' V viHHKyCTB ''IV t- ,''' ' ' W frWffl&ffit&W vrJ?lWrr r. . 'drifMCR.WinlBlliT'W; A 7sTO EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, JULY" 1 1922 SS, w r , , . . Vl. 1 i, ' T( v;fJ-s' :i. .. iv. l ft-ft ' ,' i 88 s& 57 Suenina Uublic Htbatc &$! pubuc ledger company l& ' crews n. k. cutvns, president ktff'sWiirc-s A. TJ'T. H cTrlnrys I'hnrln !l laiilltut LWn. Thlllii H Cellins. Jehn II. Wllllnm. Jehn J. vMKm0"' Gc-erite 1. Goldsmith. DnttJ n. Hmlley. frwKtnf''- xln r BMtr.uT.. IMItn- I M.?.rA 'jOtTN C. MATtTIN... Genera! Hualne. Vnneiser Pullltftheil tl.nllv nt Prnftrt f.vnnrn Tliiltiltn I "ft Imleiwnilcnce Secure. I'lillail-lrhta. f if mtin ri-r n-..... rn.. nuillin "I 41 HV VIAltt(l I(ITT1-ll'IU't ll l II M I Nsw Yeiik . . . ::r,4 Mndl-en a" SmeiT 701 Fer.l lUII'lli t. Let is 013 aiab'-Drmuemt IMIMirs IClilcioe l'M2 Tribune liullilinic NTWS llt'ItnAVS WAauixeTON Miami, , N T fir tViiirelVAnld Mc atul 14th PI ii KiW YenK llrnnAC. . . Thi .Vim Htllt.il k vUSden lli'r.tAU Trafalgar llulldlng f) ..:)V.itii'iiu.S iuiOU '. TUm IhTRMMi iiiii.il ijheukii is syrvis te "'' iDtrff in z auHuvipnia, una lurreunuing vewn- VI' By mall te points eutlda of Phllnrt.ln'itn In i .. . 'nm enrnvr. th lin toil mt i imailn op I'nltpl Miit.s en--Msalens. poitwte free, nity (.10) rents per month. x ! (M ilell.irs vr eir pavatOs .n ad mice , Te nil reflim renntri! en ($1) ilntlnr a month " NeTirr gMlncrlbera wlnhtrjr aclilreM chanRed .tnuit glve old an well as n.'v address. ELL. 3000 WAI.MT kiytem:. muv hoi iCTHrfrfrrji nil (nnimiinlfn'' nm te Fvnlne PiilHc Lrdgtr. Imlrprnrlmcr Nnunr I'lnimUlpfiia. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOri.XTFI) 'tf"V! Is rxrliuli-eO i- ' titled te the uir for ? riuilj.irdruiti of all iteit'i Upelelir cr-ililnl te it or net etlierv le crrtlittti n 1ilJ iaier, unci oho the leeul nti i jmb.nied tAerein. All ileliM e rrpufcllcafleii of p'c(rtl rtHralciej wereln lire )e ire-trirf. PlilUdrlihij. Mtutilx. July !', le: LIGHT FOR THE WOOD CASE FKAUS 1 1 in t lii'iu-ntl I.ivmnnl Weed imiy resign tin' linuNlilp nf the fntverxlty "f Pennstlvnniii li'fet i lie luw lu'tmill tnlvcii office me "-a ill te hiivc mm nl tlie Alumni Society In ilKniit -h .i xpec l.il ciiii.iry te Mnnlla with ii lew te cleiiriti up :in uU wnrd sltiiiiiinii (iciiernl Wnnil 1m Ih'eii nntllii'il tlml !. V,'. Zlt'fflt-r, of ililx i in , is en flip .i te the Piillippinee. mill It It iiitiiereil tlml tlie pen ernl will nw.iit nil Interview before -pe-clllenll.i atixwerinc n Msnlllcunt calilecntm recently wnt te him b the I'.eanl of Truitee-i The beard liax lliui far delated aetlnn en the general'1' ri'iiieit for an exteniien te January 1, 1!).'!. of hi- leave, which epirei Septembi r 1 Nothing (,in lie gained bv Ignoring the fact that (lenernl Weed's valuable servlees te the Ceveriuuent have embarrassed the TJnlveisit, . Mr. legler luii been nslgned n dellrnte mission. Any light which he nn be en abled te (died upon a tijlng piebbm should be welcomed by all frii tnN of the I'nhor I'nher - ilty, im lulling these whose sf.nnients en , policy are in conflict. I A TYPICAL TANGLE T MAY safel lie ns-siimed that the geneial publle is net interested In the dispute I that hai arisen leucernlng the juri-ili tien i pf the hallilng hem h nt I.e.igue Island l'.irk J That contie(is i- depleinbly iharucter , lstlc of (he Kind of wriine'ing which seems te he inseparable in a'l miinli lpal improie impreie ' ment work. The traditional ebstade is taxpayers' J Fiilf. but th.it method of obstructionism lias . of late j cars been exhibited as eempaiatnely ) primitive. Tiie long-piemised Free Li J hrnry building opernlien was held up, It may be recalled, because of a passionate ar ' giiment about Phil.iilelphla-fiit stone 5 The latest stultification is the cenllier of t the Citv Administration with the Kair .mount Park Commission. ? Director Wnrbiirten N perhaps justified 'In resenting the pi-.ij;e of the ceiincilm.inic ordinance according the l'.ifk Commission- eh oentiol of the League Nlnnd batlilng bench wl ich has been de eloped under the IJepartmeuf of Welfare. The oainiisien Ms likely te contend that it w.ll ebseive the I fiat of Ceunill. Te lmic.il points in the ' debate mat be scored bv both sides. Meanwhile, what becomes of tii" plan for - expanding the recreative rosetmc- of home- dwelling I'hlladclphmiis? The beji li and 'bath and lecUer houses, whiili should hate been opened at the beginning of summer. re net jet icndv for general use. The disappointed public is prebablv will ing te award first pily.es in bb Uering te whnteter fiitien will settle down ti coij ceij Btructite performances and the f iltillment of premises. . ABOUT MUSIC AT LEMON HILL OX MUMJAY cMjiiug the new Cit tir chestra. platitu nt I.eimm Hill, will begin n er. s of siimnn i mncerts that piom piem ises better than anj ver befnie glten under municipal iiu-plif 'Hi" b-aders-, i lever mid nccenipllsbed men nssenated with the Phila delphia Orchistra. will attempt one of the met i oiumen and most ditiicult experiments that of pn lulling programs veitliy of (he new iirgani-atinn and ju popular in the