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the immigration problem needed no
special attention. Foreigners sought
America Of their own accord, so to
say. Those who came had felt no SOUR
but dssire to improve their fortunes.
They knew Of America from reading
of the new country and its matchIess
opportunities: and having the neces.
sary means for making 9. a..change they
headed this way. AS rule they were
desirable people and made good citi-
zens. The west and the northwest re-
ceived great numbers, and they assist
ed in the wonderful development of
those sections.
Then followed the time when imnli.
grafton became a sort of industry;
when men and women in Europe were
drummed up by steamship companies
and railroad companies for the money
there was in their transportation. and
dumped in large numbers on our shores
and distributed over the country.
Such a change in matters created
many abuses. and protection against
them became not only advisable but
necessary. And this protection is more
necessary now than ever as a result
of the war. The people Of Europe are
in state of deep unrest, and unde-
sirables as we'll as desirables. in the
millions are figuring on new locations
and easily become the prey Of ex.
ploiters.
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Abraham Lincoln.

From the numerous addresses Just
delivered throughout the country with
Mr.. Lincoln and his invaluable serv-
ices as their subject three notable
things stand out afresh.
a. He was not tlSe most prominent
candidate at the convention which
gave him his first presidential nom.
ination. He was favorably known as
!, man and debater. but his reputation
ordinate to those of Mr.. Seward. Even
his most ardent admirers did not
credit him with the genius for politics
and affairs he subsequently showed
himself possessed of.
t2) Although in office he had dis
closed his full powers-had managed
men and business with consummate
ability, and written his wonderful
state papers-there We're doubts with
in a few months Of polling day-he
entertained them himself-abcut the
success of his appeal for reelection.
He had gone so far as to consider his
course in case of defeat.
{3) Although in his death his coun-
trymen and the world at large prompt
tly recognized the fact that a. great
iand strong man had fallen, it took
time for them to reach the proper ap-
praisement of his towering stature and
unique personality. The loss was no.
where assessed at the true figure.
Some years were required to reveal
him as worthy of assignment among
the remarkable men of all recorded
time, and his public services as among
the most heroic and beneficent ever
rendered to mankind.
The story, from first to last. is so
fascinating and inspiring. the most
gifted among those who have attempt
ed to tell it have confessed to an in
ability to do it justice.
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Winter Thunderstorms.

New York had thunderstorm yes
terday. with an electrical display that
lasted more than an hour. and tre-
mendous drenching downpour Of rain.
The phenomenon. of course. started
ali the weatherwise to buzzing. What
could it portend? A change of season?
Somebody has been recently talking
about the shifting of the poles. Then.
too. it may have been due to sun
spots, and sure enough today comes
news from Miami that an astronomer
has found new crop Of freckles on
the solar face.
Winter thunderstorms are not so
rare as to be really sensational. But
they are nevertheless somewhat star
Ting. Come to think of it. however.
there is no particular reason why cleo
tricity should not be generated in win
ter clouds as we'll as summer. 1t is all
a question of alterations of heat and
cold. OF course. in summer time there
is more heat than in winter. but then
| in winter there is more cold than in
summer. The only thing paradoxical
about an electric display in winter is
that ordinarily lightning follows ex-
treme heat.
After all. weather is weather. and
nobody can find out very much about
it. Forecasters can get some advance
information about it if the country is
wide enough and the bulletins are
prompt and correct. A barometer is a
big help. but the barometer without
the telegraph or telephone is Of little
value. If this country were a small
island in the middle Of the Pacific it
would suffer good many surprises in
the way Of weather, greater surprises
than that caused by yesterdays thun-
derstorm in New York.
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Farm Values Coming Back

