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FOR SALE

NEW AUTO SPRINGS-Any size,
Cheap prices; Ford fronts $500; Rear
$1,000; springs for any make Cars.
Casper Hide & Skin Co. If
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FOR SALE-House at 805 South
Main Street, Cheap. Cash or part
cash. Address, Box 81, Rosslyn, Va.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
w AN T E D

WANTED-Furnished Rooms, close
in for light housekeeping by couple
without children Phone III. 1tp
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Admiral Line
IL State St., New York, N. Y.
Seattle to Yokohama, Kobe,
HongkonR, Shanghai, Singa-
pore, and occasionally to
Manila and Hawaii.
Matsen Navigation Co.
rs So. Gay St., Baltimore. Md.
Baltimore to Havana, Pan.
anna Canal. Los Angeles, San
Francisco. and Hawaii.
Munson Steam Ship Lins
81 Beaver St.. New York
New York to Rio de Janerio.
Montivideo. and Buenos
Aires.
New York and Porto Rico 8. 9.
Co.
II Broadway, New York, N. Y,
New York to Porto Rico.
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Free Use of
Shipping Board
Films

Use Of Shipping Board motion
picture films of four reels free
on request of any mayor,
postmaster. pastor or organi-
cation. An interesting edu-
cational picture Of ships and
the sea. Write for informa-
tion to H. Laue. Director
Information Bureau, Room
oil. 1919 "F' Street, N. w.,
Washington. D. C.
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Pacific Mail s. 8. Co.
45 Broadway. New York, N. Y.
Seattle to Yokohama, Kobe.
Hongkong. Shanghai. Singa.
pore. Tientsin, and occasion.
ally to Manila and Hawaii.
u. s. Mail 8. 8. Co.
A5 Broadway, New York, N. 7.
New York to Boulogne and
London. New York to Bre.
men and Danzig. Emigrant
Service to Genoa and Naples.
Ward Line
(New York and Cuba Mail S. 8.
Co.. Foot of Wall St., New
York, N. Y.
New York to Havana and
Spanish ports - Vi9o, La
Coruna, Santander. Gijon.
Bilbao.
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For Sale

Tor Bale
Steel and Wood Ships
and Wood Hulls and
Ocean Going Tugs
Ito American Citizens only)
Steel steamers are both oil
and coal burners.
Further information may be
obtained by request sent to
the Ship Sales Division, 1919
"F" Street, N. W.. Washing
ton. D. C.
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For sailings Of freight ships to all parts of the
world, write Division of Operations, Traffic
Department, us. Shipping Board, Emergency
Fleet Corp, Washington, d.
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BUSINESS PRINCIPLES PREVAIL

THE familiar term. business admins
i tratiOn, is in at least one instance
dvcsted of the imputaton of vaguencss and
cant in the Senate prompt action upon
the budget bill.
This measure. which originated in the
Sixty sixth Congress. was vetoed by Presi-
dent Wilson for reasons apart from the
principles Of sound finance involved In its
first form the bill reflected the squabble be
tween the Executive and the Senate in
provision that incumbents of the Offices of
comptroller and assistant comptroller of the
treasury could be removed merely by con
current resolution of Congress.
Mr. Wilson argued that by this restric-
ton the Presidents right to dismiss px
crutivc officials would he invaded Under
less stormy political skies the bill has been
amended so that the President signature
is required to make valid a joint removal
resolution hv Congress
The merits Of the budget system as praC-
tircd bv most foreign governments have for
n long time been automatic The diSadvan
tagCs Of haphHzard methods adopted by Con.
grrSs hav" been equally apparent
The new measure creates IA bureau Of
bgdgrr in the Treasury Department under
the head Of a director appointed by rhr
President with the consent Of the Senate.
for term of seven years The bureau will
annually prepare estimates of the approprH
lions needed by the various departments.
The House, It is suid will soon ind0rsc
rho Senate approval of the bill The end
of a cumbersome. cxtravRgant and unin
t"ihgnnt financial system is in sight at last.
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SEEING RED AGAIN

