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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,' SATURDAY, JUNE 24,' 1922
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j CTnUS H. K. CUHTIR, I'ltnsitie.NT
y ! 0. Mnrlln, Vice I'rc-I.lent anil Trensiiireri
Charles A. Tyler, Hirrplnr , (.'harp's 11, J.uillnu
Jf. ten, Philip W. Cllllnn. Jehn II. illl,,m, Jehn J.
' lRuren' ari,e ' aeltlstnKh, Divlil K. Smtley.
k ' Director.
DAVID E. BSIII.r.Y.
.Hilllnr
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suiisciuiTieN ti:hms
Th CTtMMI I I ill it I.M-ir.ll In served tn Uh
irltm In !'b Inclelphlii, mnl mirrciumllnz towns
m the, tnte of twelve (PJ) cents p"r week, natnhle
le Mh carrier,
.v8?,?.1! t0 ,elnt, outnlde of Thllntlelrlila In
tlw united .Mint ('nnndii or I'nlied sUntm en-.
Mraleni, poilnire free, fifty (Se) cents jwr month.
Six (till ilnllirs P"r eir rn Mi. , mu.inrp
Te l ferilKn muntrle .me ($) ,1.,lrtr a ninnlli
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Bluit elve old as nc-ll i n, w aililrr
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KrViTONE. M! HOI
CTifilrnj ill rniiniiiinlcnflnfT fe 7ien(ti7 'iibllc
Lttetr, IniteprntUnc- Saunr,-, l'hi;n(,lt.li(a.
Member of the Associated Press
T APSOClATHn 1M:SS U rxcluahrtu m
filled te the ip or rrjiiiblicntlnit u nl tirii'n
llrnlc)iri errdffriJ te It or iief cthmvtic emitted
in (Ms paptr, cintl olio the local min vub'.hhed
fArrrdi,
411 rleMt e rrpiibllcnllen of special dLipatchea
Herein ere nlte rrirrvnl.
riillidflpliij, Jetur.l.Y, June 21, !:;
NOTHING BUT WORDS
JOHN A. ItKMS explanation of his
connection with the ehei U-jiiggiing
operations of Harmen A Keplmrt. former
State Treasurer, lean's the matter where it
"w" ,, ,, ,., .,, i.-i,., ,
1nli.P,1 tlif l. lsll i ,.,.,.in,i,itMt.. ".i !
at inn r-(i t - iiitit u tiiiiiui i " .
war fund," and that be wished te get hecks 1
signed in blank in return for checks of the
Allegheny Ceuntj tax collector in pa.xment
of tnxc due the Male. Mr. Hell gave him
the cheeks sipied in blank and the Alls-
cheny Ceuntj cheiks were net cashed for
months, the money remaining in Mr. ltell's
unn.
bank
All this was known before, save that the
Beney remained in Mr. Pell's bank.
What we want te knew is why this jug
gling was done. There was no pajment
from Mr. Keplmrt'-, "war fund." se far as
hns been disdesed. The whole transaction
Is queer en its faie, and no explanation jet
made hns been able te make it leek like
anything except a plan te conceal some
thing. The probe will have te go much deeper
before it touches the exact truth.
MORE SUMMER AMENITIES
THE appropriation bj Council of 40.1100
for orchestra lencerts in Kairmeunt '
Tark this summer furnishes an excellent j
beginning te an undertaking capable of .n- I
spiring expansion. A large patronage for
the musical entertainment, provided In the
mnln by menibeis of the Philadelphia Or- i
chestra, is assured '
It is safe, however, te wager that the
attendance will surpass tl.e average expec
tation. The pepularltj of the municipal
concerts en the Parkway l'laa Is newadajs
neverely taxing the seating capacity.
Standees were abundant la-t jcar. They
are this summer mure numerous than ever.
Since the epcn-alr orchestral entertain
nents nt Itelmnnt. Str.iwherrj Mansion
nd Lemen Hill will net be inaugurated
til mld-Julj, the opiertunlty Is nt hand
prepare adequately for huge crowds. The
.te for geed music in this community is
VfJMUngly keen. The Park hand concerts
nre rcgnlarlj well attended. The additional
offerings will nut e i empelitive, but sup
plementarj .
The public f.iver which thev are destined I
te receive should piempt Council te Increase
the appropriation next jear and also te es
tablish an earlier opening date for the seiies.
A CYNICAL JURY
r: SKKMS te be the tluerj of the pioluhi pieluhi pioluhi
'bitieu enforcement e'lieeis that the best
way te catch a bootlegger is te tend a boot
legger after him
This is borne mil bj the (emplneenej
with which they treat the (onfessien of
Edgar A, Davis, a prohibition agent that
he wns ii boetleger bofeio he get his ap
pointment and that the in. in who uppulutcd
him knew it.
