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te the mlr
By mall te points outride, of Thjladelphla In
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' THE AISOCIATni) mKSI rj-eiulcffi en.
tilled te fie use far ep iblicatlan of nil tints
tflspelchfs errditrd te it e' tiet elhrrti tut creditnt
in thil paper, and utse the local nuts pub.fsiid
, therein.
All riehts e repwbllcndeil of s.eetal dlspalche
mrrtin are alie teirrved.
riuladrliihn 'tlutjni, June 17. 1922
CAMPAIGNS COST MONEY
TIIH report til tliu AUir (iunMiil Cam
jinicn Ci ininltli'e, hnwnu 'ii'iiillttirt"
of fluO.lUe in tlic iiilmm i.iiiit).il'ii. (Hipp
mero c.ilN :iitiiiiliiti te tin- lm)n--llilllt.v
of ceiiiluttitt!: a cetitct If lietit iIip ti-p 'f
menpj. M In Hip c tsp of the -nmllpr Mim
tpent bj Mr. rinohet- uprelal uiiumlttep.
jnevt of thp ltieiipv went for pe.t.ie anil
publicity of one kind or nnether mid was
spent legitimately.
The report of the Philadelphia Plnehet
Committee that it .pout t7."ss. ll' Is likely
te be off "it In the report of the Alter Com
mittee In this city. The Plnehet workers
remarked during the campaign that thev
were hiindlmpped heeatic while thej had
enlv SHO for tach tllvMeii the Alter people
had ?:joe.
And if the four or fne Pittsburgh eom eem
tnlttees whuh were winking te eetm the
nomination of Alter make an honest re
port, it will appear that the sums spent
In behalf of the defeated candidate were far
In eve'-s of these spent In behalf of Mi.
rinchet.
I'ntll and unless It is pnned that the
money was spent lerruptlj no one need
get excited about it. heter intuli the linal
returns m.ix Itulnate it eet te conduct a
prlmarj intnp.ilgn.
WOMEN AND THE FIRST DEGREE
IN A jail at Atlanta, Ua.. sits n woman
cenxletcd of murder In the in ft degree.
""'She Is awaiting send nee, but she is net
downcast. "llierglans." say Mrs. Ceia
L. Vinsen, who walked Inte her btislnnd's
office and d liberate! iired four built ts Inte
bis brain, "will neer hang n woman I"
Probably she is right, though the jur
before which she was tried returned a lirst
degrce verdbt without the reiommemhtlen
for merc uhleh the prosecutor himself hnd
asked. Was Mrs. Vinsen sure when she
leaded the ree'ier for a man who was
about te sue her for dhnnc that ('leigitiitN
v";euld net hang a woman. Doubtless he
mas. She was no different from ether
sremen who j.e out new and then deliber
ately te lemmlt liemidde, knowing that the
will escape the legal punishment provided
for such eilmes by the automatic operation
of what is called the unwuttcn law.
Curient news fiem the criminal courts
makes it appear that the people in Penn
sylvania and New ,li rey will seen be con
fronted with pieblems similar te that which
is new nsit.iting (ieergia. Murder ia-es in
which women hgure tonspletieuslv will be
before the ceuits of both btatis this fall.
And, of course. tirt-degic erdieln are as
unltkel as sentenees of death. Thus
nnether law one of the most Important
upon the statute books Is gradually falling
Inte dltllse.
It Is Ineieasingly bard te find juries wlll
int; te iiiitl MMilnts imeMng the death
penalt een for men. And bemuse of the
increase nf sentiment agam-t the prmelp'p
of capital punl-hmeut. wenun muideieis
often escape am bert of punishment. Ter
n presiiutni with c ear iMdiiue of delib
erate murder in his posesen cannot asv
for anthlng but .1 tirst-degiee eidict. And
lf a jur iiinimt or will net find the hrst.
degree erdlit, the prisoner Is llkel te be
set free.
All this means nurelv that capital pun
ishment does net sen i the purpose intend' d.
It defats justue ltselt I'm- a mi tliat
shrinks from the suggestion of a woman
en the gallows or In the eluui- cluir
would net h(stare te send an offender like
Mm. Vinsen te jail for life.
FREEDOM'S ONLY ARMY
WIICN newspaper tetn -.pimilenrs ns.
signed te tepert the Second I oneniie
Conference at The Ilagui stormed the Innld
lng In whli h prilnnlnai v innleiines whim
being Titlil and actual! tenipellid tlie otli etli
clals te admit tliem and tell wlnt wis
going en, 1 1n appean (I en -mi h il ,
soldiers In the enl ami of fin em It ft in
the world.
It Is the habit of most people te be linied
by any di-eussinns of ahstr.nt ipuMlens of
international pelii n s or ielitl( 'J'liey weie
bored In I'liglnud h news of the f.irly
movements of (Stiumuv enthwnnl Tlnu
were beied In I'l.iiue whni newspi.pi.is hud
that the Kaiser was lestless fop was. Tlie
British couldn't be nude te see tint their
own Industrial iiuperlnllsis wcie jn n w.iv
te bilng en a lenil igi.iuen Miuiliilv In
these limes people take litt'e interist In
news fteiu cunfcrini es at lienei and The
Hague. Thej aie net rmch te bilieiu that
all common nun ,n tin tiiiuie ma reap
peace ei auetlur whlilwlnd, aicenliru' te
the nature of the sieds planted at hmi
places b siuic -mi n who "hae nothing te
bay fei publliatleii "
Wlijt tin ii. should the i f he nnv seciet
fcenslens uf let i national diplomatists'; J
what right is that ast imhlP whleh the
newspapei louespeudi in iepnsints haired
out of mi feimal asseinblnge of stnt(M, .
