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ritlUJtlphlj, 5turily. June ), 1922
RAIDS REVIVED
IF MAYOU MOOKE wished te demon
strate by tlie order for n general rnid of
gambling ieir that he hasn't changed his
mind or his policy, nnd that he has net sur
rendered te any of tnc privilege-dispensing
deml-besses, he succeeded.
The raid under Captain Van Hern was
11 that a raid should he. It wn deft, swift
nnd, te the rank and file of professional gam
blers, extremely disquieting. Mr. Moere
will be mere bitterly disliked than ever by
the panders who are In politico te obtain
a right te be lawless. And he will be mere
admirable than ever in the eyes of people
who appreciate the rare virtue of adminis
trative consistency.
It would be Idle, however, te suppose that
raids will put a step te gambling. There
ere tee many people about ready te make
peels en the numbers of passing motorcars
or en the color of the necktie that the boss
wears te work or plunge heavily en forecasts
of the side that I'remler Llejd Geerge may
take In the next Commens debate en the
Irish question.
FATHER OF STATE FORESTRY
IT IS conceivable that Jeseph Trimble
Itothreck, father of forest ptotectien In
Pennsylvania, died an optimist. Certainly
in the course of his eltdit -four active years
Dr. Itothrecl; was prhilcjed te witness n
remarkable revolution in the s.ifestmrdlns
of the tree treasures of the Natien, and
particularly In his native State.
The i ei ltli waste of former years. nstlnt
which Dr. lti.thi.f IiiIh.kmI with urh 7e.il.
has at h'lW Im-i'ii "-li'-i U.sl. Murh rem. tins
te be d"iie in this impMitniit br.un'li of Statu
sen lee, hut woodland protect Ien N new
well pa-t the jt.i'e of public IndllTeri'iice.
Pennsylvania!! are amiiM-d te the neces-dty
of miitliK'tlni; the work m seieiitllic ptlnel-
pies, and te ap tl liin.i they h.ive neinl-
Jiateil a chief fer'-tcr as Itepiiblleau camll
date for tiuw-nier.
A pnUtli'iil net of this (bar.icter would
have bet n nlmet unluiiiKliiahle lu lVnnsyl
Tnntn during the days when Dr. Iluthredt
laid the foundations for im ndmlr.ible pro pre
tcctive sjhtem. Ills dllljient and expert
icrvlce as Tere-try Ceinml loner under
four lioverners wns of emlurlng and benefi
cent educitleti.il wiliie.
In addition te the honors wlilih this dis
tinguished and helarh n.itiirallst se de
servedlj wen, iheie was ili.im.itle peliticil
jilMltii'iitteii at the end of his long career
Net nil lives nf jilllilli -splllted iltlzelis close
ou te impressive a iherd of poetic jutle
WASHINGTON NOTE
'AGAIN members of the Senate and the
XT Heuse have been tlire.iti'liiiu' te he.it , ,ici
ether up in full lew of an ccpictant world.
Senater MeCmnljir, of North Tiiheta. ad
vanced from his h'.u iluring a furious debate
en details of the new T.irlll Mill and threat
tied te punih Senaier l!ohln-en, ,.f Arknn
MS. Ilihcr Senators, with a delh lent sense
of their public obligations, jntervenud.
There was no exchange of piinilns.
Neither Mr, Mi Cumber nor Mr. Jtobtn Jtebtn
JOn has reason te believe that the j ; ,1
whom they ate suppesul te repreH'iit would
grieve at a Mght of their Hiflcrlns.'. The
anxious peacemakers who rush ferwaul ami
prevent Senators and llepiesentathes fnun
lilt 1 1 in- e.ich ether new and t In-n ein:ht te he
reprimanded, esns'!.illv when rhe.v iiinldle
between men like .M Cuuiber aid Iteliln- n
New nnd then the M.i mnliers and t1'.'
Itebilisniis In Washlngtici mult te he pi r
lnttted te go en and de a littlt servhe for
their leuntry.
AN INNOCENT ABROAD
YOl'TIl, as eveiy one kuewb, will have
Its vii. Hut ir reipuii's p. i gniit gilts
of prophecy te pinehe that Mnthllde M."
Cerinli k inn.v never marrv the Swiss
groom with whom she fell In love In Zurhli.
There Is a suggestion 'f pathos inilier
than of foil in the plight of this little
American girl and her parents. Clrtmu
stances combined te leave Matlillde wry
much alene In foreign inrts, wheie the in
curable Ingenuousness of American youth
Is seldom esteemed or respected.