It Is net a new theerj ri evident Diaz
acted en it in Mexico whin he broke up
banditry bj enlisting the bandits in the
rural police. We de net knew whether the
former bandits levied tribute en travelers
and en the ranchmen lu their divtrbts as
the price of protection from the depreda
tions of uiieflicl.il highwajmeti. but It is
known that f.r a long time the iireculnr
bands of tebbeis which had net been taken
Inte the police fun e had te behave them
belves. Whether the prohibition enfeii einent de
partment Is filled wlili bootlegger' retired
or still in businisv we ,1(, net knew. Hut
we de knew that theie are a geed many
cynics who think that dure an' .imw hoot
leggcrs acting as enforcement elhcerv. That
the enfeicemcnt uilicers wcie em e m part
nership with the illicit mIIcis of whisky
wns demnnstrnted when indictments were
found against them And Davis' confes
sion Indicates that the men In charge at
present are net unwilling te have agents
who have been engaged in bootlegging.
The head of the enfeici incut eflicerv in the
State snjs tlmr Davis v camible etlicer
nnd that, although he was appointed by his
predecessor, he dues net intend te remove
him.
The sjslem does net work out very well,
however, for the jut which was trjlng a
saloonkeeper for the llll, it sale of liquor,
ugulnst whom Davis had get the evlileme',
found a verdict of net gulltj after Davis
had admitted thnt he had been a bootlegger
The jureis were apparent 1 suspicious of
a man who had given up the business which
In generally believed te be the most profit
able new open te the unscrupulous for the
sake of accepting a fiev eminent job nt a
low snlarv In a department cicated te pun
ish thp men in the business which he had
abandoned.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
THU invest of n pioiueter at his eiine.s in
this citj, charged with swi,1(,1R
Maryland investeis out of $1(1,(100. is net
the Jlrst, nor will It be the last, arrest en a
fcimllnr charge.
Se long as men mid women aie gullible
there will I ther men and women willing
te tnke advantage of their weaknesses"
Tbey will organize oil mid mining com,),,.
ale nnd companies te exploit alleged new
inventions, mufthej will call the attention
'4,''ei the people te whom thej try te sell their
L.'stack te the enormous fortunes that Imve
kistn made by the eiiglnal investors in the
rkAwlcnn Telephone t empany mid In the
A Amalgamated Copper Company mid in the
X Ofclaaemn unit 1 exits and California oil
rAnmpentci). Their faveilte plan is te offer
aJiaOO.Hhnics for ?5 for u limited time, with
li.'tk niinniincemeut thnt In a inentli rli uri....
!VMllt tm rnlsed tn SKI. and thnt win.,, ,1,,.
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. fMier .'4'c " ,i,M ,i,- i-iiuei! iias
'hatn Introduced or when oil has been found
aVttf 'Iniitl Jtife .shares will be worth J(J0
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fen mi-0wnnn,mmmjl rr wn eevfit t
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tlioec Rlinres the cltnntien wniilil net be e
tntRle, lint the preiiuitcrs sclilnm niiprencli
pxperlenceil liivcttnrM. Tliey neltcit mints
li-rd, wldewK, school tpiipliprx iind men en
"innll HiilnrlcM In ether ocriipntleiiv, liehllnc
out te them the possibility of Hiultlcn rlelict.
Ainl these people invest their siivIiirn, only
te dlsrever when It Is tee Inte that the
eeinpnii) hnil no nssets uml thnt Its effiiei
hnil lieen closed.
There Is only one snfe rlile for the small
Invester uml flint l.s te liny only securities
of estnhllshed vnliie. (ieverninent bends are
absolutely snic, Uenl estate mertpiRi'x can
be lietiifht with little rM when the transiie transiie
tlen Is conducted through a bank or trust
(euipaii). And If one wishes te buy slmres
In corporations they .should be shares bought
and sold in the stock cichunfccs, where the
tmiikct value is ascertainable cery day.
liven then no mere than the market price
should be pnld. The price can be learned
by consulting the stock quotations In the
iiewspnpers.
THE FOOLS OF THE WORLD
SLAY ANOTHER WISE MAN
Dr. Wu Tlngfancj Fell Before the
Forces of Ignorance, Greed and
Aggression In China
ACOt'NTUY like ours, which has been
...ntent te base most of its views of
. ,. ., . , ..
modern China en dime novels, horrer-flctlon
turned out of Kurepean propaganda fne
terles, chop sney restaurants and the movies,
isn't likely te be deeplj moved b news of
the death of Dr. Wu Ting-rang. Yet It is
Miir.cthttig te knew that one of the wisest
I men In the world has jut been killed by the
' feri es of unwldem
j),. Wii. w hose death was announced os-
, ,,, ,,,,, , ,um, p,.rlsll,,, ns ; of
tliese who went down with the Seuth China
"""nnni'iit. a (.eicriimeiit
(ieverninent, a
.hlch, as
.-'"eiars mewcu it. actually represpiiteil the
legendary China of exqulslteness and phi
losephy, of quietude and peace and pntieut
labor. The rezltne at Canten, which has
jllvt Mlmiinbe(I ,mder pressure from armies
., , . . ., . . ,
"1 l,J,Isem,c '" ,,c "'-l ' .Inpan or
ntlier alien Powers, certainly was In nil its
pretensions like Dr. Wu, Its rcnl spiritual
head. And Dr Wu. who detested nnd de
rided war. wrts cnught In the final bombard
ment. He died, the cables say, of nervous
excitement, which may be another name for
grief.
