer than the Versailles pact, is te lie signed by Polish nnd (ierman rep resentatives at (ienevn during the eight eenth session of tlie Council of the League of Nations, which opens in the Swiss city '"day. Ratification, of whicli few doubts are enlertained, must take place in tlie (ier man and Polish Parliaments within two w ecksv- The treaty suggests machinery for nego tiating a commercial agreement whicli is ex pected te include a clause providing for llbeit of transit in Polish territory for goods pusslng between (iermnny and Rus sia. It Is unquestionable that the economic stability of Central Europe would be sensi bly enhanced by such nn arrangement. It Is Intini'ited that the Pnllsli-Ccrmau agreement will enable the Ententu te rid itself of tlie I'pper Silesia Imbroglio and te withdraw its remaining contingents of troop, Hritish, French and Italian, from this territory next month. The Slleslan quest Ien has been described by alarmists ns another Alsace-Lerraine. Tlie new treaty seems te call for a modifi cation of that view. It represents u sub stantial accomplishment In reconstruction. 'Without the opportunities for direct in ternational contact, furnished at (ienen this encouraging step In tlie remaking of the Continent might, conceivably, hove been perilously delay til. That the Russian reply te the allied memoranda should he evasive need occasion neither surprise nor dismay. Evasion Is ene of the tools of the bargainer, and while it Is being utei a compromise Ivfl'wnys pos alt. ' , h v DR. FAGER FOOLED THEM A Letter With a Red Seal That Served as a Passport In the Balkans. This State Shy en Archee- logical Research Ity tlEORMH XOX McCAlN DR. C. H. FACER, of Hnrrlsburg, for years the head of that city's Technical High Scheel, tells a most unusual travel story. Its Interest Is net lessened In the least, becnuse it happened nine jenrs age. In this day of worry nnd dohiyevor the matter of travelers' passports te foreign countries the doctor's luck nnd clever as surance will be appreciated. A trli through Europe and the Hn1knn was undertaken by Dr. Eager in llllil. .It was the year of the lliilkati Wiir, preceding the world cataclysm. His companions en the journey were Prof, and Mrs. II. V. Adnnis. of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. The latter had provided themselves with passports, a little necessity of the hour which Dr. Fngcr overlooked. Heferc starting he had. however, obtained a letter of general introduction nnd identi fication from the late Dr. Nathan C. ScluicfTcr, then Superintendent of Public In struction nt Hartisbiirg. TT WAS the luckiest thing that I did se," said Dr. Eager. "When D'r. Schaeffer had written the letter I asked him te affix tlie largest red or geld seal In his office. And he did. "It wns n very Imposing-looking docu ment, with its nourishing signature nnd huge seal. It was impressively authoritative," continued Dr. Fngcr. "When we started for Dalmatla it wns net long before I hnd cause te regret my failure te secure an American passport. "Dr. and Mrs. Adams were all right, T was all wrong. "Then I r "ailed my letter from Dr. Si buffer, with Its gorgeous seal. "11,111(1 the trick "We journeyed nil down the const of Dal rnntin, stepped nt Rngusa and then went up and ever the Plack Mountain Inte the little kingdom of Montenegro, new n 'pnrt of Czecho-Slovakia. w "In Cettlnjc I steed within a few feet of King Nicholas dullng a public ceremony In front of the palace. "When we. came te the frontier, nnd te, indeed, all the frontiers and my passport was demanded. 