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The labor standard., 1922-02-15
HUNT SECRET OF LIFE
Biological Chemists Claim to Be
 Close on Trail.
British Scientists Have High Hopes of Being Able to Create Vital Spark-Seek Exact Chemical
 Combination .-

London.-A hunt more exciting than any man hunt is going on at present in the laboratories of some of the adventurous biological ehemists-a hunt for the secret; of life.
 It is now seriously hoped by some of the more advanced scientists that the secret of the causation of life may be discovered-tha it may be pos sible to find the formula which will open the door to the creation of new living things.
 Some years ago a scientist descrloed to the British association experiments which he believed tended to prove that new life had been created in a test tube, but critics suggested that there was some flaw in the proceedings- that the spark of life had crept in unobServed and had not been created.
 Efforts are now being made to ar rive at the point of discovery along the road of chemistry-to discover the exact combination Sof oxygen, nitro gen and so forth, that goes to make up the germ of life. 4
 One scientist is already said to have made synthetic NeggS-that is, to have compounded substances which had the taste of eggs, and it is. claimed that real hens eggs in an infertile state-incapable of developing into chickens-will, if treated with lithium chlorida, manifest the signs of life and undergo development for few days.
 These infertile eggs, fertilized with lithium chloride, have not yet produced chickens-after a few days the devel- opment stops-but hope is not aban- doned that the secret of introducing effective life into an infertile egg by chemical means may be found. The starting of life in frogs legs has also been contrived, merely by pricking a hole in them, but here also the proc ess of life stops after few hours.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
MAY CONQUER SAHARA
French to Try New Method of
 Crossing Desert.
on Snowy Slopes of Mont Reward and Left Only Slight Impress.

Paris.-A government expedition will attempt to cross the Desert of Sahara from Tuggurt to Timbuctoo in auto mobiles with caterpillar wheels so light they will pass over the shifting sands, leaving only the slightest i'm press.
 Success will mean a great step in the advance of civilization. It would make possible the linking up of vast stretches of the world hitherto un- developed, because making road or rail communications was too costly and hazardous.
 China has both eyes on the French experiment, realizing what it would mean to that land of few roads and vast spaces. -..
 It would permit the linking up of the French colonies in North Africa with those of equatorial Africa, which has unceasingly been striven for with various forms of Iocomotion. When the automobile became a commer- cially possible means of travel, at tempts were made to establish regu- lar service across the sands of equa torial Africa. It was thought that the pneumatic tire would triumph where the solid wheel was impossible. But the experiments of twenty years ago were an utter failure. With the rub Der bitten" into holes by the grit, or the whole machine engulfed in the drifts, not a single car reached its destination, most of them being aban- dOned in the open desert.
 Efforts to develop communication by airplane met with some success, but hope for the future is now almost wholly based on automobile service made feasible by the Kegresse-Hipstin wheel or propeller, as the experts pre- fer to call it, with it's remarkable dis tribution of weight of 100 grams per square centimeter. In experiments last winter on the snowclad slopes of Mont Reward the car passed over deep pockets with little more wrinkling of the face of the snow than would shoes. Climbing capacity was proved on the steep sides of the Paris fortifica- tions.
 When the cross-Sahara expedition sets out in January the wheels will not be fitted to ordinary automobiles from the Citroens factory (the French Ford). There will be twelve cars, each having a tank to hold fifty gal Ions of gasoline and each trailing tank-reservoir holding 150 to POO gal Ions. This supply is calculated to be sufficient to enable the party to cover the 1900 miles from Tuggurt to Tim buctoo, without revictualling, at the rate of 12O miles a day, making if teen days for the complete journey.
 The scheme has been developed by the War Minister and the Colonial Minister. The party will include rep resentatives from these state depart ments and three scientists, represent ing the Department of Public Instruc- tion, one a geologist. To make the results known to the world, invita- tions will be extended to novelist, a journalist and a movie man.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
SICK WOMEN THlEF's TARGET
Victims Just From Hospital Are GulIed by Willy Trick of
 Paris Crook.

