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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
BEHIND THE SCENES

WHILE most of the world i talking Of a
w Conference for th1 Limitation Of Arma
ments and hoping almost against hope that
something will come Of It, n conference for
the revival and expansion Of armament seems
10 be working overtime and with dazzling
success somewhere behind the scenes in
Europe.
The Balkan States arc apparently on the
edge of another conhagration. This time
some of the Balkan rulers seem 10 be mys-
teriously involved with the extreme asplra-
tions Of the Poles and with the fantastic
dream of a new Slav corridor down the
middle of Middle Europe.
Marshal FoCh is pretty generally rrcog-
mixed as the enthusiastic godfather OF the
newer Polish militarism The French peo-
Pile outside Of Paris are said 10 be bcwil-
dered by the increasing signs OF their Gov.
zpment's activity ii the new zones Of
trouble.
Foch now rules the most powerful army
in Europe, and he ien afraid TO boast of it,
lie is to be one of the chiefs of the French
delegation at the Conference for the Limita
tion Of Armaments, and formal announce
Inent fresh from Paris implies that he is
coming not TO talk against militarism but
10 "prove that 1t is necessary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
A CARD INDEX WON'T DO 1T

THE only important function of the Tn.
4 employment Committee in this city will
he its conference with employers for the
purpose of finding places for men and women
out of work.
The Representatives of business and trade
organizations who authorized the appoint
ment of the committee voted that II should
register the unemployed and classify those
registered az voluntarily and involuntarily
idle and obtain information regarding tho
involuntary which will enable the committee
to place them at work
This bookkeeping u desirable. but it is
not OF tbC first Importance. Every employer
OF labor knows how many men and women
he has discharged. lie knows where they
live and he can readily reach them If he
is disposed to ease the burden of unempoy
ment he can rehire part Of the men without
the Intervention of any committee
The committee can accomplish nothing
unless the employers are disposed TO hire men
out OF work. The most perfect card index
of the unemployed that experts can prepare
will not give work to any one save those
engaged in making it,
If the local business men will act upon
the recommendations Of the Washington
conference thousands of workers who are
now earning nothing will get pay envelope
every week.
was 'Hsevo'Fu 'HdI the manufacturers
so far as possible turn out goods for future
sale; that they increase the number of hands
by reducing the number Of hours a day or
days n week during which any individua,
may work, and that they take advantage of
the present slack times 70 make repairs ~
their plants or make such enlargement, as
may be needed.
This plan cannot be- carried out without
the CO operation of tn" men ALREADY at work z
But it is better that hundred mpn be-
employed part time than that seventy five
be employed full time while the remaining
twenty five are idle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
THE BIG BROTHERS

VINHE acceptance by President Harding Of
il the honorary vice presidency Of The Big
Bfother Federation calls attention TO one
Of the most bene6cent philanthropies in the
country.
frhe Big Brother Associations in tho var-
ous large cities-thero is such an association
id Philadelphia-are engaged in the work Of
saving boys to society who otherwise would
become incorrigibe criminals They work
through the Juvenile Courts through which
tdeir attention Is called to boys who have
Just begun to go wrong
How they operate is illustrated by a
typical case from the records of the Phia-
dslphia association. 1t is that Of a boy ten
Years old who was taken to the Juvenile
Ccurt by his parents as an incorrigible. The
boy was sent to the Glen Mills School He
seryed his time, but was full of resentment
dxalnst his parents for sending him away.
lie bcc4se really incerrigiBle and was sent
10 the aool secont timh lie was sent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
MORE JUDGES NEEDED

IF CONGRESS- fails to pass the bill pro-
i viding for eighteen new Federal Judges
it will not be for the reason that the new
Judges are unnecessary.
Choi Justice Taft has urged III" Senate
judiciary Committee 10 max" n favorable
rrpor, on the bill, and his recommendation
na> been seconded by the Attorney General.
Judge Safe. of the Southern District Of
ohio. chairman OF a special committee Of
Federal Judges and United States District
Attorneys to consider the congestion Of the
Federal courts, told the committee that 1t
would take ten years for the present Judges
70 clear the calendar in New York and five
years to clear 1t in Chicago. lie said that
men now have TO stay in Jail from six months
to a year before their cases can be reached.
Part Of the congestion of the courts is
due 10 offenses against tho wartime laws
and part to violation Of the prohibition laws.
But since 1900 Congress has extended the
jursdirtion Of the Federal courts 50 rapidly
that ~ per cent Of their business arises from
this enlarged jurisdiction. When the Of
Tenders against the wartime statutes are
dsposed OF there will remain more business
than the present Judges can handle cy
ped.t!Ously.
1t would be far better for Congress 10
authorize the appointment OF three or four
more Judges than arc needed at the present
time than to permit the existing conditions ~
continue, for delayed trial Of cause fire.
quently works greater harm TO the liugants
than the original ofense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
A DISASTER AND A LESSON