1 drew out Dr. Schaeffer s letter, with its big seal, and thrust it Inte the customs officials' hands. "The official couldn't rend It; the crisp paper nnd the big senl looked ns If it nt least ought te be a passport, se they in spected it gravely and returned it and passed me inreiign. ( "I went all through Eastern Europe, en nun uiieinciai icucr et introduction. " TV. HARRY III RNS, Director of, Hy -' glene for the public schools of Pitts burgh, get hack .Monday from Detroit. U' wns n delegate te the annunl conven tion of Phjslcal Training Directors. The doctor, who is fnmllinr with the school system of Philadelphia, as well as of Pittsburgh, says that Detroit I leading everv city In the Culled Scutes; if net in tlie world, in its school system. Particularly is this true of its building program nnd its up-te-date and advanced methods of school architecture. due system of school buildings compris ing slv separate structures capable of caring for (HHH) pupils hns it campus of forty acres. He describes another new building seven stories in height which hns accommodations for ::()00 children. One of ljn features is tlie elevator sys tem. There nre twelve batteries of elc elc valers, each one of which has n capacity for nn entire clnss. Pupils walk from n classroom en the sec ond fleer te one of these c&oviiters, the entire class then steps a beard and is shot up te the sixth or seventh fleer, where another In structor Is waiting for them, Detroit's school -building program nlene involves the expenditure of $UO.(l(M).U0O. And the people have Indorsed the expeu diture. IT WAS my friend Oliver Scheeh, botanist, horticulturist nnd nature-lever generally who. through this column, started a move ment thnt has attracted ceuntrv-vvlde at tention. It is official tecognitleii of (he destruction of wild flew ci nnd trees bv prcdntery motorists. SevernI Slates are taking cognizance of the depredations by nutemnhllWts en moun meun tuin lands, and even en .private properly, in breaking mid destroying wild shrub's, bushes, and even tiees. for tlie sake of their wild flowers nnd blossoms. In some sections of the State, and par ticularly along the main traveled State highways, certain species of wild flowers have almost totally disappeared. Mr. Scheeh villi have a bill Introduced nt the next Legislature te punish this new class of twentieth-century depredaters. M1" ATJ. ei EANTLMi: he has embarked en n new Tiisnde. He 'bewails die fact that such a lack of interest Is displayed In arclieoleglcal re re seiiich work in Pennsylvania. Many Western states, he says, imve net only appointed (onimisslens, U provided adequute funds for surveying and plotting counties where sneh prehistoric relics exist. Descriptive data about each mound, In dian graveyard and kitchen midden nre com piled. All available specimens of weapons, tools, pottery, beads and stone household imple ments are collected and stored in Stnte museums or lit Icim uiiiiIc available for In spection or study by nreheoleglsts. VERY properly, Mr. Scheeh points out, such weik should be In the hands of or under the direction of nreheoleglsts or per bens of some training nnd experience, In almost every county In this Stute there nre persons who knew the location of these treasures. Hundred-, of farmers have small collec tions of Implements gathered in their fields as their plows tore open old graves or dis closed ancient burial mounds, Mr. Scheeh says. "Pcnnsyhnniii Is behind In thin matter," he snys, "Other States hate become fnineus for their American antiquities simply because they went at the weik in nn intelligent fashion and made systematic investigations, "A survey of Pennsylvania's antiquities is essential because they are rapidly disap pearing. "The collections already preserved in the museum in the State Library In Hnrrlsburg are only uu indication of what awaits the conscientious nnd systematic worker Iti (his field. "It Is n fascinating subject." siMs Mr. Scheeh. "We knew tee Utile 'about our primitive riues. "Any citizen can ask and receive full in,, formation en the geology of our State from Dr. Ashley. State Ceoleglst. but there Is no one who can give nny definite information about our prehistoric predecessors en thu soil of Pennsylvania." Sehanzer mid Jasper, Words. Words Italian and Helglan w and Words delegates at (ienen, sug gest that the Powers admit the iiutionullzatlen of property con cen flsentvd by the Russian Soviets provided tlie latter grant usufruct te the original owner" Which Is in Hue with the suggestion made in these columns that i settlement would eventually be iiiude net by economists but by lexicographers. New Jersey clubwemen In convention urge mothers te rend poetry te their children in order te vvenii flappers from the tlnshy