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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13

when the Mayor and John OBrien. Cor
pcraCon Counsel, bombarded Mr.. I'M
r~rmyer with questions. II lent de-
cided comic touch 10 the proceeding
Mr.. Unternyer waved his arms when
The questions We're shot at him loud
enough to be heard by those around
Then the counsel repeated some of the
questions 10 the witness but stubbornly
refused % repeat others. while the crowd
reared.
Great as was the interest in the Hy-
lan-Cnteyfnyer clashes, the daily sensa-
rion, as supplied regularly by this in
CURRY since Il started, came at the very
close. with Mr.. Robertson's testimony.
The fee TO Brindell, the witness said,
was paid to insure against strikes. This
is the first time that term has been APP
piled to such payments. Further the
witnelss made known that big firms re-
sarded 1t as essential and quite proper
10 pay big sums to learn what the
master OF labor had In mind regarding
wages to be paid workmen in the many
trades.
Brindell told Mr.. Robertson. the lat
ter testified. that a general wage boost
was to go into effect in New York jan
uary next. With that information the
contractor knew how to figure on future
work and the fee was a small percent
have been had the builders been caught
on a big project with wage incyeases.
Mr.. Robertson lives In Bronxville and
Is a partner In the firms of Todd. Irons
e. Robertson, Inc, and Todd. Robertson
Or Todd, building contractors. The cor
poratlons were putting up the Guaranty
Trust Companys Building and have the
contracts for the great Cunard pier de-
velopment on the New Jersey shore, in
volving a cost Of from s35 900 900 TO s40,
900, 900. Three hundred men on the Guar
anty Trust Building went on strike and
one of Brindell's agents named Neon
VILE advised Robertson TO go see Brin-
dell So the builder went.
Clarence L. Smith, contractor and Mr..
Taylor of the Foundation Company ac-
companied Robertson and they had
talk with Brindell in the latter's office
at u st. Marks place. The labor leader
complained that Post & McCord were
employing non-union steel men for drill
ing and when the contractors agreed to
end that the strike was called Off by
telephone. 1t had lasted two hours.
Then BrindeIl called Robertson into
side room. the witness continued. They
talked about general labor conditions
and when Robertson told about his $780,
900 contract Brindell suggested it
would be a nice thing TO have strike
insurance" on such job, the witness
said. The contractor agreed. 1t was ar
ranged they should meet week later
and talk Il over. a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13

"As truly as Shakespeare . y has
thoughts and PHILOSOPHERS of his own
to clothe in urgent words" is what the
Nep York World says of "Caius Grac-
chus," by Odin Gregory. All book
sellers. Boni & Liveright, Publishers,
New York. 81 net.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-13
Talked "Insurance" at Luncheon,

81 took Brindell TO lunch at the Com
modore Hotel and we talked further
about general labor conditions on the
pier Job" Mr.. Robertson continued. Il
wanted to get information about the
labor market. / said IL would be a
nice thing to have the strike insurance.
We were preparing our estimates and
wanted to know what the labor would
cost
IT met him a few days later at the
Guaranty Building and we walked
around the job. When we got to the
third floor talked to him. / said,
Now II would be very nice thing to
get this all Strengthened out so that we
can get your advice and help and CO.
operation in settling all these labor
questions. and l want to know what
sort of arrangement we can make He
quoted the sum OF $4,000"
said he wanted s50,ooo?" Mr.. Inter
myer asked.
"Yes. sir" the witness said.
'What did he say about strike insur-
ance? Won't you tell us?'
"well, 1t was very intangible as far as
that goes--I wanted to get his coopera-
tion and help on our work"
What sort OF cooperation did you
want to get?"
II wanted his advice TO prevent
strikes
"And what did you say them"
81 wanted to know how he wanted IT,"
"And how did he say he wanted lt?''
and the rest of the payments to come
along on request-to be strung along"
AT his request?'
Eyes. sir; while I was to have some
option on that"
did you bargain with him?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

