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IjHilgtr, IndtptHdrnce Sguarr, Ph(lerfftji(a Member of the Associated Presi TIM ASSOCIATED PRESS it MO'uJlittli rn slttsd te IA me or rpbllcoHen e all ntu:t tittatche cridiled te (I or net eticrtitie credited IMs vavtr, and alia the local rn-uj publlthci tksrHn. r All rtpfite et rcpubHcalleii e spectat dispatchf hrrtin are also rftervtd. Philadelphia, Medneidar, Jauuarjr t, 1122 MOVE IT UP TO SUMMER EVEH hiuce the New Year puriidc bccnni' nn cstnbllshcd institution in this city there has been n hope in ninny minds Unit by some menus or ether the gn-nt tll'pluy might be changed from u winter t'i .1 sum mer fcstivnl. Tlie association of the mummers' parade with the New Year seanen Ih purely ueci dental. That it lias survived nsninst nil the handicaps of the winter weather 1m aston ishing. The lutnUkips mflered by the ptradcrs en Monday provided another argu ment for the long-hoped-for change. With the verve and enthusiasm which the club v bring te the annual carnival of color nnd the added advantage of spring or summer weather, the parade, already the most in teresting display of lt kind in the world, would become n spectacle likely te muke the much-heralded Mardl (iras leek like thirty centimes. A FIRST-RATE APPOINTMENT THE President's nomination of Henry P. Fletcher as Ambassador te Itelgium, while causing a less te the Stnte Depart ment, wherein as Under Secretary he ranked next te Mr. Hushes, is in line with the best conceptions of the responsibilities of the diplomatic sTvicc. Mr. Fletcher is admirably fitted for his new pest. In addition U substantial abili ties, he is nn envoy of experience, trained in the cspeciallj difficult school of the Amer ican Legation In Mexico, of which he was th? head during -eme of th.- Mertriest dajs In the checkered history of that republic. The turn t the political wheel imposes the retirement from Hrushcls of Brand "Whltleek, who as Minister te Belgium dur- laf the war se ubl served tne -interests net I only of his Natien, but of civilization. Mr. Whitlock's successor is of the type t .which Belgium has learned te appreciate. WThe appointment, which will doubtless be ipeedily confirmed by the fecnat", is grntif.t mi evlden'ce of presidential discrimination. I, t.4v , ART OR SENSATION? Sf . Tl i A LL passes, art alone endures." Tire- brrJvTi. claimed Dob'sen. paraphrasing Gnutier. ktijj'jginj; from the exodus of masterpieces "jplta Eng'nnd te America, Londen may b' JJ1' 'Jtlned tJ dispute that observation. j,t, .'ft is a question, however, primarily of ,grnpliy. Master Buttall. the 'Blm W a y." painted by Gainsborough, is te change iffl -habitat. His former owner, the Duke . ) Westminster, treasured him carefully in Tosvcner Heuse, and it is net recorded at the British public besieged that edifice r n glimpse of his charms. But new that Henry E. Huntington, the aierlcnn collector, has purchased the fa- jjjs picture, Londen is deeply stirred. The of day of the month's special exhibition of .J "Blue Bey" in the Nntienal Gallery was dlstinguinhc-d bj crowds that arc mure often assembled by pictures which move. The mob wan art-frantic. If thin term be thought excessive 'planatien may be sought In the appeal of the sensational. It would be interesting te compare the rush te the gallery with the attraction of the fsBlnahirniif-h nrAtrlnnelv In any event the British stolidity is ev?r- rated when scenes almost suggestive of maf ficking are provoked by the creation of an eighteenth century artist. If there lire no impassioned thrones en the New Yerk decks te greet the immigrat ing "Blue Bey," will the American public be exposed ns Insensible te bc,iutyV HOW TO BECOME A DRY T5TJ have only te rend the "letter tol tel umns" in the newspapers or attend almost any sort of dinner party or sit in the smoke room of almost an. son of club nowadays te realize thi.t there nre still a great tnuny censclentwus objector-, te the Velstead law. That K there are people who, williug enough te admit that there is virtue in the principle of tcctetaliwn and frnnkly aware of the harm that red liquor lias wrought, fly Inte a mood of insurgenee nnd become eloquent partisans of Bnrlej corn at the thought that some mjsterieus people higher up insist en telling them what they must beliee. Independence of mind is nn admirable human quality. The mun who hates te be dictated te is err likely te be Just nt heart and fair in his dealings with ethers. iFer such amateur "wets" and then' are many of them the sights and sound of the last hours of an old year and the first hours "of a new one ought te have a ery sperial --meaning. " It may be admitted that in elder and less complicated times geed wine brlithtened the picturesque Interval of a New Year's Eve. lltlt strange things have happened either te wine or te human nature. The stuff that people drink nowadays doesn't seem te make them happy. It certainly doesn't make them bright. An unconverted "wet," oppe?cd te pro pre pro blbltien "en principle," ought te stand en any lively street corner at, say, '2 o'clock en the first morning of any new year, or elt at n table In liny of the noisier restuu- fjranU and luek Intently at the faces of the Wi'a1k nhe make the most noise. He wenlil itlmt the will te ue jelly survives with Uy under the effects of the newer ' of bootleg hooch. The wrung nnd ry faces, the slackened muscles und the d voices; raised In what is supposed te Beng reflect anything but genuine glee, "a plain that almost nny New Year crowd Id have u better time if it were oeber. 