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AND THEN 1T MAY TAKE A REST

uERE are some of the "self-evident
IL propositions" the industrial con
gress called by President Wilson will
have to wreStle with:
First As the world lacks many things
the world must produce them. This can
not be done by shortening hours of labor
or by stopping labor altogether through
strikes.
Second. Wages cannot be increased
and prices reduced at one and the same
time.
Third As strikes are won while prices
are rising and strikes are lost while
prices are falling labor will want to see
it proved that any self-denial on its part
is not for the benefit of the profteer.
Fourth. Amy increase in the purchas-
ing power of dollar means that people
and nations with debts to pay must pay
proportionately more than they received.
Fifth. 1t is the province of the indus
trial congress to reconcile these appar-
entity irreconcilable facts-and more
power to its elbow!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Congress on June 4. Favorable action in
Minnesota and New Hampshire and in
Utah, where the Legislature meets
September 20, will raise the number to
seventeen.
The women cannot vote for presi-
dental candidates next year until nine
teen more states act. Regular sessions
Of the Legislature will be held in three
Of them next winter, but in the others
with biennial sessions the Legislatures
will not convene until the winter of 1921.
The women are doing their utmost to
induce the governors of sixteen states to
call special sessions of the Legislature
so that the next President may be chosen
by the vote of men and women in all the
states. Their powers of persuasion are
great
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
A City Notebook

Strolling downtown to a well known home
of fish dinners. it is appetizing to pass along
the curve of Dock street in the coolness of
the evening. The clean, lively odors of
vegetables and fruit are strong on the air.
Under the broad awnings of the commits
sion merchants and produce dealers the
stock is piled up in neat and engaging niles
ready to be carted away at dawn. Under
the glow of pale ares and gas lamps .he
colors of the scene are vivid. Great has
kets of eggplant shine like huge grapes, a
polished port wine color; green and scarlet
peppers catch points of light; fiat pinkish
color CLEANS on carrots. Each species
seems to have an ordered pattern of it's own.
Potatoes are ranged in a pyramid: water
melons in long rows; white and yellow
onions are heaped in sacks. The sweet
musk of cantaloupes is the scent that over
breathes all others. Then, down nearer 70
the waterfront, comes the strong, damn.
fishy Whit of oysters. To stroll among these
cleaning piles of victuals, to watch the
various colors where the lamps pour a male
silver and yellow on cairns and pyramids of
vegetables, is to gather a lusty appetite and
attack the first oyster stew of the season
with stout heart.
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UNTIL DEATH?

TT is over a week since William
Tanner said "Ill stay with you,
Mary" and closed his eyes and accepted
death in a peculiarly terrible form rather
than leave his wife to meet it alone on
a railroad crossing near Chicago. Yet
millions of people are still praising or
blaming the man, wondering about the
fate of his children, debating the wisdom
and even the morality of his act, trying
to decide by argument and long delibera
tion what Tanner himself, had to decide
in the flash of an appalling instant.
The tragedy of the Tanners touched
the imagination of multitudes because it
involved a pitiful and magnificent ges
ture Of fidelity to what was, perhaps, the
first promise ever made by man to
woman. To debate the matter in the
light of practical things is to miss the
significance of all heroism. No great act
Of service or sacrifice was ever based
upon calm calculation. Men who do the
wild or desperate or glorious things do
not stop to count the costs. They react
according to the depth of their pity, the
degree of their tenderness, and let those
who survive do the counting for them.
Many women believe that Tanner did
wrong, because he left orphaned chill
dren. Men are disposed to believe that
he did right. In the end a sacrifice such
as his was probably more than worth
while. 1t must at least have inspired in
countless people a new, if transient, re-
gard for the one promise that is oftenest
made and oftenest forgotten in these
davS Of over,uorked divorce corrtS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

CENATOR WARES astral body inhab-
~ its the old Ware homestead in South
Philadelphia. The rest of the senator,
all that is mortal of him, has a fairer
sanctuary in the palace at Amber.
If there can be such a thing as an
astral voter or a spiritual residence, then
Senator Ware has moral right to cast
a ballot at the coming election. Other
wise, no matter how the decision of the
registration commissioners may go, he
hasn't.
Yesterdays hearing showed that there
is neither electric light nor gas in the
South Broad street house. A man who
has become accustomed to the comforts
of a country estate is not likely to spend
much time in a darkened and unfurnished
house But ones astral self needs neither
food nor warmth. 1t can find its way to
bed in the dark
BY his own testimony Mr.. Ware proved
that he has no actual residence here and
that the seat of Phiadelphia's govern
n1ent has been moved to Montgomery
county
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