of Delaware river tributaries north Of or
near Trenton. It is recommended that or
this storage scheme steps be Iakcn by the
state to file claims for land along the To-
hickon and Ncshaminy creeks.
Meanwhile the improvement and extension
Of the present Delaware and Schuylkill sup
ply works is urged and following those
operations the construction of Perkiomen
creek impounding reservoir as the first unit
in a semi gravity scheme. The total cost
of these operations will BE- $13 5000 900; the
exigent rehabilitation work. $50 .00O. 900.
Taxpayers may vince at the bill, but the
necessity of eventually honoring it cannot
be lodged. The very existence Of any me
tGopolis Is fundamentally dependent on its
water supply.
AS the present necessities are relieved the
expansion of the city will lend more con
vincing aspect to the major and revolutions
ary proposal. There is. moreover, at least
this comfort for the tmid When time for
cXpcnding the huge sum of S134. 900 200 on
tn" upper Delaware region system really
comes the city will be big enough to have
attained a new mental attitude.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
TWO WASTEEUL WHlMS

A \ means of divcrting the financial at
"A tcntion of the city from vital into SUI
pcrhuouS channels. the proposal to glorify
one minor branch of the Municipal Court
with a paatial and costly new home might
conccivably be effective. A similarity of
consequences is equally easy to road into
tn" program. fathcrcd by Mr.. Roper. on
behalf 0f an elaborate "town hail. in Ger
mantOwn.
According to tho new rouncmanic loan
bill. 81 600 900 j. to be set aside for the
first project and $50 900 for the other.
That selfish personal interests will be served
should such appropriations be granted is
fairly clear Not much else is
In fact. with formidable host of nccCs-
Sary and still incomplrted undertakings on
its hands. the municipality can about aS we'll
afford to embark on such absurd venture,
as a drowning man could afford to reject Il
life prr>crv"r in favor of a diamond srurf-
pin.
Councilman Dcvcln simply enlarge, ON
matter Of common knowledge in his criti-
ciSm Of tho pompOus wastefuncsS and costly
prctcnSions of the Municipal Court That
feature Of the judiciary system is notoriuu>ly
cn"umbcrcd with r"tainerS whose official
functions are mainly theoretical. What is
needed in this court is not now quarters
for the present ones are adequate or at least
capable Of relatively inexpensive cXtcuson-
but n sensible and thorough administrative
revision.
As for the town hail. scheme. TINT
SmackS of the venerable political traditions
in loyalty to which congressman have been
wont to curry favor with special constitu-
cnts. Moreover. Germantown is not n civic
entity. Tho present tax Office maintained
in the old 'town hail. building at Hnincs
street and Germantown avenue duly serves
its subsidiary purpose. and tn" suggestion
that a new structure might rccyo branch
poStofiice congestion in northwest PhiladrI.
phia exposes the holIownp>s Of the plan. 1t
is decidedly not the business Of the city to
solve the problems of the federal admins
tratiOn.
1t is interesting to note that Mr.. Roper,
the particular champion Of the plan to in
vest Germantown with sub -rity digpitips.
not so long ago commented rather forcbly
upon the naCtion Of tho administration,
The deficiencies of which this Germantown
councilman complained will hardly be rem
edcd by policy Of parochial cxtruvagance.
The Municipal Court and Germantown
town hail. items Of tho loan bill are Ia .
mentally out of place there. Tho formida
bic tasks confronting til" administration will
only be hindrrcd if the mcasur" ON its ms.
sage includes the two tranSparcntly indie
fcnsible appropriations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
A WORD TO MOBS

TT IS not often that IL day news brings
story more dramatic than that OF the
priest of ltt" church in the Chicago
stockyard district, who Shumcd and dis
perscd "A mob that had broken into his very
sanctuary in pursuit of men whom it wanted
to lynch.
"GO home" said this man. who knew
how cowardly every mob is at heart, land
try to be happy. There is troublc enough in
the world now Why do you want to make
more
Why, indeed, do they want to make more?
1t would be IA good thing if all the various
and sundry people who appeal to the mob
spirit in America might be similarly met in
the open similarly shamed and similarly
challenged with a question that they cannot
answer They are in politics. They are in
the foreground Of every industrial dispute.
And they are without wisdom and without
courage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
What Do You Knou?


