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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
THE CLEAN STREETS ISSUE

A t'EER the unquestionably satisfactory
"A showing of efficiency made by Mayor
Moores Administration Of municipal street
cleaning in the two central districts this
year, it is inconccivablc that the city should
go back to the old system of contracts as
fixed or even "A temporary policy.
SO successful has been the experiment
that it must be n hardy spokesman indeed
who would dare to suggest abandoning the
system.
The question of which method should be
followed thus being virtually settled, the
only question remaining for City Council to
consider is whether citywidc street cleaning
under direct municipal operation shall be
attempted October | or January ]. The
former date is assigned in the draft ordinance
now before Council with the request for an
adequate appropriation to finance the pur-
chase OF necessary equipment and supplies.
As the matter stands. Mayor Moore and
Director Cavcn, under whose direction the
work has been inauguratcd and performed,
have declared in favor of the earlier date,
and since they are charged with the rcspon-
8ibilty of performance, their opinion ought
to have predomnatng weight with Council.
They have asked for the funds to go ahead;
they are ready and willing to assume the
responsibility and it should be granted.
Cautious scrutiny of possible legal COM
pliCations is not undesirable; that is per-
fcctly proper attitude for administrative
officials at all times. But since the Mayor
and the Director arc both enthusiastically
committed to municipal work as q fixed
policy, and they are the responsible admin
istrators, Council ought not to put unncces-
sary obstacles in the way.
The clauses in the present contracts pro-
vidng for termination on October l were
fully discussed when the agreements were
made before the first of the year. The con-
tractors were put on full legal notice by
the inclusion Of these clauses, and by every
rule of logic and law they would be cstopped
from raising that issue if the option were
properly exercised by the city.
Failure to grant the request Of the Mayor
and the Director for sanction in the FORM
of appropriations to begin citywide muniCi.
pal street cleaning on tho earliest possible
date would shift the responsibility Of cvading
the plain mandate Of the City Charter from
the shoulders of the Administration squarCly
to those of the Councilmen themselves
The public is we'll satisfied with the re-
suits in the two central districts, and there
is no doubt that every taxpayer would be
glad to have the benefits of tho plan eX-
tended to every section of the town before
midwinter makes the work more difficult to
organize. The voters are exceedingly touchy
and sensitive upon this subject after years
of suffering under the private contract
schemes. and arc in no mood now to stand
for further shuffling aud shillyshallying.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
A LAW THAT DEPREssEs TRADE

HOWENER well intended, the now pro
IL portional immigration law has already
begun to operate in manner which was,
perhaps, but lightly regarded by the trainers
Of the act.
An instance Of its effect is furnished by
the announcement that the large Italian
liners Taormina and America, which have
been calling at this port, have been diverted,
As the allotment of immigrants for Phila-
delphia for the remainder of June is fixed
at $50, the danger that established ratios
OF nationalities may be inadvertently cx-
ceeded is obvious.
Loath to delve into the higher mathe-
matics of the problem, the Italian steamship
officials have preferred to ignore it altogether.
Hence no passenger ship from abroad will
visit this port until the Haverford arrives
In July.
Similar drawbacks to commercial enter
prise are probably being felt elsewhere
throughout the Atlantic conSt region The
unfavorable effect on foreign trade suggests
that while the motive in restricting immi-
grafton was generally approved, tho com.
plexity of the arrangement is 50 formidable
as to be stultifying to natural trade develop.
mentS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
KANSAS SUMMER

nAY dawns!
- Suns up!
All the flowers yawn and stretch'
The birds awake with ftful tiutterlhgs' ,A
The clouds, that made their oeds upOH
earth,
Arise and go their way.
The south wind stirs softly.
Noontide,
And heat as thick as golden honey
The cattle seek the shade and dro"se'
Knee deep In running brook a,o.
Drink lazily and blink at dragon nts' LIE
The wind blows hot across the nelus
Where the wheat, heavy headed, ,.s
Dips and swells In never ending va ~ cot.
Noontldo. and on topmost brahcn VI
tonwood
A redbird swings-nnd sings
Day sits disconsolate,
There in the west swings low
The chariot of her departing lover
The darkening hills ring closer .rrish,
Like the kiss of summer rain the '"''
falls.
Silly turtle doves mourn sadly, N
Flowers droop-trees rustic lazily
From out their swaying cradle ,urmuf
flushed hlIabics- drowsy bedtime
ings
The cloak of night is black, $1,000 - tulls
Thick and soft. like layer on layer "
Nor stirs q fold
A naughty breeze comes Haunting W.
The chiffon blackness blows away, ;,s
And when the moon comes slyly ptepdlo p~ad lov
Earth lies revealed in all her nah''
liness, ID Ug As1a
A sleeping beauty iu a silver frame !. -
---Sarnh schnierle ulrich. In the y
City Star,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
RESPECT THE PARK

