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BLANTON

THE movement 10 punish Rrprrsrn'a'.,,
l. Rlanron. Of Texas, for Inserting uis..uo
matter in the Congressional Record under
leave 10 print an extension Of his remarks
had itS prrvocation long before the specific
offcnSr with which lie is chargcd
He has been one Of tho most pcstifproIe
obstrrctors Of Legislation that over sat in the
House lie has O6structrd. not Tor any
publ" reason. but seemingly for the sheer
pleasure II mnGing trouble and forcing ar-
tention upon himself.
His colleagues have been Writing for an
opportunity to tell him what thor think "
him. Il cam" when he had III" oHcuding
matter printed in rhc Record. Ouo Of hi.
Democratic nssoclatcs from his u,vn Sta,,
was tn" first 70 suggest to IN" Republican
leaders that h" be expelled. When Repre-
sentative Mondcll introduced his resolution
Of expulsion, the first reaction Of an over
whPlming majority was that Of approval.
Second thought. however. led many Con-
grrsSmcn to think that loss drastic punish.
mcnt might be adequate. Their counsols
prevailed.
Iilantuu shares with IlCrrck, of OKLA
humR. the uncnviab." not0rictv Of hoing an
illustration Of what rhc uutrammcIcd o'cr.
toratr Ill dC whcr il is frrr tu pick It's
representatives. H. Washington. Blunton is
an egoist who set out to force attention
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THE u" WORTH A TRIAL

TIME break down Of four years Of nogo-
l. tistiOns with tn" y. Il, r. leaves the
City of Philadelphia With an important.
almost completed bur physcaly isolated
transit line on it's hands. Naturally. Mr..
Mittcn has painted q dark picture o' the
obstacles 20 successful operation of thc
road and can So" no hope in the plan for ity
independent operation, which he regards a.
"a mistake from every point OF viow"
Without questioning the authrntcty Of
much expert information Of which he is
possessed or his right to make out the best
case possible for the organization which he
heads, II may he said that his argument has
now become a"adCmiC.
The lease conferences are disrupted The
city" declares Mayor Moore. "wl' proceed
to complete and operate the Frankford elc-
vated line as nm Independent system" This
means, of course, that no connection will he
made between the municipal elevated and the
transit companys high speed system. II
means that daring and unique experiment
will be made and that the public ~ not
receive the full measure Of benefits orig Daly
contemplated,
But there is another aspect of the situa
tion which is worth considering. The pro.
tracted season of agonIzing maneuvcrIna *
temporarily at least over There 10 scarcely
anything which the future holds that can
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GROWING THE PARKWAY

THE Councilmen who scrambled down
i the craters and UP the precipiCNs formed
by the Typographical upheavals incident to
the Art Museum project expressed astonish-
ment over the magnitude of the operation
And well they might be thus moved. The
work in the neighborhood OF Twenty fifth
and Spring Garden streets is proceeding on
a scale calculated to amaze PhiladclPhians
trained in the school OF checker board streets,
narrow thoroughfares and no vistas what
ever.
The present chaos s but preliminary TO q
municipal improvement Of thc first order.
Not only will n picture gallery with poteu
tiality for becoming splendid treasure house
and a center of artistic enterprise be erected, B.,
but it will be appropriately cuvironed by
scenic charms and approaches Of grandeur.
Ii is said that the impression lett by the
ofhcial visit tho other day insurPs tho Rp-
preparation Of adequate funds for the prose
cution Of the work This is as ii should be-
The project is too COmmPndahle TO be inter
rupted by niggardy and petrifogg!ng tactics
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be as damaging to public interest, to the
reputation of the city and TO the ordinary
conception Of business sanity as the years
Of wranEling and qualification.
II is now the imperative duty of the
municipality TO open the road and 70 OPP
crate il az efficiently as the long discussed
drawbacks will permit. It's failure cannot
be predicted even by the most formidable
array of statistics. IT is. indeed. conceiv-
able that there have been mscalculntions
and that insufficient account has been taken
Of Developments in patronage, capable even
tually of cxtricating the city from financial
bog.
Between n makeshift system and none
whatever. tho public's choice j. unhesitat
ing. The IL" is worth n trial The com
mand is. Forward 80
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FIFTY YEARS AFTER TWEED

