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FhlUdrlphli. VMtj. Drcrmlirr 8, 1922
THE QUANDARY AT PENN
INTIMATIONS from the War Department
that General Leenard Weed will remain
In Manlln as (Governer General of the Phil
ippines contribute te the probable clearing
tip of a Mtuntien embarrassing te the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania
General Weed's reputation as an executive
(ave rise te high hope" tlint his abilities
would be displayed In the academic field.
The University authorities have believed
that the new head in project would '"nd
vigor te reconstructive forces nt the institu
tion, and several important features of a
comprehensive program, including notably
the endowment drive, have been deferred
pending his arrlvul.
The scries of postponements itas necessi
tated no little patience. On several occa
sions word was anxiously awaited from
General Weed, and only last bummer a
special emissary was delegated te report
upon the extent of his obligations In the
Philippines and the likelihood of his adop
tion of an academic career.
It is fitting new that the facts hheuid be
candidly faced. During the interregnum the
University, under the direction of Acting
Provest I'ennlman, lias made substantial and
oenslstent gains under exceptionally trying
circumstances.
There are few Influences se damaging te
progress as uncertulntj. If General Weed
cannot come te Pennsylvania it is right that
the trustees should be spectliuilly informed
concerning his inability te leave the East.
In that case steps should be speedily taken
te appoint a new provost equipped te guide
the destinies of a great educational Institu
tion and alive te the measure of his Inspir
ing responsibilities.
The University itself is net without ad
mirable personal material that might be used
' te significant advantage In the high office.
The administration during the season of
doubt and procrastlmitlen is suggestive proof
of an abundance of dcetcd sen-he.
CLEMENCEAU'S VISIT
rMOUUOW Clcmenceau will reach this
city und, approaching the conclusion of
his dramatic mission te the 1'nited Stutes,
lie will be recehed with honor and admira
tion. -The people will have an opportunity
for a glimpse of the man who, for a long
and terrible period of strain and doubt, held
the fate of the whole world in his hands und
was net afraid.
Memery of the "Tiger" will live as long as
'histerj. His name will be held glorious
long after his own and ether people have
forgotten ills philosophy. We in this coun
try hne heard him with respect. Hut
Americans have net had their minds changed.
They still believe that Europe needs net war,
but peace; net fresh hates, but reconcilia recencilia reconcilia
teons nnd understandings and the removal
of all incentives te war.
The "Tiger" is old and gnllanl. Hut he
holds, with n stubbornness that Ik in its way
magnificent, te a point of view from which
the whole English-speaking world mewd
forward as seen as it began te understand
the inner meanings of the Treatj of Ver
sailles.. DRY CAFES FOR 1923?
SOMK O.VH should tell Mayer Moere that
restaurants pretentious enough te de
niand and receive large "special reserva
tion" fees de net risk their safety by selling
strong drink. They supply only the' glasses,
the cracked lee, the orange juice, the spoons,
the sugar, the lemon peel and the ether mere
or less harmless decorations sought by the
folk w-he roll their own.
Mr, Moere's request for a dry New Yenr'B
Eve celebration was aimed nt the wrong
crowd. His general order, under wlitrli
nibaret performances and cafe celebrations
win ue preiiiniieii until after the stroke of
midnight en Sundaj and permitted te con
tinue for only nn hour, suggests some of the
violent leutrasts that still are present In n
woefully unsynchronized enforcement sys
tem. Thus the saloon owners who violate
the Mayer's order may In turn lese their
licenses.
People who want n wild and wet New
Year's Eve might decide te cress the river
te New Jersey, In New Jersey licenses have
been abolished. Therefore the saloons and
, wet cafes, Instead of working only six days,
tbey used te de, new de business during
all seven days of the week. The only disci
plinary power which they seem te fear Is
that of Federal raiding parties. And, from
the leek of things, Federal raiders are pretty
scarce in Jersey.
A MARITIME DISPLAY
mHK vital importance of shipping legi.sla
X. tlen te safeguard and further develop the
American merchant marine receives new
emphasis In the nnneumement that 5'J per
cent of foreign-trade cargoes within the
Inst year were carried in vessels flying the
national flag.
The figures ere given in detail and ana
lyzed In the sixth annual report of the Ship
ping Heard, n document well worthy of
study by persons net blind te the bread na
tional advantages of regained nmritlme
prestige.
