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PUHLIC LEDGER COMPANY
! crnua , k. curms, pubsidcnt
Jehn C. Martin, Vies PreaMant nJ Traaaurars
Charlat A. Tylr, 9crtaryi Charles It. I.uillni I.uillni
ten. Philip 3. Collin. Jehn II. William", .tehn .t.
Ipunraen. Ororire V, aeldsmlth, Diiilil K. Smiley.
Director. 1
DAVID E. SMI LET IMIter
JpIIV C. MAnTIM....Oenerl rjuslnna Mnnamr
rubtlahed dally at Fcbmc t.rratn Dullittnr
Independence Puuare. Philadelphia.
ATt.iNTtc Citt rrMa-l'fi.en Hulldlnt;
Kw Yerk . .'10-1 Madisen Aie.
DrraeiT TOt Fent ItulMIn
r. Ixjtin 013 (7ob-Drmecrni Kuthllrc
Cuic.oe 1302 TrttuH Ilulldlna
SSWS IIUHKACS'
WisiilxaTO.N Hume,
N. 12. fir. Fannaylvanla Ait. and Hlh St.
Niw Yeu llciuc .. . ThA .Vim nutldlnc
Io.sde UCRtic Trafalgar Bulldlnx
auiisoiUi-rieN Tibials:
Tb Ktimmu ri'xua Uieau la narvad te tub
acilbara In l'bilade pbta. and aurreundina" town
at tha rata of tlv (IV) caeta par ireak. paahla
te tha car'tar.
By mall te point outside, of Philadelphia tn
tna lTnlta.1 RtAtftft. f-amtili,. or TTntlAil Rtmfm twls.
aaaatena. peitara free. Bfty (SO) canta par month. I
flit (10) dellara Dar leAr. nirnbl In adianca. '
Te all fertm countries one ($1) dollar a atenlh.
Nonea Sttbacrlhara trlahlnjc addraaa cnance
must lira old as wall aj new addrasa.
BULL, 3000 VALMLT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1M1
tSrAddrtas all communications te Evmtnff PviHe
!-rdtr, Indermdtnee Stuart, IViKiytalpMfl.
Member of the Associated Press
-TfT A3S0CIATKD PRESS it e!vJti en
HI led te tha ue for rttublioalien of all nwi
Uaaatcftea mdilKt te it or net etServtUe credited
In IM paper, and aUe t local ntvj puMUAnl
laereTH.
Ali njM of re?Mcare of apectat J(palcA
Fkllid.lpbU. Saturdar, Orlaher 7, 10H
POSITIVELY LAST CALL
THH last registration day. which began
at 7 o'clock this morning, will test the
interest of this community In the election
of a Governer and Lieutenant liorerner of
this Commonwealth and a Secretary of In
ternal Affairs, in the choice of two 1'nlted
State Senators, Congressmen and memben
of the State Legislature. Unregistered citi
zens will be debarred from voting en the
November Election Day.
Thousands of slackers are apparently
Irreclaimable, but there ate leiiMdernble
numbers of electors who-.e sense of respon
sibilities Is net utterly dulled, and it Is
upon these persons that political organiza
tions of nil complexions, public-spirited
citizens and machine representative for
once operating In concert hae been work
ing. The Philadelphian who falls te realize his
oppertunlt teda) Is Indeed atiephied. The
drive for n large n-gl-trntlen has been
steadily gathering momentum ln'e the firt
two enrollment das predu ed such me.tger
results.
It will be demonstrated today whether
there is in the bread sense any genuine
political spirit in the eemmunlt. It will
be determined whether the cnsntien.i'lsm
of n close tight which the present tentest
for lioverner nssurwdly. Is net N IndNpen
snblv neiessnrj te penetrate the indlfftrenee
of men and women whose regurd for the
right f franchise h-i s,. often in the p.i-t
been unf.it ernb'j weighed against the erj
Might exertion of i.tnu the illtlsluil jmll
lng places.
MORE FOR THE MUMMERS
fiOl'.WIL ha- I n g-Mieien- te the New
V Yejir's mummers The rwpie.r of the
I'.nLshul of the -hooter- for an iti- ivi-.m! ap ap ap
propri.itien till- jeir ua- meri than met
jesterdaj In a te-oHitien pleduins S'-Ti.lllHl
te i lie i nniunl.
I'retesi i iinrernitij tin- Iiber.ili'j are un
llkelj re lie ence'inieri'd. if lite ji.ir" the
artist. i ipialitt of the lanele la- uudoult uudeult
edl iiupreMd. of it- pl tnte-aeiie and
its tluwitful altnbute- thi-re is in qne-tiea
Philadelphian- and i-lter- fietn the mit-i.e
hate ions ..njend a uuiin -p.'t.iel.., with
fi- own traditions mill a ilei-tdeillj ihstitu -tire
charnctei .
