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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
COKE PRICES STAY
Fuel Administration Won't Alter
Schedule Unless Proof Is Offered.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Coke prices
fixed by the fuel administration will
not be changed, it was announced to-
day, unless producers establish beyond
question that their costs of production
justify alterations.
If changes in prices are sought the
applicants will be required to make
out a schedule of their costs in a man
ner approved by the federal trade
commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
Invite NIediators In.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Employes OF
the St. Louis, Southwestern railway
Cotton Belt-today accepted the ser
vices of the federal board of mediation
and Cancellation for settlement of their
differences with the railway manage
ment. A strike had been called for 2
o'clock this morning because of the
discharge of six conductors for alleged
mira cfiOT1 of rules
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

service. They are the opportunity af-
torded unscrupulous dealers Of watering
their stock, the fact that handling such
delicate and perishable product fosters
the spread of bacterial diseases and the
fact that, even If the dealer is honest,
homes served from the top of the can
VIII get rich milk and others, In the
majority. will receive IA product not up to
the standard in nutriment.
The statute is warranted. but it is not
being obeyed. Evil evasion mas reached
the point that hundreds of dealers are
dipping out milk, particularly in the
poorer sections of the city, where protec-
tion is most essential. II is high time
for arrests and prosecutions. The cru.
sade against derelict dealers just started
hy Assistant Director of Health Mace
and Special Agent SINNERS, of the state
Dairy and Food Commission, must be
pressed to a quick conclusion In scrap
ping all tin dippers. Speed is necessary
now and vigilance in the future for
pure milk is one of the mainsprings of
good health. Contamination must stop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
MORAL EFFECTS

TNHE attempt to turn the Italian flank
- has been redoubled since Haig's vic
tory, and it is quite credible that the
chief reason for this is "A German hope
of overcoming the moral effect of the
battle of Cambria. The war has settled
down to "A contest between moral effects"
Thanks to the German censorship, the
news of defeats is very slow in reach.
ing the German people, and we thus gain
by the fact that when the bad news does
eventually become public it has a most
terrifying effect, as they are never sure
how much is being held back. 1t is an
everyday occurrence at the front for cap
tured officers to be amazed when informed
of successful Allied advances in other
sectors.
1t would I've well for us to improve
upon the advantage we possess in having
truthtelling Governments by not en-
pecting too much benefit from Victories
or too much loss from defeats. 1t is a
civilians duty in wartime to insist upon
accuracy OF statement from those with
whom he comes in contact. Public opin-
ion is a texture woven of a myriad pri-
vate conversations, and the exaggerated
hopes or fears of the uniformed are the
chief menace to its integrity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

welcomed, his acquaintances and MADE ven
many friends, SO that neither he nor tney
were looked upon much longer as stranger
in Vienna. AS his reputation grew nls
works were generally read. He was soush.
out and invited to almost every importan,
general entertainment, so that 1t was usWl
to expect him and to meet him upon theN'
occasions Mark Twain had become
"Iiebling" of the Viennese.
OF course. after several months mao
passed. the time arrived for him to return
TO America. to break up and leave beniha
the associations of the bright capital wh'cn
was. after all. not his permanent home nor
could II be. But It was painful TO both nun
and his family to say farewell to so muca
Kindness. and, on their part, the people o'
Vienna were sad to see him 60 lnpeo'
they kept him long In mind and sent mes
sages to show that they were still thihh"s
of him.
1t was in reply to one Of these, at tne
end of the following year in when was
expressed a request for New Years gree'.
ing to his friends in Austria, that ne se"'
the well-known telegram:
'I send my kindest New Years greetings
to all my friends throughout all the En, Ell,
pire-and to my enemies as well, but o'"'
for New Years Day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
CUT OUT USELESS LABOR

