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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
NUMBER THlRTY-THREE

PROSECUTOR WOLVERTON, of Cam.
l. den County, representatives of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission OF New Jersey and
officials of the Reading Railway Company
are attempting difficult task In the effort
to find an explanation of the wreck at Wins
low and give 1t technical definitions that will
fix responsibility finally upon one person or
another. In the course Of time verdicts
will be reached and receive legal sanction.
Meanwhile the simple fact remains that
moral responsibility for the disaster extends
beyond the railroad and is traceable In some
degree at least to the inevitable failings of
normal human character.
Somewhl te, either in the engine cab Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
JAPANESE INTERPRETATIONS

TT Is beginning to look as though Ameri.
i cans addicted to the game Of anti
japanese suspicious and indulgence in
alalms concerning the governmental SINGER
ity Of the island empire were in danger of
forfeiting any title to spOrtsmanShip.
Admiral and Premier Kato's declaration
that 'the Imperial Japanese Navy intends
to I've up to the spirit of the Washington
Conference as well as to the letter Of the
Naval Treaty framed there is not only a
candid general statement but it Is accom- =
panied by the announcement that the Dro .
gram for auxiliary vessels on which no
Limitation is placed by the pact will be
made to conform with the principle Of re =
duced armaments.
td No advantage is to be taken OF that al
legged alarming loOphoe in The convention
I through which Senator King of Utah, re.
Gently presumed TO espy SO many phantom.
( Of aggressive Imperialism and subtle perfi,iy
In addition to the new naval imita tisn;
and reduction of 1000 in personnel, OK.
psnditures for japanese coast defenses ant
naval stations are to be curtailed and. az,
cording to reorganization plans proposed b,
the War Ofice and approved by the Kate
Cabinet, the army is to be restricted h
55 900 enlisted men.
It IL fashionable among a certain brand O.
American sensatiOnalists to deny goot
motives to any policy emanating from
Japan. When restricted to the domain o
metaphysics, 1t is not easy to combat suct
4 eon5ectures.
ehahespsare, possibly to his own content
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

No 33 or In the tower ut Winslow or In II
tiny Office on the line, somebody's mental
processes didn't ordinate with usual
swiftness and surety to meet the require
ments of a high strung railway schedule and
nm emergency of the sort that ordinarily
would be disposed of automatically and easily
in the days work. An instant's lapse OF
mind and the thing was done.
Rnilroading isn't an easy business for
anybody nowadays and especially for the
men "out 'front.' who daily and nightly, in
thickening traffic. pick their ways unerringly
along, finding their own signals In mazes OF
lights and seemingly proof against the slips
of judgment that trouble most people in
occupations where the consequences of AL
instants error are slight and unimportant.
II is on the rails that life is stepped IN
coiors Of romance and drama apparent to
everybody but railroaders.
Marguerite Brennan. railroad telephone
operator for the Pennsy at Winsow who
conversed with the Readings towerman and
saw No. 33 go to smash. appears like
figure out of a book 81 called him on the
telephone and told him that the fier was
blowing for Signals" said Marguerite Of
the operator in the Reading tower. '1t
was misty and there was n driving rain. but
] saw the lights Of No. 81 a mile away.
He thanked me and then the crash came and
when I went over they were leading him
nway and he was crying
How many fast trains had this same
veteran towernan seen safely past his signals
IN all the years Of his employment there:
How many times had the dead engine driver
done his seventy five an hour over the
familiar line in obedience 70 thc demands of
n time that wants only speed ana mor'
speed? Both men were old in the service
and both had spotlcss records. The stop
signal was thrown with the turn of the
switch and the brakes on No. 30 were locked
fast when the engineer was found dead In
the wreckage. They may have been applied
an instant too late. II is possible to imagine
that the man In the cab of No. 33 had NJ
more expectation of stop signal at Winslow
than he would have had upon his own door
steps. At any rate we are reminded again
of what all experienced railway executives
know and say-that no mechanical device
invented or imaginable can be depended on
to snppant the human equation in the
operation Of railroad trains.
No matter what Coroners juries and
official investigating commissions may learn
in the inquiry into the Winsow wreck the
fact will remain that no one deliberately or
willfully ditched No. 33 and that the flier
met her terrible end because the factor Of
caution or alertness or sensitiveness to
familiar rules was for an instant absent from
q single human mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. Hieroglyphics literally means arl
writing because the characters IN
originally used in Egypt by the phs1l
The word is from the Greek "Nerel
sacred and "glypho." carve.
2. The late Prince Of Monaco was fans
for his studies In oceanography.
8. The Corliss engine was one of the I
sations Of the Centennial Exhibiu1
Of 1876, when 1t was regarded az
extraordinary novelty.
4. Conquests>of parts Of Europe by Arid
expeditionary forces were made
the CarthaHenians. under Hannibal,
the third century B. c. In the al
paign which involved an invasion
Spain, passage Of the Alps and descd
into ITALY, and by the Arabs, who
vaded Spain In I'll A. d. by way
the Straits Of Gibraltar.
s. Schumann. the German composer, wd
the famous song. '"The Two Gn1
diers" The words are by Heinz
6. Tragedy Is derived from the Greek ID
godos," tragic-singer,, from 'trar(
q goat, because Of the important n
Of the actor, who personified q satr(
the early Dionysian rites, which nd
later developed into tragic drama
Z. Petrograd Is further north than Sly
Alaska.
United States Senate.
8. General Herbert N. Lord has succeed
Charles G. Dawes as Director OF
Federal Budget.
10. The Liffey River flows through DUN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
A NEW SCHUYLKILL PROBLEM

