davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
A AUMoRlsT FOR CONGRESS?

NTHY should f. J. Cattell. who wastes
w much of his talent in the Office of
city statistician, laugh so loudly at the
suggestion that he run for Congress?
Mr.. Cattell might not take great wisdom
to the House. But he is humorist, and
if ever humorist was needed in Con-
gress one is needed now.
Here, for example, is the strange group
that repealed the daylight saving bill
stirring for new activities. These mem
bers, with a pious finger still on the
pulse of the agricultural voter, gravely
propose laws to restrict the passage of
city newspapers through the mails. Their
concern is for the country publisher who
dislikes competition.
When Congress finally resolves to limit
train service in order to encourage coun-
try trolley lines, when it prohibits coal
shipments to keep the price of firewood
up and forbids the mailing of books in
order to encourage budding genius on
the farm and puts ban on pianos with
view to revival of the art of per-
forming on the jew's-harp of the him
terland, we shall need a humorist in
Congress to make the Washington spec
tacle even tolerable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
FIGHTING JERSEYS GOVERNOR

ELECTION contests are not popular in
~ America unless there is in the back
ground pretty definite evidences Of de-
liberate fraud. The dry leaders in New
Jersey who propose formally to ques-
tion the election Of Mr.. Edwards to the
governorship claim merely that sum in
excess of the $4,000 permitted by law
was spent in his behalf. Doubtless they
are thinking of the publicity campaign
conducted by vets favorable to Mr..
Edwards.
1t is questionable whether the Anti
Saloon League has even the beginnings
of case, since it is difficult under the
law to estimate or limit the sums which
the friends of candidate may spend in
election preliminaries. The drys appar-
emily intend merely to identify Mr..
Edwards definitely with liquor. But,
since Edwards made no secret of his an
tagonism to absolute prohibition, the
drys will make mistake if they ask
the people of New Jersey to spend good
money to prove what everybody already
knows
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

Germs not the capitalist alone. 1t comes
right home to the plain people. Lack OF
it will directly threaten their savings.
Congress will adjourn over the Christ
mas holidays so that there remain only
ten days for action. Senator LaFollette
has been occupying several days Of the
time of the Senate with a speech airing
his views on the importance of chastis-
ing the men who own the railroads.
There is no knowing how much more
time will be taken up with similar talk.
The prospect of the passage of any
satisfactory and workable railroad law
before January is SO slight that every
one familiar with the conditions is hop
ing that the President will await action
by Congress, even though he sees fit to
make none but generalized recommended
tions for a solution. The administration
cannot shunt the burden with a shrug Of
the shoulder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
AN ORDINANCE OF CONFUSION

THE enforcement Of the daylight
saving ordinance of Councils will
bring about complications which were
not foreseen when it was signed by the
Mayor
The ordinance changes the legal time
for this city for the period of several
months beginning in March. But the
legal time for the whole state is fixed
by statute, which went into force in
April, 1887 That statute declares that
the mean solar time of the seventy-ffth
meridian Of longitude west of Green
wch, commonly called eastern time.
shall be the sole and uniform legal
standard of time throughout this COM
monwealth.' This is why, in the extreme
western part of the state, where the
railroads are run on central time, the
municipal time remains an hour earlier,
or eastern time. All legal business is
done on the time of the statute.
There is saving clause in the law
which permits business to be done on a
different time standard, provided there
is specific agreement to that effect. The
municipal ordinance cannot repeal the
seHerai law. IL can put the CLOCKS ahead
an hour, but all court transactions and
all business deals and all municipal af-
fairs must be conducted according to the
legal standard unless the parties to each
transaction agree on different stand
ard.
All sorts of complications are likely
to arise unless the ordinance is re-
pealed, for it is inconceivabe that every
business man would have forethought
enough to put in his agreements pro-
vision that they were to be enforced in
accordance with municipal rather than
with state time. There was no such con-
fusion with the national daylight-saving
law, for an act of Congress supersedes
an act of the commonwealth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