The consequences of all this might easily
have been another case In European divorce
courts, b llttle mere malicious gossip in the
Continental press and mere chatter In this
country about the follies of the rich. Hut
riches have had little te de with Matlillde's
, Btate of mind. She happens meiely te be
chanictcristlially Independent-minded
American girl who get beyond her social
dtpth before she was abb; te swim.
SOME SEA PARADOXES
TIIEHE is reasonable tint! commendable
patriotic sentiment in the effort of the
National Administration te persuade r,ov r,ev
ernment ndiclals nnd lcpiesentuthes jour
neying abroad te trawl en American vessels.
The policy is expressed also in the pending
Ship Subsidy 15111 and Is, indeed, ne of
the few features of that measure net sub
jected te Invidious criticism from any quar
ter. The Idea Is appropriate.
It will net, even It scrupulously carried
out, prove the main safeguard of the mer
chant murine, but It Is undoubtedly a pleas
ing essay in the realm of sentiment. Ter-
,Hm envoys senium neeu instruction in
I mtulogeuB situations, nieir distinguished
W&tmireya or even lestcr lights with elhYlnl
?(wmdentlals would scarcely consider making
'..SiCtlMi trnns-Atlnntle passage unless under
S;'''$S!tt)lr national Hags. It Is the decent thing
? ' a?tp ..
.'Tjfi.fABirs'ni however, are apparently net
'"& accustomed te this rather elemental ne-,ty"?M3ji-t
Notwithstanding the fact that there
nearly a score 01 nrsi-cmss American
,'fM
new Plying uetween this country and
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ifS"" ,vl ""' u kmetmhh jureign
iyf,iiur persists.
bi ifinm 01 jiicnaei
aVAatipnal Mer-
Frledsam also will represent President
Harding abroad and will report directly te
him en trade and economics with relation te
American -interests.' He sails for Eurepe
tedny en the Urltlsh steamship Olympic.
William Randelph Hearst, who though
anything but a Federal Government official,
Is in the hnblt of sheutlne threuch his news
paper columns for support of the American '
merchant marine, departed from New Xera
a few days age en the Urltlsh liner Aqul
tnnla. What became of his antl-Brltlsh
sentiments en route Is net recorded,
It Is a curious thing, this reluctance te
recognize the American recovery upon the
sens. Of the average traveler in private
capacity criticism en this point is unten
able. Selection of ships may ordinarily be
left te the taste and fancy of the passenger.
ltut officialdom is under different obliga
tions, including certainly these of courtesy.
The opportunity te start graciously when
the Sesqu I -Centennial commissioners begin
their campaign abroad will be worth watch
ing. WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS
BUT CANT AGREE TO DO
A Union Railroad Station Would Soen
Be Built If These Who Think To
gether Would Act Together
REAltllANGEMENT of the railroad ter
minals In preparation for the fair in
1020, the need of which was pointed out en
this page some time ego, Is beginning te find
a place in public discussion.
One suggestion is that the Bread Street
Station be tern down and that the main
station of the Pennsylvania Railroad be
built in West Philadelphia. Along with
this it is proposed that the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohie Railroad be removed
from the banks of the Schuylkill.
This is net nn ideal arrangement. Ne
one expects an ideal plan te be adopted.
If the city were te be laid out anew with
plans for the entrance of the railroads none
of the practical difficulties which new con
front every plnnner of Improvements would
have te be overcome.
We have te consider the rights of the
railroads ever their present routes into the
heart of the city, the immense value of the
property that would have te be condemned
If new routes were laid out. and the great
cost of new stations, together with the
difficulty of n satisfactory adjustment of
the relations among the three railroad lines
that would occupy a union station, if it were
decided that the problem could best be solved
by such a station.
Assuming that there is a disposition te
get together In solving the problem, it seems
Us if it would be prudent te make an Ideal
plan as n basis of operations and then te
correct nnd modify it in order te overcome
nil practical ebstuclcs.
The supposed plan of the Pennsylvania
company te run Its through trains into the
West Philadelphia station wnnld he an im
provement ever the present arrangement,
under which these trains de net get any
nearer te, the heart of the city than the
North rlilladelphla station.
But the traveling public would be better
served and the city would profit mere If a
new station were built somewhere near the
Parkway nnd if the through trains were
brought te that station en Jhelr way across
tin1 town.
There are some persons who are thinking
nf the advantages offered by the site of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works. It Is aiwssl
lile from the hotel district. It Is near what
is te be the entrance te the fulr grounds.
It can readily be connected with th tracks
already laid. And it is large enough for an
adequate waiting room and train platforms
long enough for the biggest trains.