(if miii'm', r i eitld he -i d that the nieiie)
veteir should he used instuid t"i- iiubti- ita-
jireftnent- I'liilti'lelphia i- h no mean- j '-.
a prfe ! i-it.t and tin re are uu uetieti il
tie, ess:ir m ini ipal eperi'i"n- which
thou! 1 be started
Tin Neu e ir's proces no I, iv b f rix -In
I - It nm in a etii. be tieri-p "liic'.ie
And et it hi been lilnlil ll-'i I that tli1
el. tint en should be ib.l inlell' il 'a'l It i
1 Hi!' -eientin. s it 1 ett. I i' i ill .mtt'inis
I . r .'i fei the p.''t of i Tin I t.'ll'IPieilf
nii'i ',n ''
THE TAXI RILL IS SKIDDING
rplll ri.itni I'.iiiiu i -te'iui inlli r tint 'ib
X i" lune smns'.il 'lireiigh all fippc-itlnn
ie ilie t.i vi -c-. .' in ii.itli.n lenrnlii'd in
I e new legu'ating eidiniiin e nppmr- te lie
i ii coin.; lepini's, ,i'iiiiii mi tli niftsnre.
M 'il hi Miner Moere in ligeimi .Hid
spu he ipiin-. i- .estpniii il. aiid pi in-, are
I fei. te- ,'lletl'lT Jitlbln lliei'lll.' for the
i " tlen of fuillier ev nlell II the siihjuf
in ve U.
'he insinbibi ii of iirtiiin ( 'e'liicilmen
li Ins ieiimi" tien is i Mraerdimn'v At
nevieii heatings ih. eppfii finhie for
luptien preidd b. th itiiiiliii I'.iuse
enibling priiali prepert i, ne-s te sell
iniiiib ipnl street ngl ts te f.ier.i . nl oem.
piinlt. weni seiiiew hat ful' ib'si ril oil
'I l.e Miner has piiiiitid hi mui livid
i ie of the -I .md.ileu- pe In me-. Tl.e
gin nil public s iiuie m :n e of the sinister
I Mfi ii et the spefinl in II liege pregrim out.
Iiu'd in tin :tisidleui proilslen if the ordi erdi
I'Sin e
Ittlf the I'liuncilmen i he ri-hei ,t 'li'fii'gh
M.il then pau-id aftir tin Miner's k r,
p'epir condemn it mn of their iiitivines uhe
appear nnrieu- te i.'-it the , , ne- and
unite the ntinn.phi n of their iiii-deeis, are
c.'ililng for mere lemineiit
Of course, the steam. roller emild be re
paired and the Mn.ier "rebuked." a i ity
exeuutlve e often are In Miming term of
office Mut interruption ami delen. aie
damaging te n-altj he;un leuncilmutili.'
nwaggerlng.
The "Htiake' in the erdiiiimce is new
dlstlnctlj ilaible ninl Is rapid! Mieliuig up
In dragon like proportion The Inside"
crowd is preMimnbl i.ipuble of ilei orating
and extolling tin monster, but it lannnt be
denied that the political tei hnliiie dmplujed
hns been uwkwnrd.
If the taxlcab fiiclllties here ate eientually
placed en u monopolistic liii.is the magnitude
of the scandal will be thore'jghlv under
stood In this cemniunlt .
Ih the steam-roller biifib-if rulv brass
bound and Insolent te tuUe this ihaine?
IT SEEMS TO WORK
TIII2 Penns.ilvaiiia ltailread Compeny's
plan of settling grievances with, its em em
peoyes, about the establishment of which
there wns borne contrevers with the Hnil Hnil
read Laber Meard, has been in operation
long enough te justify the conclusion that
It is working with success.
Committees te consider grievance ate
made up of men representing t,he empleyes,
of each class selected by the empleyes and
n similar number of men representin; the
employers. A two-thirds vote Is required
te settle n dispute, a prevision which re
quires representatives of the men te vote
with representatives of the company If there
in te be u decision against the claims of the
men.
According te the September bullettn of the
railroad company, just Issued, these com cem
mlttte considered fi"01 cases Involving
grlarancti or controversial mutter . in "the
llrt U month of the current year. Of this
numbpr UtVi!' t-nes were ntljutetl or rom rem rom
premised In fner of tlie t,miilees by llie
eemmllteet which heitid tliem In the vt
Inntnnrc. nml 1401) were wltlitlrnwn n linv
liiK no merit. Apprals wjtc taken In VW
enaet te the hlglier nuthorltlei of the renil.
Such n system will work nici'esfnll.Vi
however, only v() long n the men hnve roil reil
Ihlenee In the geed fit 1 1 li of their employer.
The men nre net tinrenen.ible wive when
their suspicions tire nrencil. If they enn
he peruii(le(l tltnt no one Is Attempting te
put something ever en them they will co
operate willingly In the settlement of their
grlettinee. This lins been ileimintruted
wherever the experiment linx been mnde.
A WOMAN'S STRIKE AGAINST
POLITICAL BUNK DEALERS
Campaign Oratory Might He Greatly
Improved Through General Use of
Mrs. Sciberling'.H Method
TXITII patience that almost passes under-
standing the people of this country
nwait the appearance of better manners, and
the clearer thinking of which geed manners
nre an Indication, en the political stump.