More and more the contest resolves use.
into a struggle of labor forces, The
fcient mobilization of labor Is the secre'
of Germany's power. We may have more
workers than Germany, but II they are no.
working at the war the figures are ho.
relevant Every day and hour spent a'
nonessential work Is concession TO ter-
many and means a prolongation OF the wal,
more lives, more treasure. Every pano
made. every pleasure automobile manuiae.
tured every gallon of gasoline uselessy
consumed Is a loss of labor and pro.
Iongation of the war. 1t was recently stated
that IL the consumption OF gasoline 10
"ioy riding" In the eastern part OF tne
country could be cut 80 per cent So,O0o
tons of shipping now carrying oil could Dc
released to carry wheat to France. The
example could be multiplied hundred
fold
How long shall we refrain from mo-
bilizing our vast labor resources-tlll losses
and misery compel II. or in time to bring
about an end? Shall we be deaf and blind
10 the lessons which England so earnestly
endeayors to press upon us, or shall we
learn only by the lesson of necessity forced
slowly on us? This II really the vital ques-
ton of the war There must be survey
a nd census OF all our labor. a cessation Of
work. redistribution Of labor
resources on vast and yet unthought-of
scale Our leaders must grasp this fact
n they are unable to do SO the people for
their own sake must force the issvs.-Ns-
ttonal, Service AagaxinA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENTS IN
TRANSIT MATTERS

WHETHER this IS the psycholosical
w moment 10 negotiate and ratify a
lease Of the new subways, as William
Draper Lewis suggests, depends on the
point OF view.
If it is desired to fasten upon the city
"A lease which will turn the subways over
to the Rapid Transit Company on its
own terms. this is, indeed, the psychologl
cal moment. 80 better time could be
found We are in the midst of raising
national army and the thoughts of most
of the people are concentrated on the war.
We are at the beginning Of the holiday
season. when the thoughts of the rest
of them are occupied with Christmas
shopping.
This is just the time to slip something
over.
II. on the other hand, ii is desired to
negotiate lease which will be just to
the city and to the Rapid Transit Com.
pany--no one wishes TO be unjust to the
transit company--no worse time could
be chosen than the present.
There is no need for haste. 1t Is
more important that the lease should be
right than that it should be eNecut ID
without due consideration. 1t s well
known that the present City Councils
will be in office only until the bt ginning
of the year and that the new Councils
will be under different control.
Can it be that the haste is dictated by
knowledge of this fact?
The proposed lease Is unsatisfactory In
many respects not the least of which is
that its meaning is in dispute 1t should
require no argument to prove that the
document should be so simple and clear
that there can be no doubt Of its terms.
Further, there is no doubt that its pro.
vision for a board of high-salaried engi-
neers to do the work for which the Public
Service Commission was created is mis-
chevous and should be eliminated. Mr..
Twining still insists that this is one of
the best provisions in the document.
II win be several years before the sub
ways will be completed ready for the
operation of trains. There is time enough
yet to frame the proper kind of a lease. |
The psychological moment when such
lease can be framed has very clearly not |
yet arrived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
A MAN WITH A MIND OF HIS OWN

GOVERNOR PENNYPACKER, in the
VI installment of his autobiography which
will appear in the EVENING LEDGER on
Monday, writes:
In my fancies Homer fell below Vergil.
IT may be unorthOdoN, but ] am of the
same opinion still.
This comment is characteristic of the
independent mental attitude of the man.
He had in his youth the courage of his
convictions even when they differed from
the generally accepted verdict of man.
kind. He retained that characteristic
till the day of his death. As his story
progresses he puts down his own verdict
regarding men and events without regard
to the views held by others. This quality
is making the document one of the most
important contributions to contemporary
biographical literature which has been
made in years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

THERE'S no poetry in the lines
printed above, but there's more truth
than YOU may imagine. The thing actu-
ally happened to us. We have been
robbed of our back collar.button. At least
it is no longer biting at our spinal col
umn. 1t is in our vest pocket.
We have promised to Try to get along
without it for "a week; and we have been
asked, if this abolition of the back button
proves beneficial to us, to pass on the
joyful tidings to you. But we needn't
wait. We know now what our report is
going to he.
At this writing we have been back
buttonless for six hours We cannot re-
member when we felt so light in our
neck before. And our collar hasn't once
slipped it's moorings.
When we were kid we wore peren.
nial patch of green upon the skin cover
ing the northern terminus OF our spinal
system. 1t was verdigris from a brass
colar-button of the holding kind
in vogue in those days. They were asso-
ciated with white wing collars, and they
CALLED many cheap dude.
If you're addicted to Outstanding col.
lars now you cannot hope for exemption,
for you'll need an anchor to hold YOUR tie
but If your customary collars "a lay-down.
you can melt that backbutton into a bul.
let for Wilhelm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
Tom Days Column
THE VILLAGE POET

