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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
NOTHING THAT ABIDES

WILD oats bring the same crop,
w whether you SOW them early or SOW
them late. And in every city in the
world there are obscure groups in the
area that lies between the upper and
the lower planes Of society that never
plant anything but the seeds of whirl-
wind They are not typical of any land
or place or familiar state of life. They
are the froth on cosmopolitan currents.
Elwcll, the New York clubman. and
the members Of the circle in which he
moved were products Of too much money
and too much leisure. They lived in
high gear. They had nothing else to do.
And it is unfortunate, in way, that
the smash that always comes sooner or
later for speedy touri is on the easiest
way is attended by an irresistible air
of melodrama. The world turns to it
with the sort of curiosity that is always
inspired by sudden unfamiliar noise.
The veil which the New York police
are slowly tearing down hides drama
and tragedy in the raw. But it is ig-
noble and sordid drama. It means
nothing. 1t gives no new light. 1t
proves only what everybody knows or
ought TO know.
Some day, when civilization is little
further advanced and when human per-
ccptions are sharpened by added cx-
periencc. we shall learn to recognize
and profit by the silent dramas of cour-
age and patience that are being acted
out in the lives of hall the people about
us. More significant than the shot that
ended the life Of one more high roller
is the fortitude of men who struggle on
difficult. upward ways and fall only to
rise smiling. or the courage of women
who know how to hold forlorn little
families together against all the driving
tides of bitter circumstance.
Happiness for such as these does not
lie in excitement. 1t lies in aspirations,
in love. in occasional gimpses of truth.
These are the abiding things, and they
aren't to be found on the paths that
lead to early morning murders.
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THE DULUTH OUTRAGE

LIVERY resident of a northern city
- must feel a sense of shame at the
terrible spectacle which disgraced Du-
luth and the entire North when a mob
seized six negroes accused of an attack
upon young woman, and after a mock
trial lynched three Of them. The
shocking travcsty on justice was only
accentuated by the fact that the other
three were declared innocent" and
returned to the police" The uues-
tion naturally occurs why. if the mob
arrogated powers to itself to pronounce
and inflict the death penalty in three
cases. did not an 'acquittal" at its
hands in the other three cases carry
freedom with it?
Every northern lynching is an even
greater blot upon Americansm than n
similar crime in the South. Whether
justified or not. the feeling has always
been in the South that a certain amount
Of "tcrrorism' is necessary to keep the
worst class Of negro criminal within
controllablc limits. especially in the
BLACK Belt where the negro popu-
lation greatly outnumbers the white.
In the North there is no such excuse
and lynChingS are therefore utterly in
exCusablP. The law is slow. but it can
be- spocded up to an almost incredible
degree when tho force of public opinion
supplies the motive power. The prin-
cipal result Of lynching in commu-
nifty which is well equipped with the
machinery Of law is to bring that law
into disrespcct and give strong i'm
pulse to men Of violent passions to take
into their own hands matters with
which the law is fully competent to
deal. This. carried to its logical con
clusion. leads TO anarchy.
Duluth today stands pilloried before
the country and the world. There is
just one way in which she can redeem
herself, and that is by an immediate
investigation and tho relentless punish :
mont of those Of her citizens who, in
the pretNnse Of enforcing one law. have
broken and held up TO scorn another
and far greater one.
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SPANISH HONOR