'or some reason or ether, however, n tfw Year crowd seems te believe that it EJwinet be quite happy If it Isn't at le.-.st ijfgh(ly drunk. Why Is that? And what be, matter witn wmen in which people Ally lluu It iiimctui te ee generous nun Jelly until they take a little days f even lie poison Is i" sSRWSft BK. SJITaa - Pl jiJBkJLM'U ffMiHW -. sQ.lt V ii lajr j poisoned nncw. That is why each New Year's Eve Is likely te make "drys" of people who continue te oppose Velsteadjsm only because of the manner In which Vel- sleadlsin became a principle of law in the United States. GOVERNOR SPROUL IS AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS Must Decide Whether te Gratify His Am bition by an Immediate Deal With Beldleman or te Walt and Let the Voters Confer the 8en atershlp en Him GOVEUNOH Sl'UOUL'S ambition te go te the Senate does him credit. When Senater Knox died U few months nge he rejected the suggestion thnt he resign from the governorship se that Lieutenant Gov Gov ereor Beldleman ns Governer might appoint him te the vacancy. He nnneunced then that he hed been elected Governer nnd that he would serve out his term. But he. did net expect another senatorial vacancy te occur se seen. And. nnjwny, the successor te Knox, It was felt then, should come from the western end of the State. The death of Scnnter Penrose nnd the serious Illness of Senater Crew leave the Governer as the responsible leader of the ltepubllcan Party In the State. The way the new vacancy in the Stnte senatorial delegation is te be tilled will be decided by the Governer. He is officially responsible for mi- appointment of n Senater te held elhce until unether Senater can be elected, lie -s expected te assume full responsibility nftcr consultation with the leading men In the pntiy. Whatever udtice he may receive, the final decision rets with him, and what ever pnil.se or blame accrues will belong te hlin. The temptation te change the eminently proper decision which he made when Senater Knox died Is doubtless strong. lie could mnke nn arrangement with the Lieutenant Governer under which Mr. Beid'cniun would succeed him as the head cf the Stnte Gov ernment In return for appointing Mr. Sproul te the Senate. But such a course should net be taken without a consideration of what It would linelve. In the first place, it would put in the governorship n man who accepted n fee of $5000 for legal services from the Auditor General in evasion of a law which provides thnt the Attorney General should de all the law business of the State : a man who has told three different stories about the check denying that he received it ; then, when Its existence with his Indersement was shown, saying that it was paid for legal services, ami finally declaring that he did net get it. Such a man ought never te be Governer. It Is morally certain that even if he could get the nomination in the primaries, which is doubtful, he would face a severe tight at the election. Under the circumstances It would seriously embarrass Mr. Sproul if he consented te the promotion of Beldleman te the governorship as the price of his own nppeintment te the Senate. In the second place, it is by no means a remote pessibllltj that It will be necessary te fill by appointment the scnatnrshlp new held by Mr. Crew. That gentleman is serlnuhly ill. He has net been able te occupy his seat In the Senate. He is new in a hospital. Before reaching any definite de cision It would be wise for the Governer te consider what kind of u Senater Beldleman would appoint In the event of the occurrence of another vacancy by the resignation of Mr. Crew or any ether contingency. Governer Sproul refused before te con template entering the Senate smc by elec tion of the people. That opportunity is still open te him, and it has come sooner than he expected It. He new has the power te retain control of the filling of any vacancy ti.at innj occur within the nct twelve mouths and he bus the opportunity te be come u candidate for the full term of Sen Sen ater Knox In-ginning en March I. lfC';. And se long as lie reiii.ilns Governer he will have mere influence thai any .riir n,n naming the candidate te till In, eYetieu the unexpired term of Seunter Penrose, while he enn uppelnt a man te held office until u successor