:..,!. ft.v t-U'.d B-, Knti V - r Si m m m n -I a W fcN. , :v-j T Tt KT4 ?tr B,l ..r7m r I'Wrts i vT, ju,..1 . Sh?.VJ r ' .! mL PtV" .pjv .-...-, is avjart laiening public Heftgcr 'ft Dttlilin iviuien rniiDiW I.tK' CTRL'S H. X. CUnTIS, PaniDCNT R.- if"!!"1 A- Tjrlr, flcrtaryi Charl'. It. Uidlnf. MW3W MI. Philip H. Collin. Jehn P. William. Jehn J. TO$,Br,Kln- et " aeldtmlth, David K. Bmlttr. PATTD , BMTI.BT Editor ittmc. MAIlTIN....anral Iliiln Manawr I Publlahad dally at Pcbme Limei Dulldlnj Independence Square, Philadelphia. ATUKTta ClTT rrtit-Vnien Building Kbit Tors 804 Madisen Me. BsrraeiT TOt Ferd HulUlnt tT. Leck 013 Olobe-Demecrat tlulMlns CHIOiOO 1J.02 Tribune Building NEWS BUREAUS: I WAIBUKQTON Bl'lUC, mm T. R. Cor. Pennsylvania Ava. and 14th St. Jnw YOIK DOIIAC Ths Sun BtilMlnv WDDOil BemB Trafalgar Building t flUHUCHU-TlUiN TaUtUS Xvtmsn fiiauu lunula la Mr,l te a In rstladalphla. and aurreundin terat tat of twelva tUI cnta par rtH. payaUa carrier. By mall ta eelnta eutald of Philadelphia In Be United Siale. Canada, or United 8uu rn. Melen, peataga free, fifty (30) cente pr month. is (18) dollar prr .tear. panbl in adtancr. Te all rerflgn cnunlrlfa one (II) dollar a month Netice Subacrlbera wlahlng addri changed Must glva old as well as new addreta. I BELL. JM WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAtV 1681 tr4ay all eommuntenflea t Kvmtia PubMc Ltdeer, Independence Square, Philadelphia. ' Member of the Associated Press TH ASSOCIATED PRESS is ttclutlvHv tn mtled te the use ter republication of all nrwi mspatches credited te it or net otherwise emitted eg tt paper, and alto the local news publltiiii 411 riehtt of republication of special dispatches IMrein ere alto reserved. Thilidtlphli. Tuna.. July 1. 12 DOPE SUCH aeantlnleus Implication.! ns lit; in the report of policemen In the drug busi ness ublch followed n gun buttle lu the old Tenderloin de net Involve tbe police department any mere than they Involve the Toting majority in tliN city. People who resularly turn out te sus tain the power of n corrupt political machine should net complain when outrageous abuses e authority are charged against petty I stents of one or another be.. And if offi cials in high places seem te lue! kindly and with toleration upon the depe rings and their leaders, what is th? um; of blaming occasional policemen who cnture into drug Deddling in a small way? One of thee days we mnj knew the truth 1 about the relationship of some of the miner Belice officials te the illicit whisky prob lem. Then there will be news worth read ing. MORE RAIL COMPLICATIONS MAINTENAXCE-OF-WAY men. like the shop workers who precipitated the present strike, belong te what might be leaded the secondary operating force of the irallrefldb. Theirs is the newest and least experienced of the unions. Until the war the maintenance men were net organized at all. They have, therefore, none of t In experience with the technique of unionism which, in the case of the elder brother hoods, makes normally for restraint and order. It is characteristic of the maintenance Ben that they walked out in their first big 1 strike against the orders of their leaders. Of the 2,",000 men who quit jesterdey a rery large percentage are foreign born, who draw about the lowest wages paid te any class of railroad workers. A strike such as theirs would net be tolerated by labor or ganizations of experience. It is the mere dangerous because It has the aspect of a stampede. These neweit strikers are track and bridge, repnirers for the most part. Like the shepmen, with whom they maintain the closest sympathy, they will net be imme diately missed. But their continued ab sence would tend slowly te curtail the operation of trains of all sorts en affected , reads. Like rolling equipment, railroad roadbeds and bridges, as well as switches, tracks and signals, need constant supervi sion and endless repair. DEBS IS UNCHANGED EUGENE V. DEBS has issued the kind of an inflammatory appeal te the strik ers that was expected from him. If he spoke -at all. He urges them "te stand together. te strike together, te vete together and te fight all alens the line." He guys thnt they teod together behind AVall Street during the war, and that new Wall Street and the plutocratic Government are "lined up gainst you in battle array and ready te hoot you down like dogs.'' He urges the men te combine their craft unions Inte one great union and te cut loose from "the rot ten political parties," and, by implication, te become Socialists. The statement Is an incitement te violent resistance te the authority of the Govern ment exercised for the preservation of order. It comes from the man who was con victed of the charge of Inciting mutiny and Insubordination in the army and of oppos ing the recruiting of the army. He was sentenced te Imprisonment for ten years, hut his sentence was commuted lust Decem ber en the ground that he had served long enough te vindicate the authority of the Government. It was especially pointed out by Attorney