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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
Why So DolefuI?

I HAVE seen streets where strange en-
chantment broods:
Old ruddy houses where the morning shone
In seemly quiet on their tranquil moods,
Across the sills white curtains outward
blown.
Their marble steps were secured as Write as
bone
Where scrubbing housemaids toll on wounded
And yet, among all streets that have known
These placid byways give least peace to me.
In such house. where green light shining
through
From some back garden) framed her sill
Eeuctte
| saw n girl, heard music blthcly sung.
She stood there laughing in dress of blue,
And as | went on, slowly, there I met
An old, old woman, who had once been
Hasby De Slott writes to suggest that we
do Travel in Philadelphia in the Automat,
which he whimsicaly calls the Racket Club.
It's a good idea, Hasby but it would cost
us money. We can never resist that little
cake called an orange glaze, and our only
safety is to keep away from it. Our waist
line is already far from being the shortest
distance between two points.
Another reason why we always eat too
much orange glace in an Automat is that we
ran get it without having to pronounce it.
One OF the most amusing sights we know
is the sight seeing bus that BUNDLES down
Chestnut street about lunch time. As the
'busN nears Seventh street, the orator lifts
his megaphone and gets ready to tell his
victims all about Independence Hall. The
look of yearning receptiveness on their faces
is las an eminent statesman would say very
delightful. Perhaps, however, it is not due
so much to passion for information as to
passion for lunch, as they have been boom
ing about for some time and haven't yet had
anything to eat. Sometimes they get stalled
in q traffic halt at Seventh street and we see
them sitting there, looking about with gilt
tering eager eyes. Then it is that we wish
we could strut more like a typical Phila-
delphian, just to give them their moneys
worth.
A legal friend Of ours tells of the most eau
tious man of his acquaintance, who refused
to buy some fresh Norwegian mackerel. be-
cause, said he, the U-boats had sunk so
many ships off the coast of Norway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

1t seems like fantastic dream-but
some day the whole American continent
will be covered with good roads and all of
them shaded with trees. And soldiers who
have served in France and know what good
roads mean in peace as well as war will be
largely responsible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

The price of meat might NOS be quite so
high if storage house calves had been given
chance TO grow up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

A New York lawyer has left SIS. 900.
900 to Yale. That ought to settle the salary
question for professors in that institution,
at least
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Germany has already returned to
France ~ 900 tons of material taken during
the war. and similar amount is ready for
shipment. And no one knows how much
the Hun hates to return the stolen goods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

There is as much paragraphic excite
ment over the fact that it is lady skeeters
that bite as though the fact were new.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
A Defe nse Of Alarm CIoeks

To the end that sleep itself should not SO
stupidity escape from me, I have formerly
caused myself to be disturbed in my sleep
that I might the better and more senslbiy
relish and SAVIOUR It,
-MONTAIGNE. q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

The eagle that got away from the
chasing airplane at Atlantic City wasn't
swift enough to escape the press agent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Congress has never sufficiently taken to
heart the little rhyme beginning. "One thing
at time, and that done WE'LL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

1t may be said for the Hog Island
campaign ffr ship sponsor that It has been
conducted IN perfectly lady like manner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
.MONTAIGNE,

We note that the Kaiser has picked out
Bentinck's Christmas tree already. and
promises to chop it down for him before he
leaves Amerongen.
AS one might say, doing his Christmas
early, SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

While venting indignation on the pup
pets let us not forget the ihen who pull the
strings
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Those who talk of separate peace
fail to take cognizance of the fact that we
did not have a separate war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Stern critics still call it German
Demockracy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Strang has not yet called himself a
goat. but give him time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Ever so many ''himsy' cases have the
accent on the "fiim."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

people who have to do the fighting had
their way, then the league Of nations,
conceived chiefly as means to define
national aims and make them public, is.
even with reservations on the part of
the American Senate, pretty fair guar
antee of future peace.
1t is fashionable to speak of Americas S
sacrifices. They have been great enough.
But we might as well remember that
other nations, too, have made sacrifices
for the sake of the guarantees which the
league of nations will naturally provide.
Japan was on the way to what seemed
to her statesmen to be a great career Of
expansion. But the Japanese, with most
of their national life ahead of them, seem
now content to have their fate arbitrated
in councils of reasonable men.
Britain and France have gained enor-
mously in territory. Their greatest gains
are in Africa, made at the expense Of the
common enemy, and they have accepted
responsibilities which some one had to
shoulder. And there isn't enough terri
tory in the world to repay them for what
they lost.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

