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Member of the Associated Press TUK ASSOCIATED PRESS In excliDlvtlu e-i-titled te the 'tie fnr lepuiilirnci'iiii of all lire Ciipitchrs eralitctt te if or net ollunenp credited ia Oils paper, and nlse f fjtf local tinea p:ibtiiitii lurfln. .11 rfif 0 repiit.'icnflen et special dUpatchr herein urc ulse rrscivul. Phil4ilelphli. MenJiT, Oflclifr :3. 19S2 'BROTHER RILL" WILL DO IT IT S12KMS le be admltlrd that the cundl-d.-ite te sunfid the lata' I.Muiu H. Vine in the State Senate will In- M-leeti-d h hN brother, William S. Wire, Hipieentntlve In Cengri"i fruni Seuth IMiiladelphla. As tl.e dl'triet I- nverwheli ilnaU l.e publican, the iaud.date ill be elielrd It illicit be 'liil that 1 In- iiirr l'i Imim bad no voice In tin- xelrrtmn nf the ifHiill date. Hut Mich a ri-liiarU wmild be based en a failure te ren?ni.e the lealities. The vtcrs e' euth I'hiladelphla have lone since abdicated I" favor of the Wire machine. They have delegated te It the performance of their functions and have voted for the men picked by the late Semuer Wire as nthuslasticallj as though they had picked them theniselve. Tills v.illingnp te delegate power te po litical lendeis is the curse of American (ievcrnnic.111. We are tee busy with our ordinary affairs te lind time te tumble ourselves with public affairs. As we have te bnve some kind of government, men willing te give the time te it arise and take the business off our bauds. They are sur prised and Indignant when anv one shows n disposition le dispute their authority 1-nleed, the late Senater Wire himself de nounced (llffeid I'inchet for his auilncltv in piesentlng himself as a candidate for nomi nation te the governorship in opposition te a candidate te be picked bv the machine. And Ids surprise and indignation wen1 the most natural thing In the world. Fortunately, the peep'e de occasionally take into their own hands the power the have delegated te a political machine. If this were net s0 these who are looking te a mere nearlv jierfec t solution of the prob lems of popular government would become mi pessimistic that their faces weu'd urdle the milk of human kindness in the breast of every man with whom they came in contact. . MORE PARKWAY SPLENDOR Till-: decision of the Franklin Institute te es'tablish a new home upon the I'nikway denotes a titling sense of splendid respensi bilities, new bulwrrkcii by the l.artel lie eiie.t. I the right appreciation of the j d'cetative po-sibi'luese'" the boulevard area As a fm ter in siicnwtic research, ttie FtnnUIn Institute has a long and In pre slve blsterj. (If late vent's, however, its mlivities have been much iisirntid bv the limitations of its cramped though pictur esque quartets in the vend able colonnaded building en Seventh street. The omiertuntty for expansion en an Im- tieshiL- scale has been firml.v grasped. Hid have been solicited for work en the new j Stl'UCtUie. Which Will neiise ll cni'iuui'- (dioel and laboratories, library and lecture rooms for the deve'epincnt of engineering, electricity, phjsics nnd chemistry with f ' w tf any equals in the country. Tlie formal opening of the building. fied for U)'J4. will murk the centenary of the lntlttlte. ',y that time the Paikwny and Legan Circle, en the south side of which between l.lshteinth and Nineteenth streets the Ftanklln Institute 1. te be located, will be stately with pub'ie and semi-public edifices Among the unlcit:.l.ing- begun or planned arc the Victory Hall, the npi'cepal Cube dial, the Free Library and. en the acropolis nt the northwestern extremity, the Ar Museum. The progress of the Paikwny has been pietracted but steady. Then- are cnceui n-ilug Indications that this artery te the heart of the citv may in time become one et ill. handsomest municipal avenues in the world. NEW TURK IN OLD SCENES T UK last time the Turks went te I. an- saune. or mere proper' umin, n t. . . i . .. lower town and lake pert, they wen vrv much in the position of discomfited sup pliants. That was ten jenrs age Hy the Treaty of Oucliy, signed en Octo ber lv I'.il-. the Otteman empire formally forfeited te Italy all severeigntj ever Tripoli and lellnqulshcil the last foothold of the Constnntiiiep'c Government upon the shores of Northern Africa. The somewhat somnolent Tripe'itnn War bad drawn te a rather Inconspicuous close. Italy had piesecuted It spasniedlcall and en the whole net hiilliantly. Hut the Turk was a weak aclverarv. pre destined for still further humiliation in the P.alkan war-storm which broke out the uccecdlng enr, heralding the age of con cen flUt which enlv Is drawing le an end. The Turk ;e s te Lausanne ngiiln, this time (lushed with conquests and bristling Willi demands for the reconstltntlen of what was held te be it moribund empire. Novem ber L'l Is the dale tentatively set for the peaie conference between the se-called Allies, the Greeks and the victorious Kem allsts. Hnfct PasliH, Military