General Duugherty that he was net pardoned nnd that the commutation of tnesentencs was an executive act of grace. Yet Debs, who opposed the use of force In fighting the enemies of the Natien, is urging tbe use of force in resisting the efforts of the National Government te main tain order te prevent an interruption in in dustries essential te the life of the people. Only minds as abnormal ns his own will respond te his appeal, minds that are readv te Justify the use in behalf of these thing's in which they believe of every form of vio lence, while they, condemn the us of force te put down the violence te which they reeert. The Innatlc fringe of labor may accept tbe Debs gospel, but the great mass of the Kn involved are tee well grounded In Americanism te be Influenced by It. They 1 knew very well that the Government is net . taking sides In the industrial dispute, but that it is engaged merely iu an effort te preserve public order, se that the dispute Bur be settled en its merits. LANDIS' SUCCESSOR JAMES H. WILKERSOX, who has been appointed te succeed Judge I.andls in the Federal District Court in Chicago, is tbe man who as an nssistnnt United State Diatrict Attorney conducted the prosecution I the Standard Oil Company in the rebate Stsss before Judge Lnndis when the famous of $20,000,000 was Inflicted . He was etive also In ether antl -trust prosecutions. ;But he lias net that yearning for the sjaetlight thnt distinguished Judge I.andls. Tha ie of the fine In the Standard Oil as surprised him as much as It did any else. He Is an able lawer, with an Instinct for juatlce, He ought te make n Satisfactory I'cdcrul Judge, FORGOTTEN LAWS iTVNE of the little-considered consequences ii 01 mr ;ir mill nr iivuvuy was a re- 3Tfc taxation of the efforts previously made te Xi JiV.fc.AA tl.n . a...I...1u .. ..n.... I... II., 3TjV arvtivt i-v cuiiium lira i iuiiimiijiih- JJIO ;t 4Ykvnllh ahfll unr Llltivvn ns "unnlnl li,..u tl B"?'te-.'Aii',u' we baV4 uee.rd ,lttle lu t yers its unity snu Jfoea commission m it was suppessa te cifercs. w - 7 All that may be known about the commis sion is that It Is undermanned. Similarly the widespread use of false scales and measures disclosed by municipal Inspectors li West Philadelphia would lndicntc that there has been a gradual but steady return te petty abuses in the feed mnrkets. Hew Is the State factory inspection sys tem operating nowadays? And Is building inspection In this city properly directed? It has been years since any one asked such questions as these. FAIR AT LAST COMES TO CRIPS WITH HARD FACTS Introduction of Realities Inte an Ani mated Meeting of the Directorate Is a Tonic Sign of Construc tive Effert TIrlST nnd injstt-ry were dispelled from " the Sesqul-Centenninl cterday In n meeting which displayed n closer contact with reality than nny held since the enter prise was first launched. The reaction from obscurity Is sharp. In the glare of hard facts, problems demanding energetic solution stnnd out stripped of high-sounding phraseology nnd plain even te the most indifferent citizen. The necessity for direct responsible lead ership was clearly appreciated in the election of Edward Bek as president of the Fair Association. Among ether merits this step has had the signal merit at this time of eliciting from the recipient of the honor n letter emphasizing the immediate need for a vigorous work of reorganization. Mr. Bek's written suggestions are very much in line with these which citizens, ap preciating the magnitude of the fair possi bilities and the responsibilities which must be ussumed If the project is te nmeunt te anything, have desired te be advanced. The election of prominent men for high offices Is net the excluslve recipe for the success of the undertaking. It Is imperative, ns Mr. Bek points out, te devise at once a practicable scheme of financial operation, te define the boundaries of the exposition site, te provide u Steering Committee te expedite the general program during the summer months, te empower the president of the association with the right te make contracts and in co-operation with the directorate te make expenditures and te secure at once u director of public works and a director of publicity These lire basic, elemental needs beside which even the presidency of the fair, which Mr. Bek in his letter refuses until the groundwork has been laid, is at this mo ment n subordinate matter. Decisive selection of the 1020 date renders the obligation of initiative all the mere pressing. Although the association Is te be congratulated for terminating 11 contieversy which threatened te become stultifying, In cheesing the mere formidable of the alterna tives, it has set a standaid for explicit performance which lays heavy demands upon conscientious constructive effort. It is new mere exigent than ever that reactionary and obstructlenary influences which have embarrassed the fair should be promptly squelched. This means, as Mr. Bek lias urged, that all the faint-hearted should be excluded from the fair