Wu Ting-Pang, during all his years in
this country nnd Pugland, had an Alice-in-Wonderland
manner of looking with eager
interest en what he conceived te be a topsy tepsy
turvy world, and of being forever thrilled
lij Its reactions upon himself.
Time nnd again Washington confessed
that the Chinese Minister amused It. Wash
ington, in turn, certainly amused the Chi
nese Minister.
"Wlij docs this f.it gentleman talk with
the manner of a here, while he knows that
we knew that he does net mean what he is
snjing? What useful thing does he de?
Dees he cultivate a garden? Why nre these
buttons en jour coat sloexo? Yeu de net
knew'' Then whj have them?"
Questions such as these, conceived in the
utmost carnc-tness, vere forever coining
fiem Dr. Wu. Slim, smiling, In the won
derful clothes of his rank and country and
with Kngllsh accented almost imperceptibly
with the note of Oxford, he seemed te be
informed fully about all things under the
sun. He had concluded that mankind was
meant te Unci peace in wholesome labor and
happiness in the contempliitien of the beau
ties of the natural world and the friendly
contacts of the human spirit.
.Se war lnltnted Di. Wu. All human
ceullii t irritated him te the bone and left
him as angry and impatient as a mnn of his
endless sjnipathies leuld be. At the pushers
and the limbers nnd the undisciplined ej,es
'if Western capitals he looked with genuine
wonderment and with the lifted ejehrnvv of
toleration mixed ever s() slightly with pity
or disdain.
What, he would inquire, were all the
sweating and the lighting, the gestures and
the pretense abeut'' What did the peer
gentlemen hope te attain bj their exhausting
movement in circles? What mad wnj was
this we had of seeking hnpplnesv? "In
jour world," he said, "there is no pence."
And he was convinced that the Western
democracies were agitated te their souls
only by the futile violence and the erratic
emotions of extreme jeuth.
China, Dr. Wu would Imply delicately,
for he was Invariably sensitive and most
polite had been through these fever In
forgotten centuries. China had even had
wars. I!ut, sinee all intelligent and morally
competent Chinese always knew war te be
utterlv u.-ejes-c and stupid, wars were left
te the lower classes.
The Chinese gentleman, nv at Inst jeu
peneived him thieugh the restrained dls dls
ceurses of Dr Wu, might be very peer or
verj rich. Put he was a gentleman only
because he did useful things Te be selfish,
destructive or unwilling te de useful labor
was te be dishonorable. Your Chinese here
wns likely te be the philosopher who could
revenl the beautv of life te seekers, after
the truth in which contentment lies. Fer
him nleiip the great paper lamps were lighted
en sacred dnjs.
Well, Dr. Wu, with n ( linraeterlstlenlly
Chinese inversion of concepts, retired from
the diplomatic service of his country when
he was approaching seventy, nnd snid
thnt the richest part of his life wns before
him nnd thnt he wnnted te make the best
of It. lie wished, he said, te sit in his
garden under a rose tree that he liked and
watch the butterflies and rend the ancient
Chinese philosophers. Very wise nnd great
men these jihllosephers had been, great com
forters of the mind and nllajers of pnln !
Hut thp fntes didn't permit Dr. Wu te
' sit long In his garden. Offlclnls of the allied
Powers, who knew nothing about the nn
dent Chinese philosophers and wiie snw in
a butterflj u butterfly and nothing mere,
clamored ut his gate. They besought him
te help them persuade China Inte the war
against (iennany.
"Tell them." said the sage, "thai Dr. Wq
Is c( enilng deaf and is no longer fitted for
public life."
That was Chinese humor or irony. The
whirlwind at which Dr. Wu used te lift a
humorous ejeluew had followed him te his
very rose tree. Of course, he felt thnt the
war was n monstrously cruel thing for nil
the people of the earth. Hut at last he put
aside his ancient Chinese philosophers and
helped te get China ,ln.
The whirlwind wasn't done with hni jet.
In the confusion that followed pcice all
idntilnl "Ult'l opinion , opposed unj fen1M
.....srtleii of the spirit u the China tvnlhVH
l n. Wu. JaDUL ZJlirht and nhtalnxl
mt -' - r - - --
.;
. . . . ,X
dominant Influence ni the power behind the
(Ieverninent nt 1'fkliiR, Others, m yet un
identified, made joint war with Peking en
the Seuth China ltepublle, whose headqunr
lers were In Canten,
In time Canten was bombarded find Dr.
Wu fled with ethers for Mifety. He. n
heathen that Is, a Confucian of the highest
tjipc found lefuge in a Christian hospital.
That, tee, would surely have amused him
if he lxid net happened te be dlng of nil
happiness, And what of Dr. Wu and his philoso
phers? li is enough te sny that in n world
thnt would listen te them there would be no
nggiexslen. Theie would he no war party
In Ceitnany or nn where else. The ag
gressive rich wouldn't nltle riches se fool
ishly as they de. And, of course, there
would net be se many nggresslve peer as
there are tndny in nil countries that call
themsehes enlightened.
