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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
THE PROBLEM OF LABOR

CTRIKES are industrial barbarism, ac-
~ cording to the Senate committee
which has been investigating the steel
strike. The committee says further that
"there is no place in this country either
for industrial despotism or labor despot-
ISM" In order to prevent the setting up
of either kind of despotism the commit
tee concludes that "the public has a right
to demand that capital shall not arrogate
to itself the right to determine in its own
way those industrial questions, and it is
the same as to labor, and the duty is
upon Congress to provide some way of
adjusting these difficulties"
This is substantially an Endorsement
of the plan for labor code which this
newspaper urged upon the consideration
of the industrial conference in Washing
ton last month. On October II we dis
cussed the subject at some length, set
ting forth the proposition that the public
was as deeply interested in the settle
ment of labor disputes as it was in the
enforcement of the criminal law, law
enacted primarily for the protection of
society at large by furnishing those who
ulSreSdTQ lHe IlSnCS VI otneTS. we re-
marked then:
Upon the legal fundamentals in the re-
public it is perfectly logical to superim-
pose consistent principles covering indus
trial cases The conference has
an uneXampled opportunity to renounce
quackery in favor of treatment by general
principles which will permit genuine cures
for specific diseases when they break out.
Now that this plan is formally before
the Senate in committee report, it is in
shape for discussion in Congress. 1t is
evident to every one that the old methods
for settling labor disputes have failed.
The public has been inconvenienced by
industrial war. The war has continued
until the parties to it have concluded
treaty of peace. But the treaties have
been temporary. When new disagree
ments arose the war has been resumed.
The rights of the public have been ig-
nored. The employers have said that
they would rum their business to suit
themselves, no matter who suffered, and
the workers have insisted on their right
to hold up all business until their de-
mands were granted. This is industrial
barbarism without the shadow of a doubt.
Our clVlllZaClOn COulu IOC continue II the
parties involved in highway robbery or
murder should insist on their right to
settle the matter by private agreement,
the party with the greatest power to have
his will.
We have arrived at that stage where
we mist extend to industrial disputes the
same. rules which apply to all other dis
putes. We must establish a code with
courts to enforce it. The suggestion of
the Senate committee that relief would
be afforded by compulsory investigation
of the causes of labor disputes does not
go far enough. The parties to the dis
pute always know the facts. Publicity
can bring nothing but moral compulsion
to bear. Legal compulsion to submit the
matters at issue to proper tribunal is
what is needed if we are to have indus
trial peace. Before Congress discusses
the matter very long it will be forced to
this conclusion. 1t cannot begin the dis
| cussion too soon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
under the card system of unofficial es-
pionage now proposed.

under the card system of unofficial es-
pionage now proposed.
Such record of motor abuses as is
proposed could not be altogether free
from spite or malice nor could it be with
out error due to faults of judgment on
the part of people whose imagination is
stimulated by conventional prejudice.
Amateur or informal exercise of any
thing like official authority always leads
to confusion and unpleasantness for
everybody concerned.
A citizen who observes nfractions of
the law ought to go to the proper authori
ties and give his evidence under oath.
Like many other ills that aff1ict the
city, the reckless use of the streets is due
primarily to mean and petty politics.
Business organizations which are giving
time and money and energy to a cam
paign of education deserve the thanks of
the people-of those who ride and those
who walk. They will do even better
work if they will continue to the root of
the matter and impress upon the new
City Council the necessity for an en-
lightened view of the whole general prob
, lem.
There is room here for a great deal of
good work by the new administration.
The traffic squad is amazingly efficient.
Find money to increase its membership
and let the men know that the people
higher up will help them to keep the
streets safe.
Provide for jail sentences in cases Of
ma nj icula rly n ora nt M darpnrol1S viola-
tions.
Then it will not be necessary to ask the
public at large to assume duties which,
in justice to everybody, belong with the
Department of Public Safety alone.
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Answers to Saturdays ouIz