THE VILLAGE POET
Whenever h's Saturday, an all my ,oorh
Is through,
There's stiu patriotic job or t,oo 70,
me TO do:
An Dalking torth on Chestnut street to.
day got clue
For todrtime conservation that Is post
ureiy nc,c.
Vdy aot grab a 0un an serre my coun-
try at the front,
An so look aroun, TO do some other
helpful stunt:
An II upon my rHldge rounds a chance
occurs to me,
feel as patriotic as those lads across
the sea.
SO that's the reason tohy smile an ,ohy
my eye Is bright
Prc made a gredt discovery that fills me
ecith deiiDbt,
4 hint TO one economy that yet may ,cin
One colar.button is enough, so why use
any more?
There 'cnS riddish gentleman ,Cho stood
upon the street
An sold those useful articles; an there
chIHccd 10 meet
4 thrittU indiriduul, a Shrctcd Nc,o Eng.
loHd SON.
Who priccd The buttons on the tray, an
Oniv purchased one.
Beg pardon sir" J said to him. "6W if
you do not mind,
You're purchased one to ,Ucar in 'front.'
but hoc about bchindp"
"Ny friend" snid he. "Trc dropped the
one ! WOrc behind before:
one collar-button is enough. 5, why use
any more?"
lie held NC ,ciH his 1litterin0 cye; could
not choose but hear.
An hcrcupon he stood an spilled this
wisdom in my car:
You Wedr q second button there behind
your bloomh' neck
Because you think your collar, il IL isn't
Kept in check.
WW jump ADORE your Shirt.bnnd, nop, an
climb up in yOur hair:
BIT try to do ,cihout 10. an youW ncuer
Ucdr one there.
Here. come an do yoUr bit With r an
help TO rn the udr!
One collar-button is enough, so why use
any more?"
he hcld me ,cith his skinny hand. he held
me 'cith his eye,
An rnthlesSly he tore array my collar an
my tie.
he sought mn rodrucdrd button out, he
pricd il loose: an then,
he picked my tic an collar up an put
them on again.
he laid the 0utton in mn hand an smiled
upon me: "Thcrc'
That's better IN your pocket, an you Save
the 1ccdr an tear.
II erorYbOdy dill the same, iCc sure aUould
lCin the iD1r,
Dne collar-button is enough, so why use
any more?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

HUBERT r. BROWN, one of the army
Of Philadelphians Who have become sue
cessful New Workers, dropped into town
the other day and bought a lunch for us.
In return for which we laughed at all
his stories ostentatiously and at one witty
remark quite Unexpectedly and, therefore,
heartily. He had been talking about
another Philadelphia lad who had made
good in Gotham and we said, why, when
we knew Bill he was having trouble to
keep the wolf from the door" Well"
said Mr.. Brown, his trouble now is keep
ing his poor relations from the porte
cochere"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

The railroads and their employees
have put their grievances into the hands
Of the Administration. That Is the only
safe place for grievances in wartime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
In conjunction with Il

IN conJunctIon With the scheme OF
wheatless weeks, Mr.. I. Duwitt Aull.
suggests movieless Mondays, tangoless
Tuesdays. weddingless Wednesdays,
threatreless Thursdays. fatigueless Fri.
days. souseiess Saturdays and solemniess
SundayA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
BANISH THE MILK DIPPER

THREE disadvantages and dangers con-
- denim the pail and dipper method of
yendlng milk. any one OF which is more
lHa qunicient warrant for the existing
Ia ogainst such slipshod and insanitary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
Turks defeats have begun 70

the Kaiser. The German people are free
from such worries. Their papers lust
leave out the news and print four.weeks.
old stuff about Italy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

