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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
Answers to SATURDAYS ouIx

l. 'Shadrach. Meshach and Abednego were
cast into the fiery furnace with their
mats on. according to the twenty first
verse verse or the third chapter of Daniel,
bound in their coats their hosen and
eir hats and their other garments
snd were cast into the midst Of the
burning fiery furnace"
q faInlico Sound is shallow body OF water
OF the east. coast OF North Carolina.
about eighty miles long and ten to
twenty miles wide
3. At the Battle OF Flodden Field fought
rear rear the hill OF Flodden in North.
grmperiand. Northern England, the
overwhelmingly defeated the Scotch,
under James Nv, on September 9 1918,
T. Dom Pedro II was the last Emperor OF
8. Sergeant sergeant York achieved distinction IN the
World War by capturing l32 Germans
single handed.
O. Jean FRANCOIS la Perousc was a cele-
brated French navigator. who under
TOOK a great voyage OF discovery for
natives IN the South Seas In 1888.
T. Padua, Italian. Padova is city In
Northern Italy. twenty-five miles west
or Venice. Pava Is also a city
N N3rthern Nf,I Italy. nineteen miles south
8. The owenites were the followers of Rob-
ert owen, the founder OF English
socialism. He founded n socialistlo
community at New Harmony. Ind. In
o. A shibboleth Ia n test word or principle,
or behavior, or opinion, the use or in
ability to use which betrays ones
EIty nationality, etc. The word is
TO- Propaganda - a contraction of the Latin
~ Sregation for the propagation OF tha
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
WHAT HARDING WANTS

BECAUSE no nation can put aside its
- excess armament until 1t first revises
the policies which make heavy armament
necessary because, in a word, a Government
cannot disarm in reality until it first dis
arms in spirit, President Harding has been
insisting firmly that the new conference for
peace must be held in Washington without
any preliminary and semi secret agreements
such as a minority of Powers might arrive
at through informal preparatory discus
sions among themselves.
The conference for disarmament can
actually be one in which every nation, big
and little, which now is In doubt or fear or
uncertainty or a warlike mood, might ulti-
mately submit It's grievances or It's claims
for rational and peaceful consideration and
settlement, Such treatment Of major In
ternational issues will be a necessary pre-
liminary to any useful program Of disarma-
ment. No one knows this better than the
President and the Powers with whom he
has to deal.
Chief Justice Taft IN the opening address
at the new Institute Of Politics at Williams
College-which, by the way, Is an expert
ment in advanced education that is sure to
attract a great deal of general attention as
time passes-clearly expressed aims and
purposes similar to those which actuate
Mr.. Harding and Mr.. Hughes. Oddly
enough, Mr.. Taft drew, in the course of
his discussion of international affairs. on
knowledge which he gained as q student Of
labor conditions and labor conciliator in
the war period. He had found, he said, that
when two parties in any contest of motives
sit down and review the case coolly and
with open minds each grows wiser by a
study of the others contentious and diff
culties. Each grows more liberal and more
generous.
"What we need" said Mr.. Taft, "is
something like system Of international col
lective bargaining" That Is Just what the
United States has been hoping to establish
at the Washington conference. But agree
ments Of the sort which must prccede an
abatement Of armament rivalries certainly
would not be possible IL the Powers whose
strength and resources are greatest should
sit down and formulate their demands In
advance and then call in the weaker nations
to sign on dotted lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
HOW POLITICIANS EcoNoMIzE

