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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
NobLesse ObLige

60 LONG as Honor holds ITS o~o''"s ny
y lopsd plaoe, . ~
So long zoe siand o. debtor, Esro's' N !"
place!
The stricken fields Of France still bls'd ~
The uyid scars in Flanders have not hs,l,4a
In No Mans Land the pines still scn0 ~
the sounds
OF crashing waves 'gainst walls 'na' -"
The smolderins ruins Of humble homes
The graves of heroes still unknown
The skeleton cathedral domes,
The dropping weed on sculptures sHJ
Still testify Of priceless sacrifice ior ~ aS,.sua
Still signalize the meanness OF uhf'SA''
might.
A hundred thousand sturdy sons Oh N's
lands best, ,.u t.cl
With backs against a spattorea "'A
As many thousand CROSSES plead for ~
at rest, .-At 4
Where yesterday they proudly f0us''
well, ,,,.,. maesi
And thousands more, yes, millions III md
From school and shop, from hut % sna 80
From factories forge, from y,M1s'
Fast followed on, in turn 10 isil, Asa n
III every Dluuo VI 0sS"S
blood , S,sA.
And every placid stream cr1m'0n
Along the somme, at Ypre'' Ann
Verdun. ,,,,,rv ~
On Alpine heights, in submerged w,n't W Soa1|
Fair youth kept tryst with deatn'
God knows all too soon ,,.c, MI
That justice might be sure den''s'
free. 1.s,
They counted not their lives as aS..' ~, n
They scorned to boast OF what ."''
They never doubted triumph neat, hA
They knew that right could no. mn
For Belgium, Italy, fair England
Men leuped to die as maidsns 'Dfn'
dance!
And yet-great God, forgive men
what they owe ,ov--
OF billions due from Europe, even ~. vos
As il deep lines of care and witne,mb b.r n
Had not been stamped for us Oh Nv
brow! tor.et
Great God forgive, great GGu i0''
II ever once we think of gold
III in our selfishness we let Ia
Some tale of petty greed Do w' Nav yehI
--Erancis Bourne Upham, in the wv
Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Of death. He did not even seek to recover
the bullets to ascertain their precise char
acter so that the kind of weapon used might
be known.
This is the kind Of examination that
might have been made If It was the purpose
to cover up the crime.
Now there will be curiosity to know about
the condition of the body Of the man, which
is to be examined. We have been told he
was killed by single bullet fred into the
back of his head But we do not know any
more.
So much has been disclosed by the autopsy
on the body of the woman that the authori-
ties will find themselves compelled to see
the thing through
If inetiiciency instead of deliberate pur-
pose is responsible for failure to discover
vital facts, it is time that some efficient
agents were set to work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
Today's Anniversaries

1917 - Martin Luther maintained bis
ninety five propositions at Wittenberg.
177O-George Whitefed, the founder ~
the Calvinistic Methodsts, died at Nowbury.
port, Mass. Born in England December 81
17l4. -
1s32-Field Marshal Earl Roberts, IN .
nous British soldier, born at Cawnpore. In.
dia. Died in France November IA, 1914,
1S0l--General Bouanger, former War
Minister or France, and subsequent leader
OF party that threatened to overthrow rho
Government, committed suicide at Brussels
1S97-The railway from Moscow to Arch. :.
angel was completed. @N''"-
10l1--By the breaking Of pulp mil, dam
at Austin, Pa, the town was virtually w;nad
out and more than one hundred lives ",pra wsra
lost. "efe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
THE RICHES OF THE STATE

