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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

states is crystallized practically IL will
be easier to regulate and adjust certain
financial details which may now be open
to some legitimate criticism.
In justice to Governor Edwards, 1t
should be emphasized that his opposi-
tion to the bill was based entirely upon
the provision of obtaining funds for
the bridge through an issue Of state
bonds. 3D.. This raises question purely
local to New Jersey and is apart from
the general desirability of the span, of
which the governor is wholly in favor.
As the case stands now, the public
mind in our neighbor state is fixed less
upon debatable details than upon a
broad Endorsement of monumental
plan. This is the most effective way to
insure progress for an enterprise Of
such magnitude. The financial diff
culties can be the more readily solved
when approval of the main considera
tion is registered and unquestioned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
THE LOST BOY

VTyHE disappearance of child from a
i rural community automatically pro-
vokes a sensation and stirs the public
sense of obligation. That great cities
are hardened by multiplicity of dis
tressful happenings is a condition often
accepted as a commonplace and mark
of metropolitan sophistication.
In reality such an attitude involves
4 complete misconception of RESPONSE
bilities. 1t is n cruel truth that three
year. old Kenneth Bowman, Jr., has
been missing for week, but it is all
the more poignant that the loss should
take place in n city with a highly or
ganized police force and an immense
variety of resources supposedly making
for protection.
Kidnapping is not suspected in this
case. A little boy simply strayed in the
outskirts of the town and then vanished.
Security of children on the city streets
is surely an elemental responsibility of
a modern metropolis. The mystery,
prolonged and agonizing to the child's
parents, is a stigma on Philadelphia.
The most vigorous steps to clear it up
are Imperative.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
OUR FORESTS

HOPES that Clifford Pinchot would
IL take the most effective measures to
prevent the destruction of Pennsyl-
vania's tree treasures are hearteningly
substantiated in an important practical
step which he has taken in co operation
with the railroads.
By this new arrangement strips of
land 100 feet wide on either side of the
right of way of forty lines in the state
are to be cleared of underbrush and
trees. Section hands on the roads op-
Grating through the timber tracts will
be appointed by Mr.. Pinchot as fire
wardens. BY these measures locomo-
tiyes will cease to be a menace to our
rich forests in the dry seasons. The
fact that fires resulting from flying
sparks have in the past been accidental
did not modify their destructive course.
Laws against deforestation are not
enough. Chance plays a prodigious role
in swift reduction of our arboreal
wealth.
Moreover, it is not wealth alone which
is diminished. Tree growth makes for
eauabilfty of climate. The worst ex-
tremes of hot and cold on earth are
probably to be found on the deforested
plateaus of Turkestan.
Pennsylyanians are fortunate in en-
loving the services of Mr.. Pinchot at a
| time when the tree shortage the world
over is becoming acute, and his recon
mendations as they are made deserve
the heartiest support.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
REPENTANCE IN DELAWARE

OUTRAGE hopes will be buoyed by
~ the vote of the Delaware Senate
approving the nineteenth amendment.
But the situation in Dover remains
confused and puzzling. The vote wa&
IL to 6. The House some weeks ago
turned down the measure by a formi-
dable majority.
Politics in Delaware moves in a
mysterious way its sensations to per-
form. There is fair chance that the
lower house in Dover may reverse itself
and that the suffrage zealots will re-
frain from prosecuting that courteous
yet determined offensive which they
have planned against the governor Of
Connecticut.
AS for the Blue Hens Chickens, the
pride which they take in having been
the first to ratify the constitution OF
the United States may still be paral-
leed in satisfaction over having saved
suffrage" if eleventh. hour wisdom and
liberal thought should prevail.
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p. r. r. OR clTY-WHlcH?

EyOR a corporation that has hagrantly
- failed to fulfill its franchise obliga-
tions to the public and is constantly
coming to the city hat in hand making
. poor mouth, the 2. X. T. shows u
curious assumption Of authority to die
tate terms whenever called upon to
consider proposals for new lines. ,
The fat manner in which represen-
tatives of the company declined to ac-
cept suggested amendments to the ordi-
nance authorizing the new Roosevelt
boulevard line.is an example.
These amendments were plainly in
tended to safeguard the city's rights
against eventualities. They provided
that the franchise should expire in 1881,
when the city under the contract of 1907
has q right to take over all present
lines, instead of running perpetually
that the line might be removed to par
allel routes within ten years If the city
pajd the whole costs of removal, or
thereafter upon payment of half the
costs; and several other minor changes
which would insure good faith on the
part of the company.
But the company's spokesman would
stand for nothing but bare skeleton
ordinance which gave the company
cverything-and the members of Coun
ellis transportation committee meekly
did as he bid.
II there is one new line which ought
to prove a real asset almost from the
beginning. it is the proposed boulevard
route. The average business man
would think that the company would
jump for the chance, if it really wanted
: to link the line up to its system. with =
out threatening to refuse unless it could
have the whole say.
The way Council and Mayor Moore
handle this ordinance is going to give a
clue to the future of the administration
on transit matters. II they back dowr
weakly under the p. r. T.'s commands
hope for solution Of the larger ques-
tions of rapid transit may as well bC
deferred for another four years.
( Entirely apart from the startling
story told of a S25, 900 bribe, Mr.
Moore can do nothing more useful just
now than book himself thoroughly or
all the facts before the bill comes tc
his, desk for approval.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