A GALLANT fight, gallantly, honor
"A ably fought. outlives the sting Of
defeat 1t was SO in the South, where
the present generation al least could IN
forgo the poetic sentimeutai>m of the
lost cause. 1t is evidently 30 in Spain,
where a movement is now under wa
to commemorate with an imposing mon
ument the tragic hcroiSm of Manila
Bay and Santiago.
That the memorial 10 Ccrvrrs Mon
tito and their comrades is 10 be erected
probably in the form Of a lighthouse,
near Cape Trafalgar, whore Spain sue
cumbed TO one OF tho most crushing
blows in all naval history. only serves
TO accent the note Of manly chiyalry
In the undertaking. II is the general
verdict of history that the Spanish navy
struggled for outmodcd principles both
against Nelson and against Dewey and
Sampson and Schcy, but there is NOT
the scintilla Of stain upon her sin.
certify or her methods Of combat.
A tristful glory will cnshrine the new
memorial, The world will respect its
meaning, from which even now much
OF the acute bitterness he's departed.
What remains of dccency in Germany
today must envy Spain. Scapa Flow
inspires neither pillar nor a poem.
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DETROIT: A SYMBOL

nNE of the interesting Developments
" of the year is the spirit of feverlsh
rivalry between industrial communities
anxious to get ahead of their neighoorS
In the census tables. Detroiters will be
Immensely pleased at the knowledge
that they have forged up to fourth place
among American cities. They have q
right to feel triumphant.
Detroit is in its way a symbol oil
Industrial America, q sign OF what en-
ergy,. organization and vitality can yet
do in this youthful land. But 1t Is
necessary to remember that there Is
another side of the picture. Detroit
drew heavily on some of the richest
agricultural land in the world and de-
nuded much of it with the constant de-
mand for labor. So did other cities
reacting to the stimulus of war. Farms
everywhere are short handed. Crops
In general are below normal. A decline
of energy and resources is felt in all
agricultural areas. Labor has gone TO
the cities and no one knows how or
when 1t will be replaced.
Immigration has slacEened. Many
people of foreign birth are outward
bound for home. They made plenty OF
money and they can afford to travel in
search of friends or old associations.
The farms have never been able TO
depend to any considerable degree on
foreign labor because foreigners stop at
the cities, where they believe the most
money is to be made. Doubtless a new
tide of immigration will turn toward
the United States, and when it does
an organized effort ought to be made to
direct 1t toward the farms. Some such
plan was always necessary. Now it is
inneratirn
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international questions. And, II he
chooses, he can carry the war into Mr..
Wilson's own camp by charging the
President with preventing the ratifica-
tion of the peace treaty with the league
covenant in the form acceptable to two
thirds of the senator's, l.. left TO them
selves, and with insisting on its ratifi-
cation in a form pleasing to a single
man. And he can remind the people Of
all the Inconvenience which arise out
of the continuance Of technical state
of war when the rest of the world Is
at ppacc-inconvenience which have
been perpctuated because of the unwill-
ingncss of President Wilson to yield an
inch to men who disagree with him.
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PLAYING 1T THROUGH

CENATOR HARDING plays golf
~ So does President Wilson and for
mPr President Taft.
There arc mon in the Senate who are
displea>od with Mr.. Wilson because he
insists on playing the game in which he
is engaged through to the last hole.
But Mr.. Taft does not condemn Mr..
Wilson for this desire. Indeed, as a
golfer ho must admire the determination
to geo the thing through to the end.
Th" supporters of Senator Harding
are pleased TO know that he devotes
himself to the game in which quitting
is a disgrace and are confident that he
will not consent that the United States
shall be a qutter in anything that it
has undertaken. Under his direction as
President it will play the game to the
eighteenth hole.
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BATTING THE STORK

