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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
PAiisAsphis. Wednesday,, February ., 1871
JOB coMslNE's LATEST PLOT

TWE failure of the Job Combine to weaken
i the determination of Mayor Moore to
keep his administration free from partner
ship with the panderers TO the vicious has
made desperate the men who wish to secure
erotscton for gambling houses and other
disorderly resorts
They can't get the police to let up on the
ssscrts. But they think they can hamssrins
the police.
This 10 why Representative Sewers. Of the
Stxteenth ward, has been induced TO offer a
M In the Legislature restricting the juris-
&etion of the magistrates.
Under the law as it stands the jurisdiction
81 every magistrate extends throughout the
whole city. When a disorderly resort In one
part of the city Is reided the persons ar
rested may be taken before a magistrate in
any other part of the city, and be held or
dismissed according as the evidence justifes.
When arrests are made in the Twentieth
ward. for example, II Is not necessary to
take the prisoners before a magistrate who
10 part Of the ward machine which may be
interested in a policy Of tolerance toward
vicious resorts IL not prohting by protection
Of such resorts. Such a magistrate would
dismiss the prisoners and they would laugh
1t the police and go back to the places they
frequent and resume their old occupation.
This has happened in the past when there
was no disposition In the City Hall to keep
r6e city clean.
The Sewers bill would limit the jurisdic.
don Of q magistrate in cases of arrest with
out warrant-that is, in the cases Of pris-
ooerv taken in q raid--to the district In
which he was elected. If it should be passed
by the Legislature the job Combine would
find II easier than it Is now to secure i'm
runity for those abhorrent interests which
ere seeking protection.
No sophistical arguments which may be
advanced in support of the proposed amend
rnent ought to deceive the Legislature. The
purpose Of the bill is not to protect the
rights Of the innocent. but to make It easy
for the guilty to escape. When this is e1
planned In Harrisburg no legislator interested
In cleanliness in the city's government will
vote for it.
But even il it should be passed the Mayor
will not be wholly powerless. He is magis-
trate himself, with jurisdiction as wide as
the city. II the police are forbidden to take
prisoners arrested without warrant in one
district before a magistrate in another dis
trict there is nothing which will prevent
them from taking the prisoners before the
Mayor sitting as magistrate.
The determination OF the Mayor TO keep
free from everything that savors OF a part
nsrship between vice and the city govern =
everything else failed he would exercise the
rnagisterial powers conferred on him By tho
charter aud thus defeat the purposes Of those
who are plotting for their own profit tc
secure a wide open town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Local Option Theory FallacIous
WHY AMERICANS TALK

W. L. George, in Harper's Magazine
Kindness is almost universal in America
In my first three months | collected only
three deliberate rudenesses, though, doubt.
less, deserved many more. I have found
everywhere assistance and, what The
stranger needs so much, information, Some.
times | have found little too much Tor
the American does not always realize how
lost is the stranger in this immense, com .
phcated system, and so burdens him With
detail. The American is often ouiet but
he never refuses conversation. and, on tbe
whole, II is, better that people should tall
too much than too little; this contributes
to general sociability and ease Of inter"
course. Also: conversation helps a man "a
exhibit himself. Very few of us ever " NJ ~ =
tempt to discover what the other man u
thinks; we talk so as to assert to him u'ho, "I"t
we think; this helps us to discover ,vh" ~h"t :
we really think. I suspect that tho Am"rt m"r'
Jean, more than any other kind of man
his mind being filled with a vast numhnr nr"n nf !
physical Impressions, needs conyersotion % %
sort out these Impressions. Burdened nv ,v
certain forms of national pride, local nr;5o 4!
and personal pride, by old puritanic Views I,"'
and new efficiency views. by sentiment m" onJ
by ruthlessness, he needs convcrsation o. anu u
sort of clearing house. aS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
BRITAIN IN PALESTINE