management and that the weedlng-eut processes should be adopted promptly. Purging the fair direction of pullbncks should be followed by a comprehensive and large-scale publicity operation calculated te Instruct the public concerning the authentic possibilities of the exposition, its material and spiritual advantages te the community and In general Its prosperity-building assets. The Sesqui-Centennlnl Is net the first un dertaking in which timidity and skepticism have been mistaken for wisdom. At the dawn of history belief that what existed was preferable te what might be, produced the lirst reactionary. An Imaginative French man, speculating upon the fnncied effect of an advance notice of the Creation, has pic tured the perfect pullback as piercing the void with the despairing cry, "O Lord, pre serve the chaos!" While this Is perhaps an extreme conjec ture, it represents a wariness which is re current In human affairs and persists in spite of a prolonged series of defeats. Fair shy I'hiladelphians have apparently taken an acrid pleasure in forecasting illimitable Ills from the exposition project, in some instances actually pluming themselves en their fears. Among these forebodings the dread of in creased wages for labor has been expressed. When een the possibility of prosperity has been heralded as n danger signal, calamity creaking assumes u character nccerded te it by that mordant philosopher who sobbed be--ause there was "nothing whatever te grumble at." There has also been panicky alarm ever the redemption of the city In the central Schuylkill area, consternation lit the pros pect of inevitable and, if properly watched, a stimulating rise of real estate alues; ever the possibility of immense crowds during the exposition year and the alleged inconven iences Involved in acting ns host te tin; world. It is indeed quite possible, m cording te the temperament of the prophet, te 1 oncelve i.f the fair as an abysmal failure or as a tower In? success. Nothing constructive can be accompanied without genuine fnlth by the direct management nnd hearty, honest co operation by the general public. I'hiladelphians as a whole have net exerted healthy Imaginations tegarding the fair. Much of this failure 10 visualize its vir tues lu attributable te a lamentable neglect of entirely legitimate publlilty campaigning. It Is net easy te denire bemeihing that is un un cencelved. The opportunity has arrived for laying the solid foundations for the Ses-qui. Centennial this summer. The path te achievement wus outlined at jesti-ida's meeting. The road bed Is net jet smooth, but it ran be made an approach te a splendid edllke signalizing a putrietic anniversary, ilvic enterprise and world progress if the new grip en actual conditions and unadorned necessities Is maintained. GOOD READING T HE list of books hiiggciti'd for a two- feet shelf in a country school, just issued by Dr. Jehn J. Tlswi, United States Commissioner of Education, is such ns te make any normal person wish te bu young again and a pupil In any little old red tclioulheuM'. Ileglnnlng with "Mether Geese," with illustrations by Arthur Kackhum, the titles nre things of blessed memory. "Tin Snow Baby," "Tbe Early Cave Men," 'The Child's Garden of Verses" are for the children in .the first te the third grade. fii SOT EVENING PUBEIO flDBDGERPHTIfetPHIA,, IpUESDAv JtJlJY 18, Going fnrthcr along nnd climbing the heights of the fourth grade you ceme upon "The Firelight Fairy Boek" nnd "Just Se Stories" nnd "Alice in Wonderland." Pro found works like "ltoblnsen Crusoe," "linns Brlnker" nnd "Unde Remus" are for these thoughtful people who achieve the sixth grade, while for the old folks of the seventh nnd eighth are reserved "Tem Saw yer," "Tales Frem Shakcspeare" and "Ivanhoe." The mere memory of these books is enough te remind one of the swiftness of time's changes. And you might say that any ene with Dr. Tlgert's two-feet shelf could be assured of better reading for a season than Is te be found easily In the murky current of contemporary literature. DON'T FORGET THESE THINGS WHEN the time comes next year for the voters te consider whether the execu tive department of the City Government shall be turned ever te the political ma chine which controlled It before the begin ning of the Moere Administration, the voters should leek about them nt the con crete examples of what has been done. The Department of Public Works is enrrjing out n program of rcpavlng which when completed will previde smooth read ways en many miles of streets. The work Is done In such a way that it will stand the heaviest Unfile without giving way, while the pavement is se smooth that motor cars can be operated ever it ns easily as ever the driveways In Fnirmeunt Park. Little has been said about it because It Is part of the routine work of the City Gov ernment. But It Is work which Is of the first importance. It Is an advertisement of the. efficiency of the Administration exposed te the view of every one. The success of the city management of street