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L.kiiK ! enpd te ew trlberi In rMladelphla, and urreundlnit town' I the rata of twelv IU centa pvr week, ptyaU carrlar. By mall te points outside of Philadelphia In th United SMatr. 1'nntilii. nr I'nltrd SHH' rn rn Mstena. pentiles free, fifty (SO) centa rer month. Six ($n dollars rer tear, envaMn In advance Te all ferln inuntrln me (Jt) ilnllnr n month NeTIcfc Subscribers wishing nddreni chanced must Rive old na urll a new address. BEL!., 3000 wAt.MT KF.YTONE. MAIN 1601 KTAddrtaa nil communication (e Krrnlnp Public lctlecr. iiffeprn.fnrr Sijunrr. l'htlailrlphla. Member of the Associated Press THE .ISSOCIATKt rnFS.I f ricluilvetu en titled te the uvi or M'i'iiMirntI'm v all imr.i ttlavcitchm crrilitul te It or net ntlierirtic cmlitti in tht imp'!, (i.id alie the local iit published therein. All rtuhti e' rerub'icntlen of iprcial tltipatches herein (ire nlre vvrrvrL l'lill.dflpl.la. Ifiday. Jul II. );: i THE BELL RIGHTLY STAYS HOME MAYOH .MODHK lui- .afi-Rtuiriletl tlu J.lbiTtx Itell in '('liable nnil tlccl.'.he fnslllcm. His vein of tin- ceiilirilliimiif resnlutluti ntitlinrizliiR niintlii'r Jnnkit fnuiRlit with H'rilmis pessllillltiiw te im Irrcplni'cable relic linulil cre nx u prrcc dent of tthieh tlii" ceiniiiiinit li.ix liccii Ions lu nrcil. Cnrtliis the bell nrntind tin muntry. for vhntevi-r i.urpe-i. cvpii tlietmli that should embrai'e the stimulation of patriotism in Chlensii. Is a dancrrens btlxlnrfs. (Jeeil fortune has ntteinled several prevlons'tetir'. But it is incontestable that nil these pil frimnKCs were rik,v. The (Jevernnient at Wnhlngten preserves the original Deelarntlen of Independence for the people In n plnre of Feetirity from Which net even leaK'H's of signed petitions retiltl avail te remove It. , The bell belongs In Independence Hall net only because of its association with the jhlstery of that structure, but nlse because It is well protected (here and because it 1s SfBtntlnnary. J Mr. Moero Is te be congratulated for .Ylewlng the Issue without fale sentlmental Jsm as well as for the blew which he has dealt te the aspirations of professional pe- .litlcnl jtmketeers. 1 The one regret that remain l that Chi- ,Cgeans were net warned of the intensity ( popular sentiment here, before the school children, who arc net te be blamed for their enthusiasm, were organized as suppliants, and before the nine miles of foelsenp bore any signatures. MORE ABOUT GINSBERG .A ND new K. 51. Hackney, chief probation x. officer of the Quarter Session Court. jBays that he warned Judge tjulgley Inst January against paroling (Sinsberg. the dope Jpeddler. nnd told him that the man was u 'drug seller. Judge Qulgley hed premised Assistant District Attorney tionlen. In April of last 'year, that he would net parole the man iritheut first consulting with him. i , But in spite of his premise and in spite .f the warning from 5Ir. Hackney, Judge Qulgley signed the parole at the request of Judge Jehn 51. Patterson, while Patterson .lras still en the bench, '' And the pretense I that Ginsberg was In prison as a drug addict and that he had been cured. The facts were known te the ice squad of the police department, te the (District Attorney and te the chief probation Officer, nnd they were en record lu the re tort of the trial. '; But the man was released en n deliberate 'Iplsrcpresentatlen of the facts, made by omebedy, and the men active In the release 'did net seem te be Interested enough te make iiny attempt te find out what the facts were. ' They are en the defensive, and thev heuld be kept en the defensive se long that ther Judges will hesitate before they lend themselves te any such method of pervert ing the' ends of justice. DARK DAYS IN HARRISBURG FOLK who come and go en Capitel Hill at Harrlsburg are said te feel that the ceuntrv Is celne te the doc. The tlml nl.l OJ5 'times have gene. On the horizon is Plnchet. fjn tnc 30D is Auditor General Lewis. What Plnchet and Lewis will de between them 1 Suggested in the orders just issued by the Auditor (Jeneral te regulate expense' ac counts of the State's empleye. A State eflieinl en Ills travels may no longer hae his pant pressed In the Brum baugh manner at the expense of the tnx pajers, Ner tuny he pay hi barber bills out of the State Treasury, as many public mplejes seem te have been doing until re cently. Motorcars, says the Auditor Gen eral In an order demanding economy and standardized personal accounting systems, may net be u-ed when trolley or train serv ice Is available. All this is a bit depressing If you can remember ' geed old dajs when the brass band that welcomed the county bosses home from Harrlsburg was pnld for out of the public pocketbook and when n Governer could chnrge up his honejmeon expenses te the State. THE WEATHER SCANDAL GAHHIKI, I. PAHHRNHKIT operates a mean mercury in denjliig his victim even the luxury of self-pity. Philosophic ConHelntioi; for the discomfort of this iirst fortnight of