Governer of re gnllicd Thrace, sounds a warning of the Impending difficulties of the sessions In these teriiiij: "I am confident that we have one of the biggest armies in the world and we ere tednj the most powerful mllltury na tion. We have achieved a victory which I mil lenlident no ether army could have wet'." This. Is iullammatery language Indeed, but it probably Is an Index of the mood In wbfch the Turks will approach the oon eon oen cluve. If the Allies hope te bring n sem blance of order out of the leng-mlsmaimged and tumultuous situation In the Near Kast flrm unity of purpose will be needed te counter sunk trueuleiice. i In elerted that Lord Cuiven will tSfreien'; Great lliitaln at the cenfci ci.ee s.,. Idciing the repeated blunderj made by ww f""ifr w J t'VvV'v" S this' Foreign Sccrelnry In his" handling of Levantine affairs, the choice Is net pre cisely reassuring. Western Kurepe, however, has of Inte been learning some hard lessen". If the incrtisted diplomatists of the old school are really teachable, new Is the time for display of their temperamental and Intellectual tlcxlbillty. The Turk Is clearly prcpnred te be arro gant amid the charming scenes where he once cringed, and Incidentally where for ward Gibben In another age gave the finish ing touches te the monumental tale of an empire which fell never te rise again. CAN "WE, THE PEOPLE;' BE TRUSTED NO LONGER? An Attorney General of the United States Who Would Be Benefited by a Rereading of the Constitution TX TKXXESSKK a newspaper editor -- J.'iH fr his written crltleNm of the t Is In terms and spirit of the Injunction issued from a Federal District Court against the striking railway shepmen. Yet Attorney General Daugherty. who helped te put him there, is net tenteut. lie Is net appealed by the operation of a ntw cede of legalNtle prac tice under which William Allen White a geed Auierle.in If cer there a- one al most went te n dungeon for publicly assert ing ills constitutional rights. "1 advocate." said the Attorney (icneral in it speech nf grim admonition te newspaper vepre.sentatles at Chlcige, ",i dally or weekly official journal in which all Govern ment pronouncements might be published." A ("mitt Circular at Washington te tell the people what their Hulers want them te be lieve and te suppress the rest? An Im perial (tnxettcV A return te the beneficent iwanny which tieerge Creel dreamed e establishing ner the public mind? Seme Mich bright Ideas, cribbed fiem that distinguished thinker who ndvecnted them before Mm. Mr. W. .T Itiynn, teem te be knocking about softly In Mr. Unugherty's head. "Xe man in public life who Is pos sessed of vision." he observed in a mau ner of generous tolerance, "would favor regulation of the public press by law!" We will gladly go a little further than thnt. We will say that no man In or out of public office who had net lest all sense of the de cencies, traditions, purposes nnd hopes of Government in the I'nited States would ven ture a suggestion se outrageous as that wiilc h tile Attorney General in his speech advanced by the most delicate and cautious of Implications. Mr. Daugherty Is conspicuous In a small but aggressive group of Americans who, for the geed of their souls nnd the geed of their community, ought te be shut up once n week in a quiet loom and compelled te read and reread the Constitution of their coun try. He reveals symptoms of the Mippres Mippres sieni't mania which this Natien tolerated as a transient and thoroughly hateful af- I diction during the period of the war a j mania much festered by Mr. Daugherty's I predecessor in office, Mr. Palmer. The Constitution would be geed for the Attorney General. It Is a truly wonderful thing in many ways. Upen almost all ether aicipted cedes the passing years of n ccn turj have bad the effects of passing llame. The Constitution emerges regularly from every test and every trial appearing mere noble, mure magnificently adequate te the service of the hopes, aspirations and need" 0f mankind than It w-as before. This Is because of its great humanity and because I its authors put their faith flrml.v in the I judgment of the people ns opposed te the I will of transient bureaucrats. Its first I prevision is that Government shall he by, I for and of the people. It newheri suggests, I as Mr Daugherty does, that the people j should be by, for and of Government. The people alone arc sovereign under the terms of the Constitution. Their collective will is the one high and unchangeable law which It proclaims and sanctions. The thought that the people should ever appear docile and idolatrous, uncritical and unquestioning before any group of poli ticians temporarily In power as the visible Government never occurred te the founders of the Hepubllc. It would have sickened r.nd enraged them. They expressly provided means by which all laws and all adminis trative forms could be revised or completely altered when In the opinion of the