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New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
THE ELDERS PEOPLE

TWO or three wears ago the English
L novelist Sheila kaye-Srith wrote
her The Challenge to Sirius, with
scenes in Sussex, England. and the
Southern States Of our country. Her
novel was study IN contrasts She
would find parallels for her own Brit
lsh characters in the men and women
Of Kate Douglas Niccin. Sara Ware
Bassett and Harriet Prescott Spoford
The Ellen Webster Of Vermont. with
her fields and her hill zealouslv. even
spitefullv, guarded IS weaker femi-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

A FLIGHT over New England
"a IN company with the novel
lists Of the year Who have
placed the scenes OF their
stories within the borders OF the SIX
states Of the group should be prefsced
BY an evocation or At least a fragment
O. this sections splendid history.
There is one book that. through the
lure Of It's title aud the charm of its
contents. readily comes first to hand
fer notice. Frederick J. Wood, mem-
her Of the American Society Of Civil
Engineers and lately Major of Engi-
neers, L. S. A, in his The Turnpikcs
CT New England (Marshall Jones Com
rary) has shut a toll gate on all
would be entrants into MS field, for
his conscientiously written ard beaut-
fully illustrated and printed book is
q las. word on the subject of the
rob,e Old highways Of New England.
One b. one the author traces the
history Of each turnpike, going to
origins and travelling on down through
records fourd n towns and cities along
the several lines.
Ire narrative IS enlivened by the
Introduction of scenes in history as
soclated with these turnpikes; men
following a Vermont road in Revolu-
ticnary days, pluneire onward on snow
shoes 70 the relief Of Arnold after
his disastrous attack on Quebec. and,
among other similar pictures. that OF
100 stages rolling over the Salem turn
pike, on June i. 1913. "flled with pas
sengers eager TO witness the combat
between the Chesapeake ard the Shan
non of Salem Bay History and ro-
nance and beauty are combined in
this book Now that the automobile
has thrown New England open TO thou
sands Of tourists, The Turnpikes Of
New England should be tucked away
with the necessary baggage of many
car.
Ao-g The routes Of these old roads
are many ratriarchal trees with tradi-
t:ons. James Raymond Simmons. for
I..cr Assistant State Forester OF Massa-
o.pset-s, mas gwen these landmarks
their appropriate place IN crystalhzed
history by writing a sinsularly sym
pathetic book, The Historic Trees Of
Massachusetts, Marshall Jones Com
pary). No other state IN the Union
contains more trees that embody in
themselves The shadows OF jor events
and minor episodes IN the past Of the
country than does the old Bay State.
he map IN this volume, with numbers
upon its surface indicating the local-
ties Ct the deservedly renowned Of
these trees, shows them sprinEied all
the way from Massachusetts, Bay 10
the Berhshlres.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
IN THE BERKSHIRES

%lNNONs'S book causes us to go to
orr shelf Of friends between covers
and take down Walter Prichard Eaton's
IN Berkshire Fields Harper's). We
have already given tins 50 satisfactory
Interpretation Of the wild life of
lovely district the more extended story
il deserves, so We merely pause for
moment 10 advise YOU # YOU are
seeking volume that viii transport
YOU from your nook b. winter fire
over the hills and the fields TO land
loved by Bryart and other American
writer's. % get cop. Of Eaton's In
Berkshire FIELDS.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
THE WALL BETWEEN

A DID Sara Ware Bassett to the list
Of authors who comprehend the
trueto-type New England people OF
the old stock. In her The Tanning Of
Zenas Henry she got under the gnarled
exterior Of a grabbed Cape Colder who
needed the love of wrse and good
woman to make him unselhshly human
In that novel she hung up a new pic
ture or the line. Of reliable American
portraits n fiction. Her The Farbor
Road was also a Cape Cod story, but
This year finds her IN the feld Of New
Hampshire, whore she discovers mate
rial for the symps thetic, natural set
ting for her The Wall Between (Little,
Brown & Co..
This terse, rapidly progressing
novel has for its granite core the hard
personality Of old Ellen Webster. The
"wail' is a crumhlng stonewall be-
tween the farms of the Howes and the
Wehstcrs, who have been at sword
points for years. neither party being
willing to yield and rebuild the stone
fence. To Ellen comes from the West
her. orphaned grandniece, Lucky Web
ster, to make her home on the farm,
md ai1 Ellen. Lucy accidentally meets
Martin Howe, the head of the hostile
clan across the wall, with results that
threaten the survival Of the feud
There, a felcitous result. achieved in
spite OF the venomous opposition Of the
old woman, whox dying, leavAa, aksapill
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d to chart the currents OF popular senti