cleaning and of the collection of ashes nnd rubbish is equally manifest. The streets are clean nnd the rubbish wagons are se managed that they de net scatter litter as they meve te ihe dumps. Every householder can sit en his front steps nnd see the benefits which have accrued from the municipal operation of the street cleaning plant. And every householder along the repnved streets has before his eyes the evidence that he is getting some thing for the money that he pnjn in taxes. Instead of ruts and puddles nnd splashing water when vehicles pass by. he sees n smooth roadway as easy te walk upon ns a sidewalk, and much less noisy than the pavements which have been displaced. MOTORS AND MANNERS ABROAD street traffic policeman, dis coursing upon the troubles that ac cumulate at his pest, remarked a day or two age that drivers of automobiles from ether States haw better manners and seem mere respectful of the laws and ordinances than these who display Pennsylvania or New Jersey tags. This doesn't prove that there is any es sential difference between the tourist nnd tin- imt hi lt is n safe guess that the motorist from a far place drives conservatively and is ob viously sensitive te the lequirements of traffic laws simply because of the instinctive camion of the stranger nmld strange sur roundings. It might be said in comment en this gen eral topic that traffic policemen are lu turn mere polite te the visitor than they are te the niithe driver or te the driver from nearby parts. That, of course, is as it should be. In the course of time traffic policemen will he polite te ever body. That will be after everybody learns hew te be polite te traffic policemen. One of these reforms that originate se plentifully in the West touches intimntely the relationship between the metering pub lic nnd the public authorities. Hitherto in most Eastern communities the police have had nn air of tolerating the meter and the persons who ride in it. AVest of the Mis sissippi, however, the increase of meter tourists has given the average policeman and the average Majer pause. A second thought made It dear that the people who travel In motorcars are quite like ether people. Se in the West a meter driver may go from one State te another and move In and out of cities without ence feeling, ns he often feels In the East, that he Is con stantly under the eye of nn unfriendly law. In many mid-Western cities the tourist with a "foreign" license plntc will be stepped by the first traffic man he meets, who passes him a little proclamation of wel come from the Majer and 11 mlnlaiuie copy of the State's read laws. He will be cheer", fully addressed with an expression of the community's desire that he make himself nt home and hae a geed time, and call again. It is 11 regrettable fact, but 11 fact neer thiless, that such attention as the average Eastern policeman gives te motorists is us ually tinged with resentment inspired by the minority of speeders uud gasoline Idiots. The majority of drivers, being law-abiding and decent-mannered, seldom bring them selves te the ntti-ntlen of the authorities and, se far as the police go, they don't eiist. Or, rather, they didn't exist. Lately the traffic men buvu been taking a mere cheerful view of the automobile. They have an obvious desire te instruct rather than te bawl out motorists who fall un consciously Inte small infractions of the law. The habit of official discrimination against meter drivers is disappearing. Life awheel will be pli-asimter when truthe men, whose trials nre great, ran nt least be as pleasant and helpful te the na tives as they aie te the visitors from far away. Fer the present the police regard the native ns one of the family and. there fore, without special right te friendly con sideration. They reserve their best man ners for the stranger within the gates. And who can blame them for that? LIBERTY BONDS ABOVE PAR SOME wise investors who bought Liberty Bends when they were selling for 89 or ',10 were lenfident thnt they would return te par long before the dale of their redemption. Tills confidence is Justified by the quota tions yesterday, when Libeiiy Bends of every Imrui- sold above par. They were never Intrinsically worth less, for the credit of tin) Government was back of them. They sold for less because then- were mere per sons who felt they had te get lid of them than had the money te buy tl Yet there were men who seriously urged that Congress de something te restore their market value. There was nothing that Congress could have done that would have relieved the situation permanently. The cavalry brigade of the National Guard will havp horses te ride during their week In the Mount Gretna Camp even If the State has te hire them, for it does net wish te have lis brigade confused with the horse marines, the only unmeunted cnvnlry force. The biggest oak In Pennsylvania has been found by the Stale Ferester In Hunt ingdon County. The tree never once called intention te Us hize. It was tee busy grow ing. I'.mma ueiumun in