l'Who was recently elected president of
Mexico? VI
: what does the first amendment to the
constitution of the United States pro-
vide? F
3. Name two great oil-produclng regions
outside OF the United States
T. "hat are the two principal gases of
: which air Is composed?
D. Who was Meissonnier?
9. What is debacle?
l. Where are the Aand islands the sover-
elgnty or which Is to be decided by the
League of Nations?
;, Which is more correct, cocoa or cacao?
,. What Is hob" in English money?
D. When was the Spanish Armada destroyedo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

"All that the league needs to make u
a most effective and certain instrument ipr
reducing wars to the absolute minimum u !,
the participation of the United states
Who said it? No, it was neither Woodrow
Wilson nor William Howard Taft. it Wa'
Hialmar Granting, prime minister OF Swe'
den, while referring to the dispute between
his country and Finland oyer the possessloa'
of the Aland Islands, matter that has been
left to the league to decide.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
A FOTR-yFtR PROGRAM FOR
puITtDFIPHTA

Things on which the neople expect the new
administration to concentrate its attention!
The Dcin,"drc rtusr b tdCc
A drUioCk big enough to dcconu Oddtd tHe
largest StipS.
Development Of the rdpid transit system.
A cOrrCufOu hcN.
/ Juii4ipg for me Frcc Library.
Az Art Museum.
Enlargement ~ The t"rfor supply.
Homes to drcOi. ,dOddic The population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Chairman Benson, of the shipping
board. thinks American shipowners should
patronize American marine insurance COM
panies. 1t seems hard to understand why
the plea should have to be made. Foreign
shippers could not bribe American shlpoWn'
crs to tell their trade secrets but n foreign
insurance company can get all the data
needed by offering cut rates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Faulty WORKING Conditions

From the Kansas city Star.
1t took the local motor thieves eleven
hours to get away with six cars in the Fri
day night course of regular business. Tho
damp, foggy condition of the atmosphere
evidently made the work very difficult.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Perfectly Lovely

From the Ohio Stat journal
What impressed Us most yesterday in the
course Of the ten or fifteen minutes which we
spent in our Listening post, attentivcly over
hearing the Conversation of the npighbor
women was the remarkable elasticity of the
word lovely. which seems to apply to almost
anything, from zlnnia to the scar left by
a major operation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Our Own More or Less Bibulous Agri;.
culturist says the only way he knows OF
keeping cider within the law is to drink it
the moment it develops an alcoholic content
of half Of l per cent; but that a joyous
premium goes with forgetfulness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

In certain sections of New Jersey
preparations are being made to plow under
great crops of tomatoes. That we waste and
later want is demonstration that our systaa
of transportation and distribution Is far from
being perfect
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Psychic tips being on the increase. per-
haps the police had better call Sir Oliver
Lodge and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into the
Wall street mystery. Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle particularly. A Sherlock Holmes win
spirit control supplementng his hypodcrmlc
syringe ought to be able to work wonders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Uniformed policemen will give illus.
tratcd talks on avoidable accidents in all
the Cleveland schools on Monday. The pre-
sumption is that their salaries as instructors
and guardians of the peace will tote up to a
living wage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
A kansan's Ruthless Deed

From The SnDPtha HerHId,
When Cal Lichty returned from California
recently he had big mustachc, but it got
in his way so much when he tried to cot
the big roasting ears grown here he had to
have it cut off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Explanation Needed

From the Kansas city Times,
Governor Cox is now on lis way home,
Maybe when he gets there he will tell his
national committee how to run a campaign
without a campaign fund.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