NEW if any pleasure grounds in the world
i are so generously and sympathctiCally
conducted as Fairmount Park. Keep off
the grass signs arc rare and apply only tG
particular areas under special cultivation,
Such regulations as are imposed arc void ot
the least suggestion of patronzing inter
ference.
Paris, famed for its soliCitude for popular
enjoyment sees fit to drum the public out
of the Tuileries and the Gardens of the
Luxembourg every evening at sunset There
are spacious and shady squares in London
which are actually locked up save to persons
possessing inherited or acquired special
privileges. No patron of Fairmount has
ever had to contend with the restrictions and
inconvcniCnces of a closing time.
For those reasons and many others tho
Park Commission is we'll within its rights
in counseling visitors to respect the rpspon
sibilities with which they have been Sc
literally intrusted. picniCkcrS and pleasure
seekers arc usually too thoughtlcss to be
accounted vandals, and yet the trail of debris
sometimes left by them is equivalent to the
wreckage Of ruthless invaders.
At tho commission meeting this week II
was stated that repairs TO some 800 benches
are necessary after big Saturday or Sunday
attendance. Shrubs, flowers and trees are
abused and trash is scattered everywhere
save in the properly provided receptacles.
A request to the superintendent Of public
schools stresses the need for an educational
campaign to inspire respect for public prop
erty as ono of the fundamentals of civic duty.
The school assemblies on the Belmont pla-
teau have been particularly blamed by Eli
Kirk Price for Indifference to the primary
obligations of neatnoss and order.
1t should not be difficult, if the suggested
-
convince the children that it is quite as
wrong to throw rubbish and lunch remains
about the Park lawns as it is to violate the
code of tidiness at home.
Considering the immcasurablo benefactions
contained in the foremost municipal park in
the world, it is surely not too much to
solicit decent measure of nuhlic respect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
MUSIC AT TWO FAIRS

LNOR the Centennial in 1915 Richard Wag.
J. ner composed a march Of which he said
that the only thing good about it was the
price which he was paid. The disbanding
of Theodore Thomas orchestra in 1870
was attributed in part to its disastrous seq
son at the Philadelphia fair three years
previously.
CndoubtedIv some consciousness Of the
worth of music moved the minds Of the ad
ministrators Of the memorable exposition,
But at that time musical appreciation in
the United States was in its infancy The
Boston Symphony dates its history from
1881 Compositions apart from those of q
purely popular stamp" were deemed food
for super esthrtes.
Oddly enough, '76 was the great year of
the first production of "The Ring of the
Nibelungs" in Bayrouth. America was IN
terested in the sensational undertaking of q
musician regarded here chiefly. in the light
OF "A peculiarly persistent freak. The Wag.
ner march was n check. hook bid for culture,
. circus feat performance somewhat akin
to Barnuni's effort TO transport Shakes
peare's house 10 our shores.
The pheqomenal and benefcent changes in
AxeficsE s1usical taste within the last hall
century 1oA constantly being exeinplidsd,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
THESE MEN WERE CAUGHT