CITY THEATRE POSSIBILITIES
TDK i (inception of a municipal theatre in
the Victory Hull, as outlined by State
Senater (.forge Woodward, and the Interest
with which this idea wns apparently re
ceived are partli ularly worthy of develop-
I "1",,lt, ' '' eniniiuiult.v which has carried
' "n,' !" "'V,1'0 1,s r'
pump of prestige. bile this organization
, ,Illt , lp tr(,,ln,rill snv n,,,,,,,-!,,,,,, ,
rating as n cultural Minbe) of this cltv Is
none thp less wpll defined.
In the field of Instrumental music the ills
tlnctlnn of Phllndelphln is acknowledged
throughout the country. This phnse of Its
alue. although, of course, grntlfjlng. Is
s-iendary te the stimulation of artistic im
pulse, both appreciative and creative, which
the Orchestra has produced in this metro
politan area.
Se far as symphonic musical fare Is rnn-
corned. Philadelphia, though friendlv te im-
I poitntlens. is 0 longer dependent upon
strnj crumbs from Xew Yerk or Kurnne
In the drama, however, reliance upon out
side initiative Is mnrked. With the extlnc
Hen of the eld-resldent-stnck-nnd-vlsitlng-sfnr
sjstem considerably mere than a genera
tion age. the concentration of theatricals in
New Yerk was rapid and pronounced. The
proximity of Philadelphia te the chief pro pre
ducing center hns unquestionably proved
ndvantngeeus te playgoers. On the ether
hand, the geographical situation has noted
as a severe depressant upon home progress.
The inunlclpnl theatre proposal opens,
however, a domain of opportunity te which
especial pertinence is given by the pros,
poet of n great International' fair. Dr.
Woodward has courageously asserted thnt
he would be willing tn ergiinlz- n cltbens'
committee which would guarantee nnv less
of income from the box office nnd would co
operate with city eflidnls.
Cloistered super-esthctlclsm Is removed
from his program by the suggestion that SI
should be the top price charged for admis
sion te the inunlclpnl footlight offerings.
The suspicion of fantasy or Imprnetlrnlitv
in n venture thus breached is. perhaps, best
offset by the employment of antilogies. Time
wns when the Philadelphia Orchestra, as n
flourishing popular institution nnd ns a high
artistic authority, (enstltuted a dream tax
ing public credulity. With due ebelsnnee te
the muse of music, it can scarcely be denied
that her sisters of the appealing stage nre of
fnr wider general acquaintance.
The exposition jear would furnish nn
admirable chance te repair an undue sea
son of neglect nnd te vitnllze the most
inspiring, elevntlng nnd enjejable fun
damentals of stnge art in this cltj . Dr.
Woodward has grasped the sltuntlen with
commendable vision. The boldness of his
propesnl is among its virtues. In nnv
community which is alive the shock of nov
elty should be of tonic properties.
AN UNJUSTIFIED PARDON!
Sr.XTIMPNTAI. impulse must be of the
maud'ln tjpe te pact jojeuslv te the
Impending release from jail of Philip Yos Yes
kin. one of the most notorious of profes
sional bondsmen, for whom a pardon lias
just been recommended bj the State Heard
at Harrisburg.
Yeskin was imprisoned en the charge of
subornation of perjurj. n climax te a long
inreer of shady prnctiies and crooked denls
in the purlieus of the Phl'adelphla law
courts. The straw -hall abuse en which Yeskin
formerlj thrived is a manifestation of de
liberate and conscious roguerv . It Is prac
tiied by ingenious knaves with a bent for
subverting and defeating one of the ele
mentary principles of luw.
In ( emmandJnR the release of this hardened
offender, the State Iteaid of Pardons has
dlsplajed a mushj -mlndedness far from re
spectful of the public w elfin e. The ends of
justice and the authority of the law are cer
tainly net served by this premature lenlem e
te a particularly offensive tjpe of criminal.
Indiscriminate pardoning of proved ene
mies cif socletj is the reverse of true hu
manltarianism. LO! THE BLOODY SHIRT!
WIII3X expertly organized associations me
functioning in all pints of the (euntrj
te divide citiens by hale and cinzy suspi
cion; when sectionalism is being preached
furieiibly in Congress; when blocs are the
fashion in Washington and no one seems
able te think of the I'liltid States us a
unit in spirit and feeling, it is net sur
prising te find u little crowd of (ieerglans
digging up the long-burled b'oedy shirt and
printing nn indictment of Abiaham Lincoln
in the newspapers. Abraham Lincoln, no
cording te a pioneum einent just issued by
some Confederate veterans in (Jeergla, de
liberately plotted the war against the Seuth!
The suggestion that Lincoln plotted against
anybody is se cruelly fantustlc as te be
laughable if it were net in a way sad. Yet
it is hardly mere fantastic than seme of the
ether aberrations that have found fellow lugs
In (ieergln.
Any one will make a mistake who sup
poses thnt the tlinde against l.imeln is in
any waj generally representative of South
ern feeling. Lincoln is te the Seuth what
he is te the Xerth a memory, u presence,
n constant spirit, a reminder of the breadth
of wisdom, the coinage and the charity
that alone cm bring net enlj this country
hut the world nt large out of the dust and
the darkness Inte peace and light.