people such changes seemed wise or desirable. Yet persistently since the war there has grown up in the minds of some public men a belief that all the median. sms 0f Gov ernment are somehow h.iered and iiejend criticism and that no one but an anarchist would venture te question the logic or righteousness of a law once that law had been passed by Congress. If history proves anv thing it proves that nil political and social progress is the result of idealistic dissatisfactions expressed in free criticism of laws and public institutions History demonstrates mere than that. It -hews clearly that nations that fight vic torious wars are likely te acquire un consciously the characteristics of their defeuted antagonists. Naturally enough, then, the astounding claim te immunitv from questioning and criticism advanced by bureaucratic groups In the United States reflects the rise of a new Junkerlsm. If that claim is ever accepted as a valid one; if, through laws or courts or Attorneys General, the rights of free speech and free criticism are ever abridged beyond lines already fixed by the common law. the Ilpech of Independence In the I'nited States will have come te an end The passion for official censorship, In spired by a budding autocracy that came Inte being with the wur nnd Is as yet hardly conscious of Itself, is an extremely perilous thing In any country. Yet we new are wit nessing Its progress ns a ruling and ac cepted force in our imtlennl life Commissioner Haynes, for example, doubtless felt that he was doing a proper and conventional thing when he requested newspapers te refrain from faying humorous things about prohibition. This was re peated In mere general terms by Mr. Daugherty. Prohibition Is in Itself en In cident. It Is the principle of action sug gested by Its mere ardent advocates that Is Important nnd ominous. If the light of Irony or satire or even ridicule can no longer be permitted te Illu minate a public question, then rational criticism has lest two-thirds of Its force in America. If it is wrong te eiliicize the dry laws, then why is It light te criticize railroad laws or bunk laws revenue laws I or labor Inws or any ether of the Innu merable acts of Congress or the Legislatures which nre frankly tentative and etperlmen- ' "' t v- V V A" ' ':,,,, f- EVENING PUBLIC tEDGERMlLADELPHIA; , MONDAY, .OCTOBER, .23, f . . ' tnl? Mr; Driiighcrty ceuld'' 'net answer" that question, Evidently his mind is given te the belief that nil governmental Institutions are complete nnd perfect nnd crystnlllzed in permanent forms, nnd that one who ques tions them Is insolent or lawless. Public criticism Is the central and moving force of free Government ns It was con ceived by the men who wrote the Constitu tion of the United States. They thought of a grent State reflecting the will of the people, net of a people reflecting the will of the State, as the Germans did. Hy what Inw would Mr. Daugherty be guided, If he were te lese his tolerance nnd nttempt "regulating the public press by law"? Hy the Law of the Divinity of What Is,? Se it seems at this writing. Fer the thing thnt outraged his conscience was nn editor's bitter comments en nn equity decision In n Federal court which nppenred te that editor te be un-Ameiicnn nnd tyrannous nnd un stable. Fer that Mr. Daugherty would put "Forbidden" signs en newspaper desks everywhere. If the Attorney General will rend a little In the-history of law be will perceive that we have no reason te view tiny court of equity ns a finished thlhg. It Is still-n sort of makeshift, beyond the definite restraints of common law. an institution working Us wny toward perfection but fnr from perfect, a court descended In n straight line from that In which the vv.'.l of the King was the only law. Moreover, as Innumerable re versals by the Supreme Court show, a deci sion of the sort which Mr. Dnugherty holds te be snered reflects the particular nnd ex clusive opinion of a presiding Judge ns often as It reflects the principle of abstract jus tire. If the editors who criticize decisions are guilty of crime then, certainly, the Jus tices of the Supreme Ceuit ought te go te jail, tee, since their reversals are criticisms of lower courts translated into action. The printing press shall be free te every person who may undertake te examine the proceedings of the Legis lature or any branch of government and no law shall ever be made te restrain the right thereof. The free communica tion of thought nnd opinion is ene of the inviolable rights of man. nnd nny citizen may spent;, write or print en any subject, being responsible ter the abuse of that liberty. M conviction shall be had for the publica tion of papers relating te the official con duct of officers or men in public capacity. We submit this for Mr. Daugherty "a at tention. In bis ears It will sound radical. Hut It is merely a pnrt of rticle I, Section 7, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. It