And wli should it be giwn net the truth
but the dm loud and misleading or whellv
empt (eniuuinliiies wiittui te hide tle
processes of u game that nijiv itnehe the
wliele futllie deslim of the uuih and vui)
civllUrd man and woman In It'.'
Newspapeis are net nlwii able te get
all the news Put the people who sue that
you 'annul believe what ou read In t1(.
nvwpiipers an1 about as fm wien (ls
any one can he and Mill make hums (,,
rutiennlit. If it wcie net for liiforuiatien
wrung and feued and bullied and dniggJ
out of unwilling sintesmni dning tin pnsl
Ave or six eais, this eaith would hutc been
sold and bartered exer and our again h
CIIIIUCB " IHIU-IIIMU IJIUlllSD WCIIll'
riSnl aaHnnn wouldn't hiun muttered nnv nw.
i,'. " Vl..SK.L.. ,, ,t ., , . , .
,fjw tasstsfsa'awtu luau uvyuau-i ui iiiiiieruja
r
or oil, riut there Is one thing that scoun
drels still fear, cen nftcr they hae ceased
lt fear courts nutl jmlcs. They fear the
light. The fear mass opinion. Se one
well-trained nnd clear-headed journalist can
often be te thn diplomatic creek a spec
tacle mere tetrlhle than an aimy with
banners.
AMERICAN SHIPS PLOW THE
SEAS OF PANDEMONIUM
Impossible te Make Pert Until Reason
and Decision Supplant Frenzy
and Political Jugglery
Till: apparent disposition of the Treasury
Department te regard the question of
the sale of liquor en Shipping Heard liners
ns n "nice point," and Its assertion that the
case involves an academic rather than n
mural issue, falls te line! it responsive echo
in the lucasts of a censldetable number of
Aineilmns
TIkiu aie -"Pilots te whom the merirt
nspeils of the sitiiaUen are of primal v con
sequent e. 'IIipip aie less nusteie pirtlcl
Mints in i live'." sttne en whom stele doe dee
tilne exeits but a stunt appeal. Theie are
pelitiilnns delighted te discern in the present
tin moll nn instrument for wrecking the
Shlp-Jguhs-disJ.lll.
There is the undid chairman. Mr. I.asker,
whose attention Is leiuentrnted wholly en
the prespeiuv pe-slbillties of the men bant
marine. In the midst of an uproar, the
velie of si he'astii ism, even If supported by
the lotiselatmns of phlloseph, Is deemed te
fe almost inaudible
Ni verthelesM, tie detachment of what are
di pined tiiei.il dhips fium thp uintieveis
would provide a residue of formidable reali
ties te be ftaukl fined. "Seme," pro
claimed Hebert I.euls Stevenson, "like drink
in ii pint pet." "Seme," he added, "like
te think, some net " Seme, it may be sug
gested, presume te believe that the present
pandemonium is meielj the conflict of wets
and drys, pictured bv the pert, raised te it
higher pitch of intenslt
This is flagranti an under-estlmate of n
case which has far transgressed the former
bounds of discussion. It cmbiaces thorn
points of international law, revives the
eternal debate upon the fietdem of the seas,
teallgtis pe'ltlt U factions and imperils n
laud ible attempt te tcvltallze the ocean
(einnieree of a great nation. Unload tern tern
leraiil the alleged moral factors, and the
spectacle is still ititlnlently appalling.
Mr I.asker has said that he will net raise
a tincer of pretest If total abstinent e fiem
spliltueus lefreshment can be enforced en
everv craft, American or foreign, which plies
the sens. This sentiment, whfeh Is thenretl
mllv sound but quite valueless save as n
hvpnthesls, has inspired n supieme display
of Idiocy In the Heuse Merchant Mailne
Committee, te which Hepresentative Kd Kd
nietids, of Pennsyhania. hns Introduced one
of the most extraerdinaiy proposals in the
Iiister.v of rlrllired nations.
As nn amendment te the Subsidy Hill,
which backwoods or partisan opponents ate
exulting te see cndaiigeied, Mr. IMmends
suggests ii me.isuie prohibiting the sjle of
liquor en all Ameiitan ships nnd penalizing
all foreign liquer-cllspenslng vessels entpr
lng our ports $10,0(10 each ler the first and
second offenses. After two Infractions nn
additional breach of the ruling would mean
the ei lusien of such vessels from Ameri
can harbors.
When In 1017 Infatuated Imperial Ger
man sought te confine American trans
Atlantic commerce te the dispatch of one
ship a week In each dlreitien between this
ceuntr.v and Kurepe, that mandate, which
provoked a war, was adjudged prcposter prcpester prcposter
euslv unique It Is in itc lied, hewevci, in
the cm tent displ i, of blithering Imbecility
anil nonsensical ai regain e.
Assuming that the foreign cemmerelil
nations of the world could preserve their
tempers; assuming, even, their governmen
tal consent te a new aetecr.nv en the sens.
Is it for nu Instant conceivable tint thej
weu'd ehev In practice? Would a ship
plving between Colombe and New Yerk
conform te the VeKteml act in. sa.v, the
wide expanse of the Indian Oecan?