TTNHE dismissal of three policemen attached
l. to the Twelfth District station house
for their connection with an effort to bring
whisky into the city will make the other
policemen, if any there be, interested in
protecting the bootleggcrs a little more care
full They will say to one another that it
does not pay to get found out.
Only the unsophistiCated think that tho
police are ignorant Of what the bootlcggcrs
are doing. Tho failure Of some Of the off
GERS to cuforcc tho law is not due to their
ignorance of its violation If they would be
frank they could explain why they are doing
little. But it is not likely that they will
do any CXnlnining
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


l. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams dla
on the same day-July 4, 1926.
2. The official name OF Italy Is hesn'
d'Italia-Kingdom of Italy.
3. The displacement ton of ship, approx
mately equal to long ton OF sea
water, Is thirty-five cubic feet.
4. Antonio Jose de Sucre was noted span
ish-American general, one Of the lloei.
tors OF South America He was .M
trusted lieutenant of Bolivar and during
his absence gained two of the mos! ~
Clsive victories of the War OF lnoe
pendence the Battle of Pchincha, u
1922, which freed Ecuador, and that
Ayacucho, which put an end 10 span.
ish rule In South America lie W. Y.
assassinated while returning 10 ~
home In Quito in 1929. Sucre was oo''
in Cumana, Venezuela, In 1913.
8. 4 Cenobite Is a. member or rehsgu'
order dwelling In a convent commuhiG.
6. The character Of Falstaff appears
three plays by Shakespeare hemi h
W." Part / Henry "" Part y %s
THE Merry Wives of Windsor
7. A pangolin Is a scaly ant-eater IN Malay
sia, Lila,
s. IXion In classical mythology was snS
bound In Tartarus to a revolving WIZ I's.
for aspiring to the love OF the soou'''
Hera and boasting of his success ,
Q. Jacopo Robusti, the celebrated Vehe,hl
painter was called Tintoretto IN alu
sion to his father. who was "tintVis
or dyer. Tintoretto means h''''
Dyer" ,,,,.l
10. Geography Is the branch OF phyH~
geography dealing with mountains
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
Babe and Bebe

WHEN Bcbe Daniels got ten days
w In jail because she specded
1t served to give to certain plays
Publicity they needed.
But when Babe Ruth was pinChcd we learn
Ilc got one daN in prison
And Query limps 'twixt what is her'n
And what is simply his'n.
Thus Justice, still behind the bar
loh Dispensing mild and bitter, ~ AZ.
x1yess Q close up to the movie stpr,
EN homer 10 the hitter. @. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
Top Floors for Policemen

From the Police Bulletin.
1t is n singular fact that most pollceansS,, aoS,
live on the upper and often the top aOS, .Ss
of apartment houses. There is good leaN. Ns h.
for this 1t Is remote from the noises d. q ~
street and the disturbances OF nelgnu.,'
going up and down, in and out OF the ngu.Si gs..i
The top floor provides sunshine anu ,iar mTdi Il
air and splendid light for the haplta''oH :
the family and adds to their welfare
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I. What three nations were partners IN he
partition of Poland in the eighteenth
century?
2. In what year did the great steamship
Titanic sink on her maiden voyage!
3. What American State has established q
special Court of Industrial Relationsl
4. Who wrote "The History of Moll Elan.
ders"2
s. What Is cinnabar? .~
6. What ocean was formerly known as the
South Sea? ..
7. What was the first name of Rodin, the
famous French sculptor? .H
s. What is a gobemouche?
0. What Is the salary of the American Sse
retary of State? f'
10. What Is a wombat?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

scientific calculations, and icebergs in the
courses are perverse. No practical detection
devices have yet been discovered. The sea
will ever be mysterious, but wireless and
the prompt CO. operation Of shipmasters can
do much to modify those perils which for
merly made mariners entirely helpless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

The present unanimity Of Republican
and near Republican opinion as to the de-
STABILITY Of returning Philandcr g. Knox to
the United States Senate Is perhaps in the
nature Of savc for what is happening to his
nnnco resnlntin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Sims trouble is his inability TO keep
things separate, Mr.. Sims Is entitled to
any opinion he cares to entertain Admiral
Sims should have observed the amenities and
put his country above his personal opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Chemists of tho West Virginia Prohi-
btion Bureau recently found half an ounce
OF prussic acid in pint of moonshine
whisky. That stuff would surely make a
man forget his troubles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
Bidc n Wee

Bidc Wee / o Annronriationa
Committee. suggests
that the wooden ships held by the Shipping
Board be sunk rather than that the Govern
ment should be compelled to pay S44O, 900 a
year to guard them. But why be in haste?
they may come in useful for carrying coa
In tows lsom Alaska II the Goyernmept M
last is forced to buck the big coal operators
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