THE necessity for electric traction in long
L tunnels is poignantly demonstrated In q
shocking railway disaster in Paris. The
underground section Of the State railroad
leading TO the st. Lazarc Station Is low
vaulted and ill-vcntilated. and in times of
heavy traffic, as during the committing hours,
smoke clouds pcrilously limit the vision Of
engineers.
Tunnels of the cramped, restricted type
are commoner in Europe than in this coun-
try. where most of tho railways. originally
hastily and cheaply built, have been at some
time reconstructed. There are, however
especially in the older sections of the United
States, subterranean survivals vapor choked
and badly lighted, potentially almost as dam
gerOus as the specimen so horribly discred-
tied in Paris. Baltimore, with it's electric
engines. was a pioneer in reform which has
been conspicuOusly carried out elsewhere in
under river tubes and urban subways.
The lesson Of the Paris tragedy will not
be adequately learned until steam locomo-
tives are excluded from all tunnels Of any
considerable Size. No system of signals
however expertly operated, Is proof against
the confusion that can be wrought by dense
bllows of smoke confined in narrow pas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
SENATE VAUDEVILLE

DOLITICS Is sometimes responsible for
I curious distortions Of logic. Senator
Sheppard. Of Texas, has been arguing
voumiuously against the separate treaties
on tho ground that the only honorable
cours" for the United states is TO rntify the
Treaty Of Versailles and join the League of
Nations
As matter Of fact. the pact between the
Allies and Germany Is repeatedly respected
and many Of il, most important provisions
are adopted by the United States in the
Drescl- I.oring agreement negotiated under
the Harding Administration. There is moth
ing in this document which forbids this
country from becoming a League member
whenever sufficient popular sentiment sup
ports the assumption Of such role.
ON tho other hand Senator Moses of New
Hampshire. rejolces in the new pacts as
guarantees Of isolation. His championship
Of this instrument, which is inextricably
hound up With Versailles accomplishments
is, it il true. n bit clouded by fears of the
reserved privilege of participating in the
Reparations Commission and alarm over
Secretary Hughes alleged advocacy of dis
path ing representative. But on the whole
MrgssMoses delights in what he considers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
ELkTON MARRIAGES

CTDRlES Of hasty marriages and bitter
- regret unfolded monotonOusly from day
to day in the Domestic Relations Court end
too often with the acknowledgement of the
disillusoncd that they were married in
ElktOn."
Elkton marriages sometimes turn out
happily enough. But the marriage mill that
has made the little Maryland town famous
has an extraordinary number of minor do =
mestir tragedies to answer for Certain
marrying parsons in Elkton have frankly
Commercialized their calling. Tint has al
ways been plain. But the admission Of one
clergyman that he entered into an agreement
to share the profits Of his chapel with taxicab
drivers who brought him business has a
most unpleasant sound
This particular marrying parson, the Rev.
Mr.. Westren, was ordered deposed by an
ecclesiastical jury at Wilmington aftcr he
admitted the performance Of 200 marriage
ceremonies since he set up in "thc wedding
business last August.
But Elkton will remain. II has become a
fixed institution. II marrying parsons are
kept in check there will be justices Of the
peace ready to 90 into partnership with
the taxi men. The churches can do most
to put the marriage mill out Of business by
robbng it of tn" prestige which it has
gained by Il guarantee Of chapel ceremonies.
Every marrying parsou ought to be squelched
as the church jury in Wilmington has lust
suuelChed Mr.. Western.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks nth Thinking Phladephas Subjects They
KnOtU Best