of Penrose 1 elected. If he pursued this course he would strengthen his political power in the State. It would be the course of geed taste and propriety. He would prevent the accession te the governorship of a man who has demonstrated his unfitness for the office. Aud he would enter the Senate uith the prestige of election by the people rather than as his own appointee bj proxy of a man who named him as the price of pro motion te a higher office. The Governer can better afford te serve out his term, nnd meanwhile confidently submit his laudable nmbltien te the voters in May and November, than te gratify it nt a price the puyinent of winch he would he likely te regret In after jeurs when It consequences Itci .line apparent te every one. THE "PEACE DOLLAR" THE first of the new silver dollars coined in commemoration of ihe Washington Cenferen e have been shipped from the Mint te the Fed ral IJeserve Banks. The coin has the hend of I.ibertj en one side nnd en the u'licr n dev.- eM a mountain top with an olive branch in its beak, with the erd "Peace" benenth. It is announced that PslUMU.Oim of the new coins will be minted. Numismatists, ns the persons who col cel bit coins as curiosities nre known, will be Interested in the new dollar beemi-e of its new design. The urdiuury coin collectors, however, who value them lucaw-e nf their purchasing power, will be delighted because the ' peace" dellurs are worth mere than the war dollars. Tin- war dollars were net spe,.i;iiy de signed, but even if thej had been it would net hnvV made them worth nnj mere. The war dollar measured by the standard of HIM was worth about thirty cents. The "peace dellur" is net jet worth quite 100 cents measured by the same standard, but It Is beginning te recover its purchasing pew er. It is doubtful, however. If it is ever worth what it was In 10M, for every piried of in flation has lifted prices that Is, lias cheap erred dollars permanently. The deflation has lowered prices from their peak, but it has net lowered them te the old level. EDGING TOWARD NORMALCY WITH the abolition of the pr cent transportation, tax ve. as (l Nminu. totter w carle a little further backward to te ward normalcy or, rather, toward sanity. It was g-uerally supposed that the 'ice cream sedu tax was the triumph of fnelMi revenue legislation. But the transportation tax lied a sort of glory about it It was se futile that it was in some ways almost majestic. Taxes en freight shipments gave Utile te the (Joycrnuient, though they EVEKING PUBLIC !LBDGBR - - helped te shield the profiteer. They helped te impede crop shipments, and te put prices up nt I nleng the line of manufactured com modities. The passenger iiucs tended te de the one thing which Is most 'dnngeieiis in liny com cem niunltj. They tended te step traffic. The railroads have suffered enormously by the diminished tourist nnd passenger traffic, and communities which depend largely en normal shifts and movements of the popu lation suffered most of nil. If the New Year had brought nothing else, It ought te be welcomed because it brought an end te what was In effect n tnx en human activity. SUGGESTED BY THE BRIDGE FEW people arc se hurried or abstracted, even In these days, that they will net pause automatically te glance upward nt the structure of a vast bridge with it dim sense of profound meanings written In steel nnd concrete nnd the airy lines of enormous arches. It Is true thnt every useful thing must be aomchew benutlful. Every device by which men nttempt te deal en equal terms with the elements or elemental conditions ships, airplanes, bridges nnd the like must have inherent in It the quality of ele mental grace. Even the wisest men de net knew why that rule continues te held like it universal law. But it holds. And of all the achieve ments of human energy that reveal its steady operation n great brldje is perhaps the noblest. It means mere than a ship or a monument or n tall building. Fer. swung stupendously through darkness and beaded with light or lying against the blue of the sky in dav time, it is a symbol of labor su perbly applied te make all ether labor n little mere fruitful and it tittle mere pleasant. It is vivid and visible proof of the con tinuance of that movement which must go en everywhere 111 the world until every ob stacle that lies in the wuv of free communi cation und the beneficent interplay of human purposes is broken down. Everj new brldse. every new tunnel under a hill, every new highway opened up re flects the desire which all people feel and few nre able te define. These things are works of Instinct us well ns of reason. That probably is why all great bridges arc beau tiful te sec and why they always nre n silent source of implications thnt enn touch some minds ns deeply nnd mysteriously us the sound of sudden music in a quiet place The Delaware Hlvcr Bridge, ph.vsiuil work en which-is te begin next Friday, will de mere