A statement just issued by the War
Finance Corporation gives an encour-
aging summary Of conditions in the
agricultural industry. Where all was
gloom and discouragemen few
months ago there now is renewed hope
and the promise of better days ahead.
The economic fact that the world still
must be fed and that there is no sur
plus in the world pool of foodstuffs
is beginning to assert itself. and the
inevitable rebound from too violent de-
fation of farm prices has set in.
Corn. which sold at 20 cents bushel
! at country elevators four months ago,
row brings 40 cents, a price still too
low, but making worthwhile differ
ence to the corn grower. Farmers in
position to feed their corn to hogs are
doing a great deal better. pork prices
today netting them so to 30 cents a
hushel for grain marketed ION the
hcof." Decentralization in the cattle
market is passing away. and no longer
is there danger that breeding herds
will be broken up and sold for
slaughter. Young stock also is being
held for feeders instead Of being sacri-
flced. Sheep are selling freely at prices
satisfactory to the growers and feed
ers. and there is a broad market for
wool and hides. Cotton growers now
have little cause for complaint. There
is no indication anywhere that there
Will be serious curtailment OF planting
hin the season soon to open.
The first impulse Of the city dweller
is to think of these facts as meaning
only that he will have to pay more for
food and clothing. but that is a short
sighted view of it. Cheap food and
clothing are desirable. Of course, but
not when their cheapness results from
lack of profit or actual loss to the pro-
Queer. The men and women engaged
in agriculture represent 40 per cent OF
the purchasing power of the country.
and when their power to purchase is
seriously reduced by too low prices
for their products there is no line of
commerce or industry which does not
suffer. 1t is a cause for congratulation
to all the people that the farmer is not
so badly hurt as he thought he was.
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Edison's Birthday.

Thomas A. Edison, whose name and
achievements are known to every
American. has just celebrated at East
Orange the seventy-fifth anniversary
Of his birth. Il hope you will have
several more birthdays" some one
said to him. Il shall have fifteen
more" said Mr.. Edison.
If that optimistic remark had come
from any other man the listener
might have taken it with grain Of
salt. but coming from the lips Of the
great inventor himself it comes with
authority. Those interested in the
science of longevity will watch with
interest the passing years to see how
nearly right the wizard" was.
The whole life, career and habits Of
Edison led up to this remark. When
he makes it his millions of admirers
have no other desire than to take it
at it's face value, and believe that the
wise and good man who said it meant
exactly what he said. Whether it is a
scientific" statement or not does not
matter so much. The sublime con-
fidence it shows is what counts.
One of the great secrets of the
power of. the wizard Of East Orange"
is his ability to trust absolutely in the
power that brought him here and that
sustains his life. He has no fears Of
the future. any more than he has Of
the past. There is work to be done,
and he is the man to do it. Il shall
have fifteen more" is his answer to
the one who can wish him but "sev-
eral more birthdays" That his won
derful confidence shall prove right in
every detail-"and then some'-is the
wish Of every one.
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the wizard" The legal representative
Of the bankrupt declares that there
was no violation of law. that the man
had simply lost money by speculation.
This is the usual plea when blue-sky
promoter and investment magician
finds the demands for accountings to
be greater than cash on hand. In
Ponzi's case it was contended that if
he had been let alone he would have
made good on every account. In the
case of Miller, the New York financial
meteor of several years ago. the plea
was advanced that he was on the eve
OF big cleanup for his customers
when the skeptic law interviewed. So
with Bischoff. Chicago's aspirant for
the financial nah Of fame. The best
that Bischofrs attorney can see now
in the case is 10 per cent dividend
for the customers.
So 1t goes. time after time. with the
desire for sudden riches always great
enough to overcome the laws Of eau
tion and common sense. A plausible
quick-prof1ts proposition wiz draw
patronage. notwithstanding the fre-
quency with which the falsity Of such
schemes is exposed. There will be a
"POnzi' somewhere every few years,
for the lessons Of one big bubble.
bursting are quickly forgotten. The
sad part of 1t is that most of the vic.
Tins of these swindles are ignorant
people who have never heard Of the
frauds that have gone before. The
fakers- play upon this lack of knowl-
edge, and there seems to be no way OF
spreading the warning that no project
that promises quick wealth is safe:
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Another Ponzi.

Another "Ponzi'' has been exposed
in Chicago through an application for
bankruptcy. The western wizard
, appears to have followed the usual
"get-rich-quick" practice to lure his
victims. He promised big returns for
Investments, and by paying heavily in
q few cases he won a reputation in
short order as a man Of extraordinary
capacity for. finding profits for his
patrons. In some cases 40 per cent
was paid on short-term loans, and
even as high as 100 per cent in few
Instances. Most Of the customers
were foreigners, and some of them
spent all their savings in the so-called
Investments. One man sold his home
for 900 aa1 turned over, 5000 to
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and virginia.
The Lesson Of the COLLAPSE.