CMOTHER the goldfish, poison the canary
~ knock the family cat firmly on the head
and save the money usually expended for
birdseed In order that you may not be
stinted during Joy rides or in the stock
market, and you will be practicins method
Of economy just announced at Madison,
Wis, where the pigeons that futter about
the State Capitol are being slaughtered to
ease the pressure on the public treasury
These birds eat too much, 1t seems.
There is a notable flock of pigeons at
Harrisburg and there are always the pigeons
at City Hall. Others besides Mr.. Grundy
have been denouncing the Pennsylvania
Legislature for It's extravaganza and there
Is need for economy in our own municipal
bureaus. But it will be difficult for the
politicians to pass the buck to pigeons either
here or at Harrisburg. These pigeons live
by charity. No one in authority ever
thought Of providing food for them.
II Is good to know that now. The pigeons
at the State Capitol are, Of course, Of little
practical use. They are about the only
living creatures on THE Hill in Harris
burg without political friends or political
protection, and therefore they have some
value as curiosities Of Nature. They serve
other minor purposes, too. After day Of
factional caucuses or after speeches by Mr.
wearied looking at the likenesses and statues
OF dead corruptionists that are everywhere
about the big building on The Hill, the
pigeons are good to see. In an environment
everywhere suggestive Of squalor and decay
they are reminders Of sort of order that
Is perpetual. And, besides, they do not
steal anything. What they take they take
openly.
The crusade in Wisconsin is reminiscent
Of one inaugurated here some years ago
TO "rid'' City Hall Of the pigeons that flock
about the great tower. The Fire Depart
meut was summoned and spent days In the
destruction of nests in the cornces. Yet
the pigeons at City Hall and those at Har-
rsburg and in Madison are not in the least
different from the pigeons OF st. Marks in
Venice - celebrated pigeons about which
poems have been written by travellers who
journeyed far for the mere delight Of looking
at them. But Venice Is Venice and Madison
is Madison,
These creatures" says Superintendent
Morrissey, custodian Of the Wisconsin Cap.
itol, "cost the State hundreds of dollars
a year! !"
We do not know how much Wisconsin
pays to maintain Mr.. Morrissey. But we
venture to suggest that perhaps the money
Is wasted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
RuMOR

GAY, in the midst of crowd, that Jones
= does not beat his wife or fail to pay his
debts, and put sufficient emphasis on yom
denial, and many of your listeners will SOL
rmnly nod nssent-and wonder, for the first
time, whether Jones doesn't live stormy
life at home and whether he Is as honest az
he ought to be. You will, without knowing
it, be a rumOr maker.
An uptown bank which has offered a re q.
ward Of $4,000 for the conviction Of those
who set ahoat false rumors that caused what
might have been a disastrous run, Is tho
latest victim Of rumors,
It is not the first victim. 1t will not be
the lest Business firms know how deadly
an uutraccable and unjustfcd rumor may
BE-. SO do public men and even Govern.
mentS.
When YOU stop to think of the vast num-
Der of lies that are started in circulation
every year and of the few that live long
enough to do any damage, you will be likely
10 have q " tier op'nie- n human nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
OSCARS MONUMENT

fT,HE bankruptcy of the two organizations
IL whereby Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein
sought to emulate her rcsourceful husband,
and the threa .encd If temporarily averted
spolation of the late impresarios tomb IN
debt proceedings. constitute in a material
iAtic sense shabby close to prodg gious
elventures.
n That the optimistic Oscar himself would
Drobably have reboundcd from a succession
AZ new disasters is probably true. Appar-
entity he thrived on litigation and entangle-
nlents, and omens of failure were usually
accompanied by promises Of new uudertak.
ings outstrippng their predecessors in mag
nitude.
* Personality was at the base of such re-
coveries, which perhaps serves to explain
Why his successors have come to grief and
also why their collapse is Unable to tarnish
Rome valid and unique claims to celebrity.
The contribution which Oscar Hammerstein
made to the development of lyric drama in
Che United States is far more durable than
opera houses or opera companies striving to
capitalize his prestige.
The Metropolitan Opera Company, which
ks challenged, continues to display the
beneficial effects of his energetic warfare.
&lnndards Of stage dressing have been
yainxd. New operas are no longer regarded
'v~ b. but a. profitable necessities.
= Taste has been developed and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