July Is net procurable from the Weather Bureau's tables. According te figures published yesterday, $ur midsummer climate has been giving a triumphant exhibit of normalcy. "Kxcess k'cr deficiency of temperature since July 1, 0 degrees," bulletins the bureau. Could mi thing be mere unfeeling? Philadelphia mankind swelters and iinlm iinlm passlened science calmly refuses te vouch veuch eafe the least admission of any phenomena of frightfulness. The times have been me me me teorelogicall commonplace and he or she that endures them Is no here or heroine. -V jy This Is a bitter business. Indignant citl & .Bens, however, are fertunntely net debarred '& 'irpm pressing inquiry further or from dls- Jvering for tlieinseues a situation which, t oil its superficial coating, can scarcely fee examined without a Kind of exultant her rer. In tlie Wentiier Bureau, as at Jlnr. rjsburg, jugglery with figures may be car ried te a fine art The receril of se-called normality for scorching July Is only thinly deceptive. Since Jnnuary 1, IHL'L', the excess of tem perature fur this harassed community l.s Mi degrees. What tan the bureau show for all this outrageous and unwarranted expendi ture? Hy what manipulation of lmeI;n win it attempt te cover up its extravagance? , It Is time te face facts. The bureau Is clearly heading toward climatic bankruptcy, Xhe remedy may lie in new leans, an ex- b- Kdlnt' bedeusly handicapped at tee outset i j'. t ,b RSlS - - j3i"f - u - t.j ,-" s 4-by the difficulty of securing credits, or in the declaration of a moratorium until au tumn. If the public, which is continually being squeezed between the millstone of nntttre and her scientific Interpreters, Is permitted te exert Its right nnd thl i surely no time for surrender It will in sist upon the latter course. When that Initial step has been taken It may be possible 'te organize complete re construction of a much abused utility. The old policy of humility and sufferance has been a pronounced fnllure. HARD-COAL MEN TRY TO EVADE AN ALL-SEEING COMMISSION Reply te President Harding's Arbitra tion Proposal Shrewdly Seeks te Limit Inquiry te Wages and te Dedge Freight and Sales Costs By GKOKGK NOX McCAIN T1IIK anthracite operators have sub- mltted their answer te President Hard ing's offer of arbitration in the coal situa tion. The reply I net an acceptance of the President's preposition. It Is a counter counter preposition advanced under the guise of "suggestions." It shift the basis of negotiation a sug gested by the Chief Incentive of the Natien and It dodges the main Issue. In their communication the operators say : We apfree te abide without reservation or qualification liv the findings of a commis sion se te be appointed and empowered. This seemingly unqualified acceptance is net neqtilesccnce lu the whole preposition of President Harding. It 1 a declaration of acceptance provided two commissions In stead of one are nppelnted and the question of Investigating all the cots of production nnd transportation Is emitted. In placing before the employer and em- ple.ie of the anthracite and bituminous mine field a plan for ending the present destructive condition President Harding, In direct language, said : The commission shall Investigate ex haustively ever' phase of the coal Indus try It shall reveal eery cost of produc tion and transportation. The I'resldent will ask CenRress te confer authority fcr the met thorough Investigation, and make appropriations, necessary te de such work. The anthracite operators de net un equivocally, as their answer would Imply te a hastily reading public, nccept the bread basis of settlement laid down by Mr. Hard ing. The President's desire te get nt basic principles does net mean simply an Inves tigation of wages and working condition in the mines. It contemplates a revelation of "every cost of production and transporta tion." This, however. Is net the desire of the Ceal Trust, which is the overshadowing figure In nnthrnclte production. Throughout the entire length of the letter of 5Iers. S. I), Wnrrlner, W. J. Illchards, V. I Cennell and W. W. Inglls, repre senting the anthracite operator, the sug gestion te Investigate anything except wages nnd mine conditions 1 very carefully avoided. Everywhere there appears re peatedly the expression "affecting wages and working conditions." Never n word which Indorses or accepts the suggestion of an Investigation that "shall reveal every cot of production nnd transportation" as par ticularly specified by 5lr. Harding! President Harding ha sensed the feeling of the public, the victim of augmented and outrageous profits, that every phase of an thracite production wages, supplies, sales corporations nnd sales agencies, royalties, railroad transportation; anything, in fact, timt may add te the cost of a ten of coal should he Investigated. Mr. Warrlner nnd hi fellow operators propose that a separate commission of five be appointed for the anthracite region, and that this commission he