is nn amplification of the prevision which, In the Constitution of the United Stntes, still stands as the grente-t of nil guarantee! of liberty nnd progress. Wiser men than the Attorney General wrote It, knowing that laws must progress and charge and improve, nnd tbut the free plnv of free opinion mubt be depended en te make them net mere Inflexible fermulns, but instruments of com plete justice and the reflection of the nspir ing heart nnd conscience of civilization. WORDS AND THE WELFARE THE vocabulary of Indersement and ap probation has for many a generation suffered from the strain of excessive, insin cere and improper usage. Geed words are sadly conventionalized, whereas criticism and'tnrt aspersions pieserve much of their eilglnnl pungency. It K for this reason that praise. In the familiar phrnseolegy, of wholly admirable institutions such ns the Welfare Federation may seem, under certain conditions, savor less. There ought te be ways of revitalizing and re-enforcing well-worn epithets of approval when the object under desctlptien authenti cally nnd lncontrevertibly warrants high commendutien. The Welfare Federation embodies nn ex cellent idea, sound in spiritual values, un impeachable in logic, developed nleng effi cient, practical lines and of benefit te the entire community these who give and these who receive. If the conception "'ere vulnerable, con trary te common sense, detrimental te pub lic interests, estimates of its faults would be easi'y credited. As It Is none nt these tilings, the underlining, rcqulckenlng and redemption of threadbaie terms, long abused, must be left te the intelligence of persons endowed with grasp of what genu ine social progress means. It is te such Individuals, who it Is hoped will number many thousands, thnt the fed eration In n single unified campaign ad dresses its appeals this week. The annual drive for funds begins today and ends en Monday, October flO. Suppeit of the undertaking means finan cial substance for VH social, humanitarian nnd charitable enterprises in this city nt a snving of from 4 te 31 per cent in epcrnting costs ns eompered with the old system of competitien1 in welfare work It means also that no mere private subscriptions will be solicited throughout the vear in behalf of any of the member organizations of the federation. Last year, when mere than 00,000 persons contributed mere than $15,000,000 te the Welfare, assistance was given in n great diversity of ways te "li.'l.OOO individuals. Free meals supplied te the needy numbered 18 000, 330,023 lodgings were given, twenty-nine hospitals eared for 340,231 pa tients under Welfare protection. In nur series, 502,160 meals were furnished te children. Many mere Imposing statistics are avail able. They demonstrate the scope and splendid performance of the Welfnre in the first nnd most critical jenr of Its existence. If words nre weak, facts may be exam ined. Kvery proof exists that the Welfnre Is n 'magnificent Institution te be helped and expanded by the best energies nnd the mesl open generosity of Phlladelphians possessed of sound social Instincts, hearts moved by compnsslen and. means big or little te aid. Weed row Wilsen hns Efficiency been denied a vote in Efficiency New Jersey because, he lives In Washington. It seems a P'ty- But se many live in Wash ington who don't need te. Submerged con gressmen, for instance. They might just as well be nt home. They could be summoned by long distance for rellcall nnd fleer lend ers could handle their proxies when votes were needed. Early every morning one may see men in downtown streets gath ering pnper from the ThT Don't Knew It waste receptacles en the corners. They don't leek like public benefactors, but that's whnt thev nre. Kvery ten of waste paper saved melius also the saving of an acre of forest land, boy ,', President of the Boek Paper Mnkers' Association. The early morning workers nre forest couscrvntlenlsts. Turkeys nre said te be plentiful this year, and Thanksgiving dinner should be cheaper. Which, if It turns out te be true, will be additional rati for thanksgiving. 7 AS ONtf WOMAN SEES IT Lunch With the Women Members of the State Republican Committee Affords Occasion' for' Shrewd Analysis By SARAH D. LOWK1K I LUNCHED the ether day with the, women members of the State Republican Com mittee. This is n committee nppelnted by the State Cbalrmnn te function as an Advi sory Committee en State Republican nffnlrs. Heretofore, it has been rather nominal in its importance nnd hns perhaps been most useful ns n place te nut political worthies who were mere notable than useful in the party. But with the appointment of Fisher as its ehahmnn, the State Chairman evidently de cided te turn ever n new political leaf In tlii? history of the party. Certainly if the men whom he hns placed en the committee nre ns actively important in their communities as the women, he nnd Mr. Fisher have nt their rlght'lmnd a very effective