Mere abuse of an opponent l easy. It
provides for any campaigner an easy way
of esrnpc from uncertain contacts wits
realities. I'sunlly It is u pretty sure sign
of n Mtcuum existing where eenscience and
a critical intelligence should lie.
American audiences hnve been tee tol
erant of it method devised and practiced by
and for professional befuddlers. Se Mrs. ,1,
Pallas Selberling walking out, as the snjlng
gees, en former Judge Jehn M. 1'utterten
while the Judge was engaged in one of these
assaults en the personality of Mr. Wilsen
thnt were nil the rage n year or two age.
warmed a great many hearts that were far
from being in acierd with the war spirit of
the Democratic Tarty and lis leaders. When
n former Judge and a present Judge hnve
te be pnbllelv rebuked in one diiv. It eems
time for the junior members of the bench
te brush up en the rules of deportment and
spiritual discipline.
The wert thing about the tjle of polltl pelltl
eal discussion against which Mrs. Seiberling
protested is net its futil!i nor its utter
tnapprepriateness, hut the nhwnu Intent
which It reveals te ebsi are with idle rhetoric
some of the simple political truths of the
times.
All Americans acted as bet liny could
during the war. They were guided by the
lights within them. The were net uniinl uniinl
metisl agreed about most things. Itur as
a ptepb we had geed and sometime glorious
Intentions.
Ne man looking at tl.e stress rind confu
sion of the world today an see a b-ai an
swer te the stupendous iiietlen that urn urn
tren'ed the war mlmlnltr.itln nor dlern
the ultimate truth about an of the great
i-s'ie then intuited with the life ami tie
tint of the Natien. The hate. singers .ire
booming something of a bore. een when
the ate net an offense te normal! sensitive
n ind.
Mrs Seilnr'nig is a geed IJ'publlcan.
And. unibinl' out en Judge IMtter-en. she
n ado it appear that women may In- destined
te put a little of the spirit of chlvahy into
pe!itn .
Women inlets never hnie rer.dil -m -i
limbed te the part upertItlen that be-et
men and warp their judgments. We wish
mere of them would walk out. We wl-h
-etne ei the I leineeratli1 women would fol fel
low Mr-. Seibei ling's .implp and walk out
en lr. MeSparr.in. w he-e eaggi,ratlens en
stump are a 'ere tiial te p.eple who
-fill liope nn, prni for a time n hen tle.'tiens
Will be deilmil IO i erillllg te the pile- of
ii'ii-eM ratli'i than In emotional uplieni.iN
de'ibeiatel.v engine, rid bv part stage niau-
'1 he s.iriews and tragedies, the gre.ir
hop, s .in, tie gri-it falluies of the war
period are in no wai re'ated te the present
pe'i'bal -itualieti In Pennsylvania 'I he
past in Washington Jin nothing te de with
tie future at 1 Lit i i-biirg or nti Tin!
li'stru-t the-e politician who -peak eiilv
f th" p'it In nine ens. s out of tin tin v
irj tinnl te bewilder ion arid te nineenl
their gnerii'ue of the future and it- needs
The member e'" tin -ort of pelltle.il
si hoi. 1 are the mil people en earth v In. iw.n
inwhitig out of tin war Tbei found
seinetl mg about wlibii tlii mm -heut and
rmi and lament with iwrv appearai if
nffeiiilnl righteeiines- and without dinger
of biing i linlleiiged Thei found an issue
v ' i.-'i they cm nlwni- I'u-i like h iat
eiirtam te hide their own full ities
i lur war record and the rei erd of the
work of all our fltlsen. great and small,
iniii safeh be left te th. long i . -,i of hls hls
ter.i and te the illsi i mm-ut and 'eiipnslen
of future enr
SAVING Al'STRIA
rplll" Lengiie-ef -Nations plnn ter s.mng
J. Austria from tilinl.ruptev Is being ar
ned out lirent llrit.iin. Train e. Itali and
(Vicbe Slei.ikla have igii"l an ngteinient
te guarantee a lean of t;."ii.fiiin mm geld
crnv n te meet her immediate uu Is, The
custom dutle niid the ri-ecipis from the
tobaece monepo!; dre pleilged hi Au-trin te
secure tin1 pa meat of the interest. She
also pledges n reform of hr budget
When this sum is made mailable the
country will be in a shape te mei t some of
her immediate obligations .iml will be Pri
nbled te enrrv en the bus-tie-u of govern
ment. The nctleii of the League in going
te her relief is based en intelligent self
interest, for a prosperous Austria Is neces
sat' te prosperity In the ether nation" with
which her nationals deal
A CYCLE OF CELEBRATIONS
TIIK celebration of the forty -third anni
versary of the beginning of the work of
the Salvation Aran in Atnerlm b nn as
sembly of several hundred members of the
army at Fourth and Oxford streets, where
the first meeting was held Mjngi sts nn in
teresting series nf celebrations of the anni
versaries of ether first things that have hap
pened in this city
In the Dictionary of Philadelphia, ipsued
by the Peer Hlchard Club nt the time of
the convention of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America, there ih a list of nearly
175 important Inventions, discoveries or
business enterprises that were, begun llrst
in this city.