A decade age any forecast that the Amer
ican merchant marine was destined te be
expanded te its present proportion would
have been hailed as wholly fantastic,
In 1012, se far bb foreign trade under the
Hag was concerned, the United States trailed
' behind several of the major European na.
liens, with no prospects of breaching the
' gapi. Today the volume of our shipping is
- second only te that of Great Britain. Amer
ican passenger lines are te be found in the
Hading perta of the (lobe and cargo ships
art ubiquitous.
It Is the height of parochialism te ignore
tbwe tremendous factg, te pretend that
Aratrica la incapable of maintaining Its own
Xfca Shipping Beard report centalna re-
assuring evidence of a consistent business
administration in spite of trials and ob
stacles mostly war inheritances nnd products
of the era of overproduction. Tlint lntter
season is due te end before many move years
have passed, nnd in this connection the re
port shows that nn increased demand for
ships is virtually certain te compensate for
the upkeep of vessels new out of service.
Few mere serious blunders could be tnade
by the present Congress than these suggest
ing that the fate of our magnificent commer
cial fleet should be left te chance, indiffer
ence or caprice.
PURPOSE OP PUNISHMENT
IGNORED AT HOLMESBURG
The Kulcs at the County Jail Are Net
Framed te Restore the Inmates te
Society as Geed Citizens
NEITHER the Judges nor the prosecuting
officers arc se well pleased with the' way
in which the county prison nt Holmesburg
is run as is Dr. Jeseph N. ltcevcs, the
president of the Heard of Inspectors.
Dr. Iteevcs insists thnt the inspectors
"knew exactly what is needed in the way of
rules te conduct a prison." He feels "that
these in force are meeting with require
ments." These rules provide that if a prisoner
engages in conversation with another pris
oner or if he smokes he shall be deprived
of feed and put in solitary cenlinetnent for
twenty-four hours. They nlse provide that
n prisoner who violates any 'of the rules
shall be deprived of his daily exercise.
There aie ether regulations of n like nature
mole scere than these in feice in ether
county prisons.
Xew, no one expects a prison te be con
ducted as a vacation report, but it is net
unreasonable In the twentieth century te
expect a prison te be managed a little dif
ferently from the prisons of the eighteenth
century. A tntin docs net raw te be a
human being when he commits u crime. It
is te the Interest of the community that his
punishment shall bu se administered as te
prevent him from being tempted te become
a habitual criminal.
Hut, according te the reperU coming te
this office, reports verified by the officers
engaged In enforcing the criminal laws, -the
prisoners sent te Holmesburg jail ate treated
almost without exception as If they were
habitual criminals of whose regeneiatleu
there is no possibility.
Notwithstanding the assertion of Dr.
llcuves that the Heard of Inspccteis knows
exactly what is needed In the way of rules,
the regulations which he approves would be
condemned by nearly every expert en prison
management in the country. Thanks te the
reform started by Jehn Heward in the eight
eenth century after he discovered the abuses
in the Hedferdshire jail In I'ngland, there
has been n gradual improvement in the
treatment of prisoners. It is no longer re
garded as intelligent te send a man te jail
nnd then forget all about him. The social
waste Involved is tee great, the swelling of
the crimlnul classes nnd the consequent ex
pense of protecting the innocent are regarded
as things te be avoided se far as possible,
Kvery one knows that idleness in the
prisons brings about demoralization of the
prisoners nnd Hint solitary confinement en
slight excuse breeds revolt and leads men of
low Intelligence te a determination te take
revenge en society when they get out. We
no longer put a prisoner In a stone dungeon
anil forget all about him, but we preserve
the .stone dungeons and the dark cell as
though we weie dealing with dangerous
beasts instead of with our fellow men.
There are human brutes In the prisons, it
is true, nnd It Is easier te put oilier human
brutes ever them te bent them with clubs
than te make an attempt te cure their brut
ishness. We have a new psychology which has
sought out the causes of brutlshucss, and
when it has been applied in prison discipline
it lias accomplished marvelous results.
We have n new humanity which tells us
that if n prisoner can he emplejed in the
open, where he can see the sky, the per
versity which caused him te break the laws
can often be madu straight, and en his re
lease he will seek te be a decent eud re
spectable citizen.
The number of congenital criminals Is
rry small. These men and women may
need special treetment, but the great mass
of prisoners in the county jails nre persons
who linve made n misstep, who have slipped
into crime and who, If prepetly trealed
during their period of confinement, will come
out determined te avoid such errors In the
future.
But it has long been notorious that they
de net get this kind of treetment in Holmes
burg, and It Is a natural infrrem e from the
remarks of Dr. Iteeves that he does net
think they ought te get It Other men de
think se, however,
Governer Bpreul has hecn saving that
there ought te be farms en which the men
In the county jails could work. The State
Itself Is committed te the erection of a peni
tentiary for long-term prisoners where they
can be employed nt useful tasks in the open.