to chart the currents OF popular senti-
ment.
While this book is written in the
form of a diary or journal, it has a
nerve-llne, the love story of two young
persons Of the town. Mataouoit, running
through the vertebra Of its solid es-
pousal Of the cause of England and
France. In its shrewd and frequently
probing comment on the delinouencies
and anomalies Of our American democ-
racy it is peculiarly Socratic in reason
ing and argument To reveal something
Of It's outspoken frankness and its cou-
ra geous hope for the future, we give
two quotations.: ut is this New Eng
land on whose shores Pilgrim feet first
stepped that is the greatest culprit, the
country over, Stacker IN the great
task of democracy. She sits supinely
on a wreck of ancestral achievement,
counting genealogies whom she should
he girding her loins for the struggle,
should be finding new ways to pass on
70 newcomers the principles inherited
from our forefethers.' The other is
as follows: Listening, seem to hear
the tread of the coming race, bringing
in the democracy to be. Often discern
but confused and aimless tramping, but
there are times when the sound. Of the
sea blends all the varied footsteps into
harmony, and then l hear, far off, the
tread Of an innumorahle host, stepping
to he music of ommon ideal, march
ing toward great goal"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
A WORLD TO MEND

MARGARET SHERWOOD's The
Worn Doorstep was TO degree o
reflective book, with a tinga Of thu
idyll in it. Her book of this year A
World to Mend Nittle, Brown {, Coz
Is militant, a plea for democracy vim
dicating itself. She arrives at her
ground Of discussions and conclusions
ny transplantlng a successful business
mnn from his home city 10 town On
fhe rugpod Maine const and cstablieb
ing hlm there. through his own initia-
nFc, rs cobblcr in a Little shon noa,
90 1nrh 10 the sea to receive the noiuoe
of - 'umplt and murmurs. Tho tino
j. May, 1915, and the cobbler. sad.
dcned by delay at WARRINGTON IN
declaring sympathy and coopcration
with the Allies. studies the men, WON.
en- and children Of the village who drif,
An and out -of his doc, ,.1n AN. a item n,
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
INTO VERMONT

WE cross the Connecticut River and
enter Vermont. Our Green Noun
tain novelist for this page is Zephine
Humphrey, whose novels of three and
two years back, Grail Fine and The
omcstcad, were tinged with goldeirod
and sumach and shadowed by the hills.
The thread of mystical religion that
raN through Grail Fire comes into
sight again weaving through the chan
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

complete, conf srehensible folks. And
how earthly they are, in the clean
sense of being real everyday human
beings, whose crotchets and loved and
defended indices of individuality are
given full play and no tightening of
tether.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

miles from the heart of Maine to Bos-
handling Of the police strike Of 1919,
and YOU have the inspiration for part
Of this up-to date novel
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
THE CONNECTICUT WITS

THE CONNECTICUT WITS
DROFESSOR HENRY "A. BEERS, Of
4 Yale, has two essays in his little
volume, The Connecticut Wits (YAle
University Press), that serve to give
literary color to our narrative, if so
it may be called. The first, which
gives the collection its title, is lucis
study Of the small group of men which,
including John Trumbull, Timothy
Dwight David Humphreys and Joel
Barlow, made strenuous and at times
laudable efforts TO found a national
literature. There was much turgid
boasting in the poetry written by
these old worthless, with here and there
a line of the soil, truly of New Eng
land. Here is one, from Dwights
Greenfield Hill-"The lingering drift
behind the shady WALL The man who
knows his Robert Frost will be able
to place q finger on more than one
similar line by that poet Of modern
New England. After all, it is the
simple, unadorned beauty that sur
wives.
The other essay is on Emerson and
His Journals. We are TOO, cramped on
this page to venture on an appraisal
OF Emerson as an exponent of New
England. Such an exegesis would be a
palpable depression from the path Of
our text. But we do find a passage in
Emerson's entry for April ). 1876, that
holds IN its compass of two dozen
words segment of the core Of the
Concord philosophy. the idea of the
residence Of the All in the portion-~
Thy voice is sweet Musketaquid,
Repeat the music Of the rain;
But sveeter rivers silent fit through
thee,
AS thou through Concord plain"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

that places the Webster farm in pos
tion that embarra sses the recipient.
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nd Is the Happy Hunting Ground of Many Writers
Some Of the Most Distinctive Novels
OF the Year Have Their
Location There

participant in the chapter of that frs;
planting of the seed of America on the
coast Of Massachusetts, the drama OF
the Pilgrim assumes reality, cmergcs
from the haze of history that holds il
within the fences Of the past and pro-
crosses before W. dynamic with life
Through the lenses of this book and
that of Basil Mathews one obtains a
binoculsr view of long gone day
bringing it nearer into the range OF
comprehension
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