LNNE\ the poorest peasants in Russia.
l. even l"un" himself. if the truth wer"
knOwn-sees bolshevism as an extremely
dIsngrppabIe sort of Joke. But n" Red
obscS-ion and the fear of few ignorant and
helpless and wild tongued foreigners were
nowhere planted deep As in the minds Of
some Americans
y squad of police raided n house down
town. and report issued Immediately
0frerwurd announced IN" captur" Of nine.
teen "dangcronS radicals. Aftrrward the
policemen fought among themselves and IN
dUigcd in little gunpay TO d"cid" who
should have most credit for tn" mastery
feat
These Reds were iIlitcrar" They
Wrr" poor and they were abysmall ignorant
of the WAYS Of n country in which most of
them arrived only recently. They were
caught with a lot Of the literature Of the
soap box. But they will he tried under the
s'at" osWouag" law, and the polio" charge
them with plotting to overthrow the gov
eminent by violence.
The misguided alien Of communist ten
d"ncies is often malicious and always silly.
But bunting him down with guns aud de
mNnding his deportation or lit" imDrison
mont are not going TO cur" him and tra"n
MIN common sense.
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he Associated Press
MAGISTRATES AT PLAY

NIHOENER the city magistrates were
w whom the Rev. DR. r. CresNon Me
Henry saw in Jazz den "wth two young
girls sitting on their laps aud being fed 20
beer, they probably are mySt'hed and out
ragged by criticism intended tn question n"
ethical standards by which they live and
have their being. II is not too much 70 say
that they are grievousiy hurt.
Wise aud experienced ms Or. McHenry
fs. he appears to have something yet 10
learn about the codes OF a gang magistrate.
The two whom he saw on this occasion
doubtless felt that they were doing the ga
liant and proper thing What gentleman
would not share his beer with a lady? And,
X you wouldn't refuse beer to lady, is it
conceivable that you could be so cold and
heartless as TO withhold it from an eager
child?
IF criticism like Or. McHenry IS 30
continue. the refOrmcrS viii he expecting
the ward leaders to read books and take an
Intelligent interest in public affairs. PUbhr
sentiment may even demand that they re
spcCt the law and 90. on occasions, I"
church. Then We might as well hand this
country back TO the Indians or. what would
be more convenient. lie down and die of
hopelessnPss and irritation
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SENTENCING THE MOSQUITO

As PRE- EMINENTLY playground
y states, N"w Jersey and California have
many points in common. Publicity methods
in the two cummpnwralths however differ
widely since on the Pacific coast the draw
back u rhp perfect life is Confuted with
the scoru Of silence. while in the Atlantic
recreation region this method is wholly in.
effective
In other words. California can afford 10
keep quiet about her earthquakes She
can't prevent them, But New Jersey must
Sprak to III" purpose and act with yigor to
rid herself Of thp mosquito nuisance
Frunkurgs in rhis instance is the oLIy road
to progress. II has been taken with deter.
mlnation by the New Jersey Mosquito Fx-
termination Association. which opens its
erghtn annual session in Atlantic City to-
night 4 large scale anti mosquito war il
outlined in petitions that will be addressed
~ Trenton asking for 5000 900 annually
for a five year crusad" to wipe out the pest
The program il not fantastic. Results
in Cuba and Panama prove indsputabIy that
tho mosquito has no chance against a mod
rrn sanitation offensive If capably directed
and with ADEQUATE financial backing.
New Jersey has frequently shown that
she can attnck a problem with rcsourcefu
ness and dispatch. She need not fear that
tho discussion of the mosquito blight will
damage her rcputc.
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BIG BILL GOES AWAY

