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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-09
A DARING GERMAN GAME

A S A sample of frustrated impcrialist am
"A billions It would be difficult to match
the involved and murky tale Of former Ger
man designs in the Americas, details Of
which are only intermittently brought to
light.
The latest piecemeal contribution to
historical subject Of intimate interest is
furnished by Robert Lansing, in letter
written to Senator Mccormick defining, ex-
planning and justifying the status of the
United States in Haiti.
Among other things, the former Secretary
Of State for the first time makes PUBLIC an
incident from which immediate and
dramatic results might have flowed had not
tn" World War startlingly interviewed.
On the night Of July 81, 1914, only
few hours before the mine of world catas-
trophe was sprung, the German cruiser
Karlsruhe, in the harbor Of Port au Prince,
according to Mr.. Lansing, "changed her po-
sition In order to screen the movements Of
her crew, and Il number of boatloads OF
German sailors. with small arms and ma
chine guns. left the Karlsruhe and pro-
cceded to the wharf, where they landed"
A few minutes later the Invasion was
called off and the vessel steamed away to
begin her commerce -raiding adventures.
Mr.. Lansing believes that the German
Minister in Haiti, in touch with the inter
national situation, was responsible for this
volteface. knowledge of the event was
withheld from the public of the United
States, as acquaintance with the facts
might seriously have compromised the
policy of neutrality which the Government
then chose to uphold.
But the State Department. did not relax
its vigilance. some Of the fruits of which
were garnered two years later. when the
Virgin Islands were purchased from Den
mark at a price then deemed exceedingly
stiff.
Immediately prior 10 this sale the Ham,
burg American Line had obtaincda Danish
concession for a coaling base at II. Thomas.
and preparations for n German wireless
plant and for an airplane landing place
We're under way. Necessity for our control
of the Virgin group was decidedly more vital
than hagglng over the high price which
Denmark. profting by extraordinary cir
cumstanccS. was enabled 10 fix.
The sale. which put an end to German
opportunity in the Caribbean. was nego-
tated n little more than n year after the
treaty for the re establishment of order
and progress in Haiti, 10 which certain
Senators now object and which was mani
fcstly at complete variance with Teutonic
ambitions in this hemisphere. What the
Imperial Government sought in Haiti was
a coaling station at the strategcally valua-
BILE Mole ST. Nicholas and exclusive control
Of the customs of the anarchic republic.
But for the declaration of war against
Russia on August l OF the most tragic year
in world annals the State Department
would probably not have withheld announce
ment of what happened in Port -au Prince.
and the warning Of the American Govern
ment would perhaps have been as tart as
anything Dewey said TO Diedricbs Mt
Manila.
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HARDING IN NEW JERSEY

CENATOR EDGE. of New Jersey. is not
~ candidate for re election this year
Therefore the announcement that President
Harding is planning TO visit the Senator can
hardly be interpreted as an attempt to IN.
Auence the decision Of the voters in the pri
mary elections.
Now, If he had arranged to visit Senator
Frelinghuysen It would have been differ
ent Mr.. Frcinghuysen is a candidate for
.rc.election, and there Te some Republicans
in the State who would like 10 see some one
else nominated.
Mr.. Harding, however. is Canny poll
tician. He believes in letting the Republic
ans In the various States settle their own
differences. This leaves him without EN-
barrasslng complications on his hands when
their representatives take their seats In the
Senate or IN the House,
His is the kind of leadership that makes
for strong party, for it recognizes and
works with the men who By their own
ability have come to the top and who have
demonstrated their power in their own
States. A man who has to be bolstered up
by influence from outside Of his State has
inherent weaknesses. \ Republican ma
jority in the Senate made up of such men
would be SO feeble that little could be *
pected from it.
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JITNEYS FOR PARAMOUNT