If the Italtimere and nhle nnd Pennsyl
vania systems were operated under the
same management, the Ilaltlmere and Ohie
trains would be run into such u station
along with the I'ennslvanla trains. But
the common use of n single terminal by these
two h stems is net unprecedented. During
the war the Baltimore and Ohie trains were
ordered by the Keder.il Itallread Adminis
tration into the Pennsylvania terminal In
New Yerk, and they are still using that
terminal te the greater convenience of the
raveling public.
The Interstate Commerce Commission Is
authorized under the Eseli -Cummins lpvr te
bring about co-operation of the lines In the
s.iriu- tirrltery. It Is cencelvnble that It
might order the common use of a single
terminal lu this city If sin h it terminal were
illt se that the trucks of the two s steins
i enld lie i ellliei ted.
Tin- i lstliu; Baltimore and Ohie station
Is 'nienvenieiitly phe ed and unvverthj of a
ilty of this si7.e. It might de for Harris
burg or Lancaster. It would net he dltfi
(iilt te find a site for a station Inte which
the trains of the two systems could con
veniently he run.
Slid. Miitlen would net be merely a
railroad enterprise. It is almost as much
a public enterprise as the opening of u new
thoroughfare. If by any chance the rail
road lempanies should decide te build such
a station, they should be met mere than
half way by the city authorities. It might
be necessary te close some streets for a
square or two and It might be necea'ary te
carry ether streets ever or under the tracks.
The attitude of the city toward such possible
changes should be one of accommodation
lather than of obstruction.
The Mayer is asking for n city-planning
commission te devise a scheme of improve
mi nts te extend ever a long period of years.
This commission might well take the rail
read terminal problem under consideration
after consultation with the railroad com
panies, It may take a long time te bring
about the desired Improvements, but It need
net If ull the parties In Interest can he per
suaded te agree te de what they nearly all
individually, believe ought te be done.
But whatever Is done, It Is hoped that
the main terminal of every line will remain
east of the Schuylkill.
CONCERNING DOCTORS
WHAT'S up among the doctors? Neither
the open discussion at the convention
of the Allied Medical Association of America
nor the sensational speech with which Dr.
Mayer, the president, presented his reslg reslg
natien, tends te encourage in the lay mind
the traditional Impression of medical ethics
and the doctor's beneficent relation te his
community.
In a time when hardly any class or group
js immune from searching and sometimes
bitter criticism, the medical profession abides
serene nnd unquestioned in the faith of the
multitudes that take its medicine. But when
the physician meet in formal sessions and
talk about standardising fee and complain
about' th rewnnU thejsget and plan te screw
up the hlh ceik of .sickness, lay observers
' reminded iW-Mntly of the drift of an
cr-artWly llfej&WL gwdlaml. pract.
tiwert away mm M fta4arfc ttpntu.
slenal conduct that elevated medicine te
a 'place apart among modern callings and
gained for It much of the honor nnd Immu
nity ordinarily reserved for work dene In
the public service.
Many of the doctors In convention nt
Atlantic City scorned te believe that medicine
can nnd ought te be thoroughly commer
cialized. They had unfriendly things te say
about the work of public health beards and
of the efforts of State Legislatures te ad
vance the theory and practice of dlscase pre pre
tenteon. Did these medicos desire mere
sickness nnd mere fees? There is no field
of effort mere Important than that In which
representatives of State nnd community Gov
ernments labor te Improve the general health
of the people.
It may he said with a great deal of truth
that the contention of the Allied Medical
Association wns net fairly representative of
American medical practice. It was whnt
might be called the left wing of the doctors'
general organization. And its pronounce
ments were net inspiring.
If physicians of the better class begin
te organize nnd agitate for mere fees and
for the restriction of their service, the public
will remember that they have been permitted
te enjoy privileges net usually accorded te
members of ether professions. They nre a
law unto themselves. In recent years they
have had the benefit of nlmest llmltlcsn spe
cial equipment in Institutions sustnincd
largely through State help. Their schools
nre endowed nnd their judgments were never
questioned until Mr. VeMcari came along.
MODERNIZING PARK MUSIC
WITH all respect for the excellent bands
en the plnza, in the squnres and in
Falrmeunt Park, it must be conceded that
summer music In Philadelphia has net kept
pace with the standards set in several ether
large cities.
In New Yerk the municipal orchestral
concerts in the great uptown stadium furnish
net only delightful entertainment of wide
public appeal, but are of a character te
command respectful, critical attention.
Brass, woodwind instruments and percussion
instruments alone arc incapable of extracting
the full measure of beauty from composi
tions for which the rapidly developing popu
lar taste Is new keen.
It Is for this reason among ethers that
particular interest attache te the proposal
of Councilman Pemmer for extending the
stimulating Influence of the Philadelphia Or
chestra into the wnrm-wcather season.