So many different theories have
been advanced to account for the COL
lapse of the knickerbocker roof, each
from the point of view of an engineer
Ing expert. that the conclusion is IT,
evitable that in a construction of this
kind there are many dangers. To
avoid all of these calls for a. much
, more comprehensive and exacting code
OF building regulations than that
which has been in force in the Dis
trict. and consequently for larger
and more active force of inspectors TO
insure observance OF the reSu!atio
These theories of the cause of the
the walls. the strength of steel. the
design of the roof construction, the
manner of assembling and placing the
steel, the fabrication of the concrete
roof slab. If all Of the hypo-heses are
> correct the marvel is that the building
stood long enough for completion.
The impor rtance Of this present in
Guiry into the knickerbOcker case is
evidenced by the fact that every tech
Dical journal in the country is print
; ing exhaustive articles on the subject
written by special representatives who
are eminent in the engineering pi o.
fession. 1t is recognized shat this is
not merely local question. for build
irgs of this type. large auditoriums
without interior columns. are In serv-
ice in practically every large city. ow-
ing to the recent rapid development
Of the motion picture business. The
KnickerbockeT collapse naturally sug-
gests similar possibilities elsewhere,
and the keenest concern is felt on the
score of the structural dependability
OF all buildings of this type.
There are two phases to this present
question. one as to the future and one
as to the present. For the future.
security can be insured by the adop-
tion of building rules which will
cover every conceivable possibility
of weakness. with assurance that the
rules will be observed. As to the
present. however, it is difficult to see
how a thorough research can be made
into standing structures to ascertain
whether they are fully safe. Certainly
no pains should be spared to examine
them. 1t might be assumed that the
plans themselves would show. but can
it be taken for granted that the plans
represent the actual conditions?
1t has been proposed that just as
soon as the investigation into the col
lapse is concluded a start should be
made upon the writing OF model
building code for Washington, de-
signed to give the capital an assured
margin of safety in the construction
Of all buildings, public or private.
While this may suggest the familiar
process of locking the door after the
stable has been looted. it is neyerthe-
less highly desirable. But it will be
idle to write such building code if
an adequate force is not provided to
insure its complete enforcement
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Outlawing Darwin From Kentucky

Kentucky is again in the throes of
an abolition movement-this one
aiming to free the young idea from
the insidious influence of the Dar-
winian theory of evolution. A bill
before the legislature, supported by
the House committee and disapproved
by the Senate's, provides that:
ut shall be unlawful in any school
or college or institution Of learning
maintained in whole or in part by
this state, by funds raised by taxa
ton, for any one to teach any theory
Of evolution that derives man from the
brute or any other form of life.
No text book containing any such
teaching shall be adopted Tor use , IN
any such school or college or Or, inst.- nnl
son violating any Of the provisions OF
this section shall be fined not less
than $50 nor more than $1,000"
When first introduced, tn the New New
sidered @ one Of the annual freaks in
troduced into every legislature. but
it aroused much serious discussion
within and without the state, ana
now. with the two houses OF the law
making body rejecting the division
ing is running almost as high as IN
a presidential campaign. according
to the Philadelphia Record.
The Savannah News, somewhat
aghast at the bigotry threatening the
Blue Grass country. wonders II pro.
hibition has anything to do with IL:
But whether or not the product OF
the celebrated eighteenth amendment,
the Springfield Republican Is certain
that the proposed law is Just moon.
shine" However. its author meant
we'll no doubt" the Kansas City
Times feels. Probably "he heard
about the theory of evolution. and.
although it is plain he did not under
stand 1.-THE was a LEGISLATOR. you
know-his mind received a grea
shock, probably it's first His nrst
thought, when he recovered. was to
protect other minds that never have
been shocked. and. Of course, he could
think of no other way to do 1t than
to decree a law forbidding shocks"
As in those other days, when Ken
lucky was ono of the outposts of
mighty movement. carpetbagGers are
taking q hand, in defense and op-
position. The president of the state
university has called upon his inter-
collegiate associates to enter their
protests" and. according to the New
Haven Journal-Courier. ''the appeal
has not fallen upon dsaf ears" for
university presidsRts ana college
|.fpnctiopartes are seRdiug In theiz
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The Immigration Restrictions,

