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OUR ART FOR OUR MEMORIAL
Till? report piI lnrllnntlen of the County
Commissioner m charge of the Victory
Hull work te icstriet tin- arclittertnrnl ram
petition te riiiliulelplilaii" In worth tlcvclop tlcvclep
Ing Inte n delitilte iiregrum
The strui'tiire wilt be illstlm'tivcty n
riillnilclphlii Institution, whetlicr eenslilcrei!
as a feature of the fair or n a mi-mortal te
patriotism and valor of this community. It
Is n matter hardly worth argument that
there are urchltM-t of suthVlcnt ability and
repute here te justify intrusting them with
this inspiring problem In design.
In kucIi large and reseunt-ful a metro
politan area n I'lilladelphla a charge of
provincialism raised ngnln.t hucli a regula
tion would be invalid. The idea of the
Victory and femventien Hall b a 1'hila
tlclphia conception. The city should be
demlnantlj represented throughout the exe
cution of the plan.
The precedent istabllshed 111 the choice of
a Philadelphia se ilpter and Philadelphia
architects for the Meade Memerial seen te
be erected by the Commonwealth of Penn
Bylvania In 'Washington deserves preserva
tion. t
A FEAT IN SUPER-ACOUSTICS
TIIK gesture of painting the 111 . gliding
refined geld and adding a perfume unto
the violet Is .suggested in the decision of
the Heard of iMicoterx of the Academy of
Mucic te improve the acoustics uf that
famous auditorium.
Aural values in a theatre, concert hall
or opera house are exceedingly elusive. As
a marvel of acoustics the .Uadeiin it
rivaled In this city only by Musical Fund
Hall, and It is doubtful whether the subtle
merits of these- structures are surpassed
elsewhere.
Mr. Stokew sl;l's plan, which has
prompted the action of the directorate. Is
concerned only with the stage, which Is te
be rebuilt te enable nudleiHcs tp catch the
xlner nuances and tonal shadings of the
orchestra The walls, partitions and gen
eral design of the auditorium will be un
touched. Should the result justify expectations,
symphony orchestras mav he peni elved as
competing for the prn.lee of evu'Mring
their artistic ware m a unique building.
There will be netliins like it In the country.
MISPLACED DAMNING
rIS unfe rturat.- t! .it M u.ttafe Ren-haw
saw tit te siiy thai the I'niti-d States
Constitution protect, law tucikers when he
discharged two men in uluu-e house- moon
shine stilis had hem found b d etives who
entered without a e.irei wurrnii'
The Constitution does net protect law
breakers It niirtl d';inis thn wj in
which evidence or the violation of tin law
must be ubtameil If a nun i suspected
of operating a still in his heiire It l.s easy
enough for the p.i' c te get n scnnh war
rant nnd te enu: the neiise in a perfectly
legal manner, .unl. if the still is ther-. te
arrest the heusi hn'der.
In any event, it would be better that
two or three moenshiners should escape
than that the police should get Inte the habit
of invading houses at will without any au
thority of law.
Magistrate Uenshaw ought te have
damned the police detectives for negbct of
their obvious duty instead of damning the
Constitution.
TRUE TALK ON CHILD LABOR
WITH tils custom iry geed sense and lis
eernment Secretary Hoever has identi
fied the primnr i a ise of . hild labor ahuses
In the I'nlted States mil phu ed 'he re
sponsibility where it belongs.
Speaking before the National Conference
of Secial Werk In Providence tins week, the
Secretary of Cemmeice S, critically disriid
the constant resort te Federal control of
welfare problems, asserting that tin re was
nothing mere disheartening than the Im
pulse given te icntrtillintlun h.v tentluual
failure of local government in matters af
fecting the Natien u a whole
Mr. Hoever is of the sound ep.nl m that
the States themselves should dean up their
own messes. Shirking the obligation by
appeals for Federal interference l net only
cowardly, but exhlbltlve of a blank ignur
ance of the American Constitution.
The recent tilling by the Supreme Court
against Federal hild labor legislation Is u
timely warning against tin- ni.uila for cen
tralization of governmental activities
Although himself n Federal euViul, Mr
Hoever clearly sec where the blame belongs
Seme of ttie States feitunntely a nilnent
are, in his words "still in tin- Middle
Ages" In their attitude tewaid child labor
It Is where such disgraceful conditions e.ust
that dire t and effective remedies should
originate.