| LNlFrS years ago yesterday William VI.
L Tweed. the Tnmmany boss, was arrested
in civil suit for the recovery Of money
stolen from New York.
lie was then at the height of his power
and insocntly defiant of public opinion His
followers believed him to be invincibc and
they obcyed his orders without question.
The disclosure of the frauds came about
by accident. when an honest bookkccprr
took charge of the accounts Of an agent of
the gang who had been killed by the over
turning of n sleigh.
The loOtinG of the city began in earnest
with the passage Of n Now charter Of the
city in 1870. 1t cost Tweed $1.00O,0O0 to
get tho charter through the Legislature. He
would have paid more if II had been ncces-
sary.
The charter put the control of the money
of the city in the hands of a Board of Spc-
Cial Audit. One of tho early acts of this
board was 10 iSsu" an order for the pay
mcnt Of S6.3l2. 900 on account of the build
ing Of the new courthouse. Nine tcnthS Of
this sum went into the pockets Of the loot
crs. 1t was customary 20 levy on the men
who had contracts for city supplies s. Per
cent of the amount of their bills. This levy
was raised to 81 per cont after the new
charter went into effect. Then fictitious
institutions were created. with thrr" or four
appropriated to them.
Whil" this was going On Tweed was
posing rs n friend Of the poor. IIc gave
$1,000 TO each Alderman to be- used in buy
ing coal for tn" needy. and he gave $50. 600
to III" needy in tn" ward in which he was
born.
The courthouse To which reference has
been made cost the taxpayers S12. .0O0. 900.
OF this sum. one tirI alone received $4,000.
600 for supplying furniture and carpets. the
greater part Of which went into the pockets
Of Tweed and his friends.
SinCrurrS were created for favoritrS with
salaries ranging from $1,000 to Sl5.OO0
year. And when there WAS protest against
c1trHvagancc Tweed in~olrntly asked. "Whut
ar" YOU going 10 do about it,
II" found cut within few months.
Vet there still are men. not only in Now
York but in other cities. vi no think they can
rob the taxpayers as Tweed robbed them and
goc away with II. And there also are citi-
2Cn> Of these communities who regard th,
political machines controlled by these mon
As 50 powerful that attack ola them is futilr
The punishment of Tweed did not destroy
human greed nor did il remove from thr
political crooks the opportunities to gratify
their desire for easy money. Whether con-
NAV be an open question. the one thing
which is certnin is that the methods by which
tho cities are looted have been modified.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

! Iitn Of Bourbon and Parma Is the I'
Empress OF AuStria-Hungary
:" \ centurion was the commander OF
century, = company OF 100 men IN ihe
ancient Roman Army
g. Jean Arthur ltmhaud was an eccentric
and gifted French poet and adNen'lrcI
He travelled and traded extensively "
AbNSsinia and other parts Ot Atrlct
and was supposed TO be dead When
Paul NerlaIne published coll .Ction o.
Rmhaud's poems. Les lllumInntons,
which created literary sensation n
Paris Rimbaud died In hospital IN
4. An act called the Tariff Of Abomina.
tons" was passed by Congress in l&@S
It imposed heavy duties on raw r!nte-
rials and was for this reason parucu-
larly detested IN New England
j. LCpantO Is the name of great naNal
victory gained off the coast OF Greece
FNpal Fleets under Don Juan OF Aus.
trta over the Turks The battle put
an end TO the threatened domination
Of Western Europe by Turkey.
6. Francis Daniel Pastorius the founder o.
Germantown, Pa signed a protest N
1858. addressed to the Friends YearN
Meeting in Burlington. \. j., charaG-
ierlTing slavery as un-Christian' Ins
protest ts said TO have been the mrs
formal plea for emancipation made IT
America,
:. The name Patagonia given TO the south,
ern portion of Argentina ia supposed
to be derived from the Spanish ''pata'
gon' large foot, in Rllusion % lhS
large footprints OF the natives founo
by the first explorers,
s. PeriwinllC Is 4 mOllusC, much USED IoI
food. especially IN England, and is also
the name given to genus OF plants
trailing evergreen shrubs with Igh'
blue flowers
., - n!lghau g n short horned Indian anus
20 An Intcgcr Is tt v hole number uudiylded
quantity, thing complete in itssh
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PRINcEToN's CONFERENCE