liaison body of political thinkers nnd doers thnt can func tion rapidly nnd intelligently for the geed of the party both in an advisory capacity nnd for propaganda. I found thnt I knew most of the women en thnt committee, ns well ns these of the Stnte Finance Committee who joined them at lunch ; nt least I knew them by reptitntlen. Their position in the various communities s authoritative for one or nnethcr reason ; they represent in some cases quite dissimilar elements of the community, nnd there is every t.vpe among them, from the Ktiffrnge type of political woman te the boss-machine" type Seme nre frankly Independent Re publicans, some rigidly mnchinc. The ma jority nre straight Republicans; that is, in dependent nt the primaries nnd averse te ticket splitting nt the general election. BUT whnt Interested me about them ns I steed looking nt them exchanging notes en their counties before the meeting the ether day was their nlert cffecttmlncss, nnd their geed-humored, shrewd summing up of their constituencies. I could account for the choice of nenrly nil of them. Mrs-. Lsterline, of lllnir County, for in stnnce. had proved herself n grcut reserve force in Red Cress work during the war; Mrs. Kdwnrd Durham, of Lehigh County, was the alert, resourceful daughter of her father. "Ed" Yeung, the political boss of his country for ninny years. Mrs. Rutn Sapper, of Pottsville, has certainly the tra ditions of politics in her bringing up, since her father is "Charlie" Snyder, of Schuyl kill County. But facing these "dyed in the wool" machine women wns Miss Henrietta Bnldy Lyen, of Wllliumspert. who belongs te the suffrage t.vpe of political vvemnn. 1 met her the last time high up in the councils of the League of Women Voters nctlng for Lycom ing County en Mrs. Miller's State executive. Mrs. Walter King Sharp, of Chaiubcrs btirg, en the ether bund, is of still another type, mere of n club vvemnn, certainly a vvnr worker, obviously u philanthropic power in her community nnd outside of it. Mrs. Wortliingten Scrnnten, of Scrnnten, would come under that head tee, Mrs, James Mack, of Indiana County, was the daughter of a famous father who, as head of the State Nerinnl Scheel, made his tory in educational affairs some years age: D. J. Waller Is a, name people In Illoemsburg nre rightly proud evf. I de net knew Miss Llvesey, of Norristown, but she looked up nnd doing. I knew Mrs. Pilling, of Phila delphia, ns n very energetic Alter adherent during last spring's primaries nnd ns a member of the Republican Women of Penn sylvania. Anether ni'Miiber of that notable club en the committee is Mrs. Geerge Dunning, who is one eftlie few of the old suffrage crowd te be actively engaged In present-day poli tics. She made the transition from the old te the new hy pausing for n seati n en the Island of the League of Women Voters ub its county chairman for this city. The ether Philadelphia women or near Philadelphia representing ndjnccnt counties nre Mrs. William Warden, of the Finance Committee, who apart from every ether rca son for being where she is, is known for the very lending part she took in vvnr work en the Emergency Aid. I have alwnys thought thnt Mrs. Frank (Jrisvveld, who is the becre tnry of the State Executive Committee, had grent ability for public work. Mrs. Rebert von Meschzlskcr, Mrs. Charles Rrevvn nnd Mrs. J. Willis Mnrtln, whose husbands' judicial careers are loe well known te need comment from me. Mn. Martin, for n dozen reasons, ceitninly honors any commit tee te which she belongs. In fact, the Philadelphia contingent en both the Execu tive nnd Finance Committees is n very strong one. There were also Mrs. Chapman from Scranton and Mrs. Andrew Derr. of Wilkes llnrre, nnd Inst but net least, Mrs. Pinchot of, I trust seen. Hnrrisburg. SOME of these women are en the Finance Committee, but the majority are en the State Executive Committee. The two bad n joint bessien nnd will, I fancy, net pretty much ns n unit in the future. Certainly te judge by the stamp of these present, men and women, it is a group full of potential usefulness both te the party executives mid te the county organizations, once it has been ncclimnted se te speak te its opportuni ties. In the Executive Committee, the verv Informality and freedom from publicity make its reports' nt once franker and mere enlightening than these of a body who is expected te turn its opinions into action en the spot. I made a rough calculation of the groups with whom the women of the committee were in touch nml they would comprise well ever half n million of their fellow women. I suppose the men may represent even mere with their presumably large business Inter ests. I have always thought, however, that women had n mere instinctive sense of the trend of public opinion thnn the generality of men, and it is possible that Mr. Fisher will find that he can come nearer the truth of existing conditions from the reports of thehvemen en his