lonventienal sense of tie leim Hew dillii lit that task uin be mav lie understood when ten step te observe the difference between music that is lei hnii ally "geed" and i.iuxk that is l. si hkiil by crowds. The pi-rfci t en of rpiedicing de vices and the work et medi in enhi-tris Mich as Sl"kews'i's l.nvc tn.ule Amciiians epprei iatlve of the gloat louipesers. I'iiIU of the sort win In an nilur geneiatlen 'would have knew n unit ,t tine or two knew new that music Is ,i literal lie in it-elf. A genius of psviholegv lidit tel arise te explain Wilt ill llle I'lllteil Stales pine rhythm iind n miner ki j are the ismmhi.iI jequlremcnts of niuie inteniled te be bio un popular The son,' kings of Tin Pan Allet wrung all their wealth out of miner i Lords. A tune otherwise without distiiu lien will go with the cievvil if it us wrapped in a plain tive accompaniment And even het In formed concert-goers cenfiss in iiiniiientK of frankness te a wciet lil.inB- for the better fcert of ju.. , One miisulan. nskid te outline hK notions oft popular program fei the Citv Uichestia, 8flld lie would have a little of Wagner, "I.es Preludes" of l.s.t, a dash of Victer Her bert, a song of Schumann's and u thumb ring wallop or two of raw .i. "I've alvvnjs s nehed," said he, "te hear a r-aily gnat orchestra, with Its instiuiiniii.il lesource leseurce fulnchs, ItH power and its precision, go at one of the few geed American jnz fompu fempu fompu ltlem. That might net lie ait as we me trained te understand it. Put I'll bet it veuld inukc jour hair stand mid knock jeu out of jour chair !" WELLS GOES MARCHING ON H(i. WEI. PS declared net long age that , he felt a desiie te give up wilting and i go Inte politics. New lie is out ns a Laber candidate for the lleu-e of Commens. ( be n I.nberlte in England is te i. ,),,. Bide of all nuts of advanud and experl 'tnentnl legislation We ventliie In believe that Wells, clever as he is, will make less ()f a stir In politics jhnn lie has made in the world of litemture nnd journalism. Cilticisui which he pine. tires be biilllanily is. after all, net vvhat might be called a i (instructive occupation if it is persistently lulled in n negative i(,v , A politician must be censtiuctive, ,.(,. sJheugh his finished work is iluin.v and In adequate. 4 Like Remind Shaw, Wrlls Is better at alisceverlng tumble tluiii at tep.iiiiiig it or indicating available icmedles, He has no t'Qmpirie puiieMipiiy. in inn in-gnn inc. itlen of numerous systems, but he never J n root en un.r1 of them. As a voice in ... . I., i ...tiii tiii nut the wilderness of P-rltMi politics Wells ought te be thrllllii!,'. lie may be tl a Jehn the llnptlst that the KiirIHi nre wnltlng for. lie loves te hate hateful thlnfin. That Is n gieat virtue. Itulld he cannot. Yet America would have ienen te congratulate Itself If we could have a Wells or two In Congress, TIDE OF REVOLT IS RISING AGAINST STUPID LEGISLATION Tariff Schedule That Might Suit the Nineteenth Century Are Out of Place In the Twentieth rpiIK tevelt of fourteen Kepuhllcan Senn - ters against the cotton schedule In the Tin Iff Pill is nn encouraging sign of a growing enlightenment In Washington. Put the revolt will have te be carried much further before the proper kind of n tariff bill enn be passed. The measure which is new under con sideration was drafted In ncierdiince with the protective theory In favor twenty jenrs age. It Is an old-fashioned, high-tariff bill oenu'hed lu the theory that It Is the duty of Congress te erect a wall nteund the coun try te keep out' the products of ether na tions, Se far us lias appeared, there Is nothing In it intended te develop n new Industry, as there was in the tariff bills passed in the last lenturj. Numerous Industries have been created out of nothing by an intelligent application of the protective policy. Their success has justiliid the ltcpuhlluin theories, The new industries hate become se suc cessful that their products have been sold nt n lower price than that tvhlih prevailed before the tin Iff was levied. The Industrial conditions In the I'nlted States and the eionemic condition of the resf of the world arc se different from these which prevailed befeie 1HU that a tariff bill drafted without taking these changes Inte consideration Is fatally defectltc. This newspaper has persistently urged n recognition of the changed conditions. Jt bns called attention frequently te the fact that the t'nlted States, which once was n debtor nntlen, lins become in a few years a creditor nation. The uutlens of Kurepe ewe our National (ievernment nearly S10, 000.000.000. borrowed during the war; and the business men of Puiepe ewe American business men several mere millions -just hew many is net definitely known. It Is the business of Congress te adjust our trade laws te tills new mnditlen and te make It possible for these who ewe us money te pay it. Arialigements te facilitate the collection of debts ere as neie.ss.iry le American prosperity as arrangements te protect the home market for the benetit of the home producer. The debts cannot be paid In geld because Europe lias net the geld. They will have