THE trouble with the soldiers bonus
= is that the country can't afford it.
IL cant lay its hands on So, 900, 800
OOO without making every evil from
which 1t now suffers much worse.
II it borrows it damages gravely not
only its own credit, but the credit mar
ket for business.
IL it taxes it sends up once more the
high cost of living.
It can't give $4,000, 900. 900 to the
soldiers. much as 1t would like to, with
out taking the $1,000 200. 900 from
some one else, and everybody has had
SO much taken from him in borrowings
that have declined in value, In heavy
takes direct and indirect, and through
that kind of confiscation which comes
from imitation, that no source of ST.
600 900 900 can be found.
That is what Congress is discovering.
q q 9
IF THE money must be raised it should
L be raised openly and directly by a
sales tax.
The more disguised the tax is the
more it will cost the public. the more
II will be passed on to the consumer and
raised in the process.
Let the public know just how much 1t
costs to be generous or fair, whatever
the adjective should be. to the soldiers.
And then nobody will charge the pub
lie twice as much as it costs in ad
vanced prices.
There Is an argument for the sales
tax. Once it is established it might be
continued as a substitute for the excess
profits tax, which has been used by the
profiteer as means Of extorting more
profits.
But the public would like to be as
sured that the profiteer would forgo his
excessive profits in consideration of be-
ing relieved from the excess profits tax.
Now that he has got prices up, he
might 20 on keeping them up even when
relieved Of the tax on his surplus gains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
Mr.. BURLESoN'S "IF"

DosTMASTER GENERAL BUR-
y Lesson is asking for an appropria-
tion Of S14, ,0G0, 900 to cover the deficit
which accumulated under his operation
Of the telegraph and telephone lines
during the war. He explains that "if"
Il had not been for this and that he
would have been able to make both ends
meet. And, anyway, he remarks that
his loss amounts to only 2la per cent
of the gross receipts.
A manager who made such a report
10 the directors of h private corporation
would soon be compelled to seek new
lob. But Mr.. Burleson is likely to
serve out his term in the Postoffice De
partment, which he is conducting with
about the same degree of efficiency as he
showed in the management Of the tele.
phone and telegraph lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
HOW DOES Some Things That Reconcile the
~ ~ 49,, ~, 10 ,,o Country Mr. Mar
~ ~ "A " - shaiPs Obscurifg
BY KELLAMY.
VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL

VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL
tells q story about his first appear
ance in an important case as lawyer.
He was associated with successful
law firm in Indiana.
The head of the firm became i'll when
an important case was about to come up
for trial and young Marshall was sent
to represent him.
He introduced himself to the client.
The latter looked over the young and
unimpressive attorney and said: 'Oh,
well, ! didn't think l had much chance
to win this case anyway
q q q
THE V. p. always feels about him
l. self "Oh. well, l didn't have much
chance to win this case anyway !.
That is the reason why he talks the
way he sometimes does when he has TO
make public address.
That is the reason why he talked to
the Interchurch Movement IN wash
ington the way he did on Sunday.
Every one knows the little man VINO
tries to make up for his lack OF lnches
by strut, loud voice, excessive en-
phasis. sensational utterances or man
ner.
II is a ease Of what psyche analysts
would call the inferiority complex and
it's effects, the inferiority being, in this
instance. of stature.
In private the Vice President is sem
sible and shrewd; in public he is often
sensational and flamboyant.
On Sunday he was saying the kind OF
thing that has robbed him of the repu-
tation of rural common sense that ought
to be his.
TTOW much murder is due to the
II example of elders working little
children to DEATH?
How much of the lack of influence Of
the Church upon the purity of the ma =
tion is due to the "priest's leering above
his book at his neighbor's wife,!
How much working of little children
10 death is there?
Some rapacity in respect to child
labor, no doubt.
But tried by the standards of the
purity of priests and the exploitation of
child labor by deacons, the Church is a
great success. ,,,
the mark when he spoke Of "deacons
making large church contributions out
of excessive profits wfung jointly from
labor and the ultimate consumer"
Rut no disease was ever cured by the
scornfuI advice, physician, heal thy
self" ,.
Is always fair game for sensationalists;
Mr.. Narshalls speech was only "add
ING a cubit to his stature by taking
theught." :" or, rather, by words.
Wr' Marshall has done it all his life
To he hadn't the country would look
with more equanimity on his possible ac
cession to the presidency.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
BRIDGE ENTHUSIASM