THE novel proposal of huvial elevator
l. on the Schuylkil at the Fairmount
Dam calls attention TO marked development
OF the river as II field for motorboating AMI
canoeing.
The increase of pleasure craft has raised
problem which only few years ago would
have been considered exceedingly remote. AZ
T. affects the municipal water supply and i
Intimately connected with the reconstruction
of the dam at Paramount rhe necessity for
sewing it satisfactorily is real.
City engineers are troubled about The
water wastage involved in the operation Of
the Fairmount lock. once "a drowsy back
water. bur now enlivened with the passage
of many pleasure boats. motor and man
driven.
II Is estimated that more than 16 900 900
gallons of water are used in working tEe
lock on u clear Sunday or holiday Tc
Ubviata this serious drain on the FairmOupt
pool. sufficient TO strain the water supply
OF n portion Of the city during dry spell.
Il is proposed TO substitute for the present
picturesque but old fashioned mechanism a
river railroad and elevator 70 lift and lower
units Of the recreation fleet
The conception of Chief Davis Of the
Wuter Bureau. is that Of a cradle in which
a boat might be placed and drawn up by an
incline railway 10 the upper river level, or
Yet down to the lower Schuykill.
Now is the time to effect such chang.
IN transportation faci titles. The work could
be combined with the dam operation and
would be security against the inevitable day
when pleasure boating on the Schuylkiil
will surpass its present very considerable
proportions.
Apart from this normal development
q s,,
the river would be invaluable during tho
summpr of me eNDositiOn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
Today's Blrthdays

Princess Victoria Alexandra, the
ster sister of King George V, born nl'','
years ago.
Gerald v. White, member of the Senis
Canada, born at Pembroke, Ont, forty'''
years ago. ~
John Shelton Williams, former v!
States Comptroller Of the Currency, ~.
Powhatan County, Va, ffty.seven
ago.
Roger w. Babsop, who has an Wv
tional reputation al q sattistician,
u'oucester, Mass. forty seven years
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

/. Who said Millions for defense, but
one cent for tribute?
2. What Is q nubia?
8. Name French possession In India
4. What IL a spritsail?
6. How did the poinsettia get It's name
6. Where Is Prince Edward Island?
Z. OF what country was Copernicus
famous astronomer. a native?
g. What Is a homonymf
Q. What Is pilaff?
10. What Is q raree- show?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