te be paid In 'goods, mid the goods will In evitably displace te some extent the products of the domestic factories. It Is possible for fair-minded men te make an equitable com promise between these two cenllii ting inter ests; that Is, the interests of the Americans te whom Puiere ewes money and the In terests of the men engaged in domestic pro duction. It cannot be brought about by men who seek te play polities with t lie taxation laws. Economic and trade experts with no axes te grind are nenled. And there is need also of a disposition in Congress te take the ndtice of these experts. Instead of asking nnd accepting the nd vice of experts, we are treated te the spec tacle of the Senate engaged In leg-rolling a tariff meastne thieugh. with the Senators seeking special favors for the industries of their States making dickers with ether Sen ators seeking similar fateis. The result is a bill of abominations which, if passed without radical ihanges, i HIcelj. te be an old Man of the Sea upon the back of the Uepiililican Party in the appreai liing elec tions. The cotton schedule against which the fourteen Hepubiiiiins lebellcd provided for Increases in the already high duties fixed in the Heuse bill Ter some unexplained reason the Senate committee had inlsed the duty en high-grade cotton yarns te .'1(1 per cent nd valerem, whereas the Heuse duty was eijlv 'J." per cent. And It raised the dutv en low -grade ynrus te twelve cents a pound, whereas the Heuse duty was ten cents It was said en the Heur of the Senate that these engaged In the Industry had net asked for these increuses It was said also that the amount impeitcd was small nnd no one wns able or willing te say why the changes had been made The surpiislng tiling is net that fourteen Ilepuhllcnn Senators joined with the Demo crats In killing these duties, hut that the whole Kepubliuin maierity did net reject them without n lellcall This revolt against unintelligent tariff legislation seems te justify these Sennters who voted against forcing the bill through under the cloture inle, even though some of these who revolted voted In favor of the applli niien of the rule Seme of the levelttrs have been saying fei wicks flint unless ihe lull ,s radicallt changed they will cippe-e jc en iis nmil passage. The opposition within the party Is becoming se formidable that the responsi ble leaders will hate te take cegnisance of if if tliev wish te present a united front before the country In November A MYSTERY OF JULY PHILOSOPHERS, Henry Adams among them, who have seujlit te evolve n law of hlsteiy hute. usually seen fit te ignore en Incidences as superficial and iiutnistwerthv. The savant in quest of elusive f nnentals Is likely te he mere vexed than fascinated by the extrneidlnary role played by the month of .lulv in the progress f political fieedem nnd national Independence, and is possibly Inclined te bilieve that investigation of this curious theme suggests a weakness for astrology rather than respect for mmcii utic learning. While there may be justification In such a view, it contributes nothing te the solu tion of a curious prcihh i. in tin lelation lelatien ship of events. Where the Kiench til til til coler files, from Pill is te Papeete, from Hue te Havre, from Martinique te Mar sel'les, thete Were festivities vesterdav in honor of the ipeelinl downfall of the Pastille. Combine tiie terrlleiy covered by 1 tb of July rejoicings with that cmbraied in the celebration of the nativity of the Pulled States and Ii may be realiycd that a very leiisldeiable portion of the glebe regard's the midsummer uienili us pie-eiiiincnll tiie hlsteile season cif cmaiii'lpatlen. Mill this is l, nt all. On July I'll, I ."SI, the seven Dutch provinces new forming the basis of the present kingdom of the Nether- erection lands proclaimed their independence at The Hague. In n ferinnl sense, the Dutci. Re public was .Inly-bern. Swiss patriotic at tention Is nnniinlly fastened nn July 0. for It was en that day In 1JI8S that the epic of Wlnkelrled was enncted, the field of Hem path wen and the cantons Wrtunlly deliv ered from the Austrian yoke, Heme be came the capltnl of an Independent united Italy en July L 1S71. On July .10, ISM, the Hoiirbeu monarchy wns permanently overthrown In Frnnce. On July 14, 1811. the Independence of Venezuela wns proclaimed. On July II, 1810, the union of the provinces of the Rie de In Plata, the nucleus of the Argentine Republic, wns asserted. "Eighteenth of July street" lu Montevideo denotes the rev erence for this key date In the liberation nnd formation of little I'niguny. On July 1), 1821, ('eneral San Martin, the liberator, rode with his valiant army Inte Mmn. "city of the Kings," seat of the Spanish Vicctejalty of the Americas and the last vestige of Its Imperial sway. Seuth Americans nre in the hnblt of charncterlylng July ns the "Mes dc I.lber tnil." month of liberty. The juxtaposition of circumstances Is Inexplicable, but It Is exceedingly striking, even If ultra-sclcnttllc chroniclers nte unmevcA by the mystery. A MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE THE announcement from