Paris.-The limit in fraudulent au7 dacity is displayed by man of fifty three for whom the Paris police are looking. He has been in the habit of calling at the homes of women who have just come out of the hospital, presenting himself as Poor Law doctor sent to examine them and re port on their progress.
 Having caused a woman to un- dress, he gravely covers her head with her clothes, instructs her to count 40 slowly and then hold her breath. When the woman's attention is thus distracted the man snatches up any thing of value and steals away.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
SKELETON 25o YEARS OLD
Scientist Studies Remains Found in Hawaii to Find Origin
 of Race.~

Honoulu.-Half of a human skeleton believed to be two hundred and fifty years old, discovered on this island by bather, is being examined by Dr. Edward Handy of the staff of the Bishop museum, in the hope that it may help solve the problem of the origin of the Polynesian race. The skeleton includes the major portion of a mans torso, and is in an excellent state of preservation, especially the teeth. These are of unusual size and strength and give rise to the belief that the skeleton may be older than 25O years. Doctor Handy said. The spinal column also is preserved par tially. e
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
PARIS MOTOR COPS USE RADIO
fWireless-Equipped Autos to Rid City
 of Bandits and Highway

Paris.-The Paris police are using wireless-equipped automobiles to rid the city of bandits and highwaymen and are ready to use airplanes in time of riots or demonstrations. G
 Several automobiles have been equipped with the wireless apparatus and the police can cruise about the city and call for help from headquar- ters by wireless if they find them selves in a desperate situation.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Indians Get "sacred Dirt"

Albuquerque, N.. M.-Something brand new in the line of tribal super stitions has just been discovered among the Acoma Indians. Each year the tribe makes pilgrimage to the peak of Mount Taylor, 11,3SO fee. high, where each tribeslnan and his squaw fills earthenware jars With .'sa- cred dirt" to be carried back to their pueblo, 60 miles away. Earth from certain area at the peak Nof Mount Taylor is believed by the Acomas to possess medicinal and supernatural qualities. =-t
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Made Fortune, Gives
 Business to Employees

Believing that when a man has amassed a fortune adequate for his personal needs he should re- tire and give others the benefit of his experience, John Borg, said to have made $2,0O0,000 in the New York curb market, an- nounced that he is through mak- ing money and wants to turn his business over. to his employees. Borg began as an office boy, at $4 week, soon after being grad uated from the Union Hill High school, at Union Hill, N. J., in 1897.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Caught Big snapping Turtle.

Poplar Bluff, Mo.-Probably the largest snapping turtle ever taken from Black river was captured one Sunday recently by Ed 'Anse. It was feet 3 inches from tip of nose to the end of its tail, weighed 84 pounds and bore shell that measured 19 by 25 inches. His mouth, opened wide, measured Il inches. Its severed head weighed 12 pounds and measured 8 inches across.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Modern Diplomacy

The ancient idea that man had to be a good dancer in order to make a successful diplomat has about van ished. It has given place to the milder requirement that he shall be ready to shake hands at moments notice.- Washington Star. --..
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Old Oaken Bucket Led
 Dry Officers to Still

A well, which, with the aid of an old oaken bucket, gave forth the finest kind of fre-water, was discovered in Stamford, N. Y. Descending the well with a lad der, prohibition officers found q door at the bottom which led to a room and still in full opera iion.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
ksandcuffs cIou Speech.

Jackson, Mo.-This corroborates the old idea that some folks cannot talk without their hands. Ralph Brashear, held in connection with robbery and murder here, refused to testify as long as he was handcuffed. Chief of Police Segraves had lost the keys. Court was adjourned. The keys were found that night. Brashear testified
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Lines to Be Remembered.

Do today's duty, fight today's temp tation, and do not weaken and dis tract yourself by looking forward to things which you cannot see and could not understand if you saw them.-' Charles Kingsley.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
if the Sun Were distinguished.