than facilitate the movement of life and travel and commerce between the greater areas of two Stntes. It will be one of the major links In the system of con cen crct" hiejiwavs which before long will extend from the Pacific te the Atlantic Coast. It will merge the social nnd economic life of two great communities. But primarily be cause It will lessen the stresses of the dn.v's work for millions of people, beeuuse it will ndd nn hour or se of leisure te the day of the ninn or woman who has te go back aud forward ever the river regularly as part of the routine of labor, the bridge will become an Intimate part of the life of these general regions. It will make life mere livable for countless tired people. There arc few great works of whiih you could say as much. The bridge will make It easier te get home. That is what bridges are doing In a larger way for the human race. And for that reason alone it Is proper that the work of building the big span aims, the Dela ware should begin in a holiday spirit. TREATIES STILL INDISPENSABLE THEItE are indications at this moment that the Washing!' n 1'c-fercnee will prove mere productive of treaties than any International com lave m ii!terv. Notwithstanding such .v nnteruil antipa thies as are of record and despite such re linquishment of "seven-igntv" as may be contained in reciprocal pledges, it Is evi dent that no substitute for formal compacts between nations has as jet In en discov ered. One contract setting forth in detail the obligations of the respeitiv parties is worth a volume of pious protestations. It premises well for civilizati m that the Irresponsible tales of informal agreements as the fruit of the Conference were se soeu shown te be without foundation. Such pre-M-Hiiro would have been n miserable begging of vital question- Treaties, of course, nre net Invulnerable, but il.cir violator runs, the risk of becoming, as Germany did become, an international pariah. Seven compacts te which the United States may be a party and two lying with out her immediate Interests arc new in pros pect as the definite accomplishment of the Washington sessions. Of primary important e are the Four Power Treaty, involving the United States, France, Great Britain and Japan in pledges te pp serve peace through arbitration nnd te respect claims of territorial integrity in the Paulie region, and the Five-Power Treaty wit's the same nations, with the ad dition of Italy, as principals m u sweeping reduction In capital-ship tonnage nnd the establishment of a ten-year naval holiday. There is practical prebabil.tv of a Nine Power Treaty regarding China, based en the application of the Beet principles relative te customs, te the wlthdr.iw.tl of troops, and foreign Posteffices and the . lundenmcnt of extra-territorial privileges Nine Powers would lie grouped together r, tln compact the I ni'ed States, Gr'-ut I'ni.iin, France, Italy . Jupan. Portugal !' ig nn. the Neth erlands and China. It is en the program tl :if .i Three-Power Treatv will bind the Uininl States, Great Britain und Japan te mnntnln the status quo with rcpeet te the fortification of ad vanced uavnl bases and uTtain Islands in the Pacini. The fifth of ihe major treaties hns net vet taken definite shape. If framed it will I).' a declaration of principles with leganl te ihe pell'j of equal opportunity in Sibeiiu nnd of n -pe. t for the integrity of tint' ctiuntrj . In the class of spc ial treaties is the pact between the United St. ids and .Inpitn (le ft running tli- status of .ip und the mini tinted islamist, and a Nt-Power Treaty in which the Netherlands will join the live principal nations In clarifying and defining the cable situation. Upen the current eiiscuiens between the Japanese and Chines, de-legates hinges the possibility cf u tre-ity ilisposlngef the Shan tung dispute. Should this controversy be settled with a premise of Japanese evacua tion there is u teinlncing chuncej of its being followed with an Angle-Chinese pact d"aling with the abandonment of Wcl-Hcl-Wi by Great Britain. If existing expei t.iii.jiis nic realized seven new treaties will he submitted te the United Stntes Senate for r.itlficalien. The old an tagonism te formal pledges subsided, tem porarily at bast, when the compacts eili-e-lallj ending the war with Germain, Aus tria ami Huricurj were approved. The fpiril of co-operation manifested lust sum mer is weu-th developing. It is u sens,' of realities which hns moved the Conference in eMict reciprocal pledges. Serious opposition In the Senate would mean a devastating n turn te the insidious proc esses of the imagination, "Today." -aid n member of the Jap anese delcmitien te tlm Washington Cen fcr me, "we me uhscrvinx ""' of your great national holidays," And though fhrrc nln't no such anlmlle, we appreciate the compliment PHIIiAPELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANtTARY AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Negro