(irant that fenlgu Ceveinments would
flew n i pen te tit relic tlnn. It Is net eas.v
te Imagine that respect for Americin Itgis Itgis
lrtien would unlveis.ilh tiliimph, llcaten in
the ceinmtttte, v lib h has lepertnl the sub
sldv bill te tlie Heuse, Mi IMmends new
Intenils, it is said te embedv Ins absurd
pregr un In a s. p.n m. bill
The piojesnl is hepelessh childish, in
line with Wavne 1!. Wheeler's recent suS.
gestinn that the Cniteil States should enact
a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
beverages te Ameilians in China.
The cause of prohibition, the opportuni
ties fei social reform whleh, m sp,t0 nf
obstacles, it seems te be tpa'Uinir, as wit
ness Commissioner Ilnvnes' lejinrt oil the
leeluetien of the al'ohel death l.iti, nre
seileuslv retarded bv the inieitien et fnnv
into a situation deniinding the most e-iitful
mahsls and the most intelligent direction.
Honeiable Americans l.-ne ettniril. no
desne that the I nitnl Stares should become
notorious as the ' blg-i... iecilIe,.Rf Jn ,he
world ' Thinking Mm ric nns h ivc no wish
te tie the 'lIlMih Hill def, nteil bv political
lungers and undjustniPiits, placing risk In
tfneratue In the sti,i
Kmetinii inther tlnn thought Is nt preseiu
In the nscdidancv, W'eie tl 's net the me
some atiriifien weu'd be ,, , ( unlit ion-
en Aaieiican vessels i et under the Shipping
lieaid. Ie the pi hate -owned Hfer which
pliis ie I iitm te ine7iie.i te Caribhe.ui
lieits, te ( .ilif.it ui i bv wav of mils la fen.
tial Ameilia, te 1'r.iiue, (iernnii nnd
liiltain
M mv of Hie pTssiMicer ships n this ,.nt.
egei.v ute net div have net been clrv for
sevci.il vins (ioveriimint-evvuid vesels
aie net the i luslve culprits
Judicial decisions ami explicit milt,
gs aie
tlie enlv solutions of 1 1 i.'priihlf in t
iiiiinit
be settleel bv 1 1 lie ulem e, , f , , , J Ic'Matli.ii
or b tlie mad assumption t lint ' dij" Ainei
lea lilies, b jliu-'e, the sin en sens.
THE POOR GROWING RICHER
SO.MH cniieus and Inteiestlnj; faits n
ellselesed in the siiinmarv of in,,,.,,
IP
me
tax ic tin ns fm !i2ii. given out bv the Hi,.
' .... . ...'iiiih--
lean cif Inieru )1 He leiiuc
The lnt vveithv of note is thai the total
numbii et peisennl un rtinr. m v ifiuin.
Hie leased bv about 1 00.1,1X1(1 m,.,. u,,, ni,m.
,ei ill P.'IO Theie wcie ,,1 en, 70(1000
meie peisens in 1H.I0 than In llllll who hiiel
mi iueeiue el fiem s!0(l(l te ?(I0()
The second Inteiestiiig fin t is t,, t,
7 2.V,l,'lH pilseiis making icpeits Inn, ,,
total inceiup el Js2.'r,7.,!el02!),lS'l, ei an
average of S.WUIWO
The number ef'returns fiem peisens with
Inceuiea In tyJk grade from $1000 te
1
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EVEiflKG PUBLIC
$e0,000 a ear was greater than the year
before, and the number of returns for in
comes ft em 530,000 te $1,000,000 and exer
was less.
The peer seemed te be growing richer
nnd the ilcli le be growing poorer. In 1910
theie wue sixty live pcisens- with Incomes
In excess of sl, 000,000, while In 1020 there
weie enl thirty-three.
The comparative wealth of the different
Slates is Indicated bv tlie figures. New
Yerk, of course, stands first with n record
for lepeitcd Incomes In excess of $1000
amounting te a total of $4,030,023,000.
Peiiiisvlvnnla comes second with $2,212.
178.020. Illinois is third with ."sl.83,H."tl.
"12. Ohie fourth with M.d07,.m003.
Massachusetts fifth with $1,30S,400,51S.
And Cnllfetnli is the sixth nnd Inst Stnte
showing a total in excess of a billion elol elel
lars, with isl,32n.00G..7.l4. New Jersey
falls about S3."000,000 short of a billion,
and enlv Indiana, lewn, Michigan, Mis Mis
setn I ami Texas of the ether States report
n total In excess of S.'OO 000.000.
Idaho, represented bv Senater lterah, re re
peits (57.000.0(in. Ctah, the home of Sen Sen
aeor Smoel, docs n little better with iS2,
000,000. and W.veming, which sends Hep
resentative Menelell le the Heuse, can
muster en! $(12,000,000.
New vve shnll nil nwait with curiosity
the publication of a summary of the re
turns for 11)21. se that they can be com
parcel with tlie figures of the eiir before.
ROTAN AND THE CHANDLER
CASE
"T'l-Ii dm them In. whether.they want te
1 come or net," si, District Attorney
Itetnn .vesieielav. refenlng te witnesses
who. If the are called b the public pros pres pros
pcuter, ina.v In- able te I brew additional
light, net enlv upon the Chandler falluie,
but upon methods that prevailed in the
bucket-shopping weilel before the inevitable
crash of n few months age.
Mr. Itetnn has full power, and alwn.vs hns
had full power, te Initiate and press pros
ecutions and investigations In cases like
the present one. That work Is. indeed,
one of the duties of his office. When ou
consider the extent te which the bucketing
business was developed, the enormous sums
lest bv Ingenuous speculators and the Im
plications of secret agreements nnd even
conspiracy which were piescnt in some of
the linanclnl smash-up in this city and
New Yerk, the number of buckct-sheppeis
who were punished or even seriously ques ques
tlened bv tlie public authorities' seems
statjllngly small.
