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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29

~ ,und mere, exchange between New
lork and Argentina having swung about
leGsnt,y 10 the import point. II was
suiu that A4,5O0,0 900 had been released
10 date. The situation was not with
out effect on the British and Continen.
tai exchanges. ''''"'"
:. There was a sharp advance in ster-
ing OF several cents to above 81. .01. The
advance there and on the Continent
was not fully sustained. Marks passed
,nS three cent level, but dropped back
DeloW that level, due presumably TO
speculative considerations rather than
10 tne fundamental market influences.
Poor Weather for Cotton 20
weather conditions offered little to
encourage in the outlook for cotton.
some improvement was noted in North
Car9iina, Louisiana and Arkansas but
conultion OIL the crop In Florida and
georgia was reported poor and "poor
10 1airly good in Alabama and Texas.
There was a better showing in some
sections with respect to winter wheat.
put mere also there is much room for
a Detter prospect and some hope for IL
between now and harvest time, in view
Oh the declaration that "tbe weather
was especially favorable for winter
wheat in most Of the upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys. and good
to excellent advance was made quito
generally in those sections"
The steel industry experienced some
relief from traffic conditions, particu-
larly In the Pittsburg district, where
output has reached about rs to so per
cent of capacity. although improve
ment in freight movement was some
what slower than expected.
I'm view Of the several weeks which
must transpire before any approach il
made to normal conditions" wrote the
Iron Age, sit is noteworthy that there
is a growing resignation to this fact,
with its likely salutary effect, particu-
larly on labor"
1t was stated that delivery uncer-
tainties have chilled buying. Steel
plates and structural material are easier
due to diminished building operations
in relation to large producing capacity.
On the other hand prolonged scarcity
in pig iron, semiinshed steel and in
several forms Of finished steel has caused
marked firmness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29

Parigi, 90 maggio-Gabriele Dan. -
nunzio, che con lie truppe irregolari
italiane mantiene il possesso di Fiume.
ha occupato Durazzo, il principale porto
di mare dell'Albania, ed ha assunto
Administrations della citta', secondo
dispacci giunti da Zurigo al Petit
Parisien. e. state rapportato che il
Governo jugoslavo ha informato gil AL
leati che resistera' con Ia forza a
qualsiasi attacco contro suoi cittadini.
I giornali dicono che Ia popolazione
di Fiume 81 e. recata mel subburbio
croato di Sussak ed ha abbattuto Ia bar
riera stabilita sui ponte del fiume
Recina, che divide lie due citta'.
lie truppe .di Gabrielle D'Annunzio.
le quail secondo rapport giunti hanno
occupato il villaggio di Cavalaja G
minacciano ioccupazione di Sussak.
nella regione di Fiume, continuano ad
avanzare, secondo infOrmazioni ricevute
al Ministero degli Esteri da Belgrade.
II dispaccio dice che gil jugoslavi hanno
prese insure militari per resistere a
D'Annunzio.
Roma, % maggie. Gil arresti del
fiumani e dalmati compiuti lunedi' dalla
polizia di Roma, soto lapprensione di
disordini, furono iStigati d9. persone
che 81 oppongono ALA sistema&ione della
auestione Adriatica, secondo una let
terra scritta da Nitti al Senatore Lucca.
incaricato dell inchiesta. L'On. NTH
COST dice nella sua lettera:
"Ogni volta che sono stati iniziatl
nepoziati per sistcmare il problema
Adriatico, rumori allarmanti ed agita'
zioni sono state intensiticate allo scope,
10 credo, di prevenire un acc0rd0 sulls
situazione. governatori civil DO trieste
istipare disordini TAmmiraglio Milo
m ba telegrafato il giorno 23 maggie da
Zara dicendo che vi e. ragione di credere
che attacchi saranno fatti contro rap
nresentanti @ esteri gil alti ufficiali per
opera di personaggi dalmati'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29
SEES U. S. DEBT TO EUROPE
nwIobt w. Morrow Adviees Charity
In Judalna Late Allies