. Answers to Saturdays Quiz
/ The Rev. John Jasper was an American
negro preacher ~
q He is known for having declared to his
congregation, Brethren, the sun do
novel;
8. The Volstead law is the prohibition en-
forcement. act recently passed'by Con-
gress.
4. Hendrix Hudson (properly Henry was
an Englishman, -N
5. Thackeray died leaving the novel Of
Denis Duval' unfinished.
g. Kamehameha the Great ruled over the
Hawaiian Islands and was the first to
unite them in single kingdom.
T. Bangkok is the capital of Siam.
s. Cornelius Tacitus was a noted Roman
historian and legal orator, born in
the first century A. d.
8. His fame chiefly rests on his work de-
scribing the manners and customs Of
the Germans.
TO- The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended
the Mexican War In 184S. The pa
takes its name from a snburb,
Mexico City
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Pirate Sonq

Pirate Song
Yo. no, my lads, for life of ease
And a trick on the bounding main!
With our sails blown full Of the trade Winds
breeze
And our thoughts on pirates gain!
For We'll reap and sow where the typhoons
blow,
And our Golfers will fill with gold;
To the casks Let's drink to the ships. Wen
sink
And the life of a pirate bold
ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
The Column Conductor

The Column Conductor
The column writer, to make a hit, says
Dcmosthenes McGinnis, must have a big
heart,-a sense of humor, a tsenchant wit,
fund of information, ready understanding
and some slight literary ability.
A column may consist of poetry, near
poetry, jokes, wheezes, more or less frivolous
editorial paragraphs, short essays, satires
and yawps.
The province of the column is to "uplift
the mass" This may be done in many ways.
The colyumist may cause thought to fer
ment in an obscure corner.
Or he may start smile or its journey
through the world.
Or he may inspire highbrow or rough
neck with the belief that he can write
darned sight better column than the col
yumist. This promotes good humor, and
good humor's catching.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Probably the most
A Forward Step heartening thing about
the report of the SEN
ate committee investigating the steel strike
is the recognition of the duty of Congress to
provide some way of adjusting labor diff =
culties This will mean eventually the for
mutation of certain general industrial prin-
cipes as basically simple as the common
law and as simply administered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Philadelphia has broken its tax record
this year and the figures bespeak big and
prosperous city. But the true gauge of our
prosperity will never be known until there
is published the amount of our war amuse-
ment and luxury taxes. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
NocTURNE
MY GIRL

MY GIRL
AA In anger said
That she had no time
To waste upon me.
Then she hurled
A truly magnificent
Ormolu clock
In my direction.
In that luminous instant
I kne,o 1ohat the Sdges meant
Who said that aCOmdn
Is a tissue
of contradictions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
Slestchuk .
Kindly Souls

Slestchuk. Yarovoi
Kindly Souls Jakenov, Kozey. wa
sikuk, Skmas S k o,
Fershtman-nO, it isn't a list of Russian
towns. 1t is list of men who have been
making their living in America, probably a
better living than ever they were able to
earn at home and are charged with trying
TO change our institutions to fit their views
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Somehow

Somehow or other we
Merely have more respect for
Point Of View the U. of p. student
who gave a pint of his
blood to save the life of friendless little
orphan than for the courageous soul who
monkeyed with trolley poles and defied the
nolicn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Joseph s. MacLaughlin has an alibi |;
but probably the real reason he wasn't
elected Mayor was that the voters didn't
want him. Or is that explanation too re-
freshingly simple? '.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
Ballot DANCING

The New York Tribune, discussing the
arrival Of Michel Fokine, creator of the
Russian ballet, says she revolutionzed the
art of ballot dancing' Probably sought to
discourage those who desired to vote early
and often.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Having eaten all the extra food of the
army. the populace will take whirl at the
navy beanery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
Nearing a Goal

Editor Saucepan
Sir-The theory of inexorable conserva
ton applied with conspicuous success in the
light lunch restaurants that we all know
best has been extended to typewriter rib
bons. observe that they advertise wafies
and donuts for breakfast. ETHEL ID.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