committee, while the men may be able te advise with mere sureness hew te turn these conditions te account, AT ALL events the political machine is in touch with mere elements of the voting population through such n committee thnn It lias ever been before, thanks te the careful and fair choice that the State Chairman lias mnde from the mnterlal available. I should be curious te knew whnt the make-up of the Democratic executive mnv hn hv WIT Of COinnnrisen. As It lnmnena l knew only n few of the lending women en thnt side. They are net te be discounted, these I de knew, either for ability or for power te speaU their mimic In fact, power te speak their minds Is what most of them possess te an extraordi nary degree. Mrs. Carel Miller, of Pitts burgh, is ninens the quickest en the output, nnd Mrs. Hrewn, or ns sne is known about here, "Jean Kane Foulke is net one bit behind her. I have never henrl Mrs. Ed ward Davis speak, but I have heard her talk, and I will admit anywhere that she does net lack "pep" as n conversationalist. I rather think that Mrs. hclward Browning, who Is counted en ns a lender here, docs net rely en her powers of oratory, but she can express her opinion very well and can fight an issue very effectively. Indeed, I suggested te one of my Demo cratic friends that they had chosen both their chairmen and their candidates for their fight ing qualities, and she said : 'you are quite right ! " and then she add ed. "We chose men nnd women who would ficht te the finish nnd make no deals!" Well, there will be nothing better for the Republican Party lenders than te have n strong nnd sincere minority party opposing them. It will make the winning candidates leek te their laurels, or better still, remem ber their pledges, Complaint Is belne made Up In the Air of an aviator in Pnrls who writes the nnme of a motorcar in letlen of smoke In the sky. Doctors teiiiplnln that necks nre being strained by spectators and that threat trouble results. The police complain of traf fic congestion. Ne complaint, however, has !..,., r.te.l hv the automobile cemnanv. ke Mm presumption i i"" nvimnr is satisneu UVVII ,,.s. - , - - - "'j fr3K Av.,1 i-Vf allifc , - " " : TIME:TO RY NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Phifadelphians en Subjects They - Knett; Best C. T. LUDINGTON On the Beem in Aviation N THE astonishing speeds attained by army nnd navy pilots in the recent Pulitzer race at Detroit and in the one -kilometer; trials which followed have ngaln focused attention en the development of flying, ac cording te C. T. Ludington, formerly of the Navnl Air Service and delegate from Philadelphia te the Second National Air Congress, "Mnughan's dash through space at the rate of 2W miles nn hour," said Mr. Luding ton, "was net simply a spectacular stunt, made possible by an unpractically small airplane and nti inordinately powerful en gine. It wits the culmination of mouths of. study, research and experimentation by Curtiss engineers nnd army officers. In an effort te attain this maximum speed it was necessary net only te discover nnd decide en the best wing section and the most effi cient streamline form for the fuselage, but alto by an infinite nmeunt of patient work te 'clean up' the design se thnt no small detail in the wny of exposed, resistance making parts which could safely be elimi nated might be left. Reducing the Draff "Fer Instance, by doing away with two unnecessary but conventional landing gear struts the 'drng' of this unit wns reduced 35 per cent and the substitution of thin radiators incorporated in the wings for the usual nose or 'I.nmblin' radiator added twelve or fifteen miles te the speed. "Thus when the little Curtiss reared ever the finish line we who were watching knew that the American designers had in this direction at least scored an outstanding tri umph ever these of the rest of the world. "It Is net only in the planning of racing airplanes that our designers lend. The alti tude record Is held by an American plane and pilot. Most of us probably considered this simply ns a stunt when we rend of it. Frem the point of view of the pilot, en whose endurance and skill the bucccss or failure of the exploit depended, it was; but from another viewpoint it was but the logi cal result of experiments with a device known ns a supcr-cbnrgcr, which enables an airplane engine te maintain its power nt high nltitudes. "Scientists who realize the possibilities of this invention believe that they are con servative in prophesying hitherto undreamed undreamed of speeds nt great heights for large passenger-carrying planes equipped with it. The Plane of the Future "It does net appear te be tee great a stretch of fancy te imagine nn airplane capable of transporting twenty or mere pas sengers in inclesed and heated cabins ever dlhtnnccs of 3000 miles at heights of 30,000 feet and ut speeds of 300 or mere miles an hour. The biiper-charger, combined with the variable pitch