Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-14
CONGRESSMAN MOOREHS LETTER
Presidential Boom Of schnb Henry DAWSON pershing Wood and
Ohers-Former Couernor Stuart as a La,oycr-When
Penrose Read "PLgrim's Progress'

for alleged political offenses. He had just
reached down into his grip for something
to read, and as fortune would have it he
fished up a quaint old volume of 1.-The
Pilgrims Progress" What are you read
ing, Penrose?! said the distinguished lit
terateur as he settled himself next to the
Senator. "Just refreshing my memory
said Penrose, handing the book over to the
doctor. With a glance which seemed to
say. II would not have been surprised if
it had been Nick Carter or Solid for MIDI.
hooley,'" the doctor handed the volume
back. Subsequently, when there was some
discussion about the Senator in a meeting
of Philadelphia savants, the critics were EN-.
phatically squelched by the learned doctor.
TOO much loose talk about that man."
he said, relating the parlor car incident.
you don't know the real Penrose."
WITH the prospect of increased appro.
w priations for the Delaware and schuyl-
kill Rivers, local communities along the
Delaware are beginning to look up their
ownlpremises shipbuilding has done much
to increase the feeling of expectancy. The
Philadelphia Navy Yard is also big fac
tor. In the coming rivers and harbors bill
provision will be asked for several over.
looked projects. One of these is Darby
we call it ''rivery for legislative reasons
concerning which there has been quite
revival Of interest. E. F. Dodson, clerk Of
Council of the borough of Prospect Park,
sends along resolutions from that body in
harmony with the demand for a survey
Of the stream, which is confidently ex.
pected to be authorized in the forthcoming
bill. Much Of the Darby agitation is due
to George Kyle, business man of Darby.
who has been preaching the doctrine Of
waterways H. that vicinity. C. ]. Berlin,
chairman of the highway committee of the
Woodland Avenue Business Mems Asso.
citation, is also taking hand in the game
TTNOMMY LOGAN whose rise in the news
L paper world in Washington has been
exceptional, has gone abroad. There is a
suspicion that he is one of the forerunners
of the President Wilson expedition, Tom
Logan is the son of Thomas r. Logan,
one of Philadelphia's old-time newspaper
men, contemporary of Joe Robinson,
Clayton Fife and Joe Reed He was active
before William Perrine inaugurated his
famous Penn" articles, and his son came
into the newspaper field about the time
Glenn Congdon was doing the Builders Ex-
change and Billy Matos, of Swarthmore,
was dreaming Of big advertising business
/ to come. To certain extent the news
paper boys in Washington have Kept their
eye on young Tom He has married well
and mixes with the social set He was
very close to the White House during the
| Taft Administration and has stood pretty
| close to Secretary Tumulty under Presi-
| dent Wilson.
| WATERWAYS are looking up again.
| w President Wilson in his farewell mes
sage to Congress spoke of the necessity of
their utilization to catch W with the in
I sufficient railroad service. Professor Lewis
M. Haupt OF Cynwyd. a distinguished en-
| gineer, whose father, General Haupt, was
| the big bridge builder of the Civil War,
| reminds US that It took two centuries to
| get the Cape Cod Canal built and that 1t
was not built until private capital did the
work. Professor Haupt surveyed the ship