rTvHE determination of New Jersey to
i aid In executing the Delaware river
bridge project as speedily as possible
was forcibly expressed in the repudia-
tion BY the House of Governor Ed
wards's veto. The passage of the bill
bs safe two thirds majority should
stimulatn Pennsylvanians 20 full CO.
rYeMtio Once the sentiment Of both
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
A FouR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
trate It's attention;
The DeIa,odre river bridge.
A drydock big enough to dccommo'
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rdpid transit Sys.
tenn.
A convention hall
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the ,Ddtcr supply.
Homes to accom- moddte the populd-
ton.
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We note that the union rate for
ministers is considerably below that for
carpenters, bricklayers and plumbers;
from which we deduee that there is no
shortage of mansions in the sky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

General Pershing kissed score of
pretty girls in the course of his inspec-
lion of the Panama canal. Two or
three might be considered a luxury, but
a score 7! Has the general forgotten
HnhSOnl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Philander C. Knox served as at
torney general under both McKin-
ley and Roosevelt.
z. The city of FL Paso, Texas lies on
the left bank of the Rio Grande,
Immediately opposite to the
IfeXican town OF Juarez.
3.~There were two kings of England
named Charles. Charles l was
executed in 1919. Charles II died
In 1855.
4. Terrazzo or terrazzo Venezano Ia n
Kind of cement flooring including
fragments of colored stone, COM
monty not set in patterns
B. Three British generals prominent in
the War of 1912 were Brock,
Pakenham and Proctor.
6. New York city (New Amsterdam) J,
was surrendered by the Dutch to
the English In 1864.
Z. dynast is a ruler. a member of a
dynasty.
8. The Derby was instituted by the
Earl of Derby in 1885 for three
year-old horses, to be raced an
nually at Epsom!Snear London.
8. In racing circles the word is pro-
nouneed as though 1t were spelled
10. Dudgeon is resentment, feeling of
offense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Members of Camden Council having
arranged for an appropriation for a
New Years Day parade, may now take
steps to induce the people to do their
Christmas shopping early.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

California's vote seems to have
demonstrated what many thoughtful
men have aforetime declared, that there
is no essential difference between the
women vote" and the linen vote"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Mrs. Halideh Edible Khanem Eff
fendi, SAYS Mr.. Wilson'S points have
been hardened and used to cut the
choice portions from Turkey. 1t is
now up to our own Mrs. Wilson to say
how they shall be cooked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Processing to see an epidemic of
burglary sweeping the country. New
York underwriters have increased theft
insurance rates. In this way the victim
gets his both coming and going.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Judging by his proposal to increase
the fare zones on the Old York road
trolley lines, Mr.. MitteI Is still an ad-
vocate Of the five-cent fare-and many
of 'em.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Hadn't Mr.. Palmer better resume
his little weekly talks about prices com
ing down? They are much less shocking
and nerve -racking than this bomb and
murder stuff.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

In the meantime, nobody will pre-.
tord that the strike of carpenters will
make houses easier to find or bring
about a reduction in rent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

AS most newspaper readers were
beginning to surmQe, Francisco Villa
is becoming peeved at being left out of
the Sonora uprising.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
What Do You KnotU?

QUIZ
/. How are the left and right banks OF
river determined?
2. What is the origin of this express
sion: Tell It not in Gath; pub
lsh It not in the streets OF
Ascalon"?
3. What is murrain?
4. What is a regicide?
5. Name three generals on the Span
ish side in the Spanish-American
war. .. ...
6. What Is rococo furniture?
Z. Who was called THE Father of the
Locomotive?
8. Where is the Skye from which
Skye terriers derive their name?
o. What is the pile of plush?
10. What nation consumes the most ice.
- cream?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Ever so many school teachers are
wondering why they didn't learn the
carpenters trade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Having admitted that April show
ers. we are now ready TO make the
further admission that May nowers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

What beautiful dime novels Attor-
ey General Palmer ~ be able to write
when he goes into rtf3 ement!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

Every profiteer Is law unto him
Il Is law without penalties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
Member of the Associated Precs

PhiIsdelphia. Thursday. May 8, 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06