Mr. Hemer's hiimaiutniian 7eal has net
blinded him te the full of dodging home
responsibilities with pl-as for a manifest
distortion of Federal authority
SCHOOLS FOR DIPLOMATISTS
IN UECOlJNI.INti h.v generous icta
nirntury bequests the exacting demnuds
of a diplomatic uireer, the late Frederick
rirtiiftlniel Pentlelil has senM-d all cduciif Innnl
IT. ntt& trt w"l(," en ,m "hole, less attention
,. (VJin paid in the I'nlted States than in
r " it tlwt lemllter loltlenu nf lin
4 ajlplemallwts have been nil
PfV' Anierlcun. Tills enndi-
If 'no te the emphasis upon
Iff. he nilDOilltlueut of forelee
, te the much tee popular
l i-lentiiie training is net
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ii bt less in ins tuna en
ri reuresentatlves nhrnnil
yfmzmiwnra imilevelnneil hv l,n
BsaiTrS-i r- ..u
g,W!r,.eattcauen necetaarr te
cutlen of the terms of his will, leaving $S0,
000 te New Yerk University, the Catholic
University nnd the University of Pennsyl
vania, will represent a laudable effort te
reduce the ranks of the diplomatically unfit.
The last named Institution Is especially
well adapted for the program outlined,
which includes the establishment of free
scholarships In diplomacy, International
affairs nnd belles-lettres. Courses In Inter
national law, political economy, economic
nnd Industrial history have long formed part
of the curriculum of the Wharten Scheel.
Mr. Pentleld's bequest will enable the Uni
versity te lay additional stress upon a
branch of modern education In which It tuts
attend attained high honors.
Diplomacy Is fundamentally a profes
sion as much ns medicine, law or engineer
ing. Mint cry of its essentials requires a
special technique, an honorable sense of
national responsibilities and a scholarly
comprehension of international relationships
In a multiplicity of aspects.
The Pcnfield scholarships are well timed
at the opening of the new era of world ob
ligations In the history of the Republic,
MAYOR MOORE STILL AVOIDS
THE INEVITABLE SHOWDOWN
Of All the Mysteries at City Hall the
Mystery of His Silence en the Po
lice Scandal Is the Deepest
MAYOU MOOKi: entered office with
premises, direct and Implied of n
manly war against the s.vstematlml graft
and vice that nourishes In everv clt.v in
which n police bureau is dominated b.v po
litical heeleis. The public didn't expect n
municipal millennium It didn't expect te
see pelltital devilment wholly eliminated
from the cemiiiunlt.v It did believe and
hope that nriegant nnd aggressive Ignor
ance, embodied In representatives of the
gang s.vstem, would, for a time at least, be
without the right te assert itself as the
ruling force in the city's life and affairs.
It was sick of hearing about police offi
cials and wnrdmen who lived like fat para
sites off the creeks in a protected under
world, nnd sicker of the knowledge that an
utterl rotten system of political profiteer
ing was spreading out from gang headquar
ters te taint and confuse and hinder the
essential business of the municipality In
every department, nnd that political influ
ence was coming mere nnd mere te be used
for the encouragement and protection of
outlaws.
The public elected Mr. Moere and waited
nnd Is still waiting. The advantages were
with the Mn.ver. He had n popular cause.
And lie had a mntejiless weapon, lie had
daylight, the one thing that n "respecta
ble" creek really fear. He bad out te
stand upon his feet and talk and tell what
he knew The crowd that afterward rushed
and crowded him was then at his mere.
New no one knows who is running the
polite department. It may be Cortelyou.
It may lie Tempest. It may be a committee
of heelers that issues the orders under which
organized vice Is kept relatively safe from
serious police interference. Apparently it
Isn't Mr. Moere, whose edicts appear te
have little or no weight with hl subordi
nates. The Mayer appears te have flint lied
at every prospect of an open tight.
Captain Tempest net enlv refused te take
orders Issued, ns It seeund, b.v the Mav or
through Director Coitel.veu. He snubbed
Cortel.veu, his effickil superior, nnd of
course, as the public saw It, the snub re
bounded te the Mn.ver himself. Tempest
meanwhile seemed te knew that all would
he well with him. Deepening sl'eme ioii ieii
tlnued In the Mayer's office.
Mr. Moere said in an address some
months alter he took efl'n e that his efforts
te previd" clean and decent municipal gov
ernment in Phi ndelphia were being frus
trated hv the highly erganl.eil efforts of
Four Certain Mm He refused angrily,
when questioned later, te tell the names of
these interesting individuals, and se left
the public n.ildlv lewildered ard unable te
inler-'and or hep I lm Instead, he nuide
i cloister of h.s ethn and ec askmnlly re
lieved bi-i.-elf r.f cryptic- statements that
never h.nl iinv signlueame for the man in
the street.
