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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
McCUMBER'S DEFEAT

THE defeat Of Senator McCumber for re-
L nomination in North Dakota ought TO
mark the beginning of the end Of the
soldiers bonus agitation in Congress.
McCumbcr was pushing his Bonus Bill
because he thought there were votes in 1t
for him at home. There is no doubt of this
whatsoever. He knew he needed to
strengthen himself, and he was confident
that the so-callcd soldier vote would be
with him If he fought hard enough for the
bonus.
The result has demonstrated that there
are no votes to be won by any such means.
1t is becoming more evident every month
that the soldiers are. first of all. self
respecting and public spirited citizens.
They are aware that the country is bur-
dened with taxation levied for the purpose
of carrying the war debt and paying the
extraordinary expenses Of government which
have not yet been reduced to n peace basis.
They are aware that II from So 900 900 900
to $1,000, 100000 more is to be collected to
pay bonuses it will be necessary to levy
heavier taxes.
While as soldiers they might be pleased to
receive few hundred dollars apiece as n
bonus, as citizens they object to burdening
business by heavier taxes in order to raise
the money to pay the bonus.
Candidates for the Senate and the House
who have opposed the bonus have been
nominated and several of the most active
advocates of the bonus, McCumbcr chief
among them, have been defeated for nomi-
nation. This is result which is reassur-
ing to those who have confidence in the
ability of the people to think straight on
clearly defined issue.
The other Implications of the McCumber
defeat are interesting. but of less impor-
tance. Lynn j. Frazier, who receives the
Republican nomination, is the Non Partisan
League Governor who was recalled last Oc-
tober. He is the spokesman of the discon-
tent in the State over the disregard of the
railroads for the rights of the farmers in
the shipment of their grain. McCumber
supported the Esch- -Cummins Railroad
Law. which is supposed in certain quar-
ters to contain provisions more favorable to
the railroads than to the shippers. The
North Dakota farmers apparently preferred
to have In the Senate an anti railroad man,
rather than McCumber.
There have been suggestions that the anti
Frazier Republicans, the men who forced the
recall of the Governor last year. will join
with the opposition and vote for the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Senate. This sug-
gcstion, however, was made during the heat
of the primary canvass and may be regarded
at present as nothing more than form of
campaign argument intended to strengthen
McCumber.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks Wi,h Thinking Pladelphians Subjects They
KnOv Best

started, it is r&fely abandoned. and the
person wants to know how to cultivate them,
how to care for them and how to use them
to the best advantage in the home.
/ have spoken in Philadelphia extends
throughout the State of PENNSYLVANIA, al
though 1t is perhaps stronger in this city
than in any other. There are horticultural
societies in many of the smaller cities
throughout the State and they are doing
excellent work in arousng and maintaining
the interest In these things.
AT the present time we hold five ex-
hibitions every year in Philadelphia and its
immediate vicinity, and, as have said, they
summer exhibitions are held in the suburbs
and some of them are devoted to special
kinds of flowers. Thus. the spring cxhibi-
tion is DEVOTED to peonies and roses, with
spring bulbs and flowers, and there are also
exhibitions for sweet peas dahlias. etc.
These afford the persons who are interested
in these especial kinds of flowers to see the
best varieties of them and note the changes
which have been made In raising them and
the new species which have been brought out.
Flower Growers Interested
"The person who is really Interested in
flowers acquires many things which add to
their appreciation of the beautiful which Is
denied to those who have not this knowledge.
They get n more thorough understanding of
the real beauty of flowers, learn to know the
different species and find out what i'm
provements have been made. both in the
flowers themselves and in the manner Of
raising them. Then they usually apply
this knowledge in their own gardens,
whether they be large or small.
but the real value of this form Of edu- :
cation is cultural. Philadelphia is in n
singularly fortunate position with regard to
its floral interests and by no means all that
is possible has yet been done. But, with
the annual increasing interest in the
matter, the future of Philadelphia as the
greatest floral center Of the country is ex.
ceedingly hopeful"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
SHOTGUN BANDITS