Washington that President Harding Is prepnred te take ever the operation of the railroads and the coal mines If these new responsible for sup plying fuel nnd uninterrupted transportation fall te de their duty bns relieved the mind of the eeuutry as nothing else has done for yenrs. It Is evidence that there Is n man In the White Heuse who will net shirk a single obligation of his great office. He Is the President of the United States charged with preventing the breakdown of government. He has clearly decided thnt he will net permit government te break down. He has been patient nnd long-suffering with the men engaged In the industrial disputes. He hns used his geed offices te bring the dis putants together. He has hoped thnt a conciliatory disposition nnd nn appeal te the geed faith of nil pnrties might be sufficient te settle the troubles. Hut he has been met by the refusal of both empleyes nnd employers te accept his plan of cencilia t Inn. And new has come the ntinenneement thnt the President is net going te permit an In dustrial dispute te interrupt the business of the whole country. He insists he has the potter te prevent it and that he will exor exer cise it. Mr. Harding Is neither a boaster nor a blusterer. Therefore any one who thinks thnt the Intimation that he will take ever the coal mines and the railroads is mere talk is laboring under a mistaken view of the President. The thing will be done if the crisis does net pass seen. And if it Is done. It will be done with a thoroughness which will leave no one in doubt about the nutlieiity Hif the National ('evernnient or about the determined pur poses of the man In the White Heuse. Ner will there be nny doubt nbeiit the fact that he will be universally supported by the. great mass nnd weight of public opinion, which has only been waiting for such n sign of leadership te rally behind Mr. Harding. DANGEROUS FOOLS THE would be nssnssin of Alexandre Millernnd has been called an Anarchist. This Is n handy term with which te de scribe ii class of crack-brained individuals whose morbid love of sensationalism has been responsible for some of the most wanton and utterly senseliss, ciimes in mod em history. Neither philosophic anarchism, such ns the indomitable and fine-spirited Kropotkin practiced, nor thnt unreal nnd speculatite Socialism of which Marx nnd l.assnlle were exponents, originally gate comfort or sup port te miirdeiers. Whatever the wlldness of these doctrines, they nre mild compared te the insane extrat agance of their misin ti rpreters. It Is mere than probable that the frantic (iil-t.ne Peuvct, whose shots, intended for the 1'ieiieli Picsldent. barely missed the Paiisian piefect of police, is net dissimilar in mentality nnd perceptions te these de lulled notoriety seekers who slew William McKinley, Kllyabeth of Austria, Saill Saill Cnrnet and Jean .Inures. The fellv of an attempt upon the life of the President of Prance Is pirticulaily glaring. Ah n Premier, M. Miller.iud pos pes sessnl tangible power. As Ihe se-i ailed Executive of the republic, he is little mere than a iigineliead for festal occasions, such in particular as Rastllle Day. There is doubtless much radical senti ment In Prance at present, but Its extent cannot he determined by reference te Pnuvet's spectacularly planned perform ance. Itaillcuis, cspcciuiiy iiiumi ei uie al leged "Intellectual type." who nre display ing nspliatlens te wear the cloak of le le speetablllty. cannot afford te make a here of such a morbid crenture as Rouvet without serieuslv damaging what they believe te be. tlielr cause. AN ATLANTIC ROADHOUSE THE opening of ben rings before Attorney (ieniuil Unugherty en the status of liquor-carrying ships hns piedmed familiar types of arguments en both stiles. ' There are distinct indications, however, that both the Shipping Heard and the pri vate American shipping interests aic antici pating the passage of a diastic net extend ing prohibition te all vessels, domestic and foreign, in the tenlterlnl waters of the Pulled States, In addition te the banning of spirituous chinks en nil ships under the ling Chairman I.asker has freely expressed his opinion en the cen-cquences of such legis lation upon the prosperity of the Shipping Heard licet. Comparatively little, how ever, has been heanl from feieign steam ship companies, which would he forbidden te emrj liquor te American ports, even though the stores were "sealed" em the Immediate psss.ige of the three-mile limit. , New It is hinted that certain leng-estnli-llslied hues under the Ilrltlsh tin if are con sidering possible changes lu their tianspor tiansper tianspor unien unites te fit an unparalleled situa tion The expedient said te be faveied Is a formal call of trans-Atlantic liner- en both west vvai d and eastward join nets at Halifax. Rj this unaiigeiiient the in can passage would be between Rrltish pert and Rritish pert Traveleis of convivial tastes might be leeotielleel te drought between New Yerk and Neva Scotia, if inspired by hopes of satisfaction within thirty -six or fcmy-clght lieuis, Veyageis with an unci aversion te dr.t ships would net be pi evented