America. Europe has had time TO con-
slider the case and weigh the perils and
promises of her position.
In any event the President can no
longer afford to make himself and his
party responsible fer a stagnation pol
icy unless he is desirous Of going on
record as hostile TO the very pact of
which he was so ardent champion The
time for personal pique, political bluff
ing and an obstinate blinking Of facts
is past. The latest statement from the
White House is the wrong approach to
the theme.
Whether reservations to the treaty
are actually needful or not. the nation. as
whole. would like to see them made
and would like to see the document
adopted. 1t has no longing for resolu-
tionS that are deliberately offensive and
there is no reason why any such ilI-tem-
pcrcd challenges should be forthcoming.
What is needed is prompt revival of
action on the treaty and the formation
Of some compromise plan on which con-
cord can he reached
Tho average citizen. unblnded by par
tsanship, is assurcdly more eager for
the present situation to be ended than
he is to see points scored by either Dem
ocrats or Republicans.
In a matter of such imposing char
actcr, glcc or dismay as to the final VIC
tory or defeat of Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Lodge.
Mr.. McCumber or Mr.. Hitchcock is of
trifing significance. Tho only individuals
who will be depressed or exalted by the
manner in which the treaty is passed
will be the politicians. They have already
ovcrplayed their hands and the nation is
weary Of the sorry game.
Europe is becoming conciliatory and
is thinking constructively. The oblga-
ton on our statesmen is similar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
STRUGGLING OFF THE RAILROADS

IF THE President, despite the inaction
Il of Congress, carries cut his announced
purpose to turn the railroads back to
their owners on January without proper
financial provision and protection, he is
likely to precipitate condition Of con-
fusion and panic which by its disastrous
magnitude will dwarf the industrial dis
turbances Of the last few months, great
as they were.
Without some guarantee of rates high
enough to meet the increased wages paid
by the government, there is hardly a
railroad company in the country that
could escape bankruptcy. Their ability
TO pay dividends would be destroyed
and many of them could not even pay
the interest on their bonds. This would
mean disaster to savings banks and in
'surance companies, for these institutions
which serve the men and women of mod
crate means have invested largely in
railroad bonds.
The protection Of the railroads con
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

GOVERNOR SPROUL and the Della
~ ware bridge commissions, hopefully
and sincerely as they talk, have yet one
certain obstacle to overcome before they
can get their work fairly under way.
No one ever attempted anything worth
while in Philadelphia without colliding
sooner or later with a taxpayer armed
with an injunction.
Trolleys, telephones, the Parkway,
public improvements of all sorts have
been achieved against the will of injunc-
ton -getters. 1t is too much to suppose
that the Camden bridge project will get
by unchalenged.
But it will get by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
CHRISTMAS WILL BE MERRIER

THE removal of restrictions on the use
of light and heat follows the settle
ment of the coal strike without delay.
Business may now resume its normal
course and every business man may get
as much coal as ne can induce any one to
sell to him. Or he may use the supply
he has on hand, confident that within
two or three weeks it will be possible
for him to renew it according to his
needs.
Now it is possible for us all to enter
the season of Christmas holidays in a
cheerful mood and at night to go about
the streets festive with the usual
display of lights making attractive the
show windows of the shops, gay with
gifts awaiting transfer from the mer-
chants to the recipients.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
Answers to saturday,s ouIz