Wrongs Aired by Perter HaVe Oder of Dangerous Propaganda Alike Hurtful te the White and Colored Race By SAKAII D. LOWIUE THE American public ceased te put its trust In checked luggage lu 1017, when the war hegnn te dlslntegrate linblts of nil sorts that of delivering one's trunks n few minutes, and, nt most n few hours, after one had arrived nt the Journey's end, for instance. Nowadays it is an intrepid week-ender indeed who puts his trust in the baggage man or in his t-atcllltcs, the rural expressmen. Wc have been driven te accept the European custom of quantities of band luggage. Only the European habit 13 te consider nny sort of tied or wrapped bundle ns hand luggngc, while our modern. American hnblt is te consider nny sort of leather, strapped rccentacle that a man can stagger under or that a car deer will ndmlt or that a train corridor will nccommedato ns hand luggage I HAVE a smallish trunk, for instance, that will held five gowns nnd two hats nnd nn accompanying number of ether accessories from shoes te hnlr bruh thnt T ca" "hnnd luggage." My only excuse for treating it ns such Is thnt n leather handle en top makes it possible te lift it u few Itiehes from the ground. But I observe that nfter one or two attempts te carry it as one would carry n dress-ult case, the porters heave it te their blieulders as though it were what indeed it is lu weight and size u trunk. End up, It will just fit lu beside n chnlr in the chair car, but there Is no place for it in nn ordinary coach, se if I take it with me T nm ebligee) te travel expensively both ns te .cuts, cubs and perters: but ns It holds nil the clothes any self-respecting guest could wear for n week nnd arrives ami departs when I de with no anxious misgivings ns te the dates sworn te by the pxprchsmnti, it i.s worth the price of admit tance. It nlse has one ether great advantage it makes friends or enemies for nic wherever It gttc.s, because the men who are hulled te carry It cither wilt under its abnormal pres sure or brace themselves after n moment of astonishment te ""muscle" it arid stride forth ns se many Hercules. In either case its abnormality makes them brenk forth Inte conversation for or against my sense in burdening the universe with it. And out of that stream of tnlk I alvvnys get much feed for cogitation ns I pursue my journey. fpWO days before Christmas I was north-J- bound from the New Yerk Grand Cen tral Station, and the "red cap" who escorted my "hand luggage" und me te the choir car was n wiry, nervously built colored man. who suggested neither "ole Virginia" nor Philadelphia, nor Birmingham. 1 could net place him geographically. But when I told him hew te place the "hnnd luggngc." end up beside my chair, lie shook his head. "It l nil right If you have nothing in It thnt the heat vv-'l' spoil. These pipes get mighty het nnd jore little trunk Is mighty near them. Y'en knew best what you get in that little trunk." I laughed nnd suld there was nothing In the trunk that could burst under pressure of bent, but I thanked him for the warn ing ns I feed him. Perhaps the fee was larger than he expected, even tnklng the size of the "hand luggage" into considera tion; perhaps there was some holiday cheer inside of him. even if it was nbscut from the trunk. I de net knew, but he burt into talk of an autobiographic strain, starting as te much talk docs nowadays from Pro hibition and the Bights of Man. He gave me te understand that he had seen the author of prohibition "under the seat" from a eeunter-irritnnt. Who the teal author of prohibition was, he shrouded in mystery. He further said that" in the Stnte of Louisiana, where lie had been born and brought up, there wbh no moment of the day or night when ns a boy or man he could net have "taken something" when he felt the need. The point was, he had seldom felt the need. Whereas new that liberty of choice vvns removed, he felt his rights ns a man assailed. He went en te say that for his race ether rights had been taken away anil that in his fifty-two years of life he had seen a tendency te cur tail the rights of his race growing, net lessening. He illustrated this by the career of one of his sons, who, en returning from the war. found his job taken bv a white man and held, nnd, te point the injustice, read in his home paper from the Seuth of lynchlngs done te one of his neighbors by white men. "VTOW." said he, "my people hnvc glv ' this country Its music for the Inst t eu yearsJazz, veu call It, but it is Negro. My people are tired of making your people dance te that music, and we are about te turn our attention te unether activity." I asked him whnt that was llkelv te be. and after u moment's hesitation, as though he was recalling the exact words of some one's speech or printed sentence, he suld : "When the Germans ami the Japanese made a pact te divide this ceuntrv between them this country took It mighty hard; but what if