Nut long nge when, In an obvious effort
te icsteie something of his prestige at i'iij
Hall, he compelled reluctant police officials
te raid n few imposing gambling rooms, he
hail um-xpeited link. It was publicly re
ported that into his hands and the hands of
Director Cortel.veu and the District Attor
ney fell documentary evidence suffic lent te
prove a sort of business relationship be
tween some police officials nnd the biggest
of lenil gambling s.viidlcates. This evi
denie has never been made public .
Inquiries- relative te this Incident Irri
tated the Maver. All questions requiring a
direit answer seem te irritate I tin. He
maintained h.s gloom silence recently i ven
when miner police effii l.iN made it Hear
that the had little respeit for orders Issued
from his office-.
It may be tee much te suppuip that one
man nn rope suciessfii!lv with a deeply
intrenched political mm hine hen' en hi"
destruction. It mav be that the silence
in the Mayer's office is the Mlmce of resig
nation and dc-palr. Hut any man tun go
down nobly enough even in an unequal light,
and that is what Mn.ver Moeie is net doing.
The Mayer may have been overwhelmed
by the complexities, of the political game
in this i-itj. Washington was for hirn a
comparatively peaceful place. Hut he al
wn.vs has had his elce. There have been
times since his election when, If he had usul
it with courage, he rmild have hnd the whole
cltv at his back, j ii-,t as before election.
Hut he has allowed the opportunities te
slip awav; why, the public is pulled te
explain.
The fact leinalns that the Four Certain
Men are still unidentified umj t!mt the
Mn.ver has net retaliated against the po
litical parasites who have (hired te nffient
him in the place of his mvn nutheilty.
P. R. R. AND WAGE CUTS
IT IS ulwujs unwise te attempt te gen
erall.e from Insulhc-ient data Therefore
It would be foolish te su that th Penn,.
svlvnnlii Knilread Company has solved the
problem of wage adjustment.
It has just reached an amicable agree
ment with -lU'.eOO employs In the main
tenance of wit and telegraph and signal
departments for a reduction In their wage.s,
The railroad company snld that the wages
ought te he reduced, as the cost of living
had fallen
Committees of emple.u-rs and employs
assembled figures indicating the extent te
which the cost of living had been reduced.
mid with these as it basis the new rate of
wages was fi-ted
There was a disposition en both sides te
be fair.
Mn there in no knewlne- whnf will ),..
pea If, for Instance, the cest1 of living
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29,
should lie Increased in the future nnd the
men should nsk for an Increase In wages te
meet It.
The men can say that it Is a peer rule
which will net work both ways, nnd tt will
be difficult te answer them. Hut even the
successful operation of the plan when n
demand for an tncrense In wages is made
will net be sufficient te justify sweeping
generalizations.
What It is safe te sny is that the new
arrangement, which is n modification of the
shop-committee plan of settling disputes, is
n vast Improvement ever the settlement of
them by a strike and an interruption In
work.
The Incident Is Interesting as nn illus
tration of the development of n new spirit
In the relation between employers and em em
peoyes. The emple.ves as a rule nre in
clined te be reasonable If they nre con
vinced that their employers are acting In
geed faith. Much of the labor trouble
arises from suspicion of the motives of the
employers. The workers think that the
men who hire them arc trying te put some
thing ever en them nnd they resent it.
The most successful experiment In co
operation between labor and capital Is that
In progress in the Philadelphia Ilapld
Transit Cenipanj, where the men have come
te regard themselves ns partners In the
business ami when- they are rewarded for
faithful work b.v participation In the profits
nccrulng from their efforts te serve the pub
lic who patronize the trolley cars. This
partnership has recently become actual
through the purchase of a large block of
stock In the cempan with the money ac
cumulated by the emple.ves. We have net
yet arrived at n solution of the labor vs.
capital problem, but we nre apparently en
the way.
BORAH, HUGHES AND RUSSIA
TIIK demnnd for the recognition of the
Soviet (teveniment of llussln comes
from two different groups
One group is composed of idealists nnd
theorists who are convinced that any gov
ernment In llussln is better than the Gov
ernment of the Czars. They have welcomed
the Soviet ns an effort of the Russian peo
ple te set up n government of their own.
Thev think that the United Stntes, which
has alwa.vs been tn sympathy with the efforts
of the people of ether nations te threw off
t runny, should encourage the Russian by
feimal recognition of the (ievernment they
have set up.