IL IN their intercourse with each other were
really able to grasp the meaning that il was
INTENDED to convey; for all of which he
was profoundly sorrowful And he inti-
mated that II was his solicitude for them
as well as his conviction that something
ought TO be done at once, which had
brought him over from America upon this
errand. He declared that the unmanage.
aple composite words which had dis
Tacted the Viennese throughout their
nVes thus far. as well as the involved and
itermlnable sentences so detrimental to
thelr national progress. must all be dis
ehtahgled in order that the language might
nave a natural development as a vehicle of
human thought: that this was his mission
ana this the task which he was about to
undertake.
SION with few German sentences by way
OF examples of the defects to which he
alluded and in illustration of the methods
ny winch lie intended to carry out his re-
forms; but, as these were so long and so
intricate. he announced that the hall I'm
which he was speaking did not afford him
space enough In which to manipulate them
but he invited his audience to accomnanv
him to neighboring bridge where be
might spread them out and give to each a
proper length and a reasonable gramp,ati
cal composition by which his hearers
should be able to estimate at a glance tho
Immense value of the reform which be
was about to introduce, "And then. ladie.
and gentlemen he exclaimed, lyon viii
be able to understand what is being said
when you speak to each other,,'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
BITTER STUFF
II UiSht," IN accents ,Uheezy,
Said little sir -yedr-old,
This medicine lCuz as edsy
To take as tdkin' cold"
BITTER STUFF

PRYING into the private life of a pub-
lie character is no part of a newspapers
business; besides, we don't believe the
correspondent who claims to have over.
heard this conversation in the yestibuIe
of a Washington home:
"Good-by. dear. ! must hurry to the
office. What? You won't give me a
kiss?"
Certainly not, Herbert. How can you
ask 1t? You who are forever lecturing
upon conservation and economy"
Don't be foolish! Kisses don't cos,
anything"
mo? You've frequently said they cost
you new bonnet or gown"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

Maybe Bondsmith may be known
as The Dandy Mayor" thirty years
hence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

Is the Kaiser's peace proffer to the
Bolsheviki written on a scrap of paperP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

OUR own dear paper made a slight slip
the other day. speaking of the Rev. DIR.
b. G. Wilkinson, president of the
Washington I'd. O.. Missionary College. /"
This alien spelling of the capital of the
Republic suggests a few conversions that
might follow the Kaiser's conquest of us:
ST. LUDWIG SCHICKAGO
BALTIMORE NEU YORCK
BOTOLPH'SBURG SCHLAFSTADr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
Discovered He Was Not a Buffoon

Nothing of the kind had ever been be,rd
-. 'u'''ia oerore, nor anywhere else. for
'"a' matter Mark Twain's audience wa,
amazed But they began to discover a.,
nc proceeded that this man, with a largo
mead and somewhat disheyeI.d hat.
arohins voice and an imperturbab,s so,,
p'sSessioh' who looked at them With =
,"lhklins eye as he let fall here and IL.
snail criticism or touched with .,raa..
,', ap' tne weak spots In human nature -
NIuen'iy y not mere buffoon. onit, ,h
g. s' ior having strayed away nnw
Ianpuaao ,,.,,S construction of the German
lahs uage with which he had beeun ~ an M
entertaining them before long ,S,.t NE was
JUS descriptions and with witticisrs a,,
win hashes or wisdom that is no, - .,'ieu
10 any people or to any tongue ~'''''"eu
rms was characteristic Of Mo-, NJ,
'.a, no was indeed, In no sense a buffoon ~
feIIou, ,,a nn'uie intensely kind. he loved his
teIio" men ne mad facility of Ioolxina ,.'. nc
mem and understanding them whiohs INTO
eAeep'iohaiiy his own. He saw ob;ao, mas
ho'ed incidents as other men do b., anu
ne saw translated itself by cono ~. wnat
s,,h Ia was either grotesquc or humoro,,v n
subtle In detecting human fraii,iou or
way that fastened the attention n IN
voked mirth. II caused him no n,an. pro-
tort; 1t was his instinct "'ai er-
The Viennese, who studied bis ,,.
somewhat more closely than we in Aes Anaar;es
nave been In the habit of doing ei.9a nn,'s,,,
because he was stranger to them detao,aS. dtos.
mn. IN MS s discourse the wit of a benevoIent
critic, which, In fact, he was. as NJ ent
the clear insight of an observer ,,,h "eIl as
laughing at the incidents of life abon, wnlIe h
did SO with the tact and perception nm nm,
man of the world. He gained Their ~. al
ton and with It came their good viii,
They accepted him finally and came 10
recognize In MIN Lachender Philosoph.
"Liebling" of the Viennese
As the winter passed Mark Twain
came familiar figure in the Vienna. pc
cial world. whittier his reputation had SO So
ceded him and had opened the doors pre-
wSs Sus 70 no 10.
his family there amid surroundines
a most winning and attractive don,aU
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
Keep Army Post
Clean, Says Gov.