DATROLMAN MITCHELL. and William
L Bollindoff. bank detective, deserve
high commendation for the effective protcc-
ton of two bank messengers carrying $50, :
600 of payroll money when attacked by six
shotgun bandits yesterday who were wait
ing for them with an automobile in which
to escape.
The money was protected. but the bandits
got away. The real test of the efficiency
of the police will come in the pursuit and
arrest Of the hold-up men. One of them
was wounded. 1t should not be impossible
Tor capable detectives to trace him 10 his
place OF concealment, especially as the au-
tomobile in which the men were trying TO
escape had to be abandoned and he had TO
60 afoot through the streets.
The incident should make every bank
which has to send money through the streets
by messenger and every employer who gets
his payroll money in cash from his bank
take such precautions as to make 1t impos-
sibe for hold-up men to succeed in robbing
the messengers. With n sufficient guard il
could not only be made impossible for nny
oneAto get the money, but those who make
. rxhe attempt could be arrested before they
had an opportunity to escape
The quick Illustration of their efforts md
their summary punishment would tend "a
discourage the further development of the
business of robbing money carrying mes
sengers in this city. which has already be
come too hourishing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
THE HOUSES HOLIDAY

THE Presidents threat Of an extra session
1 to secure passage of the Ship Subsidy
Bill is met by the passage of resolution in
the House to adjourn until August 10.
1t would not be easy to devise shabbier
method than this of lodging responsibilities.
Theoretically, Congress will not have ad :
jOurned: practically aonly half of it will be
functioning in the summer months. Repre-
sentatives are defending their conduct on
the ground that by the middle of August the
Senate will have finished tinkerlng with the
tariff measure.
But the Fordney bill Is not the sole mat :.
ter before Congress. Measures of vital i'm =
fportance are in need of serious, efficient and
prompt attention, notably the ship subsidy
proposal, with the special backing of Mr..
Harding
vacations are supposedly the reward of
productive labor. On this basis the House
has not earned a release. Its holiday rep
resents constituencies Indifference to a
troublesome situation of its own making.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
COMMON SENSE IN COUNCIL

THE common practice of bedevilment of
i the executive power by the legislative
does not seem to have been illustrated in
Council by the unanimous passage of two
entirely unobjectionable ordinances over the
Mayors veto.
One of these measures sanctions the lay
ing of two steam pipes under n street by
an industrial firm, and the other enables
n baking company to build n bridge be-
tween two of its buildings at Hancock and
Chancellor streets.
These grants do not in any sense leopard
the public welfare. Council Is to be con =
graduated for its common sense view of
the subject. The unanimity Of the vote
precludes the suspicion Of petty partisan
factonalism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
THE SOVIET MIND

I<TIURRAH!" cried John Tanner in
II MAN and Superman," "he isn't
going to live up to his principles" If n.
Litvinoff, head of the Russian delegation at
The Hague, entertained the idea that the
iubilation expressed by -Shaw's iconoclastic
hero would be re-echoed at the European
financial conference he was doomed to dis
illusionment. French. Belgian and Italian
delegates received with marked disfavor the
Soviet representative suggestion that his
Government was ready to recognize the pri :
yate property claims of foreigners purely as
a matter OF expediency to gain credits. NOT
as a matter of right and justice.
NJ, Litvinoff appears to have been aston .
ished at the sensation caused by his remark
Could anything be franker than that pro .
posed separation Of principles and practice
for the sake Of trade? DO the capitalistic
nations prefer hypocrisy? Th9s is conceiy .
ably the Russian communistiS view Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
A VERDICT AGAINST THE XXX.