Many Of the books
you enjoy bear this
DO K A NJ mark.
We will send ,ou
on request an IL.
l. US TR A TED
CA ATALOGUE Of
some Of tho very
besf books Of the
yesr. Ask also for
sample copy Of
The BOOKMAN.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Bv Samuel Abbott

a FLIGHT over New England
"a IN company with the novel
lists of the year who have
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

CONTINUED or nare tenn
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
THE soUTH's CONGRESSMAN

To reduce the membership OF the
Southern states in the house Of repre-
sentatiyes would serve double purpose.
1t would take away the unjust proper
ton OF national legislators now in the
halls OF congress from these states and
would make an expensive increase in
the number Of representatives unneccs-
sary.
Eleven Southern states cast only five
percent OF the vote in the recent presi-
Dental election. These same eleven
states have % percent Of the national
representatives. This inequality is due
to the fact that a majority OF colored
citizens in those states are not allowed
to vote but are counted as part Of the
basis upon which the states are APP
portioned their % percent OF congress
men. II the South wishes to disfran-
chise great proportion OF It's citizens.
il cannot consistently object to a rec
ognition OF that fact BY the nation.
To increase the house membership &C
cording to tho population shown by the
last census would increase the nations
expenses by about one million dollars a
year. BY cutting down the South's rep
resentation 10 it's proper figure. other
sections would have their full member
ship. but the nations bill would re-
main at the Same figure.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
'VS;IRIsH SITUATION MORE
,S'E HOPEFUL

t"Promise Of an early ending OF the
tr%tgn of violence in Ireland Is seen In
che tentative proposals for truce be-
S&een the Sim Fein and the British
,zSSyernment Cardinal Logue has ap-
sealed for q Christmas truce, and In
G8tnmenting on this, Premier Lloyd
Esorgc has said that he is willing i"
make peace at once without waiting for
Christmas The latest development Is a
message 10 Lloyd George from Rev.
Michael O'Flanagan. acting head OF the
Efhn Fem. asking the premier to pro-
b3Se the first step toward peace.
tSeveral circumstances OF the last few
DAYS have combined TO make the pros
beet OF a temporary Irish settlement
M6re favorable. In the British house Of
lords, the governments home rule bill
was severely criticised. along with the
pentire policy OF repression. The att,-
tude OF the lords is thus explained BY
the Westminster Gazette:
They are jealous of the good name
q the country which they see smirched
by the reckless proceedings OF the
= executive in Ireland and by the vain
attempts to cover them up and explain
them away. They believe 1t to be their
duty to make known that there Is a
great body OF opinion in Great Britain
which altogether objects to these pro-
eee6ngs and at the same time to keep
alive the hope OF reconciliation which
would otherwise be totally exttngufshed
hG the advocates OF repression.
sin Ireland. the Galway county council.
kSinn Fem body. has adopted resolu-
nsgotiate a truce and bring about an
honorable peace" The Galway urban
council has adopted a similar resolution.
The Armagh chamber Of commerce and
the National Union OF Railwaymen have
demanded an end to the present in
tpierable situation" R N. sweetman,
Sim Fein member Of the British parlia-
Inent. In a letter to the Irish Times,
several days ago. urged that peace be
sought to end the murders and reprisals.
He suggested that a council made up
ar representatives OF the Sim Fem, the
church and the British and Irish labor
PARTIES be convened to negotiate truce.
p THE British labor commission was in
Dublin last week and started yesterday
on q tour OF southern Ireland. The
delegates talked with Arthur Griffith.
Head Of the Sim Fein, in prison and
received encouragement in their effort
u bridge the gap between the Irish re-
publicans and the government. They
will discuss Che truce with other re-
publican leaders.
Thus. while both sides are still out
wardly beiligerent and killings continue.
the situation Is more hopeful. 1t is not
to be anticipated that Great Britain will
grant full independence TO Ireland but
a very liberal home rule measure Is a
possibility.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
CONSTANTINE RECALLED