The ether group Is composed of radicals,
opposed te what they nre pleased te call the
capitalistic s.vstem, who ha,ve welcomed the
establishment of the Soviet, with Its at
tempt te sut up a communistic- state. They
wish te have the Soviet recegnised by the
United States because they think it would
strengthen the Soviet nnd assist In the es
tablishment of the Soviet theories in ether
countries.
Senater Tterah. who played Inte the hands
of the radicals at the Acudeinv of Music
meeting en Tuesday night, made it clear
that he does net believe in Sevietlsm, but
! that he regards It merely as a step In the
direction of a free Russian democracy. It
is worthy of note that the audience, which
applauded him vociferously when lie snld
that the Soviet lievernment should be
recognized, was. silent when be-spoke of the
establishment of ilimecmrn in Russia. Yet
this was the lemark that ought te have
stirred the mthusiasm of any audience in
terested in a free Russia.
The audience adopted resolutions urging
the recognition uf the Soviet Government.
On the previous Saturdii. however, the
Amcilenn Federation of Laber nt its Cin
cinnati convention had defeated a similar
resolution by an overwhelming majority.
This action was taken after a delegate of
the International Ladles' (iarment Work
ers had lepeiti-d that when a lepreseutative
of the garment workers visiting Moscow- had
refused te accept the Soviet program for the
Ann rienn brum h of the union the Soviet
hnd sent agents te America with eiders te
disrupt the union heie
Most of us are willing te tiut te the
wisdom of Sec ret.ir.v Hughes In the mnttei mnttei
ef recognizing the present Russian (Iovern (Ievern
ment. Mr Hughes bus already said that
when it is evident that that ievernment Is
able te pretes-t the lives and property of lt
c-itl-zens and of feri igui-rs In the country lie
will give it formal recognition. Mr. Hei ah
insisted In his address that this was an at
tempt ie force the Russians te change their
form of government. He ought te have
known that It was no mere than a state
ment of the usual test te which n new
Government Is subjec led before It Is recog
nized b.v ether Governments.
Unfortunate! for the Russian people,
neither life nor prepertj is safe in their
ceuntr. The Government is in the hands
of a small, close corporation known as the
Communist Party. The life of every man
or woman suspected of criticizing that party
Is in danger, and that, tee, after the Soviet
has been in power for five veai-s. If Mr.
Hernh were thinking logically lie would be
supporting the position of Secretary
Hughes instead of attacking It.
ELLIS ISLAND STUPIDITIES
THF system of merciless pedantry pre
vailing nf Kills island is fast bringing
the Immigration se,M, ,, of the Government
Inte disteputc
While it innv be conceded thnt the prob
lems arising nt this busiest immigration
station in the world nre often difficult, thnt
the ethi-mls are hard-worked and are em
bnrrassed by laws, both stupidly nnd care
lessly framed, such conditions hardly justify
the indignities committed en innocent per
sons net criminals, bur Infatuated with n
desire te enter a supposed land of liberty.
The latest instance of red tnpery nnd
academic crueltv carried te excess Is the
case of n native-born Penns.vlvnnian, n be
wildered old Inch, who many .venrs age
committed the offense of marrying a for
eigner It appears that Mrs. Anna Louise
llumimn, one of whose ancestors was the
founder of Helmcsburg, labored under the
mistaken impression thnt her mnrriage had
net rendered her nn outcast from her native
land, and In consequence of this belief she
neglected te have her passports vlseed.
Nothing arouses the indignation nnd hor
ror of the ITllis Island administration like
a breach of formalities. Mrs. Humanu was
detained among the Immigrants for this
Inpue und en thn ground that she was likely
te become a public charge. She was re
leased when It vvns proved, ns she had her
self vainly alleged, that she was In receipt
of income of .flO.OOO a yiar from American
pieperty.
Recently the Turkish-born little daughter
of an Armenian couple was deported te
Constantinople, The quota for Turkey
had been filled nt the time of her arrival",
but there was still room for Armenians nnd
se her naturally puzzled parents were per
mitted te land.