Don't let jour gonads
ml-beliavi, warns Dr
Mniiiiiilian Kern ;.
Hp Kind te
Your (ienuds
nails, as of eeiirse n
knew, are the dee-dads of ondeorliiol'ogj
i 1 in t sometimes b.v surgical ciafiliu- ,,,-..,.
i .rejuvenation te the senescent, mid thej hi a
Kinui'M. i " .'wu mini j mi Keep veur
temper nnd refrain from wiirrj . A
nutn who is kind te his gonads won't nee'd
te pay n mrjje inriiiiii' mr n ncniui sampl
from some low-biewed derelict, but Insteae
ma proudly(bay, "This is my own, mj
1
nun i.' (,uw,u.
Wu 'ling - fang, who
while lie was in Aiuer
ien lived the question,
tialiis Themas A. I Mi.
And Perhaps
He Jelicd
tveii contents himself with writing, one,. ,u.
cliued he expecied te live until he was a
hiiuilii'i je'iirs e urn. hi paiapiinisi.
. t.,4ii.i! ecu he wild he d I se leuj hu
diuii i wind le iiie no tjoeii. 'cAud he U4
uii'aUviintuge ever Benedick In&hat no one
A ROMANCE OF CRIME
The Attempt te Kidnap a Governer
of Pennsylvania Hew Simen Sny
der's Freedom Was Endangered
by a Weman
H.v (IKOKGK NOX McCAIN
pKXXSYLVAXIA has been remarkably
-; free from crimes nenlnst her high offi effi
clalii. Political feuds have waxed warm, there
have been threats nnd iiiiirniurliigs against
the unfaithful ' or corrupt, but no crime
ngnii.st tin- person of her efllclnls hns ever
staliicd the pages of her history.
There have been attempts, hewevec.
The nearest wns n plot te kldiiup (Invcrner
Simen Snyder, whose term of office extended
fiem INKS te 1817.
It is perhnps the most romantic nnd
dramatic enlsede In (lie history of Peiin-
I sjbynnln'.s (ioverners,
APOOItLY printed, fnded nnd yellow bit
of newspaper Ijlng before me benrlng
the dnte HniTlsburg. August II. 1810. fur
nishes the text for the recltnl. It rends:
"AXX CA11SOX On Tuesday last this
woman vyns ngaln before .ludge Carsen In
Oils borough by virtue of n writ of habeas
corpus te confront her accusers of a plot
against,, the (loverneur, as has heretofore
been stated.
"After considerable argument between her
counsel and the counsel for the Common
wealth, the (toverneur appeared In court
and read several extracts of letters from Mr.
Jeltfi Hlnns. of Philadelphia, in which were
stilted his knowledge of a hellish plot in
tended against His Excellency, or some of
his family, by the said Ann Carsen and her
accomplices, with a view te extort a pardon
for IUehurd Smith.
"The (loverneur deelnrlng himself fearful
thnt the said attempt might be realized If
the prisoners' etilnrgeinent'was permitted,
His Hener the .ludge demanded her recog
nizance in $5000, a sum tee high for her te
procure in this place; slie was, of course, en
motion of the prosecuting attorney, re
manded te prison, where, If net balled, she
will held her residence till next September
term."
AXX CAUSOX a hundred years nge was
the most famous benuty of the undcr undcr
xverld nnd the most scnndnlnus character In
the State, according te the chroniclers of
thnt day.
Ann wns born In Philadelphia in 17S4, the
daughter of nn Kngllsh sailor named linker.
At the age of twenty-three she innrrled
n Scetchmnn, Captain Jehn Carsen, greatly
her senior, a dissipated ex -captain in the
American Xnvy.
Four or five years later Cnrsen sailed for
Chinn as commander of the ship (intiges.
Xethlng was heard of him for four yenrs.
nnd it was believed that he had perished
at sea.
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IF.ITKXAXT HICHAM) SMITH be
longed te the Twenty-third Regiment of
Infantry. I'. S. A.
He was an Irishman, a nephew of Dnnlcl
Clnrk. of Xew Orlenns. the millionaire
grandfather of Myra Clark Cnlnes. who was
famous a generation nge for the long series
of lltigntiens in which she wns Involved.
Ann Cnrsen beenme Infatuated with Smith,
who took an apartment above the china shop
where she lived with her children.
In the fall of 1S1." u bronzed snller np
pearcd in the store where Ann nnd Smith
were sitting.
It wns Captain Cnrsen ; hut bis cstrnnged
wife had no welcome for him.
Fer the ensuing three months the trio
lived n life of constant strife. Mere thnn
once the husband gave Smith terrific beat
ings. One night in January. 1810, the two men
met in the parlor of the Cnrsen home nt
Second and Deck streets,
Ann Carsen hnd for weeks been gendlng
the lieutenant te kill her husband.
Finally, under her persuasion, he bor
rowed a pair of pistols freSji his lawjer, and
en this night shot mid killed Cnrsen.
MHS. CARSOX Immediately set te work
te snve her paramour from the scaffold.