In the race Of life prices still lead by
length.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

The Building Trades Council hadn't a
brick to throw at Moore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

The dove Of peace is still moul!ipg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

We have hunch that oysters won't be as
good as usual next month. Their morale
has been shaken by all these Mack Sennett
bathing costumes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

In general way the outlook isn't so
bleak as it sometimes appears after
Senate debate. The Paris conference has
actually helped the world to fixed
peace. One Of its lesser contributions to
civilization is the international labor
congress which will meet for the first
time at Washington in October. Yet
this congress represents the first effort
ever made to solve - by reasonable
methods the immense problems that have
sprung up to harass mankind since in
dustry became the dominant force in
civilization. Ordinarily an effort to es
tablish code by which the world could
be free of the spreading menace of
strike paralysis would be regarded as an
achievement. Yet in these days Of big
issues the labor congress is hardly spoken
Of at all
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Don't forget to register tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
ScHWAB AND vANADIUM
Steel Man May Be Known to Posterity
as Manufacturer Of Elixir II Stock.
holder In the Company Had
the Right Dope
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

| CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB and J. Leon
| - ara Replogle with some associates have,
| hotlce, taken over the American Nana =
dium Company's plant near Pittsburgh.
Nanadium is a rage and curious metallic
clement 1t is principally found in the
feruvian and Chilean Andes. The main
| supply of the Pittsburgh concern came from
| Irru. lt is used largely in the manufacture
! OF steel. with which it amalgamatcs easily. 1t
| increases the tensile strength of steel: be-
sides it has many undcveloped qualities.
] have watched tho growth of this par
ti"ular company for years. II was originally
h organized by the late j. J. Flanncry Of
ilttSburgh He afterward associated with
! nun IN the concern my friend and former
newspaper associate, Harry a. Nccb.
j, j. Flannery began life in n humble
way. He gradually acquired sufficient money
TO form partnership with n Pittsburgh
lv"ryman named Burns. For years they
operntcd growing establishment on Grant
street
rnally disSoIving partnership. Fannery
went into the undertaking business and
n hurhS' long past fifty years of age. became
~tnt"rcStcd in Pittsburgh street railways. out
"f which he built large fortune
After Flanncry. as an undertaken. had
buried about half the old residents of Pitts
burGh. he began investing his money in vari-
Gus ways outside the coffin and raskct busi
ness OneSof them was in vanadium. ! be
Iicvc the idea came to him through accident
ally meeting chemist and mctaurgist who
mad perfected an original process for cx-
tracing the element
flanncry and Burns were both Trishmcn
and consequently shrcwd. Flanncry saw to
it that the stock holdings in his vanadium
plant were restricted TO comparatively few
people. think its original par value
was $50
Srhwab. according to the published story,
is paying $1,000 a share for it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