We have said repeated! In these columns
that the settlement of claims nnde ngnlnst
films suspected of bucket-shopping prac
tices does net. by any means, satisfy the
liw. Ner does It Insure justice te the In
numerable people who iii.iv be without
means te press for restitution en their own
account.
It is cheering te spp thp District Attorney
manifest a fresh interest in the Chandler
case. He has been In no nppiient huiry
te call witnesses who nilsht be of asslstnnce
In clearing the fogs that still persist about
this and ether failures. Te suppose that
the prosecution of buckot-sheppeis should
be left te the private Individuals affected is
Idle, since an.v one who has passed through n
bucket-shop isn't llkel te have much menev
left for law.ver's fees. And. b.v the wav.
what hns happened te all the movements
that were being erganised net long age te
chase dishonest nd make-believe brekcis
out of business''
THE BAPTIST CONTROVERSY
THi; talk of heresv whleh has been coming
from the national convention of the
Ilaptists in Indianapolis will suiprlse these
fninlliir with the llaptist pelit.
It hns been the beast of the Church
that It was impossible te have n heiesv tilal
in it The icasen for this beast is found In
the fact thai the Chinch has no written
creed. It has two fundamental tenets. The
hist is that the Illble Is "the only rule of
faith and practice." and the second is that
the light of an indhiduil te make his own
Interpretation of the Hible shall net be ques ques
tlencel bv tin one
Anv Hnptlst churih mnv call as Its pastor
an.v one who is sntlsfm trv te a mnjerlt.v of
the ineiubeis, and no either llaptist church
or association of llaptist churches e'an in
terfeie b.v wa.v of discipline. There is no
etitiil organization with power ever the
churches, no Illsheps r presidlnr- elders, or
hlei iich.v of an.v kind.
This is whv Professer Ve,j,ipr, f the
Ciezct Theological Hem Ina rv. of Chester, is
undist nbecl bv the attack upon his belief.
He believes that he s (,n!v exercising the
right which ever nthei Hnptlst piefess',, ur
puncher prizes above everv ethei light.
"CROSS CAUTIOUSLY!"
THP railroads of the ceuntr.v, it is nn nn
neunced, hnve adopted ' new safety
slogan. In the course of time the sign's
that warn nil ptemle at gjade i ressJRS tn
Slop, Loek and Listen will dlsappe.n nd
in their slead will be mere conspicuous
sluns warning drivers of vehicles and pen.
pie- afoot te "Cress Crossings (aurieusy."
'Unit Is oeil adviic, of e-eurse. Hut why
shnu'd net the mineiels nppij ,ti fM,(,a.
slennll nt least, te themselves?" Thev can
not be expeete,! te slew down all e'xptess
trains nt evetv ceuntiv crossing j1Jt tM(,v
could verv c.'islh put geed, stieng gates at
Edith danger points
Hilliend men Insist that such methods
of pioteeilen weull be unebilv expensive.
Hut In Kiulinel, winch Americans nie dis
posed te view ns an olcl.fashlenc d. back
vvaid sh of iimnm. n lallieid is re
quii eel te f.n.e m its entlie right of wav
A similar lie operates w, ms, pa,,s '
1 lauee Hincie e iiissn!-s. nt which last vear
17112 p rsnns wue kill,, nnd IMS Injund,
hie a ltciillnilv Ainiiicin institution.
CONSTITUTIONAL IRELAND
A It'llll It dltll PITH, after leading the
r. ell lit rt th. piepcistd Constitution for
the Iil-h i'lie St He just ipade public, ,,..
luaiki d
"lieluid for the fust time in centuiles
seeuies ihe jiewcr anil the oppenunnv te
eonttel and divili.p her own iesei,is llmi
live hei own n itienal life."
'Him Constitution luevidis for Ilie eleinli,.
loll (.eveinuieni ai:i'eel upon ill the tiuu
with iirc.it Hiltaiii. signed bv the nine,
scntalives of the 1 1 t-li people u few months
age
Its first ni nib. declines that the I,sl,
Tree Stale I. a ce-eepial member of ,e coin,
iiiuuii of nations feimiiig the HiltM, (,.
i.ieiivvinlth et .Nations. It ferh,s the
istiibllshinint of a stale chunk and guaraii-
tees fiieilem et selenee, fneelein nf speech
and fnedeiu el pi an able iissCmhh rni
....!.... ,.l ...IV .i . - t.'I'IIW
IIKOIS "l -MliililM- "I" IMOVllllel , men ,M,
, , ,i. n .111111
women, me ngiit et eveuv elii, r,,
ii-iiiiiii .inn iiiiuii is assi rtei nnd the
lnvielabll.lv et dwellings agti,s, rrilM ).nui
llV lllle pIOICs. of Jaw Is pCIi(lc, f ,",
'Ihe I'niltiiniPiit is toiensHtof ni,, i
the lilt
inibeis of which must tak, ,, ;
of nUcL'iaiii c te the Ceiistln if,,,, ..c .1 ,.
Mite and te the King lis the head nf JJI,8.
1 k I HPii jii.ii 1 , nu ( a 1 1
'inmenwealih of
Nations.
If the people of Ireland 10. ej,,.,,,,,. with
the Heme (Jevernmciit In putting this r
stltutlen Inte effect, meat of their rZ,
meat
I
troubles will vanish.