]. Helsingfors is the capital of Finland
2.JThe ceremony of signing the Austrian
treaty took place at Saint Germain-
en-Laye.
3. General Pershing was abroad two years
and about one hundred days.
A. Democritus of Abdera was called the
|"Laughing Philosopher" His dates
are 460.to 357 B. c.
B. Prophylactic means tending to prevent
disease.
q Thomas w. Lamont was a financial
adviser to the American mission at
the Peace Conference.
7. Kentucky was known as the Ozark and
Bloody Ground"
s. Wrath; persons double or apparation
seen shortly before or after his death.
9. The character of Falstatf sppesrs in
three Shakespearean plays, 'The
Merry Wives of Windsor,' "Henry
w." part I and "Henry ", part
H." His death is described in
Henry "" but the fat knight is not
presented on the stage in that play.
10. The daylight saving law expires at 2
o'clock in the morning on the last
Sunday in October, 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
END OF THE LABOR BUGABOo

THE attempt to line up organized labor
= in opposition to Congressman Moore
has collapsed.
The Central Labor Union has decided
to take no part in the mayoralty cam
paign, and will indorse the candidacy Of
neither Patterson nor Moore. This is
prudent. There is no surer way to wreck
a labor organization than to inject it into
a political controversy.
Samuel Gompers is prevented by the
death of his father from coming here to
make the much-heralded speech in oppo-
sition to Moore. but no one knowing Mr..
Gompers's record took the report Sc
riously from the first. The promise was
exacted under misapprehension of the
issues at stake.
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THE CHAFFLNG. DISH

napers we have gathered that General Per-
shings features are undergoing nearly as
much wear and tear as those of Miss Bara
in a seven reel hurricane. Yesterdays New
York journalists described them thus:
Grim-11S6 times.
Smiling-135 times.
Tender-SS times
Embarrassed--105 times.
Deeply moved-753 times.
Boyish grin--5S times.
Stern-600 times.
Set-S00 times
War wOrn-90 times.
BrOnzed-3J00 times.
Soldierly-4700 times
Our own decision is to 60 To the movies
and see for Ourself.
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GRACE FOR THE UNREGISTERED

INABILITY to register on the three ap-
\ pointed days need not bar Philadel-
phians from voting in the primaries or
the November election. By the new
amendment to the registration law two
days of grace are provided. The board
Of registration commissioners will sit in
the City Hall today and tomorrow from
8 a. m. until noon and from p. m. to
p. IN. This is positively the last chance
to qualify.
That the Ware forces are distressed by
the large registration is evident by their
unconyineing efforts to analyze it. The
returned soldier vote does not explain
tho increase. The truth is thst ns pwn
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is waking up and a new sense of civic
responsibility is felt. Citizens who for
various reasons were unable to express
their aroused sentiment before can
render their actions consistent with their
emotions by visiting the City Hall today
and tomorrow
II is superhuous to dwell much more
on the significance of full registration.
If there are any persons now who don't
know what it means they are hopelessly
Indifferent to the city's welfare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
What Do You Kno.U?
QUIZ

/. Who is the present head of the Hun
garian Government?
>. What is the meaning of "In hoe signo
vinces'?
g. What is pandanus?
4. Who established the first English colony
in North America?
.. What is the origin Of the current slang
expression Lets CO.?
G. OF what country was Paul Jones a ma
tive?
:. Who introduced the potato into ireland?
8. What is a nylghau?
8. What is the printing of the tides?
10. How long before presidential elections
are the national conventions usually
held?
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CAN THE WOMEN DO 1T?

SUFFRAGISTS have their eyes on Min
Onesota and New Hampshire this week,
for the Legislatures of these states are
meeting in special session. An attempt
will be made to induce them to ratify the
suffrage amendment to the constitution,
and it is confidently expected that the
effort will succeed.
Fourteen states have already ratified
the amendment sinee it was passed by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
Roughinq Il

Pocket hashight-portable stove-sleep-
ing sack-mariner' compass with radcliffe
dial--thermos fiask-rubber blankets
What is it, anyway? A sporting goods
catalogue?
Oh, no; only list of Senator Vare's little
camp kit for a wild night in the old fash
ioned home at 2009 South Broad. We
think it is really very ingenious of the
senator to keep his permanent home" in
such a wild. abandoned state. He gets all
the fun and hardship of camping trip in
the great woods without having to go to the
Adirondacks for it.
We looked in vain, in the inventory of
1000 South Broad, for the one thing that
really makes home. A rubber plant.
SOCRATES.
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eunYan on the Il. C. l.