1. What is sconce?
2. Over what people did Cyrus the Great
rule?
g. What is fondant?
4. Between what years was the Thirty
Years War fought?
5. What was the original meaning Of the
word merry?
6. Who was st. Swithin? !
Z. Who is assistant secretary of war?
g. Where is Timbuctoo?-
.. Who wrote "Mr. Midshipman Easy?
10. What was Benjamin Disrael's title?s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

The consumer has a suspicion that the
raw sugar shortage is cooked up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Drys have won in
Pick Me. Up Needed Ohio by 104 votes, ac.
cording to latest ac-
counts. A victory by so narrow a margin
might well give the most earnest prohibi-
ZIONIST desire for Q bracer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Having buried the hatchet Senator
Ware refused to use hammer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

When a poet has slight bronchia aifee<
tion would II be entirely proper to declare
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Even a one course dinner IT a lunatic
asylum may be spoken of as 1soup TO nuts. >"
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Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is crclu-
sirely entitscOy to the use for republication
Of all HctcS dispatches credited TO it or not
oihertctsc credited IN this paper, and also
the local ncicS published therein.
An rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein are also rcScrrcd
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Departmental

The Department of
Departmental Justice. having ar
rested 200 Reds, asks
the Department of Labor 10 deport them.
Speaking as one department to another, it
is labor of love, and justice demands it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

To say that leaders are sometimes mis- :
leaders is not necessarily an attack on
feminism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
THE SAUCEPAN

that Pan was having trouble with his pipes?
Orlwould that call to mind toe vividly the
plumber?
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SeabIrd

SSdDITu
The slim dispatch boat skins, with wings of
spray,
Leaping and dancing over the swelling sea,
Bearing the word the restive ships obey
Unfalteringly.
With proud and dominant keel she shivers by,
Poised on the whitening, Uneasy foam.
She strains, as IL alert to wing the sky
And make it her home, I
CLEMENT WOOD.
Personal Note
Heywood Broun, the baseball expert and
dramatic critic who writes most excellent
book reviews for the New York Tribune,
dropped into the Office of the Saucepan on
Saturday en- route for the sporting depart
ment to get some dope on the Harvard
Princeton football game. Knowing him to
be young man of catholic taste, we sought
to interest him in Mrs. Wilson's doughnut
recipes, but somebody or other effected
forward pass at about that time and his
attention seemed to waVer, and So we de-
sisted.
Kate Douglas Wiggin has just compiled a
list of books for boys and girls. Her list,
which includes Robinson Crusoe'' by
Charles Kingsley. is incomplete. 1t ought to
include ''Water Babies" by Daniel Defoe.
The Young Lady Across the Way says
that with so much weather lying around
loose, first thing we know Phiadelphia will
have a climate.
The one sad feature of fuel control is
that If the strike continues there will be
next to nothing to control.
Naturally the peace treaty has to take
second place when football comes along
Heatless days may be coming with or
without government orders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Ohio is not yet dead sure that 1t is
Oh dry oh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

HAVE said that General Wood failed to
L develop spontaneous support of large pro-
nortions. But still his candidacy has a GER
tain nopularity. So far as any candidate has
a .nopular following it is Wood. The mol /.
iticians have chosc2 wisely They have
nicked the man who up to the present shows
the greatest capacity to develop strength
among the voters. That man is always the
man that has to be beaten. The suddeI
waking of Washington to the fact that Wool
was the man to be beaten may lead to his
being beaten. But here he is, for the time
at least, in the lead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10

Policemen of the type which rules in
the traffic squad know how to deal with
motor traffic. If the politicians will let
them alone the public need not go into
the police business on its own account.
1t is not easy, without experience, to
determine the speed of an automobile or
to Judge the hazards attending its opera
ton. That is why Superintendent Robin
sons card system, devised as it has been
with the best intentions and for an ad-
mirable purpose, may have some odd and
surprising results.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
TO-DAY