WITH a new bus system just established
w New Workers. will be able to go to
almost any part Of Central Pork for five
cents. If the experiment Is successful it
will lead naturally enough TO a demand for
n somewhat similar service for Fairmount
Park.
There are two ways in which you may
see and enjoy the Park II you have no
motorcar. You may walk or use the Park
trolley. In either case you will miss much.
That fact, however, would not justify the
use Of numbering and ugly and overloaded
sightseeing cars on all the Fairmount
driveways. But It might inspire the Park
Commission to sanction the use of Park
buses properly designed and managed, and
not so heavy as TO injurc the roads. If
such vehicles were brightly colored they
would add to the general picture. And. Of
course, they would be comfort and a con
venience for multitudes.
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NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphans Subjects They
Know Best
.nO1v Best

tion service, by means Of which public off
cials and employees, teachers, students. citi-
zens and taxpayers secure In ever growing
numbers dependable information on govern
mental and community matters. Another
is the weekly pamphlet, Citizens Busi-
ness,' which has been published uninter-
ruptedly each week for more than eight
years.
-, "These pamphlets are subscribed for sy
libraries, universities and public bodies all
over the country-and in foreign countries
as well-but their main function Is to serve
as civic educational force in Philadelphia.
The question is often asked of bureau
workers, What of the bureaus future? As
a rule these men and women have been too
busy doing the worth while tasks at hand
to speculate very much In the realm of the
unknowable, but in order that their work
may be guided by sense of direction they
often stop to think of how their program
fits the tendencies and the needs Of the
times.
Conscious Of the growing complexity of
government, they are aware Of the increas-
Ing difficulty of realizing the great ideal Of
form of government that shall be demo.
cratic and human and which shall vet be
effective, serviceable, flexible, responsive.
To contribute toward the realization of 80
splendid an ideal Is the constant inspirationj
OF the bureaus staff and the central thought
OF its trustees and members"
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JUDGE PATTERSON RETIRES

sNIIHILE thoroughly understanding his
iHvv motive and sympathizing with It, there
will be very general regret among members
ct the bar over the announcement that Judge
John NJ. Patterson will retire from the
bench on June / to engage in private
practice.
In the nearly nine years that he has
served In Court No. !, Judge Patterson has
earned the respect and admiration of the
active trial lawyers who have come before
him because Of his studous application to
the learned side of the law, his care in pre-
serving the balance between parties and his
unfailing courtesy. As man he has the
knack Of friendship, and it was this attribute
Of personap popularity which the Organiza-
ton politicians sought to capita lie when
they ran him for the Republican nomination
for Mayor. The character of his backing
and the nature of the issue at that time.
which was elimination of contractor gov
eSnment under the new city charter, brought
shout his defeat rather than any personal
deficiencies.
As relatively young man. with the intel
lectual equipment necessary to making an
eminent Judge with added years Of expert
ence. Judge Patterson could have gone far
in enhancing his reputation on the bench
but, like many other men in the public
service, he has come face tO fac" with th"
decision whether he shall continue in II I,lUce
where his emolument is limited b! law. or
turn to private pursuits, where the p"e-ibi
ities of return are not thus restricted. No.
body can blame him for his choice.
The problem Of keeping really able m"u
IN public office is growing NOR" aud NOR"
trying in these days of large incomes for
men of high ability and good brain, Tn"
trouble with such places as our iudgc.Ap~
rs that they do not pay enough for rn" ,1r>t-
class men, but they are much too attractive
for the low grade Office seeker. ">,..iaIv
those who are INSCRIPTIONS.
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business there, with agencies in all parts