TNHE storks that additionally hover
i over Strasbourg Cathedral may be
tempted to seek new acrics when they
learn of the amiable incentive to domes
tic felicity authorized by a st. Joseph
builder.
In that pleasant Missouri town
sometimes described as a Philadelphia
Of the West--rOws Of dwellings are to
be erected available TO newly married
couples. IT, at the expiration of year
there are no increases in families, the
tenants will be forced to vacatc.
If the population increases, rent for
one month will be returned. After this
no stork with a responsible sense of
civilization would hesitate. 1t is,
however, the somewhat prevalent cyni-
cism and whimsicality Of these interest d.
ing birds which still slightly beclouds
an otherwise model program.
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urging America to exclude these mil.
lions of would-be immigrants from Il
eastern and southern Europe, eau only
say that to the best of my knowledss
and belief these apprehensions are eI.
aggerated. 1t is true that the spirit ol|
bolshevism is prevalent in many OF The
countries whence they come. But ths
workers who want to emigrate to|
America are not the Bolshevist element
They are the workers who want to WORK
otherwise they would not be so eager
to go to a land where they know wori
is the supreme ideal. They are not
coming to America to foment revolu
tions or establish communism, becau~
they know it would be hopeless at.
tempt. Socialist agitators have been
telling them ever since the United States
began deporting Reds to Russia thai
America is stronghold Of tyrannoui
reaction, where the followers Of the trus
Bolshevist faith are mercilcssly perse.
cuted. European workers who still |
wish to emigrate to America after lls.
tcning to these terrible tales and warn.
ings are certainly not Bolshevists. and
their attitude proves that y American
ideals of personal liberty and equal op.
portunities attract them more power.
fully than the barren theories Of lie.
nine's Red paradise.
Precautions America will certainly
have to take II she decides to abolish |
existing restrictions on immigration h.
fore it is too late, but they should b
rather medical than political in char.
acter. There is very real danger that
fol- eign labor might bring foreign pesd
lences with it to America at present |
All kinds Of epidemics are raging in Tho
countries Of eastern Europe. The re-
organization of American quarantins
stations on modern lines, particularly
as regards disinfection preventing the
introduction of typhus, must be d.
fected before America opens wide hf
gates, as Europe hopes she will at last
At present Furope's exlled emigrans
are still saying: "If America need'
workers, and we are willing to come 70
America to work, and our country cant
give us work. and Is better of withcsus,
us, why won't America let us Gomez
The answer isn't easy.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. General Joseph Pllsudski first
president OF the Republic OF Pc
lard, is known AS tho Strong Man
OF Poland" wa"
2, This Is tho 145th year OF the linda
pendence Of the United States
3. The Maytiower landed its Pilgrims
in 1920. '''s
T. The average elevation of the land
above sea level IL 1900 feet
3. Leatherstocking was the most "a
miliar OF the names given TO Nat1y
Bumppo, the hero OF Cooper's nioS,
necr romances, hence called The
Leather Stocking Tales"
6. The longest canal In the JJnitad
States s the Erie, 3S7 miles be-
tween Albany and Buffalo, M
7, "lndurated" means made hard -"
3. The Lilliputans were a tiny race ~
people described in "Gulliver's .
Travels"
Q, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the uno
Art Is the perfection OF nature =
TO- The Hard Cider Campaign was The
one conducted for William Henrv
Harrison in is40. A log cabiS
was used to symbolize his unnre.
tentiousness and a barrel of hard
cider as token, OF his hospitality.
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free institutions. then IL is necessary
to admit that all people ought to be
concerned about the sort of training
that is provided in public schools every
where in the country.
Certainly it is not pleasant to sec
the increasing drift of children into pri.
vate schools and dual decline of
the schools maintained for the majority
which cannot afford to pay heavily for
the education of its children. Doctor
Spaulding suggests that a national
school system is necessary and that
federal supervision of all schools will
have to come. IL only in order that the
public educational system may not be
starved into state Of futility. The
present condition of the schools in this
city proves clearly enough that stimu-
ulus of some sort is needed
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NATIoNALIZED EDUcATIoN7

TT is highly probable that the school
Il survey now being made in this state
hy Doctor Finegan and similar investi
cations being carried on elsewhere will
prove the justice and wisdom of the
views expressed by DR.. Frank +.
Spaulding, of Yale, in an address to the
graduating class at Temple University.
4 II is true, as Doctor Spaulding sug
gested, that the educational system Of
the country is loosely organized; that
II Is welter of unrelated and inefficient
units, and that it functions inefficiently
in most places and fails in many. The
schools need more than money. They
need enlightened and scientific direction
and universal standard. II we are to
continue to regard education as the
best defensive system and enlightened
public 1oninion AS the surest support Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
WORLD JURISTS HEAR ROOT
Noted American Discusses Plan
for international Court