mv race here and the Japanese get together, then vvhatV" I te'el him "then what" in a few words that I hoped he might remember along with his either remembered talk, but I thought ii" be went avvnv te collect ether- hand luggage from ether travelers what it pity it was And hew dearly both the North and the Seuth were paying for the slavers' ships of a (.entury age. "The sins of the fathers unto the third ami fourth generation." It Is that kind of talk and that kind of printed stuff that works like "bad magic" lu the Negro race. Anil It is their front frent page descriptions of lynchlngs in the "Afre-American" newspapers that sere that word lynch into the hearts of the Ignorant and the educated nllke. THE white papers of the muiie ilk have as many und as prominent advertisements of kinking straight hair, hut thev de net often front-page the horrors eif Negro ns suults. Ami no paper would long be popu pepu lar that diel maki a dally calendar of these abnormalities. Tlic white editors ,f thl, ceuntrv de net wish te excite their Ignorant reader's against the colored race, but it sometimes seems us though some; malicious power was nt work trying te excite the ignorant among the Negrefs against the whites by milking what Is sporadic aud an exception m-ciii habitual ami popular. The most responsible among the colored cditeirs eertainly are ns con scientious as the best white editors, but they are net se well rend ur se well circulated as the eertaln ether .YKr editors nnd writers throughout the country who try te drive n wedje nlriady deep jet deeper' be-twce-ii the i, ces. TIIEltE are plenty of local Interests com mon te while and colereel men nllk-n In any teiwn that could be headlined nnd large typed; there are plenty .,f local and nil tlemal wrongs trem which the Negro race suffers that n stendv piepiignndit of educa tion by their editors could help them rlirlit for themselves. Bur stirring up hatred for the white rucc becnu-e it Is white will net right the wrongs of the slave ships. Revenge never rights n wrong. The German propa ganda of hate among the Negroes did net help the Germans, mid the Japanese, mere astute than the Geimans, will never depend en the Negro rne-t in pull Its chestnuts out nf the fire But the iiittrcst in that talk of the Negro porter, which was se plainly the broken cutis of some sort of prennaiiiiu, lay lu the fact that i was propaganda -some power at work Intent en making troub'e by the use of tieiiidicreus and lvln' methods nnd the raisin;; ()f fnlti0 hopes 'nnd dei'lres bused en fullat ics. If such a power 1. at weik. whin is it-, end' Ami If it has some countrywide end, what sane, patriotic and common-sense education Is at work te steadily counteract ItV It la even mere important te the Negroes than In the whites that the propaganda of hnte .should come (e an cpd. H; . .'.. i . ' '. - (f '. i "J r JiJ', -"(il'' ''fafJW "HsWJsWsBstg arssfctfC""" srfjgglESS NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! V Daily ' Tallcs With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Kneiv Best S. F. RUTTER On Problems of Prohibition Enforcement THE Prohibition Law can be enforced, according te S. F. Ruttcr. Associate Director of Prohibition in the State of Pennsylvania, and the chances nre thnt It will be before very long. "Pennsylvania." snld Mr. Ruttcr. "is, or nt least has, the reputation of being one of the hardest States in the Union te control in the mntter of nrohlbitlen. In this re spect It stands next te New Yerk, and for tnnt matter in some ways it is an even mun; difficult State te handle. "In New Yerk State the bulk of the viola tions arc confined te New Yerk City, while In Pennsylvania this condition extends al most all ever the State. Big Cities Are Troublesome "The States which centuln the large cities are always these which give the greatest, amount of trouble in enforcement. "But in this State the very large foreign element gives us the most concern. It is our greatest problem, and this element U concentrated principally in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh nnd the mining districts, where the greatest number of infractions occur. "Of course, 1 de net include every one of foreign birth in this classification. There Is a vast difference in them ns there Is In the native American. Nevertheless, the bootlegger ns a rule Is u foreigner and the. American is usually simply the customer. "Evidence" in Pittsburgh "When the present organization arrived te take charge of the situation in Pennsyl vania, wc felt, In the Pittsburgh district nt least, thut the saloon men in that territory had net yet ascertained that a prohibition law had been passed. Signs were actually behind many of the bars te the effect thut no evidence could be obtained there. "That is, tlrey would sell all the whisky thut any one cuied te buy as long us It was drunk en the premises, but none was allowed te be taken nvvay te turn up luter us evi dence that the law wns being violated. These signs arc all down new. "Wc also found u bail condition in the Wllkcs-Barrc district. This Is in Hie heart of the hard coal mining district, where again the foreign popu'atlen is large. Up te the present time, therefore. It has been necessary for us tn concentrate our efforts nj m these three districts, Pittsburgh, Wilues-Buiic nnd Philadelphia. "It Is a source nf much satisfaction for us te knew that wc have met with success In reducing the amounts of Illegal traffic in drink in nil three places. Te what extent this l true may be seen by the price of bootleg whisky in the Pittsburgh district. It bus recently risen from the S."