novel. (Ne. it doesn't read straight, but jeu get tin' idea.) Hut the trouble Is that 'most of the trashy novels today are rend, net by the flappers, hut by their fathers and mothers. Delaware has started te ship her Htratr- l.errli,M. II treinnnilruiH vliklfl. ffemiltfi (lie Deft. tdniUiu of a mouth age'f lJufc May's. favorite Mtuiii'ja lu'uruve AyrMcifmin! i - : v NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily- Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects Knew Best DR. E. JOHN PRESPER On Cheesing Men for Public Service FEW of the citizens of Philadelphia arc aware of the great amount of time and care which are expended upon tiie physical selection of men for the public service, espe cially In the cases nf firemen nnd policemen, snys Dr. E. Joint Presper, medical director of the Civil Service Commission. "One of the most significant tilings about our work," said Dr. Presper, 'is the enor mous increase in the number of applications fSir positions In the service which we have received since the close of the war and the consequent stoppage of the munitions and ether wnr industries. In 11)20, for instance, there were 5(500 applicants for nil positions under the service and In Kllil there were 18,053. Physical Condition Flrsj "Tlie physical condition nf the nppliennts comes first of all, because it does net much matter hew well qunllfied n person may lie for a place. If he or she Is net physically capable nf filling the position there Is net much use of going nny further. After an applicant makes his application for a posi tion he Is nsslgned te the physical examina tion before the application is even filed. Fer the miscellaneous positions such as clerks and the like tlie examination Is comparatively simple, being confined principally te the heart and lungs, with n notation of nny physlcnl deformities or Impediments. "The position of laborer 1 nheut tlie snme, except thnt the applicants are required te lift n bag weighing 100 pounds. These who desire places as boiler Inspectors must also be nble te crawl through a hole fourteen Inches hy eighteen, which we hnve cut In a beard, this being done In Insure their ability te enter boilers for examination et them. Policemen and Firemen "Hy far the most strict of the requirements nre for the positions of policemen mid fire men. These plnces necesarllv make heavy demands upon the physical abilities nf the candidates, and we are very careful te maintain the high standard of these depart ments by rlsoreus examinations. The first requirements of these candidates ate as te height nnd weight. The candidates for po licemen must net be less than five feet eight inches In height and must uclgh.Mii least in.'i pounds. Fer every Inch of height nbove this we allow five pounds In weight. The maxi mum weight of a candidate of this height is 170 pounds, nnd in this classification we nllevv nine pounds for every inch in height. The requirements of tlie firemen nre the same except thnt the minimum height is live feet seven inches and tlie minimum weight is l.'IO pounds. "After this is decided nnd certain organic tests nre mnde. all the applicants tire formed Inte group of forty each, their vision ami hearing nre accurately leted and they nre given n very thorough bodily examination. In this especial attention Is paid te their feet anditeeth. Every applicant must have nt least eighteen nntural permanent teeth, nnd, ns may be readily Imagined, the condi tion of the feet Is very important in both these lines of work, "The privilege of a second examination Is given in nny ense where desired bv the applicant. Ne one is permanently debarred unless he hns lest the sight of an eye or has some Irreparable phjslcal deformity. Strength and Agility Tests , "After tlie candidates have ph'jslcallv qualified t litis far come the strength ami agility tests, lu which the applicants show their physical power mid their agility en the horizontal hnrs. Frem the total of these tests the grade of the applicant Is deter mined. All these who make a grade of sev enty or better nre then sent te the Philadel phia Hospital for the Wnssermntin bleed tests, nnd If this report Is favorable thev are considered us physically qualified anil nre permitted te take tip' mental examina tions. If these, tee. are successfully passed, the candidate Is ready for any appointment that may he open for him. "lu the Inst examination for patrolmen there were .'l.'iM candidate examined, nnd out of this number iiO.'S were rejected for physical reason and H,"ll passed. This batch nf cnuilldntcs was a 111 lie better phys ically than the average group. "An a rule about two out of every three ere rejected for physical disability, The majority i incse, newevrr, snow conditions whif&arc capable of- beta 'rewedied.