MET Chief Justice J. Hay Brown. of
the Supreme Court. the other day. 1t
was the first time | had seen him for wears
which is not surprising, seeing that I have
had no particular business with the high
tribunal over which he so ably presdcs.
The brief meeting recalled the fact that
Chief Justice Brown. before his elevation to
the bench was the law partner of the late
William L. Hensel
Brown Hensel were not only the lead
ers of the Lancaster county bar. but in
way it was the unique law firm of the state
Hcnse was big. active. forceful and
cmphatlc. He delivered his legal blows
with the force of Z trip hammer He was
also Democrat and leader of Democrats
in county that was overwhelmingly Re
publican.
j. Hay Brown was a Republican a gen
tcman of medium height, quiet in voice and
manner. suave. persuasive. in most respects
the antithcsis of his partner. Hensel
1t was an admirable combination. TWAS
a partnership adapted to meet all con
tingencips. legal or political. As the late
Colonel Il. Frank Eshleman once remarked
to me with the low gurgling laugh that
was characteristic of his genial personality ::
"Eou cant beat it. Hensel and Brown
have got EN- both ways going and coming"
And he was right. Virtue ultimately had
its own reward. William T. Hensel became
attorney general of Pennsylvania J. Hay
Brown became chief justice of its Supreme
Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

LARRY \. NEES was a widely known
- newspaper man of Pittsburgh thirty i've
years ago. lie was cousin of John n Nccb
then city editor Of the Frcihcits Freund. one
ot the best paying newspaper properties in
Pittsburgh. and the leading German daily in
western PENNSYLVANIA.
John \. Necb WAS n whale of a man. He
weighed about 2IJ pounds. and was nearly
six feet tall. He was native of Pittsburgh.
and served part Of n term in the state Senate
session of 1893. lie died in the latter year,
His father and the father of Harry A
N"cb owned the newspaper. The two boys
ran il.
Harry \Ceb once told me some uuccr
things about vanadium. lie was particularly
interested in its undevclopcd possibilities. A
preparation of it he described as having re-
markablc curative properties.
Indeed. his enthusiastic description of it's
action on the human organism fell little
short of n modified form of the elixir of life.
1t had he asserted both curative and tonic
properties.
Perhaps Schwab will dcvelop tho latent
qualities IN this rare aud curious metal
If so. his fame as the manufacturer of n
magic elixir will outshine his fame as great
steel maker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

uENSEL and the late Congressman viii
l. l. liam Fl. Sowden were friends for years.
They were political comrades in arms
though Sowden was the hotter and more
bclligerent Democrat of the two.
In his way Congressman "Bill" Sowden
was the greatest Democratic campaigner in
the state in his day. He was Pennsylvania
Dutchman who spoke English without an
accent. On the stump he was perfectly
at home in either tongue
Sowden and Hensel wPrc delegates to the
second national Democratic convention that
named Grover Cleveland. Newspaper cor
journey occupied two Pullmans The trim
was of rather effervescent character. as 7
recall with incessant conversational inter
ludcs.
Toward morning silence fell on the car
until the train reached a certain town in
Ohio. Several hundred citizens had gathered
70 greet returning delegates. The train was
DELAYED. anA the unroar was prolonged.
.Sowden got awake not in the best of
huinor. He raised the window Of his berth
thrust tonsled head out and demanded
to know whatthehPl the racket was about
Some untcrrifed patriot sizing him un
for a dikgruntled Republican replied in kind.
The congressman instantly broke loose in
PENNSYLVANIA Dutch thar was not intended
for polite ears. He described the ancestors
of the crowd with force and yigor.
Some one in the station melee understood
his Pennsylvania Dutch. Without a word
of warning and before he could duck back
| into the safety of his berth. quid of tobacco
| in lump the size of walnut landed
| sauarely In the center of William H. Sow
| denis polished and expansive forehead.
The train began moving at the same time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
Member of the Associated Press
THE ROLL OF DISHONOR

Philadelphia, Monday, august -. 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

A legal friend Of ours tells of the most eau =
tious man of his acquaintance, who refused
to buy some fresh Norwegian mackerel. be =
cause, said he, the U-boats had sunk so
many ships off the coast of Norway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

Another reason why we always eat too
much orange glace in an Automat is that we
ran get it without having to pronounce it.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
SAYS TEACHERS
!. IN COLUMBIA ~
WERE PACIFISTS