Such penltcntlnrles hnve been built In
ether States, where the convicts work en
the land with few guards and where every
convict constitutes himself a guard of every
ether one, for they all knew that if one man
takes advantage of the liberty enjoyed nil
I he ethers will suffer Tn such institutions
the theory prevnlls that the convict Is en
probation and efforts am made te restore
him te society In better shape te live nn
honest and upright life than when he passed
through the doers of the Jnll
There can he no doubt that thin is the
right theory, for It is based en the assump
tion that no one, !h wholly bnd and that the
worst of us ten he made hotter under the
Intelligent direction of humane and civilized
agents.
If the charge thnt such agents are net
active at Holmesburg came only from what
are called thugs and creeks who have passed
through the institution, It would have te be
discounted, but the conditions there are se
notorious nnd se well known te the courts
and the lawyers that the testimony of the
discharged prisoners Is merely corroborative.
AN IRONIC REFUGE
AS THE deposed Sultan Mohammed VI
is unlikely te entertain the friendliest
feelings toward the present Government of
Turkey, it is net difficult te lend credence
te the report that he hns been nslted by King
Hussein te take up his permanent residence
in holy Mecca,
In the SDlritual canlfsl r Tdnn. . ...
hearaal of the woes of the dethroned mon
arch la 'J2.0,t certain te receive a sympn-
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
thctic hearing. Arabia, and mere especially
the Hedjaz, containing the sacred cities of
Medina and Mecca, has been anti-Turkish
since the dnjs when the Ottomans began
their victorious sweep westward.
Pnn-Tiirnnlanlsm with its unsubstan
tiated claims te prestige 1ms been a! thorn in
the llcsh of Arab urlstecrats, who assert
with home reason that the cultural achieve
ments of Islam are registered in their lan
guage, thnt the faith ewes its very inception
te their people and thnt the Turks arc up
starts mid their pretensions te the Caliphate
utterly without historic validity.
As the Turkish national spirit Increases,
it is plain that the spiritual union of Islnm
is mere nnd morn threatened with disrup
tion. The Hedjaz seized nn attractive im
portunity In the World War. when pride of
race triumphed ever any feelings of loyalty
te the Sultan nnd Caliph at Constantinople.
The breach will be deepened If Mohammed
VI becomes n Meccan. Within the shadow
of the Knnbn he will be enabled te air his
grievances against the Kcumlit. His
audience will be composed of traditional
antagonists te Otteman hegemony, who can
hardly fall te enjoy the exquisite Irony of
providing a refuge for n disgruntled "d
lepndlated ex-ruler from the Bosperus.
THE CAMDEN MUDDLE
THE commission form of geerniiient
which has fallen out of n clear ! upon
Camden, through the operation of n law
which every one In Jersey politics seemed
te have forgotten, is net in Itself a guar
nntep of Ideal or even orderly chic admin
istration. Experience has demonstrated
what the most ardent supporters of the
commission sjstem might have known but
didn't thnt in any final analysis It is the
personality of executives and their moral
and mental equipment that count, rather
than the forms which they administer
Lazy and incflectmil or dishonest iom iem iom
mlssieners can he quite as troublesome ns
lazy, ineffectual or dishonest members of
the old-fashioned municipal council, A city
manager of the sort provided for In the
original city commission systems can be, If
he wishes, quite as active and as potent in
questionable politics as these Majers who
are often held up as dreudful examples te
the j;eung.
Under the commission system in its earlier
forms n check was provided in the public
interest. The city mnnnger could be re
moved if he proved te be an undesirable.
'.Phut is, lie could be remew-d by n vote of
the city commissioners. There was no wall
ing for election days. This was an improve
ment en the elder methods of city govern
ment. Hut latterly there has been u tendency
te revise this advantage out of the commis
sion law, und in New .ieisey the under
standing is that the Majer, elected by the
people, shall rule cities with a population
of mero than 110,000, nnd that he shall
function as n tort of city manager with the
assistance of commissions and beards ap
pointed by himself.
These who first advocated the commission
system probably would see little te praise
and les te hope for in the Jersey system,
since it lenves ultimate authority In the
hnnds of the Mayer and in no way lessens
his icspensihlllty while it gtently reduces
his power of initiative.
The origin and puipese of the law under
which for n time nt least the whole adminis
tratis sthenic in Camden will be changed
are something of a mysterj. Political pros
sine from the region of Paterson forced it
through n recent legislative session. Pater
son lius political problems of an unusual
sort. It has n very large foreign-born
population und a very large wicillutlng ete.