There Is nothing which renders the
bgot more unhappy than an example Of fair
play, fact which may account for the dis
tressed silence Of anti-Japanese jingoists
formity of. the Mikados Government to the
spirit Of the Naval Treaty is broached.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

An illustration Of distinctions
human character is provided by that Ar' a.
can traveller who was dazzled and as
blinded by a brief sight Of the ex'imps
crown jewels In Moscow. Their pISs
possess0rs seem to have been enabled
their eyes on these treasures for
siderably longer period.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

1t is becoming easy to recognize the
good men In Germany by the course Of the
assassin's bullet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

And, talking Of the havoc wrought BY
reckless motorists, will any one ever raise
a cry against railroad speeders, the deadly
who dispenses ice water to childfen and
other malefactors who may Do ciassed as
enemies Of the general pubiicf -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

A lady we know desired anxiousy to be
informed whether the floor walkers in the
railroad shops also had gone on strike. We
told her that we didn't know.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

Accounts of the conference at
Hague are SO meager that the suspicion
actual accomplishments are under way
becoming tenable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

Heavens !" said the hardened 70,
ZIONIST on his homeward way from ths.
shore, nothing but work until fn'
afternoon! -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

Motor speeders seem to grow more
reckless. They did hardly any damage over
the week end.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06
SHORT CUTS

1t is apparently hard to convince
weatherrnan that neither the Poles nor
Equator represent climatic ideals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

The Fourth was safe and sane.
we ought to see what can be done about
other 1854 days Of the average year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

Robert Chambers, the novelist, a.
that the modern girl doesn't take man
very seriously. Mr.. Chambers ousn!
know. He did his share in the edu0'
Of the modern girl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

II puns were not utterly reprehen.
1t might be suggested that the prop
junket of the maintenance Of whey men
little more than sample slip and. .so'ds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

A headline, Murder in India
justed," deepens the well-recognized
long established mystery of the Orient
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-06

The test of Mr.. Harding's affection for
the simple life in Marion will be met in 1924
Evening journal., 1922-08-08

other side, question that need not
be argued here, seeing that violence
so far has been sporadic and that Mr.
Jewell warns his men against COM
mitting any unlawful acts.
But even II the strike were con-
Quoted in the most ideal manner. is
Mr.. Jewell sure that II will com
mand the respect OF the American
people" as a wonderful exhibition OF
self-sacrihce and voluntary hard
ships assumed by the men in quit
ting work? Who is the chief suf-
ferer in this disturbance, anyhow.
the 100000 who threw up their Jobs
or the hundred million of people di-
rectly and indirectly affected by the
threatened tle-up OF transportation?
Mr.. Jewell's appeal for sympathy
VIII fall on deaf ears when the pub
lie begins to take stock of its own
hardship
The only way to regain public
sympathy and to command the re-
spect of the American people is to
show spirit of Cancellation instead
Of keeping up the rule or ruin" at
titude and forcing the Government
to undertake the protection of the
people.
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
CLOSE OF A PLEASING CONVENTION

VV7ITH basquet held in the Hotel DUPONT this
w evening. the Catholic Young Mems National
Union will close its forty-eighth annual convention,
which has been session here since last Saturday.
From practical viewpoint the banquet, enjoyable
as unquestonably will be. will rank OF the les
ser features convention. because the business
devoted the discussion and far
as the organization is affected, the determination Of
many questions of prime import to the Union and its
members and the people at large.
said before, and we repeat now, that it was
compliment to wilmington for such large and
resentatve body seecfit for its meeting place this
year believe that the people Of our city have been
uniformly courteous TO the delegates. who have won
Widespread praise for their geniay in meeting ad-
vances who have been purposefu in their do
'ngs while here.
The local committee which had charge of the ar
ensements for the OF the delegates and
er Visitors also deserves and receives much praise
''f me efficient and pleasing manner in which it has
psf'ormed the work assigned to it.
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
TUESDAY, AUGUST s, 1922
OUR SLOGAN:
The Epening JournaLthe First
Paper of the First City of the First
State.
NOW Is THE TIME