IlTHlIE those who have followed the mat
w ter are aware that the value of the
real and personal property owned by the
Commonwealth has increased in recent years
few were prepared for the revelation con-
tnincd in the report of the recent inventory
made by the Secretary of the Interior.
When the State property was inventoried
under Governor Tcncr in 1914 1t amounted
to $I4. .OOO, 600. The new inventory shows
that it is worth 500, COO 900 at the present
time, or nearly twice the value eight years
ago. No account has been taken of the
value of the new state highways, on which
nearly $50 900. 900 has been spent. The
total is made up of the value OF the State
forests and Of the land and buildings OF
public institutions and the equipment Of
them.
The Library and Museum in Harrisburg,
for example. are appraised at S3,2lS,OOO.
The Capitol md Capitol Park are worth
Sl3. SOC. 900. The new South Office Building
is worth S1.SO0,00O. And 50 it goes with
other values in Harrisburg which have
been increased by the investment Of money
since 1914.
The value Of the forests, which Is now
S12. 900 900, also is greater than it was
eight years ago. for the reason that the
forest area has been enlarged and the old
area has been made worth more by intelli-
gent forestry service.
The tangible assets Of the Commonwealth
have been increased by an average OF nearly
Sc OOO. 600 a year, a fact worth the serious
consideration Of the men who have paid the
taxes. Ii the assets of any private enter
prise had increased 10 similar extent
during the same period the owners would be
justified in feeling pretty well satisfied with
the showing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
DIR, PENNIMAN Is RIGHT

A LTHOUGH the University of PennSyl-
n vania has been compelled to r"tus" ad-
mission TO GO00 applicants this fall. Acting
Provost Pennmnn's declaration in favor Of
an open door for all who aspire 10 n college
education stands as the formulation Of Il
sound principle
He has looked beyond the immediate pres
ent into the future and has considered the
possible results Of denial Of educational or
portunities to youth seeking them. Such
denial, unless based on defcns!ble reasons.
Is likely to create the impression that the
colleges are maintained for the privileged
! few and to arouse the hostility which privi-
! lege always arouses in a democratic COM
munity.
Higher education must be democratic II
It is to continue. 1t is Imperative that IN"
way should be kept open for the poor boy
or the boy from the home of the Unedurat"4
10 acquire all the education for which he
has the desire. Only in this way can the
life of the Nation be kept sweet. II the
roots of the educated men go down through
all the strata of society to the lowest, no
winds of demagogic or anarchtstic passion
can upturn them. They will bind all strata
together. for the educated in their own
lives will prove that there is no barrier be-
yond which ability and desire are forbidden
to pass.
Fortunately. the colleges and UNIVERSE
ties are still democratic. The poor boy OF
parts is on an equal footing with the rich
boy. Snobbery is frowned upon and the
boys are judged on their individual merits
and not on their wealth or ancestry. This
must continue, not only for the benefit OF
the boys seeking an education, but for the
safety Of US all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
GROSS BUNGLING

TT BEGINS to look as If the authorities
L had been deliberately negligent in their
inquiry into the New Brunswick double
murder that happened two weeks ago.
No autopsy was held on the bodies Of the
victims, A superficial examination was
made and 1t was reported that the woman
had been killed by bullet and that there
were three bullet wounds in her head and
scratches on her face that might have been
made by the finger nails Of her assailant.
The grave was opened yesterday and the
body was more carefully examined. 1t IL
now reported that the woman's throat was
cut from ear to ear--the jugular vein, the
carotid artery and the windpipe were
severed.
The physician who examined the body In
IT, 1rst place and made the original report
new fys that he was told not to make an
autojf, but merely to report on the cause
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephans Subjects They
Kno,v Best
that the tax provision was mandatory. and