He asked me II had a family?- And
told him. But. said l, am so loaden with
the burden that is on my back that I can
not take pleasure in them as formerly
The Pilgrims Progress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Philadelphia will be glad to welcome
General Pershing, Cardinal Mercier and the
Prince of Wales. And we are willing to
admit that we shall have something worth
while to show them when they show them
selves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

rTNHE boys are commenting upon Judge
l. Patterson suggestion that he will know
no boss but William Penn" 1t was a safe
proposition. particularly as William Penn
has been dead for long time: but when
the Judge suggested that he would live up
to the practices of William Penn. there were
some delivers into the early history of Phila-
delphia who wondered whether the judge
was as well posted on William Penn 3 finan-
cial transactions as he is on the characters
of Dickens. Penn laid out the'city all right
but he did not provide streets sufficiently
wide to accommodate the traffic of 1920.
This may not have been Penn's fault, for
he laid out a big city even az it was; but
what the boys want to know is whether in
view of the present high rentals in certain
parts of Philadelphia the judge has sized
up William Penn as c landlord Congress
man Tom Butler. of the Chester Delaware
district. who is an expert on Penn lore, says
the eminent Quaker doed out town lots at
n good price and that he was pretty
stiff sort of landlord And yet We love the
memory of the man whose statue stands at
the top of the City Hall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

MARRIOTT G. MORRIS. whose family
lN1 dates back to the Revolution and be-
fore. has lust COMPLETED an inspection of the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal and the
waters of Chesapeake bay. Mr.. Morris is
a Germantowner. who deyotes a good deal
of time to the work Of the Atlantic Deeper
WATERWAYS Association, upon whose con-
yentions he has been a faithful attendant for
wears. Free tolls through the Chesaneako
and Delaware canal recently accomplished
by the government purchase WILL in the
Judgment of NJ. Morris. largely stimulate
the north and south traffic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

A man has to be level headed to he
able to keep on the pedestal on which pop
ular favor has placed him. BLACK Jack
Pershng seems to he holding his own pretty
well so far
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

There may be good reasons for the
Kenyon and Kendrck bills. but the packers
"dinna ken them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

ON. we'll, said Kolchak to the Bol
shevists as they merriy played seesaw. wv,
all have our ups and downs"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Albert Of Belgium will be welcome for
himself as well as for the brave little
country of which he is the head
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
CONGRESSMAN MooRE'S
LETTER
Comment on Patterson's Remarks
About Penn-oossip Concerning
Ex.Judae BETTER, Mayer swaab
and Others
TNHE Philadelphia mayoralty campaign is

TNHE Philadelphia mayoralty campaign is
l. bringing out good deal of comment con
cerning the use of automobiles by city. OH
cials Opponents of the Smith administra-
ton say the automobiles in the city serv-
ice have become so numerous as almost to
constitute a scandal. There seems to be
no central place for housing or repalring
the machines. which are used by all sorts
of officials and employees New York has
had this problem up and figures on making
every machine do official work without being
at the exclusive service Of one individual and
also provides for their care in central ga
rage. This problem is one which might be
met in Philadelphia and Camden when the
new bridge is constructed All those tun-
nels under the approach to Broad street
Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad we're
used to great advantage for storage and
business purposes. Mayor Ellis, of camden
might see that all the Camden official ma
chimes were housed and repaired under one
great arch Of the new bridge on the Camden
side and the Philadelphia Mayor. whoever
he may be- might do likewise on the Phiia
delphia side. If the machines were housed
in one central garage and repair shops could
be thrown together. checking system might
be installed which would enable any city
official to obtain machine for ofhclal use
at any time. thus keeping the machines In
hand and moving when ordered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

A pastor in Cincinnati has written a,
prayer for fans in which the Lord is asked
to give a little coaching to the Reds to the
end that they may win the pennant. He
implores the deity to grant "speed. control
and deceptive curves to the pitchers
frequent and timely hits to the batters
and blessings to Pat Moran. manager"
We fear we are conservative 1t seems
to US that the Lord may object to being
called into the bleachers. We fear the
Cincinnati parson has misunderstood the
fifteenth chapter of jeremiah. where we
read: Then said the Lord unto me
| will fan them with fan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Every strike under present conditions
is blow at the goose that lays the golden
eggs. And any blow may prove fatal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

A strike of policemen suggests that
there's bit of solid ivory in their Boston
beans
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Even the house that Jack built might
help little in the present shortage.
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1t is tough on the kids that they have
to go to school during week of big parades
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Perhaps milennial days are at hand
when all the police stations may be used
as grocery stores.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

n W. KIEFABER accounts for the high
L cost Of living in two or three ways.
He reasons that beef goes up in price be-
cause the number of people is increasing
while the number Of steers does not keep
pace with the human population. Brother
Kiefabpr sprcializes in eggs and poultry. but
he watches the cattle business and thinks
calves should be conserved and not killed
too young Apart from running an iron
works in Pennsylvania and cutivating an
sttractive garden on the bluff at his summer
place overlooking Toms river. kefaber is
all right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

The children who are on part time
will make no complaint this week.
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Wouldn't the President be playing in
hard luck if he were hay fever victim?
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A week from today countless thousands
will grow hoarse saying 81 told you so! :"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