composed of one member representing the operators, one the miners nnd net less than three te be ap pointed as representative of the public. As emphasizing the assertion that the so se called acceptance of the anthracite opera tors 1 an evasion te the public of the most important feature of President Hnrdlng's arbitration preposition, it Is only necessary te reproduce the closing paragraphs from their reply : It Is our understanding that the com cem com mlfsslen shnll be empowered nnd directed net cmlv te determlne tempernry wages nnd working conditions, but shall nlse be empewend and directed te devise a method by which periodical disturbances may be avoided and by which wages nnd working conditions mn be automatically adjusted by negotiation, if possible, and. If net, by such machinery ns the commission shall cet up; nnd that Its derisions In this regard shall be binding en both partlen. W acree te nblde without reservation or quallllcatUm by the flndlnK.s of n com mission se te be nppelnted and empowered. In ether words, the above statement de clares that, if the President will appoint n Bcparate anthracite commission, consisting of five men, who will investigate the ques tion of wages and working conditions n'nd nothing else, then the operators will "abide without reservation or qualification by the findings of a commission te te be appointed nmi empowered." The fact Is that the anthracite operators de net want an Investigation of "every phase of the cool industry, every cost of production and transportation," as the President sets forth. A searchlight inquiry would be disastrous te the profits of the Anthracite Trust. Its members would be under the necessity of explaining why, with every commodity that enters Inte the economy of everyday life re duced In price, anthracite la maintained at wartime figures. They would be compelled te reveal the secrets of selling agencies, composed of the producing companies, and railroad freight rates se high that It has been profitable te mine coal virtually at cost and make the profit en transportation, with ether systems of extortion. A commission se empowered 1. what the anthracite combination fears nheve all tnings, LINCOLN AMONG THE SAINTS WHAT may be called a Spiritual Hnll of Fame will be dedicated In the Cathedral of St. Jehn the Divine In New Yerk In the autumn. It Is te contain nineteen studies of spiritual leaders, one representing each of the nineteen centuries of the Christian era. St. Paul represents the first century and Abraham Lincoln the nineteenth, The se VwpT EVENING PUBLIC EEDGER PHILAD lectien of Lincoln as the spiritual lender of the century is evidence of n breadth of per ception that will be most gratifying te every one save the riarrew partleulnrlsts. There ha been n let of discussion about Lincoln's religious views, but It Is known that he was never actively connected with nny church. Yet if there ever was a re ligiously minded ninn it was Lincoln. Shakespeare is chosen ns the spiritual leader of the seventeenth century, which In dicate that the men who made the selec tion freed themselves completely from nil the bends of ecclestnstlclsm and ndepted a standard which required consideration of breadth of vision, Intellectual honesty and understanding of the mysteries of the hu man heart. St. Augustine represents the fifth cen tury nnd Charlemagne the ninth and God frey de Bouillon the eleventh. And se It gees, with nn Impartial choice of eccle siastic and statesmen nnd men of letters and soldiers, the only requirement being that they had vision and sincerity. They were all products of Christian civ ilization and their thinking was colored by Christian teaching, nnd It Is proper thnt the Church should claim them n her own. REASON OR FORCE? WHAT I geed for, the geese I geed for the gander, ntnt it I idle, therefore, te Indict the railroad strikers for disloyalty te Ihe Government because of their refusal te accept a decree of the Itallread Laber Beard, while It Is a fact of recent history that the rail corporations themselves were the first te disobey orders handed down by the beard. Between the corporations en one hand anil the unions en the ether, the Hallread Laber Beard ha been pushed into n corner nnd forced te light for it life. If it 1 unnble te assert Its authority and enforce its decl decl ilen new it will he of no further ue te Itself or nny one elc. That will mean one of two things continuing stress and fric tion en the railroads or the Increasing an noyance and mounting costs of military su pervision and. Federal control en the rail. In the long telegram sent yesterday te President Harding by the strikers the re fusal of the railroads te recognize the nil nil therlt of the Itallread Laber Beard Is again referred e. This Is n point which the unions never tire of stressing. They regard It as a saving precedent which justi fies their own course. They cannot well he blamed for doing this, since tin Pennsyl vania Hailread Company net only