that the tax provision was mandatory, and
that until such assessment was made no
citizen could acquire the right to vote.
THE authority of this decision has never
been changed except to the extent that the
adoption of the present Constitution in 1874
reduced the period Of such assessment to
two months.
"No change in our fundamental law can
be proposed which should meet with more
popular support than the abolition Of the
tax requirement for voting. When this step
Is taken it Will be easy to simplify the cleo
tion laws generally so that every person
and perform his duties as n citizen without
absolute dependence upon the few men
trained and active in politics who make it
their business to be informed of the numer-
GUS changes in the election laws.
Women Becoming Interested
Since political leaders naturally desire
to keep voters dependent upon ward and
division leaders for guidance in election
matters, 1t is not likely that any organizn
ton in power will initiate any movement
TO abolish the tax requirement.
Women residing outside Of Philadelphia
are becoming very much interested in this
matter, however, since the tax qualification
has worked a peculiar hardship upon female
voters In consequence Of the fact that in
other counties of the State than Philadel-
phia occupation taxes are now assessed
against women who are enrolled as electors,
ana these taxes greatly exceed the amount
OF the poll tax payable by woman In Phil
adelphia County.
THE result of this has been that many
poor women residing elsewhere in the State
are encouraged to abstain from voting in
order to avoid the payment of such taxes
Therefore the women's organization will
probably find 1t necessary to inaugurate a
Statewide campaign to secure the abolition
of the tax qualification if they desire to
have as much influence in political affairs
as the men.
The Registration Figures
The most important part of political
campaigning is in getting the voters regis
tered so that they can vote. According to
the last annual report of the Registration
Commission for Philadelphia the total num-
Der Of persons registered in the fall of 1921
for the municipal elections was only 43o
JOG. although the total number of persons
assessed as voters in the city was 75S,O24.
That this apathy was not due to the fact
that only county officials were to be elected
Is shown by the figures OF 1920 when there
was presidential election. In the fall OF
1920 only 45O,6i7 voters registered out Of
n total assessment of 71S.0S4, and only
4lS,6l7 voted for the presidential candi
dates. This presents n problem In Ameri-
canlsm in addition to any arising from the
foreign birth Of naturalized citizens or the
effects On any radical propaganda
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
WHAT HALTS THE TURK

TT HAS been noted in Constantlnople that
/ never perhaps in history have friend and
foe touched elbows so closely without the
firing Of single shot as have the British
and Turks in the violated neutral zone. II
may be added, seldom In history has the
threat of a war of unpredictable possibili-
ties followed SO closely upon the heels of a
devastating major conflict Of nations.
Britain is exceedingly loath to provoke
hostilities, and of this pregnant fact the
Kemalists are acutely aware. All their
actions thus far have capitalized the existing
critical conditions to the utmost advantage
There are, however significant sugges-
tions of a temporary abandonment of this
policy in the fsport OF . coneiliatory note
from Kemal I'd General Harrington, accom-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
Member of the Associated Press
Philadelphia. Saturday. September 80, 1922
JUDGE FINLETTER IN LINE

TUDGE FINl ETTERS refusal 70 reduce
q the bail OF the accused dope pcddlcrs
insurcs their appearance for trial.
1t also puts him in harmony with Judge
Monaghan. of the same court, who ortg!-
nally fixed the bail high enough to force any
bondsman who might come to III" relief of
the men to assume personal responsibility
for their continued presence within reach
when needed.
judge Finlotter very properly said that he
would not review the commitment Of n Judge
Of even jurisdiction, for If he reviewed 1t
"what is there TO prevent another Quarter
Sessions Judge reviewing my decisions next
month"
Now that the Judges are in harmony, the
work OF clearing UP the dope gang can 20
ahead without interruption.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
TOday's BIRTHDAYS

DR.. John Henry MacCracken, president -.
Lafayette College, born at Rochester " VI
forty seven years ago. W.
The ut. Rev: Joseph G. Anderson Cath.
Ollie Bishop of Boston, born In Boston an an
seven years ago. ''
Wilton Lackaye, long prominent octor
Of the American stage, born in Iop%onr, %L,Ur
County, Virginia, fifty -eight years ago ''un
cultural College, born at Coloms M;ssh Mnst'
forty six years ago. 1"icn''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
What Do You KnolD2
QUIZ

I. What are the colors and destyn Il N
flag of Czecho- -Slovakiaf
2. What kind Of q musical instrumsul \
the guzlee or guzla2
.. Who IL the hero of the Odysseyf
1. What Is tho origin Of the term, "A u
Of shreds and patches"f
3. In what way does crocodile differ ~
an alligator2
8. How many spectators did the FisNa1
Coliseum at Rome accommodate
Z. What States border on the Great Alu(
3. Which is tho older language. FrencA 4
English?
Q. Among what class Of persons dM ~
word hokum originate1
10. What 10 q garnishee3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
The Registration Figures
Cooling Their Ambition