The Hague, June 10.--The jurisu
composing the commission for the per
manent court Of justice. who are meet
ing at the peace palace in an Ell
deavor to draft plan fol, worry
court for submission to the League o.
Nations. temporarily shelved yeSteroi'
the multitude of plans for the court o.,
fered by neutral nations and vsrioa, ,t,
private organizations. and plunged ,.Ns ,u,s
an independent discuss Jon OF what aas,
considered the most important queSi
ton, the manner of the selection V
judges. 49,, ,,u,rir,.
Elihu Root, representing AmerIIiSs, A'IIin,
pointed ont the Importance OF der,a,J, de",as
how small nations shall be adequa''
represented. ,.,
Generally speaking: Mr. R3nt ,.t .aSSl "
the stand that the Supreme oohaJ ooIhOoteI Vi
the United States. which Is not 'e,.i;,bout eivJb'St
but appointed, and functions wiehVci wleis n
political control, should be- the pasSJ p.s.Js,
the world court. In speaking ysS"s%r s cou,
he explained that the problems mrobIs I to
fronting the jurists were p.he Xiii.
the tasks of the leaders OF the IN ."a as
teen American states drawing w W as. A.
constitution, where they nag .. 10 S,st,
suage the fears that the smaller orss SOs
would be swallowed by the larse
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A Woman's Voice

A WoMAN'S voice, the loveliest
a or all the sounds that sing,
why should It change, hours Unforeseen.
To barbed, blistered thing.
Sometimes: by any day Or night,
A paradiSial tune,
Bewildering in its delight.
And silvery as the moon.
Then, unforeseen, as ! have said,
And lovers long have known.
1t veers and turns and cuts nc sbo
i Like flung stone " 'D"'p'
Kenneth Sladc Alling. in tbs Nou,
York Evening Sun. '"' we"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
Member of the Associated Press
A FouR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
trate its attention.
The Deldt1dre river bridge.
A drydock big enough to dccommo-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
TEN.
A convention hdli.
A building ;or the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the pdter supply.
Homes to accommodate the popusd-
tion.
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GERMANY PLANS HUGE LoAH
Credit Of 5000, 100000 Marks "
ae Asked Of Relehstag

Berlin. June 19.-(By A. !. = 2 900.
600 900 marks will be asked o. 5ns ,Dt 10 D 30
af'sGiiSs dcaS inspired nSa news bulletin e. n,,sS 'ts %
today. This money wouiu wouiuorJitures.
meet urgent emergency eAp',on's e finance
The bulletin adds the hisoatpd ha.,f@d because
has been seriously complissatoy toy REVENUES
of the general insecurity ot law ,"H nreyail,
and the industrial pressure fo" for the first
ing. The railroad dehclt iT ibudset year
six months of the currenanso nno 06o 0 marks.
is estimated at 7:0OO,ooV,,,J,;TIIT also BE-
The ministry of finance w''r 'crredt Of
called upon TO move o0t current
+ 900, 900. COO marks 10 .hO .ts'SV Versailles
Obligations growing out oil inc
pcaCe treaty.
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=. Public sentiment will back the sc-
ton OF the police authorities in prohib-
iting the sale Of sparklers. It is i'm
portant that merchants should be given
opportunity to sell their wares . bmt il
is far more important that the public
shall be protected.
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I'VE favor the immediate conclu-
sion Of peace and we de-
nounce the treaty" says the platform
of the Nonpartisan League meeting in
In effect: 1--WE need
water, but denounce rain"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

The Committee of Forty eight. the
Single Tax party and the Nonpartisan
League of the Northwest will ioin the
third party move, it is said. The. Dis.
gruntled Ones would be a good name
for the new organization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

