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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-22
Muddle, More MIDDLE and
Discrimination

rTlHE discrimination of the coal-carrying
i roads against Philadelphia has been no
torious for years. The Public Service Com
missions decision on this point is conclusive.
Not only has this discrimination existed but
It has been energetically persisted in despite
publicity, and every user of coal in the city
and the metropolitan district has in effect
been paying an extra-legal tax. 1t amounts
IN the aggregate to millions
More than that, the decision puts the roads
on the defensive in other particulars, for just
as notorious as the discrimination in coal
rates has been the discrimination in other
tariffs. II would appear that an effort has
been made to bottle up Philadelphia and
divert the trade that rightly belongs to it to
other cities. There is no other plausible ex
PLANTATION of export traffic passing through
Philadelphia and on to another port.
The situation is unfortunate for many rea-
sons The roads have been bounded by
trielSsters and demagogues for years, who
have fastened on them all sorts of parasitic
growths. They need money, revenue, and
they need it sorely. 1t is a bad time to de-
priye them of intake. The country has been
rejoicing that at last they were to have
lighting chance But it is just as important
that the roads play fair as it is that they be
treated fairly. Their last state will be worse
than their first If they do otherwise.
The answer is rate equalization in both
freight and passenger business. When this
is accomplished a horizontal increase OF 5 per
cent, or even more will be accepted by the
country. So, too, public opinion will compel
the Government to pay adequately for the
transportation of the mails Also. we sur
mise, it will second the motion of the rail-
roads that the extra-crew law and other un-
necessary statutes be repealed. But it is not
going to stand for discrimination.
The entire situation is muddled and unsat-
isfactory Perhaps a new commission will
have to be formed to investigate the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and all the
other commissions, big and little, in an effort
TO bring order out of the increasing chaos.
IT is case Of the sort that requires a Phila-
dephia lawyer to do the untangling
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Law Greater Than Thaw

TTARRY X. THAw has been one of the
i IL most pernieious parasites with which the
country has been encumbered in decades. He
has been able to back his wild imaginings
with murder and money. He cheated the
hangman. and then undertook to cheat the
insane asylum He has played with courts
and justice, and held up to mockery our
tribunals and institutions. His career has
been an excellent example OF how the safe
guards of freedom can be taken advantage
OF BY derelict able to pay his way.
The country has not been particularly in
terested in the quibbles centring about the
rights OF a State in the extradition of the in
sane or in sombre arguments devised to pre-
vent the enforcement OF justice. It has been
interested in seeing that Harry Thaw Is put
back in safel6eeping. where he ought to be IL
the security of other citizens is 10 be assured.
This is the view the Supreme Court has taken
in a decision which is characterized by abun-
dant common sense. 1t will be applauded
BY the country in general, although there
win be. OF course. coterie of persons, neu-
rotieally inclined. who win continue to look
upon this paranoiac as victim and martyr.
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it was secretly IN conference with railroad
officials and gave to them in advance its de-
oison.
In the circumstances q rohearing Is impera-
tive. There must be no delay about It. More
than that, the inquiry must be exhaustive
with particular reference to comparative
Communication rates, and the charge that Phil
adelphla Is being called on to pay for mag
nihcent facilities and service furnished else
where. Let It be fight to the finish. This
question Of discrimination has been whis-
pered on the streets too long. 1t must be
answered now The city wants TO know def
niteiy where it stands
But before the present commission is COM
petent to act It must prove beyond question
its purity heretofore. Unless it does this,
there can be no proper hearing of the issue
until new and less gulible body has been
appoiuted
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WHEREq

where's the Christmas Spirit ali the other times
OF year2
Wonder where it goesg
Seems to sleep or doze.
Wonder where It hides its little sparky smile
When it spreads its little wings and hiss away
Wonder where it hibsrnstss. and what its cause
where's ne Christmas Spirit an the other times
Of year?
Pleasant little sPiFit-bpt It never sssms to
STAYS a little while
Wannef grows Is ss.sile
we may graassg as its eoattails' but it alNaea nuf-
You hsysn't learned to hold me, 50 really have
Leaving yon to common things, Ike tears ana
pain and Voc"
Pleasant little spirit-but it never seems q
"hsss.s ne ehr.stmas Spirit au the other
Could ee make Z stay
lf We learned the uaya
leaned ie nake e happy learned % hold L
"oaa 2 ssoe eomsasis' Would ii always
sssns 8 - e rave A-aua iAs1 81 f a.
s Anssea ses sss''tne7 pst 90 q. aihsr aass
u la See
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Clear the Way for Brumbaugh's Policies