If the sun were extfnguished sud- denly we should not be aware of the fact until eight minutes eighteen sec onds afterward, this being the time it would take for the last rays to reach us after they had left our luminary.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

These new college bowls are a vast improvement on the flowing bowls that once figured largely in college life.-Boston Transcript.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

A woman who speaks twelve lan- guages has been married to a man who speaks seventeen. That's about the right handicap.-Arkansas Gag cite.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

Harding hasn't chip on his should CT but has a bloc on his hands.-Green vile Piedmont.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
All in the Man.

True contentment depends not on what we have. A tub was large enough for Diegenes, but world was too small for Alexander.-Boston Transcript.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15
Empire Steam Laundry
 62 Church Street Two Telephones. Quick Work.
Goodwin's Drug Store a
 Corner Main and State Streets.

MT. Harding has found that our for might say, only relatively foreign
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

England and France are said to hate each other worse than either hates Germany. It may be so, but the outsider who butts into that dis like is pretty sure to get his head punched. Boston Transcript.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

We are getting just little weary of the jokes on prohibition, but we suppose they will continue so long as prohibition is joke.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

China, as we understand her, will forgive the nations mistaking what was right if they will quit taking what is left.-Washington Post.
The labor standard., 1922-02-15

We are told that John Barleycorn had turned up his toes, but it appears that he has only turned up his nose Columbia Record
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
THE McCUMBER TEST

DEMOCRATS everywhere in the country
~ are preparing to burn bonfires and toll
joyous bells after tomorrow's primaries in
North Dakota, where Senator McCumber,
one of the Administration leaders. is ac-
tually in some danger of defeat at the hands
of the Non Partisan Leaguers.
But if McCumber Is defeated there will
he nothing in the event for either Republi-
cans or Democrats TO be elated about for
the fight in North Dakota is unlike the
fights wagcd recently in Indiana and Penn
sylvania between progressivcs and mere old
guGrdism. 1t Is. on the contrary, between
two widely different theories of government.
Political parties. when they are tolerable
in a country like this, must of necessity be
UNIVERSAL minded. They must be able to
exist for the service Of all sorts and condi-
tions Of people, and they must be able to
act intellgently and constructively in behalf
Of the immense variety of interests inds-
pcnsable to n nation rs widespread as ours
The non partisan factions in the West
frankly substitute class consciousness for
political theory Their slogan is The
Farmer Tcber Allies. McCumbcr is not
very inspiring representative of modern
Repuhlicanism yet he does stand for some
thing tested and slr" in opposing move
mcnt that is essentially narrow spirited.
The fight IN North Dakota isn't against
the McCumher whose tactics have tended to
irritate progrcssiv" members Of his party.
1t is against the whole theory Of party gov
ernmcnt ms we know and practice It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
CRIME OF OWNING A DOG

THE case of Jacob Silverman and his dog
L ought TO result in the drafting of a more
intelligent and humane law regulating the
ownership of dogs by aliens.
Silverman, who lives in Orvlla. has a
pet dog. But he is an unnaturalzed alien.
The Legislature of 1915. in an attempt to
prevent the violation of the game laws by
aliens. especially in the coal regions, passed
a law declaring that it was unlawful for
any unnaturalized foreign born resident
within the Commonwealth TO own or be
possessed of a dog of any kind Any such
allen convicted of owning or having posses
sion of a dog is subject to a fine of SO,
and the dog must be killed.
Silverman does not use his dog for hunt
ing. He bought him because he loves dogs
and because his children also love dogs. But
because he is an alien he may not keep him.
Even his declaration Of intention to become
4 citizen would not be enough to release the
- deg from the death penalty which has been
imposed by the court in Lansdale.
If the law is 70 be enforced it should be
enforced uniformly. and not alone upon
humble aliens without powerful friends.
There are doubtless hundreds of unnatural
lied foreigners living in and near this city
who keep dogs Some of them move in the
best society and others may hold official
positions under their Governments. 1t
might be argued in behalf Of the latter that
they profit by diplomatic and consular i'm
munites. But there is no defense for the
others
Probably the best way to bring about an
amendment TO the law would be to begin its
enforcement upon all aliens in the city and
the suburban districts, without regard to
their social position
II we cannot protect the game in the
Commonwealth without deprivinS unotfcnd
ing foreigners Of their pet animals, we would
better send to Harrisburg some law makers
with a little more ingenuity than was dis
played by those who drafted the act Of 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
"BLAzINo INDIScRETIoNS"