Pathetic instances of thiH kind are h.v no
means uncommon. Unlmnglnntlve officials,
with n hnnl nnd hopelessly literal concep cencep concep
tlen of justice, are engaged In nistainlng n
bad nnd foolish law with bad and foolish
execution
The mritter of bringing
Ne Cause the ex-Kaiser te trial
for Alarm hns been dropped infer
mally rather than olfi elfi
dally. This fact should de much te nllav
the fear expressed in Helland that Wilhelm
will try te return te (iermtmy in the event
of a monarchist uprising. J Ills flight te
Doevn showed lie hnd no dwlre te put his
head m a noose,
EXIT THE GAMBLER PRINCE
Albert of Monace, the Man Who Waa
Shunned by Royalty Mente Carle,
the Gamblers' Paradise, Gave
Him His Living and Luxuries
n.v OROKGR NOX McCAIN
ALHKUT I, Prince of Monnce, who died
in Paris Monday, was one of the most
pathetic figures in nil that rcinnrknble nnd
unenviable congeries known ns- European
rey nlty.
He was the wealthiest potentate, In pro
portion te the size of tils dominion, in the
world.,
lie was n dictator.
There was no prime minister, cabinet
or council of state te interfere with nny
scheme he might project.
His rule was Indisputable.
Fer form's sake he nppnlntcd a handful
of his subjects te net ns advisers.
They were councilors tn nntnc only.
PIHOIl te the World War he had a stand
ing nrmy of seventy men.
In reality they were policemen net sol
diers. The title In ench Instance wns n fic
tion. They were a gaudy uniform of white
nnd red.
There is today one of tliem always en
guard duty before the entrance, te the palace.
This palace, one of the most heterogeneous
architectural freaks in Europe, stands en
the premontery thnt dominates Mente Carle
net ess the bay.
The nrtillcry display nreund the palace is
interesting only as relics of ancient wars.
There are half n dozen obsc'.cte mortars
nnd three or four ornate brass cannon that
Leuis XVI presented te one of the Prince's
ancestors.
ALHF.llT OF MONACO was n pathetic
figure because he was shunned by his
colleagues in the king business.
European sovereigns and reigning princes
gave no official receptions in his honor.
Nene of them turned out the guard,
ruffled the drums or dipped the lings when
be happened nreund.
He never was nsked te "drop in" for a
meal b.v any of the ether wearers of purple
nnd geld.
This wns why he devoted the later years
of tils life te science. Ills hobby wns the
study of the ocean's fleer.
He spent years in lonely cruises en his
yacht. His marine museum en the heights
of Monnce is the finest In the world.
In connection with tils ostracism by'
Powers und princelings, it is odd that he be
ech ed his highest distinctions fiem repub
lics. France nnd the United States recognized
bin attainments and bestowed honors upon
him.
THE reason for his ostracism wns thnt he
was a marked man among these of his
kind.
He get tils living from gambling, n de
spised profession.
He also was the son of a Prince who had
sold himself te a syndicate of gamblers for
ii mess of pottage.
. When M. Franceis Plane, in plain Eng
lish, Frank White, u notorious European
gambler, lest his concession nt Homburg
sixt.v odd years age, he turned te Monnce.
He made a contract with Charles 111, the
dead Prince's father, for the exclusive right
te run n gambling establishment in his petty
principality.
Mente Carle was the outcome, nnd the
sins of the father were visited upon the son.
Albert lleneire Charles, Prince of Monace,
was marked and shunned.
Te add te his misfortune he was married
twice and both of his wives deserted him.
lie vvns unlucky in love, even if he was
lucky in his gambling affiliations.
CENTURIES age one of the Crimaldi
bought the promontory of Monace, n
lint -topped mass of rock, from Genea.
He was what the rude and uncultured of
today would designate as a "wisenhelmer."
He saw- the possibilities of the place.
He established himself in the same busi
ness ns did the original Hohenzellerns. He
became a robber.
He branched out as a bandit of the sea.
With a fleet of swift beats he patrolled
the neighboring coast and levied tell en
every ship that passed his way.
He was n Mediterranean corsair doing
business en the- European side, nnd bleed
brother te the Haibary cutthroats.
Monace thus acquired, from the feur-teeiith-century
victims of its Prince, the
name of the Spcluges,
Speluges In the vernacular of that nge and
country meant "plain of the robbers,"
Certain mode m satirists have been cruel
enough te discern an analogy in the similar
ity of its ancient title and its characteristics
of today.
MONTE CARLO, the community, the
gambling, and all the accessories, Is
operated by a syndicate that pays wonderful
dividends.
It is a very c les irporatien. The stock.
holders can be counted en one's fingers.
The gambling concession has ubeut twenty
five mere years te run.
In addition te paying the Irlnee of
Monace n vast sum annually it is new said
te be about SI, .Im.oeO the syndicate sup
ports the entile principality.
Hy that. I mean, it foots nil the bills of
the principality for maintenance and im im
pievements. Citizens of Monace pay no taxes.