() or SfiO u case that was asked only a short time age te SI 0.1 a case, and it is still rising. Striking at the Source "It has been our endeuver te strike nt the source of the bootleggers' supply and in this, we have hael us much success a we ,. (xpect. Hundreds of thousands, I might say almost millions, of gallons hnd been ll'enilly put upon the market throughout the State. But I con tufcly toy thut net 10 per cent of the quantity eif whl-k and nleeihel is new rclrused that was released every month since the time that prohibition went Inte effect. , "Under the former conditions, the whole salers tool, advantage of the situation crcatC'l by former members of the force who are new under Indictment and themselves leleiised nn Immense amount of alcohol and whisky. It wns the same old situation ever ngnin; when nn emp'evcr Is net honest, it is vain te leek for that- quality In the men under him. Between them, about a million and a quarter gu'lens were released, which were easily made into two and a half million gulletiis of sultible liquor. "Wc have met this situation by revoking t'.c permits te obtain alcohol, ami new a person ebtaliilm; a permit has te show an unquestionably honest use for it. Mam al leged barber supply ceinpnnles feriner'v get alcohol nnd after preparation of it put It en the inutkrt Instead of making hair tonic with It as the penult demnnded. Tim muiie piecfdure wii" followed by rertuin patent melielne houses. Our preb'em new Is und lias been from the start te i-llmlunte that Illicit trade. Tlie Forged Permit Treblem "Anether problem has been te bten the releases of alcohol end whisky by .fergeef pre. 'cnptiens et jinjuigiups. jn enormous 1922 "R. S. V. P.!" quantity was turned loose en these forged documents. "We feel that all (he biggest leaks have been plugged te a lnrg extent. There will nlw-nys be a ccrtuin amount which will trickle through in spite of all the efforts which can be made, but we can. nnd te a great extent have, stepped the biggest onto. .,.cn, wp ellee ,,,,vp .thorough control there will be little te tube enre of, except the moonshine stuff, nnd thnt dies net present, relatively, a formidable problem. "Nevertheless, censtnnt vlgilnncc is the price of prohibition. We might ebtnin the control which I have mentioned, hut an tin censlng watch must be kept te see that it is niaintnlneil. It is the thing which it Is possible te lese almost overnight. The Attitude of the Public "We have never met with any opposition from the general American public In our nttumpts te enforce the law. There is an undercurrent of opposition from the boot leggers nnd their friends, ami we cxpeet this and are prepared te meet it as it arises. But the American public has generally sup ported our efforts. I understand there is an organization here which Is opposed te the Eighteenth Amendment. If se, they have net put any obstacles in our wuv thils fur. "The average bootlegger is rather slick in some wavs and -tupjd In ethers. The danger of this kind of mun is greater te his cus tomers than te the officers of the law. He is utterly conscienceless as te what he sells and he bes the added safety of knowing that his victim cannot complain and expect te get any satisfaction nt the bandH of the law. In this lespect he Is safer and 1ms the ad vantage of ether criminals. "Many of the bootleggers use formaldehyde in their alleged liquor. It is dcnilerl.ed and weakened with water until the harmful effect of the stulT is neit immediate, but it is none the less elend'y. The victim who uses enough of the sleff simply dies from w blew poison instead of from u quick one. "As te the future, I can enlv sav that the Prohibition Luw e-nn be enforced in the Stute of Pcnnsvhania aud this enforcement depends entirely upon the enforcement per sonnet. Just ns stum as we get the right staff, bootlegging in Pcuiisy Ivaiila will ccusc nnd cease suddenly." Mendicancy Seeks Publicity from tlie i-ettiiiltii. Ill i:enluu Sentinel .eiue. imiiii i rii'inis; i nave been down sick for the last live weeks; I need veur help. Yeu have always steed bv me- f VI, .. .mi ,i,,,i .ii,,(i,,n steed uy in( will be en the street tonieirrew. 