nuw n permanent resident of Berlin. And t.hcre are these who stIU maintain that Uermany deserves it. pfffjp'f n, iDEtPHlX, HANDS ACROSS THE SEA They Reach Out te Hit Us a Wallop. Jabs at Our Merchant Marine. Seme Britishers Hate te 8ee Us Ferge Ahead By GEORGE NOX McCAIN DIRECTOR GEORGE V. SPllOULE, of the Department of Wharves, Decks nnd Ferries, is one of the most ardent advocates of maintaining nn American merchant marine. He sends me two very interesting extracts from the Liverpool Jeurnnl of Commerce thnt reflect our British cousins' opinion of our commerce fleets. It is doubtful whether these jeurnnllstlc Jibes were , Inspired by the fact that the United, States has mere ships en the seven seas today than ever before In her history, or whether It Is genteel antagonism te our proposed ship subsidy. Seme excerpts from the Journal's articles nre worth reading. They threw light upon the nttitude the British shipping world as sumes toward American commerce carriers. TTNDER the editorial title "Ambassadors V- n and British Ships" appears the fellow- ing Forty enthusiastic United States citi zens who bad Just completed n voyage across the Atlantic in the Lene Star State en her maiden run addressed a patriotic message te President Hnrdlng in which they 'earnestly pretest against the sailing of the United States Ambnssnders te Berlin and Brussels en n foreign vessel. " 'When the Government Is spending huge sums In the laudable effort te build up the United States merchant marine, nil Gov ernment officials should set the example of traveling under the United States Hag.' "They refer, of course, te the passage which thee two gentlemen made te their pestsjn the White Star Olympic. "New there is no objection te these patri otic gentlemen describing the Lene Star State ns a superb American steamship if they desire te de se, but it would be better if they maintained u sense of just proportion nnd described her as what she Is, one of the nnest intermediate liners afloat. ""DUT te get down te brass tacks, te com -' pare a vessel of 14,187 tens with a sen speed of seventeen nnd n half knots with a ship of Nl.'Wr) tens capable of maintaining twenty-three knots betrays n lack of tbe most elementary arithmetic. "When the Stars and Stripes floats ever ships the size of the Olympic it will be time enough te send cables of that description. At the moment It Is sufficient te note that the c.'irrlagn of United States citizens along the world's principal trade route was net considered of sufficient Importance te keep the Geerge Washington en the Atlnntic ferry when a profitable charter was offered her te go yachting in the Mediterranean." "DATHER mere interesting Is the ether At article from the Liverpool newspaper. It describes an unfortunate episode of nearly three-quarters of n century age and which, doubtless, if our English friends hnd their wish, would be repeated iu the break ing down of our new merchant mnrlne through the failure of the Ship-Subsidy Bill. Ibis lucubration, slightly abridged, fol fel lows : "In IS.'iO the Congress and people of the I nlted States were passing through the same anxiety te improve the United States mercantile marine as they arc today, and the most noticeable result was the founding of the Cellins Line te run from New Yerk te Liverpool with a heavy subsidy. "The concern had already existed for years with well-known sniling packets, which had been very satisfactory, but big wooden paddle steamers were n rather dif ferent preposition, and even n subsidy of mere than four thousand pounds per voyage was net .sufficient te put the balance en the right side. "May 10. IS0, was the date of the first arrival under this Hag. when the Atlantic arrived at I ".erpnel and attracted 11 tre mendous amount of attention. "The Mersey had been well primed up with interest iu these vessels long "before they arrixed, for there was no room for them iu nnv of the decks of (lie pert, and one hud in be specially constructed for their accommodation. "Tin- papers of the time were full of de scriptions of the Atlnntic and the Cunnrdcr, Asia, that appeared at the same time; but It is sufficient te note the details of Iter voyage as they were only the beginning of the long series of items of miner ill-luck which finally wrecked the company. -VTO SOONER hnd the Atlantic left New LN Yerk than she had considerable trouble with drift ice, which damaged the floats of her paddles. "In mid-Atlantic ene of her condensers gnve out altogether, and after a wry un comfortable two days lying hove te attempt ing te put things right, she proceeded en her voyage en the ether and accordingly made very, peer speed, indeed. "However, she arrhed in Liverpool even tually, and for some time afterward she and her consort carried a large number of pas pas sengers eastbound, although thev were net nearly se popular going home te America. "The line did net hist for very long and was only unethcr example of the truth that United States costs ure sufficient te kill United States enterprise, no