New, If the members nf the various in
dustries, trades or professions affected by
these "firsts" should all arrnnge te cele
brate their nnniversary next year there
would be a celebration of some kind every
ether day from January 1 te December 31.
The Interests affected nre se varied thnt It
ought net te be difficult te make the neces
sary arrangement?. Each group would ar
range Its own celebration.
The fire t Insurance people leuld tnl.e
charge of the observance of the chartering
of the llrst American lire insurance com
puny, mid the life Insurance people could
arrange for cclcbrittlng the chartering of
the llrst company te Insure lives. The pho
tographers, would celebrate the anniversary
of the taking of the llrst American dnguerrc dnguerrc
et.ipe, and the astronomers would assem
ble in honor of the opening of David Hit -tenhetise's
astronomical observatory. The
pharmacists would lake note of the anni
versary of the opening here of the llrst col
lege of pharmacy in the world, and the
women would glorify the pioneers who
opened here the first women's medical col
lege which granted the llrst medical degrees.
And the chemNts would have a series of
celebrations in honor of the llrst manu
facture of sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol,
white lead, ether, quinine, slrjchnlne, nitric
acid and hydrochloric acid. The brick
mnkers would take note of the first brick
house in America, nnd the iron manufac
turers of the rii'st iron works, nnd the ship
builders would commemorate the launching
of the first ocean-going merchant ship and
the theatrical managers the opening of the
first permanent theatre and the publishers
the publication of the first American novel,
and the automobile) manufacturers would
net forget thnt Themas Kvnns, of this city,
Invented the first automobile in America,
even though he propelled It by steam In
stead of gnsellne.
New and then one of these anniversaries
In observed, as the anniversary of the open
ing of the work of the Salvation Army was
celebrated en Thursday. Mut a celebration
of them nil with the deliberate purpose of
impressing en the people of the Natien the
high place this city has in the development
of America would make Phllndelphlans n
little, mere proud of their town than they
new nre.
THE FLEETS GO DRY
rllD decision of Attorney General
Dnughert that the sale of any In
toxicating liquor en American ships is
illegal will appear in the eyes of the mere
zculeus prohibitionists' as n great moral vic
tory for their cause nnd the principle en
which it i founded. It may be all of that,
and even mere. Mut for the present It 1
enough te n. that the decision, whntever
Its moral effects and implications imiy be,
will be received with something like jubl jubl
latien In these countries which, once domi
nant en tlie seas, have mere recently been
viewing with great concern the growth of
the new American merchant marine.
The world may be in a fallen state. It
mny be a wicked world The fact re
mains that It is as it Is and that dry ships
dependent en general patronage cannot
operate in competition with wet ones upon
any sea. Mr. Lnker found that much nut
long age hi hard experience.
The great fleets of American ships will
have te be withdrawn, if the decision stands,
nnd put le uses outside the passenger serv
ice. All American-owned vessels will
suffer, ('.inn's will ebserie that, having
lest enormously through the war and sac
rificed endlessly te de geed te our neigh
bors, we nrght as well continue the work
nnd gile or sell the merchant licet te the
Mrltlsh or the (icrman, the peoples who
monopolized oversea commerce In the past
and who seem destined te monopolize It in
the future.
Viewed in prospect, the complications
thnt will enue if the Supreme Court de
cides that no iis-el carry uu liquor niny
legally enter an American pert seem tee
abysmal for mere words.
DON'T QUIBBLE
TIM: public wiuk for which Maier .Moere
ha asked that what is known n'! a
(eiitn ilmiiiile lean be floated ought net te
be delayed by any quibble eier the method
of raising the money .
It is impnr'ant work necess.ipi te the
protection of the health of the people, jw-t
as the lean for the Delaware Kinr Mridge
i noeessar.i if the work. en the structure i"
te be carried en without interruption.
The members of the City Council must be
ciedireil with some enough of their public
re-pe isihllitv te find a wiy te borrow the
meiii when It i- ii"i"Ied intc,id of sur
rendering te the unworthy desire te put the
Mnier in a hole.
The Mayer i- net n'niug for the money
n a favor te himself He is" asking that
the Council ii-eperati with him in doing
the work for tin1 hem lit of the people of
the "'ty.
It is neier pi-irei peliti' tn injure the peo
ple In an attempt te ptin u member of an
opposing point' ul f.i t'en
WASHINGTON'S LONG RM
UND(iI'MTI:DL the Gmerniunit was
meri i'essly wirdicd during the war.
Hut the amounts .,f menei thus lest were
negligible in omp.iri.eii with the general
cost i f our adientures abroad
Claims of the -ort which 'he (invernment
is making ftem tine te time against indl-xldual-
and mrporatietis suspected of haiins
cheated it durln; the rush nnd burn ..f the
intennl deietei te preparation for u.ir aie
never eutliiwn! Thei will be lalld at any
time in the future
Thus the suit just entered against one of
the airplane manufacturing mneern- rharged
with hailng misappropriated fund of the
National Treasury might be ilehiud for
fifty years and then pri-sed te a cneiuslen.