There is one debt WhIch tHIs Hut1u"
Ill dn'te 20 Europe in learge measure, ac-
oNrd;ra oweS ~ r. Dwight W. Morrow, in an
oSt%s oSdrnss before the Medical Club OF
amandmIeeSo,nhia aadIeSS Mt the Bellevue -Stratford
iost night, and that is to give Il very
Generous .aSS judgment on the acts OF the
nations. Iowvor NJ New
w nd " a writer on international sub
iects, Cs SPOKE upon the future Of Europe
eiaip ei % %oresident of the Baldwin Loco
ma,;ye Works, indorscd what Mr Nor,
row had said, and added that WORK
would solve the problems Of the conu7
nent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29
D'ANNUNz|OOCCUPA
ALTRO TERR|TOR|O
Durazzo in Albania e. Gia' in
Possesso del Legionari del
Poeta-Guerriero

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. 341.
Authorized by the act OF October q.
1911 on file at the Postofflce OF Phila-
delphia, Pa.
A. s. BURLESoN,
Postmaster General
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
NOTE MADE MUCH TROUBLE
Error in Printing Caused Hotel Clerk
to Fear His Mind Was Becom-
ing CIouded.

Uncle Sam rarely makes mistakes
In his bank note printing, but one OF
the most famous errors he did make
was that of the Kansas City bank note
which bore a 500 face and $50
back. The single note was paid out
by the bank IS $100 note to a Gus
toner, and he turned it over to a To-
cal hotel for the same amount. All
went well until the cashier in check
ing ur days receipts found he
was He recounted the
mon rs correct. Just TO
lted it "A third time
ali $50 short again.
EJ.. .es he counted and re-
counted, and as last, convinced that
his mind was giving way. he called
the manager who underwent the same
experience. Both clerk and manager
had counted the bills by stacking them
on the right, pulling off bill and
placing it on the left, turning the bill
over as they did so. The error was
discovered by third clerk, who was
called in by the frightened hotel off
cials. when he counted the bills one by
one and examined both sides. The
bill was turned into the Treasury de
partment.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Hardly a Sinecure.

Lots of money and little work Is
the popular conception of a magis
trate's life in the South Sea islands
This idea does not exactly jibe with
the colonial office report for 1919, re
lating to the Gilbert and Ellice islands
The report laments the disappearance
of the old order of senior native gov.
ernment officials. "On an island such
as Tabiteauea," adds the report, "5(
miles in length, the magistrate is re.
sponsible for the good order of 1900
turbulent and mercurial natives, whose
feuds, fights, crimes, sickness, lane
squabbles, births, deaths, marriages
villages, crops, fisheries and com
plants are the subject of his inces
SAINT attention. He must watch over
their relations with traders and mis-
sionaries, protecting the rights of all
parties; he Is responsible for large
male and female prisons and their ra
tioning. for the good order of all reg
listers and accounts kept by the Scribe
for the character and efficiency Of 7(
Junior village officials, and he has the
infinitely difficult task of keeping the
peace between the antagonistic Chris
tian sects and the pagans. For this
ne receives S120 year."
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
fOUR-LEAvED GLOVER RARE
Plant Everywhere Considered an Omen
of Good Luck Is Really a
Freak Growth.

Even In Druidic worship in pre-.
Christian times, the trefoil leaves of
the clover plant were symbols of re-
ligion, setting forth the three grades
Of Druids, Bards and NeOphites. In
Christian mythology its leaf is fire.
quently held to symbolic the Trinity,
and some Irish authorities insist that
1t is the true and original shamrock
which st. Patrick used to illustrate
how three separate objects, such as
leaves, could be one.
The fOur-leaf-clover is freak
growth and the causes that produce
1t are heredity and nutrition. After a
moist season clover plants with from
four to seven leaves, and some having
only two leaves. are found. Some
plants are abnormal by heredity, and
reproduce themselves with the same
characteristics in successive years
when their environment remains the
same, external influences merely modi
flying the size of the leaves.
The four-leaf clover is everywhere
held as an omen of good luck to the
finder, partly on account of its rarity
and partly because Of its crOsslike
form.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

good TO others. But always 10 all who
will grasp 1t, written on the very face
of the turning globe. the next year
will be good"
Last summer a wealthy visitor at
the lakeside hotel drew the proprie.
tor to the corner Of the veranda. and
lifting his glasses, asked: do you
see those letters on the rocks? | am
the boy who cut them, January l..
1S47. You seem glad TO know the au
thor. I never revealed the fact. Why
should |?
1T is not because / said II that II
rs true. No matter who says II. on q
Happy New Year the New Yenr will
he good. II is true In Itself. Happy
the man or hoy who says IL. who feels
". and who will have IL so.
''The mere freak Of moment yet
somehow Inter ] awoke TO the fact that
J had written a life creed on my heart
out of the hopefulness and daring of
boy"
Let us take the hope and courage OF
youth as the truth Of this latest Of
our years. The New Year must be
good. We will make It good. Can
you not sec those Iettered cliffs? No
visitor ever was duh to their magic
spell, and many have read them
Through grateful tears.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Carved Statue Of Famed God.