"D1SE. brothers. Big Hill Haywood
IN used to say in the grand way that he
had with him whenever he felt his feet firm
upon soap box. Down with your boss
and with all bosses, and don't let the cops
scare you Stand together. That is the
important thing. Stand together for the
glory and triumph of the toiler and the
emancipation Of the downtrodden -
The downtrodden of the war period-the
folk from eastern and southern Europe
mostly whose recently acquired silk shirts
and Fords could not, of course. be regarded
as spoils of wnr-listened to Big Bill and
liked his philosophy. In country where
men accustomed TO twenty cents q day in
the Old World farming areas could earn
SO for n few hours of play with n hatChet
and saw. anything might be possible.
The downtrodden got themselves sworn
into the |. W. w. They began to believe
that they ought to be- permitted to run the
government. and in time they felt sure that
they knew more about governing than Con
grcss or the President and more about jus.
tico than the Supreme Court They had to
sti,k together. Bill was forever telling
them that and promising 70 stick with them
to the glorious and inevitable end
The American bourgeoisie were dctesta.
bic. They resented ones efforts to blow up
their houses and their wives and their chill
drcn. They called their police and actually
put ono in Jail for that sort Of thing. They
were hopeless. But good | W. ". Of
the sort that Big Bill talked to looked
upon them with tolerant pity and decided
10 spurn these snme police and go to jail
il that were necessary. like martyred heroes
-grandly. with heads in the air
Well they are going to jail and they
aren't going proudly. They are filled with
suspicion of Big Bill Haywood, who told
them TO stick together. They stuck But
Bill didn't. He has gone away to another
place.
The eleven men who have just started for
Atlanta Penitenuary would like to ask Mr.
Haywood to explain himself. They have said
aS much and more. But he il not around
He changed his mind He exercised the
right Of self determination at the lnst min.
ute and. as they say. blew
Big Bills former disciples were convicted
of plotting against the government in time
Of wHr. So was Bill. Were Bill to be
found he too. would go 10 Atlanta. for his
appeal for II new trial has been denied.
Whittier hos he flown? One may guess.
At this moment, somewhere in Russia Big
Bill rosy and we'll fed and in his grand
way. is talking to an eager group of the
downtrOdden.
Stick together, camarndes, - Bill is say
ing That is the important thing. We
must stick together whatever happens 80
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PICKED MEN

MEN were resgninE from the police force
A'i three wears ago faster than their places
could be filled. There were Two reasons for
this condition. One was that employers
were offering high wages 70 all sorts Of men
and the other was that The pas in me police
department was lower than It should have
been. The city could not compete with
outside employers In the meantime. the
rate of pay for policemen has been raised
and the wages offered hy private employers
have been lowered and the demand for men
has fallen off
As result when il was announced that
the Civil Service Commission would hold
an examination Of candidates to fIl sixty
vacancies on the police fore" 1900 mon Of
fered themselves. or twenty five men for
every job
The city. however. has way Of testing
the fitness Of applicants for work without
giving the men a trial OF the original 1900
fully l2j were rejected by the civil Service
Commission before The remainder were Sub.
jected +" a phySraI examination More
than 500 proved phySlcally unfit for the
duties Of patromnn. Ond only 557 re-
manned 20 take the written oxamIna,rou>.
Nearly 300 of thcSe failed 70 pass and "I
tho 20l who possessed the intellectual QUA ..
fcations sixteen were rejected becauS" 'Url
could not pass tho character t">' leaving
o75 men qualified 10 serve rhr citv our oi q
total OF 1900
These nro picked men n vorv -oal sense
Fvery one Of them has now n higher opinion
Of the quality Of Mon "n the polio" forr"
than before NJ soagn' employment 1h"r"
The story Of 'nI> examination ought q So
70 increase the respect Of rhe genera pub0r,
for the rank and file Of ne fore"
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the product of government control. Wages
we're increased during the war aud large
number of new men were employed and
rates were raised to provide money to pay
the new bills. But the rates were not raised
enough to cover the new expenses.
When peace came and the road was turned
over to its owners it was necessary to spend
large sums in repairing equipment and there
came slump in business. The income of
the road has fallen off but the high wages
nrc still paid and the high rates are dis
couraging the shipment Of freight. Every
one is waiting until there is more com
plctc rcadjustment Of business to peace
conditions
The action of tho directors. while 1t was
necessary, is also strategculy prudent.
They cannot consistently ask for a reduction
in wages without showing that capital in
vested in the railroads is willing to shar"
in the inronvcniences Of reduction in the
earnings Of the system.
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"DEBTS"