AS. the result Of a sentiment which
the outside world does not as yet under
stand. the people Of Greece have voted
to recall Constantine. their former king.
to NE throne. So overwhelming is the
vote that there can be no doubt Of the
genuineness Of the feeling. Not the
least puzzling feature OF the situation
is the fact that Greeks in the United
States are practically unanimous
Of. Yenizelos, who was recently defeated
at a general election.
This indicates that there has been a
development of internal sentiment in
Greece, Of comparatively recent growth
and Of a nature not readily grasped by
anyone who has not actually resided in
the country during it's formative stage,
The most reasonable theory seems to be
that tho Greeks resented tho extent to
WHICH their national fate had been
linked with the policies of the big
European powers. Greater independence
and more elf-determination are senti-
ments easily understood.
In the case Of Greece, this defiance Of
the European powers will probably have
painful results. II Is particularly I'M
fortunate that 1t took the form Of tho
recall Of king who was pro-German in
the war. The entente nations justly
blame Constantine for the serious en-
barrassment and heavy loss of their
early Balkan ventures. They cannot
and will not endorse him now and will
be disposed to retaliate upon those who
do. There are many things that Great
Britain, France and Italy can do to make
Greece regret her flare Of sentiment.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
FARMERS IN PLEA FOR
IMMEDIATE U. s. AID

indianapolis. Ind. Dec swim dele
gates from more than thirty states
present, the annual convention or the
American Farm Bureau Federation'
opened here today with the unanimous
decision To call upon congress Tor I'M
mediate legislative action to protect the
nations far industry from furth loss
es due to lower prices for farm pro-
ducts. -
In a memorial addressed to congress-.
the convention declared that bankruptcy
threa ems the agricultural industry ana
it asked for an embargo on impo d,s
counted through the Federal Reserve
system and adoption Of some plan for
selling American products IN all OIL
Europe
president Of the federation. declared inc
present decline in grain prices. alone
meant n loss Of $1,000. 10000 to the
farmers and he added there Is entlreiy
too much spread between the farmer
and the consumer" He urged enactment
of tariff legislation which nc saIo
would give the farm the same mea-
sure Of protection as industry
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Considerable agitation has been Gre
ated both here and abroad by tne an
nounccment that Il certain "aShinEtoh
II. Vanderlip had acquired from the So
Wet Government sixty year c"hCts-
sion for tract Of 100000 square mllcS
in Northeastern Siberia. incIuding KAN
tchatka. =,
And, further, the statement also Is
made in this connection that the SOVIET
government had contracted with him Tor
the purchase OF n billion dollars worm
OF merchandise in the United states LOT
delivery in 1921.
undertaken upon the circulation OF these
rumorS shows that these reports are
given out largely for propaganda pur-
poses and that the transactions IN QueS-
ton have little basis in fact and are NOT
TO be taken seriously.
In 1900, at the time Of the gold eN-
citcmcnt ut Nome. the Russian govern
ment granted n concession for this ter
rttory in Northeastern Siberia, ana II
was explored without finding anything
Of value. In general II Is barren ana
lev waste commercially valueleSS.
a few years later. certain WashlhE-
ton d. Vanderlip. who claimed 20 be
civil engineer, wandered through somt
of this country among the CskimoS' ana
afterwards wrote up his experiences III
an article appearing in An American
ma gaziuc. RrCcntly, il appears that he
persuaded some wealthy CalifornlanS 10
stake him for further explorations. IN
Nlcdivostok this VANDERBILT fell in with 4
Rolshevik Cummssar. who formerly
lived in America, and who passed him on
to the Soviet authorities at Moscow.
We do not know whether he repre-
scented himself as relative OF Mr..
Frank 4. Eanderlip. or whether the Boil
Shevik themselves took advantage OF the
similarity uf names, but in any case
they seem 10 have handed over To him
the old Russian concession mentioned
and then sent out propa ganda represent
ing him as head of a gigantic American
synd cate with which they had entered
into business relations.
1t was TO be expected in connection
with this that they would also concoct
the alleged plan to purchase billion dol
lars worth Of merchandise from America
through hts syndicate. The representa-
tionS concerning raw materials which
they proroS" I" exrort in payment. arc
OF courS" utterly without foundation.
The Who'll" story undoubtedly is in
tended To- deceive the American public
into . belief that business with the
Soviet government is possible and to in
fiu"ncc public opinion toward its recog-
milton.
Such proceeding would legalze their
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
Plan Concerted Action
Against Firebug Gang