The name of Unkei, is a household
word to the Japanese. The son Of a
fisherman, and in his youth humble
fishermen himself, he was responsible
for one Of the most remarkable epochs
in the history of japanese wood sculp.
ture. The story is rOld by those who
are supposed to know that the king OF
the underworld was very much irri-
tated that Unkei had never done him
Justice, although the sculptor had at.
tempted to carve his image many
times, says Elsie F. Wei, in Asia. Sc
when he died. the king of the dead
Buddhist souls sent Unkei back to
earth, that after having seen the god,
he might make a faithful portrait. The
result may be seen today in the temple
EnnO-ji at Kamawkura, where Unkei's
statue of Emma, cruel and savage in
Its strength, strikes terror into the
hearts Of all who fear to meet the
Judge of He'll.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Daisies Like Sheen.

One would think 1t impossible for a
daisy to be mistaken for sheep, yet
In New Zealand a member Of the daisy
family grows to such size and is so
like a sheep that 1t is often mistaken,
even by shepherds. for one of these
animals.
The vegetable sheep. as It is called,
grows In exposed places, and its
branches are clothed with small leaves
which have the appearance of wool
The shape and size of the plant make
Its likeness to sheep complete.
Vegetable sheep are found on grass
which is suitable for sheep. and they
often cause the shepherd good deal
Of trouble. Thinking that one or
more Of his sheep have been left be-
hind, he goes out of his way to investi-
gate. only to find that the supposed
sheep Is merely a plant.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Puppy's Notifying Experiences.

With length Of drain pipe fastened
tightly to his head. n fox terrier al
Maidstone, Eng, reached his home tn,
other day after nearly weeks ab
sence. The little fellow had evident
~ chased a young rabbit into fielc
drain and trying to follow had wedget
his head In SO tightly he could no
withdraw 1t. However he "wiggled'
the pipe Justify for some days. unit
he broke the last length free, and man
aged to back all the way home. A
hammer In the hand of his master soor
released him.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
THE GOOD.
NEW YEAR
Emory J. HAYNES
b the Boston olobs

TT WAS foretold forty years ago.
The New Year shall be a good one
3 This Is the story Of the prophecy.
1t depends upon you to believe 1t.
Forty years ago lone skater upon
the CLASSY surface Of lake in north
ern New England celebrated his soli-
tary holiday. At the far end of his
ten-mile dash he rested In the noon
day sun. sitting at the base of a tow
ering cliff.
He was a stonemason's apprentice,
a mere boy workman. He habltually
carried his steel chisel In his pocket.
Climbing high, and with much hazard,
up the face of the towering rocks, he
cut this legend In the face of the
mountain:
"The New Year VIII Be Good"
The bold lettering Is visible for
miles. The lake In summer is a IA
vorite resort of pleasure parties. Each
year thousands of eyes have spelled
out the CHEEKY monograph, while boats
passed, and many hearty laugh has
rung with heartier Joy as old and
young have approved the sculptured
promise.
1t will lcng endure, for the steel cut
deep. and the mountain will not re-
move, nor the pretty lake pass away.
The boy did not date 1t. Forum
ately so, for that makes 1t fit every
year and every reader. Why not for
century to come?
A thousand times the question has
been asked: "Who wrote it?" And
no one knew. So 1t seemed some
eternal truth of nature that the very
rocks had miraculously Inscribed upon
themselves. rl
1t was true to anyone who would
lake the trouble to lift his eyes and
read it. In storms the snow silvered
The lettering. In sun the words CLEANED
With lines Of living light. sentence
'y no means elegant, but crude and
)oyish rather. Yet what rhetoric
could add to the abrupt and simple
prophecy from hopeful. healthy
pirit?
The New Year was to be Just plaia
good" Was that enough? Is 1t
rot enough for us all? One good to
'ou. another good to me. still another
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
sLEIeHseLLs JINGLE