denied the- right of the Laber Beard te decide question directly affecting It operating policy and Its relationship te It men, but nctuiilly was sustained in Its contention by the decision of a Federal Judge. The future usefulness of the Laber Beard, and perhaps of the whole theory of Industrial arbitration under Government auspices, will be decided by the outcome of the rail strike. It I the duty of the Gov ernment itself te compel the warring fac tions te go back te the I.nber Beard. Fer otherwise the beard will be powerless in the future nnd all the effort directed toward the establishment of nn industrial peace of rea son will count for nothing. AN ODD MOVE BY CANADA CONSIDKHABLK obscurity envelops the unexpected attempt of the Canadian Government te secure a "modernization" of the Hush-Bnget agreement, which has been one of the bases of peace along the northern frontier of the I'nited States for 104 cars. Premier 51nkenzle-Klng, who lately ha been In session with Secretary Hughes, has praise for the historic convention, nego tiated under the Administration of James 51onree, and has admitted that the pact limiting armaments of the two nations en the Great Lakes. Lake Champlnln and the St. Lawrence te four vessels of 100 tens burden each, earr.Wng net mere than one eighteen-pound gun, served te convince dele gates te the recent Conference In Washing ton that peace with a reduction of war Im plements was net an unattainable Ideal. It I permissible te wonder, therefore, whv nn arrangement which hns worked se well should be supplanted with another ac cord te "perpetuate" admired principles. Se far a is apparent, the Government of the I'nited States Is net In the least dis contented with the Ilush-Baget agreement as It new epcrntes. There is a technical side te the situation, however, which nppenrs te have concerned our Canadian neighbors mere than it has ourselves. The old convention was subject te abrogation en six months' notice by either party. The Canadian Premier hns expressed his nnxiety for a permanent treaty. It Is net Inconceivable that this would deal with ether subjects than frontier protection, Including fisheries In British Columbia and Lnstern Canada. 51ere revision of the Itush-Baget accord, which has for mere thnn a century proved such nn inspiring Miccess, is suggestive of superfluity. SUPERFICIALITIES CITIZENS dissatisfied with the govern ment of New Yerk arc again proposing change in the chnrter. Among the change I a reduction of the size of the Beard of Aldermen from slxty-flvc members te twenty-one nnd the payment of larger salaries TI.e efficiency of the Philadelphia City Council of twenty-one members ha net been urged a a reason for the proposed change In New Yerk, but it mny be urged before the campaign is ever. The Philadelphia ex perlment doubtless leeks much better from New Yerk thnn it does from a nenrer point of observation. We knew here that the character of the city legislature depends net en its size, but en the influences which dominate It. Ne change in the Charter can change these Influences. A Tnmmany Beard of Aldermen In New Yerk would remain a Tammany Beard of Aldermen even though It were re duced te seven members, just as a gang City Council in this city remains just as much a gang City Council with twenty one members as It wns when the local legislature was composed of two chambers with a total of nearly two hundred members. They have been discovering nt several bathing benches that fish arc attracted bv brightly colon .1 one-piece bathing suits e'f the i-ort worn by the mere advanced dam sels of thu period, and that bathers are actually bitten by the naught creatures of the deep. It may be that the fish, outraged by the daring exnmplcs presented te their young, have established n pollce force of their own, We suppose that if all people new In carcerated in jails could convince the politi cal Judges of the State that they never did anything worse thnn peddle drug and phv. slcally and morally ruin a considcrable per centage of the rising generation the cells would be emptied In no time and taxpayers would be relieved of the expense of main taining prisons. Swaggering African chieftains being entertai.ied formally in Purls for political purposes nre angry because they nren't per mitted te join In the gay night life of the boulevards, The statesmen In Paris mny be a bit shy about letting the savages see the way in which the whltu man employs his leisure. It Is strange te observe hew a man will scrimp nnd save te buy an automobile and then lake the thing out nnd smash it against tjpe first immovable obstruction that he can ana. tVVKV r - r tiptim. M .,eBO 1 UNORGANIZED WOMEN VOTERS What Can Progressive Leaders De te Make Their Geed Intentions Really Effective? By SARAH D. LOWRIE TOOTHING proves the genuineness of a person's interest In nn organization or in an individual better than the way he or she takes personal less en account of the general gain. King Solemon proved