A swarm of bees entered church In
Warren, Pa, and delayed funeral; pre-
sumably providing an answer to the query,
80 death, where is thy sting?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Patols Is the dialect of common pcople in
a district. differing materially from
the literary language.
2 The word should be pronounced pa
8. Trajan Is accounted the greatest military
leader among the emperors of Rome
-, His dates are 52-117 A. d.
T. Ihe quarter deck of a ship is the part Of
the upper deck between the stern and
aftermast. used by superior officers
and cabin passengers.
o. VIII Carleton an American writer was
the author. of over the Hill to the
Poorhouse."
g. An ounce Is mountain panther or snow
leopard, smaller than a leopard but
marked like It.
T. Lb., the abbreyiaton for pound, is a
contraction of the Latin libra
8. Kitty Give was a noted actress OF Irish
extraction, born Raftor. She lived from
III TO 1888.
.. Dross is the scum thrown off from metals
in melting 1t is also foreign matter
mixed with anything impurities, re-
fuse, rubbish.
10. Jackson is the capital of Mississippi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

The sorest man in town Is he who
bought his f1ivver few days before the ncw
rates went into effect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Civic experts who apparently prefer
court to water system may eventually be
forced to take water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Boston people are carrying lunch bas-
kets as a protest against profteering res
taurant keepers. 1t is not only the excess
profit tax on food they save; they're ahead
on the tip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Make Americanism concrete" advises
the Kansas City Star. Which isn't at all
incompatible with cementing friendships
abroad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

There are teachers who are inclined to
think that what the Board of Education
needs is raisin and cake of yeast.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

The consumption Of coffee is decrease
In this country. Just what are the pcop
drinking nowadays?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Old time motto respectfully submitted
to City Hall: Zone thing at time and
that done WELL" etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Impending

From the Detroit News.
In few weeks now the ultimate consumer
will take down his winter suit and learn how
much it cost him during the summer 70 feed
the moths.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

After ages of anxious waiting, a palpi.
tating public discovers that Hiram johnson
is still for Hiram Johnson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Neither war nor food has changed tn
boundaries of Salt River.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

York Legislature have done. For the sort
of dull Jury that swept through the Albany
Legislature was not the result Of any rea
soning process, Of knowledge or of rational
observation.
Socialism to the twilit minds assigned to
the business of lawmaking at Albany OBJ
viously means bomb throwing and Red dis
order. 1t is thing hated largely because
il is not understood. In Albany, it appears,
here Is Il conviction that political thinking
which docs not recognize ultimate perfection
in n Republican machine or Democratic
machine must stop. Yet it happens as Mr..
Sweet and Mr.. McCue may learn II they
turn to the books. that neither the Rcpub
lcan party nor the Democratic party was
in existence when the constitution was
written
Patriotism? The word is befoucd by the
uses made of it in instances like this. If
the precedent of Albany were ever firmly
established, If it ever could be established,
thcrr would be an end in this country TO free
and enlightened government There would
be- an end Of safety. There would be the
beginning of tyranny more terrible than
anything known in the world before. because
it would be a tyranny of the ignorant and
the cowardly. a dictatorship of ambitious
iliteratcs. Any political party, whether II
spoke for liberalism or conservatism, could
be stranglcd at the very beginning at word
from protitccrs in office.
1t is not strange that Mr.. Hughes and.
indeed, the whole world of rational and
really patriotic men should be amazed and
angCrod by this crowning achievement in
the political futilty that long has troubled
America.
IT, in the words of Caessens. citizens in
free country cannot express their political
convictions through the medium of the bal
lot what course remains to them? That
question cannot bc downed Nor can II be
answered as the Tammany braves answered
it at Albany.
For the people of America and. indeed.
for Socialists themselves there is profound
meaning in the outcome at Albany, and it
is not visible clearly on tho surface. Here.
formally pronounced in the Legislature Of
state. is negation of the fundamental rule
Of political liberty. 1t was not the work of
confessed reactionaries. The mysterious "in-
terests' so frequently indicted by the radicals
themselves had nothing to do with it. Money
did not enter into the affair. The capital
lists were nowhere about This revival Of
tyranny and political persecution was due
to chosen representatives of the plain poo
pie. sent to Office and kept there by the
maj"riti"s of their state and sustained by the
sort Of common opinion without which they
would be dor"ntly in oblivion. If democracy
isn't to b" self destructive. it's voting habits
will have to he revised. Voters will have
to learn how to use the instrumcntalticS Of
really free government before they take
the advice of the Socialists and fool with
more dangerous tools.
Their chosen representatives at Albany
have ignored tho fundamental law. Why.
after all, is that amazing?~ Have not men
of this type regularly ignored the funda-
mental law without a rebuke from those best
qualified to rcbukc them?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Connecticut having ratified the suffrage
amendment, interest in what Tennessee
antis may do becomes purely academic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