an act calculated to throw the whole liquor
question into the limbo of factiona politics.
Now. with the series Of raids and arrests
just completed In Camden and neighboring
counties and in some Of the shore com
munities, the new law is likely to be put
to practical tests. Thus far It appears to
work extraordinarily well.
Judges in New Jersey may try prohibi
ton cases with or without juries. That
right represents the desire OF those who
framed and passed the law to recognize the
validity of circumstantal evidence which,
naturally enough, figures large in every
prosecution under the Prohibition Law, and
to justify decisions inspired by moral GER
tainty.
The extreme penalty for first offenders is
six months jail sentence accompanied by
a 5000 fine. But the far harsher punish
ment which may be meted out to second
offenders is what may put n sudden check
on fragrant violation Of the Federal and
State Liquor Laws. Even hardened boot
logger Is not likely to welcome the prospect
of six months In jL.l. Yet many Of those
caught In the recent raids In Camden County
are liable TO far heavier sentences, since
they were convicted before.
In the end the Jersey dry law will be
about as efficient as the Judges desire to
make It. Most Of the Judges who have sat
hitherto at whisky trials seem to be fully In
earnest. Trials are swift and devoid Of
nonsense. And the maximum sentences are
usually pronounced.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
"FIRE-PLUG BATHING"

VNHE public shower bath idea now under
i consideration by the Mayor and the
Water Bureau is ono we'll worth developing
In torrid Philadelphia. Chief Davis is re-
ported as doubtful of the plan to harness
apparatus to the fire plugs, but such an
arrangement would be an economic improve
Inent over the flooding system whereby con
gested districts are cooled of on scorching
days.
Refreshment for children r., of course,
the main purpose of the proposals. Free
hre- plug showers in New York have brought
fslief to sweltering thousands.
The Roper ordinance now in Council
providing for the installation of a similar
system in Philadelphia. warrants attention
as a humanitarian and healthful measure.
promising to boys and girls, If not to adults
fearful of soaked attire, some alienation Of
hot wealth discomfnrts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
Philadelphia, Monday. August l, 1921
DOING PRETTY WELL

MO ONE can look back over the growth
~ OF this city without being a bull on
Philadelphia.
The assessed value of the real estate here
this year, accordin! to the figures just
given out, is 80, ,053, 000, ,O0O or S165, 900, 900
greater than last year.
But one must look back further to get
any appreciation of what has been happen
ing. Twenty years ago the taxable prop
Srty was assessed at 1894, ,0O0, 900. Today
] has increased more than 225 pcr cent.
1he population has increased In the same
Deriod by only 81 per cent.
What better proof 10 needed TO show the
real vitality that Is back Of the growth Of
Philadelphia? Convincing. isn't it1 Well,
then, don't be afraid to talk about Il the
next time you run across a booster for an
ether city in your vacation travels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

l. Who is President Hardings private secrs-
tary? F'Se e0
T. What Is meant by the dramatic unities7
sodium? 'No W
of Australia? COMMON
b. What King of France was k,lIed IN .
tournament? "
8. Who was Claude Duyal?
g. MMhat Is the origin OF the word vamoosef
8. Who was the first English monarch 70 ba
called Defender Of the Faith" and
9. Why Is catsup so called?
10. What is meant by sumptuary lawsP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

widened, and not only the highly standard
lied Broadway institution which supplies
lyric entertainment to Philadelphia in winter
thrives upon the change. but all grades of
grand opera companies throughout the
country.
In the comprehensive sense bankruptcy
does not end the remarkable story of Oscar
Hammerstein. The stimulus to taste,
esthetic enjoyment and enterprise endures--
no mean monument after all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

The acceptance of Hoover's terms 10
npt PROOF that Lenine and Trotsky have
abandoned their theories, but it is at least
acknowledgement that the said theories have
not worked out quite as successfully as sx.
pected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

1t may be wise, proper, a deslr.
aple and necessary thing to give the Sec
retary OF the Treasury the power that will
De vested In him by the Penrose bill, but a
little enlightening preliminary debate viii
not be objected to by the country at large.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