Leuis A. Mnttsen, assistant mannger of
the Orchestra, has submitted a budget show
ing that the city could maintain in Fair
mount Park nn organization of nt least fifty
skilled performers, including the usual pro
portion of strings, by mnklng use of n num
ber of artists drnwn from the personnel
directed In the winter by Leepold Stokewskl.
The bill introduced by Mr. Pemmer pro
vides for an appropriation of .$,"0,000 for
initiating the work. The plan embraces
the production of high-grade music nt open epen
nlr concerts en weekday nights nnd Sunday
afternoons. The chnrm of the Park would
he obviously enriched by such attractions,
tlnee there Is no doubt whatever of the public
appetite for the best erchertral efferlngn.
The chief province of bands nt the present
time Is that of parades nnd cnrnlvnls. With
all their enlivening sonority they can give
no mere than an approximation of the mean
ing of the most inspired orchestral scores.
AERIAL TRAFFIC COPS?
MOTOIt mania is net what might be
called nn exclusive disease ,of the
ITeundllngs. It Is nt the present moment
epidemic among all nmnteurs In aviation.
Se Set lefnry Weeks, who wns present nt the
Lincoln Memerial dedication exercises when
nn nlrplane came rearing overhead te make
se much noise that .President Harding's
ipeceh could net be heard, lias asked indig
nantly for "laws te regulate flying."
Mr. Weeks hns written te the President
te suggest that the President write forthwith
te Congress. Tills is nil Interesting enough.
Let us suppose, however, that Congress
which always Is ready te oblige with a new
law decides te pass u bill te prevent reck
less behavior in the blue sky. Who will
chase the malefactors and bring them down?
Is the winged trallic cop a need of the
future? .
Laws continue te multiply sn rapidly that
In the end we shall have te be a law-abiding
Natien, for we shall all be policemen and
policewomen assigned te cnfeicu one special
statute or another.
UNWRITTEN LAWS
TO MAN," said Judge Be.nlsky, of
iN New Yerk, when he Imposed a peni
tentiary sentence en a prl-uner convicted of
attacking and wounding n man whom he
charged with stealing away hi wife's nf-
l feetiens, "ether than the ministers n jus
tice bes a right te say whose life should be
taken or spared."
It may or may net he significant that the
Judge said nothing about women. Women
still sheet with Impunlt when they have a
mind te de se. And It Is safe te assume
that, though the criminal law acknewlnlges
no difference between the sexes, it would lie
utterly Impossible nowadays for any prose
cutor in the l'nlted States te send a woman
te the gallows or the electric chair.
It In a question, ten, whether unwritten
laws are net Increasing In nil courts. It
is noticeably difficult in some parts of the
ceuntr te obtain verdicts against bootleg
gers. Juries actually have been known te
disregard all evidence in such cases and set
prisoners free who should have gene te
Federal penitentiaries. The unwritten law
under which citizens In some parts nf the
country feel justified In leading mobs te
daylight murder doesn't appear te be losing
any of its force.
Laws te protect laws may yet be neces
sary In the United States. Meanwhile it
ought te be remembered that unwritten lnws
often reflect the permanent dissatisfaction
of the people with some of their written
statutes. Thus the widening scope of un
written lnws indicates clearly a need for
greater foresight nnd intelligence in gen
eral legislation
A ruling of the Treasury
Rules, Rules Department permits
nnd Rules manufacturers te use
liquor In cooking, pro
vided the products are net consumed en the
premises. A New Yerker is new seeking nn
injunction te oblige the Fcderul Prohibition
Director te allow him a suitable amount of
liquor for home cooking. The danger of
such a plea lies in the fact that the cook
may be tempted te take a nip whlle pre
paring a meul. That danger exists under
the present ruling, it is true, but the num
ber tempted Is naturally smaller. The in
teresting feature of this particular inci
dent Is that It gives further accentuation te
the fact that it rests largely with the
Treasury Department and the Prohibition
Director n te whether or net we shall be
n drinking nation. Why bother with laws
at all when we may have rulings?
The Sesttf has np
New Electric proved u 70 per cent
Light Plant ud valerem tax en
electric light hulhs de
spite the fact that fourteen Republicans
were nmeng the opposition. The rnte was
85 per cent In the Heuse Bill, but somebody
blew It up while It traveled. Strange, Isn't
it, bow quickly some of these bulbs grew?
.- . .... --
A vicious attack upon
Wasted Breath him by Senater Themas
A. Wntben would boost
the stock of any unknown. Te win the
.m!rv of the Geertlan is te get a certiflrntn
of aoed. character.. But in the case of
U.IHf"t b mMWOfaUtk. TbJ.