WAR, for th" men who make il, is Il buSi.
w ness Of armChairS and hr"sd" thrills.
Of after dinner speeches and songs of on.
thueiasm. To thr youth Of the world, war
in it, modern forms Is nightmare Of re-
nEncjations. Of sweat and cold anG mud and
rermin and long distance impcrSonnl SIaugh
tor.
Il is through conferences such 0s repre-
sentative undergraduates Of many universities
hav" been holding at Princeton and through
n" surprisingly large literature Of objection
which followed the clos" Of the couhir; be-
tween the Germans and d"rnocratir civiliza-
ton that the younger generations are break
ing an immcmurinl silence and presenting
most significant challenge to all their
elders. To SFmpnthze with the views Px-
pressed ut Princeton one need not be n
radical pacihst. The shocking unreasonable
ness Of war is in itself enough to range every
informed and sensitive mind on the side of
p"ar" and the pra"cmakers,
No saving grace Of chivalry, no bright
quality Of individual courage, serves now
10 Justify IN" romantirisl.' view ~ war
fare. All great struggles between nutions
aro Impacts between masses of men tenn
por%wIy b"rrft Of all ordinary human rights
ana MASSES Of DOnd"rOus machinery.
II is said that wisdom belongs to age.
Perhaps i does. YOUTH however, is be-
coming doubtful. and its doubts are cnor-
mously significant. If thr Conference ON
the Limitation Of Armnmcnts should fail
utterly, We may SEQ some startling new
trends in the political currents Of all civil.
iz"d lOnds.
Thc Princeton conference did more than
give vote" 20 n" Undergraduate opinion
a, il is dovrIoping in all American and for
"Ign mi ,or~i''c>. IL cYI.'"+s"d the desire
"t all o." south of the 0or}G Tor iair
rhaurc 1T life aud happiness.
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upon himself ms soon MS he took his seat
lie has succeeded beyond his widest hopes.
llcrrick has exhibited his eccentriCities out
side the Capitol by his campaign for the
protection Of girls on the stage. He Is n
freak and political accident. The man
chosen for the nomination in his district died
befor" thc primaries and he slipped in by
default. This much must be said in eX-
tcnuation of the offcnsc of the voters of the
Eighth Oklahoma District VINO elected him.
lie will not be returned to Washington. But
Blanton has been elected by his Texas dis
trict three times and seems to be the kind
of man the voters like
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HIDDEN EXCESS MILLIONS
IN ClTY'S SINKING FUND
Stotesbury. Hsdey and Moore Could
Reduce Tax Rate an Additional 20
Cents II They Would Release
Secret Surplus
by GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