rINHE draft Of the British mandate for
i Palestine, which will be submitted to
the League of Nations at its next meeting
plainly indicates that acceptance of the plan
will give sovereign powers to the national
trustees. The widest measure Of self gov
ernment Is promised, religious and racial
claims are to be protected and Jewish i'm
migration, in execution of the Zionist pro-
gram, is to be facilitated.
Critics OF the way in which the Peace
Conference treated the problem of the for
mer German possessions can, of course, argue
that something very like a new colony has
been added to the British empire. But the
whole plan Is not one whose virtues or de-
fscts can be discovered by theorzing The
mandate system is experimental. II con
tains possibilities Of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and possibilities of the establishment Of q
new order In countries whose absolute indie
pendencc IL not generally approved.
Disputes under the mandate regime which
are not settled by negotiation are to be sub
mitted TO the leagues international court oi
Justice. If, when that tribunal Is organ
lied, II attains viriity and actual authority
the sincerity Of tho various mandatories vii
be tested and their motives will be fit fol
| survey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
Anawers TO Yesterdays Quiz

1. puenos Aires should be pronounced
"Bwenos Eye-race.
q Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was a noted
English artist In black and white His
dates are l872-l89s.
a Cuba wac the largest island discovered by
o. Columbus on his first voyage to the
New World.
A only one American President. John
Adams, was really elected by the Fed
ernlists Washington, although a Fed
eraiist. received In both elections the
total electoral vote.
Z Chalcedony IL precious stone OF the quartz
- kind, with many varieties. as agate.
carneilan and chrysoprase.
a The scene of Shakespeare's The Tanning
OF the Shrew" iB laid in Padua ItaIv
and the nearby country
T. Count Casimir Pulaski was n famous
Polish general He fought on tho Amer
lean side In the American Reyoiution
and was mortally wounded near Sn
Vannah In 1878.
g. The greater number OF rhodod endrons ra
native 10 temperate North America
although a few small species are found
in Continental Europe and Siberia
0. Two important battles OF the Russo
Japanese War were Liao-yang and
Z Mukden.
10, The seismograph Is the instrument usea
H. In recording earthquakes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
AMERICA AS CREDITOR

TT is evident, and not in the least a cause
l. for dismay, that sentiment will not gov.
sn the question of the indebtedness of the
allied nations TO the United States The
problem is one Of practical economies and
finance, the difficulties of which would only
De confused by thcoriZing upon the motives
which led this country to become 80 large a
creditor.
Altruists. seeking 20 enforce their argu-
nent by an assumption OF leanings toward
rhe practical, have characterized the debt as
an American contribution to the war az an
Offering to victory MS much as men or arms
A fancy picture Is also painted Of the food
Of European goods destined for our shores
as a consequence of European industrial
revival, necessary for the discharge Of the
debt
While this conception has been TO some
extent fostered abroad. the moral argument
10 more popular there. Suggestions Of the
cancellation OF the debt. one OF which, ac-
cording TO Secretary Houston, has already
been rather pertinently made by foreign
nation. are based upon the purposes and re
sults of the war and the present bankruptcy
Af the Old World following colossal sacrifice.
But the motives behind the conflict. In
eiuding those which animated America, are
far too complex TO be decided in this offhant
way. Furthermore. the huge armament bur
dens now deliberately carried by some Of tn,
major European countries render the or,
Of unavoidable poverty somewhat uncon
yipcing.
No sane American will claim that an,
monopoly OF righteousness exists in hi
country. II is indisputable, moreover, tina
unsettled conditions and vast new repsonsi
bilities operate against the Wholesale reduc
tion Of armies and fleets. 1t is natural, toe
Tor Britain, France and the rest to see
rom the United States the least onerous
financial terms.
But I1fectly legitimate American ssIf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphas Subjects They
Kno,u Best