Wilson's speech in NUTSHELL reads
a headline. Some nut.
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Irrelevant Conundrums

II it takes the Eminent Sirs four hours to
pass given point on Broad street. how
long will it take the Senate to pass fourteen
given points?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

MAYER SWAAB. who used to live in the
4N1 Thirty second ward. but whose head
quarters are now in New York, is top
notchcr in the chewing gum world. His
SON Captain Jacques Swaab. went from
Philadelphia to the aviation service and be
came an ace in France. That boy has taken
un his residence in Philadelphia and the
folks are proud of him. But there is an
other Swaab who has been doing things
the former president of the Engineers Club
of Phiadcphia-S. NJ. Swaab. The latter
has been in charge Of the Keystone State
Construction Company subway work under
the City Hall and from all accounts has done
his work we'll Before the Engineers Club
recently Mr. Swaab outlined vigorous con
structive works policy for the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
TNX.JUDGE ABRAHAM NJ. BEITLEE

IL who quit the bench years ago to go into
private practice. still loves to shoulder ms
gun and hunt ducks Charles :. "etter
and he made a trip Elk riverward the other
day merely to look over the prospects Tor
the coming fall season. There is httle
bit of the "wild' in every man make up
and YOU can detect it in men like the judge
when they don the corduroys. or in Charlie
Wetter when he shakes his derby and puts
on his easy fitting cloth cap. Quite mum
Der of Philadelphans have located along the
Elk river and upper reaches of Chesapeake
bay. and they report fewer mosquitoes than
some of the Atlantic coast resorts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

When labor makes the strikes il is the
lnsnmer who Is out
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Remarks by Our Friends

The words that give us most depresh
Are these How you have PIT on flesh !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

We are a little worried about young
Warren Pershing. We hope that the gen
eraI is sending him to bed early enough
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

GEORGE w; FIELD, the genial George
" whose father Charles J. Field. was one
of the most popular members Of the Build
ers' Exchange in it's early days, is longing
for Christmas. George is a hardware man
from one end of the year to the other and
he keeps in touch with big events. but he
certainly does like Christmas 1t isn't Ill
together because of the sparkling candles,
the brilliantly decorated trees or the old :
fashioned mince pies; it's because of the
mechanical toys. Most mtA have hobbies
Roosevelt loved to hunt, Senator Hoar rev
eled in Nick Carter detective stories, John
Gribbel pays high for Burns manuscripts
but George Field goes in for mechanical
toys-the dancing girl. the pugilist, the
acrobats, the jack in the box-and George
gets them Gin large numbers and uses up
the whole of Christmas eve delighting his
friends, and at the close of the evening the
friends get the toys. It's great day for
Georges Christmas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

U,HEY decorated the grave of p. j.
J. Mcguire, on Labor Day, and they gave
him credit Tor being the father of the new
holiday. p. J. Mcguire lies under the sod
in Harleigh Cemetery, where Walt Whitman
sleeps He was an industrious labor leader.
He built up the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners and became vice president of the
American Federation of Labor when il was
a small organization compared with the
Knights of Labor, of which Terence V.
Powderly was grand master workman. Ma
guire's headquarters were located at Eighth
and CallOwhill streets and there he worked
10 improve the conditions of the carpenters
and joiners who were then obtaining less
than 81 day for more than eight hours.
What change there has been In the wage
scale since that time!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10

After carefully reading ne New York
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Member of the Associated Press
ANOTHER PHANTOM VOTER!

PhiI.delphi,. wedne,dsv. September 10, 1919
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-12-31
COAL COMMISSION WILL
 START HEARINGS NEXT MONl II

WASHINGTON, Dec, 31-- Presi- dent Wilson's coal commission will be- gin hearings on January 18th accord ing to an announcement made today from the White House.
 The coal commission, for the pres ent, will not visit the principal coai ent, will not visit the principal coa! sections and are not to call the oper- ators or miners in person. The com mission has asked for the cost sheets covering operations of this year.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-12-31
7HE GREAT
 PROBLEMS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, @l--- Former food administrator Hoover, speaking here fast night; said the whole problem of Americanization will be met within twenty years, if the na- tion could systematically grapple with the child problem, insure proper con ditions of birth, education and nu'ri- tion. Mr. Hoover said each community must solve the question.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-12-31
MANY SEATTLE ROBBERIES

SEATTLE, Dec, 91- Thirteen nave been arrested to 3 o'clock this afternoon by the police who are at .empting to check the crime wave here. It is reported 200 burglaries and seventy hold-ups occurred here during this month. Chief of Police Warren has asked for 100 more policemen.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-12-31
ID RESIGN
 AND FIGh l. l.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 31-- NormgN Hapgood, minister to Belgium, h.. wired President Wilson to accept h,S resignation quickly so he can answer the charges in Havey's Weekly that he endeavored to solicit money in Am erica for BolShevikSm.