business there, with agencies IN all parts
Of the country.
When he began Dayton was small city,
and 1t still has less than 100, 900 popula.
tion. But Mr.. Patterson evidently decided
that It was as good place as any for his
business. There were as many acres of
diamonds. as DIR. Conwell would say, in the
Dayton backyards as there were in the
backyards Of any other community. Any
man who knew diamonds could and them
II he persisted in his search.
OF course, Mr.. Patterson was not unique.
There are native citizens in every con.
siderable city who have won fortune In the
town in which they were born. But there
are more successful men in the big cities
who have migrated from less favorable sur
roundings to surroundings that were more
favorable to their business. Sometimes the
melting cause was the possibility Of doing
business more cheaply in the city to. which
they transferred their activities. Then
again, the opportunities for a young man
have always seemed more brilliant in
large community than in small one, and
this is why the rural communities are
drained Of their alert young men to the
advantage Of the cities. This is also why
the cities grow and why SO many rural
towns stagnkte. But now and then there
is a man like Mr.. Patterson, who stays at
home and makes his own town grow along
with his own business by attracting to 1t
workers In his own factories.
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DAWES HAS MADE GOOD

% DEPRESENTATIVE BYRNS, Demo.
~ crat, of Tennessee, who challenged
General Dawes, in a resolution offered on
Eebruary ., to show in detail what savings
had been brought about by the operation Of
the Bureau of the Budget, ought TO be sat.
1s6ed with the generals reply, made public
yesterday.
According TO the figures submitted by
General Dawes last December, his bureau
had effected direct saving of $40, 900, 600
and an indirect saving Of S104, 900, 600.
Mr.. Byrns wanted to know how this had
been done. General Dawes now reports
that the savings for the year in the ex-
penditures over which the executive depart
ueats have direct control will amount TO
936O, 900 900 for the current year, and
that these are actual savings due largely 10
the operation of executive pressure upon
tls officials who spend the money. He
pglnts in his report table showing where
4t1o savings have been made.
I'll - VIII cost $13, 600 900 less to operate
- Treasury Department than in 1921,
a1x ~, 900 lees to operate the Panama
0,9oo. 90 less for the Postofice
~ ~, 900 less for tho d.
tass, s1e.0QQ 90 lsss
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THE FAIR CAN BE "pIFFERENT"

A NXIETY lest the fair OF 1926 should
"A suffer from lack of stimulating ideas
differentiating IL from expositions of the
past denotes q lRmentable poverty of imagi-
nation. 1t is, of course, impossible to an
nounce offhand the full list of attractions,
but that by no means precludes the possi-
bilty of exploiting a profuslon of original
features.
Practical progress OF the exhibition pro-
gram grows in a sense by what 1t feeds on.
1t is a chain Of development, not an imme-
diate leap TO finished conceptions that must
be expected.
The movement for an educational con.
ference launched by the Pennsylvania Mill
tary College and the Swarthmore Prepara-
tory School has, for instance, been promptly
expanded by the support Of Acting Provost
Penniman, of the University Of Pennsylva
MIA, who admits that he has been working
for some time on plans for a world educa-
tional meeting house In n great permanent
auditorium. DIR. COnwell, Of Temple Uni
versity, seconds the interesting proposal, in
which there are inspiring possibilities.
More picturesque, II no more important
is the suggestion Of G. Emerson Brown, di-
rector of the Geological Gardens, in regard
to an exhibit Of life-size reproductions Of
prehistoric animals. 1t is his idea that
they might be effectively placed in alleged
convincing attitudes along the banks of the
Schuylkill. The albertOsaurus would be
forty feet in length--a unique decoration
indeed.
Doubtless there will be more suggestions
Of commensurate novelty as the fair
emerges from the domain Of generalities into
the enlivening region Of realistic details and
substantial accomplishment.
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for the Department Of Commerce and SO on
through all the executive departments.
The total savings over 1921 Vii amount
to 1,6OO, 200, 900. The greater part Of this
enormous sum is made up Of reductions In
the cost Of the War and Navy Depart
ments, as the expenditures Of the War De-
partment have been reduced by 1000, 900
and of the Navy Department by 1892,
100000.
These great reductions, of course, are due
to n return of the Government 10 peace
footing and are not to be included among
the economies effected by the operations of
the Bureau of the Budget. Those reduc-
tions amount, as already indicated. TO
$50. .COO.O They are sufficiently great
to justify the appointment of General
Dawes and to warrant the confidence which
the President had in his efficiency when he
was summoned to Washington to take mp his
duties
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A REAL TERMINAL AT THE SHORE