tiCular place and for sJne particular reason l..
In order to prevent them il is only necessary
for each citizen to learn that the rubbish
pile. the bonfire. the careless handling Of
matches. the carelessly used cigar or cigar
cite, the oily floor mop stored in q closet,
the putting of hot asnes into wooden boxes
and similar everyday conditions cause fires
which contribute very largely in a seemingly
small way to the great waste that il caus-
ing heavy direct tax upon every individual
in the country-a tax which IS unheard Of
and unknown in any other great civilized
nation of the world
''It takes very little thing sometimes to
start very big fire, and it IS this fact
which Fire Prevention Day seeks to in
Culcate into the minds of the citizens of the
Nation. An ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound of cure in almost any case, but in
the case of fire above all others.
American resources have been taxed to
the limit within the last thirty years to
replace the property destroyed by fires.
And in these figures the loss by forest fires
is not included. This, too, is a very heavy
loss. and in many cases results from entirely
preventable causes. The Government Is also
put to very heavy expense to guard against
forest fires and to maintain force sufficient
to fight them when discovered.
The only way in which to reduce this
enormous loss is to have fewer fires. And
the best way to do this is for every citizen
to learn care on Fire Prevention Day and
to practice the lesson then learned through
out the entire year. Care in the small things
is the greatest of all, especially in the care
full handling of fire in all its forms and tho
preventing of the accumulation Of large piles
of rubbish of any kind. This is the best
and, in fact, the only, way to reduce the
absolutely useless and unnecessary fire waste
which Is Secoming u staggering load upon
the Nation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!, Nlionso d'Albuquerquc. the celebratad
portuguese navigator conuueror anI
founder Of the Portuguese Emnlrn In
the east, was known as the pnrtu
gueSe Mars, He was horn i'm IJshon
about lf52 and died in Goa India
= TN" face that sunk Il thousand Yhins"
VAS that Of Helen Of Troy, unostIro-
pIzed thus IN Christopher MArInWo;
play, 'Hr, Faustus": Was this tLa
face that sunk Il thousand shIns amd
. purh' the toplcs5 towers of Tlium -
o. M"ISD coast Is name often given to
tue western coast of British InIIs
m properly confined to the southern uart
L. Thomas A. Hendricks was Vice PreeIhdti,,,;, IhdJ"i,,
OF the United States during the first
l"rln OF 'irover ClevSland, IS85-ISS9
b. Alcaics Is the name given to several kimhs
CT verse from Alcaeus the ancienI
Greek poet, their reputcd inventor
=. Senator Kenyon Is from Iowa
:. The first convention to CnnsiIo,
American colonial confederacy ,r,.
held IL Albany Oh June 49, l753 80" >""S
Hampshire, Massachusetts Rhod. 'TTw Nv
land, Connecticut, New York "a -"
sylNana and Maryland were Tho cni, i'
MES represented Wv '"'o-
s. The invention Of the hydro-airnIan,, l.,
1911 Is ascrtbed to Glenn IL CLIrtIs'n 'n
cricket. 49,, oF
10. "Rai.on d'etre' Qiteraily, reason to he, %
4 French phrase, meaning the purpo.s
r. that accounts for or justlHes or OFF,
naiy caused things existence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

home on parole and the attention of q Big
Brother was directed to him. The man
secured a job for him at work that inter
estcI him. and he kept track of the youth
The latter was surprised and grateful to
discover that any one cared about him. and
he responded quickly. He became contented
with his work at peace with his family and
at the last report was in the way Of becom-
ing a useful citizen.
The Big Brothers are kind hearted men
who are willing to put themselves to th"
trouble Of looking after a boy who needs a
friend. The President is too busy TO hnd
time to look after any wayward boys in
Washington but his acceptance of an Office
in the federation ought to BE- followed by the
volunteering of a large number of kindly
men 70 co operate with the Big Brothers in
every city where they are active.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
WHY NOT A REAL CUT IN THE TAX RATE?
Commissioner sotesbu and Controller adey Help
Mayor and Council If They Will Release Unnecessary
Reserves Now Isolated n Sinking Fund
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

TT tax rate for the coming year
Council ''"'N '''''' O''"Ss" mayor moore ana 0''
After Mayor has issued instructions
budget of the rigid the
to Council the budget believed will
As was "ohzation Administration
thing making
1t has been ntmated that majority
reduce the tax rate lure attract public attention from contemplated
manipulation of the
init ntmaGn ion that it . not possible for them follow the the
they stand of gas
Controller Hadloy has forth arung
biite of a reduced
that is to say reduce it. % 81 5 b @ % Genus m 81 % on @ ne coming conn year
the rate least
the watchdog of the Treasury gone sleep?
bury and W r % % % , '@ ma5oy members % wncn are T. Stote'
July uor % W M o. y, a. & ncas large large excess exc reserves ] Of city money
@ocdS aor any lower the tax rate even went as
Fiscal experts figure that for million dollars saved the
release their grip on million and half dollars The thereby
'eooGea S seven seven cents ZEN That is matter Of record
ad even at the command of Council has declined reveal the
present $4oooooo
and excess surplus " the fund that work
ing except to draw low
City Treasury general running
municipality what would happen It would be the same as one saved
The twenty-five
Instead of the rate being down
learning gas
enough beseech Commissioner Sotesbury
aey majority members of the Sinking Fund Commission reducing
He Mr. ] ssSf tbs @ rssos4ji v ~soss Sin figure y I Fh1a finance ]
an Of Philadelphia arm of Drexel & Co.
should require no special pleading point out to such authority
from such material reduction in the
always
bury action that be taken this taxief
Is there year
can be done the Mayor Council sesbu and Controller
Haey will get together and do the right thing by the people
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
city Doesn't Look Hall Bad After
Season In the Country, Though the
Country Has a CHARM All Its own
BY SARAH ID. LOWRIE