LEDER-iPtilLADEIiPHf A, -
THEY BELONG TO NO MAN
Unclaimed Tracts of Land In the
8tate Leeking for Owners A
Revolution In Statistics Mak
ing Old Swedes' 222d
Jubilee
Ky OEOKOE NOX McCAIN
MIIOKR GOTTSCHAIiTj, Director e!
the Htireau of Statistics and Infor
mation nt Hnrrlsburg, has Introduced some
striking innovations in his depnitnient, he
tells inc.
They crop out In his statistical report for
1020.
The report Is n year overdue.
That isn't Friend Oettschnll's fault,
though.
It's only another argument for Installing
machinery In some of our penal institutions
and having nil State printing done within
their walls. ,
It will give the inmates something te "0'
Hesldes It will save the State money and
eliminate delay.
Copy for this book was completed months
age.
The State Printer' Is responsible for the
delay.
Te return te Hoke (inttschall, hewever:
SOMH of the things he has done In U1I1
eiy bulky, statistical and usunlly dry-ns-dust
volumes nic as follews:
He hns compiled summaries showing the
operations of verv steam railroad, of every
electric stteet railway nnd of every tele
graph nnd telephone cnmpnn.v in the Stnte.
'Ihese summiiiies cover three c.irs, viz.:
1018, 10111 and 11120.
A mass of valuable facts relating tn ta-xes
nnd assessments In each of the sixty-seven
counties Is nlse included.
Heretofore, If un.v person Interested In
the output of nnv particular Penns.vlvnnla
pieduet desired Information he was com
pelled te wade through no end of statistics
te get it.
New it Is open nnd ready te hand nt a
given page.
Director (tettschnll lias also introduced
an Industrial smvev covering last .vear.
It Is of Incalculable value in this: that it
shows for the first time the propeitlon of
each Pennsluuiiii pieduet shipped out of
the Stnte.
As my friend Oettschall savs. "We are
able te portray eletuly te what extent the
lest of the world is depending en Penus.vl
vnnln industry."
Think what endless rows of figures nnd
uncountable calculations arc Involved in such
11 vveik?
TT SPHMS almost Incredible that after 2.r0
J- .vents of settlement theie should still be
lined limed land in this State!
And It doesn't lie under the beds of navl-gabb-
strcnias eitliei !
Ner does It Include the islands, big and
small, that nie strung out along the stie.ims
nnd livers which se appeal te all of us ns
we dash past them in railroad trains.
I "or the most part the nie bits of land,
n few acres, that have been left isolated
b.v defective survevs.
Oi perhaps the are larger lets that have
escaped claimants because the wcie hidden
in Ihe heart of the 101 est or along an inac
cessible mountainside.
Land almost nn wild as anv te be found
in Nevada. Wveming or I lab can be found
in Pennsylvania.
1 knew of nn instance (the liml is within
fiftv miles of Philadelphia) where n pi em.
peetlve tielle.v hue was mined b.v a lemaik.
A Hosten promoter was intci viewing some
of these Intciested when one of the men re.
maikcd casual! that theie was land worth
SI." an iicie within 11 mile of the proposed
tiellev.
He meant that it was available for a
woodland summer lescn t.
The piomeier lest interest at once and
the project fell through.
'"yACAXT land" is the official title given
V te unclaimed tiacts.s
List vear there weie tiled with Secretaiv
Wciedvvatd, nf Hiiilsbiirg, seventeen appli
cations for vacant 01 unclaimed lands.
Ne value is established in nny of these
claim".
Wat 1 ants tint is. actually, deeds or
patents were granted te en! seven of the
seventeen.
One tract was accepted b.v the State Tor Ter
estiv Commission, four were held te cover
lanel alrcaelv apptepnatnl and live aie still
penning
Land owned bv the Commonwealth n
'ennsjhnuia isn't held like ether i,ir.,,n-i.
i.nnil evvneii iiv tlie Commonwealth nf
1
ine isecietai 01 internal AITniis is the
custeellan new.
This is because of .1 law passed In 1010
which makes him nisiedian of watrants nutl
ethc r documents
An.v thing lelnting te the titles te leal
estate owned bv the Slate is tinned ever te
the Secretin of lnicin.il Aflalis.
And does the State own much prepertv '
Well, inthei ! '
,TllUS ,','imT''," wJ"''rd has taken
charge of OKI cbeels and 1(l.tl21 ether papers
connected theiewith and reeeicled them for
the State Pen est iv IJeserve Commission
Other papers te the number of M5 d'eeds
nnd .'1711 etlxi papen, hm,. been t corded
for institutions.
Ter the Stale Cnne Preserve thirteen
deeds and tluee ether papers have been
entered.
,,Vll mnyH ' '"'"' nf l'"0! deeds and
H.d.i I ether documents, or a total of
l(i.l.rt0 entries fe 1 prepeit owned bv the
Commonwealth. '
y.n 8vi:ni:s; cuntcii (c.hria Dei)
J will have a glorification toiueiiow
She. that Is her ehildten. will celehrnle
the 222,1 annivc,?rv of ihl. dceli, mi0,,Tf
the pifspnt veuerible eelilli e
There will be miIiiihi rejoicings ns become
sin h an event "
'I he litv. I', icv II Siefkinnri. the rector,
who bus done such conspicuous work for the
Seunrnn s Institute will pna,, ,10 memeiial
seinien. '""
A rate inns,, nl service will ,e rendere.l
XT.' "-''"0 '""l "'" '"'''lr-
Chlefest of all though, win .1. .
tilul custom of dedicating sittings "U
Tvve. of the pews w, )f , ),., t e-zi 1 0( In
memer.v of Dr Climes Janew.iv StI ,. J,i
the It Charles I ,;, I, lm'?, " n
i'l Sv".!..'1'.' ""' ,r,,1' "' I"' "!