Hear the moaning and the grooming
of the winter breeze: Old Years dy.
ing-hear him signing. listen TO him
wheezei Weary Willie is quite chilly
IN his threadbnre coat: this cold
weather altogether gets his ill-clad
goat. Old Br'er Rabbits wary habits
now avail him not; hounds are telling
by their yelling that the trail Is hot.
See the fuel fight duel with your
next weeks pay: watch your meter
and the heater steal your heart away !
You remember last September. An.
gust and Julyi Sun was shining. you
were whining. vowing you would die
You were praying for some sleighing
crying for some Ice: now IT'S freezing
}uis your sDeesing; yell. and say r..
6lesi
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

sweetly scented Turkish cigarette.
II will be your slave! My prospects
are good; my salary will keep us in
comfort; and l am tic heir to the
wealth of my old Aunt Jemim.,
But the gir, shifted contemptuously.
"Listen !" he panri. MY brother
in-law can let me have unfur
nished rooms"
She flung her arms around his clean
collar and breathed down his neck :
Darling, l am yours p
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
How to Plan
the Watch Night
Party
.HE New Years eve watch party

"HE New Years eve watch party
affords most charming enter
tainment for young as well IS
elderly people. 1t IL q time when q
party can be arranged on most simple
lines and 1t may be easily made enjoy
able to everyone present.
OF course the house decorations that
have been used for Christmas, with
little freshening up. will do for the
party. As the custom Of giving watch
party on New Years eve is very old
one. the entertainment should be In ac-
cordance with the old-fashioned plan
Of playing games and making the party
entirely Informal, rather than formal
dinner or dance.
II the guests are invited to come In
costume. 1t will add greatly to the at
tractiveness Of the party. Some simple
costume that Is easily gotten up Is best.
After the guests have assembled, pre-
sent each with q large palm leaf fan,
have the rugs removed from the floor
Of one room where a tanning contest
can be played. Large, brightly colored
balls. very light in weight. can be pro-
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
visitor broke in to

visitor broke in to say:
Poor professor What bad cold
he has!"
NO, it isn't a cold. It's absent
mindedness," replied his wife. throw
Ing a scornful glance at her husband.
Il let him in charge of the baby this
mOrning-just for few moments
But men are SO silfy with babies, you
knoww
What d.a he do?" asked the visitor.
In an undertOne.
"Why, when the baby cried" an
swered the indignant mother, ''he gave
her the pepper pot to play with in
stead of the rattle !"
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Whale Was outcIasssd.

A big 50-foot whale tried to use IN.
steamer Philadelphia as scraper Il
remove his barnacles, near the Irisf
const on the liners last trip. But IN.
clumsy big thing got across the bows
Of the shlp and could not get away
owing to the speed Mt which II was be
ing pushed along. broadslde on. Ths
officers backed up and the whale turn
Ing up his tail went down for repairs
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The report that the Russian crown
jewels are in the United States is NOT
believed, as none OF the new million
aires have as yet been seen wearing
any OF them.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

II the Russians had crossed the Bug
they might have gone right on TO tn,
Spree. In this country. however. tn,
most travelled route Is from the spre,
TO fhe bug.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

There's no sense in womnn's strug.
Cling to make choice between home
and career. II she has the proper
temperament she can-and doubtless
will-have both.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Profiteers complain that demand
for goods has fallen on; hut there
doesn't seem to he any disposition
on their part to let 20 their war
profits.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

ately.
Miss Wopkins-
Elizabeth love
you with a love
that will endure
through the ages
to the end of
time. Will you
marry me?"
She shook her
head and lit a
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

with resignation the day when witt
the will Of his people he will resum,
his throne" He will need the resig
nation.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Or the Department of Justice ma.
be going on the theory that II 4
keeps on predicting lower prices lon,
enough 1t will surely hit 1t right soin'
day.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The different prices quoted by diff
ferent concerns indicate that the peo
pies old and good friend. competition
Is on the job again after long alb
sence.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