MAYHEM the people OF Pennsylvania elected
w Doctor Brumbaugh Governor they did II
with the full approval Of his platform, and
with the expectation that this platform would
be enacted as legislation. In order to fulfil
that mandate the Governor must have as
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives
man who IS in genuine sympathy with the
policies indorsed by the voters. Standing in
che very forefront Of his pledges is local
opElon. As a temperance measure It Is fair.
sane and effective.
Representative Richard J, Baldwin. OF
DelaWare Is a candidate for Speaker, and he
IS openly hostile 10 local option. Representa-
tive Charles A. Amber of Montgomery, is
candidate Tor Speaker, and he Is frankly in
favor OF local option. II the next session Of
the Legislature is not TO be controlled and
dominated by the liquor interests Amber
should be selected. To have a man like
Brambaush rs Governor but to tie his hands
ard feet would be disgrace that Pennsylya-
nia ought not 10 be called upon to bear The
peaksr must be in harmony with the Gov
arnof. ana those who are trying to nullify
Doctor HFumbaugh's power should be re-
hlked a. the very beginning Of the admins
4re8loa
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F4faE Public Service Commission began
heaflfes "a this city On December 70 In
ssF b tbs protest q commuters against
aHan4rs
'1 December the Pennsylvania Railroad
alea q Washinston revised rates
ea 81 ems paFlieuiar only differed from
consequently approved bg the kublie
lammIssion
s4rify e the schedules Is such thar
8 = nliaa facie eFideuee of a.
entered Ial1 between lha Psnnsyl-
ana lAe Haaas DAYS before
e was hri4 and f1e
- eH
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The Coming of nBiIlyo sunday

"DILLY" SUNDAY, known formally as the
ID Rev. William A. Sunday, d. D., is com
ing to Philadelphia to deliver his message.
He is not coming of his own accord, but in
response to an invitation from several hun
dred clergymen, laymen and churches. His
message will startle Philadelphia, for some
times IL Is like the thunder and lightning of a
mountain storm, although at others It is as
sweet and refreshing as a gentle spring rain
upon the lowland fields. But It is the mes
sage OF strong man. fearless man, an
utterly earnest man. However much people
may differ from Sunday, they invariably come
to respect him, because he is transparently
sincere and elementally simple He breaches
the Gospel with all the vim and vigor with
which he used to play baseball
"Bllly" Sunday must be judged by results.
He is not theologian, and does not profess
to be polished scholar. His words, and the
manner in which he delivers them, rivet the
attention and grip the conscience If court
of law could be constituted and evidence
submitted from the various cities in which he
has conducted revlvals. tens of thousands OF
witnesses would be willing to testify that
under his preaching the whole course and
character of their lives have been changed;
the chains Of evil habit were broken the fires
of passion quenched, the craving for liquor
removed.
Employers of labor testify that the Billy
Sunday movement is worth supporting for
it's economic influence alone Workmen be-
come sober Industrious and ambitious. They
hit the trail and then without shame live
religious life as II it were the natural and
only life to live Men and women of every
kind, from the wealthest, most exclusive and
highly educated down to the outcast and the
neglected participate in the movement and
proclaim their gratitude for benefits received.
None is compelled against his will to partic-
ipate. AS Philadelphia is a city of generous
and broad minded tradition, those who
cannot share the enthusiasm of the meetings
will ungrudgingly give the right of way to
those who do.
One of the most noticeable results of the
Sunday meetings elsewhere has been stu
pendous interest in the study of the Bible.
Within the churches and in outside and often
unlikely places large number of classes for
biblical research are started, and in conse-
quence tens OF thousands of men and women
become moro intimately acquainted with the
sacred Book And multitudes vow their lives
to fighting booze. If the results in Philadel-
phla are commensurate with those obtained
in other places, this city will be stirred as 1t
has not been since the days when George
Whltefeld preached in its streets. And all
good men and women will give BILLY" Sun
day a hearty welcome, whether they agree
with all of his views and methods not, and
will wish that his work may bring a great
moral stimulus to the city.
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From tha New York Nail
The world needs rather mofe of the oid-tasn-
ioned Christmas spirit than Il has Ia many q
year-needa the cheer and peace tnat are tne
very essence of the feast that has blessed Anr
mauity through i8 centuries.
II Is 4 disfficted upset out-of-toint old world
that moves alonR e the hoiidaF that j. inter-
natlonai in ita Observance that had its origin
"a reiisien, but emtrae-s au ctesds unast ita
1anoply 81 saod UllL
4aat hee4Hze Itcre s. 1re4z AH a1 a
sIda ~ Ihe globe ana unef1eIo ai-At eA Ene
o4aar lfe obligation > arastef in#n eyer pet4Ie
ia ti7e tEes e. sarH oHs q -
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Diverse Fate of Twin Demons