TODAY
SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM
MARY J. HOLMES IMMORTAL CLASSIC OF THE SOUTH
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
FAMOUS FILM
FOR THE STRAND
when BGarCat Went Dry" to be
Featured

In connection with the showing in
this city at the Strand today, Friday
and Saturday of the super-feature
s'When Bearcat Went Dry" a pictur-
ization Of Charles Neville Bucks
famous and widely read novel, con-
siderable interest should attach to
the locale of this picture-play.
The scenes are laid in the noun
tains of eastern Kentucky, and the
actors in this film drama are the
hardy mountaineers Thai have made
history and news for a century.
When we speak OF Kentucky
mountains, our minds Immediately
revert to tales of feuds and Illicit
stills.
These mountain folk are the de-
scendants of the early settlers of Viz
ginia and North Carolina, who blazed
the trails across the mountains, light
ing the Indians, and opened up an
empire for the generations that fol-
lowed.
Just as they rebelled against the
English during the stirring days of
re, so did they fight for religious
liberty back in England and came to
Americas shores to found a new
home free from religious intolerance.
Even to this day they preserve the
methods of living that were in vogue
a century ago.. The songs the women
| folk sing in grooming their little ones
| to sleep are the songs of the coven-
! anters who fought and died on Mar
ston Moor in the days of Cromwell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
Billy WaSOn's BurIeSque
Coming Next Monday Night

Billy Watson has been long regard
ed as one of burlesque's most pro-
gressive producers. He has a long
list of splendid attractions to his
credit and this year he Is adding to
the number another record breaker
when he presents the Partisan
Whirl' which will be the attraction
at the Majestic theatre next Monday,
November II.
In this production is shown Billy
Watson's owe of detail, his tendency
to create the surprise interest, his
fondness for departing from estab-
lished customs and his willingness to
spend money lavishly in pursuit of a
coveted idea.
From a production standpoint this
attraction rivals the biggest musical
shows. Nothing could be finer than
the scenic atmosphere provided,
nothing could be in better taste than
the costume creations and there
could be no better consistent blend
ing of color scheme.
This season Mr.. Watson has a cast
that is the envy of the producers OF
the Columbia circuit. Besides the
only and original Billy Watson, the
cast includes such well known favor
ties as Billy Spencer (original Gro
gan"), Edgar Bixley returning to the
burlesque stage after an absence o.
five years during which time he was
with the big Broadway attractions
Harry Howe. Phil Walch, Pearl Law,
Ter, Violet Buckly and Pearl Turner
and a chorus of thirty little French
girls said to be the prettiest on tn,
burlesque stage, or ever seen witt
any attraction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
COUN|HAN SHOW
COMING HERE
WAY Down East" to Come to
Perth kmbOy

To the theatre-going patrons and
the public in general the firm name
of Counihan & Shannon means all
that is the best in theatrical endeavor,
they are in fact the pioneers of
amusement of the better kind in
Perth Amboy, and their two theatres,
the Strand and the Majestic. are mon
uments to their efforts to give us the
best the field affords.
The Majestic theatre has seen most
of the noted stars and plays given on
its stage with the original productions
and in the same as rendered
in New York, this not only allows u
citizens to see the latest successes,
but also obviates the travelling to New
York to see attractions of the better
kind, In this connection 1t might be
we'll to mention that Counihan &c
Shannon have recently gone into the
producing of plays of the higher kind,
but shows with a clean and whole
some atmosphere. The first of their
productions will be a big scenic revi
val Of VIM. A. Brady's Way Down
East" with the famous Cherry Pick
ers Quartet and all the original
features that made this play an ever
lasting success. The cast will contain
many names of merit; the company
comprises thirty people all of whom
were selected with an eye to. their Mt
ness to the various roles in this large
production and nothing has been LETT
undone to make this play bigger and
better than ever. The company will
be seen at the Majestic theatre on
Tuesday, November rs. for a matinee
and night performance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
GREAT PLAY At
THE CRESCENT
Career of Katherine Bush" by
EIinOr GIyn, Fri. and Sat.