I
! rT,uERE seems 70 No I,t1o booo r., r,ost
l. during the ipcpmbrncv of ,ho oroycrt
Board of SINKING Fpnd ro,,miy.ioror. ,no+
rbe sccrcts If thr r,or;r,Io,i,,, ,,,,,,,,,.
will bc discIo.cd "a tho r,h,i,
Tho boIf- beartcd oa,r, 81 C.o,,,.,ir .,,,o
months ago n forco - yb,,d,,., .,,.o, GOAL,
announcement thar II u.iI, o,or ,,,,..,,,
sufficient courage again 70 tsro +bo b,,u hy
the horns. Its own dcrc,ic,ior, g., -, ro,,.
ton TO the commission hovn hoor go ao,ro,,,
that thev long cooS.d "a nr,voLo oo,,,,,,+
among those familiar with ,bo foo,,
The Board Of S;pkin, rund Co,ro,is.
sioners under rho Inv is co,,ro.od -, ,b,
Mayor and Tho civ Contractor with 81 tli.&
member elected annually he Cor,,n 4.
present and for ,eor, no.t T. y s.o,o,hr..
hcad Of tho b,nkf,, Ln,.o or n.oroI 6 -,
Of this citv and resident ,ro,,ho. - .ho
firm of ! = NToryon { e, %ou. yo.,.
has been the elective monhor of ,bo h,,ri
Il has been vcors since Council hoIl IN
election for tnis rosition NJ s,o.osh,,.r
hoo hoo, .s = ..,..
capacity under that nrov;sin, os tbo lam.
which reor;rss thu, Io ,or,,,,,, :,
until his s,crss,o- :, cboso, r.. :. .,.
fore a Sinking rrnd ,or,,,,;ssioro,. ,r,n,,.,.,.
a technical evasion Of the law
This fact is rofcrrsd ., Loro r,. ,bo 80,
son that CouncI il ,li-oo+I,. no-,.,,-,,,, -
Neep'"S '"" lactS concerning the Sinking
"n" millions from reaching tn" public.
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One Of the committees Of the coming
Conference for the Limitation Of Armamcnts
may be given the task OF reviewing General
ludcndorf''s new book. "Wnr and Politics. y"
III which he urges the German people TO
prepare for the next war.
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ing the OffcnSc to us and send him another
blank card in case he sees another violation.
"Wo also send for the man whose ma
chime has been reported and ask him to come
+" headquarters. where We tell Him of the
laiur" of his Offrnsc and urge him TO use
greater care. No arrest il made unless the
rioIHti"n be criminal. but the complaint is
recorded in our books against him.
Every Complaint Recorded
Every complaint against car or against
driver Will become Il matter Of permanent
record. Each man will have II separate card
ana when the complaints against him be-
come too numerous or too serious to be dis
missed with simply warning. steps will be
taken against him with the idea Of revoking
his license or of taking some other measure
which will protect the public.
~ complaint card will also be provided
tor the mOtorm"n and conductors of the
l.. r. I. on which traffic violations may be
reported to us when there is no officer at
hand. Such violations will consist of driving
past standing ears. crossing the tracks at
II dangerous speed, driving without lights or
AT excessive speed and unnecessarily delay
ing II ear by driving ahead of IT.
''StiIl another form will be for the use Of
ia" patr"lmcn at the various station houses.
and will be littl" wider in its scope than
that to b" provided for tn" u. II. r. men.
MI these cards reporting violations will be
sent to us. and we will take charge Of the
matter from then on.
Keeping Tabs ON the Drivers
An important feature Of this system will
b" the keeping of all charges against drivers
No record of this sort has been kept hereto
fore. "S all complaints hnv" been recorded
only against tn" car. Thus if n reckless
driver were reported II number Of times
when he worked for one company and then
left to 90 T." ANOTHER company, the only
charges or record would be those against
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

Japan is said to be planning a navy a.
hig as that of Great Britain and of tn"
United States combined Which suggest
thar when il comes To armament the man
with the long bow should not be overlooked
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

Rather than have Lloyd George mis-
III" Washington conference. II news loving
but also peace loving world would willingly
have the Irish truce continued until hiS
return.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Temple Triumphant ls TO Com.
memorate In Washington the Great
and Worthy Women Of the Past
by SARAH ID. LOWRJE

HAVE lived long enough to know that the
enthusiasm Of one person--if thnt person
Is astute enough to appeal to either the
sentiment or the business sense of his fel.
iows,-can carry into effect as great an on.
terprisc ms Northficd or Hampton ngainst
every Kind Of obstacle and In the face Of
great general Indifference. provided he never
Lrts up on his plan and is not diverted by
any side issue.
was newly convinced Of TINT latent
quality of success in humans by IL convcrsa-
non had with the woman who is the
inventor and tho organizer and the financial
propngandist and the advance rublicitv
agent and, Incidentally, the president of the
oman National Foundation of Washing
ton ID. e. She is Mrs. Clarence Crittendcn
'aIhoun, of Charleston. :. e.
1t was her idea tO build in Washington
kind OF temple Of women's clubs and
W"itare organizations that were national in
their scope. Il large Capitol-lkc cdlice that
would "mbody both sentiment and power in
Its type of arChitecture--remind one of the
actual Capitol. and yet be designed in its
interior rather as an auditorium for music
ana Srmposiums Of various wompns inter-
ests, with halls Of fame to satisfy sentiment
and offices for organization to satisfy bust.
ness.
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The Presidents colorful speech proves
that it is no trifiing tack hammer he use
when he wishes to drive his statements home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

II II few men owned GO prr con, of tho
land IN N"W Jersey, refused to sell il. ro.
fused 10 "uIivut" it and refused TO rent il
al II rc"S"naoi" figure, Tot oI New Jersey.
il"~ would "mSrulo, That. and no, over
rroNdins, - ahUl is TIC matter with Japap
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

Tho American steamship Clyndon, now
in this port with sugar from Cuba has or
board q goat that eats cigarettes. That's al
right Our only objection Is to kid Smokers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

We hazard tho guess that Joyce XII.
mer'S poem on The Tree" will appear In
at least on" publication in the United States
today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