An Asbury Park Judge has ruled that
when girl breaks an engagement she must
return the ring Here we have sad illus
traton of the fact that the acquisition of
rights too frequently implies the relinquish-
mcnt Of privileges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Because he is a wise man who doesn't
cross a bridge until he reaches it, Demos
themes McGnnis says he Is not going to get
cross about the Delaware bridge until some
decision is reached as to whore it Is 10 be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Women who favor the one piece bath
ing suit declare that It is necessary to SWIM
ming. as it gives them chance TO kick.
But if they get what they want they'll have
no cause for kick
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

The probabilities are that many per
sonages will keep right on discovering that
water vets. fire burns and the Sesqu-
Centennial Is not merely Of local but Of ma
tlonal, not to say international interest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

And there is always possibility that
Germany will grow rich paying her debts
while the Allies remain poor spending money
on armies to keep her cvcrlastingly at it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Republican factions probably buried the
hatchet so that no George Washington would
do damage to the plum tree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Would it be permissible to remark that
Admiral Sims is more successful as n sailor
than as an orator!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

So the skip-stop skips with CLEO and
won't stop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

The lifting of tho liquor ban for the
benefit of Pueblo flood sufferers is going to
provide lots of material for argument
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

Gasoline drops ono cent? mere drop
in the bucket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadephians Subjects They
KnotU Best

will institute one big drive a year. This
will reduce expenditure and save unlimited
time and effort
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
All Have Equal Voice

The Welfare Federation is not governed
by just few people, but by the governing
getting together for the common good
The experience of each individual body will
be at the command of all the others and
overlapping expenditures will be eliminated
covered that through the operation of such
a system not only was the total number of
contributors increased, but it was also
found that there was q greater proportion
ate amount of money subscribed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
Private Property
Present Issue

should not be lost sight of that recognition
of Government vaIidates the previous acts
OF Government 40 recognized. If Uncle
Sam wishes to put his foot down, this Is
assuredly the time to do it..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10

It may be. as alleged
in opposition quar-
ters. that Secretary
HuphaS' meSSaon tn
Evening star., 1921-11-04
COL. MOVES RELIEVED.

Col. Charles r. Noyes has been re-
lieved from assignment to the 43d In
fantry and from further duty in the
Philippines. to take effect January Is.
1922. and ordered to the United States.
where he will proceed to his home
and await retirement for the con-
venience of the government"
He Is from Massachusetts and was
graduated from the Military Academy
in June. 1879. and from the Army War
College in 1914. Except for a detail
to the General Staff Corps in 1912, his
entire service has been in the infan-
try. in which he reached the grade of
colonel in March, 1913. He Is now the
senior colonel in that arm of the
service
Evening star., 1921-11-04

A letter purporting to be from
Norman Garrett. the prisoner who
escaped in handouts while being
brought to Washington in an au-
tomobile by local detectives Satur-
day night. was received by Com
missioner Oyster today.
The writer told the Commission
er he liked Washington and be-
lieved he would stay here. In an
other part of the letter the author
said he was 'out of breath from
laughing" He closed with this
statement: NO ten years for little
Norman Garrett The message
was scrawled in pencil and bore no
address other than washington,
d. c."
Both Commissioner Oyster and
officials of the police department
believe the message is the work of
a practical joker.
Veteran members of the detec-
tive force scout the theory that
Evening star., 1921-11-04
Correspondence Of the Associated Press