TTHEi who were insolent do so remain,
l. And they who had no shame are without
shame
As in their day of lustihood the same,
As though one evil will. still sovereign
Pronounced world war had been fought
in vain
For Righteousness and Freedoms sacred
claim
Io, PenitenCe-a saving. gracious name,
They put away, with cynical disdain.
And still they trust all issues to confuse
And come with price to pay dn0thcr'S debt.
Their monstrous own, upmOunting. unpaid
yet.
But our good offices" they shall not use:
We aid not friends through 0uilCtm foes o.
not we.
Let false Gcrmania find some better plea.
Edith NJ. Thomas, in the y. Y. Times.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. framercI II a corruption, grant rnerci "
great reward that Is 10 say God
give YOU great reward Eyentuauv
the expression "gramercy" came ~
mean merely thank you" 1t ia nov
archaic. "
: The large island Of Formosa off the coast
OF Asia, belongs to japan It was No.
CURED as a result of the Chino. ia na-
War ''
), Prince Albert Of Monaco IL noted for his
researches in the field of oceanographv
Meyerbeer wrote the music Of the oner,
"L'Africaine.
Henry Cabot Lodge and y Walsh ara
the present senators from MassnchI-
sets
{. Dlon Bouccault was notcd Irish
dramatist author Of London Ass',r'
Hnce The Colleen Bawn d" "Arrnh
ua-Poguc" and "Th" Shaughraun U"
HIS dates are l822-lS9O
:. The Bay Of Bengal IL that part Of tho
indian Ocean which lies between Hin
dustan and Farther India from 49,,
Ganses delta to about l6 north lati-
tude. ~ "N
3. Captain William Kidd the notorious
pirate, lived most OF his Ifc i'm the
Seventeenth century lie was born in
Greenock Scotland, and was hnnVrI
At Execution Dock. London i'm i7Ot
.. The name chateau Thierry is d,riyaL
from the Latin "CastTum TheOdorIri ;"
camp OF Theodorir '''
10. General George Is Mcclellan ran upain.,
Abraham Lincoln for the presidency in
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The boys club is really II lighthouse to
steer the youth clear of the rocks of trouble,
the police and the courts.
Really. when you come TO think Of II.
we have reason to be optimistic in viewing
the future life of our country. II. for cx-
ample. it could produce men like Lincoln
when there was no such material to aid in
development as there is now, it seems TO
me that the future should produce some Of
the much desired supermen that We hear
about when you consider the machinery
that we have 10 work with today.
MANY critics would doubtless say that
too much aid of this sort tends TO destroy
the resisting power of the boy as he reaches
maturity. My answer is that with plenty of
outdoor life there is no need to fear on
that score, for 1t will be a natural help in
enabling him to build up that resisting
power that is so necessary to success in
luter life"
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theless, commanders in services are some
times prosaic and without the proper sense
of dramatic values.
But dullness from the licensed tale telCrs
will not be tolerated. Their job is to make
the sea seem real again, the splendor and
majesty Of which task should make them
kecnly alive to their glowing responsibilities
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What DO You Knom?
QUIZ

!. Where is the famous picture raIIerv
called the Hermitage?
. What IL the original meaning of ,b,. ,vord
gladiator?
3 What is the difference between an Eng.
Ilsh billion and an American billion =?
4 What IL a miliard?
b. what ~ the numerical title of the present
Congress?
T. How many times has Mexico been an
empire"
:. Who was Aesop and when did he live?
How did Cincinnati get it's name
y. How does an Ionic column differ from a
COrnthian? ~ ="
10 What IL meant by the 'mo,en av,uo
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phladelphians Subjects They
Kno,U Best
Club Is Really a Lighthouse

wants and then give him what he wants in
n fuller measure than he could give 10 him
,.nlf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-28

THE Rev. William Fl, Ferdman. of York
l. is the regular House chaplain. He is
a Lutheran.
He is what the brethren in Israel would
describe as "A power in prayer.
In grace of dCtion and the eloQuence of
common life he has rarely been surpassed
by House chapains.
Discussing this subject. more or less
ungodly attache of the House recalled
story Of Edward Brackney. who was one Of
the former desk clerks
Down at the Dauphin Hotel last session "A
group of statesmen, near statesmen and
House employees were discussing the very
unusual question of prayer
Hebrew travelling man Joined IN to say
that the rabbi in the -synagoguc which he
attended was ADLER and more eloquent in
divine supplication than any minister of
religion he had ever heard.
Instantly BracknPy iared up. drew roll
of bills from his pocket. peeled off two
twcnties and n ten and, slapping them on
tn" table. said
II don't know much about the subject
hut III bet $50 that we've got n chaplain
up at the House that can knock hell out of
any preacher you ever heard when it comes
TO prayin'.'
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OLDEST" SOLDIER IN HOUSE
Major Gearhart a Descendant Of Man
Who Crossed the Delaware With
hInston-ciereyme as Leg
isIstors-A Mean Bootleg.
gers Trick
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
Major J. BEAVER GEARHART it