from specdint by mil te the bibulous embarka tion point. WASHINGTON'S GODFATHER That's What Capital Felk Call Con gressman Fecht A Story About Dr. Rothrock Ectoplasm and the Professors of L. the Sorbonne .v OKOROE NOX McCAIN CONGRESSMAN 11KN K. FOCHT Is known In popular circles of the national capital ns "The Godfather of Washing ton." As he snlled down Chestnut street n re cent het day encased in a tllmsy summer suit he resembled anything but thnt. Just hew he came te acquire the sobriquet is n story of national politics. During long years of service ns member of the Heuse of Representatives from the famous "Shoestring District" of Pennsyl vania, Mr. Fecht, by virtue of seniority, became chairman of the Committee en the District of Columbia. There Is, let It be understood, n marked slmllniity between this Committee of the District nnd Philadelphia City Council. Reth consist of twenty-one members; they manage the affairs of great cities and they get frequently and liberally denounced fur doing the things they should net de and emitting te de the things they should. Neither body hns much chance, for they're "damned if thev de and damned If they don't." CONGRESSMAN FOCHT'S the City ('unell of Wash 'S committee I" ditncten. The Heuse inannces all of Its affairs, for Its citizens have no vote. When the populace desires something done they send n delegation of eminently respect ables te wait cm the committee, although the burden of public impievements is net Middled upon them wholly. The Government shares it with them. "Human iiatuie Is. I fancy, the same the world ever when it comes te paying taxes mid levying nsw-ssments for needed Improve ments in u municipality ." snld Mr. Fecht. "Washington is no exception. Its citizens make ns much fuss as some of the people in Philadelphia when It comes te paying their share for improvements. "1 have te go around nnd make speeches, explaining why certain tilings arc done by the committee and why money is expended. I always wind up, though, by telling them that they cannot get something for noth ing." Congressman Fecht has n contest en his hands for his return te Congress. He says that he is going te win it. I believe he will. DR. HOWARD S. ANDERS tells n very inteiesting episode In the life of the lnle Dr. Jeseph Tillable Rothrock. Dr. Rothreek. whose Intrinsic greatness lias never been estimated nt its full worth, was net only the originator of forest con servation In Pennsylvania, but he wns a soldier, an expleier. a botanist, teacher and phvslclan nnd surgeon. Years age one of the then great telegraph cempnnles conceived the idea of cnnsti acting a land line from New Yerk te St. Peters burg. Rerlln and Paris via Siberia. The line was te mil thieugh Alaska te Rerltig Strnlt nnd thence across te Siberia, the Iienilspheies te be united by n cable un derneath the strait. It was an ambitious project and exploring parties were sent into Alaska te reconnoiter a route if possible. Dr. Rothrock told me some of the details of his experiences jenrs age, hut nil that 1 recall is the feet that the explorers found the hazards of erecting and maintaining such n line in the wilderness tee great te be profitable. Among his party was the famous woods man I.nharge. for whom l.nke Litharge, en the ether side of tiie White Pass, was named. DR. ANDERS' story is purely a local one. It demonstrates the great purposes nnd fur vision of this very remarkable man, Dr. Rothrock. Dr. Rothrock was, ns Dr. Aniers points out. the real founder of Ment Alte Sana Sana teiium for Tuberculosis, which was Inau gurated nnd se nhly managecl bv the late Dr. Samuel (i. Dixen, State Commissioner of Health. Earlv in lflO.'l n committee of the Penn sylvania Society for the Prevention of Tu berculosis went te Hnrrisburg te urge an appropriation of S,"i0(l,(,00 for the establish ment of n State sanatorium for tuberculeus cases en a feiestiy reservation. The Legislature1 turned a deaf ear te the committee, although Di. Anders, who was then president of the society, get an enter ing wedge for this principle of State duty lu the shape of an appropriation of !?NKM). Tills was te go te Seuth Mountain Camp, which jrr. ltothreeii hail already started in dependently. lie- had taken the bull by the horns him self ns Forestry Commissioner. Seuth Mountain Camp had a tery inslg nlhennt beginning, but after the Legislature became educated a million-dollar nppiopil nppiepil nppiopil atien wns toted and the camp developed into the new well-known Ment Alie institu tion. The fact lias been let slht of in the whirl of years, but new thai Dr. Rethunk Is dead, Dr. Andeis tiels that the credit for this great work should be given where it belongs, te Dr. Jeseph Trimble Roth Reth lock, the friend of suffeiing Immunity . LOCIS A. KERWIN informs me thnt meie than L'O.IHIO inventions nnd sug. gestlens tteie forwarded from all parts of the Rritish Empiie te the Admiralty in Lon Len Lon eon during the World Wnr. It will be lecallcd thnt Great Rrltaln i-ent broadcast a lequest that her children everytvheie who had ant suggestions, no matter hew seemingly foolish or far-fetched, te