TNHE jury in the Ku Kux Klan cose IN
i trial in bakersfield, Calf, has decided
that the setting up of extra governmental
authority for disciplining citizens is not to
be. tolerated.
Thirty members of the Ku Klux Klan
seized DIR. Dwight X. Mason. of Taft. ON
the night OF October -, took him to the
ball park in the town. strung him up by
his neck to tree and beat him with ropes
The men were masked, but John II. yitelIc
the exalted cyclops of the Taft clan was
indicted for intent to commit murder to
do bodily harm by hanging and for beating
the man with ropes.
The jury acquitted Vitele on the chorpe
.of attempting to commit murder, il dis
~ .ed on the charge of intent to do bodily
I arm by hanging, but it found him guilty
Of the charge OF beating with ropes. The
penalty Is Imprisonment for from ono IN
ten years.
The prosecution charged that the NAL.
treatment of Mason was the result OF n
Ku Klux Klan sentence. and the Jury
seemed to agree to this view Of the case
II seemed to believe, also, that IL any man
: he should be punished by the orderly proc
esses set up by law and not by self.
constituted and irresponsible tribunal which
takes the law into its own hands.
This Is the only view that can be tolerated
IN 1 civilized country. There have beer
! times, when government has broken down o
is before II has been set up, when vigilnnc,
Y eommittees were organized to punish law.
y ressness. But nowadays We have courts Il
Y 1vor1 rov& ol the country which enforc,
~ Nv Sith reasonable degree Of ippar
rs = : - : suilty Of oFsnsss sssin4 tn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
JAMES BOYD
On Philadelphia as a Flower Center


pHiLADELPH1A is probably the leading
L city in the United States In the matter
of horticultural interest, only Boston being
in n nositiop to disnuto this Ie,dersbin. oc.
o..J''. d., o.;J.,,. 80 tho
Uo,uas Us 10 'nhes nu.u, P,es;uen' P;t VI '"e
..nS wanna 'io''e"''u'", eo'l!,
Even win the competition OF Boston as
one of the great horticultural centers,' said
Mr., Boyd. "philadelphia is getting to the
vorv from, I, ,b;s mottsr vorv r,n;dIv Not
,''' ~ '"'' '''',. ','y ."ps
only nave we NUMBER OF large SEED ana
nursery estapnshments Ill ana near tne Gny
Dut me interest OF the people as "nEie ID
rapidly awakening TO what norai culture
means TO them ana tne sooH Whlch thes may
"e.n. .,,, i'u,'' hor'tcu',u'"' '",.l.s,'
Inc i'enhsyVania H0rtlcuitural Society
Is the oldest one OF Its Kind In the united
III lS-' therefore fniiadeipha comes 1airy
by her horticultural -eminence. Inc
MASSACHUSETTS society, however, was Or
ganized the following year, that II, IN ioIo,
ana so, from the very first, the largest city
IN eacn or the two Commonweai'hs nave
Deeh friendly rivals Tor supremacy.
Jutsrest in Flowers and Vegetables
.Tt is n mistake to regard the efforts Of
tbe ORGANIZATION ns bcinp restricted entirely
70 flowers. although these form very i'm.
tbc nrournm nf ench wear. Our interest OK.
tcnds to other hranches of horticnlture as
e md y, evnrv Usar tha societv Offers nrizeS
for fruit and vegetables as well as flowers.
During the war years the efforts of the Or
ganizations were almost exclusively confined
to vegetables, and a good bit of work along
these lines was accomplished.
..Jntorost In all things horticultural, 4.
.rowino ronidv IN phijaielnhia md its i'm
m5odiate ,,icinity md This has been esnecnjlv
the case in tbs last few wears There has
bao, nuch mora INT interest," manifested in the
home growing of things, and there has been
a much larger attendance numerically and
n higher degree of interest shown at the
various shows where the results of the
skilled gardeners of the city, most of whom
are not professionals, are exhibited.
.rrho ,.o,,o,, ho,,o oortrihrtod to ,,;s T.,
,anH MIMI. "". i inraa ,noosu W w, ~.
ooaoJiai,, onti,a .rsnno, ;ntomos. nb
. as ms'a,o M ip"i;nm n tho uots, mn'er
aS tS vi ,tl ,m are 'mMs nnnt. h "e a, n'nS VI
noMeLS, itI'S ,I W Wnu tduno uhs IM't Hn.t
ofsH'",I f",i ,"' otinnoI aroani,otinn Li"p Gnp
T., ~ hai',, dors,i Mart nnt nnI, w m"Tn IN
Is doing wonderful WORK WSfk' not mot ohly IN the
auasns u s",u. ast fo,t !, D oiI ~ M
nreaHms aanr '"e 'n'e'e'' ''' =" "' "o'''''''ufa'
A c.o.t CuIturoI Juauo,o.
.1no,,an, onI ;,us,o Cor, ,,hot soo J..
mo 70 be the two greatest cuItmra, nnI rs'
fnins Influences Which it is possible TO
hring into the lives Of people Of Mi con.
ditions and grades of society, Roth rich
and moor are equally sensitive and resnon.
siye 10 the effects of the two great elements
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