Under its contract the corporation main
tains nnd supports all public works, schools,
charities, lights, water, sewers, streets and
iv en the church and clergy.
THE last time I visited Mente Carle I
came across a statement of the syndi
cate's expenses ler a year some time
previous.
Usually they keep that sort of information
in the shadow, seeing that it is In the nature
of a private affair.
During the year in question the gamblers
paid 1(10,000 for police and courts; $40,000
for reads and public: works ; $05,000 for
water and lighting and SI.", 000 for the
bchoels, the church ami the clergv.
In addition, there was $ri,,(i00 for carni
vals and sports; .flO,(K)0 for printing; jl."!,.
OdO toward public wash houses und baths,
and $10,000 for a postal deficit.
Monace is the smallest principality in
Euiepe! excepting the little republic of An
dorra. Its extent Is measured in ncreh. and net
in squaie miles.
MAINTENANCE of the Casine, as the
gambling pabee Is called, runs into
millions every year
There are between thirteen and fifteen
hundred empleves, ueeerding te the season.
Ne clti.en of the piine ipallty is permitted
te gamble or te enter the sacred precincts
except ns nn empleye.
The garden, tenures, fountains nnd
espaliers are the finest in Europe,
In autumn never a dead leaf is permitted
te lie- en one of the walks mere thun nn
hour
It is said that It costs about $1, .100,000 a
year te maintain ami operate) the Casine,
"l'ra house, euhestias and amusements
generally.
The most important adjunct of the estnb-lishme-nt
is its, corps of detectives.
They are a polyglot crowd. Every lan
guage of Euiepe is represented In the speech
of the fence
I was Informed that the item "Press "
required an outlay of about .?00,()00 a .year.
In blunt terms this "Piess subvention"
menus hush money paid te French news
papers anil centine-ntal correspondents.
They are paid te suppress all news about
crimes, suicides) nml ether unpleasant events
that might besmirch the fair name of Mente
Carle.
That is why one never hears about the
suicides of Mente Carle.
In cine year there were seventeen, hut the
outside world vvns net Informed of the fuct
that there had leen even one.
Tiurs nre te be established in all Uncle
Sam'n PostefficeB but they nre only for
empleyes te lean egnlpst. And the absence
of foetralb Is significant,
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
THEODORE E. NICKLES
On Licensing Real Estate Brokers
THE licensing of nil leal estate brokers
with the consequent supervision by some
department of the Slate Government is
necessary te the protection of the public,
snvs Theodere E. Nieklc. first vice presi
dent of the Real Estate Heard nnd chair
man of the Licensing Law Committee.
"The object of this movement, which tins
ns its ultimate end the protection nf the
public, which, of course, is vitally Inter
ested In all real estate transactions," said
Mr. Nickles, "is te compel by law every
realtor or every person engaged In the real
estate business, whether a member of the
Real Estate Heard or net, te obtain n
State license. It Is the hope of these who
nre back of the plan that such u lnw
will be pnsscd by the next session of the
Legislature.
"The idea Is net b.v nny means te re
strict the business, or te limit tn nny way
the number of these who desire te enter
it. There will, of course, be n fee ler
the license, but it will net be a large one,
certainly net se lnrge as tn prevent nny
one who wishes from entering the field.
The amount of this fee will probably be
fixed bv the Legislature, nnd there should
be a few ether qualifications demanded,
which wilt net lie difficult for any one te
Protecting the rubllr
"The essential point is In afford n better
degree of protection te the public, and that
Is the only point which the members of the
committee' and members of the Itenl Estate
Association nnd nil the real estate beards
of the State have in mind. As I have said,
It will net prevent any man from engag
ing in the business, nor from developing
tils own business, but it will only mean that
when the broker lias finished any business
for a client he sbnll have done nil that is
pesslbl" for the interests of that client,
rather than for his own profit.
"Te this end, the law which we should
like te see passed should contain specific
previsions against any substantial mis
representations en the pnrt of the rent es
tate broker, and any false premises of n
character likely te Influence or persuade
the client In any way, as well as a con
tinued or flagrant course of misrepresentation
or of making false premises through agents
or salesmen.