1.-THE Career of Katherine Bush,
one of the greatest novels ever writ
ten by the worlds celebrated novel
est, Elinor Glyn, and by far very
much superior to her world-famous
story, Three Weeks" will be the
extraordinary s-uper-special attraction
at the Crescent for Friday and Satur-
! day. This tremendous entertainment
has been shown on Broadway, New
York City, at prices ranging from 81
upwards.
The story tells of a young English
girl of the middle class who consid-
ers herself far superior and Graves
for a life of luxury. She accepts a
position as a typist for a ~money-lend-
er and meets Lord Algernon-Fitz
Rufus, q dashing young man about
town. She uses him as the means to
learn the ways of gentlemen and
| after q companlonship of several
weeks. realizing hat Fitz-Rufus loves
her and hat marriage might inter-
| fere with the brilliant career she had
mapped out for herself, she refuses
his hand. Katherine obtains a posi-
ton as secretary to Lady Sarah
| Garribardine where she meets Ge-
rard Strobridge, a nephew of Lady
Garribardine, a young man who is
unhappily married. She leads him
panies him to parliament and hears
the Duke OF Mordryn speak. She
decides to win the duke and per-
suades Gerard to make them ac-
quainted. The duke shows great in
terest In her and 1t a party ut Ladv
Garribardine's he learns that Kath-
crime is a secretary and not the great
lady he had fancied her to be. He
declares his love for her nevertheless,
but believing hat their marriage
would prove disastrous. Katherine re-
fuses him. He persists, however, and
ever when Katherine confesses her
previous connection with Lord Algy,
he takes her to his arms f~orgivingly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13

Coming Friday and Saturday to the
Ditmas theatre is May Allison in n
of her new Screen Classics, Inc. Spe-
Gals, Fair n Warmer" the Sell
wyn and Co. success, by Avery Hop
wood. The picture is an adaptation
of one of the most successful farces
ever presented on the American stage.
It's run In New York for two years
and elsewhere for fully as long; and
its extended vogue in London pro-
nounce 1t that.
The advent of Miss Allison. easily
one Of the most captivating of motion
picture condolences, in a new picture
is event enough; but in so celebrated
a piece as Fair and Warmer" those
who follow the screen here will be
given an exceptional treat.
The story concerns the tribulations
of two young married couples. In one
case the young wife complains that
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13

her husband, Billy, is so perfect that
he is dull; and in the other case the
young husband, though he adores his
wife, employs just the tactics Billy
should take advantage of-he goes
out of his way to keep his wife guess
ing. And when circumstances cast
together Billy, and the apparently
neglected Blanny, the result is n of
the most absurdly funny series of sit
uations ever %contrived, even by Mr..
Hopwood, who is admittedly the pre-
mier farce writer today in America.
The screen production has been
done deliberately, and in some instan-
ces the original play has been given
additional punch through employ
ment Of means at the command of
the screen producer. but impossible
on the stage. The entire production
done under the personal supervi-
sion of Maxwell Karger. director gen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13
NV AtL1soN w~FA1R AND WARMEF'

eral of Screen Classic, Inc, and the
exceptionally able cast selected by
him. Thus such well known artists
Pell Trenton, Eugene Palette, chris
tine Mayo, William Buckley ana FL
fe ConIey. Henry Otto directed the
production, which was adapted from
the stage success by June Mathis and
A p. Younger.
The Devils Trail.
The new World Picture, "The
DEVILS Trail" which is scheduled for
showing tomorrow at the Ditmas the
atre has speed and pep. 1t sure doe
step along lively to a smashing climax
that will make you grip n seats OF
your chairs in tensity of your inter-
est and emotion.
Betty Compson and George Larkin
are the stars of this striking, inter-
esting, entertaining, unusual produc-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13

So He Pursues sEm.
The chap who follows the fashions
liz usually behind with his studieS