matter hew premising the subsidy." BRITISH ship masters had geed cause te remember the famous old Cellins Line. Tim Cellins paddle steamers instantly threw down the gauntlet te the hitherto in vincible Biitlbheis despite the misfortune te the Atlantic, us I disrever from some old records in my possession. In 1851 the Cellins steamship Arctic as tounded tlin world by pnddling across the Atlantic nt the then tremendous speed of twelve knots an hour. She cut down the New Yerk-Queenstown English record te a trifle below ten days In 18.VJ she again distanced all competitors by mnklng the 0y11ge In nlm- dnvs and will ivuii uuuin. THIS was tee much for the Cunnrd Com pany. They put afloat as competitors the Asia and Africa, neither of which equaled in speed or comfort the famous Cellins racers the Arctic, Baltic. Pacific and Atlantic. ' ' But n trail of disasters followed the wake of these line ships. The swift Arctic was run down by the French steamer Vesta off Cape Race Sep. tember 21, 1854. ' The Pacific left Liverpool en June ;i 18.111, and was never heard of afterward" ' The Adriatic, the largest and swiftest shin In the world of her time, was built and put in service, but the train of bad luck was tee great. The Cellins Line, after an existence of about eight years, in which It led tin world in speed, comfort and luxurieiisnes-j failed and went out of business. ' OUR English cousins burned with a desre tn excel our shipbuilders, and se they planned the mammoth failure, the Great Eastern. The ship, n side-wheeler, was (10" feet long, 83 beam, r7',6 in depth, hnd n displacement of 27,000 tens and a speed of twelve knots. She was hoodooed from the start. At her launching a number of men were killed by the breaking of the engines thst pushed her brondside-en Inte the river nt Millwnll. linuiel, the construction engineer, died shortly afterward from overwork nnd dis appointment. On her first pnssage down (he Channel her steam apparatus blew up, killlnK .,, mol and Injuring a score. The only accomplishment slip ever achieved was the lnylng of an Atlantic cable lu l,M)l and that work could have been better done v a smaller ship. 'The venture cost her backers $5,000,00j and was a fnllure from the start. ' On Auiniet 2,. 1888. the mammoth imU- I alter Denis amu iur .u,wu, wan lowed up the Mersey River, beached and ultimately I brakes up. .wnv- ( after being sold for $20X00, was towed up fcTJESDAtf JOTY 18, dr JsiWWsiF&'S- - VL.iV Ji ---.L '.,r -.-. f IV- . .L-.-IT .. .. -,J .t-ilti i.-v abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbse'"sabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbr sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbSbbbbbbbbTTbbbbbbbbV JnSSgSgWgSgsiSLgJ)WsfisSSBBBBBBBBBBBL 30sY'9iMjfMNHHiQQfi9 -' '"""" -y. - r,vwa NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en ' Subjects They Knew Best ARTHUR E. RENDLE On Mere Public Gelf Courses ONE of the immediate needs of Philadel phia is mere public golf courses, ac cording te Arthur E. Rendlc, president of the Cobbs Creek Gelf Club, the single public course in tiie city. "The need for mere public golf courses is se great." said Mr. Rendle. "that only a visit te the Cobbs Creek course en n Satur day, n Sunday or n holiday is iic-eclca te convince even the most skeptical of this fnct. At present this is the only public course in the city, and the congestion en these dnvs is something terrific. As nn ex ample. take the experience of one member who has since resigned In disgust at public courses, although he preferred te play there, and transferred his membership te one of the country clubs. This man get te the course one Sunday morning nt Hrt.i nnu patiently waited until 2 o'clock in the after noon before he wns nble te get off. He renched the fourth tec nt " o'clock and diiln t leave this tee until 4;l.ri. "This, it should be remembered, is net n special case ; it Is a common incident en one of the crowded days. The exceptional part is thnt this man was In n position te leave the public course and take u membership in one of the country clubs. Most of theso who piny en the Cobbs Creek course must play en a public course or net at all. A Sample of Congestion "The congestion from which the public course suffers may be shown by the fact that en Decoration Day there were (120 bags put down there nnd about 200 ether persons took one leek nt the crowd ahead of them and went home without putting down their bags. At !1 o'clock in the afternoon en thnt day then- were 300 bags down en three sides'ef the lirst lee, which means that that num ber of persons were waiting te start play. "Only about fifty pcrbens cun start play every hour, nnd nt this rate it would mean thnt some of them would net get off until !