scud them te Louden, as among them might be dlsceveieil something that could be turned te account in driving the Huns te defeat. Mr. Kervvlii, at that time residing in Terente, sent models et two invent Ions with n number of suggestions as requested. Te this day lie does net knew whether or net the former weie ulili.ed. The models were' ultimately returned with thanks from the Admlinlly, and t,he state ment that they had been forwarded le the Ruieau of Inventions and Explosives, or some equally expulsive- title, nnd would re ceive the bill can's careful attention. When tiie model was returned the box beie the iiuiiibtr JO.lis.'t. nn indication that that number had teen sent te Londen. Ills own model was that of a submerged trap te catch German submarines. Whim the .submarine mine In contact with the trap a bomb was auteiuatlcally released, which ilcsjreje el tiie beat. I HAVE talked with several Individuals disposed le a belief lu the inaterinll.iug phase of sp!!ltiinJii accruing the verdict of the tluee Flench plufessers of the Sor bonne, who investigated ectoplasm. This Is the term implied te u mysterious Hiibstance which is said te proceed from the body ef a miiterlall.ing medium, and which forms Itself into the featuics of spirits who appear at such se nines, After fifteen sennces with ".Miss Eva," about whom the Union Seliienk von Net -sink has wiilleu u huge. linelv lllesii.,,i.i and Intensely interesting book, the Sei benne piefessnrs dccluie-d against e'otepl.iMn, "It is just vvliut might have hieu e e pceted," said a piofessienal gentleman and an avewid spiillu,ils "In fifteen sittings these tluee men who had never iiad any etperleuee with niateil alllug inidiiiins nnd who weie neither com. potent te pass judgment as epeits w,r H1I. est Investigators, gave te the wen Id a veidlct which they were net competent te pass "(ileal sileutMs tl, CroevHi t,.,rr,. Wallace, Ledge, Plnminarleii and JnincM' nfler years of Investigation, have given nllirmallve testimony te ceitaln truths of HpiritualUm. ' , "Opposed In them are three unknown professors who In tli uirse of fifteen Iiiiiuw found enough alleged evidi ucu te piuvc tlnu these ether great ones were self-deceived, humbugged, ur die tliev were ilcllicnne j falsiticis." jte&?.y.iKtfMiZh teiumkmwtfJea)mMm c iirmmis&zmTr nj--jrjwaiw'w-v- vi .. T MrmmrxF.Mwr -, jwht mw'Mir.tm ;i. f tw mmi .Jir'v.MJ wm. r-uir. M V-TTCfiiiitU! SrfBsSMU-.- " ! u .sVt-irftr- A irtcLXYZ-.EvB.Z&.ak "-- . On ttffim&&- fClth NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knmv Best JOHN N. McGARVEY On Financing the Heme Buyer OWING te the changed attitude of the tinnnelnl Institutions of the city toward mortgages en homes, the situation for the home buyer has improved tiny gri'iitlvwlthln , the last year, acceidiug te Jehn N. Mc Mc Mc Goivey. chairman of the Executive ( oin ein mltlee of the Philadelphia Opeuitlve Hold Held ers' Association. , "One of the gieatest difficulties which home bujeis and builders liave oxpeiienied since war and pest-war conditions began te make theinselvi's thoroughly felt." said Mr. McGnrvey, "has been the fiiiancing of the home liuters. There was ceniparativeiv little cllffilulty for the builder te borietv all the inenej lie needed for the const met ion end of the epeintlnn and tlieie has net been a time when the reputable Builders could net get all the money thev needed; the tumble lay in the difficulty of nrranglng the moit meit ga'ges te suit the needs of the purchasers of the houses. War Increased Meney Costs "Theie Is no doubt that the war and the conditions immediately following that peiied iniTonsed the money costs veiy nintei hilly . due pilnclpally te the high rate's of iuteiest wlile h foreign commies, as well as many domestic Industrial concerns, which hud te hate large sums nt once, were willing te pay for leans. Tills made a geed return for the investors, but wns bald cm the home buycis, because it se gteally reduced the amount of available money for meitgage pill poses. The logical conclusion of this idltien was te wuip the mind of innny of the liuam bus who :.pei lall.ed lu mortgages befeie Ihe war pel toil and who wete then perfect Ij sjnis. tied with mortgages leturtilng u net .1 per cent en the investment. "I am Hi inly e-eiitlnced that this situa tion in the money maiket was one of the basic difficulties ill the housing situation which existed at that time. The public was willing te buy then and was willing le put tiie same pore ontuse of cash into Its houses as it had always done, but the trouble wns te get the unuuclnl institutions te lecegnie the new basis of values. "The heualug situation is new utmost nor mal in se far as the financial Institutions are concerned, ns both the banks nnd the savings seedeties have new iecegnied and in ( opted the new basis of values as the basis for eleteimlnlng the amount of menev which shall be leaned en ineitgagcs and the rate of interest which shall be dunged for the use of the money. Public Willing te Ruy "As I snld befeie, the public was entlielv willing te buy the houses eroded during tills pel bid of finaiiiial stress at ihe new valuation and te put up the same per centage of the money lu I'asli en the pur (base pi Ice. Suppose that u ieis(, built befeie the war. that Is, before HIM, was selling lit SIMIOO. At that time it was easily possible te get a financial institution te ciirrj a first mortgage of SOOO. Wheui the costs of materials and the pi ice of labor went sky -lecki'tlng during the war, this same house e eilld net be ImI lit te sell for less than from SI 1(10(1 te ,s700(l. "The home buyer wns still willing te pun base the house at this new pilce mid put up in cash around SL'OOO, iidativelv the hhiie uineuut us he bad paid en the S.'