In the past it ban had some ruthless bosses.
The Jersey Legislature, like the people in
Camden, seem te have learned with it shock
that the law would apply elsewhere.
Democrats will be disposed te believe that
their election of a Majer may have had
something te de with the discovery of the
Commission I.nw at this time, but that
assumption would he tee far-fetched for gen
eral acceptance. Yet Mr. King, the newly
elected Mayer, Is justified in his belief that
he cannot properly perform the work of his
office or meet Its traditional requirements
while actual initiative and the right of veto
center in vaiieus disassociated commissions
functioning in place of the usual heads of
deparunents.
Camden, which without warning has had
its governmental machinery shifted te a new
and untried and unwanted fashion, seems
merely te be the victim of the clumsy nnd
mysterious politics practiced at Trenten. If
Majer-elect King and the Acting Mayer,
Mr. Van Hart, can find expert nnd honest
men te function ns commissioners ever n
great variety of city depnrtmi nts, nt salaries
of $500 a year, the city will lmve a geed
government. Otherwise it won't.
NO PEACE IN IRELAND
YESTEUDAY'8 news f the killing of
Sean Hales by Irish irregulars suggests
rather vividly the fratricidal nature of the
war which afflicts the Semh of Ireland.
Sean Hales was a member .,f t1( i.'r(.p stnt(
Parliament nnd nn ardent supporter first of
Cellins and later of Cesgrae. His brother
was the man who led the ambush In which
Michael Cellins was fatally shot.
The murder of I titles and the wounding
of one of his associates represent Hie ih-st
disorder that has occurred In the Seuth since
the new Government ratio fermnllj into
being. It shows that the lv alerlsts are
resolved te continue the gueirllln wnr. It
shows, tee, that the snvage criticism aimed
nt the Free State officials i.fter the execu
tion of Ersklne Chlldern was without justi
fication. The Free State Government must
be firm or it must die slowly by the hands
of assassins.
. , .. ,w!ner modified his
Melodramatic blast before It struck
Old Winter Philadelphia, but It has
been strenuous every
where else, with heie and theie a touch of
melodrama. At Peit Angebs, in the Olym
pic Peninsula, we lenrn, a blinding snow
storm stepped the search for a convicted
murderer, who had escaped from Jail. And
Oneida Lake, New Yerk, three grain
Mn5'0'- hurley. ,,f jies-
tuaey at ten, has Instructed the
the Hat city censer, Jehn M.
, , . Casey, te see te it tbut
henceforth the Ameriran flag is displaced at
nil public meetings. Somehow, says Knlcknr
becker I'enn, this does net fill me with the
patriotic pride I perhaps ought te feel Whv
should one have te vouch for anyth'inir se
ingrained ns leve of country? Hut, portions
the order does net go far enough. Whv net
demand of each and every speaker en effl.
davit that he hns never beaten his wife nor
robbed a church collection box? r
Mayer Shank, of i.
e,a?1)0lU' tms decided
that e sanity tct will
Search for
Speed Hugs
u given te nl neruenu
ested for speeding. He will i . ?!"""!
arrested ter speeding. He will assume that
an offender is a speed maniac and, therefore
en honebt-te-goodnebs nut. And te take
away, nnj- glimmer of amusement in i,
ocensien for the arrested one, it raav be
mentioned thnt persons held for a Hnnit
test cannot give bend. They K0 te l,.ii
Frivolous rumor has it Shank's M, i.
glad Shank's Mayer. Mar' '"
" " iMi-xi micr rjtntn
troopers hnd rescued the crew. Happy the
place nnd the person, says Eosj-gelmr
Middleage) where and te whom nothing
happens, nut leuth Impatiently iliu,....
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
A New Yerk Rarely Seen by Visitors
Ih That Known by Quiet Old
Families, in Quiet Old Hemes,
Quietly Furnished
By SARAH 1). L-OWHIE
LAST spring when I was ever In New
Yerk I made n resolution that never
ngain would I go just ns n tourist a person
in a hotel who sees the latest show nnd
takes dinner in one well-known rcstairnnt
and supper In nnether, shops next morning
along Fifth avenue and comes home with
just enough change te pay the cabman nnd
net enough te fee the porter.