It is highly probable that in !. course
of time nil people who were false te the
trust imposed In them by the Virien will
be brought te book. It may tafet l me but
time, mi far as the affair of ieur I'ncle
Samuel me lenierned, I" endless Resti
tution will hnie te be made in cien quarter,
nnd if it Isn't made by the gull'y persons
themselves it will haie te be mnde by their
heirs with n((umulnted inter' t thrown in.
The Geiernment can afford te be patient.
TINO'S OPPORTUNITY
WOUD ienics fiem Heme that the exiM
King Constantine of firnre i, plan
ning te mnke his home in the run,.,) states
If the health of his wife will pirtnit.
We de net knew whnt he would de here
te earn n living, for thete p. i, ineancy In
his line en this side uf the ocean. He might,
heweier, fellow the example nf ether immi
grants nnd start anew In the new (euntry.
Then we should hnve nn opportunity te dis
cover what sort of stuff there is m hjm.
It will be recalled that the lute Colonel
Itoesevelt, when he returned te Amerlcn
from his Africnn tour, after lisittng the
various crowned hend, said that the Kaiser
Wilhelm was the only royalty lie hnd seen
who could carry his own ward in n political
contest. The modern Kings are called upon
te de se little en their own initiative that
such natural powers as they hnve are net
very well developed.
Yet it would be interesting te see what
Constantine ou!d de with himself in com
petition with, say, the Greeks who are
nlready here.
It Is interestllur te real.
Murder Will Out ize the i.rehublllt that
the murderer of the rec
ter nnd the choir singer in New MruiiMvick
In reading of nil thnt Is being dnnj, n t ljti t
in net being done, all that nut he being
done, all the rumors, all the theories nil
the alleged clues nnd premises of arrest
"seen." It is conceivable that the strain
attendant en such nn Intensive reading
course will at lust become unbearable, that
something will snap, nnd that one big bruin
storm will demonstrate that everylmdy con
cerned lias been mere or less en the wrong
trnck while the truth lay right under their
nriM .
SOME MEN YOU KNOW
The Retirement of Cecil A. Preston,
Eminent Engineer Jehn M. Scott,
ex-1'rcsidcnt of the Senate nnd
Politics Jay Coeke Heme
My (IKOIKii: NOX McCAIN
AN LNCiINLKlt of International experi
ence closed his professional career with
honor ibis week.
Cecil A. Preston, initiation engineer of
the Pennsylvania Itailruad system, retired
under the nge limit.
He had spent mere than forty yeeaWn the
service of thnt cemputiy. VWP
His Inst great work was the organizntleu
of Its valuation system.
He began it In HUH. It was a new de
partment in railroading.
It involved an Intimate knowledge of eiery
phase of management and values.
The Interstate Commerce Commission to
day regards it as one of the most effective
systems of Its kind In this country.
Mr. Preston was peculiarly equipped for
the work.
His knowledge of railroad engineering hnd
been ncquired en two continents.
1'iery position from redtunn tn laluntieti
englneeilng had known his activities.
TIIK Madeira and Mamere expedition te
the Amazen Valley is only n memory
new te the eldest engineer nnd railroad
builder.
It is and always will be known in rail
road hlslnr.i as "the ill-fated Madeira nnd
Mamere venture."
Cecil Antheny Pre-den wns one of its
members.
It wns exploited in the middle seventies,
when he wns a comparatively eung mnn.
lie wns born in lH.'U.
He graduated from the old Polytechnic
College of this city in 1711.
It formerly steed en Chestnut street near
Llghth.
After graduation he began his career as
a redmnu.
The years between 1S712 nnd " he spent
In railroad siirve.iing nnd construction in
New Jersey. New Yerk and Pennsylvania.
In 1S77 the Madeira and Mamere expedi
tion was erganised.
Its purpose wns te build a railroad in the
i alley of the Amazen's great tributary.
The fnlls of the Madeira had te be con
quered. CLCIL A. PMKSTON was a member of
the little company of American engi
neers and experts engaged for the work.
He spent tive year in the tropical wilder
ness. -
Then the project was abandoned before
the survey was completed.
Tinnnelal reveise wrecked the enterprise.
It hnd cost the Hies if some of the party ;
grave mounds in their wake.
Ituined health was the reward of ethers.
MM. PUKSTON H'tiirned te the service of
the Pennsylvania Itailiend.
Hut again the lure of strange Innds, the
inexplicable deslte of the true engineer te
enquer lnl rnetnble nature. seUcd him.
A year later lie went tn .Mexico.
He' had been engaged as construction en
gineer by the National Railroads of Mexico.
Kemaining m the southern republic for
two years, or until lc-. he returned home.
Again he allied himself with the Pennsyl
vania. This time it was a permanent connection.
it lasted fiem that time till he was re
tiled under the age limit this week.
Terty years later the Madeira ltailread
i entitle was reorganized.
The railroad through the Seuth American
jungle was built a few years age.
It followed the original survey, proof that
the work of the ill-fated pioneers could net
lie imtueied upon.
ASTATL-WIDL acquaintance was the
fortune of C. A. Preston's activities.
11 1 -t a assistant supetvi-er. then as sii-peni-er
and later as engineer of mainte
nance of wii at Miiltimere, he closed his
c nicer in the Seuth in IlKMi.