MAJOR J. BEAVER GEARHART is
lNl the oldest soldier in the House Of Rep
resentatives at Harrisburg.
And he isn't an old man by any means
at that. 1t IL only a relative term. He
is Just n trihe over fifty years
He is a veteran of the Spanish American
War and of the world war.
Major Gearhart IL Of the fourth genera .
tion that has figured in the affairs of state.
A lineal descendant of Captain Jacob
Gearhart, he cherishes the proud fact of his
descent from man who was one of the
little company that occupied the boat with
Washington when he crossed the Delaware.
Captain Jacob Gearhart. n pioneer set
tier Of what is now northumberland county,
was his forebear.
In the world war he was attached to the
Seventy eighth Division as division dental
surgeon.
He was battalion adjutant of the Twelfth
Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
in the Spanish American War.
The most unusual thing about his po-
litical career is that he is only the second
Republican elected TO the State Legislature
from Montour county since it's organization
Montour has been almost MS unyieldngly
Democratic as BerkS county.
1t has been eighteen years since the first
Republican came down the river from that
domain.
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T FEE SMITH. of F0yettc county is noted
l. in the House for his invariablc right.
ness" on all moral issues
He is teacher of the largest Bible class
IN his home burg Of Eniontown
Likewise, he IL strong for anything the
NoIsteadites undertake to put across. state
or national.
He is the protagonst of the square deal
and the advocate of the universal equality
Of man.
His platform on this issue. knows neither
creed nor color
That is why he voted tor the equal rights
bill, that issue which was catapulted into
the House only TO have the mantle of defeat
thrown around il.
The above is Introductory and expana-
tory.
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Goethr's historic appeal for more
light could, it seems, have been easily
granted by turning the summer clock ahead
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War appears to he breaking out sim e
ultaneously in Harrisburg and at Paris.
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THE adage, Beware Of the preacher in
L politics, originated, think, with
Matthew Stanley Quay.
Wherever it came from, 1t doesn't hold
good with the present Legislature.
There are four clergymen who have an
swered the rollcall in the House since it
was organized.
Whether the Baptists are more prone to
politics than any other denomination may
be open 10 question.
The Methodists are usually. among evan
geliCal sects, supposed to be political ex
perts.
BE that as it may. there are two Baptist
preachers in the House, one Presbyterian n
and the other n United Presbyterian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-28

The time seems 70 have arrived for
tnlk Of recOnciations and rPparations in
Pennsylvania political fight
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NIHEN the unique midnight session
w opened on Monday night the Rev John
Thomas Davis. of Blairsville. opened the
session with prayer.
The regular chaplain of the House---whosc
services. by the way. were not needed at
Tuesdays recess session-was not abou,
He had no business mussing around the
House after midnight
The Rev. Albert f. Curry. of Armstrong
county, is the United Presbyterian clergy.
man, He comes from the county seat, Kit
tanning.
The other gentlemen of the cloth are the
Rev, Charles G. Jordan. of Lawrence
county, Presbyterian and the Rev. Lorenzo
ID. Thomas, the other Baptist, whose home
town is Wyoming. Luzerne county.
It's an unshakable quartet when it comes
10 bills that have to do with the moral
betterment of the state.
And they are all popular with the other
members
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TNIEi nave bootlegging scandal of Jumbo
i proportions out in Fayette.
II IL alleged by N" county committee of
1000. so called because it looks like Il thou
sand people, that III" dragnet il set TO
catch big game.
The whole county is wrought up. The
ladies pack .Iudg" Roppcrt's courtroom
during the hearings
They are hot on the trail of the blind
tiger and the bootlegger
The big fish in the prison net got sore at
this feminine invasion. He resented its
scornful glanCcs in his direction.
Out of revenge he started Il back fire
And it was some ConfagratiOn.
One day he went down to Hardscrabbe or
Poverty Gulch or Hooch Alley or whatever
they call the undesirable purIieus Of Union
town
Next morning there appeared in large
numbers members Of that undesirable class
peculiar to all cities
They were Rll women and they were all
colorcd Many of them were indlfferentIy
clad They were not Of the refined colored
class by any means.