propeller, uetn present-day actualities, developed by American engineers, makes this a realizable possibility rather than n fantastic vision. "If this is se nnd American designers are the equal of any and ns Is generally con ceded, our pilots nre as geed ns If net better than these of ether nations why is the de velopment in the I'nited Stntes se slew and why does Europe seem te be se far ahead of us? I have been nsked this question ninny times, and the nnswer is net a simple one. In fact, when two years age I traveled in comfort nnd safety ever most of Central Europe, and en most of the European air routes, I believed that we were hopelessly behind. But while ns yet our services are net urn with the regularity of the fnmeus cress-Channel lines, aud while we have few planes outside of the military and naval services te compare with the great French Uelinths or the Rritish Handley.pBKCS, nevertheless I feel that we nre beginning te show results. Where Our Trouble I Jet "Our trouble seems te be this: ns yet we have no regulation of civil flying. This has resulted in much flying In old-type ma chines, improperly cared for and often in competently handled; in much useless 'stunting' at low nltitudes nnd in such per formances ns 'wing-walking' and jumping from plane tn plnne. The wonder is net that there have been se many shocking accidents, but that the number hns net been fm if renter "Nearlv every crash has been exploited, because airplane wrecks are sensational ac t'ldents and the public has quite naturally come te leek upon Hying machine as highly dangerous toys. This attitude means that there Is small chance of an epcrnting coin cein nuy securing 'traffic;' In fact, it lias been M i t GET-UP AkD TAKE NOTICE! the experience of many such companies thnt passengers feel that they nre tnking their lives in their hands and nre simply in search of n sensation. "In the mnjerity of cases these who might benefit by the time saved in air travel are beared away by the supposedly grent danger. Still ethers cannot nfferd the high charges that nre new necessary, nnd nnethcr great difficulty has been the scarcity of landing fields. Is it nny wonder thnt capitalists are net enthusiastic nbeut investing their money in airplane-operating schemes? Safeguarded In Europe "In Europe steps have been taken in the right diiectlen, through strict Government supervision of commercial flying, and the proportion of accidents bus been greatly re duced, the average being one fatality for every 400,000 passenger miles, while cer tain lines have shown mere than 050,000 airplane miles without a single passenger being lest, "The cure, or rather the beginning of the cure, for the United Stntes would seem te be Federal control of commercial aviation, which would include the licensing nnd in specting of both aircraft and pilots. Care fully considered legislation would give oper ators of air service n base te btntid en nnd would encourage the pioneers. The activi ties of these legitimate pioneers, If we mnv take the Aeremarlne Airways nnd the New lerk-San Francisce Air Mail as examples, would then gradually overcome the appre hensions of the public by tlteir regular service and would gradually convince peo ple of the usefulness of this rapid transpor tation. "Aeremarlne plnnes, in addition te their successful Southern services, have carried during this summer mere than 1800 passen gers between Detroit nnd Cleveland, Alto gether this company has flown mere than 1,000,000 miles nnd carried mere than 15. 000 pnssengers without mishnp. The mar velous record of the air mail in operating a jenr vviineiit u iniaiiiy and m maintaining an efficiency of mere than 0-1 per cent is tee well known te need comment. The public, being once convinced, capital would seen become interested, A National Association "Te fester and encourage aviation, both mllitnry nnd commercial, there was formed nt Detroit during the air races the National Aerennutle Association, nt a convention composed of delegates of the Chambers of Commerce of many cities, fiem aero clubs all ever the country and from the nlrendv existent but tee limited Aero Club of Amer ica nnd National Air Association. "Much preliminary work hnd been done and the convention went te work with a will nnd uccefnpllshed u great deal in tin short time nt its disposal. Though but n few days old the association is very powerful and will piny in nerenautics the unit u-i.ii. the American Automobile Association has played in the development of the motorcar. "This assqciatlen is expected te absorb the Aero Club of America and the National Air Association nnd tints secure the right te sanction nnd actively supervise, under license of the Federation Aereuautiquu In In ternntiennle, all contests, trlnlN and compe titions of aircraft. It will endeavor te dls.. semiunte information and te voice public opinion upiin essential legislation in nircrnft matters, and by acting in harmony with Chambers