He became successiiely superintendent of
the Llmira Diii-ieii. then of the Williams Williams
pert and after that the Middle Division,
with headquarter at Altcenn.
In l!il." In1 was made initiation engineer.
There tuur had b' en iich a department.
Il had te be organieil and developed along
original line-
'lhlit ha Ie en Mr. Preston' work for the
last nine yeai-.
lie utile- new with the honeis of that
in lileiement.
JA CiUlKT, sunburnt, vlgoieis and
alert, was a familiar tiguie en Chestnut
street yesteidn.
He i just back from Hurepe.
While lie doe net say se. 1 fumy that
the former Philadelphia Poed Administrator
went te I'urepe te leek into its financial
situation.
It 1 an eln Ien conclusion, seeing that
Mr Coeke is a banker and one of a line of
eminent tinanciei
HI enl.i comment was
'The outlook in lairope is net encourag
ing, I regret te sai. 1'ntil conditions are
stabilized ever there we need, none of us,
leek for perrnnnent presperit ."
That is he view of n discriminating and
unbiased eberier In the world of liniiine.
JOHN M SCOTT, former president pre
tern, of the Senate, tells me that lie is
viewing the present State campaign with
equnnimity and interet.
He 1 net nctiiely in the tight, which ex
plnins his plncid't.
It has been many years since Mr. Scott,
who is n i cry successful member of the bar,
hns "cut loose." se te speak, in politic
I presume Jehn M. Scott could hnie been
in the Senate et hnd he se dci-lred.
He resigned leluntnrlli te giie attention
te his law practice in lilOS
Israel W. Durham was elected te fill the
vacancy.
Durham, unfortunately, died the follow
ing )enr.
EN-SKNATOM SCOTT is a gentleman
with widely diversified interests husi
ness and social. m
He i" a icry unassuming mnn. In that
respect he Is like Ldwin S. Stuart and Hugh
Hhi'-k. n , , .
Israel W. Durham was of the same type.
He never bensted and never talked te at
'tract attention.
In his activities lie avoided the limelight,
se far as his personality was concerned.
Senntnr Scott is a life member of the
Pennsylvania Historical Seciet
He is n member of the Antiquarian and
Numismrtlc Societies.
s ii member of geneaolegicnl societies he
Is perhaps the most distinguished Senater
thnt ever represented Philadelphia at liar-
risburg. ii.ii.il. . .
He holds membership in the Sens of the
Heiolutlen, the Secietv of the War of 1S12
nnd the Pennsylvania Ceinmnndeiv of the
Militnrv Order of Foreign Wars.
" As if adding te his honors he is also en
the roster of the Pennsylvania Cemmnndery
of the Society of Colonial Wars
New Yerk Judge hns
Seme Kirk ruled thnt home brewers
have no right te com
plain of peeling wnll paper when it Is due
te the stenm and gases generated by their
favorite indoor sport. Hut, of course, It Is
nlwaiH true thnt If the brew or distilla
tion 'is of sufficient petenci the partaker
will neither knew nor care whether the paper
Is en the wall or en the fleer.
Snn Francisce mnn says he is able te
tell the whereabouts of Tem Lnwsen merely
bv looking at his signature, Nothing re
ninrknble about that, comments Demosthenes
Mcfiinnis. I hnve aforetime determined the
location of n tax collector that nay.
The crowd may disagree with Commis
sioner Lnndls In the matter of sunlight, but
It cannot be denied that hn Is nn authority
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiais en Subjects They
Knew Best
WILLIAM W. KOPER
On the Necessity of Registering te Vete
IT LS a prime necessity for eiery voter
who prides himself or herself upon geed
citizenship te register, as required by law,
in order te cast the vote te which he Is
entitled, s.'ivs Councilman William W.
Heper. who" inducted the Philadelphia
County cnmpnlgn for Gilferd Pincliet at the
primary election.
"In a great democratic government ueh
ns thnt of the I'nited States." said Council
man Knper. "every citizen who is entitled
te a lete should feel that a moral obliga
tion tests upon him te use that vote. I nder
the Personal llcgitrntleu Law no one is
eligible te vote unless he has personally reg
istered. and it is a peer citizen, imbed, and
one who doe net particularly care ferhis
franchise nor esteem the immense sacrifices
which were made in the pat in order te
nsuie thnt right te him, who will net go
le the trouble of registeringjnce n year.
Registration Days Separaled
"The registration days this year were
Thursday. September 7; Tuesday, Septem
ber 111, and Saturday. October 7. These
dnys, as is the -nse ever year, hnve been
set far enough apart te suit the cenienience
of every one, and no citizen Is n"ked te
go te any great inconienience in order te
register and thus te assure himself nf (he
right te enst hi bnllet at the forthcoming
election.
"But this ear whrit bus been he result
thus far? Twe of the registration dny have
passed nnd the number of voters who have
legistered en these two din, is far smaller
than en any similar days within my recol
lection. Actually, barely one-fourth of these
who are entitled te mte hnie taken the
trouble te register. There i only one morn
dnv left le secure for theinselies the right
to'vete, nnd thnt is today.