Columbia university has been
strongly talked to Duluth teachers
during the past two years and
products of that institution have
been in favor when teaching tai
ent was desired. The following
Washington dispatch may interest
many Duluthians, viz:
Testifying today before the sem
ate committee investigating Ger
man propaganda, Ellery G. Stow.
ell Of Washington testified that his
anti-German writings before the
United States entered the war were
the indirect cause Of his leaving
Columbia university, where he was
associate professor of internation-
al law.
He said while President Nicho-
las Murray Butler was strongly
pro-ally, many members of the
faculty were not and these object
ed that he was mot academic"
In response to questions by Sem
ator Nelson, who declared being
for peace at any price was the same
as being pro- German, Mr.. Stowell
said from 25 to so per cent of the
forty professors in the graduate
school of political science were for
peace at any price.
Mr.. Stowen told of meeting DIR.
III. F. Albert and William Bayard
Hale in 1914 at a luncheon at
which he said he drank to the
health of the German people but
not to the German government"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08

has deserted Old John Bar!cy.orn
and bought a dairy. Pump sales
men are charged nothing for this
information. o ..o-@,, 81.
When it comes to speaking in
public, Judge Cant is beginning to
make a showing that ought to put
him in the same class as Warren
E. Greene, William E. McEwen or
Victor Power.
Quite a number Of political
knives will be sharpened up for
use in the approaching municipal
campaign. Aspirants for nomina-
TIL should not trust their BACKS
to their enemies.
There are those who believe that
the Duluth Commercial Club is
sadly lacking in plans, efforts ard
means for bringing summer yisi.
tors to the greatest summer city
on the continent.
Congressman-elect Carss now is
down in Washington, giving the
halls Of national legislation the
once over. He probably will find
that it's a bigger proposition than
the Proctor yards.
Duluth has a champion Of Ger
man kultur for juvenile court off,
GER and master teacher of Amer
icanization who is not voter. Ju-
dicial pull and favor certainly
knock the persimmons.
While digging that canal to tide
water, future congressman Craig
should not forget to coax Judge
Gary to build those new steel
plants and even have the Commer-
cial Club employ ways and means
to bring a great influx of summer
visitors.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08

There is more or less difference
Of opinion of course, as to cause
Of the October forest fires and
proper measures for prevention
of similar disasters in the future.
The state is credited with hav-
ing plans to prosecute a bunch of
settlers and the 500 Line for vio-
lation Of the law concerning set
ting fires or safeguarding dam
age from fires.
Weeks ago, the Rip-saw had a
comprehensive article on the his
tory Of legislation, requiring log
gers to burn their slashings, to-
gether with facts and figures con-
corning the state forestry service.
1t is stated that the Duluth Even
ing Herald gave up the idea Of 60
ing into details at that time, mere
ly because the Rip-saw beat the
big daily to it with said article.
Of late, however, the dear ,old
Herald has been free and liberal
in printing communications to
"The Open Court" on this burn
ing subject Of the day, a subject
that will claim serious attention
in the present session Of the legis-
lature.
A very interesting conmuni-
cation on "The Sources of For
est Fires" signed by "Another
Cruiser" was printed some time
ago, as follows:
81 agree that something should
be done to prevent forest fires, /"
said the contributor. "The only
way in my opinion, is to employ
competent, experienced woods
men, under bonds, to look after
the interests of the state and the
people.
"These woodsmen should see
that the lumber companies burn
their slashings; that landowners
clear up and take care Of dead
and down timber; that settlers,
in clearing land, use every pre-
caution to prevent fire from
spreading.
"The railroads should patrol
their lines with enough compe-
tent men to put out fires started
by engines and to keep the right
of-ways cleared of grass and in
hammable material. r.1>
"Just one railroad in this dis
trict takes every precaution posi-
bic to prevent forest fires-the
Duluth & Iron Range Railway.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
THE POLITICAL.zPOTI
AS the Pie-counter Boys and Patriots Make Merry
Medicine in City, County and State, the
Old Pot Boils and Bubbles Fiercely.