and thousands of physicians and hospital
superintendents have testified to the health
ful benefits derived from the extra hour of
daylight. Vi
BY far the greater proportion of milk that
comes TO this city is not shipped by the
dalry farmer direct, but ia delivered by him
10 the gathering stations Of the great milk
distributing companies. It is therefore un-
operation of milking with n view to shipping
i;ne ;ne milk on an early morning train
lhasmuch as the shipping is only to a small
degree performed by him
>, Such OF the milk producers who do shin
dlrect to the milk distributors in the cjty
ahd a VINO have no gathering organizations OF
their own would undoubtedly be incon-
yenienced but not to such an extent as to
lnnict any substantial loss but the number
Oh tnese Is so small as to be negligible. as
daylight saving. "
IT is possible for the agricultural
workers to adapt their work to a change
OF hourS. II IN not possible for city workers
TO 40 TINS because the hours during which
much or their work must be performed, as
lor example in banking operations, are
prescribed by law.
Local Option Theory FallacIous
me suggestion that local option of
daylight saving would meet the needs Of
Ss, various parts OF the state and satisfy every
80 20 A"'"eious IL would satisfy nobody
On the contrary, it would lead to intoi.
cradle confusion in railroad movement and
would inconvenience many millions OF per
sons every year.
We have therefore recommended tho
reduction of the months of daylight saving
from seven to five, which should remove n
large part OF the objection hitherto raised
by industrial interests. ''''e'
J.. In the face of this array of facts "a
strongly urgedT' '"s ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

interest IL unquestionably on the side OF the
enforcement Of the original contracts. Such
a policy appeals to common sense, which in
this instance IL much more reliable guide
than speculation about ethical questions for
which as yet no completely reassurins an
swer has been found.
Acknowledgment that the relationship OF
debtor and creditor IL not in itself reprehen-
sible should absolve the United States from
the charge Of harshness or greed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
What Do You Kno1u?
QUIZ

QUIZ
T. What is tho original meaning OF quaran-
tine?
O. Who was Henry Purcell3
a. when did General Grant make his famous
tour OF the world7
l. Who were the original Huns7
s. What Ia the name OF the period from one
moon TO the next?
q On what river is Vienna located?
= what are the colors OF pimpernels?
4 How many years did Washington live
after tho expiration of his last term?
0. When did the American Revolution break
out7
10 What 10 n rupee?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Mondci Of Wyoming to Congress mas
said. and his words nrc re-cchocl thrcuSpp
out tn. whole lard. II " time the world "
navies had dwipl!"d Bit, and that We arV
elected ~ dwindicfa. Rrt Cnri" Sans nS": r
hides. will not heed his sSump'c, iM
which should temper thu sssl md the Wra'"
Of Mr.. Mondell OF Wyoming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

There 10 a certain moral fiber that r.,
for the race, the moral fiber Is usually IN IN
the debtor; but occasionally 1t owes i~
growth to the insistence OF the creditor
There Is no Phar!SGiEm IN the belief t9as
Europe would not be benefited by cleaning
Of the Blntc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

The egg market has more than once
demonstrated that Humpty Dumpty Is a
false fable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

1t would strike the average decent clu'
zen that all that would be necessary to DE-
feat the Sewers amendment to the law re-.
lating to magistrates courts would be 10
explain the motive back Of 1t to the legisIa
tors. But one never can tell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

There Is melancholy in the reflection
that when the Frankford l. and the by,
berry Bustlcton surface lines and the Broad
street subway are all running 1t will still pc
difficult to get seat on car during tns
rush hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

good husband is worth nt least 5000 tine
amount of bonus she had to forfeit BY get
ting married) deserves vote OF thanks
from Benedicks who have been led 10
doubt It..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Because city should get the best man
possible to run it's schools, wherever he may
be found. the bill of Jeremiah II. Miller
restricting choice to a citizen of Pennsyi'
vania, Is, not to put too fine a point on H.
an unwisc one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