TTHE Gear suppresses vodka. The French
j outlaw absinthe. Kitchener warns the
British soldier against drink. The Kaiser
tells the German brewers that II the war
lasts six months, they must cease using up
the grain. Is It any wonder that ministers
speak Of the European war as the greatest
enemy OF the liquor traffie in the worlds his
tory7
But what about that twin demon ofsstun-
day school excoriation-the cigarette? The
English army welcomes it as a comfort and a
nerve quieter In the field. An American COM
pany presents the Red Cross Society with
10000 900 cigarettes to send to the front. And
the genial head Of that relief organization
bIesses the gift by arranging for It's delivery.
What a blOwl
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schools cannot be kept far in advance OF
the demands of public opinion. Public senti-
ment must be created to back up the school
legislation which is put upon statute
books; otherwise the wsest laws will be
and continue to be a dead letter in the
school code
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Finance COMMITTEES Of Councils has not
killed me neW housing laV YET Ths courts
WIN have something 70 sag about that IA tie
naandames proceedings
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Perhaps some OF the Couneilmen think that
tenement dwelleFs should be satisfied with
immunity baths.
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The Italians are the best stratssists-they
are holding their lines intact without hrins
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It win not be white Christmas for Mr..
Thaw.
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sood rule for 4 Public Service Commits
sion e follow Is not % let the railroads know
what Il Is going 70 do.
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The best dressed man or tooman is the one
tUhose clothes arc paid for.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-25
CHAPTER XVI,
Mcbride Calls.