tiers in the old King block, filed
February 1. Many expect him to
get a heavy soldier vote as we'll as
support from business men. He is
an excellent mixer but declares
that he has no time for campaign
ing. That puts the burden on his
hackers.
There is a rumor that Harris
Trux will file. Mr.. -rux formerly
was lieutenant in Co. A, old
Third regiment. He secured a
captaincy in an artillery battery
in the 125th regiment and was sta
toned at Ft. Sill as a military in
structor.
Inert Jensen was seen to scruti.
nize a filing blank the other day
and it is expected he will make the
race. He had a long mercantile
business career, therefore is a
skilled buyer. He also claims
credit for the idea Of the railroad
train from the Union depot to the
shipyards. He has been in the real
estate business for some years.
There is much pressure being
brought to bear on Thomas F. Nc
Gilvray to run for commissioner.
He is hanging back but an army
Of the boys declare that they are
going to draft him as their candi-
date and then elect him.
M. P. Orchard who has done so
much to keep the health depart
ment safely on the map is a pos
sible candidate. The idea does not
disgust him and friends are urging
him hard to throw his derby into
the ring.
Gus Silverness, a prominent
West Duluth plumber, has decided
to file and then show the voters
how to put up a hustle.
Bernard Silberstein, commits
sioner Of public safety, recently
announced that he would not be
candidate for reelection. It was
Mr.. Silberstein desire to serve
his beloved city in his mature
years, which he has done for four
years, and the city hall win not
seem quite natural with him abb
sent.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08

the State of Minnesota; it bears in
an overwhelming way upon the
farmers whose farms are devastated:
upon the mines which must have
the timber; upon all who pay an
increased cost for lumber; and it
seems that, under these circum-
stances, it is simply business pru-
dence for all the citizens of Mime
sofa to demand an adequate and
permanent system of forest patrol
to prevent these constantly recur-
ring, devastating fires. The amount
Of money needed to support this pro-
gram is a bagatelle compared with
the amount of property lost and is
the cheapest kind of insurance in
view Of the returns to be secured,
which are saving of life as we'll as
property by having an adequate
force engaged permanently to pre-
vent great forest fires occurring.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
SOURCES OF FOREST FIRES
Woodsmen, Lumber Companies, Farmers and Rail-
roads Should Burn Slashings- State OFF,
Gals Fully Familiar With Conditions.

That company has patrolman
on the job all the time and it is
seldom that a fire gets away.
"The Duluth, Missabe g. North
ern runs through a peat coun-
try from Kelsey to Iron Junction.
Fire has been started by the D.
NJ. & N. engines in that peat bog
and no attention paid to it. When
the winds comes up strong, the
fire is driven from the peat bog
to the woods, after which it goes
roaring through the unburned
slashings and the settlers flee to
the nearest lakes.
"The Great Northern Railroad
is very careless about setting fires
in peat lands as we'll as in keep
ing it's right-of-way cleaned up.
The 500 Line and the Duluth,
Winnipeg & Pacific also are very
careless in leaving dead grass
and other inflammable, material
along their tracks. AS for the
Duluth & Northeastern, I cannot
see how the engines get past with
out setting fires, as there is just
room enough to pass between dead
grass and brush. A log TANNER
set a fire along that line last sum-
mer, with all kinds of men around,
but they let it get away and it
still was going when I last saw it.
"The lumber companies do not
burn their slashings. Why? Be-
cause it costs too much. The
state rangers do not seem to be
able to make them. Why? 1t
costs too much. Perhaps, too,
there is more in it for some rang
ers by not enforcing orders to
burn the slashings: r..
81 can cite hundreds Of cases
where railroads, lumber compan-
les and others have been negli-
gent in burning their brush when
conditions were entirely favor
able. If present laws are not am
pie and enforceable for the pro-
lection of the settlers and his fam
ily. then laws should be changed
and the kind Of men put into the
field who will arrest any and all
violaters Of the laws.
"The state officials were fully
familiar with conditions in the
north woods long before October
IL. Lack of money was their ex-
cuse for permitting conditions that
cost about 1000 human lives and
millions Of dollars in property"