TFow many beautiful girls there in Wilmington?
III How many are there who classified beauti-
fu by everyone who knows them, relative, friend or
even enemy?
How many are there within your immediate circle Of
acquaintances?
And how many there who are beautiful who have
never quite realized IL?
1t is from this latter class course that the sur
prises come.
(. II all the good-iooking girls In wilmington
sembed place a competent board Of judges
probably would rate far more OF beautiful that
che average person would suppose.
Right in line with this argument we are sure that
there are girls qualified The Evening
Journals Beauty Tournament who have hestated for
sariety OF reasons. mainly false OF modesty.
"oh I wouldn't stand any chance in a contest like
that" is the remark heard and again.
Probably this signifies a good for
SONS; but the present opportunity these
occasions
the time for her to hide her light under
bushel
& Il would enter this tournament, but family
opposed" is another that has heard good
many times.
We are unable just why the family should put
Up any opposition Rather. they should encourage
girl who pride enough herself enter digni-
fed competition will the citys beauti
ful girl
Girls who enter the competition will subjected
to any unpleasant publicity; fact all II they
prefer it.
only the girl who is selected Miss Wilmington"
need even have her photograph published From the
moment Miss Wilmington" leaves home until her
rlval back home after week OF festivities Atlantic
City, she viii be accompanied by careful chaperon.
the two Of thembeing guests OF Atlantic City for
an entire week. And certain that this week
will be the best week OF good times in girls life.
friends, sisters daughters to enter
This Beauty Tournament. And your sweetheart, GER
tainiy Mr. Man you think she is beautiful. why, she
S your sweetheart and that's enough.
The Evening Journal is guaranteeing that the COM
petition be high every particular II you
thinking a. [ sending in picture and unde-
oIded. call L. our Editor and he will tell you
aerything about the tournament you know.
But the main thing is send your photograph |
row.
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
FEARFUL COST OF
Il VT
TWO STRIKES


From the Kansas City Journal.
There is food for very serious
thought in the official government
estimates OF the losses to the strlk-
ers. to the employers and to the
business OF the country In the two
nationwide strikes now going on.
More than half a million dollars
s533. 900, ,OOO-is the portentious ag-
gregate OF these losses, divided as
follows:
Railway workers and coal min
ers, at an average OF S7.5OO,00O a
day. have lost Si93.OOO.O00 in wages.
The coal operators have lost
s24O.OO0,OOO. estimating 81 a ton
for bituminous coal that would
have been mined during the sixteen
weeks OF the strike
Total-s4Ss.oOo.OOO for these two
items.
The railroads are estimated to
have lost the remaining 100000, 900
through curtailed transportation
facilities and other expenses.
There are $4,000 miners and
$500 railroad workers on strike,
according to the estimate. an appal-
ling total OF 100000 men idle at a
time hen every effort is being made
to reduce involuntary unemploy-
ment to a minimCm that the coun-
try may get back 10 normal indus
trial and economic conditions.
Is there any sound or honest rea-
SON why the authority Of the people
as a whole, in whatever way IL may
be legally exercised. ought not TO De
exerted toward ending this state OF
affairs. which is so rapidly assum-
ing the proportions Of an industrial
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
ARE STRIKES
GROWING WORSE?
rom the BOSTON Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
In spite of all we hear OF the in
creased power of organization in la
bor ranks. and OF the spread Of rad
ioal tendencies, the strike itself as
form of private war has become
no more deadly than II was half
century ago.
The railroad strikes of 1877 were
serious enough to win for them
selves a place in the school histories
Of the United States. The roads at
tempted to lower the wages Of the
men as a part OF the postwar de-
fiation. Most Of the men refused to
work, and some of them refused to
allow trains to run. They resisted
the troops sent TO protect the rail-
roads. rioting in Pittsburgh. Chica-
go, st. Louis and other places. Al
ter nearly two weeks of general con-
fusion the riots were suppressed.
The worst of them all that at Pitts
burgh, where the rioters controlled
the city for several days-cost near
ly one hundred lives. besides three
million dollars worth Of property.
Even the Herrin massacre. with all
its brutalities. stands out no worse
as a tragedy than this.
Both administrations OF Grover
Cleveland were filled with labor
troubles-perhaps the best remem-
bered. because 1t brought the Presi-
dent into such a degree of respon-
sibility, was the Pullman strike Of
1894. centering in Chicago. That
was a very serious affair while it
lasted.
We have had coal strikes before
notably that in the anthracite dis
trict which Roosevelt settled in
1909.
The discouraglng phase Of the
situation is that we have made, as
a people. so little progress in the
solution of the problem by eqult-
able and judicial means. Most SER
ious-minded people confess that
neither side alone-neither capital
nor labor-can be trusted to have
its own way. absolutely. The need
for some system OF checks and bal
ances is obvious; some recognition
of the two sides to the dispute. The |
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
WHAT FRANCE OWES
AND Is OWED