Keep the district around the
army post free from anything that
would tend to lower the standard
of the soldiers camped there. was
urged by Governor Lister in let
ter To Sheriff Longmire Saturday
You need to have prompt
and forceful action In the matter
of handling all violations of the
law that may occur in the terri
tory immediately surrounding the
post" said the governor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
HOMIE FlRST'-Because lit Develops Financial Stability
EFFICIENCY FUND
GOES TO SALARIES

same raises adopted by the eoun>
ell committee last week can DO
effected.
Commissioner Petit won a vio-
tory Saturday by inducing other
members of the committee to vote
for flat increase of $40 a month
to all police and firemen excepe
Chiefs Smith and Carlson.
The salary increase ordinances
will come up for vote Monday.
Increases in salary of all library
employees. except Librarian Kat>
ser, were also approved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
Her
Bathing Suit
Deserts Her

DENVER. Colo, June Eff she
wasn't a daughter OF Neptune. she
was u near relative, anyway.
And she went Annette Kellers
man one better when IL came to
bathing suits. Her 1917 model
bloomers was suspended around
her supple waist with single
strand of rubber.
Perhaps the war is responsible
for the poor quality of the rubber.
Or maybe II was the vigor OF
her perfect "jack-knife" dive.
But they rose gracefully from
the springboard at Berkeley lake
and hit the water separately.
A youth with glasses rescued
the-er the rest OF her suit while
hundred other bathers chesred,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09

In order to raise sufficient funds
for an adequate increase In sal
AIRY of all city employees, mem
bers of the city council tentatively
agreed Saturday to give up their
plans for an efficiency survey OF
the municipal government this
year, and appropriate the $4,000
set aside for this work In salaries
With this additional money. and
by establishing the increase July
instead of June /, practically the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at the office of the Com
missioner of Public Works City
Hall, City Of Tacoma, between the
hours of IL M and 2 p. M. on the
18th day of June, 1917. for furnish
ID" Street from South 4Sth Street
to South 5lst Street and South
49th Street from e. Street to "D''
Street, In Local Improvement Dis
trict No. 977 according to plans and
specifications on file in the office
OF the Commissioner Of Public
Amount of bond required will be
the same as contracr price.
Proposals must be made on print
ed form furnished by said Commits
sioner and accompanied by certified
amount Of proposal. made payab bic
to the order of the Clerk OF the
of Public Works.
Work to be commenced within 10
days after signing contract.
Work to be completed within so
said work be not completed within
go days after signing of contract.
said contract shall become void a.
per specifications.
The successful bidder shall agree
to accept, at par, IN payment Of said
the bonds issued in pursuance Of
Ordinance No. $3.50 and shall have
no claim whatever on account there
OF against the City of Tacoma except
solely upon such bonds and solely
and special fund by said ordinance
created.
The Commissioner reserves the
right to reject any. and all OF the
bids.
c. D. ATKINS.
Commissioner OF Public Worka
Tune s-7-s-a-1t ras1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
Proposes Site

j. A. Sproule sent a letter 70
the council Saturday suggesting
the location OF new public mar
ket on eight vacant lots at 18th
and broadway. Sproule an
nounced that the property owners
would lease this land to the city
at a reasonable figure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
KEEP UNIVERSITIES
OPEN, SAYS WILSON

'UhIfrd Frrss sscMscd Wfre.D
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 8.
Colleges and universities should
continue their session despite the
war. In the opinion of President
Wilson. The president sent q
telegram to this effect to Presi-
dent w. l.. Bryan Of Indiana uni
versity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-09
CAPITAL CITY. STAGE.
Hourly Service.

rare one way ~ Round trip t1.k4
EATONvTLLn--hAP 0yHsIN--
sfACODlA AUTO STAGE
11th ST., o.. r. O. and Canfrnl No.
Station. "a
Lv. Eatonvflle dai;ye .. a.: / ). n
t:s0 y m Sunday. . m ! and \
p. m 81 s. ~ ~ ~
Nv: Tacoma DAILY .. m. D. -
: p. m Sunday = m. : and S:lU
sa Z; g evening sp.e,.,--r....