- riiua v AN AWFUL SHOCK They a man "may be a few pounds ever or under weight, n matter whicli can he remedied In a short time. ..Many of them also have some slight eye or cty trouble which a physician can correct, thus making them eligible upon t'o-exntnlnatlen. Very few are debarred from a second examination for physical rea sons. A Determined Candidate "At a recent examination there appeared a jeung man who wns a fine physical speci men. He wns a former service man, who wns suffering "from a contraction of ene of tne fingers of the right hand, outside nf which lie easily passed all the requirements. The contracted finger would. have Interfered with tlie use of his revolver as n patrolman should lie ever hnve occasion te use it. I took up the ease with the police surgeon, and te dis courage the man he wns told that he could net pass phjslcally with the linger In that condition, "He went away and nt nn examination n short time later reappeared with the linger gene; He had hed it ainpulnteil te get en the force. He easily passed all the examina tions and is making u splendid officer, us might he expected from the determination nnd pluck he showed te get the appoint ment. i "We ar, new getting n fine clnss of men physically with the mere stringent require ments whicli hnve new been put into effect There has been a decided upward tendency in this respect in-lhe jeurs that I have been doing this work. The City Street Cleaners "Since the assumption by the city of the street-cleanlng work applicants for these positions lm.-e come under our supervision. Mnny of the men had been for tears with the contrncte.N and vveie unable te pass the physical eiu.ieimi'tn Imposed by the new cistern. It lias hern the hardest' mid most d sHgreoable part of my work te ills.iiiullfv old workers en the streets who were unable te qualify physically, and 1 gave the privi lege of nn appeal te the Commissioners of ull such nun whom I was unable te qualify. "Among them were some worthy nnd vnlunble men. mid some of these have been retained. Theio was one particular case of a man who had been delus a ccitaln line of win l ter nnny j ears and was considered te he the best irnn In the city ,, iMPi wl(l was retained ilSile the fHVt tkajt lie hist missed tlie icpiir.d plush, ul uttnlninenls. "The street cleaners beine In the same category as the lahereis. When we get Inte the urger quarters which we must Imve, we shall have ii device such as Is new used In New Yerk for oxniuiuntien of candidates for cleaners. One-hnlf of cleaning wagon Is built into the wall of (he room ami tl e upplicni.ts wi i he asked te place a leaded ash ran In the wagon. They will be ex ex peeled e show the strength nnd the skill te feisv.!:r S!H,,.l,li,,' w,rh w- "- "There Is a i. -examination given te po pe i; omen and hi omen for promotion which Is similar te that given te new men. T .," H no rejection for promotion ,,,, pIXscnl g-reuuds but a notation Is ,ude r ,",' physlca Impairment which may hate "" curred between the date of the list ret I us (xninluatlen for pro.neliou and thn ,$.!"