The primaries in Indiana, Ohio, New
Jersey, Maryland and elsewhere have
not shown that the people of the coun-
try have any great yearning for Wood,
johnson or Harding. They have not
been actually expressive of national po
litical feeling Of any sort.
What has been chown is that about
IN per cent of the qualified voters have
been temporarily blinded to the funda-
mental interests of their own country
bv a sentimental regard for hard
pressed Germany, by an inherited dis
like of tbs English character as II is
reflected sIp ireland or by the hard
ships and liisunderstandings created in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25

the yacht The navigating instru-
ments carried were OF the simplest
sort so they had no way of knowing
how far off the course the yacht had
been driven, but both had noted the
general direction of the wind while
they had been at the wheel, and
with the sun as a guide they reck.
oned the possible direction in which
Nassau lay.
The Gray Duck was equipped
with good engine, but it was
some time before the engine pit
was bailed out and the ignition dry
enough so that any power could be
acquired from it, Once the engine
was running smoothly, however, the
wheel of the yacht was turned over
to others in the party. While the
course into port from then on was
uneyentful the suffering became ter.
rible. The terrific heat of the sun
made the thirst Of the party pitlful
Physicians declared that if the boat
had not reached the port on Sunday
it is more than probable that some
of the party would not have suryiv-
ed the hardships.
Despite the setback and the gen.
eral weakened condition of the
whole party the work planned for
the trip was completed on schedule
time. Mr.. Griffith had told the
members of the company that they
could spend Christmas at their
homes. Monday following his ar
rival in Nassau found the noted di-
rector out supervising the scenes
in which it was necessary to EN-
ploy the members of the yachts par
ty. BY the time these scenes were
the actors were again
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25

cook managed to stick to the wheel
of the yacht and keep It headed in.
to the storm, the only way to pre-
vent it from capsizlng, until Thurs.
day night when he collapsed from
lack OF sleep and over exertion.
Griffith, himself, then took the
wheel and stuck to it until Satur-
day morning when the seas became
quiet enough so that only ordinary
steering was required
The plight of the party had be.
come pitiful however. Expecting
to arrive at Nassau before even the
end Of the day they had set out
from Miami, only a light lunch had
been provided for those on board
The water supply was only that Of
normal day for the twenty-five
men and women who were on board
in addition to The crew. To add to
the general suffering there was no
heavy clothing aboard to give shell
ter to the party which was soon
drenched to the skin from the huge
waves that broke over the little
craft BY Friday the suffering had
become acute. From the first Mr.
Griffith had appreciated the posi-
bilities of their predicament and
had summoned all the men into con
ference. Accordingly not one OF
the men touched any of the scanty
supply Of food that was on board,
but even with this outstanding there
was nothing left of the picnic lunch
which had been provided.
Saturday morning was the first
time the sun had shown since the
squall started, and Mr.. Griffith and
the cook of the crew figured as
wen as they could the position OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25
FILM PRODUCTION FOR WHICH
GRIFFITH WITH PARTY ALMOST
DIED TO BE SHOWN AT SUGG

THE Idol Dancer the picture
which will be the attraction ait the
Sngg Theatre, beginning Wednesday
Is the production which nearly cost
the life OF its noted director, ID. w.
Griffith, and many members of the
cast. There should be an added
thrill to those who remember the
story as it was printed in the news.
papers all over the country just be-
fore last Christmas, for practically
every character who appears on the
screen played a part in the mishap
which startled and dismayed the
nation for three days.
George MacQuarrie, Porter Strong
and Herbert Sutch who played the
parts of Rev. Franklin Blythe, the
Rev. Peter and Old Thomas, respec.
lively shared the great adventure
with Mr.. Griffith
They were of the party which
sailed from Miami, Fla, on Dec. 10
for Nassau, Bahama Islands. trip
that usually takes from nine to ten
hours. Four hours out the yacht
Gray Duck" with the party aboard
ran into sudden squall
Lost Three Days
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday passed without any word be.
ing received from the party. When
the Gray Duck" was not reported
on Thursday as having reached its
destination, Miami began to feel an.
xlous on account of the storm that |
was raging, hut III was mot until |
Saturday that the party was given
up for lost, and it was reluctantly |
admitted that it was improbable |
that anyone on board had been say
ed
Thursday might the United States
government joined in the search by
oiueihB oul revenue cutter lp
patrol the course. which the yacht
had expected to follow On Friday
aeroplanes joined in the search, and
by Friday night every available craft
at both Miami and Nassau was
afloat and filled with searchers.
Richard Barthelmess, who is the
Dan Mcclure of THE Idol Dancer" |
and who scored snch great success
as the Chinaman in Broken Bios.
sons" was the leader of one of
these parties which put out from
Miami on Friday afternoon to aid !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25

A bad spain heals slowly II not
treated with a remedy that has the
power TO penetrate the flesh. Bal
lard's Snow Liniment Is especially
adapted for such ailments. Three
sizes, SOC, 6Oc, and $1.20 per bottle,
sold by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25

An attack of heartburn or indiges-
ton calls for a dose OF Herbine. 1t
relieves the distress Instantly and
forces the fermented food into the
bowels Rcu feel better at once.
Price, d0c, sold by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-25

ready for work and the picture and
the remaining scenes were complet-
ed 50 that Mr. Griffith himself ar
rived in New York, where he had
planned to spend Christmas. on
December "a.