of Commerce, State (Jeveriiiiients and the Federal Government, te continue the work of establishing landing fields. Thus It hopes te bring about the 'cure' and te place the United States, the land of the Wrights nnd Curtiss, of the designers of the world's fastest airplane and of the super-chnrger at the head of aviation, where It belongs, ' Hew All Can Help "But hew can busy Americans help in this matter? The answer is easy. We can if sufficiently interested, join the Aeronautic Association nnd swell its power; we can urge by .many menns the passage of Federal laws reculntiiu: carefully the use of nircrnft -. u-.. can back our Chambers of Commerce in their efforts te secure landing fields for our cities by pointing te the examples of Pittsburgh, llaltimere. Kansas City anil Chicago, and when the time comes nnd it is coming wien we enn lend our support te the pioneer air lines nnd travel by air. "Mere especially we in Philadelphia can wnke up te the fact thnt In these matters ve have let ether cities in our district slip by us, Unltlmere mid Pittsburgh art? ready: wv arc net. Shall we let the visitor from these cities tn our Si'snul-Centeiiiiinl see hew we 1...... l,i.,tinn,l?' A II1M I' PIOIMl.tl, ,, , 4 m SHORT CUTS It is the Republican hope that Ohie will Fcss up. It .is, of course,- understood that there li nothing of submission in Lloyd Geerge's resignation. M. Marcel, hairdresser, was feted lirt week in Paris. The slogan was, of course, "Leng may he wave!" Uncle Sam Is getting mere revenue from cigarettes than ever before. Watch in; smoke ! cries feminism. New that the millers of the National Association have inspected our pert, we expect them te say It with flour. By the new ordinance fixers' patrons of tuxlcabs have received no mere consider ation than if they were taxicabbages. Schools of West New Yerk, N. .T nre closed because of lack of coal. Can't maU these children believe that strikes arc a bail thing. The Mayer of Beacon, N. T., has ghren the police until November 1 te make the town 100 per cent pure. Beacon is due for a great light. National suffragist leader, coaching women spcakcrs, says, "When you hare nothing else te Bay, sit down." But, madam, it simply isn't done! i In the geed old days, said the Old Timer, the Taylors, of Tennessee, run thelt pellticnl campaigns with Addles. New, a!a., the candidates use nothing but mouth organs. Fat mines and lean mines and fat rail roads and lean rnllreads have gene far te prove in recent months that though com petition is the soul of trade it is a peer soul, indeed, when it leaves the body politic 111 -nourished. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1: K King of Encland wns one off the rnJ' fathers of Frederick the Great. Wn was this King? 2. Who said, "I could be happy with either were t'ether fair charmer nway ? 3. Is New Jersey a State or a Common wealth'.' 4. What Is nostalgia? , ... G. Where is the peace conference or tM Turks, the Greeks and the Allies w be held? , . , . What Is the origin of the word bun combo? . , .... 7. What type of football Is the most play' In lincland? ,, , ,..,. 8. Whnt Prince of Wales was the Intlmaw of lleau Urummell, the famous hnglisn dandy? . . . .i 0. In what wars against the French ana Indians did the North American colenlsta engage prier te the cenmci Hnewn as the French and Indian War? M 10. What map prejec Ien presents the vveiia en a piano hhaped like a butterliy7 Answers te Saturday's Quiz 1. The ce.iter of population, according te the United .Htutes Census Bureau, "may be censldeied as the center " gravity for the 'population of tlie United States. That is te say. I the surface of the United States be rente Hcnted as a rigid, level plane, wlthc-Uj weight, but having the P0lU'a''" thereon distributed as at present, eacli Individual Inhabitant being nssu nert te liave the same weight as every emer Inhabitant, It would exert a l''c"u'J dTrcJti-f pWrtuSlrS.'y'? population.- , .. nt thl 4. ill" V'"V.. "- ". ' . l.Jl.n. mi.n nnnlAI. nf fllleil ,O.IU.. ."..-- Un tea Htnics iHiiew in '", t 3. A pluviometer Is an Instrument ter measuring rainfall ; a rain &aug. 4. Pnysnge In pictorial art Is landscape 6. TliSBM&lnpl Is called the Father of Waters ami the State of Virginia "' Mether of I'resldents. ... . 6. A flourish after a signature Is called 7. "MaTwants but little here bele. " wants that llttle Ions'," Is a 'lUO'f.U?,; from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, '' S. 0. 10. Ita was described by ajiyrm pesseaslnu the "fatal Bl "' l?11,"1,. A parakeet Is a small, especially low tailed pnriet. A paiaklte - a J nctlnt' llke a parachute; a 18111163 for sultntllle pilipeees. .i,,irsni! F.icQtine nre pleiwiintrles. wltt flsm. niu imnif of humorous or niii"x Th c lnrnct - or camion"" " '." , .ti ......i i- iitvit from the l'" "faeetuy." urhane. -a 1 r 3 J feW i .lb -v?V ' -rfV.'.ir.ii.'usi; h
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