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. October 1.-THE
French consul at Yunnanfu. facing
the alternative of having a mob
Of angry native depositors spit in
his face one after the other" or of
ordering the Yunnanfu branch of
the Banque Industrielle de Chine.
which had closed its doors, to pay
them in full, chose the latter
course. according to advices receiv-
ed here.
The Yunnanfu branch of the
Banque Industrielle de Chine sus-
pended business along with other
branches throughout China upon
receipt of word from Paris that
The institution was in difficulties.
At Yunnanfu, according to the
advices, the depositors descended
on the bank July 25 in an angry
mob. mistrea:ed the officials. in
suited the French consul and
finally forced repayment of their
deposits.
at now is 10 o'clock in the
evening" the leader of the mob is
quoted as remarking to the French
consul. "If we are not paid in half
Evening star., 1921-11-04
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BAkU, October 29.-Treasures of
gold and jewels are still hidden in
Russia, secure from soviet requisi-
tions and robberies. their estimat-
ed value amounting to hundreds of
millions OF gold rubles. Russian
families. especially in jewel col
lections. were far more wealthy
than families Of corresponding
means in other countries. and it Is
certain that neither the soviet nor
refugees have taken all these gems
for sale abroad.
On several occasions families
have told the correspondent how
they outwitted the soviet agents
In one family diamond and pearl
necklaces were broken up and the
parts hidden, at dead of night. in
bed posts. in the tubing of electric
wires, in garbage pals and even in
Evening star., 1921-11-04
MOB FORCES CLOSED BANK TO PAY UP
BY THREAT TO SPIT IN CONSUL FACE

an hour Wen spit in your face, one
after the other. and. then we will
pay a visit to your residence"
French residents in the south
have united in urging their gov
ernment to adopt measures in
reprisal for the alleged insult to
their governments representatives.
Evening star., 1921-11-04
ssOLJT OF BREATH, LAUGHING"
FUGI17VE,S ALLEGED MESSAGE

Garrett wrote the letter. They
say that a man of CARROTS intel
ligence would be too cautious to
risk being captured through the
tracing of a letter.
The police have found no trace
of Garrett since he left the wagon
which conveyed him from the
Maryland road to 18th and Florida
avenue. He was still handcuffed
when he left the wagon. having
told the colored driver that he was
an internal revenue officer and had
been shackled by bootleggers.
Detectives working on the case
have learned that several saws
used in filing steel were purchased
In that neighborhood, INDICATING
that the fugitive had friends
somewhere in that vicinity.
The highest steam -navigated LAKE
in the world is Lake Titicaca. which
lies at an altitude of 1856 feet. part.
ly in Peru and partly in Bolivia.
Evening star., 1921-11-04
GOLD AND JEWELS OF RUSSIA
STILL HIDDEN HAVE BIC VALUE

paper weights lying exposed on a
table.
When soviet agents came to
make inspections they tapped the
walls, tore up the floors and dug
in the gardens, but found nothing.
With free trade, many of these
hidden treasures are now coming
out to be sold in the markets, TO
tide the owners through the winter.
Evening star., 1921-11-04
NAMED TO COMMAND SHIPS.

Capt. Kenneth G. Castleman OF the
naval intelligence Office. Navy De-
partment, has been assigned to the
command of the cruiser Birmingham.
Other officers have been detailed to
command of warships as follows:
Commander Lawrence N. McNair. the
Chauncey; Commander Louis r.
Davis, the Woodbury.. and Commander
Richard P. Mann. the James X. Pauld-
i,,C
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-12
WHEN "A WOMAN TELLS
BY RUTH AGNES AeELINa

letters" she pointed to a stack Of
small and variously colored en-.
yelopes on a table neLr by, "and 70
keep my calls straight and my hus.'
band happyl Now that last Is cal
lous, isn't it?" she laughed, but
he's such q worm for businessl"
The play Of Lila Ames' changing
moods upon her features was some
thing wondrous TO watch. She was
startlingly, reyealingly beautiful.
eYou're really quite niee;look-
ing" her eyes were critically going
over my face and figure, .and I
want someone good.looking. Oh,
I'm not like SO many women-fear.
full Of the effects of a good. looking
woman on the integrity Of my
household. In the first PLACE, John
IS immune" her lovely face drew
in lines Of mock seriousness, "then
I'm just not afraid Of my own sex,
i and last but most important, lwanl
someone who can be an extra hand
at bridge, an extra partner for an
impronptu dancing or supper par
| ty. We're a lively folk hefe-that
is my half Of the family is! John
isn't SO keen about parties.
q should expect you, Of course,
to live right re, you'd have that
toom," she indicated a door of Of
her own room. "Aad I think you'd
be quite happy in II.
NT,,e$ N,,kak ia 80. 49,. IT,. 1880.