/. Giuseppe Motta is the newly elected
president of Switzerland.
.. st. Paul is the capital of Minnesota.
3. Cleopatra is said TO have been about
f. forty eight at the time of her liaison
with Marc Antony.
4. James A. Garfield was President OF
the United StatHs for a little more
than six months. He was inaugu
rated ON March A, 1884, and died on
September 10, 1881.
o. The Hellenists were those who used the
Greek language, but were not Greeks
The word also describes Greek
scholars.
6. A nenuphar Is water lily.
Z. Vaudeville is corruption of 'VaI a
Vire," or in old French "Vau d.
Vire," the native valley of Oliver
Basselin, a Norman poet, founder
of certain class of convivial songs
which he called after his own val
ley. These songs were the basis OF
type of entertainment which de-
veloped into the modern vaudeville.
s. Cockburn is pronounced in England
as though it were spelled Go burn"
o. The word plaza, If Anglicized, should
be pronounced as II is spelled. 1t was
originally Spanish, and in that Ian
guage 1t is sounded as though it were
spelled ''platha.' ''Platsa" is alb
solutey incorrect, for it involves the
Italian sound of 81" The Italian
form of the word is ''piazza."
10. Three commanders on the British side
in the American Revolution wers
Howe, Clinton and 0Ornwelliv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
What Do You KnOtU?
QUIZ

1. Name two Of the most destructive earth
quakes of the last half century.
2. What tropic line is crossed in passing
from Key West to Havana?
3. How many states have ratified the
woman suffrage amendment?
4. Who was Hyperion in classical mythol-
ogy?
s. When was the present calendar adoptedt
6. Who was Fra Diavolo?
Z. What is Satsuma ware?
8. What is the meaning of the word Sat
urday?
., Name two long narrative, poems by
Shakespeare. ="
10. What is an endemic disease?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

1t is right that the operators and miners
should settle their differences for themselves
To paraphrase Gilbert:
The problem all sublime they'll solve, we'll
bet dime
And make the recompense fit the time, the
recompense fit the time
And worth with wisdom blent achieve with
shrewd intent
source of innocent merriment of inno
cent merrment-
The innocent merriment, of course. being
caused by the increased prices the public
will have to pay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

A Red Cross seal can
Natural History Note be trained to do stunts
tn at are perfectly
wonderful such as cleaning streets, build
ing sanitary houses, inventing scientific ap-
planes, discovering scientific facts caring
for the sick, feeding the hungry and a thou
sand and one other things designed to benefit
humanity. Every man. woman and child
should at once become the possessor of
flock or a drove or a sEoal or a school or n
herd or u stack or Il bundle of tame seals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

Not the least amazing
More Generals Needed of the sardonic para
doxes marking the
wars aftermath is the existence in England
particularly, and in lesser degree else
where, of an acute unemployment problem
at time when the world faces famine be-
cause of lack of production. What is needed
more than anything else just now is few
great generals in the economic field to saw
to approaching Want, Thou shalt not
pass ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

formerly been when IN love with my wife"
Now isn't that nearer the mark than about
700 pages of "Sinister Street or eighteen
volumes of Arnold Benefits pottery works?
More anon. have just had a couple of
egg sandwiches and a pint of ''cauffee"
sent in, which is my lunch.
WILLIAM McFEE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
IRRESPONSIBLE MESSING
WITH THE CONSTITUTION
Governor Sprouts Commission De-.
nounccd as an Invasion OF the
Rights Of the People Of
Pennsylvania
EoLLoWIvG is letter corh the scrion,

EOLLOWING is a letter iCorth the serious
consideration Of Governor Sproul, At
torncD General Schufcr aud the ticentp- fire
ladies and gentlemen comprising the com
mission on rerision OF the state constitution
holding sessions from lime to time al Harris
burg. II cds submitted by Robert Brdnnan,
wcN knotcn member of the philadelphia
bar, a former assistant city solicitor aud
prominent journalist Of this city. II raises
a number Of ertrcmcly pertinent question,
and Sh0Wd challenge attention aud dnspcr
By the attorney general.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

An aching tooth awakened local man
in time to save him from burning house
If this had been an economic case instead of
a personal one party would be at once
started with platform urging that stems
be taken at once to make all teeth ache.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

One of the things we would like to see in
the New Years parade would be line up
of all the gracious damosels who have beer.
lensed in the back page Beauty Corner, per
sonally led by the genial editor of that fea
ture, our own Harry l.. Whitman, past
grand archon of pulchritude pickers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

