Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-23
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 23.


JOSEPH F. HAssKARL, Assistant Direc-
= tor of wharves. Docks and Ferries in
Philadelphia, has let it be known in Wash
ington that he indorses the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association report to Chairman
William o. Hampstead, Of the Chamber of
Commerce, against the Verkouteren project
for a deep-water canal from Philadelphia
to the sea via Barnegat Bay. Mr.. Hass'
karl knows the Delaware River situation
by heart. He worked upon the river for
many years as an engineer Of the United
States, He also made survey for the up
per Delaware project to Trenton. 1T
would be a great mistake" says the assist.
ant director, "and would no doubt cloud
the issue for the Chamber of Commerce or
any other representative body to indorse
any project at this time other than the
one approved by the Federal authorities"
Mr.. Hasskarl also dismisses as untenable
the suggestion that q ship canal across
New Jersey to Raritan Bay would seriously
interfere with the. Philadelphia water
supply. This latter Is the element Of
doubt raised by Chief Davis, Of the Water
Bureau-a doubt which the United States
army engineers who made the ship canal
survey evidently did not entertain,
E1DITH LINTON. assistant secretary of
~ the Philadelphia Travellers Aid So
ciety, and hundreds Of other Philadelphians
interested in osteopathy are writing mem.
bers Of Congress, urging the passage of
bill recognizing osteopathic physicians for
service in the army and navy. They put
their pleas upon the ground that osteopathy
has done much for them and should be
Valuable to our soldiers and sailors. Sup.
porters Of the new treatment, who are un-
doubtedly increasing in number. include
Lawrence E. Brown, the accountant; Will
liam ]. Coane, of the Union League;
Charles G. Darrach, the engineer; Jerome
B. Jardella, Jr., the real estate man; F.
M. Hall, of Mount Airy; w. H. Bassett, of
North Water street, and Mrs. Jennie
A. Baker, formerly with the Board OF
Trade. Philadelphians are already familiar
with the interest taken in this subject by
men like George H. Earle and Attorney
General Francis Skunk Brown. The osteo-
pathic bill, like the pharmaceutical bill, is
now likely to be set back because Of the
suspension Of hostilities The pharmaceu-
tical bill, proposed by Howard B. French.
president of the College of Pharmacy. and
others, has the Endorsement Of Congress.
men Edmunds and Darrow, each Of whom
studied pharmacy in early life, but has
not yet met approval in the War Depart
ment. The College of Pharmacy, which
was founded in 1908. is one of the best
known institutions of the kind. but 1t has
run up against the universities with phar-
maceutical sections, and to certain extent
has not had a square deal in the Govern.
ment arrangement. Although used by the
Government for analytical work, 1t has not
received the same recognition accorded to
universities in the matter Of student units
GEORGE W. BROWN, of West Philadel.
VI phia, who has been at the head Of a
movement to obtain special consideration
from Congress for maimed veterans of the
civil War, reminds us that there were more
than ls,coC yeterans who suffered the loss