What 1 i Hilly decided was that there
must be another New erk In fact. I knew
there was, for hadn't I relations and f-'ends
wlie lived in nnether New Yerk 7 persons
whose life program did net include a i.hew
every evening und supper semewheic anil
tnxles at every turn and shopping down
Fifth avenue; pcisens with n bank account
net unlike my own and enough of last year's
clothes te make the latest models in the
shops works of supererogation se far lis their
purchases went. Their New Yerk was the
real town, 1 felt sure, but it was a city
Hint I had actually never seen, let nlone
felt. Fer alw..js I hne regarded the (own
as n place te upend money in, te see plnjs
and bear operas in, and te treat and be
treated te restaurant meals in it place te I
skim the (-renin of paid aiinisenients in, a
place te meet one's "crowd" by strenuous j
prenrrangemeiit, and then te continuously ,
lese one's crowd by peer arrangement.
, Se Hint the ether day when I departed
New Yerkwntd te actually visit n New
Yerker who lived in it house of his own,
anti wlien I discovered that my host Had
thought up n program that included no
public amusement, no shopping, no restau
rants, no outsiders from hotels, I had an
nwed feeling that I was about te sec New
Yerk for thu first time.
TN THE first place, the house where I was
-- n visitor wus en Ornmerey Park. People
Mill live down there in their own houses, it
seems, still open the park gates with their
own keys and walk uptown through Madi Madi
eon Square te their amusements nnd shop
ping, and only u block or two downtown te
their business.
My host's house was of the later vlntnge
of the eighties, I should think. It must
have been done ever about llien, for the
great book cases in the Hilary were heavy
walnut with gluss doers, nnd the stair rail
wan walnut with blncu trimmings and the
newel K)st of n heavy stubility thnt would
gnu e a fireplug.
The ether house en the paik that 1 paid
a call In was one of the original ones, ma
hogany folding doers between the front and
hack parlor und a Georgian bow te the
dining-room windows and the broadest of
gray marble fireplaces ull up through the
house te eke out it net-very-effectual fur
nace in Hie high basement.
That house, tee, had an ornamental iien
balcony running along the long front parlor
windows, a balcony tee narrow for a chair,
but meant for petted plnnts no doubt in
summer, when possibly tlie first owners drew
their chairs out into the wide vestibule nnd
out te the high steep and enjoyed the sum
mer air from the river ncress the grass and
treeh of Hie park.
The ery fact of paying n call in New New
Yerk sitting nd chatting with people who
were neither hlthering nor thitherlng en a
Saturday afternoon, when nil the matinees
were going full blast made me want te
laugh aloud with sheer pleasure. The house
was full of charming old things, furniture
that we would call, even ever here where
wc are used te geed old things, museum
pieces. A geed many of them, indeed, had
come originally from Philadelphia I was
told, and 1 observed a difference between our
type of old mahogany and the New Yerk.
Ours was mere severe in outline, quite ns
elegant and lerhaps mere beautifully pro
portioned, because lacking ornamentation;
every tiling depended en proportion nnd
finish.
It struck me that the New Yerk things
were mere influenced by the French of the
early nineteenth century. Their clinirs were
mere comfortable te sit en, nnd had curving,
generous arms nnd carved backs and rungs,
with Indulgent cane seats.
However, the conversation during that
call was net all alieut furniture. The mnu
of the family had just returned from duck
sheeting; in fact, I discovered later nt din
ner in inv host's house that game shot by
men of the family was u net infrequent
part of the menu, ns the pheasant that went
with the salad course proved happily for me.
WE HAD nt that dinner one of the edi
tors of the New Yerk Times and one
of" the chiefs of n great book-publishing
house and a very learned and eloquent cler
gjmnn and their ladies.
Luckily for all concerned for the women
were ns worth while as the men there wns
a general adjournment te the library after
dinner, where the exceedingly geed conver
sation progressed with all sorts of first-hand
news. The terrific price the latest author
of the latest best boiler in te receive for his
next book, the Pepe's summing up of the
phenomenon of the Knights of Columbus, the
interview one of the men had had the dnj
before with the President nnent the latest
phase of the Near East problem, etc.
Part of that conversation 1 read in the
next morning's editorial sheet, but I judged
that it had been written before the writer
voiced it nt dinner, when he hud tried it out
nn the rest of us, although picking one's
dinner companion's brains is no new dodge
for lender writers. And doubtless mere cdl cdl cdl
torlels than one came out of that evening's
talk, for In the religious nnd political nnd
literary output of New Yerk the .core of the
matter was examined in the ceurse of thnt
conversation by these in authority whose
life business it wus te knew rather than
te guess nnd te make the millions of their
fellow citizens think after them, even if it
Is nfer off.
fTUIAT night I went te sleep in wbnt ap
X reared te be an almost rural silence
except for nt intervals a sullen shakedown
of what sounded like a lead of stone nt Berne
distance, a round thnt I Interpreted as the
slewing UP of an underground train some
where, nnd the chimes marking the hours
which floated from across Madisen Square.