We arc convinced that one reason why
local traction problems remain SO long IN
solved Is that the Skipper Of the bonneville
Trolley has never been called into consul
tation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Having lifted the clothing industry from
the sweatshop to the sanitary workshop
there is danger that the Amalgamated Cloth,
ing Workers of New York will let II fall
through careless handling
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

A French scientist estimates the age Of
the earth at SOC, ,000, 900 years--which might
impress us more II we hadn't been surteited
with figures relating to new stars and the
amount Of the war debt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

The Rhode Island State College has dis
covered fertilizer that will grow grass but
kill weeds. Protesting against such dis
elimination, We may now expect roar from
the dandelion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Now that the army has been reduced
we may confidently expect that the number
of army posts will also be reduced in order
that the smaller army may function en-
cicntly. Or may we?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Secretary Daniels doesn't think much
of General Mitchell as bomber but perhaps
Secretary Daniels doesn't know when he
is hit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Every political boss is a faithful repre-
sentative Of the people who made him. II
you had no hand In the making Of him,
blame yourself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

AS bridge cant be crossed until it is
built, Congress did the next best thing.
Having reached the Delaware bridge bill,
it passed it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

We might work up a little sympathy for
Germany in her present plight II we didn't
need all we have for her victims, who are
still suffering because of her misdeeds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

One thing bridge boosters must mo-
forget: A bridge may be double crossed be
fore it is built
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

II is astonishing how much Austen
Chamberlain resembles Brummagem Joe, bis
father. --
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

All gangsters are adept at fighting fire
with fire; and after every bump they re.
form to fight reform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

An appropriate motto for the city com
missioners might read, Charters scrappcd
while you watt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

The leather scandal seems to prove that
the profiteer has q tough hide.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

As tip to the ovsrmodest. 1t may be
noted that the man who sSs Tor everything
In sight usually gets somfthinE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

IL is possible to understand Mr.. Daniels
fierce partiality for dreadnoughts when II Is
remembered that heavy vessels are particu-
larly useful to any country which Is given
to viewing war as an act of defense. Such
ships have much of the solid utility of for
hhcation, and they have, besides. enormous
power OF aggression and an ability to move
swiftly when the need arises. But they will
have to contend with something more deadly
than an ordinary airplane in any future war.
What that something will be no one knows
II may be some terrible device stored
through the air or under the water by wire
less. 1t may be a variation Of any one Of
the terrible devices that governments and
chemists IRE working at IN secret. And,
similarly, fighting ships themselves may soon
be fitted TO wipe out whole air fleets without
half trying.
SO the duel between Mr.. Daniels and the
army's only admiral would be wholly futile.
1t would be too much like duel with flint.
lock pistols.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09
SHORT CUTS

Lost strayed or stolen--The winter Of
920-21.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

sells. battleship viewed from an altitude
OF 5000 feet looks like nothing so much as a
floating tootbpick. Aviators have hit ships
with bombs. But sheir success was almost
invariably accidental. Fighting ships are
equipped with anti aircraft batteries of ex-
traordinary range and efficiency. The navi-
gator Of an airplane who got low enough to
have one chance In a thousand to hit a
warship squarely wouldn't live long enough
to pull the triggers Of his bombing mechan-
ism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

Sympathy for Germany nowadays IL on
a par with the maudlin sympathy which
prompts women to send flowers 10 condemned
felons. -. .-..-.... .---t-s--., !,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16