!()(l(l house. lie was able te de this because his own Iniemie iiad iidvnnci'd lu the geneial upwind tieuil of things, but often it was impossible te liu.iiue tiie remainder of the piiichuse in ice te suit the abilities of the purchaser and se the house leiiialneii unsold, lemaiii lug oil the builder's hlluds mid thus subject te hi'iivv cariying eh.intes. "Theie eeilld be niih one result te this situation and It happened, The huildeis stepped building hi'inusc the pinehaseis could net finance their liurchuscs. mid I lien ciime the sheitnge of houses which made the housing situation se ciltbal for a long time. Tin re weie plenty of willing bin cis. at the new valuiillens, but they simply could net accept Hie terms which weie of', fcicd le them. .Much Mnre .Meney New "This situation existed for mere than two yens after the close of the war. Then iibeiit a yi'iir age, the linancial conditions began te undergo a niaikeu change. The Institutions leiegnied the new staudnid of values and 'by se doing opened up a very large amount of money mailable for niort' niert' gages. "The lesult of this was tlun 1 1 .. ,.,. i,, bennne llli'rally flee elccl with buyeu, and it i .in e,s , mil it of the huildeis Hs which have in mm uiAiiiK lilt' llllJllllfH le complete nt once the heii INTERRUPTION , & nlrendy been sold. Practically nil of the builders this year hute had their housing operations any way finm one-half te fully sold befeie the structures were completed. "I believe that this financial situation was the chief underlying cause for the housing shortage, much mere se tliun Ihe cost of material'-, the cost mid the shortage of labor or nny ether economic conditions. It is true that the cost of building materials was tery high and, for that matter, still Is. nnil that the cost of labor was gri'iit nnd competent help si'arce. but even with these handicaps it wns possible te bnlld houses nnil te find purchiiseis for them, provided always that thev could be financed. Rut no poison is going te buy n house unless terms which he I'ini meet enn be arranged nnd this wus the trouble for mere tliun two years. Uorrew Iiil' en Mortgage "The law prohibits any financial institu tion ft tiu leaning mere than two-thirds of the value of a piepeiiy en a lir-t mortgage, but it is eidiunrlly net a difficult matter te in range u sale upon these terms If they can be secured. That they nre pcifectlv safe terms is shown by the fact that the histeiy of leans made upon first ineitgagcs, where the initial payment of cash has net ex ceeded 1(1 per cent of the pincliase prh e, shows that the failuies or foreclosures due le the upkeep of cariying charges me prac tically nothing. "The home is the one tiling of which a mail never lets go. Hi' will make any ether saciltiie te held cm te this. ns he properly should. I urn net new speaking of the spec ulator, but of t ln leal Inline Inn or who is pun busing a home for himself nnd Ills family. When nny liiuineial Institution lias occasion te write off miv hoses, theie Is never 1 pel nt of them due te losses en inertgiiges en homes. "I I'ensider that It is safe te say that the Impieveinent in the housing market eter that of a year age has 1 a at least 100 pel lit and ll is due almost cnliiely te the uddltieniil funds whiili have been placed at the disposition of the home buvcis." We knew hew Mr. Rrynn would solve the question of u dry men limit murine If he weie in the dilemma that new engulfs At torney Geneial D.iugheily 1 Mr. I.asker. lle'el suggest thai even passenger ship Hying the Stars und Stripes be equipped te can j a cow. . A poll of the eeuntiy erganled en nn oaheiate scale Indicates that Kansas is the only State1 in the I'nieu se far lu vvlilcli a nuneiltj is opposed te modification of the elsfead ait en the icpeal of the illy nmelid ment. And the Incurable cynic observes that Kansas is as she is because Kans.ius have been piohlbitlenlsts long enough te ,.imi hew te make their own. Today's Anniversaries imi7 Jeseiil, McKeeii, lil -t president of Ilowdeln ( elli'ge, died m Rruiisvvlck Me Hern at Londonderry, N. II., October 1,"' 17"7. ' IMfi Napeleon 1 sought icfuge en the Miitls.li wmship Hollereplion alter abdicating the till erne of 1 ranee. IS 111- Re-i'Stnblisliincnt of the temporal '"W'Vi V.U I'","" ."