SECRETARY WEEKS, of the War De-
~ partment, who suddenly became the
radical voice Of the Harding Cabinet, has
had his say, and he appears to have found
joy in it. The political heavens were dark
encd and tempests brewed in the partisan
press. and the more nervous observers Of
the social skyline trembled and wrung their
hands.
Mr.. Weeks continued to talk In calm, dis
passionate and certain tones. He first pub
lcly expressed disgust with Congress and
told the world that the brow of the House
and the brow Of the Senate grow lower
every year. He disagreed openly with the
theory of temperance postulated by Vol
stead.
The reactions which followed this de-
parture from normalcy in Washington have
been amazingly interesting in what they
reveal of our moods and thoughts in a period
of extreme and general conservatism with
a big G.
Senator Capper rose to demand that Sec
retary Weeks be asked to resign. That was
because of the uncomplimentary references
of the Secretary of War to the direct pri-
mary and the leeway it gives to stupid and
unfit men who seek high offices.
The more Jealous vets were outraged and
they are disposed, like Senator Capper, to
believe that one who tells the truth as he
sees and feels it is somehow out of place In
Washington.
Nowhere was the sudden anti Weeks
campaign more significant than in the
Democratic newspapers Democratic edi-
tors We're shocked, but happy. They have
been talking of Mr.. Weeks series of blaz-
ing indscretions.' They seem to believe
that they are still living in the days of Mr..
Wilson.
Blazing indScrctions. Mr.. Weeks. a
conservative of the conservatives. disgustcd
by what he considers to be an unwise mis-
use of conservative principles, went forth
like an honest and courageous man to tell
the country what he believed. And SO he
became blazing and indlsCreet
If you are to call the Weeks speeches at
Western Reserve University and the Penn
sylvania Military College blazing indis-
cretons. what words would you use to
characterize some of the addresses of George
Washington, Patrick Henry and Benjamin
Franklin?
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A MOCK REPUBLIC

THE Inauguration of Juan Vicente Gomez
l. as PrpsldCEt of Venezuela recalls \ SAP
dontc compliment once paid 70 that country
by W. ii. Hudson, the veteran naturalist
author and traveller. In his pictorially
splendid romance, Green Mansions" tbe
writer eulogizes the dictatorial Government
Of Venezuela as well suited TO its people.
Acceptance Of this view depends largely
upon ones Interpretation Of the spirit Of
republican institutions. In Venezuela these
for years have been grandiose mask for
autocracy and special privilege
Intervals between relationships have been
characterized by anarchy. Absolutsm has
been the antidote for chaos Viewed in that
light, the political system of Venezuela has
justified Mr.. lludson's praise.
In the seventies and eighties OF the last
century thcre was Gu2man Blanco, "tho
illustrious American as he proclaimed
himself on innumerable statues and monu-
ments. Crespo and Castro followed in the
seat of tyrannous power. BancO was
clever and escaped to Paris. Castro is now
an impoverished refugee in Porto Rico.
The present occupant Of the Yellow
House, as the executive mansion in Caracas
Is called. is no less autocratic than his
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cHARNWoOD POINTS TO US