"The measure, which we hope te get
through the Legislature, should further con
tain n prevision against dishonest dealings
of nny kind, and we are also in favor of
lefuslng n license te any person convicted
within five years, nt an place in the I nlted
Stntes, of forgery, embesslenient, obtaining
mnnev under false pretenses, extortion, con cen
spliacv te defraud or any similar offenses
"Tlie licensing of real estate brokers Is
net a new thing in this country, and no
fewer than fourteen States new enrry licens
ing laws upon their stntnte books, these
being New Yerk. New dersey, Arizona,
California, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Mon Men
tana, Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee, I tab,
Wisconsin and Wyoming, AlWw for
real estate men is also required in Canada
and in Hrltlsh Columbia.
"In the cnbe of the passage of a licensing
law It will, of course, be necessary te es
tabl'lsh n bureau te have charge of this
matter at Hiirrlsburg. te be operated by the
State Government and te be attached te one
of the present departments, and which shall
hive general supei vision ever the Issuance
of the licenses mid the hearing of such com
plaints as may come before it.
"The laws which are new in operation in
ether States, and especially lu California,
have been found te have had the utmost bene
ilclat results ie the taxpayers and te all
nersens Interested in rent estate operations,
-li ether large or small. It Is significant
thnt te mv knowledge, there tins net been
n single State which tins operated under
"urh n law that has ever gene back te the
former condition of non-supervision. Such
r law makes for an orderly and eminently
honest conducting of a business in which
the public- tins always n close interest.
Revoking Licenses
"Of course, nny bureau having the power
te issue licenses should also have the power
te refuse and te revoke them when it was
nreved beyond a doubt thnt any licensee wuh
gU'lty Ol uuimuiit. wiiiii,j ' i.......w.w
eM.The net. . . . . ,
iThls 1ms been none in n nuwuer ei in-
Btftkea in California, wuere ine v-emmia-
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1922
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siencr exercised his power te recall the
licenses Issued te several brokers, because
of the fact that they had net lived strictly
up te the ethics of the profession of realtor
ns prescribed b.v the cede of ethics laid down
by the National Association of Ileal Estate
Heards and adopted by the State nnd local
beards. This cede of ethics, which covers
practically all the points of the reul estate
business, was adopted by the National As
sociation nt Its convention hehl in Les An
geles In 101.", and It is strictly lived up te
b.v nil men lu the real estate business who
have at heart the interests of their clients
and the honor of their profession.
"Ne real estate broker who desires te
deal honestly nnd fairly with his clients
need have the slightest fear of such a
licence lnw. It Is net directed nt such men,
but at these who prefer te make n profit
at all costs te their own business Integrity
nnd that of the ether members of the pro
fession, who necessnrily suffer through their
misdeeds, although themselves innocent.
Laws Approved by Ileal Estate Men
"The luws governing the licensing of real
estate biekers which are new In force in
the various States have also the hearty
approval of the Individual members of the
nntlennl, Stnte and local real estate beards.
Anything which tends te place n business
upon a better basis before the public, b.v
giving the protection te which it is justly
entitled, should have the support of these
who nre most interested in thnt business,
nnd It has been clearly sbewn that the
licensing Inws de thia very thing.
"Attention is called particularly te the
cede of ethics which has been adopted by
the various beards, and all well-meaning
renl estate brokers adhere strictly te the
cede, carrying out the spirit of It as well
ns the letter.
"The cede recognizes thnt the real es
tate broker Is In a somewhat different posi
tion fiem men lu most ether businesses, be
cause he has relations with his fellow
brokers, with his clients and with the cus
tomers. His relations with all three are
noted in the cede, and the suggestions which
in e miide therein are for his guidance te
see that all may be falrlv and honestly
treated, and his own sense of business honor
strictly mnlntnlncd."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Why is n necklnce with a pendant called
a Invnlliere?
2. Who am the Tangerines?
3. What was the ilattle of Yalu and when
was it fought?
i. What kind of n beat Is a caique?
D. Who nre the Flemings?
il. What kind of nn animal la an aurochs?
7. Where is Death Valley?
8. Distinguish between simoen and men
seen.
9. What is the meaning of the musical
term Kllssande?
10. What Is a columbarium? ,
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
Tin first large iron steamship, propeller
driven, was the Great nrltaln, designed
by I 1C. Hrunel. She made her first
voyage from Liverpool te New Yerk
in 1845.
Sir Themns Iliewne, nn English physl
clan and writer (1G05-1C83), wrete In
his essay "I'm Ilurlal," "Man is a
neblu nnlmnl. splendid in ashes and
pompous In the grave."
The fcmilly name of the prese nt I'ope Is
The .Solemon Islands form an archlnelaire
In the AV.-st l'aclllc Ocean Seme of
them, tnken from Germany during- the
AVerld War, are new under Australian
administration Tim remainder are a
Hrltlsh possession.