Five Christmas poems have already reached
us containing the rhyme "holy-jolly."
That was already an old rhyme when
Shakespeare hung up his stocking; and our
conviction is that John G. Whittier eI-
tracted the last possible nourishment out of
it. Into the basket!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

The poet who put the pig in the parlor
had vision He was looking ahead to the
Parlor BOlshevist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
The national check,
\ Thrilling Game

the vets and the drys
has its thrills. There have been many
shrewd moves, one or two huffs and an oc-
casonal man in the king row. But the one
big moment in the game is now at hand,
The time for shilly -shallying in the draw
corners is past. The vets last move took
the, case into court The Eext move must
either sweep the dry board or the sideboard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
MEDITATlONS IN PORT
BY William McFee

Especial Correspondent o5 The ChdWng DlsN1
S. s. Turrialba,
New York, Dec. 10, 1919.
r USED to be the only man in England who
L did not privately entertain the conviction
he could write a play / never did think so,
which is why have never written one.
STAY, I did an operetta called Prince Chto-
rophyU, in which the Green Spirit of Spring
is identified with the figure of Romance IN
,the blood and personifed as beautiful
young prince However, none of the pub
fishers or musicians had ever heard of chic
rophyll, SO it got lost. friend in England
who had it says (when he is in town, n'on,
it must be in my desk in the country.
When / get him in the country he says
"Wel, I suppose it's in my desk at the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is crCl"-
sirelp entitled to the use for republication
OF all netcs dispatches credited To Il or not
other,cise credited Li this paper, and also
the local nc1cs published therein
an rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein arc also reSerred.
Philadelphs, Monday, December Is, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

1t was supposed that Santa Claus had
given US peace as a Christmas present
year ago. But the statesmen haven't got
all the red tape off the package even yet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

Here and there are indications that rest
and unrest have become synonyms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
Desk Notices

The human mind is capable of being
excited without the application Of gross
and violent stimuants.
WORDSWORTH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

A little peevishness must be excused this
week. We ere trying to write our annual
Christmas sermon about good will and kind
liness. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
No Power to
Prevent Trouble

in the earth's crust sufficient energy NAV be
tapped to furnish all the motive power of
the world. With generating power plants
operated by natural steam, coal strikes will
have no terrors-but, of course, that doesn' t
say that the engineers may not go on strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
NOW FOR INJUNcTloNS!

philadelph.. Monday. December Is, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

DY THE way, I came across strange
ID thing in Pepys' Diary the other day. He
goes to a play and is impressed chiefly by
the sweetness of the wind music "whcn the
angel comes down." and he uses these re-
markabe words:
$50 sweet It did raYish me- and indeed
in a word did wrap up my soul SO that
It made me really sick, Just as have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15

Sir Charles Parsons,
English engineer, says
that by boring a hole
uavaroI ,,,s1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-24
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Office of Clerk, Carter County, Okla.
homa, September 18th, 1919.
Bids will be received for the construc.
tion Of the following hardsurface roads:
One mile between Sections 10 and 20
and % and so, Township 2 South,
Range West. One-half mile between
Section 81 and %, Township 4 South,
Range East. Four miles, located on
Section "B" Miles 7-S-9-10, State High
way. One mile, located on Section "A"
Mile /, State Highway, Carter County,
Oklahoma. All of the above roads are
to be hard surfaced with gravel.
There will be regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners Of Car
ter County Oklahoma, on the Sth day of
October, 1919, for the purpose of letting
contract for the construction of the
above mentioned roads.
Plans and specifications of said roads
are now on file in this office. Sealed
bids will be received until 12 O'Clock
a. m, October Sth, 1919. All bids must
be accompanied by certified check OF
other security in the amount of 10 per
cent of the bid which shall be forfeited
to the county on failure to execute bond
as hereinafter provided. The party to
whom said contract is awarded shall eX
ecute to the county bond in the sum
of the amount of the contract to be
come void upon performance of the con
ditions set forth in said contract. Twen
ty per cent of the contract price shall
be retained by the county until the con
tract is completed and the work accept
ed. The Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any and all bids.
(SeaD
CLARENCE HARRIS,
County Clerk
JOE 7. TAYLOR,
Chairman Board County Commissioners
GEO. l.. EVANS,
II G. w. YOUNG,
D5.l0 County Commissioners
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-24
ORDER FOR HEARING RETURN OF
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