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NOTED OLD "PRESS!' MEN
'Edltera and RepVtera Who Loomed
Large en the World's Horizon of
Fame Politician!, Artists, Ea- '
aylsts, Critic, Nevellati
Were It Children
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
IN THE Philadelphia Press rcdlvlvusln this
column of Thursday last brief mention
was made of distinctions that had come te
its children -In the varied walks of life in
the last half century.
In the field of politics I cited Charles
Emery Smith, Minister te Russia, after
ward Postmaster General, as the most
prominent example.
Thcre have been ethers that I recall,
among them Governer W. O. Sproul, Walter
0. Hamm, U. S. Censul at Leeds; Colonel
Jnmcs II. I.nmbcrt, State Insurnnce Com
missioner; Merris L. Coeke, former city
official; Geerge G. Plcrle, present Registra
tion Commissioner ; Judge 0. B. McMichael,
unrry a. iucuevitt, deputy Auditor uen'
eral and new private secretary te the Gov
erner, nna w. w.
Leng, member of the
legislature.
All have rendered efficient service and
risen te heights of distinction.
Managing editors who graduated from the
Press included Cnthcurt Tayler, of the old
Philadelphia Times; A. E. Watrous,
Cliarles E. Shull. of the Bulletin; Richard
J. Beamish, the Press' last managing editor;
Guy T. Vlsknisky, who wns mannglng edi
tor of the A. E. F. publication In Frnuce,
the Stars und Stripes; Milten V. Snyder,
ence of the Paris Herald ; Henry M. Eaten,
Aldcn March, last editor of the Press, ana
ethers whose names have faded in the mist
of years.
08WALD GARRISON VILLARD be
. came and is famous as an editor-in-chief.
William Ball, of the Charleston
News nnd Courier ; Dean Heffman, of the '
Ilnrrlsburg Patriot, and A. N. Cummings
of the Wilmington News, are editors-in-chief
who were of the Press in these ether
days.
These who control their own newspapers
are particularly Leen Conwell, Charles R.
Dorworth, nnd, years age, Leuis N. Mcgar
gee, of Seen and Heard.
At the head of the Press roster in the
realm of art stands Ynrnall Abbett, dis
tinguished artist among the many who have
claimed Philadelphia as their home.
Gcerge Luks, noted New Yerk artist who
lately exhibited in our Philadelphia Acad
emy; Henry J. McCartcr, instructor and
noted art critic; H. O. Glackcns nnd F. R.
Gruger, with Jehn Blenn, hnve long occu
pied high place nmeng New Yerk artists and
illustrators.
At home the caricaturist, Hugh Deyle,
and the illustrator, Rey Williams, were
once of the Prcbs force.
JAMES GIBBONS HUNEKER, who died
recently, one of the greatest musical
critics of his day, was once a Press man.
Ben dc Cnsseres, New Yerk essayist and
critic, was us a lnd a copyholder nt Seventh
and Chestnut streets. This was when Ed
wurd J. Hunter, writer and dty editor, was
his boy colleague in the composing room.
Among playwrights, the name of Rebert
Ncllsen Stephens stands conspicuous. He
began work en the Press thirty-five years
age as a stenographer under Bradford Mer
rill, then managing editor. Ills big success
wus "An Enemy te the King," produced by
Setliern.
Benjamin F. Glazier, whose productions
have found favor In the modern' thcntrlcul
world, is another eue-tluic worker.
J. (. (5. Duffey, for twenty-live years
literary and dramatic critic and author of
the novel "Gluss and (told," ft collnlwrater
with the late Cyrus Townsend Brady, is
Philadelphia's eldest und best-loved dra
matic and literary critic.
OF NOVELISTS and fictlenlsts, Richard
Harding Davis stands most prominently
te the fore of one-time Press reporters.
The story that made him famous, "Guile
gher," was woven around the old city room
and one of Its copy boys'.
Several of Davis' novels, like these of
Rebert Nellson Stephens, were dramatized,
Davis grew wealth as a result.
Ralph D. Paine, next te Ltavls, has been
the most prolific novelist nment! the old men.
Sea life and college dn.vs hnve been his
leading themes. Between times he hns
edited magazines of outdoor life. Beth Davis
and Paine were men of powerful physique,
und their vigor is rellected in their works. "
Nathan Haskell Dele, still living and
widely read as a short-story writer und
raagainlst, has well wen distinction.
Reginald Wright Kauffinan. whose "Brown
of Harvard" was one of the most widely
read college books, war correspondent nnd
short-story writer, graduated from the Sun
day desk of the Press.
MUSICAL critics whose names are famil
iar te thu great musicians of this nnd
ether lands ure Gilbert II. Shearer, Harvey
M. Wutts, Samuel L, I.ndar and, new long
dead, that line character. Charlie Strine,
who managed Melba and was himself a
simtcr us wen ns n writer.