-'". "t I one 1MIJ- Ihe ( enfe. crate linn Aikui.sas nm thieugh u finite, the Feeleial tlla at the mouth of the Yaee River ami , se !., i, i the Mississippi te Vlcksburg. """"'led 1M1I FimiUiii K Lane, Secretary of (In. Interior in Piesi.lent Wlls,,,,',, "V' , ' ' ''in In Pi inn- E.lwa.d Mn,. '", J Rochester. Minn., Muv IS, p,i" ' at 1M,,r'',','.ll",s ,:' (''I'MI was reiiomi reiiemi nnled for Governer of Ohie "-noun- ISiiT-Meiiinii "f the. Trnns..MSsbspi engiess in Salt LllkeCltj. 'ssippi Pll-'O -Fifty tinned men' 'milled lb end Posieilice lii Dublin. ' ''" '" Today's Birthdays Viscount Neithcliffe. newspaper nubllslier '"id Inlluen.tal fig,,,,, in HuiM ' ?. bem ni'ar Dublin fifty -seven vea rs m,, ' Marie Te'iupist. for ,. ,. ' " ;,,,, net l ess of the ng'lsh-speakln.r Mlll. ' " 1" Leml'iii liftyslx years age" M" '""'" Reujiiluln l.le Wheeler. p.es',en ,.,,.,,, of tin. I iilversliy of California, beri t Randelph. Mass ?lxt- -eight yeais go. ul llishep Lee lintel, ahhet of the ieelii'.ie,l lleuedlcllue abbe, , Ileiu.e.it, N. C I , at Lairebe Pa seventy -ill(,. ,,rs';iK '" Jehn J. Mm hed. i esciiiMii. .. gi.sjei he Second New U,k Dls rki h,, in Southampton County, Virginia 'nf. eight years age. irtinia, fifty. - t SKl--. l .. j&8 fyPtTte' SHORT CUTS Germans can nt least beast that thflr assassins sheet strnighter than Frenchmen of similarly fanatical type. "Hew nre you standing the heat?" may give way if the coal strike is continued te "Hew ure you standing the cold?" Who is governing tills country, any way? The miners, the rail shepmen, the railroad corporations or the coal operators' bund? In abandoning authorship for parlia mentary ambitions, II. G. Wells is display ing n delibeiate intention te limit his audi ences. It Is net se much the ties thnt hind as the bends that tie which is suggested by the raptuieus upward msli of Liberty loan lean loan te par. That ugly grinding noise you hear, (lenihllne, is tlif turning of the screw In which con! prices are meveil te new higli altitudes. European countries arc actually being reconciled te the thought of paying tlielr win- debts te the Cuitcd States. Hew nice these feieign peoples arc! 1'he Tnenn -.'.Hen negotiations seem te hnvt' i cached the interesting stage in which neither of the two ieu-icsted pintles known what the ether is talking about. The Federal Trade CeiiiinRsiein lias dis covered that t he Standard Oil interests hive n monopoly of gasoline. It is safe te sup. I'eise that In the course of time the com mission vvdl learn thnt there was a war In Europe net very long age. JFhat De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. What la meant by the term dlp'omstle Illness? :. Who originated ihe. expression. ' C'eminl ., -....' v,"!l!' cnst their shadows before"? 3. t hut Is ten cxoBe.. Ih? i White are the Mints of the United Statu located? r.. What Is a cosset? G DIstlngulHh between the Red Piter and . llie Ited P.lter of the North . hat article of clothing Is n Hurcliigle" f iJlstlnKUltli between bep.enulnl and gep- fentilennl 0. What country Is known te ts Inhabitant! ns ChuiiK-Ilua .Mlr.-Kiie" 0 :Xanw n blnl that Is leputed te lite hundred years. Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1 The Cheviot Hills anil the Itlver Tweed term most of the boundary between l'.ngland and .Scotland. : The Opium Wnr broke out In HtO be tween mina, and Great Ilrltain as lh result of the uttempt of the former le slop the opium trade with India Though declared illegal in 1796, ihe linpoitatlen or opium iibeut 1SI0 amounted yearly te a million ami half pounds sterling. I'barles Elllntt. the moderate Ilrltlsh representative, wns succeeded by sir Henry Pnttlnger. who carried en ibe war with such tlger that when It ended with the Treaty of Nanking In 1842 China opened the treaty polls te fen Ign trade and ceded llnugkeng te Clreat lirltnln with an enormous Indemnity 3 Probably the first European te visit New Yerk was (Jlevannl Vcri.izane, the Plei online navigator, who came I" 1G:M. In his voyage he seems te hate touched the coast of North Carolina, near Cape Pear. He apparently coasted south and then north as far as Cape Hreten 4, Itembrandt painted the famous picture. "The. Night Wiiteh," new In Ihe l'" Museum In Ainsteidnm. B, "Nunc Dlmlttls," Latin, meaning 'en lettest thou depart," Is Ihe name Biten from Its opening winds In the l-'1,"1 teisle-i le th" canticle of Simen (I.uw xl. JU-3). which forms pait of the conipllne hervice rf the Unman bre vl.ny, mid In the evening service of IP Anglican chinch fellows the second lessen Compline is the unnii) glte" te llm Inst seitlce of common piayer ter the dav, coming aft-"!' vespers fi. The Progressive or Hull .Meuse. Party was ergaulzid lu 1!UL' 7. obbllgiite Is n term lu music signify Iff that the Instrumental pint se uiaruea Is absolutely liece fi-.n.v te ihe per per feiniiilicu of the composition ami can not be emitted The word Is e peilain applied le mi lnstrununt.il aicoiii aiceiii puiilmeut te a vocal sole 8 A singlet Is nn unllncd or undvid waist coat, an undenlili't. a ler t . 9 Alidruw Jacksen was c beted Pusldcnl ei the Pnltid Slates In IK:'S 10 Oceanic, is tbu name ten te lb' aji; Including these Inlands et the ' -',,n' net Nn Asia ei Aiueika It liulue" , Mulnsl.1, Atistinlasln and Polynesia. H r
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