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New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
Stokes Denies Wife's
Charges in Denver Suit
Millionaire Disputes Right Of
Colorado Court to Award
CUSTODY of Children
Special Correspondence


DENVER, Nov. 28.-Virtually admit
ting the right of Colorado court to
determine only temporary custody OF
his two minor children, W. E. D.
Stokes, of New York, has filed an an
swer to his wifes two bills of particu-
lars demanded through his counsel. L
contains a general denial Of her sworn
charges of his unitness to have Gus
tody of the children.
The New York millionaire asserts,
because of the laws of that state. his
wife and children are citizens of New
York. and as such have no right to be
heard in Colorado courts. Hearings
over the children's custody have been
in progress in the Denver Juvenile
Court for the last three weeks.
He says in Mrs. Stokes's answer and
cross-complain filed in the divorce
suit in March, 1919. in the Supreme
Court of New York, she admitted her
residence as of New York, and that
since the birth of her children she has
claimed New York as her home Mrs
Stokes also filed petition in the New
York court for permanent custody OF
her children in March, previous tc
bringing action in Colorado. which
claims supersede her claims filed ir
Denver, according to the answer drawn
by Mr.. StOkes's attorney.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
WHY KOLCHAK Is FAVORED

WHETHER Kolchak would have to
w walk over the bodies of millions of
resisting Bolshevik Russians before he
could reach Petrograd it is impossible
for any one not on the ground to decide
But no one can entertain this view who
is not convinced that the people of CEN
tral Russia are ardently supporting the
government of Lenine and Trotsky and
would willingly lay down their lives to
preserve it.
What knowledge we have of the char
acter of the Russian peasant does not
justify any such view. The peasant
wants little of the land and he wants
some degree of security for his person
and his property. 1t is not likely that
he cares very much whether he gets
these things through Lenine and Trotsky
or through Kolchak and Denikine.
kolchak has issued a proclamation
recognizing the sovereignty of the people
and the necessity for calling a constit-
uent assembly representing them to de-
eide what kind of government thew
shall have and under what conditions the
land shall be apportioned. The Entente
Allies are seriously considering the
recognition of the Kolchak government
and the propriety of giving to it moral
and material support, so that it may
maintain itself in the interval that must
elapse until constituent assembly can
be elected They are said to be asking
some guarantees that the constituent
assembly will be called in the near future
The Bolshevik government in central
Russia came into power just as arrange
ments for calling such an assembly had
been made. 1t failed to carry out the
arrangements, for it was determined to
establish not representative govern
ment but government of the prole-
tariat. Whatever the other nations
might have done, the United States,
which went into the war to assist in
making the world safe for democracy
could not have recognized any such gov
ernment set up in the interests of a sim
gle social class.
No one need be surprised if the
Kolchak government is recognized, for.
in spite of the preceding monarchical
affiliation of the man, the prospects, for
the establishment of an orderly renre-
sentative state under him seem more
favorable than under even the most mod
crate of the Bolsheviki.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

country, yields only about one-fourth as
much as the United States. The demand
for oil and its products is increasing so
rapidly that the discovery of new sources
Of supply is of worldwide Importance.
The American yield was only 63,OOOooo
barrels in 1900. II has grown to about
350,000,0o0 barrels in eighteen years
and the number of automobiles and oil
burning engines is increasing every year
and creating new demand which 1t is
almost impossible to meet. The con-
stantly increasing price of kerosene and
gasoline is proof Of the nadequacy of
the supply.
Every automobile owner is vitally in
terested in the success of Lord Cowdray's
efforts to develop the British oil fields,
just as he is vitally interested in the paci-
tication of Mexico and of Russia so that
the oil in those countries may be put on
the market in larger quantities. Unless
the supply is largely increased the eleven
cent gasoline of 1914, for which motor
car owners are now paying twenty-seven
and twenty-eight cents, will be sold for
forty and fifty cents within few years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
Member of the Associated Press
HOUSES ON A CLUB PLAN