yet Gene could not meet OdelI's eyes:
ana he finished as if conscious that
ms faischood had been recognized cor
what ii was, although the detective
gave no outward sign. Instead lie
rose. brushed of his knees and re-
marked in "a brisk, changed tone:
II Your memory should improve let
me know. am going now ~ your
brothers room. Will you come and
show nae where the body vas when
YOU discovered it,"
Il didn't discover it," Gene isnied
Sulkil!. Nevertheless he turned TO
the door. Peters did that when my
gtrrla;hcr sent him up here To call
Juiian. when he gave the alarm dad
was the first TO reach the room:
tried - pass him. but he blocked the
stairway. Julian's room was empty
ANA Gao called once, then Went 10
the bathroom door and collapsed
against it at-yat whit lie saw. fol-
lowed and looked over his sho aldcr,
and thcn-I don't know; l went to
pieces. | guess"
As he talked they had passed along
thc hall TO the front room and Odell
Unlo -ked III. door. The windows
We're opcn. hut the oid-iashioncd We
uotian blinds were drawn close to
"rcp out any possible rain. and in
ihc gloom the furniture doomed in
distinctly.
Gradually. however, as his eyes
grew accustomed to the scmidarkness
| Odcil made out the outlines OF :, bed
a dresser. u desk, a table. an old
chest OF drawers. and. in the wall at
right angles 30 the hall, the casing
| OF another door.
lie went To the nearest window,
| folded one OF the blinds halfway
back, and then turned inuuirinSly TO
Gene. who had visibly hung back.
is that the Bathroom" lie mo-
TONED toward the door in the oppo-
site wall, and at the younger mans
nod he STROBE over TO 1t. After Il
momcn; Gene followed
Julian had on a thin bathrobe
over his pajamas and he had not
! taken his bath, although the tub was
] drawn ne volunteered. Il seemed
| TO take the whole thing in at one
| GLANCE. every detail, as though it had
| occn photographed on my mind; !
! WISH I" Heaven ] could forget it..
| itis shaving mug stood just here on
| tn" edge OF the wash basin, with the
| brush and stick OF soap beside IL:
! and he was lying on his back on the
| h"or with the razoy under one of his
hands. He looked as If he had just
sunk down. except for the wound in
! hlH 'hrod; and the blood everywhere.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-16

everything that is inna mma6ie am OF
a different texture or substance
/ leaves different ash behind Those
iale, gray, satiny flakes are from tnr
paper which YOU burned: these
c"arscr. slightly darker ones are
from something else. What did you
burn here this morning or last night
Mr.. Chalmcrs?"
Nothing! l swear IL" Gene cried
huskiiy. For Gods sake. sergeant.
tell me what you are drivtn. II.
| when | started TO burn the letters II
seems TO me that | did notice som.
other ashes there in the Erdtc, out
paid no attention To them.
You detected no odor as of smoke
in Your room"
None. | haven't been long ont Of
II today. anyway; l was awakened By
dads fall and stayed with MIN only
until you arrived. If anything had
Leon burned here | surely would have
smclt the smoke when l came up to
destroy the letters"
Mr.. Chalmers, when was the last
time you had a fire in this ;;l;tr -
odc!l looked up in time to catch ;hc
younger mans swift change ot rx-
plrSs,si.
Ii can, remember" Gene atam-
mcrcd. Some time in the carly
sprinE, | imagine"
II 10 not mean 4 coal nie, but
p2pcrs. trash anything; whoa was
the last time before this morning tha,
Sc1cthing was burned here?"
81 couldn't tell you. sergeant. lts
habit Of mine TO burn old letters
aal such things there instead OF hav-
ms the maid take them downstairs
! Snc always cleans 1t out whcucvc.
she finds any ashes there"
.;c caught himself up suddon!y IS
he realized the slip he had made, and
Il look OF despair came over his face
bat he added hastily:
What are those darker ashes from
! What had been burned in the ,;rat,
before my lcttcrs?"
That will be determined on :ialy-
Sis The detective seemed no, /,
have noted Genes damaging state.
ncnt and the young man brcatEcc
! frccr again. You say it is Il habit 81
ours u burn things here: aurals
YOU can recall approximately the last
| time YOU made use Of the gratc. Was
( IL few days ago. Il week. a month" 80
! 1t "as Il week ago" Tho :cpl!
What did YOU burn them
Merely some old letters. and snap
/ shots. II was cleaning out a truni.
| | meant 10 20 camping next w.,k."
! The explanation WAS offered giibly