She had long been suspected by the police
of Is'lng associated with certain high-class
criminals of that daj.
She was thus able te command the serv
ices of desperate and dangerous criminals for
any daring design which she might contem
plate. .
Alderman Jehn Hinns, who committed
Smith te prison en a charge of murder, was
also the editor of his pnrtj organ, the
Democratic Party.
Lieutenant Smith s friends, knowing thnt
the Alderman and edilei li.nl great influence
with (ioverner Snjder. brought pressure te
bear upon him te secuie a pardon, after the
murderer had been condemned te death,
Hinns net only I of used te Inleifcre, but
published a caustic warning against any at
tempt te slay the course of justice.
It was at this point thnt Ann Carsen's
dangerous but original scheme was eon
It was te kidnap Hinns mid held him ns
a hostage for Smith
Ills place of detention was te be nn old
stone heirt'. lenelj and deserted, near what
was then known as Majlanville, net far
from Woodlands Ccineterj, lu West Piiila
delphia. A
DARIXf! and expert confidence man
n well-educated and agreeable ruffian, were
selected for the work of kidnaping.
The scheme fell thieugh because Hinns was
warned of the plot.
In her desperation Ann Carsen determined
te kidnap the (ioverner or sonic member
of his fnmllj and held them ns hestnge for
the condemned man's life.
In July of that jear she left Philadelphia
for Selln'sgreve. accompanied by Hew en.
Thev traveled in a gig, Itevv.cn driving,
while Way rode ahead en horseback.
.lust !iej nnd Lam uster Wny undertook te
rob n drover, but was badly beaten ever the
head by the drover's lienvj whip.
A posse was eigiinlzed, and although
Hew en nnd Mis. Cm son i ndenvnrcd te es
(ape, thev were cnpiuieil and taken te Ilnr
rlsburg w'lth Wn.v
Meantime Jehn Hinns, in some manner,
had learned of the plot against the (lover (lever
lie gathered all the Information possible
and forwarded It te the (ioverner, who was
then at his home in Selinsgrove, whither
Mis. Cnrsen and her confederates were
bound when Waj's thieving proclivities
ruined the scheme.
(Ioverner Sn.vder at once came te Hnr
rirburg. where, en the basis of Hlnns' state state
ments, he swore out a warrant against the
woman and, as outlined lu the ancient news
paper clipping quelid above, she was held
in !."0U bail.
APT HR considerable delay some of Mrs.
Carsen's friends furnished her with ball
nod she iiiiinedlntcl) departed for Philadel
phia by stage.
Henrv Wn.v escaped from jail after nearly
killing lib jailer, a"'1 ns never recaptured'.
nn Carsen's remarkable beauty at once
made her the central liguie of a gang of the
most de-pcrate criminals in Philadelphia.
Thev had a icndeveiis at the southwest
corner' of Fourth nnd Seuth streets in a shop
1 1 nt bv an ex-convict nained Steeps.
In the meantime Lieutenant Smith hnd
been executed.
Hefore.gelng te bis death i0 made n com cem com
ulele confession in which he stated that (lie
beautiful Mis. On son had pleaded with him
te kill her hiihhnnd and mnrr.v her.
The subsequent career of tlitu notorious
woman was merely a succession of crimes.
She became thp leader of a band of conn cenn
terfelters. Her favorite disguise was that of n
Quakeress when Intent upon perpetrating a
In tills garb she was detected passing a
leunii'i-feit note en the (ilrnrd Hank at
I store en Pine stnsi. She was sentenced te
i seven .vi'urs In prben.
; Some lime arter in- was apneinted matron
et' tin wiuiia i's pii-en ward, where her eniei
, tieutiuent i.r w the female "inviPtKtu revolt.
During 'tin uprising Mrs, Curseu wu
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
MAJOR MAYLIN J. PICKERING
On an Important Werk of the American
Legien
OXK of the most important but little
known services which the American
Legien performed for the country was done
right here nt home after the war. nccerding
te Mnjer Mn.vlln J. Pickering, who himself
took nn active part in the work. This con
sisted in what might be termed the restora
tion of the fnitii of the former service men
in their own countrymen nnd in themselves.
"This wns done in two wn.vs." snld
Mnjer Pickering, "by finding eiiiple.vment
for the many who found themselves net only
out of work, bur nctunlly without means of
subsistence in iniinj cases, and secondly by
the attention which the members of the
Legien paid te the return of the bodies of
these who bad niaile the great sacrifice
abroad. There is net the slightest doubt
that the feeling among the ex-service men
was 'becoming verv bitter and the Legien,
realizing this, did what It could te remedy
what might hnve become n serious mutter,
by assisting In every manner possible every
ex-service man, no matter whether he was a
member of the Legien or net. The only
tiling required was that he be able te show
an honorable discharge.
A Hard Winter
"The winter of P.IUO-l'l found many ex
service men nut of work, and the condition
of ninny of them wns se distressing thnt it
crented a situation which slmpl.v hnd te be
relieved nt once. Colonel Franklin D'Olier,
then the Xntienal "emmnnder. wns abroad
thnt year and upon his return became
familiar with the situation and organized
the County Committee of the American
Legien, with Colonel Themas. P. Meehnn as
vice chairman and m.vself as treasurer.