Geerge Morgan is the one biographer who
hns produced books und -at the same time
continued his newspaper work.
Allied with theatricals arc men who have
gene forth Inte that world as publicity men
or managers, among them Churles Cook
Wnnamnker, Abraham Einstein and Charles
Bates, and at one time the versatile Karl
Bloemlngdale.
Out of the roster of nearly four hundred
names covering the period between 1870 te
Its purchase nnd combination with the Pub
LlO IiKlKiKn, a mutter of flftv enrs, it is
no simple task te recall the names of these
who have risen en the horizon of the world's
fnme.
There arc men like Edward M. Cook for
instnnce, known for their managerial ability
or like Alden March, whose discriminating
taste made the old Philadelphia Press sup
plement fnmeus, new one of the editors of
the New Yerk Times.
Of the old men of the Press of thirty
years age who have gene en their last jour jeur
ney there nre A. E. Watrous, E. 0. How Hew
land, Jennings Crute, Hnrry Hewland. Sam
Cleak, S. M. Williams and Audubon Davis,
who were writers of rare distinction unci
high ability.
"Andy" Watrous was one of the most
graceful, I m ght say delightful, writers
that ever contributed te its columns
He was a contemporary of Richard Hord Herd
ing Davis, the Rowlands and Heward and
Jack Spregle, J. J. Spurgeon nnd Benjamin
Gorden, the fnmeus city editor.
It wns a brilllent rcporteriul force that
filled the city room of the Press, particularly
between 88 and 08,
It was really a college of Journalism. It
turned out war correspondents like Hamil
ton Peltz, Harry S. Brown, Ralph Paine and
Mannlx. New lerk newspapers were ro re
crulted from its force.
MS
rEN in nil ranks of life, from California
jMllHhucuiibeiu, claim tndav Ihe
Philadelphia Press as their journalistic alma
mater. ,
Ammig them nre Ernstus Brnlnnrd, of
Scuttle, and J. Allen Beene, of Les Ange Ange
les; Knrl Bloemlngdale, former president of
the Peer Richard Club ; H. T. Craven, edl edl
terlal writer, and James A Campbell, urcsi
dent of the Pen nnd Pencil Club; Dr. Wll
linm T. EUlf. special writer ; W. R. D.
Hall and E. A. MuBchamp, I'rnf. Jehn D,
Mgheney, educator; Warwick Jnmes 1'rlce,
lecturer; Geerge F. Sproule Commissioner
of Decks and Jerries; R. , Pierce, pho phe pho
tegrnpber: Carl de Schwelnlu, publicist;
Kent Packard, Jee O'Neill and Walter Y
Flltcraft, New Yerk; Harry 8. Kumiss,
former auditor of the Press, and ethers
whose names are legion.
The chief of police of Traverse City,
Mich. in rdcr te protect the morals of the
bers. baa ordered the arrest of all .women
apsrs
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Tails With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
CHIEF ROSS B. DAVIS
On Fire Alarms and Prevention
ABOUT J! per cent of the fire alarms sent
in In Philadelphia nre malicious ones,
and practically nil the false nlnnns come In
this category, according te Ress B, Davis,
Chief of the Bureau of Fire.
"This Is one of the greatest nuisances
with which the Flre Bureau has te con
tend." said Chief Davis, "and if the public
would assist the department In running
down and punishing these persons who send
in mnllcleus alarms, It would be a very
considerable .Item of saving te the city. It
is Impossible te estimate the cost of re
sponding te nn alarm, but. when it is con
sidered that from twelve te eighteen pieces
of fire apparatus respond te cncli call. It
will be leadily seen thnt the cost te the
city is net small.
Hew (e Step It
"But in addition te the cost, there is the
censtnnt risk of nccldcnt te pcdestrlnns
caused bv moving the heavy fire apparatus
at n necessarily somewhat high speed through
the city's congested streets.
"We have succeeded in having the pen
alties for sending u malicious false alarm
made very severe by the Inst Legislature
and these penalties are new it fine of net
mere than i-WHl and Imprisonment for n
period net te t-teied two years, or both.
"I admit that it Is difficult te obtain
convictions under the law, but a few con
victions would have a salutary effect upon
these who set off a lire alarm needtesslv, or
rather maliciously. The great trouble in
securing convictions is the necessity in .the
eyes of the magistrates for having eye
witnesses of the misdemeanor.
"In the course of a year there nre be
tween MHin and MOO fire alarms sent in.
Of these, there were 8S7 false alarms In
11121 and 4.'t alarms which were unneces
sary. This wns n decrease ever ll-0, when
there were 4SU false alarms and 435 un
necessary ones.