thnt by the two women who claimed the baby. The real mother preferred the ether woman should have the baby rather thnn that It fheulil be cut in two. The pretend mother wns indifferent te everything, even the child's death, If she could net possess It. 1 suppose some persons nre born "game," that Is, plucky under defeat, but most of us acquire sameness by hnrd experience when we are playing with ether children from live years old up. I hear children in the square learning it today. They whimper, "I won't play!" and the ether children jeer back, "well, who cares! Don't play!" ONE of the enlightening results of this spring election was the way the women who hnd run for loyalty for n variety of small or large political positions took their defeat. They made plucky up-te-the-last-mlnutc campaigns nnd when, some man get It. they were most of them game nnd prin cipally Interested In the general success of the women's light for better candidates, se that one get the Impression from them that the success they most wanted was theirs after all. - Ne one wns pluelfler ever her own less or mere triumphant ever the results for women in general than a woman I watched nil that election week, 5Irs. F.lmer 5Iellck. She had run for the State Legislature in Delaware County, and I nm told made the best speeches of any candidate for nny office In thnt county. If she thought about her defeat en the Wednesday after that strenuous Tuesday, you would never have guessed lt MRS. 5IELICK 1 the organizing secre tary under 5lrs. Wnrburten for the women of the State. She knows mere than nny woman but 5Irs. Wnrburten herself about the general conditions politically speaking of organized and unergnnlzed women in the Slate. I rend a report' of hers today en that very subject with keen Interest. Apart from everything else it wns an nble report tech nically, but It had what few reports possess nowadays n human, personal Interest. It hns a kind of urge In it. "De something!" is the keynote of its rhythm. One will feel curious te lenrn just what the Slate vice chairman will de. or Is doing, after reading it. Her responsibility te the Republican women of the Stnte doe net step with filling the requirements of the innchlnc. TOO many wemci throughout the State leek te her for Initiative anil for co operation who nie net nnd never can be members of the Stnte Republican machine. Indeed the chief rensen why she wa the unanimous choice of the mnchlnt lenders for a second term of office ns vice chairman was. I take it, that she had a wider In fluence outside the organization than any one else inside could command. The point Is. what will she de le organize the women politically along the line upon which they wish te be organized the lines of efficiency nnd of loyal patriotism and of common sense? it wns very plnln. te judge by the last election, thnt the women voters as a whole de net wish te be organized nH n handy feel te be used by one political person. They never run their club thnt way and they never will be persuaded tc take politi cal orders that way. As; ND yet women voters de understand it ha get te be a team play. It is vatly te the interests of the Republican Party te give them the organization for a "cause" team plav. The machine or organization part of 'the Republican Party has chlelly been effective in bis cities, because It wa invented and has been kept up with care and money and brains in cities. It Is net iinhentably strong as a country ergnnL itlen nnd in manv rural district it has never counted for much of anything for the men voters nnd hns net made any fnvc impression among the new voters, who yet nie Repub lican nnd perfectly ready for organization. New, the late elections proved, if they proved anything, thnt the country votes can he made te count. I see also by 5lrs. Mellels'H report as State organizer thnt in her opinion they enn be mnde te count politically far mere than they de nt present. It seems te be n question of which Stnte organization proves the best organizer, that is, the most cemprehencrTlig of the slflintieu and the best able te meet and utilize the opportunity. I QUOTE from the report ns follews: "Since the admission of women te the Stale Republican Committee by election, versus nppelntinent, twenty-four of the sixty-seven counties nre officially repre sented by women en the Stnle Committee. In addition te this representation, however, twenty-two counties have made prevision for tlie ndmissien of women en the basis of one woman for each voting precinct, which will provide for from fourteen women representatives In the smallest te 1771 women In the largest counties. At most therefore, 4510 women could he en the State Republican Committee at the present time." The question is: What ubeut the ether women ! THERE are twenty-three counties in the State where no prevision is made te recognize women politically In the organi zation committees. In tnese counties the s'ciul-efticlnl Republican women who were first appointed