MO THEORETICAL objection can be
4 raised to the plan of John lhIder,
secretary of the Philadelphia Housing
Association, for the formation of CO.
operative stock companies for building
houses. He proposes that men who wish
ito own their own homes shall combine
and build a lot of houses in a single
operation, and that as soon as house is
finished it shall become the property of
the man for whom it is intended.
This plan would save to the purchaser
all the profit which the speculative
builder makes on each house that he
sells. The speculative builder, in order
to preserve his solvency, is compelled to
add to the selling price of every house,
in addition to his profit, such a sum as
will pay the interest on the investment
for the period between its completion
and its sale. Such period doubtless
averages at least six months. 1t is
Legitimate part of the cost of the house
to the builder and, of course, must be
borne by the purchaser.
The cooperative company under eff
cient and honest management would per-
haps turn over to its members for S3500
house for which the speculative builder
would charge at least $4,000. That is, in
theory. The way to prove whether it is
possible is to try it. The chances of sue
cess are great enough to justify making
the experiment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
Answers to Yesterday,s Quiz


/. Harry G. Hawker and Lieutenant
Grieve were rescued by the Danish
steamship Mary.
2. Louis XIV and Henry III Of France
were born at st. Germain- en- -Laye.
8. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was especially
noted for his table-talk.
A. 'Fcy" is a Scotch word used Of persons
fated to die or at the point Of death.
IL also means disordered in mind, with
overcon6dence, like person about
to die.
5. Thirty eight men were members of the
United States constitutional conven-,
ton. George Washington was its
president.
@. White is regarded as the color Indicative
Of truth.
z. The Rosicrucians composed society de-
voted TO occult lore and magic, said to
have been founded in 1884 by Chris
tian Rosenkreuz.
8. The azmuth is the are of the heavens
extending from the zenith to the hori-
zon, which it cuts at right angles.
0. The present calendar is called Gregorian
from Pope Gregory XIII, who, with
the aid of the astronomer Clavius, de-
vised it in the sixteenth century In
substitution for the Julian system of
computation.
10. A loud voice is called stentorian from
stentor, the mythical herald IN the
Trojan war with Greece. He YVES
noted for his powerful voice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
LOOK OUT FOR THE FARMERS"

IF CONGRESS, which is urged to repeal
the daylight-saving law because the
farmers" object to it, would make care
vfpl inquiry it might discover that the
farmers who are most voluble in its con-
demnation are large holders of securities
in companies which supply artificial light.
OF course, the farmer vote must be con-
sidered by every prudent politician, but
many a politician has got in bad with the
rest of us by trying to do too much for
the wrong kind of farmers"
An attempt is making to rush the
repeal of the daylight-saving law through
under a special rule. This would be
mistake. The men who are not farmers
and could not be called farmers by any
stretch of the imagination benefited by
the law last summer, and they are re-
joicing this year that they have an extra
hour of daylight every night after they
leave the shop or the factory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
1T Is TO LAUGH

THE policeman had caught the burglar
= with the loot on him and after a thor
ough beating had overpowered him.
Il won't consent to arrest the bur-
glar says to the officer seated across his
chest, unless you will agree to pay me
for the suffering l will endure for weeks
4 from the blows of your night stick and
you must consent to be tried on the
charge of assault. 1t is crime to attack
a man in the pursuit of his calling"
And did the policeman agree? No.
He just laughed.
~ Every discriminating citizen who read
the German demands for indemnity and
for the trial of the men who had defeated
her had some such incident as that
described above suggested to his imagi-
nation before he finished the dispatch
from Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND

r ORD COWDRAY must continue his
IL borings on the estates of the Duke of
!. .Deyonshire in Derbyshre and discover
something more than "signs which the
most sanguine optimist would look for"
before we can accept without reserve the
reports that petroleum has been found in
England. Oil is probably there. The
geological conditions indicate its pres
ence because they are similar to the geo.
logical conditions in other parts of the
world where oil has been found. Lord
Cowdray is an oil man of wide experience.
and he believes that he can tap the uu-
derground reservoirs. He is backing his
faith with his money.
Petroleum has been produced in Great
Britain for years, but not from wells.
There are large deposits of oil-bearing
shale in Scotland from which about half
million barrels of kerosene and about
the same amount of naphtha have been
extracted every year But the process is
expensive. 1t is within the range of pos
abilities that free-howing oil can he
found by sinking wells in the right
placcs. If this is done then we may ex-
pect the Englishmen to become actually
excited at the prospect of being able 70
supply their own needs from their own
.ceuntry.
AT present the world is dependent or
hc United States for two-thirds of its
S1ply Of petroleum. The best grades
t|ae from the oil fields Of rennsylyania
a. }hc aext most productive oi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
A VISION

As the TtDenty- eighth toent by, Philadelphia
Mdy IS, 1919.
ACROSS from the Bell 1 saw them march,
"A With their splendid swing through the
Triumph Arch;
Those men of iron, whose hearts were gold,
With a thousandth part of their fame not
told.
Row on row of the thick brown line
I thanked my God their land was mine
Their metal by Hun FIRE, freed from dross,
Their faces bore the sign OF the cross.
The caisson passed. scarce could see
q Christ those men had died for me
MY eyes turned dim, my face went pale
The Bell had changed to the Holy Grail.
NANNIE LAMBERTON WILBUR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

The New York Times has coined new
parsmagnafuing. It's good one,
particularly as the Times applies it, to
Ludendorff.
For the curious, we may add that it's
lift from Virgil. When old Aencas was
spinning his yarn about Troy to Lady Dido.
he remarked, Quorum pars magma full"
j, c., "of which events I was a great part"
Implying in his artless way that he was the
Main Guy. Henccforward, when any one
tells us he was the Big Cheese in any series
of events, we are going to say he's parsmag-
nafuing. We are not above swapping up
such good coinage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
THE CHAFF7NG DISH

future, we appeal to him to correct this dis
tressing habit, For instance:
The fortunes of mankind are now in the
hands ofNthe plain people. = Satisfy
them. and you have justified their conf
dence not only, but have established peace.
Paris, Jan. 25.
Men will be thrown back upon the bitter
ness Of disappointment not only, but the
bitterness of despair. Boston, Feb. rs.
Upon those principles the peace with
Germany has been conceived not only but
formulated. Paris, April 20.
A mutual pledge on the part of all the
self-governing nations OF the world that
they will be friends to each other not only,
but that they will take pains to secure
each others safety. Paris May &C.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

through the globe in course of single
| year.
Following the desperate and epic reso-
luton of May, 1918, came the thrill Of
positive victory in July, then the prodig-
ious chain of occurrences leading to the
titanic climax of November II. Reac-
tion was inevitable.
Dramatic episodes are lustrously in
spring. The grueling hard work and
the inevitably protracted negotiations of
the Peace Conference furnished an un-
satisfactory springboard for eager inr
aginatons.
Thought relative to strictly contem-
porary existence was dull. Thought
leaping, with awful warnings toward the
future, became exciting. Only in other
transition periods, akin upon a smaller
scale to this one, has it been so ener-
getically worked. The fewer the facts
available to start speculation the more
ardently was the ambitious horoscope
drawn
In this connection it is significant to
note how promptly the curtain was raised
on the tragedy, "Man," whenever the
budget of news became slim. When the
cables shrieked with the collapse of the
whole Paris convention some six weeks
ago the conferees were busly engaged in
saving reconstruction wood. They had
extremely little to say, for the treaty
was actually taking shape and all effort
was being concentrated on tangible prog
ress. The sole ripple in the doldrum
area was made by the presidential ship,
the George Washington. II was imme-
diately interpreted" how fooIishly all
the world is now aware.
At the present juncture the universal
theatre is being prepared for the tableau
of the German acquiescence in the second
treaty of Versailles. The preliminaries
are not dramatically stimulating. Such
necessities seldom are. And so with pat
ternlke rigidity a good many human
beings, notably in this country, where
the horrors of war have been felt less
than in any belligerent nation, are bask-
ing again in the delights of long distance
dismay.
1t is absurd. of course to expect the
formal installation of the millennium in
Paris. Persons who have tears ready
when that scene fails to materialize
might profitably begin course in intro
spection. The perfect regulation of a
world composed of fallible individuals is
paradox barely worth accomplishing.
But it may not be superhuous to recall
how familiar are the tactics of vague
lamentation now being manifested. Man
in this mood runs true to form.
Don't hn od of bo ok T.,
the best of times, when perils bravely
borne are but hazy memory, they
.habitually flourish like the bay tree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
WALT WHITMAN