1 imielv mention il,n .,i ... .
, ".' "c'lni1 1 c'ts ns np
1 nmii.mt nil. I ,,. ','J . , " ns
Philadelphia ihurch
it is a 1 oil In .men,
annals of this count, v
iiii'i siiry et n
unique i i(jKes
Farthings Coined Here
from ths e hr st in s in XI mltc r
Most peisems de net knew tint Cncle
Sam coins faiihing, ,t ,e , L ",'
millions of them ' m i.p ,s,n,1 i',?"
euit. While made el c x. tlv' ,e ", ' !,"
te.lal as the b.enze ,,n, 't! , ' "' , ,".
larger thill, the one -. et pku Tl e I icr
weighs fort -tight grains, the f,,, 1,
edghtv grains Thev ine made Un c , .
centnves, anil tl isn tln-v -,,. 1,1' '
than the eiie-eein piece Is hoe .n,sr. ,lp i-,,,
plnes are iiiiustemid te goecNslzid cepners
nnd like them hi tie, -PPtrs
Today's Anniversaries
171." Leulsburg. Cnie Hieteii, s ,!,,.
fiem the I lenih b.v the Hrlllsh n, .Msn.
ehusetts fences.
177--Hattle of Hunker Hill. (,e filSf
notable engagement of i,,. Amcilcnn I"i0.
luiien.
1SH- .'ilnlplie Philippe d'J:iiiieM. ntlthei-
f "A Cell binteel Case' ,) ether p,.
,,llim!!s. born 11. Pa. Is. 1,,,, ..'
U1V 2.1. l'1''
isllll Cflltllll Lewis C s, eelebiated
seldiei and Mlllesiliaii lllnl j,, )ei, ..it. Jt(l,
at r.xetei, N. II, Oitebii i, fjvj. '"
1S70 Hattle biivvnn I'nihd Smies
I tiecqid arm mvu. inuiaiis at ItesebuiJ
Ment.
lSSUA monument te Cnufcdeurte sol-
dlers was unveiled at Pensucnla ; the flret
te jle inenuruciital houeu te Jeffersen
uavis. '
v
SATURDAY! JtJNE - ff ,
"OO-OO,
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
,f1'j,....iii;Mj-' i
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
i Knew Best
BENJAMIN H. LUDLOW
On State Tax Revision
THAT the tnx laws of the State nre sndly
In rued of revision is n gcncinllv ac
cepted fact, sa.vs Hciij'nuiln II. Ludlow, one
of the prominent ntteinevs of the cut, who
has taken an active interest in the mattei
for a number of vcars anil is ihoieughly eon een
veisnnt witliMic man rajnlticatiens of Ihe
tax laws.
"Theie ate several important evils in the
matter of taxation which nre In need of cor
rection as eailv ns possible," said Mi. Lud
low. "In eider that tire taxes nf the State
nnv be levied and celleetcd in an economical
anil tinifeim iiianut r. Perhaps the first and
most impei flint of thpse is the huge expense
of collecting the taxes under the present
s.vstem. It is no exaggeration te sa.v that
the cost of collecting the taxes In Pcnns.vl
xnnin is several times the amount which it
costs the Stale of Ohie te collect its taxes,
"The second evil te be ciirrcctcd is the
ineejunlit and the non-unifeiinit.v of the
tax rate in the same count, and the third
is that cif inaeliqiiiitP assessments, which
prevent necessar public impievemcnts being
made.
Huge Hew aids of Collectors
"Whiles en the subject of expense of col
lect ion, it might be well te sa.v that the
people of the Slate genciall ele net realize
the immense sums of mono which some of
the t i eolleeteis or tieasuiers, ns they aie
sometimes enlleil in certain counties, get fo
llicle set vices, The re e c Ive n pen entage en
ceitaln taxes, a salai for collecting ether
taxes and n commission en still a third class.
In the aggregate some of them nie 11s highl
paid as anv elhe inl in tlie service of the State.
"The (ioveinei of the Stnte receives at
picsent MO (1110 a eni. although uuder the,
ne.v law the next incumbent will receive'
MM. (100. The Atterni v (Jeneral receives
S 12.000: the' Chief Justice of the Supreme
Ceiilt, $15 000: the Seeietni eif the Com
monwealth, .s.s())(); the Lieutenant (ioveruer,
SeOOO. ami se en. Yel it will doubtless
surprise 11 gicit m mv people te knew that
time ate lax collectors in the Slate who
aie ice tiving as much as nn of these ofli efli
eliils, who must be men of education, etten
hlxhlv specialized, nnd have a wide ex ex
pcrleiiie '1 Ins Is one of the evils which
the icvlsien of the picsent tax laws seeks te
iiaelltate.
I triferm!! of Assessment
"The matin of unlfermitv of assessments
is nnether mutter which deserves caieful
consideration, ns it winks a hanlshlp en the
individual In minj instances, as well as
upon the count v 111 which it Is pcnnltted.
"Adequate assessments nil' iieiessmy f
the counties of the Stale me te huve the
Impievenieiits which thev need, because the
borrowing eapaeltv of tlie counties is fixeel
upon the amount of these assessments.