rs Jules Verne abOut?" asked Charley
Hall when Council got the Mny0r's estimate
for public improvements needed for the
Fair. Jules is a back number. Nearly
all his flights of Imagination have been ex.
ceeded by the sober facts. n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

law he can be hailed into these courts to
answer for them, and II the proof Is at
hand he will be punished.
The establishment of irresponsible, secret
and self constituted tribunals, such as the
Ku Klux Klan maintains to punish with.
out hearing every one who has displcased
the members of the Klan, will readily be
stamped out IL prosecuted after the coura-
geous Bakersfield method.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
The Man AfOOt

Shank's mare nowadays
The Man AfOOt seeks few long distance
records. The broad
highway is no longer for pedestrians. If DR..
Watts were writing his famous quatrain to-
day it would begin, "Whene'cr l take nv
walks abroad how many fivs see." And
he'd have to keep his eyes peeled. Who
walks by faith and not by sight may later
ride in an ambulance. And some hard
pay the hospital bill This fact and not
pure altruism is probably back of the reso.
luton passed by the State Motor Fedora
tion at Syracuse n. Y, urging the New
York state Highways Department to con.
highways. After that the man afoot vii, he
required 'life's checkered paths of low and
woe with cautious feet, to tread" at cross
ings only.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Many sermons will be preached from the
text furnished by the voters of North
Dakota and not all the lessons drawn will
be, justified by. the facts. But, at least,
nobody will be brash enough to contend that
bonus. - n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

June having taken her umbrella and
departed, we We're prepared to see July stroll
IN gayly poising her parasol. But be care.
fui, dear month! Safety first, July first
Who knows what dangers your early days
may bring forth? July Fourth frinstans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Just in little while. perhaps. the coal
strike will be scuttled. The strong hand Of
the party Of the third part raised to the first
position OF spanker will suggest to the
parties OF the first and second part the do.
STABILITY of compromise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

,, The plea of the National Disabled Sol.
bodied veterans until disabled men have been
adequately cared for is, so obviously based
on justice and common sense that the coun.
try dare not ignore it, nj
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
Smoking Is
Also Barred

Atlantic City jitney
Smoking Is drivers who have at
Also Barred times worked without
hats or coats are now
required by city ordinance to wear them.
AS the ordinance fails to mention pants.
some Of the humorists among them threaten
TO wear kits As a repr0of to lawmaking
busybodies this might be excellent: but the
II sometimes costs money to joke success.
fully, and poor man can't afford ituEfaHA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Ihe Irish Free State is measuring -
onstrating its punch will be quick to opea
to the hand of friendliness when occasiou
offers. Friends Of Ireland hope the time
Is near at hand. ~,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

=, jug of wine, loaf of bread and
thou beside me sitting In the wilderness
sang Omar khayyam. 1.-THE wilderness wers
paradise enow.' Were Omar living In New
York today he might dispense with the jug
of wine. A baker there has been discovered
peddling loaves containing half pint TASKS,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Firefiies busted with vermilion powdk
at paint factory in Woodside, N. j., AN
forth red light that tagged a fast freishts
is tne correspondent sure the factory vast
lightning bughOuse? s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

When the coal strike is Settled at last 4
may occur TO our representatives that
fact finding agency nut to work in the coal
nelds might 60 far toward making repet.
bility. '" 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Former United States Senator Cola
nearly century old. after visiting the ,Sea.
ate, said, II didn't see a man who va
much the same" Yeah, Same old fubduh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Griffith and Collins deserve well Of thek
country, They practiced forbearance until
It ceased to be virtue and are now showiw
hrmness, even though it hurts. M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

It is comforting to realize that whik1
Senator Watson, Of Georgia, is libellae.
George washington he is too busy to ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Railroad shopmen will have to reckso
not with their employers bu. their cue.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

As the Bakersfield, Calf, Jury has I
they are Ku Klux Kowards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