The commissioner general of immi.
grafton in an address delivered In this
city Saturday night gave this in.
formation:
The government was 100 years old
before any laws for immigration were
made About 1882, when the first re-
strictions were enacted. there were
only four classifications for exclusion.
Persons who we're criminals, insane,
diseased and those who were likely to
become q public charge were not ad-
mitted, while now there are thirty
Of the country.
At the outset. ard for many years.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Friend in Ne

Friend IN Need.
The admirations that feel
Are numerous and strong.
I reverence man with zeal
To conquer what is wrong.
I hail the few by whom are done
The works that we admire.
And often, most Of all the one
Who tends my furnace fire.
When all the world seems dark and
cold
1 hear joyous sound.
A message bringing bliss untold
Comes from the depths profound.
The statesman with his learned plan,
The poet with his Tyre,
Cannot delight me like the man
Who tends my furnace fire.
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Paris speaks sarcastically Of the
personal economies practiced by Viii
helm when he was kaiser. He evident
ly foresaw not merely rainy day but
a downright tempest.
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Parson Weems. who started the
George Washington cherry tree story.
is now generally regarded as one Of
those chroniclers who are inclined to
substitute allurehents of personal
style for authentic information.
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It should not be difficult for the
United States Senate to get through
with this treaty discussion more
ra pidly than it did with the one pre-
vious.
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The suggestion by France that part
of her debt be paid in champagne re-
calls the ancient, naive inquiry.
What is the Constitution among
friends"'
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In its number of days February
makes up in quality for what it lacks
in quantity. 1t is the month Of heroic
birthdays.
Evening star., 1922-02-13

Edison expects to live to be ninety
years old. This means fifteen more
years Of hard work and honest enjoy
ment of life.
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Genoa faces as an interesting pre-
liminary a discussion as to whether
there is to be any Genoa conference.
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1t is now expected that zap will be
restored to a place in public attention
more proportionate to its actual size
and population.
Evening star., 1922-02-13

AS usual "old Sol'' asserted himself
as the most reliable street cleaner
after heavy snow.
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(. A new tangle in the problem Of dis
tribution is now presented by the un-
distributed profits of corporations.
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EDITORIAL DIGEST

protests in goodly number, and in
serious frame of mind" New
Haven's own institution of learning
| warns Kentucky that such crusading
"is certain to make her the laughing
stock of the world" while Butler Of
to be done at all it must be done
thoroughly, and made "to include in
.. its prohibition the use of any book
in which the word evolution is Ge-
fined, used or referred to in any
way. 1t might even be desirable to
use any Of the letters by which the
word evolution could be used" so as
to avoid the ingenious manipulations
Of the unscrupulous.
To their assistance the proponents
Bryan. He has visited Kentucky.
land against his speeches nothing
that the greatest educators and min
listers of the land have had to say
has been able to prevail" the
Charleston Charlie m . News and Go. Courier ,,ns OBJ. .
new ISSUE" the Charleston paper con-
tinues. "one which may well last him
from now on as Irwin Cobb would
put it," and, "in the light Of the en-
ceived in Kentucky" we may find
him swept into the Senate on that
issue by the votes Of the citizens of
Florida. But the Johnstown Demo.
crat thinks that when William
Jennings Bryan undertakes to sweep
back the rising tides of human
] knowledge he has perhaps set him
self as dubious q task as that to
which old King Canute put his feeble
hand"
Poor Eve. she never had q henna
hat.-Syracuse Herald.
Los Angeles seems ambitious of be-
coming the center of depopulation.--
Columbia, Is. C.) Record.
Evolution: The Hague-yision; Ver-
saiiles - revision: Washington - super
vision.-Columbus Dispatch.
Any proposed ship canal that
doesn't contemplate reaching New
York is not feasible.-Toledo Rlade.
Speaking of dangerous localities.
there are dynamite factories and
Hollywood, Calif.-St. Joseph News
Press. e '-'...-
The -hew naval agreements forbid
| capital ships to carry larger than
Sixteen.inch guna. Incidentally, they
don't make naval guns any larger
Cleveland Plhln ueafcr. sss &
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Deliberate Slight.