COMING back to town after a long vaca :
~ tion was struck by three changes
which marked this coming back as unique.
Tho streets actually looked clean. The
taxicabs seemed new and were mcasurably
less expensive to drive in. And the police
force, represented by the traffic officers at
all events, had an air of military spruceness
that was what you might call convincing.
That is, it convinced me that the advent
Of Major Warburton on the Mayors staff Of
commissioners was becoming visible to the
naked eye.
IL under an efficient officer and a City
Trooper the State onstabulary could get q
snap and spirit that made 1t an honorable
body TO work in and splendid model for
other States to copy, it would be reasonable
TO expect that an officer Of as wide expert
ence as Major Warburton could bring a new
impetus to the reorganization of our city
police force that would be as much to the
liking of the men themselves as to the rank
and file of the citizens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

Mike Marion New York manager OF
freaks, announces the forthcoming marriage
of the champion middlewelght lady wrestler
and the champion free style eater Of hard
food, including carpet tacks; and in an open
letter to the president Of the Eugenics So,
cety of Great Britain he wants to know y
such union should not result In some OF
them there now what you call 'em super
that throws a fit when his wife asks him
to wrcstlc with carpet. The champion
lady wrestler of the next generation may
be the offspring of an anemic carpet wsayeerr
and neurotic novel writer. Dan CUPID
loves to throw the hooks into eugenics every
once in while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
What Do You Know?


], How many poet laureates OF England
nav" followed Tennyson and who we're
what is meant by the "pons aslnorun,"o
o. Name two Of the most celebrated sIeees
of the American Civil War e''
T. or what party Is the present Consarva
,, Nv" Party of England an outgrowtbo .
o. how many planets are there in the solar
system? '''"
s, Who was King of France at the TINA
OF the American RevGSgin'!? '''
q Mhat Is meant by Il 'r&it.- iSan"1
.. What Is plumbag9o
g. Where and what wHrN 1cyt;s af.A
10. What Is a myrmdon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
Today's BIRTHDAYS

George p. Mclean. United States SEN
ator from Connecticut. born at Simsbury
Conn, sixty four years ago.
Frederick Hale, United States Senator
from Maine, born in Detroit, Mich, forty
seven years ago.
Joseph Il. Ransdell United States Scna-
tor from Louisiana. born at Alexandra.
La. sixty three years ago.
Patrick II. Kelley. representative in Cor. .
greSs of the Sixth Michigan district, born
in Cass County, Michigan. firty- four years
ago. '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

Fans are said to have been fooled on
it was impossible to get into the Polo
Grounds but the fact that there were 5000
empty seats at the opening game would seem
TO show that 1t was the management that
was fooled. Also. the enthusiasts VINO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

American emancipation from Old World in
famies.
is either the Democratic Sheppard or the
Republican Moses actually aware of the
contents of the new paCts, or are they con-
sciously discounting facts in their zeal for
staging n topsy furry turn in the vaudeville
Of Dartisan nOlitcSI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

Lord Northclife was indulgins in no
idle dream when he told Australians that u
they wished theirs to remain a white man
country they would better get busy at once
and promote immigration. Occupation would
80 obviously solve Japan's problem of over
population that the solving of Englands 3
problem Of the same nature in the same
way seems the only possible course for them
a take
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

IIindenburg's demand that Germany
keep up her fighting spirit takes on the as
pcct of a hope capable of fulfillment when
taken in conjunction with the French
declaration that every German regiment al
lowed under the Versailles Treaty has three
hundred ndn- commissioned officers. two
hundred Of them serving as privates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor, l.. l.,
have developed coal black chicken. Which
prompts one to quote the kid whose father
has just concluded Il successful game Of soil
taire: what are you going to do now,
non1'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

Sylvia PankhurSt expelled from the
British Communist Party. is said to have
joined the German Red group. And once
upon a time we had notion that all Sylvia
wanted was the vote.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

The latest bloc is composed Of Baby
Congressman n'-members young in service
who are out to down the ruling oligarchy.
They have pep; the country viii stand for
them till they ask for pap. Then the bloc
will pop off like n pup with the pip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

There is little comfort for business and
small encouragement for it's revival in the
declaration OF, Senator Penrose that the
pending Revenue Bill Is merely a temporary
measure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07

One unexpected thing the Limitation Of
Armaments Conference may bring about Is
American recognition of the fact that there
is in existence body known as the League
Of Nations