"This presents a condition which, is seri
ous te these who have a feeling for their
country nnd its welfare. If the citizens of
the Commonwealth are net sufficiently inter
(sted in maintaining a right which wns
secured te them nt the cost of an Immense
amount of self-sacrifice and heroism, it
begins te leek ns though these sm ritices were
made in vain.
In the Independent Wards
"Strange ns it may Fcem, the lack of
interest in registration Is mere pronounced
in the se-called 'independent' wards than
elsewhere In the City of Philadelphia. The
figures of registration for the two days thus
-far show some amazing things.
"The Sixtli Senatorial District nlnnis bus
been known ns the banner independent dis
trict of the city. It consists of the Twenty -first,
the Twenty-second, the Thirty-eighth
nnd the Forty-second Ward, and gengraphi.
cally it takes in Cicrmnntnwn, Chestnut Hill,
Olnev nnd Mnnnyunk. If anywhere in the
cltv 'it might reasonably be expected that
this senatorial district would show sufficient
interest in getting out a big vote for a ticket
which has mere in its favor than most
tickets usually have. Hut what hns hap
pened in these words, the se-called strong strong
held of these who are always In the van of
the fight for better government?
"In the Twenty-first Ward theie are
17,403 men nnd women entitled tn vote pro pre
vided that they will take the trouble te reg
ister On the first of the registration dajs
in this ward only 100.1 utters registered,
and en the second duj only 110.12, n grand
total of ,TM7, or only about 20 per cent of
these te whom the right te cast a ballet is
glien, '
Disfranchising Tbemsehes
"This means that in this ward nlene
about 14.000 out of 17.000 taxpayers hove
Kiluntiirlly disfranchised themselves, and
this is one of the wards of what Is perhaps
the heaviest taxpaylng district in the eiti.
"Ner i the situation any better in the
ether wards which make up this district. In
the Twenty-second Ward, out of n total
eligibility list of 41.027 voters. 1720 regis
tered en the first registration day and .17 1 H
en the second, n total of 10,414 out of n
total of nearly 42,000.
"In the Thirty-eighth Ward the figures
of these registered show that L'ICIS registered
nn the first day und !ll)40 en the second, a
total of 11.1711. And thlH ward contains
211,1177 persons who may vote if they will go
tn the small amount of time and trouble
necessaiy te register.
"The Forty-second Ward Is n little belter,
but net much. In thnt ward there are .'l.'l.
.Tli:. who mil vote after registration, (in the
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first dny there were but 28D.1 citizens who
registered, nnd en the second .ISllll. n total
of 0704 citizens who care enough for the
inestimable privilege of cheesing their ewii
rulers te go out and register.
A Gubernatorial I'.lcrtlnn
"These figures, I believe, are tipical of
the general situutlen throughout the city,
lliey are almost incredible nnd tliev reflect
Yrj', seriously upon the attitude of Phila
delphia, the most Ameiiciiii of all the great
cities of the country, in the fact that the
residents of the city where the Declaration
of Independence wns drawn up should se
iicfflect the greatest been which the war
following thnt declaration conferred upon
them.
"If the banner independent section of our
city, whose residents prebablv pav the larg
est amount of taxes of env section of similar
size and population, show this little interest
in the election of n d'oierner nnd two
I nited States Senators 1 ether State and
national officers, n person mav almost be
come cynical in discussing the question of
popular geiernment.
"In certain sections the excuse mny be
offered thnt the political organizations nre
net pursuing the voters with the same inter
est and intensity that they would if thev
had some clns.. personal stake in the result".
Independents Resent Interference
"The independent inter resents interfer
ence with his peliticnl actions and is usiiallv
ready and willing te criticize ethers. Hut
the figure, of registration, which will net
be greatly increased unless there Is n tre
mendous gain in the number who register
today, leaie the objection thnt thev will
hnve no one te IdniTie but themselves if
political conditions arc net what thev think
the should be in this city.
".The letcrs can gel euictlv what thev
want, nnd they can de it without n great
nmeiint of trouble or time being spent te
get It. Te the average person, one hour or
less a year te go te the phne of registration
and thus secure the priulege of electing
these eflicinls whom they desire seems te he
a very small price tn pay for what is ob
tained "This situation Is one which well deserves
the most cnreful attention of every citizen
of the State and city who js genuinely in
terested in securing for the Coniuieniveallh
nnd the municipality the best kind of gov
ernment. The Personal Registration Law
has done away with many political evils but
nothing in the line of better political condi
tions cnu be hoped for unless the inters nf
the cit in e. sufficiently lutoicste, i t li se.
lectien of these who are te govern them te
safeguaid their votes bv registering
V1It, tli. duty of every geed oitl.en of
Philadelphia te go te the legislation places
today and see te it himself thm Ills uite for
the .icnr te come is net lest through his own
carelessness or indifference."
Te his petition in bankruptcy a Ctiei
N. Y.. mnn appendH his reasons, ninei'ic
them youth, inexpericme and unwillingness
te tnke mil ice from his father. That inline
man is already getting ready for another
btart.