In a world sense there is nothing thar
President Harding said of tho black man
that does not also apply to the yellow man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

4 more or less interested world hastcnS
10 assure Charles that il he abdicates it will
be the very best thing he has ever done.
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CAPTAIN JAMES J. HEARN
Talks Of the New Police Bureau Of Acel'
dent Prevention

dent Prevention
THE Police Bureau Of Accident Proven
L ti"u hr.t urgari2ci i an entirely new
line Of police activities and ono which vii!
prove of great benefit to the CitHNnS OF
Philadelphia. according 10 P"IiC" Captain
James J. IIcarn, III" chief Of the Bureau.
"The idea of this bureau, said Captain
1lcarn. lis not tu max" numerous arrests
or 70 make arrests mt all where 1t Is NOT
shown to be- absolutely necessary, but tn
educate the propI" Of Philadelphia. Ms well
as the drivers Of vehicles, the pcdrStrnnS'
and especially III" children. 70 thc necessity
Of exercising moro care and thus reducing
the number of accidents to Il minimum.
Complete Investigations to BE Made
"Of course. in all accident cases Il thor
ough investigation is the first step - bc
taken. and we have devised n very careful
and complete system Of records which Will
be permanent and nor only show th" details
Of all accidents. but also show every man
entire record with regard to accidents.
"Naturully. where the circumstances r..
veal criminal car"Ir>Nn"SS or sUrh n'EIlgrh'"
rs demands punishment. tn" disciplinary
powers Of the Police Department will b"
used. but our principal aim is to study care
fully tn" rals" Of every accident first ANA
then to devise ways and means of preventing
recurrence OF it,
"Whon several accidents are reported
from tn" same general point our lnvN>ti-
gators will b" Sent to ascertain III" reasons
for them and report us to how they can most
rffcrtunIy be stopped. If they ocCur on n
traffic post and We find that III" traffic officer
has been nCgIigCut our bureau Will ask for
the removal Of such an officer. If they occur
in section of the city where there Is u"
traffic post. our vcHtigators will remain
ON duty there until the reasons for the re-
curing accidents have been learned.
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Harvard is 10 teach Chinese Eve,Y
graduate may therefore be gratified to read
n description of his shirt and underwear.
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SHORT CUTS

Life in Ireland is just one darned crisis
after another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

We observe that nm effort is made 10
prove to those having to do with insurance
that honesty is the best policy.
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To the bird on a tree this seems to be
pretty good day to celebrate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

Would it br proper to speak of chain
delicatesScn stores as sausage links?
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The international Reds have Il very
imperfect knowledge Of iuclc SHm's maEr-
mn or they would Know thai the yc,, poorest
vpy of inducing him to release the Boston
,nNuhi.ts is TO threaten to bomb him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-28

Having selected new chaser. Germany
) gulps down the Upper Silcsian dose
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TN ORDER

IN ORDER to finance SO gigantic an un.
l. dcrtaking and focus The largest assortment
ol feminine interests about the SPOT there
grew up in her mind subsidiary plans for
buildings that would nt once advertise her
main scheme and play monetary and
sentimental part in its developments To
max" IL easy and practical for women TO cen.
Ter about this great capitol Of womcns in
tcrostS plans for two buildings were devised
one democratic in character. a hotel for
women run on modern and CO-OpcrativC
principles that would insure the grcatcst
comfort for thc least money: the other
somewhat putCrrutir in rs Charactrr a club
whose shareholders would be it's members at
$1,000 n share. with life tenure Of both
their membership privileges aud an admin
Of the whole foundation. To these nuclei
of interests thcr" were added certain en-
bellishmcnts, such NJ the "Silvan Theatre.
"1lall of Friendship and Hall Of
Memory
Presumably. tho hotel once built and
equipped would pay for itscIf. and more too.
in Washington probably club starting with
a thousand members ut $1,000 each would
also pay It's way and more. too. If all
he great organizations for women like III"
League of Women Voters. the Federation Of
Women = Clubs. III" W. &. +. I. and others
would join nj the rate Of n dollar n mrm-
her several million could be enrolled al.
most automatically and pay for the building
and the equipment and the maintenance Of
the great central building.
There were good many 'ifS' in tho
whole proposition. but apparently not enough
to daunt the inventor. organizer. advance
agent and first president. Mrs. Calhoun.