The French Government owes us
eighteen billion francs. To other
nations she owes seventeen billion
francs. making her total foreign
debt thlrty-fve billion francs. For
reparation OF the devastated regions
she has advanced for the account Of
Germany eleven billion francs. Be
sides this her internal debt. exclud-
ing the advance to Germany, is 221
billion francs. Her total debt thus
Is 267 billion francs.
The French Government in turn
is owed by foreign governments, ex-
elusive of Germany, fifteen and
half billion francs. The present
value OF her share OF the repara-
tions, unscaled. due her from Ger
many is forty billion francs. This
means that her total credits are
nearly ffty-six billion francs.
OF these credits five and half
billions due from Russia are now
worthless and forty billion francs
are in her claim against Germany.
These two Items comprise all but
ten and a half billions OF the sums
good will her taxpayers be relieved
OF meeting all her war loans and
other indebtedness.
1t is now proposed to scale down
the reparations. which would fur
ther increase Frances deficit. SO
the French resist desperately all at
tempts to do so and are keenly in
terested in the reduction OF the
sums they owe to the British and
to ourselves Even with the separa-
tions uncut the French taxpayers
must pay debt charges amounting
to about twelve billion francs yearly.
not to mention amortization.
For being disturbed about this
state OF affairs and for seeking TO
preserve intact as many OF her as
sets as possible France is assailed
by Germany's friends as a greedy
marplot.
Evening journal., 1922-08-08
PRESIDENT REPRESENTS
THE PUBLIC

From the Detroit Free Press.
The editor of the United Mine
Workers Journal naturally looking
at matters from a partisan view
point objects because President
Harding has told the coal operators
to go home and open their mines.
He thinks this means that "the
President has definitely aligned his
administration with the union-b bust
Ing employers who are waging a
ferocious campaign for the destruc-
tion of labor unions in this coun-
try"
In writing thus, the editor ignores
the fact that Mr.. Harding first Of
all tried TO secure an arbitration
agreement. and that IL was the
union which refused his plea, where
as the operators for the most part
receded from their original obdurate
position and agreed to go into con-
ference.
But aside from this. the editor of
the Mine Workers Journal is COM
pletely wrong. Mr.. Harding has not
aligned his administration with the
operators. He is not in the least
attempting to fight their battle. His
attitude toward them is Just as rigid
as his attitude toward the unions;
and II they seem to be in better odor
than the unions, II is because they
have been more responsive to the
White House suggestions than the
unions have been.
The President Of the United States
is concerned with only one thing,
the welfare of the people OF the
country. He is standing purely as
the champion of the great general
public, which is the innocent-thlrd
party suffering as the result of
squabble between two classes. He
is determined upon a settlement OF
the coal strike for the protection OF
the nation and its prosperity, and
whether the operators or the unions
happen to be hurt because they will
not get out of the way and let the
public welfare have a free course. is
only an incidental matter. That is
the clear attitude of the chief exec
utive and it is a sound attitude.