A MERICANS, who as a rule are inclined
n 10 be prouder Of the theory Of the gov
ernment than Of their political practices
are in receipt Of a compliment from abroad
shedding an unexpected light upon the in
grained national habit Of self criticism.
Campaigning is Familiarity regarded in
this country as distinctly a school for
scandal. Even the comparatively few
apoTogsts for the system have seldom been
bold enough 10 suggest that acquaintance
with its curriculum could prove morally
stimulating to outsiders.
A curious sensation Is, therefore, in store
for readers Of a dispatch from London i'm.
plying admiration for political customs
which We have been markedly averse to ex-
tolling. Perhaps, after all, the native hu-
mlity has been excessive.
Such is evidently the opinion of Lord
Charnwood who is disturbing the British
House of Lords with appeals for an official
study of the American method of dealing
with corrupt practices in elections.
The English peer, whose mastery biog-
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Member of the Associated Press
Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 81, 1922
IF THE arts and energies Of advertising

IF THE arts and energies Of advertising
L were organized in the public interest and
with view to serve society as they serve
the individual, the newspapers would now
be printing heavily typed appeals for in
formation relative to Lost Schemes and
Principles of Great Value. Large rewards
might even be offered for the return of this
or that great idea which was to have saved
the country and settled all our troubles.
What for example, has become of the
saloon substitute. about which so many
bright and constructive things were said
when the drys were admitting that n social
equivalent for the bar was a necessary part
Of the Volstead program?
Where are the low living costs promised
the country by the politicians Of both par
ties? Food prices are going up. The costs
Of coal never came down. Rents are high
and getting higher.
Then there were the police reforms prom
ised by Mayor Moore and the open cove
nants openly arrived at in City Hall. These.
too, are among the missing and forgotten
things.
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raphy OF Lincoln betrays an intimate and
thorough knowledge of our history and In
stitutions, has served notice that he will
request his Government ''to obtain and
publish information as to legislation now in
force in the United States, and whether
there is Federal legislation or legislation In
any of the several States requiring the pub
lication Of the names Of donors to party
funds, and the amount Of their subscrip-
tions."
Obviously It is the intention OF Lord
Charnwood to create something like con-
sternation in British politics by exhibiting
the American Corrupt Practices Acts, which
do in fact deal with these subjects concern
ing which he has pressed his knowing query.
Although the power Of the Federal legis.
lation along such lines over State primaries
has been denied by the Supreme Court, 1t is
explicitly minatory In the matter Of elec.
tions for Federal Office. particularly stipu-
lating that no candidate for the House Of
Representatives shall expend more than
5000 for his campaign, exclusive of travel,
subsistence postage. stationery. writing and
printing costs that the sum for q candidate
for the Senate shall not exceed $40, 1000, and
that full details of the sources Of campaign
funds shall be published. The impression
sometimes prevails that this act is weak.
II mere allusion to this measure Is calcu-
lated to strike terror in the hearts of British
politicians. It is permissible to wonder what
are the present concomitants of electioneer-
ing in Great Britain.
American respect for the British Consti-
tuition is generally sincere. BY an inver-
sion Of examples Is benighted republic, the
putative hot-bed Of partisan iniquities, to
be reckoned the seat Of political probity?
The situation suggests that seeing our
selves as others sees us Is not invariably
denressinp
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predecessors, but his methods are distinctly
more subtle. Ardently supported by his
troops and the sturdy Indians Of the up
lands, General Gomez has nursed his au-
thority with an ingenuity unmatched in the
annals Of Lat1- American politics.
For years he was nominal Vice President,
the head Office having been declared vacant.
In 1914 the act prohibiting President from
succeeding himself was rescinded. The fol-
lowing year Gomez was elected to the
highest position in the State. The actual
reign of this willy potentate has now en-
dured since 1908.
This latest Inauguration is, of course,
a farce. Gomez is uncrowned ruler of the
land which produced the superb patriot,
Simon Bolivar, liberator Of Spanish
America. Specifically, Venezuela honors
the memory of its great hero. Actually his
name is defiled by travesties Of represent
ative government.