From the Toledo Blade
will be paying her indemnity. In the vears
to come, as each annual payment falls due'
It will recall to each German citizen "a mind
the fact that his country lost the last wa,
and Will interfere with his natural inclina.
tion to start another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Atlanta (GaD man eopes on his sew
erty. seventh birthday with sixty four year
old widow, IIc says he'll live another twenty
wears and wants a home Of his own. Why
noty Optimism lives forever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

London motor driver has broken n rec
ord by covering 20S5 miles in twenty. four
hours. We hul ourseIf somehow more In
trlgued Cif you will permit the use Of an
entirely new locution) by the thought OF a
snail or 4 tortoise travelling twenty four
miles In 20S4 hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
The American Society
for the Control OF Can.
Weird

CIT HttkS 10 RIVe solar
plexus to a "solar essence by issuing a
warning to the public. The promoters OF
this "cure all, =" made in Germany, tell the
credulous that it will "revive dead trees,
destroy submarines. cure cancer, preserve
is one little bit of truth in the promise.
There was never fake, however crude, that
couldn't extract gold Eom human clay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

II is becoming the experience OF the
Vice Society in New YORK police courts that
it sumner comes a falls not far behind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

The bombing planes which theoretically
eonk the batt,pship Arkansas also blew up
he contentious Of those who hold the navy
inyiucible against air attack.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

The time has come Mustapha said, 10
boil some other things, such az treaties sealed
,ritb srrIing wax and cabbages and kings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

New York dispatch says a general
business revival !s reflected by increasing
ACTIVITY in the paper industry. That isn't
the way it works in the Berlin and Moscow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Parcel post rat. ue going up. II will
-,oor to the aver =. man from five to
twenty. five cents :. M, ,,6 and lo TO the Gov
ernmrpt matter ~ 500 900, 600 year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

The world sasps With horror at the
bIast NJ Spezia, and vat the event would
hive been tame and cnmmonplace during the
big war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

An aluminus ~ Harvard, returning to
co,roge mt seventy -r!..n,. says he means TO
.I,IT as long as Ao . r- Tint explains his
rotnrn without pros.'.E IT. necessity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

With fourteen thousand matriculants
at Penn there ought 70 De iots OF vocal
novrcr at games in the new stadium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Ida Rubinstein. dancer, Gays artists
should not be Judged Ike other people
Alibt Ike said II foist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Nowadays John Barleycorn never feels
safe in Tom til .lnr's territory unless ne Is
on one Of Mr.. lRsker's vessels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Much melancholy nonsense has hoon ut
tered about the damaging effects 4 athletic
"domination" In American universities.
1t has not been noted that the scholastic
prestige Of Harvard, an Institution Of some
standing, has been lowered since the annual
grid!ron defeat by Yale ceased TO be
mournful tradition. Nor has the University
of Pennsylvania higher status nor a more
distinguished faculty than In the lusty days
when it was the monarch Of the footbGN
field.
The implications here should not, Of
course, be strained. Nevertheless II is
fact, whether to be deplored or lauded, that
athIetic distinction Is an asset for any
university in this country. 1t IS m agency
Of considerable power IN the enlistment of
public good will. without such favor the
possibilities Of degeneration even in the
academic field are not 10 be discounted.
After all, Is Il reprrhensible to admit ex-
listing conditions, and are they actually as
humilisting as alarmists have proclaimed
them? Successful teams and sufficient ac-
COMMUNICATIONS for their admirers have not,
50 far as Is known, wrecked any American
college.
Appreciation Of n" splendid ro equipment
Of Franklin Field need NOT he f-hoarted.
An imposing work, credit 70 the Urtver-
sity and 4 benefact!on TO us r.anr thou
sands Of loyal friends in this city, has been
swiftly and brilliantly accomplished.
OF course, Phlladelphians ardently hope
for winning team this year amid the new
and impressive surroundings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

venizelos might feel honored BY the call
Of his countrymen If he felt dead sure that
thev know what they want
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
NEW FRANKLIN FIELD
AS AN ASSET TO PENN
Opening of Splendid Stadium Suggests
the Healthy Validity of Athletic
Distinction as College Factor