J In the County Court within and for
Carter County, State of Oklahoma.
In the matter of the Guardianship
of Roy Jackson Mauldin, a minor, j. J..
Mundell, Guardian. No. 907.
Now on this 18th day Of September,
1919, J. J. Mundell as guardian Of the
estate of Roy Jackson Mauldin, mi
] or having made and filed herein a
return of the proceedings had under
order of sale of real estate in said
estate made and entered herein on the
18th day of August, 1919, the hearing on
said return being asked for in said re-
turn Of sale of real estate;
1t is, therefore, ordered that said re-
turn of sale of said real estate be and
is hereby set for hearing on the Goth
day of September, 1919, at the hour of
l o'clock p. m. and that notices of the
time and place of said hearing be given
by posting notices in three public
places in Carter County, Oklahoma, one
of which places shall be at the front
door of the County Court house of Car
ter County, oklahoma, in the City of
Ardmore, and by publication in two
issues of the Daily Ardmoreite, said pub
lication to be seven days apart, said
paper being published at Ardmore in
Carter County. Oklahoma.
Reference to the return of sale Of
real estate is hereby made for further
particulars.
NJ T.. WINFREY,
County Judge.
Published in Daily Ardmoreite
September 1923, 1919.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-24
NOTICE or SALE OF
OIL AND GAS LEASE

y State of Oklahoma, County of Car
ter In the County Court. Probate
go st.
Notice is hereby given in pursuance
of an order of the County Court OF
Carter county, State of Oklahoma,
made and entered on the 22nd day of
September, 1919, the undersigned guar
dian will offer for sale and sell at
public auction to the highest and best
bidder an oil and gas mining lease on
the SOth day of September, 1919, at
10 o'clock a. M. the following describ-
ed lands situated in Carter county,
state of Oklahoma, to-wit:
Pandy Franklin; the Southwest quar-
ter Of the northeast quarter, section
9 township south, range 1 west
containing 40 acres. Adella Franklin;
the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section 9, township 3
south, range / west, containing 40
acres.
Said oil and gas lease will be sold on
the following terms and conditions,
to-wit: Cash upon confirmation OF
sale and delivery of lease.
Said sale to be held in the County
Court Room of Carter county, Okla
homa. at the time above stated
Dated this 22nd day Of September,
1919.
RUSSELL FRANKLIN,
o9.2 Guardian.
$
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of ]. c. Cox, Ringing, Okla, un-
til II o'clock noon, on the 9Th day of
October, 1919, for the furnishing Of la
bors and materials for the erection and
competition of u s.story and part
basement 1-room brick school house to
be built in the City of Ringing, Okla
homa for the Board of Education of
School District Number IA, jefferson
County, Oklahoma. Each bid shall be ac-
companied with a certified check Of 81 900
made payable to the Treasurer of School
Funds of above named District, and to
be forfeited as liquidated damages
should the successful bidder fail to
sign satisfactory contract and make
satisfactory bonds for the above named
work as provided in specifications for
said work. The said Board of Education
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
a set of said plans and specifications
are on file with the secretary Of said
board and contractors may secure Il
copy of plans and specifications by APP
plying to j. Il. White, architect, Ard
more, Oklahoma.
First published on the 22nd day of
September, 1919.
j. C. COX. Director.
A. McCRORY, Secretary.
Board of Education School District No.
IA, jefferson County, Oklahoma.
22,5.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-24

Wanted clean cotton rags at Ard
.moreite. l4.o