en the Republican Commit tees provisionally until they could be elected, nre "holding the fort, ns key-women" politically speaking, for us te communicate with, in some instances however, these have no organization of women bnck of them. There nre women in all these local ities who nre the natural women for politi cal leaders. Seme are easy te discover, some must be found and interested. The fall campaign Is-coming. It will net be un easy one, we need the co-operation of every geed Republican woman In Penn B)lvanlu. The local needs will interest each ifreun of women first, but they can be organized te work as a whole for the general needs. They can be Informed nnd educated te fill local and State offices creditably, se as te be proposed a candidates 'when tlie occuslen arises. TJNLESS step ere token for thl end, U temporary groups will be formed for xnmnnlim iiurDeses only, whereas we want In this State what they have in ether sanies permanent club organizations te promote geed candidates jenr after year net just this enr and clubs without per sonal or local prejudice. All counties will eventually admit women te membership en the Republican commit tees, but unless we train and try out the women in the various localities, we cannot be assured of the quality of the women who will serve en these committees through our recommendation or backing. I have just come from Connecticut, where this work is being admirably done. In Stamford, for Instance, tlie women's club Is u big political stronghold. Greenwich haK a club of lOOQ members. New Jersey and Rhede Island nre organizing the women In clubs. If we hope te give nny credit te the Republican Party of Pennsylvania ve must de likewise. I GATHER from the rest of the report that these clubs ere net designed te be pnrt of thu machine organization, a that makes no prevision for nny members beyond these serving en the State, county or ward com mittees. It Is the organization of tle K. called "non-organization," the independent, "Republican women" in the counties thnt is imperative in a eert of federation of elubh FRIDAY, .JTHiY U, 4m :" ' " ' V " jJW 1 "I DON'T WANT TO GET WELL!" T .'C;SH y-s " ' I NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best MAGISTRATE FRANK X. O'CONNOR On the Drug Evil In Philadelphia THE drug evil I today the greatest source of crime in Philadelphia nnd the thing which mere than any ether single cause is threatening the youth of the city, according te Magistrate Frank X. O'Conuer, of Court Ne. ''e. "In n magistrate's court," said 5Iagis trate O'Connor, "we often see the worst side of human nature, but the most pitiful of all cases which come before me are the drug cases. I am firmly convinced thnt this is the worst evil in Philadelphia today ; that it is doing mere te corrupt the youth of the city than nny ether cause, and perhaps mere than all the ether causes combined. "Drugs or 'dope.' as It Is colloquially termed, Is bevend all doubt the greatest in centive of crime in that It both Inflames the mind and at the same time instill a false courage which will lead young men te de almost an thing. .Most of these crimes arc committed under circumstances and condi tions whle would net be countenanced by ilmself If the same person were in n normal state of mind and body. The Principal Drugs "The principal drugs affected by the edditis are cocaine, herein and morphine, nnd the effect of any of the three Is mere insidious and mere lasting than liquor in thut thev seem te acquire a stronger held en their' victims and te lead them te gp te lengths in the line of criminal actions which liquor would net Inspire. Anether very bad and serious feature of the drug traflic Is thut the drugs nre frequently Indulged in by very veiling persons, and it is no uncommon tiling for bes of twelve, fourteen or sixteen .vears of age' te come under Its terrible Influence. It Is thus a habit which is acquired much earlier than tlie tnstu for liquor ever was. "The drug instinct is strong lu the human being. 5Iany ears age, when there were niniiv .gasoline lamps in the city, it was u common thing for the eung be.vs of certain districts le climb the lamp pets and inhale the gasoline fumes until they were com pletely under their inlluencc nnd were liter ally helpless. This is never heard of nowa days, due partly perhaps te the passing of the gnsellne lamp as a means of illumina tion, although I would like te think that it Is because of the added moral btrength of the veunger generation of the present day. Perhaps both had something te de with the geed result thnt has been achieved. "It has been my experience that the peo ple as a whole are generally law-abiding and that naturally they are rather strongly in clined te de what the laws of the State and the city require. Of course, there are a let of exceptions te this: If there were net there would be little use for the courts, but ns a rulu they give little trouble, especially in the laws which they fully understand