IN THE latest of his numerous autobi-
ograNhtes, Anatolo France rejoices that
he was born before the era of games" in
particular athletic contests, highly organ.
lied and imperous in their command of
popular emotions.
The iiiuStrious Frenchman is an acknowl-
edged repository Of wisdom. and yet II may
hc questioned whether his acuity would ever
teach him to comprehend those enthusiasms
primarily responsible for the construction
of so monumental an arena as that in which
the football season at the University Of
Pennsylvania will be !naugurated this after
noon.
The howtldcrmcnt Of VI. France is not
entirely exceptional and it is IN theory
highly respected in certain quarters. Savnnts
and earnest educators are seldom denied
hearings for their elcges upon the alleged
demise of scholarship ideals and the ascend
ancy of athletic standards in modern uni
versities
Distress signals are especially prevalent
IN autumn. There are members of the
public who strive sincerely to be alarmed
Much ink is spilled in an effort 20 analyze
the harmful agencies IN n college education
The youth of the country are pictured as
Light minded, unbalanced, frivolous heirs
of a race of sober students to whom point
scored in a debate on Neo- Platon!sm meant
much and a touchdown was an object of
utter unconcern.
At about the time Of year when such
illustrations are most mournfully presented
the problem Of accommodating vast crowds
at football contests is considered anew.
Ardent and impatient thronss clamor for
entrance 70 the arenas.
Harvard's stadium, huge as it IS, has
been found inadequate 10 big gam" demands.
The capacity Of the Yale bowl Is a dis
appointment. Until this year, which
brought the erection OF the majestic new
stands and colonnades, Franklin Field was
regarded as paltry in proportions.
Emphasis upon what has been called the
inconseQuential aspect Of college life is truly
terrific. "IntellertualS." " whose voices have
perhaps but lately been raised in protest,
have been known TO join the stampede, and
SO called 'cloistercd' professors have been
caught grabbing their hats, rushing from
their desks and cheering wildly the home
team victory or descending to tho depths Of
spiritual agony at the sight of tumble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

7, has at least been conclusively demon
strated by the New Brun'W'CN; ~ J'' au-
thorit!es that somebody bung!ed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Raisuli the bandit. has surrendered
Another book OF the past bound in Morocco,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

The same Wilhelm who ousted Bis
rarck did most to put the mark out OF biz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

Even his enemies begin 70 admit that
President Harding is measuring up to his
Job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
SPEECH SAFETY VALVE
Orators in Hyde Park, London, Prove
That England Knows Its vslue.
All Kinds and Conditions
Of Cranks
BY GEORGE NOx MCCAIN

London, England.
ENGLAND, unQuestionably, Is the land
~ of the free.
Pre- eminently Is Il the land Of free
speech.
I never fully appreciated IL until after
many years I revisited the oratorical exer-
else in Hyde Park.
Parliament isn't the national forum OF
the British nation. Not for q moment.
It's at the marble arch entrance to Hyde
Park.
Nothing like It exists anywhere else in the
world.
Politics, religion, finances, sex questions
and prohibition and anti prohibition are
always on tap.
This fact alone doesn't count in the free
speech category, however.
It's what Is said--and by whom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

II begins TO appear as though the Dope
Ring Is 70 he provided with keeper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30

After a showdown many q poker face
becomes suffusnd with four flush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
SHORT CUTS
At Bryn SIawr

"Of agen. on agen'
At Bryn Mawr was probably written at
horse show. Bryn
Mawr has demonstrated how youth may
take tumble to itself. If it ism always
done gracefully. it is. at least. invariably
accompanied by a plucky comeback.
Whenever Jill drhicrcS a spill
Re sure that Jack has chdfed her;
SO rhcn Jack talIS dozen he dare not frozen
Rut ioinS in hcartu landhter.