West of UHfrem Fourth avenue all busi
ness blocks were deserted, and east of us
the all-night population, of the East Side
began only eftcr an oasis of silent streets.
Oramcrcv Pnrk could hardly huve been
mero 8cdete in the seventies than It was
If that had constituted ray entire experi
ence I might very well have doubted if I
had touched the real New Yerk of today.
Vint It se happened that wedged comfeitnbly
Inte the twenty-four hours had been u
1 incheeu with Reme happy newlyweds en the
edire of Krcnt estate out In Leng Island,
where the conversation ranged from the
rniten Exehnnge, the departing Mount Meunt
.ittens en the Olympic nnd te the chances
!,f an afternoon of golf, 'lhat leek-in te
what constitutes a very renl side of modem
iifthe new household beginning life with
r!A ner cent mere te start with than their
rents had nt their age was mero Inter
estlng than any problem ploy could have
been te me. And then Inst but net least,
T carry nwny with me the ride I took en the
top of i vr11 b"s dew" Fltth nvcue Just
UtThere had been n new heuse of n friend
,i,nV I was mhen through somewhere up in
le neighborhood of Seventieth street in the
ute afternoon, and the streaks of gbt from
Ul ". ;.!., nun still lingered In t .,. i,,.
ncress "Central Park when we climbed en te
that bus; yet wtem ws reached Gramercy
i'nrk we lind walked through deep-shadewed
and deserted business streets nte a flood of
moenigl'1 rising like a tide acresa the
S" Between the two lights sett ng sun
5nd I moenlll-bt-hnd been. nil the ! anil
fhi pass'0" of Insistent turmoil f New
Yerk ceasing Its business for the week and
turpi" te' fia pleasure along thnt greatest
of avcnrir
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS I
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
C. T. LUDINGTON
On Legal Restrictions for Incompetent
Aviators
UNIFORM legislation throughout the
United States te prevent incompetent,
inexperienced nnd reckless aviators from
flying is sorely needed, nccerding te C. T.
Ludington, formerly of the Naval Air Serv
ice, delegate te the Second National Aero
Convention nnd member of the National
Aerennutic Congress.
"Just what kind of aviation I mean,"
said Mr. Ludington, "can best be illustrated
bv n recent Incident. Net many weeks age
a 'crowd of nearly 70,000 persons sat wait
ing between the hnlves of the Ynle-Army
football gnme. Suddenly, ever one edge of the
'Bowl,' there nppearcd nn nlrplnnc of a tvpe,
which these familiar with flying knew had
been brought from Europe as surplus war
material and sold at a low price in this
country.
A Dangerous Performance
"As the machine passed ever the grand
stand, it was seen te ha-ve the slogan 'Get
'em, Army' pninted en its lower wing, and
its advent was therefore immediately greeted
with cheers by the adherents of that team.
"New. had this ranchlne flown ever the
crowd at a reasonable altitude, or had It
even sailed away after its first appearance,
there would have been little or no criticism
bevend thnt of the peer taste of the pilot,
and this was net especially offensive, as he
had chosen n pause In the game in which te
appear. However, he elected te amuse him
self by flying hack and forth ever the nrena
nt a low altitude.
"Even this would net have been se repre
hensible had he net flown te a 'stnlling'
manner, cutting his meter alternately en nnd
off and supporting his 'ship' at the lowest
possible flying speed. Te the uninitiated,
this Mow-nnd-slew' flying might seem te
indicate that the pilot was exercising every
precaution, but these who knew realized
that at this speed the controls would net
respond quickly, nnd that nny moment the
nlrplane was in danger of falling Inte n
'side slip' or a 'tail spin.'
Seemingly Hnrmlrss but Dangerous
"In addition te this, since the meter wns
of n type which cannot be "throttled down,'
n slight mistake In operating the ignition
switch might hnve caused it te step alto
gether, with the possibility of a 'forced
landing' en the field or In the stands,
"In ether words, this thoughtless operator
was, for the sake of a thrill, exposing a great
number of persons te an entirely unnec
essary and very considerable danger.
"On every side, from these who knew
the danger, there were cries of 'no ought te
be arrested,' 'His license ought te be
revoked' nnd 'He ought te be shot.' One
man In my lcinlty shrugged his shoulders
owl remarked 'Oh, why worry? They'll
take awny his license nnd then he can't de
such things nny mere.'