"Our committee Immediately get busy te
relieve these bad conditions. We put In u
wounded ex-service man, II. H. Chapman,
ns einple.vment officer nnd he nt once get
Inte touch with the Committee en Unem
ployment, which was headed by Majer
Fdvvln P.. Hellenbnck. The first step wns
te rnlFe a fund of money te tnkc care of the
nun while emple.vinent wns being found for
them nnd this sum wns raised from our own
membership. This took off the streets a
number of former service men who were
nctunlly compelled te sleep out-of-doers In
February and provided for their immediate
needs,
"The next step wns te get In touch with
emple.vers and find places fnr these unfor
tunate men. Ariangements were made with
the Inasmuch Mission and the Friendly Inn
te leek nfter the men, providing for their
feed and lodging at a very reasonable price.
Many Were in Philadelphia
"There wns an unusually large number of
former service men In Philadelphia ut thnt
time, even considering the size of the city.
Many of them belonged here, but there wns
a very lnrge number from ether points, men
who hnd been elrnvvn te this city en the
chance of finding employment, or who hnd
been brought here by cmplejmeiit agencies
which were unable te keep the premises
they hail made, or by premises from ether
sources which had net 'been made geed.
These men hnd come from nil ever the
country nnd all their cases were considered
carefully. 1" most instances, where we
found It Impossible te obtain work for them,
we wrote or telegraphed their relatives, nsk
ing thnt money te pay their fare back home
be sent te us.
"The various agencies of the Americnn
Legien we're able te leek lifter se man
men effoetuull that It literally 'broke the
bnck' of the situation. About this time,
ten things began le Improve In the business
world and a gieat many mere situations
Ins nine available, se that the Legien agencies,
Instead of finding nn occasional position,
were aide te place men lu groups of ten or
mere at a time.
"The great majority or these men were
net members of the Legien ut that time,
but every one received whatever assistance
we were able te give, as long as his record
In the army was clear.
"nether ami perhaps even mere Im Im
nertant work which the Legien did 0 re
move n bail mental condition mining (...
service men wns lu the reception of the
bodies of these who had died or had been
killed In Prance. When the first bodies of
the soldiers began te arrive In this ceiinti.v
few people palll uiucii niiciliieu te (licm.
Tin 1 eell S.IV t''l llllllgcr of tills iii s
, if," I' upon tl mcr soldiers nnd their
fmuirfces and fneuus, and did erer) thing
. wbickit could tn W!k tb men and the
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families feel thnt the snerifices which hnd
been made were nppreciateely
"The War Mothers soerr joined in this
and then ether organizations and the offi
cials of the cities from which the dead
soldiers enme. The effect eif this seeming
neglect upon the families of the dead sol
diers and upon the minds of these who hnd
served with them abroad wns very dis
tressing. They thought thnt the boys had
been sent away with cheers, but when the
bodies returned theie was none te pay them
fitting tribute. The Legien kept working
away en this matter, and It was net long
before the cities nnd the officials recognized
its importance, nnd nfter thnt there wns no
difficulty, and the bodies which came ever
later were received with hue leremenies.
Ix-gien Did .Much Werk
"When the first bodies .arrived here the
Legien formed the sole reception committee.
It took nil the details upon itself, notified
the various pests and generally made the
soldiers feel that what they hnd gene
through hud net been fei gotten. As In the
cuse of helping them te get eiiiple.vment, it
did net mntter whether the soldiers were
members of the Legien or net. A parade
of the colors and firing squads were pro
vided for every funeral by the Legien, no
matter in what part of the city it was held.
"On Memerial Day the city wns divided
into sections and each cemetery in which
lay any of the dead soldiers was assigned
te thei care of one of the pests. Kvery
soldier's grave was indexed nnd the names
given te the pest in charge of that cemetery,
se that en Memerial Day every vetemn's
grave was decorated with a wre.itli and
marked with one of the tnnrke.s provided
by the last Legislature. This did much te
wipe out the feeling which had arisen.
"If It hnd net been for the work of some
organization like the American Legien the
feeling of resentment, which was rising,
might hnve reached nn uulienltliy height.
Hut the Legien's work showed that en nil
occasions, which renlly touched the hearts
of the men, their former 'buddies' had net
forgotten."
What De Y ei Knew?
QUIZ
' Who Is the present King of Norway?
S v hat Is the correct pronunciation of the
word conch?
3. What Is n quidnunc?
4. What is negus?
J. Distinguish between censer and censer.
0. In what administration did Wu Tlnc-fanc
represent China in this country?
7. Name two American Presidents who clr-
cumnavlgntecl the glebe.
. nat Is the Chemln des Dames?
. What is the origin of the expression.
,a .. ' .wn ll,e soft Impeachment"?
10 What Is a cayman?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Annnry Is the nnme given te the right
of ii belligerent in war te seize nnd
npply for put poses of war (or te ore ere
vent the enemy from doing se) uny
kind of property en belligerent terri
tory, Including th.it which may bclem?
te subjects or cltUens of n neutral
.State. Certnln articles of The Hague
Convention of 1899 seem te sanction
the light of law of angary against
neutral property.