When Senator Harding makes a
fat declaration concerning the League
of Nations either the bitter epdcrs or
the mild reservationists are going TO get
bumped. Or will he avoid such decIa.
ration until after the election?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Man S delight in being puzzled
needs tn, flip of belief that he alone
may stumble on the clue: which Is why
more people are interested in the Elwell
mystery than in the Einstein theory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

The sudden death of a little South
Seventeenth street child draws atten-
ton to the fact that the toy balloon is
far and away the most dangerous toy
on the market.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

1t is sure thing that outside seats
on Broad street busses, If we had them,
would have been well patronized early
in the week. That particular brand Of
vchicular traffic makes its own demand.
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"And believe me-" said Sir Auck-
land Geddes at Princeton, II have gone
into this thing fairly carefully" Es-
saying with English caution, as it were,
foray into American colloquialism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Synchronous improvements in the
municipal plant-Sowing seeds OF efi
cheney while firing grating cops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

A recent interview indicates that
sickness has not seriously interfered
with the Presidents punch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

The Republican national ticket
hasn't had a man from Massachusetts
since 1872. After so long an interval
it was right and proper that a particu-
larly good one should be selected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Cleveland, st. Louis, Boston, Bal
timorc and Pittsburgh are convinced that
Detroit rode into fourth place in a
fivver; and Detroit probably won't
deny it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Taking one thing with another,
there Is strong reason to believe that
Herbert Hoover didn't want that nomi-
nation from either one party or the
other.
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seIoIan Parliament Admits wO" S".'r.

Brussels, June l9.mh%Ie to ParlIi.
enabling women TO De elsr'b sr The ChspO''
ment has been adopted py '"'
oy 142 votes to TO- "a, .bo excepted y.
Belgian women, WIZ, '"c arc not. 't
widows s'of eombntanu, ri eleeuep''
electoral except In comn'up" q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

To hear some people tell It. the
only personal liberty worth while is dis
pensed by man in a white apron.
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There are thousands who will re-
fuse to consider the Belgian who landed
the ex x-kaiser lone on the jaw
criminal.
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The Presidents hopes concerning
the Democratic platform will receive no
joyous echoes from the French Lick
conferees.
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Pennsylvania continues to be the
only state in the Union with two cities
among the first ten in the country.
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One way of reconciling black and
white Is to call one tweedledum and the
other tweedledee.
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If Senator Harding can inaugurate
a policy that will please both Crane and
Johnson he will merit all the nice things
that have been said about him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

II is really the land of the free to
the kids in vacation time,
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The Q
4 Near Record bandit

one Of Philadelphia big chain restau-
rants must have been disappointed when
they found that the leather bag they
seized contained almost 5000 punched
food checks. II those checks had called
for food at it's present prices that rob
berry would have gone down as one of
the great ones of history.
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Herbert Hoover has certainly been
a great disappointment to the New
York World,
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SHORT CUTS

Senator Harding's porch parties
ought to produce many pithy political
truths.
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Senator Harding doesn't pretend to
know 1t all, and therein, in the opinion
OF many, lies hope for the country.
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Bristols birthday cake with 200
candles brightens the news of the day.
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Investigators Of the Elwell murder
haven I n thing but clues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Mr.. Taft's Endorsement Of Senator
Harding is a mastery argument and
bears strongly the earmarks of sincerity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

IL remains to be seen whether or
not the party Of Lincoln will have to
contend with the party of Lincoln, Neb.
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EUROPES WORKERS EAGERLY
KNOCK AT AMERICAS DOOR
Millions Unaffected by "Socastic sformaon Eager
Enlist in Industrial Army of Promised Land
Ry r. F.. KOSPOTH

stan Evening Switzerland
Copyroh By Public
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To Make the
shoe Pinch

slider such responsibility should involve.
in effect, the serving of portion of his
sentence. But if such vicarious pun
ishment were sanctioned by the law one
may reasonably suspect that more care
would have been exercised by those
concerned.