TyHE report that preparations ar" .-i~-
Z 1 way for an adequate modern star!". -
the Pennsylvania system in Atlanr. r.-s
lends life to a project as sorey neeGeL g. =.
has been discouragingy delayed.
Atlantic City has long since pas,.i n"
seasonal resort stage. II is an aa.l"ar
health and recreation station, aud ha> be-
come in addition the authentic p"rnunnnt
metropolis OF Southwest New Jersey. nI-
nicipal community in Its own right aud by
reason OF its own commercial and financial
standing. For several decades It's railway
terminal facilities have been deplorably ont
q date.
~ The Pennsylvania S undertaking. which Is
said to be deferred only because Of certain
leasing technicalites with the West Jersey
and Seashore Railroad awaiting s"ttement.
involves, it is said, the elevation Of the
tracks leading into thc center of town.
This also Is a work in accord with the
metropolitan requirements of the place.
As for the station itself, the immense VOL
ume Of traffic demands that it should tvpify
the highest standards Of beauty and prac-
teal convenience
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Thomas Sumter. a South Carol!n,an n,
Nlrgnian birth. was the last surviving
general officer of the American Revolu-
born IN 1894 and died In 1882.
2. Matthew Stanley Quay was a pennsvI.
Xamia IeoGar P1lit,cian ,cl 81 and organization
PSn1lTan Pommites Nat1onal IL Executive Campaign
United States Senate from 1887 e ,n
iS99 s99 and again from 1901 to 1904. In
Ssy sy,a ne ., was vas brought to trial on the
Siu; G Nthough ne was acquitted, the
feeling among the reform element of
him in 1%n ,hnt parry hS was SO bitter against
Vanla was dendlocked and his reeIec-
tion postponed for two years. A statue
Harrisburg, Pa. y"
8. Only three Secretaries Of State Of tho
United states served consecutlveIy for
eight years-Madison, throughout the
under rm4 reths tbs tro o, Jefferson; ,a O. Adams,
Seward, under Lincoln and AndreW
Johnson; Johnson The next best record was
9soheveu sor nnuI1 oy Hamilton Fish, who served
Grant, from 1869 to 1877. VI
T. Sequolas are the huge coniferous trees NJ
SaifGrnlai Sest in ha;os9 sometimes more than 900
8. A stoa Is q portico in ancient c,
architecture. ' S'eeN
the SafaIs shsf 81 sGprces ot sponses are tho
woteis ol tne mediterranean. tha Rad
Sea ana the West indies, especaIIv
- around the Bahama Islands "'''
9. Caviar is made from sturgeon roe
.. The three chief gods Of Egypt wero Is,,
.u Osiris and Horus "e'e is's'
D. the hss,h SUNK ''stan" in such words as Belu.
Iurkestan means land Of" ""u
w. neste, soM,, ttnorwaIdsen was a noted Danish
csSS,p,Gr, cansnIr ,. He was born. in l77o 77n in
carpenter and carver OF. Ars,rsas' a'e,an9 Wln
apen saiisons, H aisd n iSISs y
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ACRES OF DIAMONDS

TOHN II. PATTERSON, who died on
u train while on the way to Atlantic City,
differed from many other successful Amer.
leans in that he won his success In the same
part Of the country in which he was born.
His father lived on farm near Dayton,
O., where the boy was born. The son
worked In his fathers saw and grist mill
until he went to college. When he was
graduated from Dartmouth he went back to
Dayton and was occupied with one thing
and another until he became interested in
the development Of the cash register. He
built hi fktcrs- in Dayton and did his
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What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