and the necessity for which, they admit te them selves. Stepping ihe Drug Traffic "I believe that the illicit traffic In drugs can be stepped te a very gieat degree. Like most offenses of like character, It probably will be impossible ever te wipe It out com pletely, but it enn certainly be very'mnlerl nllv reduced in extent. But It will tnk hard work, real activity and the right kind of persons te bring about this result. Other evils have been largely controlled, if net entirely ellnilnntcd, and se, I think, can the drug evil, the most vital of them all. "There arc several reasons why this work Is especially difficult. One of these is the small packages In which the drugs nre sold mid the consequent ease of concealment both by the seller and purchaser. In order even te control this evil the sources must be located and the supply shut off from there. Like a geed deal of the liquor which Is new being illegally sold In this country, much of the drug supply which is disposed of in the same unlawful manner comes from Canada. It seems te be nn easy matter for some one there te pese as Die representative of some of the big houses in the I'nited States ami get all the drugs he wants. The matter of shipments also seems te present no serious difficulties. "The men who handle this 'dope' nre rarely if evrr drug users thennclves, for they realize fully the dangers attached fe Its use They have agents, and the ngents lu turn have ether agents, and thus It Is distributed in the large cities, sometimes passing through six or wven hands before It reaches the consumer. Prohibition's Small Influence "The passage of the prohibition amend- friAlil linn I. nil II I 1 (a If .. .. i . 1 ,..... .. , imuiuiv ii nny enrci en tee num- ber of drug users, at lcat net in this city, It did net Increase the number of them ma terially, if at all, for the habitual drug user Is never a user e." liquor. The drugs, if used continuously for n sufficiently long time, re sult in making a complete wreck of the nervous system of the user, nnd I hove hnd some pitiful wrecks of what were once prom prem ising young men before me. One of the earliest effects of drug using is te mnke n confirmed liar of the user; I never knew this sign te be absent In n drug ense. "The drug evil is rapidly reaching the American classes In certain sections of the city. Laziness is responsible for n let of this condition, nnd If n young man will net work and uses drugs he finds himself rapidly dwindling from nil of his original premise as a citizen te what, in the period of a short time, will become u sad wreck of hopes and ambitions. The real users of drugs simply become in the end the slaves of these who sell (he drugs te them. "The cost of n fixed drug habit la almost Incredible te the average citizen. A con firmed addict will buy from $10 te $12 worth of drugs every day if lie can. And if he will net work he must get the money in some ether way, even if he has te commit crime te de It. A .Serious Situation "The situation is n very serious one for everybody, as it will In time, if net re stricted, nffect the whole citv. But. os I said. It will be n hard thing te step it. Werd from the pollce will net de It as It will step some offenses against tlie law. The drug seller will net step his lucrative trade until he Is forced by the law te de se. "The men te get In these cases are the sellers and the agents and net the unfor tunate victims ; fhe men who bring the stuff into the city and net tlie ones who buy It from them or from their agents. I think that the eradication of the 'depe' business Is the most vital tiling today for the wel fare of the youth of this and every ether large city, for drug conditions in Philadel phia are only typical of these which exist In every ether great city of the country. There is no escape from tlie drug habit except the will of the victim himself. He can go te all the physicians he wants te or enter Institutions, but unless he has firmly made up bis own mind te step, these nro nre cediire.s are useless. V physician can help, but the cure must lie In the mind of the addict hlmse f. It is u terrible struggle in most cases but It has been wen by niany men nnd will doubtless be by ethers. "The drug habit Is the worst mlsfortune that 1 can imagine te strike family, espe cially one of the middle or poorer "clesse. Liquor Is had enough, but Mepe1 l 100 lines worse I think that the' liquor traffleU declining. I formerly had from ten te fif teen persons before me every morning for intoxication, but new I have one or two and often none at all. Most of ,he liquor that has come te my attention has bee, bone made. A very pernicious practice in certain sec Ions of the city is for one man te buv b still, and after making what he wants ter immediate needs he rents it for a few" dollars te ethers for then, te mnke their own. Hew! ever, this practice is being rapidly broken Today's Anniversaries 1728 Jehn Hunter, who raised ... te the rank of a sclentlfi c ,," "Kry Scotland. ,, , Iiode"Werb!3 , y8C'0,',l Chirk and his company set out from Knskuskla te capture Vlnccnnes 1789-TI.e Bastille, the famen, .Jl, prison in Paris, was destroyed "by The n0nu? nc ..which act marked the reaVbegffli of the I reach Revolution. 