Far be 1t from us to doubt the wisdom
or Governor Small's desire to be arrested
IN Cook rather than In Sangamon County.
ferhaps Cook County jury would come
nearer to matching his completion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

And 1t may well be that the group Of
republican women who will make the big
OF the Republican City Committee nor the
groups OF women who have striven for its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

All the fun of The Fair in 1026-when
once we get ready to start to begin to make
the necessary preparations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

Hunger has assumed the Dictatorship
OF the proletariat in Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

Thomas A. Edison has issued another
QUESTIONABLE. If he really wants an an :
swer to these questions why doesn't he ask
Henry Ford?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

It Is the absence Of the albi that proves
the good stuff there is In Georges Carpenter.
He deserved the reception his countrymen
gave him,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

President Harding's course continues e
be characterized by the excellence Of tn,
advice he follows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

II is a pretty good old world. take Il
by and large. The collapse of two houses
on North Sixtieth street developed another
batch Of everyday heroes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
JERSEYS DRY LAW

WHEN the new State Prohibition En-
wv forcement Law was passed in New
Jersey not long ago It was denounced by
the drys a. tyran4sai and by the vets as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

The one outstanding fact in the Lloyd
George -Northcliffe controversy is that some.
body has been lying.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

1t may be taken az matter of course
that all the delegates to the Disarmament
Conference will make a fuss over Laddie
Boy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

In disarmament conference as else
where delays are dangerous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

Sea Girt sovietim has disagreeabl.
Jared the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

The man with an ak to grind can al.
ways tell how the wheels of industry can be
started running, but II IL always somebody
else who Is to provide the power.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

Rumor is 4 bear with a false ring in
its nose,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01

The guiding word of the marching boot.
leggers is, Hip! Hip! Hip!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
SHORT CUTS

Berlin chuckles as Paris and Londoa
wrangle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephans Subjects They
KnOU Best

immediate and adequate sentence would be
imposed by the courts. the question Of keep
ing Philadelphia clear and free from tie
presence of crooks would be practically
pnly
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-23
JOHNNY WILSON
IS DEPRIVED Of
$4,000 PURSE
Commission Finds He is
Guilty Of Falling to Put
Forth His Best Efforts in
Bout With D0Wney.
tBy The Associated Press.)

Jersey City, N. T., Sept. ga
precedent in championship boxing
annals was set today by the New
Jersey boxing commission when 1t
deprived Johnny Wilson. mlddle-
weight title holder of the s35,0O0
purse he was to have received for
his Labor day bout with Bryan
Downey, of Cleveland. Wilson was
found guilty by the commission Of
faihng to put forth his best ef-
forts Withholding of the purse
was deemed proper punishment.
The commission announced that
1t was not certain as to the legality
of the action and would take steps
to learn the extent of its authority.
Meanwhile, Tex Rickard, promoter
was directed to place the money in
trust.
Council for Wilson indicated that
the case would be taken to the
courts.
Wilson met Downey in twelve
round affair here Labor day 10
settle the dispute over their bout
in Cleveland, in which Downey
claimed he had won by a knock
out but the refereee had counted
too slowly.
The bout here was tame and
Downey. who had tried awkwardly
to floor Wilson In every round, was
given the decision of most news
paper men. No official decision
was permitted.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-23
HARDING URGES
UNITED SUPPORT
FOR RED CROSS
Ry The Associnied Press.l