General employment of literary workers
In Wall Street is responsible for the lack ,.f
geed fiction, snH New Ymk Supreme Court
Judge. Kxceptlen taken. Geed fiction has
simply been transform! from magazine te
piespectus.
Light Chattanooga (Tenn.) women de de
stre.ied n moonshine still operated by their
husbands, the men running awav nt their
npprench. Which gees te show that
woman's wrongs continue tn be mero new.
erfnl than their rights. lm
King Alfonse of Spain refuses te cVe
audience te garlic enters nnd the Paris
Matin spenks of It as an act of nival
1 runny. Our sympathy is with the KiiIK
Te have acted otherwise would have h.",;
te put himself in bud odor. ' w"
Weman rejected for jury duty in IecmI
rder trial objects te capital punishment
mu
.... .......til, uui mn nir men; an entirely
for
.....e... or new in iijiiui rigins, and net
neeesnrily fallacious. "ut
Let us think of life as a stream mid
ourselves us men in beats," said Jehn j"
teckefel er, Jr., and then disappointed his
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SHORT CUTS
Fans are net joining in prayers for nil
Speaking of accent, the bore usuallj
iaii.3 wiin u cucsinut uurr.
"McSpnrran Puts Pinchot en Grid."
rsew watch Pinchot make a goal.
Today sdieuld show a moving pictured!
a large crowd registering geed citizenship.
Museum in Melbourne, Australia, li
said te possess u frog u feet long. Prebablj
Dun.
At this distnnce il leeks ns theujl
France had the deciding vote as te whethd
mere shun be war or peace.
Considering the size of World Serin
receipts, Clinrity is willing te cover a mul
titude of meteorological sins.
We nre advised thnt. while the Weallirt
Hurenu endeavors te explnln the drought, te
attempt is being made te condone it.
Oh, well; even if we hnd any brown
October ale It would be pretty li.ird te kp
it nt the right temperature this weather.
An upward business curve is predicted.
Whnt, ruminates the confirmed iirait,
hns Fate lined up en the bench te send out
te bat it?
Mis.s Amy Lewell says she wleheiu
newspapers would net review books. R
Ingratitude. There nre many who think th
newspapers have been tee kind.
Ynn ' cnnV ennrlnen the nverflSP
that the bnnkers of America hadn't tli
World Series in mind when they picked e
New lerk for their convention.
While there Is something trcmendeai'j
impresslie in talking te n million people"1
the one time., it must be confessed that the
radio hasn't noticeably Improved the quahl
et things said.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What Ir the literal mennlng of the leri
primn denna,? ,,
Where ile.cu Inn pestilential tsetM "
II..A.
What Ih the name for nllier et bret
What were the Ney.ides of the Freud
Heiolutlen?
Xl'l... 1.. n nnn.n ..nllA.11
AVlie uf-re the belliKercnts in the btttj
of hllnh nnd which fllde W0II ir'
Who wrs the sculptor of the most famea
statue of Perseus, with the head
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Medusa, the (.orpen?
vlllll in 11 IHIIIIK-pill .' n.iJ
What wns the full name of the Kemi1
poet VIlKll?
Who wua Tintorette?
10,
Aiisxveru le Yesterdn v's QUIZ
ltutlierferd II. Haves was a with
The character of Dr. Kangrade. who H
only two cures, bleeding tlw fait'0,'
and fining him with water, for tm
Illness, waa created ny i.e afiW.
ills famous story, -uii i'.ie "'
The four harbors generally reganM
the meat beautiful In the world J"
these of Hlo de Jnnolre, Sydney. "
trnlla ; Naples and Constantinople
The Austrlnn title of Napeleon II. R
of Reme, son of Napeleon nenapji"
was Duke of HelehstiKU. . j
The Wilderness, In which the armlM'
Lie nnd Oram fought ena of W
most famous duels in 1864 In the u
War. Ih u region of dwarfed '"ft
and tangled underBrewth lylnK ,
of the Ilapldan Hlver In Vlrg nla w
extending for about nrteen " " "ii
cast le neat by ten miles from iw
te south ,i,,((
A wniirliablu llyliiB frog was discover
in isoinee ny a. ii. vwim"-- ,, .t.
Aiii.d liussei iiaiiiicc ivn ,-.,
KUlshed KiikIIhIi naturalist, fl
sociologist ni.il .Philosopher ,
Bi'iircu ler i ue yituni-n " " ".vr" r(nJ'
te hla Lidebrnted essay. ''On the i'.
ency or Varieties ie Ji" ,". en
nltely Frem Original ,H''i ; id te
publication of which In 1868 l8h'1!,
bine Influenced Darwin "' '" .iri
lelepment of the theory of '"".'i;:.
of species Wulluce'H dates are "
The persecutions for witchcraft In Sjjg
Mass.. occurred 111 lCiU, In six me
nineteen persons, suspecuu "'!'i"i,
1117.1r.1u vi i.r.i .iiiTiir mill lyi.w -
w.iH pressed te dentil. .
Heibert C. iloever la the present
wry ei i eniinert-n. ..i.rfl
A lninimerv is a Huddhlst menaanrj.l
convent In Tlb.U or Mongolia.
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