? Soen '" ,1"'y '"'""""""tl..! police 11... hum ' It wns a .lull "V in Wlnste.1. i'... Cnnatural History Said Genea te (ienevn, "I have worked, hut I wi leave a kiiiii' uu in will K ler in, Said Gcnetn te Genea. ' "I ll in glnd te hate you show , nun in uiiiii mere's Vit te de t...i if .. ... i. ... ;.. ". oe. ii... nine s ye. f , " wtc taken liberties will, the of Genea , ts , , ',' , ' ll' IH'cse... ,r pinuiiniiatleu ...i.i ii , , pre. client since fpened.) Although te worry we are prone Tp.haye Bome-klddles of our e . Tattkuij te the.clrweA, ,,, ..,.,n vuuiiriv. h ones, net rk ua i hnv fuinin-lfl.1.1 u ..: " r .. i . :" """ "' is notcweii bv was the spectacle of ,we crevvV .... , . hawk feeding together; M three- I, L hutched out by uu old glig h, .' ,r l,lu' blncksnakes dispute!.,,! hyil , , ""J,' .leg nnd a rat caught Mn a tub se f . ,, , family wash. I'retty soft, preltv s fl r the faithful correspondent ' "u, M,K for f -i SHORT CUTS Though nowadays he's" soaked in drink, We find old Lemen in the pink. r- The SesquI Fair train will new pro ceed te gather momentum. The bootlegger's fuveritc poem-is prob ably "Oft lu the stlll-y night." Doyiestewn Is still undecided ns whicli end of the day te burn daylight. te Stale Tiensury figures may ncter achieve the first line in a chorus of approval. The abuse the gang is heaping en Pin Pin chet is proof Its members arc afraid of him. Majer Moen; prays for his enemies, he tells the D. A. It. This ought te win praise from them. The fact that Hepe of Peace has n vived at (ienen is net unexpected. Yeu can't kill thnt biid. Without doubt the bravest man In Ken sington Is the man who awarded a prize in a baby show yesterday. New Yerk customs officials find diamond in teeth paste. Imitation diamond might have felt quite at home there. If Ireland can only keep nwny from the newspapers.' front pages for a week or se she may seltc all her difficulties Oberammergnu's passion piny is given added dignity by Anten Lang's refusal te give it n commercial setting in America. The ruling of Attorney General Daugh erty that Pulled Stutes Sennters need net flic expense accounts, Is perhaps mere in accord with the letter thun the spirit of th law. t There will net. he wanting cjnlcal partisans ready te insinuate that the Jehneon-Woodruff resolution accelerated the pace Attorney General Daugherty lias set for himself. Candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for Governer In Massachusetts opposes social welfare bills, paternalism nnd the Velstead law. There are Republicans else where lighting under the same banners, and Democrat te lie found in the opposition camps. Just what ure the old party issues tiewadajsV What De Yeu Knetv? QUIZ 1. What Is the highest mountain In th rulleil Ktalcs east of the Mississippi ItlverV L'. Who wrete.V'Oh, what a tangled web we weate when tlrst we tiractlca te de celt e"? 2, What is the original meaning of the word ehlffenle. V , 1. in what Lcntury did Datld fiarrlck, the famous Kngllsh nftter, live'.' C, Hew long after the opening of the Vterla War did Turkey enter the conflict? 0 AVhat Is a rubric? 7. AVheu was Ulaclc Frlduy in American . financial history? R What Is a rune? t. AVlint are the chief colenl.il possessloni of France lit Ihe I'acltle Ocean? 10. Who Is Rebert Underwood Jehnsen? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1." The first .Secretary of Wnr of the l'iii'e'5 1 States wns Henry Knox, appointed u . WiishliiKten in 1789, . 1 The fameua Ty.ian purple dye of nncieni limes was obtained from .Meellcr- laueiiu shellfish called the murcx, a Mud of sta mussel, 3. 1. n. fi. Dr. Sun A'at Sin has been heading U" Government of Seuth Chltiu. . Twe noted American generals of me McNleau AVar of 181B-1848 were Al.i Held Scott and Kuehury Tayler. The Sepuy Rebellion breku out In Iiwl " l8B7- . .. ,i,. A'llal statistics sue statistics of Id""1 and deaths. ... Theodere e'll.irn, a Kentucky writer, was the author of the celebrated lia'f1, etic paeiii, "The IJIvouae of the I ". Lukn Tltlnicu Is tlm highest lake a tiw win Id and lies en the Andean i1jIchu ui'i'ti'i'd i eiii mill iiuiiviit, . Tlie suffix grtul" or "Bradu" hi Huen ll. names ilv I'clrecr.iil mid ueifci"" liu litis city. .$M 10. lfrnna von guppe wus noted """."tit'? enmnrHAp nt r.t-l.Mftiiil niveau and UCM opera .. Among hl. Eest-known wertj v rvzmAxnttrjLtt.hZZ???jrz v&i 2 WXviU! ;, ta.K. ftk lJZ,&UhMJk:iM awMk :km ?jijiis$m&:. ) LZW&MW?&ti J-.'.',!r ..' i2&sfe,rT ;' TTJ-i.T. .$As XX. M. . V . iSM.) V;,f ' jt'-'.'-WMt &&.. . 'MlW.A.I.ittJ' We ." V ftut.-M. .'.'JL', ? X...'JM
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