After thinking the matter over
Mcbride concluded that he would
be more likely to find Miss Oil
strom at home on Sunday after
noon than at any other time.
Sunday afternoon came, and
Mcbride went to the address
which Helen had given him, and
rang the bell. He had prepared
card on which he had written.
Mr.. George Hartley, Jr.," and
which he handed to the maid
who opened the door. He
thought IL better to keep that
name until he explained matters
personally.
Miss Ohlstrom would be down
in a minute. In a minutel How
his heart beat In a minute he
was to be face to face with her
again.
There was no mista king that
figure as she swept into the
room. He was recalled to him
self by seeing her glance at the
card he had sent up, which she
now held I'm her hand.
Miss Ohlstrom, II want to
make a confession to you. I'm
not Mr.. Hartley at ALL My name
is James Mcbride" he blurted
out.
Indeed" she answered very
quietly. my father told me last
night that Mr.. Hartley had no
grown-up children"
Mcbride explained. Then after
a moment of silence he said:
II cannot do any more than
acknowledge that l did wrong.
Now won't you forgive me?"
Helen seemed In doubt what to
say. On the inspiration of the
moment Mcbride said softly:
"If we were friends, we could
get to the bottom of this mystery
about Mr.. Maxwell. IL he Is any
where on earth, / will find him
for you. There is my hand on
it."
IL was the last speech that
told. She put out her hand with
a smile, but the grasp that he
gave ii made her finch.
II am quite sure that 1 made
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no mistake about the Mr.. Hartley
that knew him." she began And
as she proceeded Mcbride became
more and more amazed.
But did they make the bet.
or was IL all talk ?" he asked.
They made the bet. IL was
at DIR. Ramie's dinner party, you
DIR. Rainier" he exclaimed.
Do you know IL the bet was ten
thousand dollars?"
Yes, I think Il was"
Then you are right about Mr..
Hartley. l made out a check for
DR.. Ramie for ten thousand dol
lars last Monday week. I sup
pose he was the stakeholder"
But Mr.. Maxwell and Mr..
Maynard were both at the din
ner. What is Mr.. Hartley's OBJ
jeet in saying he does not know
either of them?" she asked.
Let me talk the matter over
with Mr.. Hartley. l will find out
the truth about the matter to-
morrow. Then won't you let me
call and tell you what | learn?"
begged Mcbride.
But Helen demurred. Much as
she wanted 10 hear anything
about Maxwell. she feared what
her parents would say should
they learn of her receiving a
man who was not even an &C
quaintance. They were out
walking now, that was why she
had dared this interview-and
they might return any moment.
Greatly disturbed, she blurted
out something of what was in her
mind.
Il have iti" Mcbride ex-
claimed. Let me send you tickets
for ladies day at the Athletic
Club? / am one of the reception
committee, you know. It is on
Tuesday afternoon. There might
be some mutual friend there to
introduce us"
81 do not like the idea of max
ing such an appointment with a
stranger" she said hesitatingly,
but l am really very curious to
hear Mr.. Hartley's explanation"
81 will send the tickets to-
night. The moment l get home,
he urged hastily, and he took his
leave.
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, word. Well, this girl was get
ting anxious about him. not hear
ing from him for week; so
down she comes to my office. II
You please, to inquire. Gave her
name as Miss Ohlstrom. 1 wasn't
in at the time. SO she asked
James, my secretary. you know,
what he knew about Maxwell
mean Fletcher" The doctor
smiled every time Hartley made
this slip. so James promised to
get the Information from me. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Groscup's advice, I
said | had never heard the name
even. James says he told her /
didn't know any such people as
Maynard or Maxwell. and she
went into tantrums at once and
told him the whole story about
the dinner, and the bet. and gave
him all our names and every
thing. pat"
Well" remarked the lawyer
dryly. would you mind telling us
where you got the name Max
well?"
That's the name he gave the
girl"
And this Doremus you men
toned a while ago. Who is her
MIR. Hartley's confusion was
evident.
Il do not want to cross-exam-
inc you now, Mr.. Hartley" re-
marked the lawyer quickly, but
1 think 1t would be better for you
to be perfectly frank with us. l
should like to know where to find
this man Doremus, and also to
have the name and address of the
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stantly grasped at the straw.
You surely did not imagine l
was the presidNnt?"
We'll, Mr.. Hartley" Helen be-
g"n. MOI knowing that the door
behind her was open. MIR. Max
well and Mr.. Maynard are friends
of your fathers, and l wish very
much that you would ask your
father If he knows anything of
Mr.. Maxwell's present where
sbouts."
MAXWELL" exclaimed Mr..
Hartley to himself, in the other
room. Another name for that
fellow, l suppose. And this must
be the girl that Doremus is after,
and Fletcher has not written to
her yet, Ell? On my world"
pulling the door open a little
wider-.my word, but she's a
stunneri Johnson's right about
that"
Mcbride came to himself, as
he realized that the girl was
waiting for an answer to her
question.
Certainly I shall ask Mr..
Hartley-my faith ar, mean,
about the matter when see
him."
WELL" said Helen, 81 know
your father will be able to tell
you something, because they were
all together at dinner at Green's
several times lately. They had
some funny sort of a bet-about
robbing a bank or something
that Mr.. Maxwell seemed to be
very much interested in. Inter-
ested in the bet, 1 mean; not the
bank"
Hartley was in a state of col
lapse. He saw that IL this girl
was allowed to go on, she would
tell Mcbride the whole story. Be-
fore either of them could say an
other word, Hartley had de-
termined to cross the Rubicon.
He opened the door of the
sanetum and strobe into the room
with some papers in his hand.
Without apparently noticing
Miss Ohlstrom's presence, he ap-
preached Mcbride.
"Your father left these papers
for you, Mr.. Hartley" he said,
abruptly. 81 think they need
your attention before you go to
lunch" Then, turning to the
young woman he said politely: "I
trust you will pardon this intru-
sion, but Mr.. Hartley's instruc-
tions were to give these papers
to his son the moment they we're
ready"
Helen was half way out of the
door before Mcbride recovered
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girl II this matter comes into
court. We should know all the
facts"
"Oh. hang Doremus and the
girl" exclaimed Hartley. why
can't We tell the plofce all we
know and have that fellow caught
and tried? We haven't done any
thing wrong. am sick Of all
this worry"
But the lawyer was not to put
off a new scent I'm that fashion.
The first thing we know the
girl will be going to the police
and asking him to find Maxwell.
as she calls him." Groscup de-
clared. That is, IL she Is suf-
ficiently interested in him. Where
did he pick her up l wonder"
And then before he knew Il
Hartley had let slip all Johnson
had told him about the Ardmore
gang and their method of meet
ing pretty girls by means OF
forged letters.
And who Is Johnson" asked
the lawyer with an inscrutable
look of cunning in his eyes. The
doctor drew pictures on the table
cloth with his fork.
"Oh, Johnson" said Hartley,
telling the first lie that popped
into his head. He is a clerk in
the office that l had follow the
young lady home the first day she
was there"
At this opportune moment the
waiter announced that Hartley's
carriage was waiting. and that
gentleman made ready to depart.
But before he could get away
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BEST Wife
EVER HAD IS
HIS OPINION

