Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-23

was the belief of the Latin who still |
dozed surerciliously In the glory OF mrs
VI London or Madrid, or Rome as the
Mecca of his dreams, his pilgrimage now !
carried him to the tnfldel realities Of che !,
north--to Washington, New York. New
Orleans, Newport. and Atlantic City He !
1ao the money for travel. 30 why stay
t homer He had the money u waste. !
so why not di5sipate? He had the thirst
FOR sin. SO why famish7
There vert lovely women on board, |
nd children with and without the golden
poon; there were men whose names ,
we're known on both sides Of the Attain
tic and with regulations for integr ty, |
sagacity intellect, and, II must be con-
fessed, corruptncss with the authors
togmntic university men who had pene-
tratcd the wilderness as naturailsts, en-
tomologists mineralogists archeologists,
xnlorers; sportSmen who had forsaken
the lion, rhinoceros, rtebeest, and ele-
gnant OF At.ica fer the Jaguar, cougar.
armadillo and ant eater NJ South Amer,
Ca soldiers of fortune whose gods had
urcd them into tho comparative safety
Il South American revolutions; miners
STOCK BUYERS and raisers, profitecrsmen
diplomats. priests, preachers, gamblers,
smugglers and thieves; others who mad
gone out for the Allies to buy horses,
beeves. grain. metals, chemicals, man
garese and men; inanciers, merchants
dentists, architects; Gentiies and Jews.
Protestants and Catholics. skert,cs and
ntidels--in short, good men. bad men
beggar nen thieves
The world will readily recall such
names and personalities as these: Abel
T TIandovnI the great New York
banker; Peter Snipe. the novelist Solo.
n,U.I Nicklestlck, The sunicr member in
the firm Of Winkelwein & Nicklestick
Inn orters OF hides, etc. Ninth avenue.
tubbcr James January Jones. oil San
francisco promoter and fnancier: Ran.
dolph Fits, Of Boston, the well-known
architect, Percy Knapendyke. ths celia.
brated naturalist; Michael O'Malley
Malone. Of the law firm Of Eads Blixtor.
Solomon. Carlson, Vecchiavaili, Revit.
sky. Perkins & Malone, New York: will
liam Spnney, of the Chicago police force
land his prisoner, "Soapy" Shay, dia-
mond thief DENLY F'iattner the taxi.
dermist; Morris Shine. the motion pjc-
ture magnate; Nine tarrni-Amuri. so-
prano from the Royal Opera Rome Sig
Joseph. the new tenor, descr bed as the
logical successor to the great Caruso
the Russian ba aiiet, who wore coming tn
| the United States To head a lonp-her.
aided tour, 'by special arrangement with
| the czar"; Buck Chizler. the famous
jockey. and SO on.
These were the names most conspicu-
ausly displayed by the newspapers
| during the anxious, watcafui days and
weeks that succeeded the sailing OF the
| Doraine from the port in tho TropIc Of
| CAPRICORN
| were rerreeerted by one or more persons
1 on board the Doraine trayel,ra az moth
sexes who, being denied the privilege
| Of q customary dash 10 Europe for the
annual holiday, resolved not 10 be de,
| priyed of their right 10 wa nder nor tho
| right to return when they felt Inclined.
| whilom. defiant royera IN senroh of
change, they scoffed at conditions and
went their way regardless OF the peril
that stalked tho seas In the main. they
were money spcnding time drasrins
charges against the resources Of n har
assed. beWildered poyernment. cIaiminu
protection in return for arrogance.
Far to the south, of the Falklaito
islands. Mt the bottom of the sen, Law
the battered hulls of what were supposed
to be the last Of the German lighting
ships II South Atlantic waters Report
had It, however, that several well-armed
cruisers had either encapcd tho hurrI.
or had been detached from the squadron
before the encounter took place. In any
event. no vessel left a South American
out for prowllng survivors Of the van
aboard who did not exrericnce the thrill
i OF a hazaraous undertaking. The ever
present and evcr-ready Individual with
Official information from sources tha,
could not be questioned travelled with
rem arkable regularity on each and ever,
craft that venturcd out upon the Hun.
infested waters. In the srnokeroom the
invariahle word went round tnat raider :
were sinking everything in sight Every
shin that sailed rad on board at leas,
one Individual who claimed to have been
chased on a former VOYAGE by a bI ,clS.
ade breaker (accordine to the most re-