Written seuen days before Whitnan's desth,
March, 1897
SOUL Of the century, going out to the un-
Without fear, nor wrapping cloak about Of
creeds so strange,
Fear not to push open the door of death, for
just outside
Are fields Of flowers and the summers breath
thou loved so well.
The green Of the grass, the wood of the trees,
the light thou loved,
The roar of the ocean, the hum of bees, thou
wilt not miss.
"The body left, the soul is then set Free"
the spirit grand
Is free, is free, in realms of liberty Of thought
and speech.
The head so tired and on the pillows tost
soon calmly sleeps;
Only one more trip the ferry across, life is
no more.
DAVID n. WRIGHT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
What Do You Kno,u?
Quiz

1. Where does the Tagus river flow?
.. Who was 1.-THE Great Unknown?
8. How long was the reign of Charlie
magne?
4. What is the color, roam? -.
5. What southern state seeded first?
6. Who was the artist "Phiz"?
z. What peace showed theha of Talley-
rand?
8. Explain what charcoal Is.
0. Name the beginner in aviation.
10. Who is the head of the smallest nations
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
Not Only

Mr.. Wilson's recent address to Congress
shows that the paragraphers have succeeded
in making some dent upon the May not"
habit. Reverent admirer of Mr.. Wilson as
we are, there is another habit of his which
always causes us little dlsmay. May we
not be first to point it out? is his custom
Of singing in a mot only" at the. end of
clause. Inasmuch as many of his' speeches
will be memorised by the schoolbcys Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
DAVID n. WRIGHT.

Far be it from me, says Mrs. Mixing,
to drag matrimony into politics; albeit it
must be admitted that Petrograd has been
tied to trouble since she changed her name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

The welcomes given to Hawker and
Grieve in London and Read in Lisbon prove
that the world loves a good sport entirely
apart from success.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

The American Press
Then Somebody Humorists will be enc
VIII Roast 1t cial guests of the
United States ship
ping board during the week of their conven-
ton in this city. Out of Difference to tho
visitors, the ship launched ought to be known
as 1.-The Chestnut -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

One more reason for
Last Chance for attending the big event
Launching at Hog Island fomors
row is the fact that it
will probably be the last time the big shin.
yards will be open to the general public
Pin on your Victory button and get in at
the dOin's!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

Lett Chinese Finnish Reds are stirring
up trouble in Petrograd. Lett Chinese
Finnish Reds Would that they could
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

Demosthenes McGinnis says that he
hates to admit it, but even the most abste-
mious aviator is liable to take a drop too
much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

What Germany asks for is vote on the
Jury that is trying her on a criminal charge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

Congressman Mott is
Wants EN- EN- seeking to have the
balmed in History press bureaus main
tanned by federal de-
partments during the war investigated He
evidently docs not believe in letting the dead
past bury its dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

One gets the idea that Germany should
postpone pleas for communication until after
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29
Early History of the CootIe