"But and here Is the important point of
the story net ene in every 100 persons
assembled there probably realized thnt this
pilot did net need any license te fly his
airplane.
Any One Can lluy Plane and Fly
"This reckless nlrplane operator may or
may net have carried the certificate given
te pilots by the Federation Internatlonale
Aerennutlque, which Is the only ene In use
In this country nnd which is of smnll value,
ns It is easy te get and simply menus in
the United Stntes that the holder may tnke
pert in events sanctioned by the F. 1. A,
"It Is a fact that in our country nny
Tem, Diek or Harry who can get together
a small amount of money can purchnse a
worn-out or obsolete airplane and set lilm
6clf up in the business of carrying pnssengers,
which business he will probably keep up
until he mekes an error In judgment lu
landing tn an inadequate field, or his ill-
cored-for and much-abused airplane gives
out; quite possibly In the nlr nnd quite us
probably with fatal results.
"Excepting In certain localities, there Is
no legislation covering such flying and none
covering such escapades ob I have described,
In the cese of the reckless pilot who flew
ever the football crowd, there Is a State law
forbidding such an exhibition, which may or
may net have been called into use te pun
ish htm.
Identifying the Pilet
,'As his machine was net required te carry
numbers, the only means of recognizing him
8 1922 . I
. . - - - - - - - - ,-j
"show ME!" ': ' - : i
wai by the slogan carried en his lower
wing. It is known, however, that he wns
net allowed te compete in a subsequent fly
ing meet, and HiIh was, in nil probability,
and will very likely he the only result of
his foelliardiness,
';Uniform legislation throughout the
I nited States is sorely needed te curb this
i nd of Hying. The legi'lmnte and responsi
ve aircraft operators and the aeronautic
bodies generally, bucli ns the Aeronautical
t number et Commerce and the National
Aeronautical Association, are demanding
such regulation.
"Legislation put through bv the dlf-
,ifC,"t,f!,!,"MuW w,rk hardship en
pilots if it differed in character in the vari
ous htates. for any airplane mny cress four
or live States in un afternoon's flight.
Federal Authority Needed
"Experience in Europe would seem te
indicate that some quite powerful Federal
authority is needed. On this assumption,
n bill was written up by committees of
experts, te create, under the Secretary of
Commerce, a bureau having the necessary
power ever civil aviation te license, regis
ter and regulate aiicraft and pilots and ad
minister air laws.
'm-.Y!t lli!1, 1;,lewn ns lhe Wndswerth bill,
,."r ,','. H,,Hi rmSSU(1 bi' 'k Senatc luite
ptemptly and has new been reposing In the
rare of the Committee en Commerce of the
ShnnhMi i.l'n'fn,ltlv',s, for many months,
hheuid It till! te pabs during this session
much Miluable work would have gene ?
naught; nnd a dangerous, uncontrolled men
ace will be allowed te exist for some time'te
"It is well known thnt n very lerge nre-
portlen el our airplane accidents nre due te
is lack et control ever indiscriminate flv-
lllir. lnrn !tH n..fnIH t . .
',, , v'11 viui.iuii id properly con-
trolled, or wliii responsible companies have
operated (heir airplanes na they would under
such control, it is a fact that there h ve
been few or no accidents.
Where the Blame Lies
"A proof of this condition lies in the fact
of the sale operation of the great European
airlines, of our own splendid air mail erv"
Ice and el the service of Aeronautic Alrwas
'lhe blame for our incidents then lies'
net entirely upon the shoulders of our few
irresponsible operators (hew many of m
would dnve our cars reasonably if d m
iii fear Hie whistle or some vlgflnnt Ven")
but upon us the people of the U ."" tiZJ
for our luck of interest and our failure te
enact the ncccflsnry luws. '"wire te
"It would thus appear te be the dutv cf
every responsible citizen who wishes L
eradicate this evil te write te This r?r &
congressman, demanding the passage of this
bill, and ,f he or she be further interes e,
te Jein one of the associations Incornerite.i
for the purpose 0f fssterlug interest ft n! '
criy controlled flying." ,mtu" ' Prep.
What De Yeu Knew?'