'Ibeie can be little argument against the
li'vlsieu e these laws ns thev nie nt piescnt
it is iiniiiestienab!v vvieug te ullew an ivil
such as this, te exist, and espniallv se if
we can effect a cine and nt the viunii time
save mnni.v In doing se. If the people of
the Slate .lie in favor of hiving the Mate
Administration run en a 11 nth business
basis, then- is no peiccptib'e leaserr whv the
tame thing should net n;.id tt the munici
palities. Women Keenly Interested
"The women et the Stale have taken 't
keen inleiest In this matter and It must le
said, ibe.v have seen the reason feu Mime
niljiistnient much sooner n nil with a sharper
perception than iniiiiv of the men have
i-hewu. Man of their oiganlzatieiis have
Indeiscil the mournful, 11s will as 11 number
et ihe educational societies ami ethers.
"'ihe old bill was intiecliicul n't the last
session cif the l.egisl.i'ine and was leferreej
te 11 committee, from which It nevei 1 me rgeel
passing out et existence uutematlcallv with
the dose of the legislative session. It will
be bieught up again at Ihe next session
with some of tlie objections te it, whuh weie
presented at the last session, iciuuved,
While the piovlsleus of t,n measure de
net include thn Ciiuiitv of Philadelphia,
still ever resident of this c it has a decided
peisennl Inleiest in seeing the ncccssriv
.baiigps mnile. because the we J. being of the
Cdiiiiueiiwialth of vvhle h Philadelphia js a
member is et vital iinpnitniie u i, 0UM
citizen. 'Ihe taxes minted b the proposed
,evisen inn these ter count, cm, borough,
township, sihoel and peer purposes. T,(.
most strenuous, opposition te th,, piopesed
changes at the last sess,, f ,a, Legislate
tiiuie from the piofcsslennl pellticiuiis, as
the plain citizen., were urattkal.i all n HZ
Wuver. ,
Mr "tins of the most Inlkeel.nf ... .
-. .... . . "iumeni8
. 1922 . V '
MR. PRESIDENT, LOOKIT HEREfw
1 against changing the law was that it would
niKeawav home line in t tic matter of taxes.
Hut In this connection It must be remem
bered tint home rule in .taxation lies riot
in the assessment, but In the amount of the
Itv.v. and this will be fixed by thp home au
thorities In ever county just ns at present.
"It is proposed te de nwav with the
elected assessors, n s.vstem which lias thus
far oieved le be responsible for mail evils
in the matter of tax collecting as a wliele,
and te cheese by election n Central Heard
of Assessors in eaih ceiintv. This beard
would build up its staff of assistant assessors
bv appointment throughout the various
parts of the county.
"It Is undoubtedly true that there would
nlvvnvs be thp risk of pelltlpal pipferment
111 these appointments, but this is something
which must nlwa.vs be censlelered in evei
appointive s.vstem. Hut under mix clnuin
stanees the public could bold the' central
bop id lespensrble for bad aiqietntrnents, anil
this would nt least be n Improvement te
the present svsteni. wheiebv Ihe assessnis
often gain ie-clcclien bv favoring Important
peisenH nnd institutions in the amount as
sessed against their piupeil.v.
Inequalities In Assessment
.'''''"obtain the tinifeimitv in assessment
which is se vitnl te the people of the State,
the beard will be empowered te meet an
liunllv, together with the subordinate as.
scsseis and adept n uniform standard for the
valuation of prepeitv .
"It is also piopesed te nllew the Stnte
and elf taxes te be paid In installments like
the iiiieme lax Is new paid, a move which
will mnke fur econeni cur the part of the
taxpa.ver.
"The changes which nre proposed In the
present law villi enable the local authorities
throughout the State te raise whatever
revenue is necess.uj , ,, unifen, and
economical manner, it will consider abh
inciensp the borrowing eapaeltv 0f the
various ceuinies. It has been ingued tint
It will thus increase the debt of the counties.
But it will net de se. because the debts are
Incurred bv the local authorities, who are
responsible te these who elected them It
must net be forgotten that both leans nail
levies aie lixcil bv the v'ete of the people.
"What 1 1 will de is t prem.ip ninnev
for needed Impievenieiits, Hclr as nd.'euite
schools. And this eaniiet be done if the
assessments e ufnll ,,, , ,, ,M
lien lb,, enlv hardships th,u ,i,e tax hw
What De Yeu Knew?
1 What Is ihe Iriphtst altltuile en earth
ever rriithed b man'' L,'r""
J Hhat was the Neanderthal man?
I hut Is n jam- ? " '
C Wris the I'rriiecl States N'avnl Acailemv
r xvi? Ms, ,,oea,c'1 "' Ann-.polls' em
? 1i.:i.N.,,,,,,hnhernri!..,',,Bl,,t "r
7 What Is the fi Igatcblid?
S What Ih an epigraph '
U lei what naval exploit was .Steuben
Hicaiiu fanieus' " prien
10 W,m.lS? ",0 ,lMM f"" ln lh0 ra
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
'' '," u ". "". itUMlarr vtetd feu emm.
luteiceursi
.'. Ambrosia was the feed of the m,,a
i. OljiiipiiH Is 11 IHkIi nmuti.alt, I,, -iK-iiv
Hiistern Hurepe, the sunui I ,f un,';
wauppesed te b the he,h, eVthcl
n ixiiiu is nil lucsflll I'leiuei of 1.,,..