In connection with the statcmen
that the demand for baby buggies ha
fallen of so per cent II should be re
membered that baby now goes ont Il
the benzine runabout.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The merrymaking at a watch-night
party should stop In time for all to
gather silently around the fire or the
Christmas tree and listen to the solemn
striking Of the clock that proclaims the
birth Of the new year. Then should the
tOasts be drunk to the year. to the host
and hostess and to the friends. Short
ly afterward the guests should depart
quietly. for q little note Of solemnity
Is not inappropriate at watch-night
party.
Here are some appropriate toasts for
such time: d..
Ring out the old. ring in the new,
Ring happy bells across the snow;
Tho year Is going. let him co.
Ring out the false. ring In the truA
Come. let's Join the merry thronr.
Upon the couch Of life wen ride.
Spending the coming year along
Happy we'll be whate'er betide.
Welcome be ye that are here.
Welcome all and make good cheer.
Welcome all another year.
Under mistietoe and holly
party gay and jolly.
Would De Great Reform.
Even an approximation of the New
Years ideal Of virtue would b. q
great reform.
Happy New Yeari -
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Washington tells us that the income
tnN forms OF 1920 are likely to remain
unchanged. And the forms include
the inexorability of the taxes.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Italian labor discovered in few
days that production without sale got
them nowhere, but the Bolshevists try
to get along without either.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

n may be betrayal Of confidence
but few Of us who dcnounce the chic
feminine styles are quite as mad abou'
them as we would have our wives o,
pastors believe.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Those young women who were born
with natural marcel waves must be
saving lot Of perfectly good money
these days.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Favored sllent BARRIERS.

BARRIERS In the early days Of thu
Christian era were not permitted tc
talk while shaving a patron. Indeed
silence wns so much appreciated BY
persons while under the barber.
hands that mutes were prefarred 70,
this service. 2"
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

A French scientist promises the snt-
lection Of the grip germ. n ne fuI-
fills this promise, another benefs cior
will have arisen to the human race.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The Philadelphia mint turned out
sol 100000 coins last year. However
some of them were pennies and nick.
els and wouldn't buy anything.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The clothing dealer can cheer up in
the thought that a good many will
have to buy new Overcoat to cover
up the old suit.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Freak styles in mems clothing are
passing. which Is pity. as they af
forded all the JOY in life that somt
observers ever got.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Anyway, married men will hope that
the milliners will never start the idea
that women will have to have new
hat to vote In.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Maybe the time is coming when a
man can take an automobile home
to the dear ones without even mort
gaging his peace of mind.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Women in some of the primary cleo.
tions when asked which ballot they
wanted asked for both. That shows
good department store training.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The daily consumption of gasoline
is between 13.O00.OOO and 14.OOO,O0t
gallons. which is 100000 gallons ir
excess of production. For how long
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

That the soviet advocates have made
a CHASTITY failure In Russia Is evident
" good reason to them why they
should continue their missionary sf
forts In other couutrieG
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The world unrest is increasing-tht
false-teeth mechanics union nov
threatens to strike.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

About the only men in the country
who seem too poor to afford silk shirts
are the bank presidents and railroad
magnates.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

A remarkable thing about woman
is that she seems able to keep warm
In the same clothing that she wore
during the summer TO keep cool.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

A process has been found for TAX
ing the taste out of castor oil, but we
lack confidence in 1t and don't believe
1t will work.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

viol mt sneeze,
but his wife took
no notice.
A-tish-Oo.
AssecOnd sneeze
issued from the
professors corner.
Again his wife
took no notice.
But. at the third
nasal spasm, their
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

There are too many willing to take
the job for the country ever to have
public servant problem.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

In the face Of the Red tide that Is
surging toward America few deporta-
ticns are like trying to bail ont the
ocean.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Remember the long ago when the
little girl looked forward to young
ladyhood and the time for putting on
long skirts?
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

About ten hours day at hard wor,
will cure the most obstinate case OF
unrest, and 1t is sure to relieve hun
ger.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

II .h:s price cutting continues they
will be giving away automobiles az
premiums with gasoline.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Despite what the statisticians say
we are unable to see that the upkeer
of liking for corned beef and cab
bage is any less expensive than yea,
ago.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Scientists say substitute for gas
oline can be made from straw. and
why not? Wasn't the motive power
In old DObbin's time hay?
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

AS the cold comes on soviet troops
see the need of turning swords into
snow Shovels.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

With potatoes and cabbage really
going down in price the aviation OF
pork chops is of comparatively small
consequence.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

The American aerial squadron in
Poland has paid something on account
to KosciuskO.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Women may vote-aad then again
they may not.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

One wonders why the wild geese
delayed their journey south this year.
Nobody has raised their transportation
rates.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

Just now the girls who bobbed their
hair last spring wish they had not
been quite so hasty.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30

1t won't be many days until we'll
be in direct communication with
Medicine Hat.