( o'clock at night if they wuited their turn, as all must de. It is no wonder that a let of them went home without unpacking their clubs. "We have been able te de n little te re lieve the congestion nt the fourth tee, but this does net nmeunt te much. I get up a petition which was signed by mere than ninety golfers in less than two hours asking Cliief Corsen, of the Park Commission, te devise some means of relieving the conges tion nt this tee, which he did by making a ruling thnt players might cut out the fourth and fifth tees and go directly from the third te the sixth. This has completely relieved the congestion at this point, but it hns net given much relief te these who wnnt te btart play. Popularity of Gelf "There has perhaps never been a game In the history of sport which has shown such 11 gain in popularity as golf. I have been playing for nbeut twenty. five years, and In the Inst twenty of these years It is eertnlnly no exaggeration te say thnt the number of plnjers bus Increased one hun dred fold. When- there was one plujcr then there am certainly 100 new. Many of these are entirely dependent upon the public ceurse for their play because of the high cost of playing ever private courses, und the city should previde places where they may play within 11 reasonable time. "It has te come; there is no doubt about that; but the point Is te get the new courses under construction at once. About a year age we presented a petition te the Muver who immediately sent it te Council. It mct with n sympathetic response in Council but the money for the courses needed was net appropriated. Councilman Reper, who U interested in athletics, told me n fe v avs age that the matter is still iu 'status mi Thus another year has been lest "The plan under which the petition wns sent provided for two additional cnum's one at League Island and tin, ,,.1..,.. ...:..' Taeeny, se that three gieat sections of te city might each have Its publie course. 01 h being in West Philadelphia. New 1 n 1..I.I ! link liinlimi ..III . Mill iiiiu lien "I" Hiwmv iii net lie voted hv Council until after the summer recesi t the curliest. If the appropriation eeu'l, ,, made at once the new ienises might he in shape te play en by the linn- the frost comes. An A II -Year Game "While most people play golf hum. mer, still It Is new an all-the-jear-reund game, and whenever the courses might be. finished they could be used, no matter U it 1022 1922 ' -, ' wV - '" ""'1 "HERE GOES!" were later than fall. The cost of the two additional courses contemplated is a little less than half a million dollars, and it would be money well spent in the interest of the citizens. "All the ether great cities and many of theso of medium size have given ear te the demands of their golfers nnd provided a number of public courses. Thus Chicago lins nine. New Yerk seven, Indlannpells five, St. Leuis three, and se en down the list, even Lnncastcr, Pa., having two. 'The figures throughout the country show an nvernge dally attendance of 449 persons nt each of the public clubs. "There lire new 445S golfers In Philadel phia who have licenses te use the Cobbs Creek course, nnd It Is apparent at n glance that the course simply cannot take care of anything like this number of plajers. Taking the very large average of 500 members te a club, here nre sufficient players te equip nine country clubs and have their links overworked nt thnt ; and ns the present situation stands, they must all be crowded Inte n single course. These figures bpeak for themselves. The Persons Who Play "The persons who use the ene public course which the city beasts are the finest kind of young American boys and girls. They are clean-cut young people who come out and ere willing te stnnd around and wait four, five, six und even mere hours te piny n few holes of golf. There Is never nny bad language or disorder of any kind en the course, nnd it is In the interest of these line young citizens that I am working. It is a shame that they will have te wait nt least another year before the congestion which does se much te step their wholesemo plensure shall be relieved. "This congestion is se great that it is utterly impossible for us te held any regu lar club tournaments, which is and should be one of the chief features of belonging te a golf club. Gelf has lest entirely the repu tation which it once had for being a game for old men nnd millionaires exclusively; it is new n game for the great American public nnd n vast proportion of thut public is new actively interested in it. "The sum of which I have spoken would provide two eightecn-hole courses, which would tnke care of the plajers in the south ern and the northeastern purls of the city That they are badly needed Is evident from thn manner in which our course Is over crowded every clear Saturday, Sunday und holiday; that they will ceme some day is shown by the course pursued by oilier great cities in providing for their players by addi tional courses ns the need for them becomes apparent. If we are going te have them in the end, why net have them nt once, when they will serve a geed purpose nt the ear liest posslble moment?" Today's Anniversaries 1787 Congress ratified the trcatv Tin mi, it. tli Al.-.ii.