Connellsvillr. PA. Dec. Ga concert
ed Milan of action against "rirc bugs
who have set fire TO thirteen s'ho"'
buildings in this region during the pas
six weeks. will be adopted tomorrow d,
n meeting In UnIontown, Pa. OF schooi
~ au,hor,t;es of Perry township. Mem
hers Of the school board slid To-Day tntl
the state would he urged 10 co.operate
with other authorities in an ctl'.t 10
upprehrnd the incendiaEles.
The latest OF series Of school build
ing fires occurred at star Junction.
/ cry township. last Sunday mornins'
when ton room structure In whlc"
QUO rupils pursued their studies. was
destroyed by fire. Thrty-two sIa'9
.roons assigned to this section workc
on the case all day sunday together
with so deputy shrriffs, but IL was ar
nounrrd today that the OFFICERS nag
secured no clue as to the idcntiiE OF
person or persons VINO siar'cu '''
blaZr. ,,,. ,,,,r,,,
Sheriff Ira Shaw. Of Fayettc county,
announced today that he had sworn IN
Sixty deputies, who Will WORK WI II ; a'r
troopers and vigilant committee, N d
rampaiEn against the fife bugs. Feeling
* rnnniug high throughout the county
anI authorities said today that they
feared violence In event OF the arresI
of suspects in connection WIFE the TRES.
1t a meeting of county au horitles at
Star Junction today. the opinion was eN
pressed by NUMB OF oIi,rels '.'n n
Z, red because the German language was
mi under the ban in Fayetle county
schools recently. When the question or
dropping German from IN" curriculum
was preached storm or p!otcst clrnr
from certain quarters but the school
m horitics paid no heed to II. and order
el the language stricken from inc ASt
of studies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
SHOE PRICES LOWER

Highly pleasing to the buying public
Is the announcement by leading shoe
dealers Of this city OF substantial price
reductions. 1t has been moro difficult
for dealers handling nothing but shoes
to make reductions than for department
stores handling hundreds Of lines, but
circumstances are now such that lower
prices can be offered. All retail dealers
who have lowered prices in the last sew
eral weeks have done so at loss to
themselves and shoe dealers are no eS-
ception. All goods now on retail
shelves were made at high costs. The
point Is that the retailer can now look
ahead to time in the near future when
he can replenish his stocks at lower
costs. He therefore accepts a loss.
which in most cases is heavy, In order
to hasten the reimbursement process and
at the same time KEEP business and in
dustry going. The losses which he sus-
tains cannot be made up in any way
except by greater volume OF sales. In
this, the public can and should CO.
operate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-07
DEFINITE POLICY IN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS DEMANDED BY PAYNE

rndS" Mr.. IsIyne believes that until the
, Indians are educated and have become
accustomed through long experience 10
dealing with IN" whit" people; th:y
I should not hc permitted 10 deal with
them on "cvcn terms.
During the last fiscal year. the EcnGr'
al land u:t!co allowed cn'ry al lb.iJi' t'l
acres Of Indian and ot""r public lAnu,
AN increase al approximately i'"oVoV
acres over the prcN.Ous year. More than
i 500, 900 acres were patented in the
year. an increase OF l.rUU."V0 acres over
1919.
discussing the National Park system.
MIR. Payne said that 4 number Of pro-
lccts involving the usc OF national park
lakes as storage places had been pressed
put that he had opposed them ON inc
ground that IL meant the establishment
II precedent which woul" eventual!
lead t. the coIninercEllzatloh OF thS H"-
llonal parks. ~
III this principle is not rcr'Eu!Zrd' he
aid, and commcrciallza zion - allowed
| to creep in. it will be only a question "t
time until our Wild Nest WILL bc only i
memory and the big game of our country
will be extinct and those places ana
objects. now 80 wonderful. Will br scri-
daIsly and permanently injured.
The conflict between sar demands ~
commerce and the preservation ~ th"S:
wonder places involves constant vigil
ancc. In my view their preservation IS
Of first Importance. II should hr SET
tied policy Of the country. regardless or
any question Of utility thnl when IN the
wisdom Of Congress national PARKS or
monuments are definitely SET apart th"y
must be preserved in their integrity, FOR.
ever free from any form "f r"mincrc.;tl!-
zation."
Work OF the bureau oC mines during
the year included III" extension .. ~.
siStanCe at - mine accidents. II at coal
mines and ten at metal mines. The
bureau ais" trained ln,l77 miners IN first
aid and mine rcSru" work IN the twelve
months Ms comI:rcd with ?.ISl in the
previous year. The bureau continued ITS
Investigations of ventilation in m"tnl
mines OF the west with Il view TO elimi.
mating dangers from rock dust AMI
humidity.