'binning 181, Madame de Stuel, famous French thercss and secinl coder, died in Pri irn there, April 22. 1700 l nris' authc Bern 1847 American force under r ....... i Franklin Pierce left Vera Cruz te JeiaViJ. main army of General Scott nt PueblS 1S05 Lord Francis Douglas and ',.. companions killed climbing the Mn?lerhern Today's Birthdays Ex-Prince Adalbert, son of tl,e former German Kaiser, born at Potsdam, r't" eight years age. ' """y- Owen WIMer, author of numerous nenii. lar novels, .bem In Philadelphia, b xtv- Vv' years age. ' Al' '" Arthur Capper. I'nited Slates Senater from Kansas, born at Gurnett, Kns lit,,. seven ears age, ' "' " 5Iergan O. Sanders, representative in Congress of ihe Third Texas dlstrl V. i.! in Van Zandt Cem years age. Jf in nn andt County. Texas. fertv.fnr f . SHORT CUTS Whatever else may be s(d of "In1 Ginsberg, it cannot be denied that he bid the- right dope. In view of the Bell decision, It loeii ns though Chicagoans would be forced te develop the kind of patriotism that begins at home. Ten are net in error, Geraldlne. Yeu may be certain that the coal operators Lavs carefully filled their bins for the winter. Se, of course, they aren't worried. Hew often, If ever, have buildings erected In this city previous te the nine teenth century collapsed? The questienal worthy of suggestive examination. Prohibition Director Davis lias been re porting in Washington that tlie liquor situ ation is improving in Pennsylvania. Oddl; enough that is what the bootleggers say, tee. Considering their successful trafflckinf with private concession hunters at The Hague, the Russians seem te hnvc dibclewd themselves as practical disciple of old Omar, who urged Ills followers te "take thl cash and let flic credit go." This is very het weather, and no en has energy enough te start a fight or strike back even under pressure of undue incite ment te violence. Se we shall veature te say that we need some one In PhlladclnhU able te put n ban en bandits. What De Yeu Knmv? QUIZ 1. What hills and what rtver form meit of the beundnry line between England and Scotland? 2. What wag the Opium War and whes was it fought? 8. Who was the first European te visit the vicinity of New Yerk? 4. Who painted the 'famous picture called "The NlBht Watch"? B. What Is the meaning of the Latin phrwe "Nune Dlmlttls"? 6. In what year was the Progressive or "Bull Meese" Party formed? 7. What Is an "obbllgate" In music? 8. What article of clothing is a singlet? 9. In what year was Andrew Jackeen elected President of the I'nited Statist 10. Where Is Oceanlca? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Battle of the Beyne was en engaie- ment fought en July 11 (New Style). July 1 (Old Style), between the troepe of James It of Kngland and William III, who had supplanted him en the throne. The former represented the Catholic nnd Tery Parties, including the Southern Irish, nnd the latter the Protestant and Whig factions. The latter were victorious. The anniver sary of the bottle Is celebrated by the Orangemen, se called In reference te William, who was of the Ileusa of Orange. 2. The six largest lakes of the American Continent nre Superior, Huren, MWi Igan, Erie. Ontario and TItlcaca. The last-named Is In Seuth America. i. Three cemmandera-ln-chlef of the Frencn Army during the World War were Jeftre, N'lvelle and Pctnln. . President Roosevelt Initiated machinery which settled the great anthraclte coal strike In 1902. . 6. Herace Walpele was an English man 01 letters, ittpeelally noted tur n alKV. correspondence nnd his reinaniw novel, "The Caatle of Otranto. 6. The iBland of Mlquolen Is a French pos session off the coast of Newfoundland With St. licrre it forms the eniy French colony In North America. 7. The peanut Is natlve te America ana said te have been found orlglealiy Brnz11- . ln. 8. The abbreviation Mln. Pien. means mm tster plenipotentiary , ,,.- 9. The Merrlmne River Is e, river of aew Humpshlre and Massachusetts, in eluding the Pcmlgewnsset. It is ' miles long and empties Inte the Ai lantle Ocean through a tidal estuarj ut Newburypert. . .... 10. I.yonnalse potatoes are se called la r erence te the City of Lyens, rran", where the method of frying cow boiled, sliced potatoes Is said te navt originated. Wasted Medicine Fiem Ilia Clivelnnd I'lnln l)nlar France exported 2S5.000 bottles of cluyi' pngne te the. United States last rf ' mudUinnl purposes. And we ate lllli ", any, better. A Kansas Lessen In History W.n. ..... 1 l.hl..n SllnH. i i'i.i.. i.... .... n .'leei' 111' VJ Sumenc. an ancient Greilc, borrowed w'JJRj from his enemies, te keep them from WwMm i .hltn, . '""'tjsyj a 11 V. n vii: Vi . V Kl. .T, ,
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