The Inte Dr. Wulter Itatliennu vvns For
eign Minister of the Herman Republic
Sir Francis Yeuughusbancl s a neteii
Hrltlsh military officer, explorer
geographer and author, especlnllv
r'lSO&'l fr hlR ,,enetrntl" f Tibet
"The H ggnr's Opera" Is a long, popular
work by Jehn (lay, first produce," tn
Londen. The songs were written for
popular English and Scotch tunes
ill-ranged and scend by n,. ivii"r-h'
who composed tliu overture mm I
HcKKnr'H Opera" has hi en recent lv V..
vlvecl and Is enjoying u Hew lease of
public favor. "" et
The ErlkliiR in Teutonic folk lore w-iih a
malicious glnnt or power, cBiieciniiH
spiteful te children. -specially
A "flivver" in United Stntesftrmvnt iane.
U a destroyer of 780 tensftr le,BS,ang
"Ma'am" Is correctly used-fin peaking
te n reval nrlnceu. ni- ,Y,.,., "' " '.'
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SHORT CUTS
Perhaps the President ended It with i
pick handle.
The tariff tinker Is ever ready te no
where duty calls.
The Constitution Is among friends it
Hedford Springs.
Perhaps, after all, Old King Ceal really
is a jelly old soul.
Tomorrow proud Germnntewn is deemed
te knuckle down. Marble contest.
The wny n Russian financier leeks at It
everything he suggests is a credit te him.
The kindest thing we can bring our
selves te sny about June is that she is no
ludy.
e presume the four stories the Kins
exchanged with Mr. Taft were built en a
cellar.
What's the matter with importing some
of Louisiana's enthusiasm for the Sesqul
Centennial? ..The Kti Klux Klan hns challenged the
I. A . W., of Cherokee. Okla. K-K-Kettle
getting back nt the pet.
When Ilerrin City Council met no ref
erence was made te the mine riot. Taboo as
mi earthquake In Frisce.
The German Ilepublic teeters like but
ton en n string with Kaiscrlsm at one ceil
and Helshevlsm at the ether.
The Irish irregulars, having refused the
olive branch, may new have a taste of the
shlllclah in the hnnds of the Free Staters,
New Yerk speeder arrested for spcedlnjt
while speeding te court te pay a nne for
speeding. Speed is a habit with that bird,
Clothing designers in convention here
say men's clothing next season will be,
among ether things, splffy. This seems te
suggest hip pockets.
Oldest slayer ever te fare the death
chair in Sing Sing is spending the last days
of his life writing poetry. Hardened crimi
nal; determined te justify sentence.
"I nm in fnver of the Ku Klur Klan,"
declares a Texas candidate for the United
States Senate. Which somehow suggests the
Intoxicated gentleman who cried, "Hurrah
for Hell r'
Censul nt Aden, Arabia, reports that
the popularity of monkey fur hns made it
necessary for the authorities te restrict
hunting. lie doesn't sny a word about
monkey glands, They may figure, however,
in later repot tH.
Frem Les Angeles comes the story of
collision between an airplane and an auto
mobile. It was bound te come. A collision
between nn airplane and a submarine Is net
an impossibility. Hut n humping of oil
three together excites imaginative powers.
When n heavy weight was dropped at
the heels of a "deaf mid dumb" beggar in
New Yeik he jumped nnd said, "Ouch,
and was pinched. This does net mean, how
ever, thnt he will reform. Net necessarily.
Hut after this he may stick te stralgHt
panhandling.
Arguing from the Incomplete data at
hand (and that it is incomplete. Is largely
the fault of Congress, which should de ieu- i
ing nfter the interests of the party of tn ,
third part), we venture the opinion that J
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wiiauiawai ei iinuiiieiiuiiii- i.e--" " --,
mines for nny reason whatsoever savers ei
subetugu closely allied te criminality.
After a debute in t
On Prague's Czecho-Sleviikhi lr
Proud Arch llainent concerning '
Pragmatic eminent control of tier
llulnsGlew man-owned railroads iie
German llehemia. one
eloquent speaker was carried out vi'sel"'
several earnest orators were hauled in
under desks by the police; miner lnJr"h0'
divers ether debaters were uttendeel te w
ph,vslclans; and n corps of i""'1""1,.?,.
sembled the inkstands that for half " V
hud flown through the air distributing IW
blllCKIU'SS, AH 1110 COIlirUYClPe"... . f j
evidently found the subject of thdrWjf' J
ence rather Interesting than ethern " JJKa j
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