-ert.. " of It-Mvv; iiui ,u'li' 1 W 18ri3-The Atlantic antl St. Lawrence illread, from Portland te Montreal wns )ened te traffic. ' 8.4 lern L. Jehnsen, Congressman. Mayer of Cleveland, and noted ndvocnte of the single tax, born at Georgetown. Kv Died nt Cleveland. April 10, 11)11 ' y 1872 Attempted assassination of the King and (Jueen of Spain. 17 -At the request of the Governer of West Virginia, President Hayes ordered ledernl troops te Mart nsburg te nuell the railroad strike riots. q "" U, 1888 Tercentenary of the destruction of the Spanish Armada celebrated at Plv. mouth. England. ' 1000 Mrs. J. Addison Hayes dninrtit..,. of Jeffersen Davis, died at C'olewSfo Rprfng" 1010 Londen presented General Pershing with n sword and the freedom of the city. Today's Birthdays Lord Athelstan, Montreal publisher and philanthropist, born In County Huntingdon Quebec, seventy-four years age. Seuer Freilerlce A. IVzet, Peruvian m. bassader te the United Stnles, born In the Peruvian Legation iu Londen, sixty-three years age. T,stl"u W-.Striitteii, dlreetur ,,f the ! 1! V.ln atin "T!"' "f Snnilm.lM, born nt Litchfield, 111., sixtv-ene years age Mrs. Richard FAn-by, formerly Mlg's i.'thl Roosevelt, born in New Yerk City, thirty. tun enru nan " "" fR.n'i!,i.P.astorteke?' nS,ted nl an "dvocete . f2.BBSr BBBBBBBBBBBBBBSk sbbbbbbbbbbw . . tsars age. 5&3r' 1 SHOW CUTS Geed morning! Have you defied JW uevcrnment teany; It is a fact hitherto unnoted that Amtt leans with money display an Increasing de position te reside abroad. There is said te he "a drift toward peace" in the railroad strike. Drlltifll, newevcr, is pretty uncertain business. Even though one may be sorry te htlt'i of continued violence in Ireland, it is Inter J cstlng te observe that guus are pepplnj li v.uru. A British delegation will arrive la till United States te talk about the war itlt. .ueney, newevcr, would tnlk much mere elo quently nnd convincingly. Anether boy has had his fingers blown u u) u cnri-iuge wiucn ne Hammered witn a htene. But why de men drop cartridges .mem uuja euu nnu mem.' "Dye," snyH Francis Garvan, heudeftni -iiuiiuciu rouniintien, which refuses te il up the German patents for color maling , uuiiiuimi'u ey me uevcrnment, "or dlel A woman nnd two men were stabbtd in me course of a debute en who wen til w.a.r- II Mems the Disarmament Cenferenci did net go far enough in its arrangement! in niuj, uvnaiy COntllCtS. . nuiuvan says no never Heard Roosevelt use nny stronger expletive than darn, and calls en ethers for their teitl- meny. .Maybe he didn't, but the colonel meant n lielnvn n i.lier. !, em 1. lr.i. C..1,, " Mill lit. OUIU II. Fermer Judge Patterson says he did nut Knew- me tacts in the case when u asked for the parole of Ginsberg, the dope eeddler. Itnt- win li.l i,n H., ahi A.. tufe, he ajked Judge Quigley te parole the maul A careful survey shows that $100,000, 000 worth of motorcars wcre stolen In til United Slates Inst year. And the bad tempered lady next deer observes that ahi knows new hew some of the neighbors get mem. Jeseph Campbell, life guard at Farrarut HPflfll. ni'Mnrt f 11 Jfinu nnf k..h1 1s Via TW1 ' He left the Ruppcr tuble Sunday night la resiioiise m en alarm anu rescued a gin iron iirewmng nnu nas net put in n bill for even time. We learn through dispatches from Alaska that during the summer, at lenst. ths uii.i .1M.e.il. ... .... .!. f ! I....1 tl..... ll.t.ll euii iiui-nu i, dci en me imii'u 31UIC3, Ufc is the extent of our territory. New it Is up , iu nenui ami-veisirnucr te remarn diij mat me moon elilncs constantly unuer vm Glory even in winter. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 TVI, nt I. i. .. ...iMi i.t ., t.ijtt;i IUB 1 . . 2. Nnme a celebrated woman playwrlgnt at me seventecntn century 3. Why Is a catboat se calle.l? 4. What Is "(-.mslnnpln.s nhalr"? E. What nation during tbe nineteenth tea tury was three times a republic, twl" nn empire nnu twice u Kinguenw IV Wtllt lu n.i nriihlmnnl-lln ... ..... ... ,,,, IVIbllllllUIII.IIIV. .fc 7. What are the coleia of the Hag of .Ner way 8. What were the names of thn two klai' ilems of the Jews In Hlble tlnus? 9. Frem what language Is the word canni bal derived? 10. Hew many feet make a red? Anawf-i-a te Veatsrdav'S Quit The average duration of human Itf " thirty-three years. i. The father of Queen Victeria was S ward, Dukn et Kent, the fourth of Oeorge III. . . ,.,.. u The title of the ruler of Afghanlatan The Hlve'r Marne empties Inte the Slrt at fliurenten, a subuib of J " nlj "Flout 'em ami scout "em. stout .'"' ',1. (lout 'em, thought Is fiee.' '?.,;! incut voiced by Htepliaue, ddru.n-rJ iiuiier, 111 nuiiiifei'i'iii" " -"" Tempest," . . , u.claliy 1 .,n,I.. i,ni,ell.l cil.1t. C'SlX-C"1" .1 ,.willl-n in 11 Qlllll I-ll.llv-.. n military coat. ..,..t.iri. Washington, for his second a""VnAuaTU Hen, and Jehn Adams we ,nphfl. iiitcd Inte the nicJltlcncy In ' 'liil'hla. Ih( arlf I .unnbula are books printed n tn ?,;! 8. Inc iluya of printing, eVKiir.iwBJSSmii 1500. The word la Latin for a''".l eh?"" ... nhi. 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