The soldier who has never smellcd pow
der nowadays must be afraid of girs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

The p. r. T. is still displaying a formi
dable bunch of fiyes.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

The New York Assembly is doing liz
darnedest to make socialism popular.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

How may bites does the city propose to
take at the street cleaning cherry?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

Gabbleomania is a darned poor substr
tute for Getthingsdone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Cruel, Cruel!

From the Boston Evening Transcript
The New York detectives who are now
arresting all men with black boards and
Windsor ties are probably the same ones
who solved the Elwel mystery
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
SHORT CUTS
ere's where we fall for Fall.

Wonder If the woman vote will balance
the silent vote?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Three Stages of Election

From the Sun and New. York Herald.
Spouting,
Routing,
Shouting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Member of the Associated Press

Philadelphia. Thur,day, September -. 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

What Mr.. Sweet might do, if he desires
to b" consistent in the next emergency. has
been tried with disastrous results in other
countries and in earlier times. And it was
tried under far more favorable circumstances.
There have been kings and dictators who
held that they should do the thinking for
the multitudeS. They are gone now. though
they were infinitely wiser than any Tam
many asscmblyman. They based their op-
position to religious and political creeds on
ordered theories of one sort or another.
That is more than the bosses in the New
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-23
DE
PROPlEOAOES

Tor 4 entrevISta Gue s"0r '"Il'-
ror los reporte-os dc los diarioS -
Tital,nos con . EncarCado dc Ia Sc
cre;aria Do Hacienda. senior MeHGtlt'
sAheSe que e. Goh.arro R~evoIucionar:o
,ra,a de desintervenir las prori"da %
des 90 los homhres pofticos. con OK
ceDci6n De aquellas cue sean d." Guie
res tomaron ra~te on e. "uar'ciazo.
I'm tai ~en;ravis:a. declare 81 s"no:
Nardiyil Que eran los homhres : no
sus h!eres auienes deherfaH ra~pon-
der de- sUs aCtos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-23
IA REORGANIZATION DE
IA ~SECRETA4lA DE HA-
CIEkOA

\ indication del sefor AureiI71o
Mandiyir actual Enrarsado dc IA 80
cre,s-fs de Hacienda = CrAdiro Publ
CO. So esta "a emprendiendo "A o
c~anizaci6r an aquella secretarfa. pIeS,
- doshara jusfa - que IA d7jara q
~Iicencis1o Luis Cabrera es TerIade-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-23

s,.a ,4c mo pryyorc.orc rHicrmcS "NactOE
a,"-c. dc. attus, uarad"ro 10 Pedro milo.
dc - amos &c dad. c-catGra rrsu!ar. "Ios
rc.rgs Y r-iuos. color t-'C.o"o. hirotr NJ
.ro. o-!ciuario de .Jamay. Jal'~co cuairsGuter
.afrrma sohr.. este asIn.,. ,irl ->" r Psoo
Nug,ar.s. H,r-rr,il.". ii. '-cD
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-23
&
DE "a zzzzlI I1lSZ w.

Los puertos estan IIenos de barcos de guerra norteamerIca-
nos.-Fueron r~ecogidas cinco cajas fuertes de la casa
de Barragan.-EI Gobernador de Michoacan va a Ia
acknowledgements de propiedades.-Reorga-
nizacion de la S~ecretaria de Hac:e ndo.-Desapareclo
una historical bandera.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-23

EG.Gu'nl \. chan III.