An opportunity will knock, they say,
For each in community.
But some Of us will simply turn away
And knock the opportunity.
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Any proposed ship canal that
doesn't contemplate reaching New
York is not feasible.-Toledo BLADE.
Evening star., 1922-02-13

The. -hew naval agreements forbid
capital ships to carry larger than
sixtsen-inch guns. Incidentally. they
don't make naval guns any larger
Cleveland Plain uea1cr. -s,g = {.
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Jud Tunkins says it's all wrong to
think that in business friendship
ceases. The fact that they are obliged
tc transact business with one another
Is all that keeps lot Of people even a
little bit friendly.
Evening star., 1922-02-13

Speaking Of dangerous localities.
there are dynamite factories and
Hollywood. Calif.-St. Joseph News
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Unmistakable Signal.

"There must be trouble across the
street," said the stranger in Crimson
Gulch.
what makes you think so?" ins
CURED Three-hnger Sam.
"I just heard a pistol shot"
Don't let it skeer you. The boys
are tired of poker and are learnin' to
play bridge whist. That's Piute Pete's
way of signalin' fur trumps."
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Evolution: The Hague-yision; Yer.
saiiles - revision: Washington - super.
vision.-Columbus Dispatch.
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Observing the Day.

Observing the Lay.
"Are you going to make speech on
George Washington's birthday"
NO" said Senator Sorghum. II am
going to devote. that day to careful
study. Too many Of us are ready to
talk about great man instead of get
ting intimately acquainted ourselves
with the important things the great
man himself may have said"
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Lawyers" said Uncle Eben, "mos'ly
acks SO unpleasant cross-examinin'
folks datsI can't see how SO many Of
.sn sits popular enough to b elected
to ofaces." ~,
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Los Angeles seems ambitious of be-
coming the center Of depopulation.--
Columbia, Is. CO. Record
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Poor Eve. she never had q henna
hat.-Syracuse Herald.
Evening journal., 1922-12-06
THINK PETTRUZELLI
STABBED TO DEATH

Coroner Bullock will hold two In
quests tonight, one on the death OF
Albert Penn. colored. who died in
the Homeopathic Hospital. from CO
caine poisoning. on Monday, and on
the murder OF Rocco Pettruzelh.
In the case OF Penn the police
are satisfied there was no foul play
and that Penn. who was well known
to the police. had simply taken an
overdose OF drug.
Coroner Bullock this morning said
he expects the evidence to be offered
tonight TO show hat Pettruzellfs
death was not due TO the hacking OF
the hatchet. but that the man had
been stabbed through the heart by
a stilletto.
Evening journal., 1922-12-06
SEEKS WORD OF
LEE Children
Herbert and Brothers, Sis
ers Separated in Early
Life
FOURTEEN OF THEM;
HE WAS IN HOME

Herbert Lewis Lee. OF New
street. Is anxious TO hear from any
OF his brothers and sisters from
whom he has been separated since
he was a baby. He Is ss years old
now. His father died shortly after
Herbert was born, and the widow
ed mother placed Herbert at the
age Of two In a home at Twenty
ninth and Brown streets. Philadel-
phia. where he remained until he
was old enough to work. when he
was placed on farms in Chester and
Delaware counties. Pa. the last
farms on which he worked being in
the vicinity OF West Grove. There
were fourteen children. and from
what he could gather from his
mother before her death about %
years ago, she left all TIE children
excepting Herbert in North Carolina
where she lived before she moved TO
Philadelphia. Herberts twin brother
went out west and the two boys
corresponded many years ago. but
all trace of him has been lost as
nearly as he can recall. the names
Of his brothers and sisters as given
by his mother were Bessie. Mazie.
Nettie. Sadie. Blanche. Sarah, Eliza
beth. Edward Harry, Henry. VIII
liam, Charles and George.
The mother married a man OF
near West Chester after she came
North and lived in that section up
to the time Of her death but never
got her children together again.