"Every large city has the same experi
ence with false and mnllcleus alarms, and
we probably de net suffer relatively te any
greater extent than ether cities of the size
of Philadelphia. But If we could eradicate
the mnllcleus alarms evil, we would gladly
enough answer these niarms wiiicn are un
necessary but which are honestly sent.
Things the rubllc Should Knew
"The average citizen very often does net
knew exactly what te de when lire is dis
covered In his home. One excellent way is
te call Emergency en the phone nnd nsU
that ft fire company be sent te the house,
lirvlng the address clenrly and distinctly, te
avoid repetition and delny. These messages
ure delivered very imlekly nnd the-lire com
pany nearest the house Is notified te respond.
"This saves the expense of calling out nn
unnecessary number of companies, ns a sin
gle company enn handle almost any dwelling
house fire und the captain of that company
will knew nt once whether or net he will
need assistance.
"Many persons nlse de net knew hew te
handle the lire-alarm boxes. The glass
should be broken, the key turned which
opens the deer nnd the lever pulled down
once nnd nllewed te go up, which it will
de of Itself. Most persons knew this, hut
they de net knew thnt thu alarm box will
tell them whether the alarm hub been trans
mitted safely. There is u little bull un the
Inside of the box, and if the ulnrm has been
correctly sent, this bell will ring ten strokes,
then pause nnd then ring the number of the
fire box, which is en the outside of the box.
It will de" this four times, nnd if the person
-giving the nlarm hears this, he may knew
that the alarm has been turned in correctly.
"if is also a wise precaution te leek nn
in the telephone book the number of the file
company nearest the home and te make a
memorandum of this number en a curd, which
should be kept close te the phene for emer
gencies. The fire company tan then te called
directly In case et need nnd if the house,
holder thinks It wise he can also notify
Emergency u moment later.
Carelessness the Main Cause
"But mere impertunt than te knew hew
te give the alarm tjuickly and accurately h
the best way, of preventing n fire from start
ing, Carelessness is by far the greatest
cause of fires in any city, and with proper
precautions I believe that the number of fires
annuully would be reduced by at least fiO
per cent and probably the percentage would
be higher than this. Careless handling of
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READY
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purposes Is another very fruitful source of
fires, nnd leaving an electric iron en the
benrd with the current turned en has also
a large number of fires te answer for every
year. I would most strongly recommend
the use of some non-explosive agency for
the cleaning of basins nnd drains. The over
heated furnace Is another potent source. In
cold weather It is a common occurrence for
the householder te turn all th heat from
n big fire In the furnace into one room.
This is comfortable, but dangerous, as the
top of the pipe leading into that room may
easily become se het as te set fire te the
woodwork. In thawing out a frozen pipe,
paper twisted around a stick should never
be used, as it often comes loose and gees
up the hole around the pipe, setting fire te
the studding.
Philadelphia's Fire Department
"Our lire department is certainly one of
the best In the country, and I de net knew
of any department in the United States,
considering the equipment, which will com
pare with it. Tlie fire boys de net fear
any fire which they can see, or wfcera the
sky is lighted up, but it Is when they find
the buildings leaded with smoke, with no
sign of the fire apparent, that the real work
Is te be done.
"The method of handling fires In the city
is principally with the chemical apparatus.
Each enmpsny is equipped with two tanks
of thirty-five gallons each and 00 per cent of
the fires nre handled in this way. This saves
water losses, which ere usually greater than
the less by fire, but it forces the men te
take severe punishment from fumes and
smoke, which, I nm happy te say, they ar
cept bravely. Ne fire department In the
world fights fire mere bravely or at closer
ranee than the Philadelphia department.
"Many times It will seem te the specta
tors that It Is a lone time before the ilrvmnn
at a blaze will get the water through the
hose. But the men are under orders net
te turn en the water until directed te de sef
this nlse Is te save less by water.
"None of the officers of the fire companies
care te use the high-pressure system if a
fire enn be handled without it. The weight
of the wnter from the high-pressure system
Is se great thnt It might often make a build
ing unsafe. Each gallon of water weigh
approximately eight pounds and the dis
charge from the high-pressure system Is se
enormous thnf you will hove 10.000 gallons
l",s , enJKX bcfer.e you knew U- Tll, will
add 80,000 pounds te the weight of the
building and Its contents, a considerable
strain, especially if it has been already
weakened by the fire. Fer this reason the
nlgh-prcssure system is used only when
is necessary."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. "Wlie are the MenegasqueaT