At Hardenberg, in Sweden. it (the
cootie) held a position of some inn
portance. When Burgomaster had to be
chosen. the eligible candidates sat with
their boards upon the table, in the center
of which was placed louise; and the one
in whose beard he took cover was the
Magistrate for the ensuing year After
the ceremony, the company supped upon
ducks, and sang like larks.-Doctor Doran's
liable Traits" 1855.
Germany is very keen to draw distinc-
tion between a peace of justice and ''peace
of violence She doesn't seem to realize
that in her case they might be one and the
same.
We knew perfectly we'll that Friday the
18th of June was going to be a grievous
day, and now on studying our calendar we
are sure of it. The second installment of
our income tax falls due on that date.
New York is jealous of Brooklyn on ac-
count of Walt Whitman, and PHILADELPHIA
is Jealous of Camden for the same reason.
And Manhattan has recently been trying to
prove that neither Whitman nor Poe did
their best work in these parts. But there is
one centennial at least that the Big Town
can't take away from US. 1t falls next
month, that of Thomas Dunn English. Eng
lSh WASH very sreat snahes as poet, but
at any rate he wrote "Ben Bolt" We have
heard tell that that poem ragged through the
public of its time very much as the picture
''Septembcr Morn" did few years ago.
A horrid thought strikes us even as we
write. Perhaps "Ben Bolt" was written
during Doctor English's period of journalism
in New York, in which case that rapacious
city would claim the poem as its own. But
II has always seemed to US that the scenes
described in the poem are distinctly Phila
delpbinn. The button-ball tree, for in
stance, is much commoner here than in New
York. Perhaps some of our learned clients
can tell MS where the scenes described in the
famous ditty are supposed 10 be. Where.
for example, was "Appleton's mill"? Was
Il one Of the old mills along the Wissa-
bickon2 SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

Germany is very keen to draw a distinc-
tion between peace of justice and ''peace
of violence" She doesn't seem to realize
that in her case they might be one and the
same, d..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

We knew perfectly well that Friday the
18th of June was going to be a grievous
day, and now on studying our calendar we
are sure of it. The second installment Of
our income tax falls due on that date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

That is humanity's way and it is best
understood by recognizing the psychic
waves in relation to the events which
impel them. Strictly in accord with an
sncient conventional outline have been
the tides Of emotion that have surged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29

The Friedensturm that Hindenburg count
od SO much on was a mere zephyr compared
to the lamentations Of jeremiah Brockdorff
Rantzau.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-23
OVER ONE MILLION
National Life insurance Company
Has Gratifying Years Business

Montpelier, Jan. 22.-The annual
meeting OF the National Life lnsur.
ance Company was held at the office
of the company in Montpelier on Tues.
day. Gratifying alike TO officers and
policyholders are the statements made
OF the past years business, showing
that while great waves OF war and
pestilence have dashed against the
good ship Insurance. no tremor OF dis.
comfort has come to the families OF
, its policyholder passengers who EN-.
barked upon the National Line"
Three hundred twelve deaths from in.
iiuenaa,. calling for payments of $780,
1891; eighty-four deaths from war,
calling for $l96,9l9.22 and over 500
deaths from other causes. calling for
an additional Sl.9S9,223.27 increased
the mortality experience of the Ma.
tional Life Insurance Co. of Montpel.
Ter Vermont. To s405 per cent OF the
expected, but even these unusual
losses did not prevent that good Yer
mont Company from maintaining its
usual prompt service to policyho'ders
paying back during the year. 5000,
b4ll} additional policy benefits. set.
ting aside for dividends to he paid
policy-holders in 1919. s2,072. 6S2 30,
and increasing its general surplus by
S1142lS06.
The companys statement. just pub.
lished, shows gain in outstanding
insurance of S9,S3O.51O, and an in.
crease in assets of 3.17S3S. not.
outstanding the fact that its assets,
including SS.lO3,5OO of United States
Liberty Bonds. are listed upon the
Actual Market Value of December
81. 1918.
The company wrote over one mil.
lion dollars OF New Insurance (paid
for basis) in Vermont during 1918.
and Vermonters everywhere should
feel just pride in the progress of an
institution seeking to distribute It's
benefits into every home where the
bread winner can make provision
against the day when he can no long.
err guide the destnies of his family.