fi The nrliuleeil !.,,. ..' "'. J''l HI
m Slovakia arc rteluiulni, rinl (,,',, ,l1cl10
7. tMp.1hlanc.11, fi Cuban, is thn ,.,'
chlltniileu chess nlnx.., "i0 "Olid',
1 'zi che-
E The; list gnat universal exnevlti,,,, ,
i:uiope was held In I'ails . 'f '
0. The staked num. or IJan" sti,lI a, ,
plait nu in Ne.tlrwtst Hvin, ,. i' ls '
of Xw Mexico, 40.0011 Lquara", ncVV,
nie a and .iveniKlin? Riin,,' ,' . ' "les. In
tua... It Is very dry and almost weiU.
iv. i-aganis derived from tfc Latin
"pava-
""I 44VllilH (X HOMlt
dlers. peus.ints' nun workmen 2 com'
workmen hi elle r enul 1,,. , ,.,u '''
t II. I1IMII1PM fit 111 Line
rO ' .SUllI tl) I'eVOIltli ' 111F1I1U t I. . 1
fiem secletj ,"Veelu "h erc'eu nTt
ostracize According le traellt le, 'ii,
citlz. ns of Ceventiv, a town 7. r a
ti-.l HriBlarrd bad it 010 In," l, J',1:
11 'Hslike of HOlUleih that . Sn he,,
0'-''hlhK te a seldi,, was linmillatelv
aboecel Ne Intel course , ' ,
between the gni riser, anil the tow n
Hence, when 11 seldlci was ImV, . '
Cevditry be was . t . ?.il..B0"t "
-". ". tlUlll S(A, . I
- ... ij
-v. -s " - 'fe.
NWM
$M
SHORT CUTS
It was, as it were, a list te three star
beard.
A great fair is worth waiting anettW
cnr for.
In fhe mntter of sen transportation the
wine gecth where it llsteth.
The job hunters miry get a new line en
the President If he gets thoroughly angry.
Hulegies of these livel.v birds, the Robins
nnd the Cardinals, mnv be accepted as red.
This is the season of the year when the
educational world is fairly dippy with
diplomas. 1
There nre far-ups and far-downs al
read considering some aincndmeiits te tie
Irish Constitution.
What the experls nt The Hague hm
te de is te hrrel new rrames for terms at
present contrndlciery.
As It is impossible te gauge the valtit)
or n merchant rinrJiie as nn nuxlllarr te
the new. It is quite possible te overesti
mate its Impei tanee.
ns.nl glils were defeated bv thflf
fathers in n baseball enine en class dar.
Kithers can de this niuLget nvvay with It.
I.cnus would net liave dared.
At least .it may bp presumed tint tli
twentv-ene .veung men recentlv grnduatdi
from the New Yerk State Nautical ScheI
ine in favor of a ship subsid.v.
Hand of Indian innrehlng te seize the
( nnadlnn (inveinnient park nt Point Pelff.
Ne cause for nlaim, however. A couple of
cops aie there waiting for them.
Hrnvenl.v ehnrus for business men en
( Iiestnut street between Tenth and Six
teenth: "There'll He Ne Parking There."
Hut can then- then be gehlen sticetsV
, ,, Theie Is new eonfirmntien of the general
liellrf that father Neptune never belonged
te a Hand of Hepe and flint theie Is some
thing stienger than molasses in Lav Jenei'
locker.
One who has tried and failed eplnesth.it
If the Ker who vviele "The Star Spanslfd
Hanncr was the kev in which it Is sunt,
he wouldn't deserve the eulogies he has been
getting.
Cenan Ile.vle is living te rem h the spirit
world b.v wireless. Man enl ls trvlng t
get signals trem Mais. We'd ies' 11,11 lull;
hate te postpone our vacation until one or
the ether succeeded.
'Ihe suggestion that feueign vexseli
coming te American polls shall net be al al
levveel te earn liquor for consumption en
be nil Is delightful as 11 fiist step toward
prohibiting all feteigir commerce.
Collector of Customs for the Peitnf Iiuf
fale, the Iitiiil-In urtccl cuss, sa.vs liquor cin-,'
net be sold en the Creat Lakes as ther
Is no thiee-inile limit or neutral vv uteri 1
theie. Hut isn't there some trade. boetln'
leleu he can think up?
A fair being planned bv the National
Ii.v (loeels Association nun become n peitnH'
nenev lu New Yeik as 11 nieii'haiidl'e fiiriiii'
It will enable bu.veis nnd diiiinnicis te sav
iiieiic In lime, shoe leather nnd trauspef
tut inn and the saving 'may he passed en te
the teiiHiimers.
"Despite her peveitv ," savs Kail Radelfj
Soviet piibllfit.v manngcr. "Husla wl'"
enter into relations with foreign eeuiilriej
enl en the basis nf mutual esteem." Iw
esteini Is a ceminndlty that must " ,'?,
for in character, anil repudiation of uteH
Is no way te win It.
l",iem thirteen paiedles turned In W
eninest eung men vve assemble the Wl
lewing:
Moonshine ninl liiple star
And one char call for me
I'm theie will be no meaning al the bar
When I put out te sea.
I.asker mil ,ve! feel 1 nlleil upon te snX
Willi Heisallnd: "I have never been
hcihwiicil since- P.vthageias' tliue." Here
uiiethf r eontrlbutleii :
Lasker cairles lllcker en Ills ships:
Olhciis tiuriKpeit boez.e ii)en their hlPs '
But the "statesman," with his cellsfiA
Is thn feller that is yellcr, Ii.
Fer lies and odors mingle en bis lips, m
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