2. When did Alfred the Ore" live?
3. What great nation Is te celebrate the
yeare?nary '" 15 thte
?' n2J ?r tne monarchies of Europe 7
C. "What Is synecdoche? v
? wh.?, Tla.,H-!ra ln arek mytholegyT
?- 'Ucoas,tHe,fhAfrl.caV,t "" ''"" R he
8. What amendment te the Constitution
authorizes the election of uS 28
StatS? ter' y popular V0t8 '" "
' WhuVrVteTtar f th" 'egal PnraM
10, Whw,h'i,!T?tdCiiu-T,m,a -e "d,
Answers te Yesterday's Qulg
1. Mackenxte Wn. Is the present Premier
2. About 23,000' American soldiers new lit
. -rv,ur.LediJn ,h8 "" of Prance. "6
a. rtie tariff measure passed duHm- .v.-
' A f ,J c"e,nrwen,rr.0Triidn'
K Ar'lbl or. Persian Is spoken. ' """"
tope? U " ft Seuth Arr"can ante.
0. The list land battla fought between
In,iVIu, " .'V." u"ns, in which
American forces "wen T Ratal!!. vh9
' vie-
ward Pakmhim i j;" "" fH.H
7. A plinth is the lower square ni.mh.':
i ii tne lower square member f
of a wall Immediately'!"!!
ine unse
cart
Immediate'ly "&"
around.
1. Tha Ihritf. fl,u ..... t.
nil vr,' "v " -mrut are th.
wwpi -i'ia-i Mnn i.ana --
SHORT CUTS
Milwaukee balloon contest Is stfll of Ml
tnc air.
Happily yesterday was one et Jeti'i,
rare cays.
One of the chances the Rambler task
went against them.
Council, bored, gave the Mayer's Pk
nlng .Heard the sliding beard.
Ireland still hesitates at giving up set
title as the distressful country.
Can'n Cuttle has wen the Derbv. Bti
he thought Mrs. MacStlnger was tt M I
aeeis.
If the chsriets of Mars were payii-l
you -enter cars there would be no (Mr4
angers.
The Ward case demonstrates that tvk
Is a slew poke. It is Conjecture that fr( I
tne tnnu.
Camnaien exnense arrminta liemaMblM
that democracy has net yet mastered prrlirj'l
expression.
We have our minds se full of reteftij
sometimes forget that this is also the net 1
et Duttercups.
The one thing investigation of th ceil I
business always uncover is the necessity,!)
mrtner investigation.
The deelnmflnn Ida naaaanta mil l
Bulgaria may b simply another est )
uciusien ei granaeur.
New Yerk Is gloating ever Its th)
new story in years. Everybody Is getUaf
est in tne suDway ears.
If a railroad atrlba fnlUara lit t 1 !
strike all the publie will need win be J
eiuer te tie anecKea out.
The AUantlc City man arrests! M j
giving bis cows highballs may have Wet
crying te mage mi in snakes.
McCumber's efforts te preserve
prestige ey jamming nil measures tei
msy lead bim In a pickle instead.
Contemplation et Joyous possibility
invoke the thought that the Bone Bill W
tne TarlB Hill may eat each ether up.
Berah expects te see chaos If the SerMj I
falls. Logical chap, Berah. He'd expfj
te see a scrambled egg it .Huntpty Dub? I
ieu.
One excellent reason for England alt
France sticking together Is that suck a e
Is the Wrengest Ttlad et collateral fr I
European lean.
Hew full of flne M thlnm thla ekesrtp
old world Is I The Joyous citizen may J
prepare te pay the second inaUllmtit m
dis income tax.
The million -dollar orders that
never, it is alleged, einnitiwl hr Tllir BktTi'
we suppose, be considered 4s merely s M
a iue eucneiing. '
If WntRnn nf flaeMla nM ha II'
duced te make a pas at somebody et
own Intellectual rise the feather-!"" j
championship might be decided.
The few remaining American MlUJ
In Coblens are said te be net over-sexIM
te return home ; which mean that c oed fw
and geed living have given the deuiw
some crust.
Because Lloyd Geerge teraetlmn (
the spectacles of political oppertunlim
world occasionally falls te give hlin erie
ter ine statesman s vision which
suredly his,
Deylcstnwn has a nfan who has gJj
.!.! . J . A. J.... --J ,l..l.,MHl
wiiiiuui iuuu iur uiif unya ein nt.,,.--
feels the better for It. Mavbe . AasJJI
that, there are mere ready te believe 'I
tuan te tei low nis example."
ii 1 SI S II I I
The efforts of the Lockwepd mmaltM
te get a line en the merger of the uien
Tlantihlli! and Inland flteet CnmnselM W.
net necessarily Indicate belief that th
anything underhand In the plan te ref
the overhead. "ij;
Henry Ferd's rfeelilnn t keen
Bheals out of Wnll Street I probably I
en the conviction that fertiliser can p
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