Wonder why the House didn't give w.
Voigt vote of thanks for permitting It y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
Virtue and
Headlines

One might think from
Virtue and the, disturbance in the
Headlines duck pond that the coal
strike and the Threatened
rail strike were the two most important do
velopments in the industrial world today
This Is because virtue only occasionoIiv
achieves the first page. When the history
of the labor movement comes TO be written
Of Pennsylvania Railroad employees viii ba
worthy Of more space. Not to mention our mr.
own p r. t., which u making amity :
c4wmoaplafyes@ -.'f-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

booze?
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SHORT CUTS

North Dakota took the bone out i
bonus.
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What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

I. Did George Washington sign the Decla-
ration of Independence?
2. What State does Porter ]. McCumber
Who coined the e phrase he Sfates shSr senats and
simple annals OF the poor?
4. Who are the Igorrotes?
D. In o which direction does the River Nile
6. In what year was Austria defeated bv
Germany. In short and decisive war?
Z, Name two signers of the Declaration of
o Independence who became President
Enar.h and lived fer. fer fifty years after the
8, Who wrote the patriotic poem beginning
hs;a,ei,. Mhen freedom from her mountain
>, won by Washington In 1776.
10. How many Presidents of the United
states We're inaugurated in months
other than March and who were they?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
l. The first daily paper in the United states
da,ntio the tAidvertisep; was issued In Phila-
q The salary ano Of the Vice President is
8. A grommet Is q metallic eyelet, used in
sails sails -, and flags. 1t is sometimes
:. The word arctic Is derived from the
Greek ,arktikos," bear. in allusion' ''te to
h.,r ursa Major. the Great. Bear, the
heavens. N'''e'"
8. The great fire of Rome occurred in t,.
reign of the Emperor Nero. in the
., first century A. D.. '' :" 'he
o. The Physiology. OF Taste" ola Phvsi-
ologie du Gout'o was written by Brii-
lat.Savarn, noted French cpicuro
and gastronomist. who was also %
writer on other subjects and a. imr,s,
1926. Wv i'oS-
7. unalaska is one of the largest of tho
Aleutian Islands, which extend IN "e
chain from the southwest extremItw "a
Alaska; Its seaport is. also caIled
=, Unalaska. '"i'eu
g. The baobab is an African tree with nm
enormously thick stem 1t is aisn S
called the monkey bread tree. - "i'o
y, the expression "Barkls - wilin' IL
derived derived from Charles Dickens novel
mild-maT N, rather Eimpie-mi
Samde Scsrr,s,f married PegOtiy." David
10. The dat \aiiy giyd for IN. ..,,..
nE axion 70 iTA ~ 1T re. eroal'
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-05
Advance Spring Styles
at Sawyer Apparel Shop

Tho hundreds OF ladies who yester-
day attended the opening display of
advance spring styles at the Sawyer
Apparel shop, o1I North Main. were
sure pleased and delighted. Most of the
styles shown are three months in ad-
vance OF the styles. usually displayed
by the shops. which is accounted for
by reason Of the fact that Mr.. Sawyer
induced n travelling man on his re-
turn homcward from Pacific coast
trip to part with his beautiful and ar
tistic sanpies-cvery garment shown
yesterday being an exclusive pattern.
Tho opening OF the Sawyer Apparel
Shop was an important event in many
respects and the attendance was largo.
Tho windows were arust!caily and
beautifully arranged and caught the
eyes OF every passerby. and tho inter-
Tor was just as pretty, as all found
upon investigation. But this is only the
beginning of what tho Sawyer APP
parol shop has in store for the people
OF Pueblo. Just watch their windows
and watch their ads for the very lat
est in women's stylish apparel at popu-
lar prices.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-05
Father Gets Babies

A divorce action which has in the
past brought out some rather scnsa-
tional occurrences, came to the final
legal separation stage yesterday in
tho county court when Leonard Korb
was given final decree from Divah
Korb.
Some time ago there was reported q
rather sensational kidnapping OF
small child by the mother from the
custody of n person authorized by the
court: she was cited for contempt n.
the time. Together with the issuance
OF tho decree yesterday there was an
order placing the two children in GUS
tody OF the fathers mother. Tho
korbs were married in this city in
1917.