1'J don't pass nic by. The Blind Man. C O. CIIAJ n en till' ktrnne li,i,M, in i iciisc A.M. What De Yeu Knew? J QUIZ Frem hew many Stntes were the Tresl dentH of the fulled ,. .Jy? "What Is the most Smth-n. state- from which nny President , ,.,. , "icettT 'shows V110 rlBlU f I,uneh "'-! JuuV Whei snld "the bust outlasts the rin. the ce'n, Tiberius'? '"slfl l"" C'U'. What la inirnn? Wie was Acsf.ii nnd wh.n did be live" .".r" '""(I what in It-me,,,,? me' "With vvli.it Bemiin Kiirment are Senators- Who !s the Prlmali- et Irelanil" What was the year of tho.Chiciifre fire? Answers te Yesterday's Qui Anls.eddfed is a congress of Welsh ' ChHenul!cU' ca""al et he Fur Hasten, (JOn:n;V,:r,ereG!,lV,VTm!n, Ilunnlbnt ,,,.,1 N, KV0 a JM. .r,"i,."','"r.V.-"''n.iersvve,iS ;:rJratofsiy5rsSu,2!;,,se0-. 7.Their,,ey HchilUen ui"!t occurred 8. Philip Miifslnger wSH (l no. . . (Irailint.it Ills ilntCH urn ,r.:nrTlMl1 ll'S lengest-llved .,jMta"i:.' Iffi-'? te Pay Old i-l.f. - Nl w ny t- Tlie Me Mean wur t,Ka ., 10 A XfniMeu .V MS" .. - . Twe famous heroines of nlt'eiiwh Unl? fered dentil by hnngln " w' OerV.'.'-' tti Mi.ikcspeate's "ICInc t en."' Ulla; T.ss. In Themas Unrdia &,, 'iVu el' Iil.ervlll.u" "'"" s '' nf the m issmsiH fl SHORT CUTS All the politicians appear te be hernlnj in en Spreurs dilemma. Te wait for disaster te put wooden cars, out of existence is peer railrend economy. New Yerk is te hnve four mere jean of Ilyliin aud is still cheerful. Smiling in adversity. Penrose Is still potent. Aspirants for his job have their doubts as te the comferj of old shoes. Charles M. Schwab says smiles will bring b' tter times. That is what Jehn Bar leycorn says, tee. Sellers of weed alcohol should net be ar rested ns bootleggers, but as thugs with murder in their hearts. Automobile bandits will grieve te learn that Phi'adelpliia Justice began te operate her BK Six yesterday. When we get the five-crnt leaf ngala the chances are that we shall find it has shrunk with the years. Mayer-elect Oles has grounds for com plaint. The New Yerk Times speaks of him as the Hylan of Youngstown. Kir James M. Barrie has been nwardeJ the Order of Merit for serv'ces te literature, We .should like te bear OrUc-l's reaction. Londen crowds fought te sec Gainsbor ough s "Blue Bey" prier tn its shipment 'te America. Philadelphia saw scores of then en Monday. The least Senators Norris and Walih can de is te go te India und put en tlie uniform of tlie insurrc. tlenlsts whose cause they indorse. 71 Once j en admit the Washington Confer ence never hud the niill-nniuin in its grusp. it ,1s possible te appreciate some of the geed things it has accomplished. Seniority Is a punk rute, but the fnt are sometimes kind. Senuter McCumbcr, who becomes chairman of the Finance Com mittee, is nt least competent. An it puis McCumbcr te the front, members of the futiii bloc will net grieve unnecessarily ever the political chnnies brought i ' ' v the death of Penrose. The man who wants Alice Robertsen' place in Congress refers te her ns Alice lu Wonderland ; but the chances arc that when, after Hie election, he sings "Alice, where art thou'" she'll be able te reply, "Still at the old Washington stand." ' The State paid SEiS.OOO during 1021 for the skins of weasels, foxes and ether nox ious animals, and n considerable amount of this sum, it i.s suld, was earned by men out of work within half an hour's rlde of Philadelphia. A bounty en ruts might bdP the unemployed and p. case Dr. Furbush Itf removing a serious menace te mankind. " Just when n mob of diners in n Spring field, Mass., restaurant were getting rcadr te nttiick u "drj" agent who had robbed them of their hooch the orchestra started "The Star Spangled Banner," everybody stoetl nt attention and he escaped, lie maf thank his lucky slurs the bund didn't plT "Hew Dry I Am." The wife of the Presi dent came near collapse after greeting H.'W Should .Sublet the Contract guestR nt the New Year reception nt the White Heute. The Jeb U one democracy ought te permit its Chief Exceutlve und his life pnrtner te delegate te a committee of the heriiy-hniidcd tj work in two-hour shifts. It Is tee tnucn te'cxp&t of ene couple. If anything were needed te prove the Inadenuacf of the priority rule- la the United Stntes Sen First Leme Best .Sen eil ate it is the present plight of the great In dustrial State of Pennsylvania. Bven though the State should send its very best men It would be years before it would p" nosslhle for them te lench nesltliins of newef niiil icspeiislhlllty. And the fact that It 'J, Vl'llrn II lie! neit tntnlleet mil nnbunuy nine thftt. count most brings it about thnt when u ilu" oiuie gets into the Scnute (and by s"?1.' queer quirk of political circumstance v? may conceivably happen) it becomes almej Imperative that lie be reelected, the jefS 111 llhM Hei-VeTl Itn,,'..., I..n.l.tr.,.ntnl nSfC lug mera pblltical weight thn,n any nme-JW 1 of cray matter in a possible adversary, 'ijSfl .fl fa K&j li i---& A . v .