QUIZ
!. Who was Prime Minister of England
during the American Revolution?
3. What Is the largest city in Southern
China?
3. Who was Themistocles?
T. What Is the literal meaning OF the word
trOusseau?
8. What is a tabor?
g. When did the United States have tbe
opportunity to buy Santo Domingo for
z. What Is a granger
9. Who Is the patron saint of Spain?
9. Name three kinds of whales
10. Who was Edward Whymper?
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As 1t is inconceivable that the ~ p.s
would give away any property rtnS
dealing with the Soviet Government. tn5
Likelihood that the Belgians and ne
have misinterptetsd terms Or, pernaI
,gtvsn themstoe Atoeol ~ jnteepsese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-09

The man who ''carried the message y
GarcA is asking from the Government, ,t !.
medal in recognition Of the famous e1pU@.
lie should get 1t, of course, but he doe'n
really need it. n
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an the Democrats have to do in Stsn
Rnhal Inu nhauohal politics nowadays 10 to let ths
"epuDncans do their fighting for them.
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The one thing that impresses me ID ~.
Borah- Boris Bahkmeteff controversy, ~
Demosthenes McGinnis, Is the pleasing pa''
ness Of the insistent first syllables.
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The denial BY Peggy Joyce that she y
going to marry Jack Dempsey gives boh
liclty.
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We refuse to believe that Americss.
troops will remain on the Rhine because t.s
Germans want them, preferring to think ID"
are. there to finish the job they started
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Tho right dope on the solution Of tAs
proplem OF the crime wave Is doubtless that
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Production Of anthracite" says y
United States Geological Survey, ''remain!
virtually at zero" Which would h =
tragedy In sero weather.
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inc worst that Is alleged Of the GeDos
conference 80 Is that the conferees are trading
10 Drlhg about RESUMPTION Of trade.
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Word has been received that a former
German naval attaohe in Washington Y
celebrating Boy Ed week In Hamburg WI
little daughter.
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German scientist announces that thsse
are $4,000 hairs on a mans head and 70,0W
on woman's. And yet people talk Of Sex
equality!
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His explanation of the case Of Haiti
demonstrates that as q letter writer M
Lansing Is improving.
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News from Texas awakens the hope That
somebody will eventually hang judge Lyuci
W due process OF law.
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l.. sitting on the lid in HARRISBURG MAJ
De merely nerve.racking preliminary Il
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!. Every time Genoa's ark seems about ts
Ce " cast on, the rocks Lloyd George does d
Clever STUNT with diplomatic boath6ok.
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The New York Times refers to the t,hl
as asa plesiosaurus. Does it mean to asset
that there amt no sich animile?
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Beveridge says all he wants is parE
harmony. Plausible enough, even thcusn
no plays in a key all his own. He y
hornblower among strings.
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Demosthenes McGinnis speaks Of HI
new flivver as rattling good car.
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No Alarm in
Evidence

We cannot believe that
No Alarm in the bootlegpers are nm.
Evidence duly agitoted over the
declaration of Attorney
General Alter that If he is elected Governor
he will put an end to their illegal activities.
What, we may inquire in passing, are the
ottcial acts of a bootlegger that may be
classed as other than illegal?
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Mothers Day in the penitentiaries /.
gong to mean lot Of copy for the cob
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~ Poland is planning to fortify her coast.
One mad hoped the materials would hsw
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Tho breath Of suspicion in Harrisburs
appears to have the flavor Of bootleg whisky.
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Life for Detective Ellis Parker 10 juss
one tragedy after another.
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SHORT CUTS

Well, at least, no airplane has vet rul
down q pedestrian.
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May dollars spent on straw hats b
spoken of as straw berries?
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Germany, considering herself a shor,
lamb, serves herself with mint sauce,
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May a bootlegger's conscience be spoke,
Of as a still, small voice?
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We presume Family Night at Oak Lar.
included all the little acorns. -