2. The mistral Is u cele, violent and elrv
northwest wind of the (Julf of i0,m
iinel tliei adjoining Mtillturr.uicnii prov prev
lice3', A mistrial is the trial of a
liivvsu t that Is vel.1 because of errers:
also the trial of a invvsnlt i ,l.i,ii, ..
conclusive decision Is reached, as when
the Jury cannot agree en a vetdlct.
3. The Pre-Itaphnelltes were memheia of
nn artistic movement begun in Knul.nul
'' :9 by Dante (hTbrleiu;:1
W Helinan Hunt. Jehn .Mlllala n,n
ethers, (.ailing themselves the Pre.
Itiipluieltlu Hrntherhoed Tim movement
was Intended te represent a leturn In
painting te the truth and earnestness
that characterized the Italian painters
before Itapliai'l. In literature Pre.
Ilaplinelltlsm, especially in p,utI. 1h
similar attempt te inflow natuie unci
attend te thn minutest elelalls
4. "If tills l madness, yet tbeiu Is'mcthecl
lu 1 In n comment iiiiulu by Polenlus
upon Hamlet In .Shahespeare's n av
6. Frank W. Menelell, of W enilng is thn
lU'publlcan lloer Under et thu Hoihe
of itepresentatlves. "Olise
C. The ei Urinal meaning of the nnme Henrv
Is bnine-riiler '"'
7. The colors of the flag of Japan aru ,,
mid while, '
8. Cassia In an Inferior kind of ciunanien
It Is als i a Kenus of p'.uib ylehu :
lip 1c V"S. '""ill.
8. A l'i; . ,ii 1 1 coin of tvuyily.fmw ,
calLU u napoleen: I )
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SHORT CUTS
Mether Geese grossly flattered Id TZ1b
Ceal
Revolving fund explanations leave the
listener dizzy. "
The ilerrln' bone will stick long in the
threat cf unionism.
Peer kiddies! Ne nice schoej te go te
for the longest time.
Pre-bonus publicists arc asking, "Did
it fall or was it pushed?"
Once again violence among the mlneri
plays tlie game of the operators.
it is perhaps cnslcr te walk the straight
nnd nurrew when the streets are clean.
Pussyfoot Jehnsen says Kngland will be
dry by 31)3 fj. "Crepe hanger!" cries Jobs
Hull.
Of advice given te emanates, the amount
taken is probably less tnnn half of 1 per
cent.
,, Ne, one will regret the death of Field
Marshal Wilsen mere than the reul friends
of Ireland.
Dr. Sun Ynt-Sen Is reported te be a
prisoner en n warship bound for Shanghai.
Shanghaied.
Bosten hotel pages guests by radio am
puticrs. Anether geed tip gene wrong,
grenns the bellhop.
In the mntter of Government authority
(.enernl Atterbury still finds it difficult te
pardon the intrusion.
, '-'nc Government hopes te" see en end
of the con I strike in ten days. The country
hopes the hope is justified.
Senatorial dignity and courtesy liavs
been preserved. Hetllii nnd GIuss didn't put
their tongues eitt ut each ether.
Somebody tampered with the bnllot bnllet bnllot
bexes in Cerk at the Inbt election. Acting
like a rcnl lepublic from tiic very stnrt.
Rutler Pn man. 304 .xenrs old, has
just seen his first moving picture. An In
teresting close-up before the inevltnblc fade
away. When James M. Heck says he would
welcome the dny when America would be
represented In Kngland by mi Ddwin lloetli
rather than a Douglas Fairbanks, one I
tempted te ndd "or u Benjamin Franklin
rather than a James M. Beck."
Fer the first time passengers nnd pilot
hnve been snved from nn nirplnne thnt went
into u tail-spin. Parachutes had been
strapped te them before the flight was
begun. Seme of these days such parachute
drops will become a commonplace.
When a Chlcuge mnn went home nnd
kissed his wife; she had him arrested for
nssnult. But hew was he te knew she hnd
divorced him for cruelty and non-support?
im asked the Court. Well, new that he
knows it, what geed does it de him?
President Hurtling wns probably justi
fied In consenting le a postponement of the
Ship-Subsidy Bill; but, nevertheless, it will
lie u illstiuct disappointment te these who
expected that, having taken up the big stick,
lie would bund Congress u wallop.
Mnrtlu Trnviese, Mnyer of San Junn,
visiting Xew Yerk, sa.vs T. Ment Kelly,
(ioverner of Perte Rice, is en his wn.v te
the I'nlteil Htntes te tender ills resignation,
and that he will be succeeded by Itliliiclnnder
Walde, former police commissioner of New
Yerk. Se far as run be learned, no monster
petition has heen circulated In I'nrle Itlce
in the hepu of Inducing Mr. Belly te recon
sider his decision.
Signals of dlsticss freni
u Portuguese bark caused
the steamship President
Dangerous
Precedent
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ocean; mid the captain exploded with wiatli
when he illniiviii'd there was no real elij"
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fraught with serious possibilities.
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