QUIZ
I Why Is the Near East called the t-
2. Who wiib the "Mlllbey of iiin iLeJftnt?
5. Hew many bushels make a J.h1,MIlH,lya''7
4. Wh.it were the Miffing TS?eV?renT
6. Distinguish between chn,m,i
chninpoRne. ' enai"Palgn and
0. Who is the present President . .
7. Who designed St. PauPs k,i p"nd?
Londen? Cnthedral in
8' WSUt" Wa8 known ns the ereat
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Timethy P. Hcnly s Governer, r.
of the Irish Free state - G'nenil
2. A tup Is a ram or male sheen
3. Yucatan Is part of Mexico
4. Yiddish Is tin English trg'neiit..i
the German word "Hach"!
means Jewish. L"' which
B. A chnlder la n measure of thtr-,,, .
nincty-six busl,,, '
fi, A brlK lias two masts.
7. Twe Russian cemmandera who r.ul,i
distinguished themselves & thn wa y,
War were Ilrusllev and thi WerIrt
Uuke Nicholas. nu the Griuicl
8. A buffo Is a comle actor In ene .
comle singer. opeia; a
9. Buhl la i metal or tortoise shell Inlni,i i
fated!11'6' ftl8 cabl"ctVk Hno,adecon Hne,adecon Hno,adecen
10, Felsm s the name for inri,n,i.. ,
$&,. " ,h '"'-nat?' ,?
SHORT CUTS
Ills health is surelyen the bHnh
And sick he m, that's what,
When he is stch enough te think
ie's sick chcn he is net.
And since such cases round about
Are met with every day s
There's work enough without a deult
Fer Mr. E. Oeue.
One asset the Allies have is the Turk's
fear of Itussla, despite her friendliness.
Seme of the Lausanne conferees think
it is called the Black Sea because that'l
the way things leek.
Representatives of Central Americas
republics in Washington will at least lean
that Uncle Sam Is peaceably inclined.
Philadelphia paid the highest gasoline
tax of any county in the State. Observed
the adjuration, Pay till it hurts when you
step en it.
A -femedy for diabetes has been found
in the pancreas of a pig. Better than a
silk purse from .a sew's car and much mere
wonderful.
The establishment of the Irish Tm
State should mark the end of a glerl6W
scrap nnd net the beginning of a series et
piffling little ones.
Much to-de Is being made of the
nrrivel in this country of a dwarf elephant.
But why? Didn't one cut up some dldeea
at tne jasi election r
In his pronouncement en the surtax,
Secretary Mellen has taken official cegnt-"
zance of n fact that hns received pained rec
ognition in these columns again and again.
Among the accomplishments of the
navy Secretory Denby recennts "the devel
opment of aviation ds an Integral part et
the fleet." Then is the tall destined te wa
the deg.
Beading, Pa., police official warns the
populace against poisoned candy. Santa
Cleus and the confectioners have a real
grievance against the criminal who mlreaet
the malls,
Tite "wets" are likely te take a
unholy, if, perhaps, unwarranted delight m
noting that in the State of Maine, wblcj
hns had prohibition the longest, the deatu
rate Is highest.
Fear Is expressed tn Lausanne that the
Black Sea may be turned into a Russian
lake. But surely, urges Whimsy, if 6evirt
Itusuia pluns te turn any sea Inte a Buaaiaa
lake it would be the Red Sea.
Meeting of Ambassadors Harvey.
Fletcher and Iloughten in Londen u lnai
catien that while Uncle Bam Is net partly
ipatlng in the conference en reparations na
is net wholly indifferent te it.
Ambassador Child's pronouncement At
Lausanne is only "merely advieerr J J
Accepted by the Turk. If net accepted It
hecemes a threat that demands backing.
What then becomes of our Isolation?
Among the assets of Kid Ji.Cey, whe
claims te be bankrupt, nre three geed suits
of clothes. What docs he mean bana
rupt? demnnds Toddle Tep. Any man with
three geed suits of clothes is fabuleualy
wealthy.
Yeu will be interested te learn thai
Lieutenant Ilinten is still flying from New
Yerft te Rie Janeiro. The Hall -Mills caj
being In nbeyance, the time-killing contest
has narrowed down te the SC II and tna
Hcrrln Jury.
Ilnckcnsnck, N. J weather prophet
says the blackbirds can't make up their
minds which way te travel and that means
tt worm December. We'll go further. II
olse means warm weather en the Feurt
of next Jul.v.
The geed und the bnd ere forever inter
mingling, eh witness the wise plea for
Congress te be promptly seated and or feel
Ish tinkering with the Constitution whtcn
would permit populous Eastern States te
control the presidency.
New Yerker wants divorce because, hs
says, his wife does net knew that flre end
four make nine. Rut the wife declares her
husband wants te marry another, which
proves that she knows et least that two aud
one meke three and that three's a crflwrt.
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