Washington, Sept. 22.-President
Harding, in a statement to the
American people. called attention
tonight to the national convention
of the Red Gross at Columbus, o.,
next month. and invited support
for it. The statement follows:
ITO the American People:
1.-THE executive committee of the
American Red Cross has arranged
for a national convention to be held
at Columbus, o., October As, in
elusive It's particular object is the
assembling of as many as possible
of the great number of devoted
men and women who undertook
voluntary service in behalf of hu-
manity during the world war. Many
of them are still giving time and
activity to the permanent program
of the Red Cross and the conven-
tion will concern itself with a dis
cussion or those activities as they
bear on the present and future well
fare of the nation.
Public meetings will be address,
ed by distinguished speakers. and
the convention will be brought to a
close by a pageant setting forth in
attractive fashion the history of the
American Red Cross and the pro-
gram of service mapped out for the
future.
"As president of the American
National Red Cross invite all who
have heart the continuation of
the helpful and patriotic service of
this organization to Join in every
consistent way all efforts to insure
the success of this convention"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-23
STORMS EFFECT
ARE STUDIED BY
j. s. PROFESSOR
tBy The Associated Press.l

Honolulu, Y. H., Sept. 22.-The
effect of storms and other atmos-
pheric disturbances upon the eli
mate. the health, minds and activ-
tiles of the peoples Of the Pacific
and upon agriculture and industry
is being studied here by DIR. Ste
phen S. Visher, associate profess
sor of geography at the University
of Indiana, who received the Bish-
op Museum Fellowship from Yale
university this year
1.-THE effect of storms upon ships
at sea has been studied extensive
ly, but little thought has been CIV
en- to the influence of storms upon
the health, minds and activities of
people in the storm-swept re-
gions," he said in explaining his
work. "To this subject I will de-
vote at least year of study in the
Pacific islands, gathering together
all the known data, which, with
my own observations will be pub
lished."
The Kona winds, the most severe
WHICH IGdCn IldWdll, VIII NC w
served very closely by DR.. Vlsh-
er, he said. These winds, mild
form of hurricane, strike the
southern part OF the island Of
Ochu, known as the Kona district,
and, according to Hawaiian tradi-
tons bring sickness upon the in
habitants.
"The Kona wind results from a
difference in intensity, in low air
pressure areas" DR.. Visher ex-
planned. "If this wind is strong
enough to overcome the trade
winds, we have strong souther-
ly wind, sometimes called the sick
wind because it Is hot and de-
pressing. These winds travel from
so to 100 miles an hour in this
region but their velocity becomes
much greater near China and the
Indies"
DR.. visher will spend several
months in the Fiji Islands, studying
the winds there and then will pro-
ceed to the Tongan and Samoan
islands, returning to Honolulu to
assemble and complete his data for
publication"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-23
TWO SLAIN IN FIGHT
WITH TWO MEXICAMS
(By The Associated Press,

Riverside, Calf, Sept. q
Theodore Crossley. automobile deal
err and deputy sheriff, and Henry
Nelson. county jailer, We're slain
and Martin Helms was seriously
wounded in a fight with two Mex
leans accused of stealing hay from
Helms near here today.
Officers of San Bernardino and
Riverside counties, aided by more
than 100 armed citizens, began
pursuit of the Mexicans soon after.
The slayers are believed to have
fled into the Santa Ana river bot
toms. Powerful searchlights We're
sent to advantageous points, to be
used in illuminating exits from the
bottom lands and aid the search
ers tonight
Two army airplanes were requi-
sitioned from March field, near
here, to aid the searchers as long
as daylight permitted their use.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-23

had not been secured In the United
States under the charter granted
Lord Baltimore. while Senator
Stanley, democrat. Kentucky. in
sisted that there was only one
place in all the civilized world
where man could worship his God
and the dictates of his conscience
and that was in the province of the
Catholic nobleman, Lord Balti-
more"
II am here to fight intolerance
whether it whets its knife and
lights its torch in Ku Klux camp
in Georgia or whether In western
Ohio 1t takes the form of these
miserable general warrants" added
Senator Stanley, referring in the
latter case to the Anti-saloon
league which has its headquarters
at Westerville, Ohio.
Il will meet the Ku Klux Klan
issue when 1t comes up" declared
Senator Watson. ''Until some crime
is proved against the society or
some other secret society I will
withhold my judgment until the
guilt OF the accused is established"