SANTA MONICA, Cal, June 20.
II have been married to my
present wife, Marjorie Moreland,
just one year and my opinion of
her has not changed one Bit" said
Nat Goodwin, the much married
actor.
"She is just the sweetest, dear
est little woman that ever blessed
a husbands life.
THE longer l am with her the
more ifmly l become convinced
of this fact"
Goodwin has just returned with
his wife to his home here after a
theatrical tour of America, and he
reaffirms his declaration made
last year when he married Miss
Marjorie Moreland, that "she war
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| A NOVEL
! A w EEK
NEXT WEEK-s.The End of
Her Honeymoon"
By Mrs. Bellac Lownders


A bet of $4,000 Is made between
Hartley and Douglas, in which the
York police force can find any Grim
inal inside of three days. II Is
made In the presence OF Paul Mayn-
ard. a chance acqualntanSe OF ms,
from England, and DIR. Ramie.
Douglas bets that even an amateur
can elude the police for 30 days. In
started in a joke. $4,000 is offered
for an amateur criminal, and
Fletcher offers himself.
Flsteher .ha nfl ROB MasnsssS of ss
600 at a certain hotel, and I'm proof
that he has done so bring the
money to Douglas. Ramie and Hart
ent hotel ana go to another under
the names of James Walton. He is
to have 20 minutes start after he
has delivered the Pocketbook.
This is accomplished and the
p0cketboOk brought by Fletcher to
Hartley, Douglas and DR.. Ramte as
proof that the robbery is commit
The night of the theft a cab. No.
~, is found on the river front. The
interior Is soaked with blood and
in the torn cushions is discovered
a cuff link. This link Douglas,
Hartley and Ramie recognize as
belonging to Maynard. and as no
trace of Maynard is found, and the
pocketbook which Fletcher - or
Walton as he chose to call himself
while carrying out the bet for pur-
poses of concealment-has been dis
covered empty, they decide Fletcher
has murdered Maynard for the
money. The police do not know
this cluew.
Meantime Hartley, anxious not to
lose the bet, has employed a private
detective. Johnson. to watch Fletch-
err. Johnson can find no trace of
his man but learns that Fletcher
has been known in New York under
the name of Stuart as well as Wal
ton, and that he is suspected OF
being a member of an English gang
OF fofgers.
Meantime, Fletcher brought to
this country from a Mr.. Ohlstrom
in England, a letter of Introduction
to the latter's brother in Brooklyn.
He has become acquainted with the
family and made love to the daugh-
ter. Miss Helen. They know him
under the name of Hardy Maxwell
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY