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The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-11
WANT ADS

WANTED-Crib for child of five years. Mrs. Norvin E. Smith. FOR SALE-Hand laundry and bunkhouse. Good proposition for right party. Inquire Jones Bunk House.
 FOR SALE-Hill's cottage. Second and C. streets. Furnished or un- furnished. Cheap. NOT1CE.-Holders of tickets for raffle of Mclean house please cali at The Portland, where tickets will be redeemed. kN1 Clear ice on the river above the Mission affords excellent skating, there being fully mile of ice avail able. .....
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-11

4 dance in celebration of Armis- tice Day will be held tonight at Masonic hall.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-11
FAIRBANKS NOTES
s H1HsHsH1H.sss..1s s

Mir. and Mrs. Victor Brown are rejoicing over the arrival of baby girl which the stork left at their home on Tuesday.
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Member OF the Associated Press
Pbiladelphis, Wednesday. January cs, 1920
THE PULL NO LONGER WORKS

TT HAS taken only three weeks for the
new administration to discover how the
inspectors who owed their appointment to
u.e contrac OF whose work they inspected
have been IN the habit of doing their
duty.
Director Winston ordered that certain
work be done by the street cleaners.
After suitable time the inspectors re-
ported that the work had been done. The
director went over the streets and dis
covered that the work had not been done.
Now fifty inspectors have been trans
ferred to other districts, where they will
be allowed an opportunity to disclose
their fitness to inspect. If they are
caught covering up the delinquencies of
the contractors again they will be allowed
to earn their living in some other way.
If Director Winston had owed his ap-
pointment to the same influences that
secured the appointment of the inspec-
tors he might have been just as willing
as they to wink at slackness.
The grip of the contractors on the City
Hall has been broken, and if things go on
as at present we are likely to see cleaner
streets, at any rate, than we have en-
loved for many wears.
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realization of such projects. But the
simple request that articles made in the
United States should be marked accord
ing to the metric system as well as the
old, clumsy English measures calls
merely for the application of little conf
mon sense. Our trade relations with
Latin America have for years been Sc
riously embarrassed by standpattism in
measurements. The employment of
double standard will uproot no traditions
here and greatly facilitate commercial
transactions.
The sane and interesting series of
eighteen proposals formulated by the
conference was agreed to in principle by
all the delegates. 1t is not to be over
looked, however, that the Brazilian,
Bolivian and Venezuelan representatives
suggested certain amplifications and
changes of wording. Reservations arc
indeed very much la mode. Every
body's making them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
THE 81" TO FRANKFORT

DELAY in the work of the FranEford
- elevated hindered the real estate
boom and the better general development
of community affairs that will come about
naturally in the northeast section of the
city with improved transit.
West Philadelphia became different
place after the first subway system was
built and put in operation. Land values
went up. New residential areas were
opened. Similar benefits will follow in
the kensington and Frankford regions
when the new elevated is completed Mr..
Moore's efforts to have trains running by
July is highly commendablc.
Defective street-car service is tending
to split the city up into a series of iso-
lated communities. Faster and better
transit service is necessary for the life
of the central city and that of the outly
ing and semiSuburban regions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
WHERE is MORSE?

CIGNOR MARCONI announces that he
- has received mysterious signals bv
wireless, which he thinks may have come
from the inhabitants of some of the
planets, He is not sure about it, but he
does not know where else they could
have come from.
The signals are in the Morse tele-
graphic code.
lf they come from some other planet,
then some one there must be familiar
with the dot-and-dash system invented
by Professor Morse.
Ridiculous, you say?
Well, perhaps SO, but who knows where
Professor Morse is at the present time?
He died years ago. Sir Oliver Lodge tells
us that the discarnate spirits live on
different planes and can communicate
with incarnatc spirits. If this theory be
correct, why is it ridiculous TO assume
that Professor Morse has taught his code
10 the Martians through spirit commune
cation with them?
Until we know where Morse is and
what goes on in the realm of which we
know next to nothing, we might just as
well let men speculate to their hearts
content, providing they do not denounce
the rest of Us when we cannot accept
their conclusions.
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PH DELPHIA, WE

bluffs, threats and checkmating have,
however, at last emerged some clements
of agreement. The recent bipartisan
conferences, a break in which has just
been narrowly averted, leaves but two
subjects upon which marked divergence
of the antagonstic senatorial leaders is
said to exist.
Mr.. Lodge is reported to be unyieldhg
in his stand for the Monroe Doctrine
reservation. There may be dramatic
ring to this pronouncement, but it is hol-
low. Article XXlI of the league covenant
declares that Nothing in this covenant
shall be deemed to affect the validity of
the international agreements, such as
treaties of arbitration or regional under
standings like the Monroe Doctrine" To
insist that this exception be stated over
again is like thunderously demanding
that the treaty must be printed on paper.
The snarl over Article X is different
BY this we would be pledged as mem
bcr of the league to undertake to re-
spect and preserve as against external
aggression the territorial integrity and
existing political independence of all
members of the league"
The broad question of obligation under
any treaty arises here. C.. Bougc, a
French journalist, pertinently inquired
the other day whether "America is the
only country wterc the right to declare
war is reserved for legislative assem-
Bly," "The fact is" he continued, "that
all governments, whether democratic or
otherwise, are in the same boat" In
other words, the ratification of our exist
ing arbitration treaties does not imply,
save 10 a lunatic, that Congress is de-
MED the right to declare war if it secs
fit. Nor does a pledge TO make war
against injustice rob our legislature or
national assemblies of the other nations
Of their constitutional or legal powers.
If such possibility is seriously regarded
by all governments, the fear of making
any pacts at any time will be sufficient to
produce international chaos.
However, if Mr. Lodge is strong enough
to hold out for his revision of Article Y,
and If the treaty cannot be ratified un-
less his opponents yield, the surrender
should be made. If the reservation is vi
cious and trouble making we shall soon
find that out. Our former cobelligcrents
may object or they may not. Change in
the treaty of Versailles cannot be so in
famous as no change in the nsolent
blockade in Washington.
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A DIFFERENCE

MIR. TAFT led in presidential ballot
AA held by an uptown church club. Mr..
Hoover was a close second. General
Wood trailed. Senator Harding didn't
even trail.
Those who voted were representative
citizens without any particular personal
or party bias. And since their view
seems to be an exact reverse of the view
held by professional party men at Wash
ington, where neither Taft nor Hoover is
a favorite, are we to assume that Wash
ington is made only. for misrepresentation
Americans?
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ROBERT BURNS
But tce hde Burns

"BWt zoe hae Burns"
A TENNYSON may grandly sing
1AAnd charm the English heart,
A Southey's melodies may ring,
A Cowper do his part.
But we hac Burns
A Byfon's mastery of song
May guile the students mind,
A Shakespeare in the olden time
Leave others far behind,
But we hae Burns.
In Hiawatha's catching strains
A Longfellow may shine,
And many other men of brains
May teach us lessons fine,
But we hae Burns
A Scot may WELD a magic wand,
Great men of genius soar,
And still the boast of Ireland
Is that of Thomas Moore,
But we hae Burns.
Burns weaves all in his mystic chain
And strikes higher strain;
We turn the others fading leaves,
But Burns will still remain.
JOHN McMASTER
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EDWARDS AND THE JAILS

OCEAN county, New Jersey, has dis
" covered that it does not need the new
Jail for which arrangements were making
before the fatal January 16.
The demand for accommodations in the
old Jail has fallen Off to such an extent
that it now appears the building is ade-
quate for all present needs. This is be-
cause the pernicious activities of John
Barleycorn have been ended.
But what will happen if Governor Ed
wards succeeds in carrying his point and
persuades the Supreme Court that New
Jersey may legaizc the sale of bever-
ages with ) or 10 per cent of alcoholic
content? Can it be that Ocean county
has no confidence in the governors
planSp
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Old Bill Penn

NIITH hand outstretched and courtly book
w cred knee
For many moons he's shushcd at City Hall,
Where Councils dwell in aught but ainity
And Mayor after Mayor decks the wall;
He's seen. in pride and pumps and emptiness,
The weary city Magdalens come and go,
And rotund cops fiat footed through the
snow,
Pinochlc bound, stein amorous. we guess.
On Fairmount Park, Cynwyd and wild Oak
Lane,
On Overlook he's gazcd for years and
years,
On limousines, and every crawling train,
And fippant hivycrs standing on their ears.
He's seen the gifts and graft of many men;
If he could write, what would old William
Penn?
ALEC r. STEVENSON.
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Getting back from lunch now, we found
that some one had bandaged the mouthpiece
of our telephone with nice little bit of gauze
stepped in disinfectant. We did not think
much about it, except that we noticed it dis
persed a pleasant medical aroma over our
territory. Then one of our clients rang up,
and we unsuspectingly dropped our face over
the instrument.
The strong and pungent whiff of the drug
rose up and smOte us, snatched hold of our
windpipe, gagged our throat, made our nos
trils ache and tinge and brought the tears
galloping to our eyes. We gasped and CUR
gled
1t happened to be one of our fair clients,
inquiring why her contribution had not been
printed yet. She was a little bit annoyed,
and we suspected her to be II recent adherent
10 the Dish who has not yet grasped the
curious principles on which this department
is conducted
''If you don't intend to print it, you
should have returned it, she shrilled bit
terly
We tried desperately to speak, but nothing
emerged except what seme poet called 'slow
droppngs of warm tears" We gulpcd hard
and summoned up a few stammering sylla-
bles. We fear that they sounded rather like
moan, for :he strength of the formaldehyde
II
How do you expect to retain the loyalty
of real artists" she inquired ''if you never
answer their letters? Why. you haven't even
got formal rejection Slip"
Again we sought to reply, but could only
calculate a choked grVnt.
well, she said, listening to our snuff
f1es, Pm glad you feel so badly about it,
That helps little. If you don't print that
poem in three days I'll send it to the At
lantic Monthly and get huge money for it,
She rang off, and perhaps she will never
know that we weren't sobbing Intentionally.
In the various accounts of the now famous
luncheon given by Colonel House to Lord
Grey. it seems to have been overlooked that
the Dish had taken the precaution to have
one of its clients present. Our friend DR..
Robert II. Morris was one of the guests, and
sent us private dispatch at the time If
anything startling had happened, you may be
sure the Dish would have picked it up. Our
secret agents are busy on land and sea, is
our warning to the public.
Our friend John Herndon, Jr.. who is ouite
one of our family as he is our sister in laws
brother in law, has just got back from trim
TO England, and says he is fond of Ann
Dantes contributions to the Dish
Illuminating on what Sir Oliver Lodge bas
to say, we do not quite know whether TO re .
| gard it as consolation or threat.
We also wonder what has happened TO NJ
Maeterlincks still undeivered Message.
! We have sometimes wondered how wc
would choose if we were faced by the aIter
native Of beueiiting humanity by spreading
a message about spirtualism or by opening
a shop for the frying of the Perfect Dough
nut.
Miss Ann Dante, who is rather a bite,
materiaist, says that the proper way Ia
| punish those who profiteer in human hopes
| by propounding spiritualistc consultations 1,
TO attend their lectures--in the spirit onlp
SOCRATES
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w. B. Yeats is in New York. and Cecil
Roberts. a young English poet of whom we
have not heard so much, is coming to this
town tomorrow. We have been mcdtatng
on the influx of English poets after the war,
and it occurs to us that by and bye probably
some American versifers may be going over
there by way of revenge. We hope that this
matter will be put in the hand. of the De
partment of State. so that the poets who go
abroad representing this country may be
wisely chosen We have a horrid fear that
the only American poets known in England
are tpe eccentrcs and the vers librsts.
Vache Lindsay is going over next fall, we
know because he has asked US to go along as
his business manager. We are not going
but Vachel is the kind of man who has a
right to go, because he really has some music
in his chest.
We rise to remark that our friend Joe
Hergesheimer is Getting His Stuff Across
these days. People keep on sending us paro-
dies of Joes style, which is Il sure sign. IL
they were anywhere within shouting distance
of the original we might have printed some
of them.
Having recently completed several months
experience as an amateur college lecturer we
wish to state that never have we enjoyed any
| adventure so heartily. To be able to talk for
an hour, with "a guaranteed and helpless au-
dience, and no chance of being contradictcd,
| is an experience rare indeed in life like
ours
! When we told our hardened and argumen-
| tativc Office associates about it, they were
| incredulous
! An armistice is now declared in the Dish s
private sex war. As is often the case in
wars, the result is uncertain Some of our
| clients assert that the world has been made
safe for matrimony; others deny it, We
| notice, however. no falling of in the number
| of marriage licenses issued up at the City
| Hall,
Now that the thermometer has gone up.
our good friend Dave Yablock, who sells
papers on the corner Of Sixth and Chestnut
no longer utters his mournful cold weather
| cry: 'Toe much Trash air in mine oficc ~
The viyacious Quizeditor went over 10 New
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The above bright shining diadem was
speared by the gladdened optic of Mr.. ii. X.
Smith, who turned it in to Bob Maxwell.
Bob, with the air of one bearing precious
gifts. carried it in to us. Our only comment
is that a luxury tax ought to be added to the
price of seats Perhaps the lady will take
the place in the public esteem that Jack
Dempsey seems getting ready to vacate.
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THE CHAFFING DISH

York to see Gilbert and Sullivan's "Rud-
digore," and brings us back this line as u
desk motto:
belong to that particular description of
good old man to whom the truth is "a refresh
ing novelty.
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METERS AND FEET

TsERTAIN Of the well-intentioned
~ Recommendations made by the Pan
American Financial Congress in Wash
inEson necessitate legislative action in the
various nations. Politics may hinder the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

Since everything is for the best in this
best of all possible worlds, we are constrained
to believe that occasionally the eleven obsti.
nate jurors are induced TO see the error OF
their ways.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

United States District Attorney Kane
isn't really on tenterhooks. He knows just
about what is going to happen with that
of his.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

The weather man secs to it that not only
the ungodly walk in slippery places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

Perhaps it is Sir Oliver Lodges spirits
that send the mysterious signals that disturb
Marconis wireless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

The melancholy fact is that not more
than one egg can be batched from a setting
| of favorite sons. and sometimes the whole
| bling goes hooie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

May an appropriation for street cleaning
'e spoken of as slush fund.-,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

Our campaign against white vest margins
has utterly collapsed. For, in a magazine
photo we see that Mr.. Hoover wears them.
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A CHARACTERISTIC I have invari

A CHARACTERISTIC | have invariably
L \ noticed in every worth while political
leader in forty years has been the possession
of a low, well modulated voice. do not
recall successful politician, even of the
minor class. who was loud spoken or blatant :;
what, in the striking and expressive vcrnacu-
lar of the Pennsylvania Dutch, would be
termed big mouth
Quay was a failure as a public speaker
because of his voice. IT was only by a pain
full effort that he could make himself heard
in an ordinary hall or opera house. He never
raised his voice above low, somewhat nasal,
conversational tone.
Bob" Mackey, the Republican czar of
the state forty years ago Senators Chris
Magee, Quay, Penrose and, on the. Demo
cratic side. Senators J. Henry Cochrane, of
I4ycoming; William A. Wallace, j. X. r.
Hall, of Elk Colonel James A. Guffey, and,
of the present, A. Mitchell Palmer, were ex
ponents of the monotone.
Among local leaders Thomas w. Gun
ningham is shining example of the low
spoken type of leader. Then there is David
Martin, and David Lane, although the lat :.
tcrs clear enunciatiOn and command of good
English seem to add higher note to clear,
even ntonatiOn.
William J. Bryan is the sole exception OF
a political leader who has cultivated a bla
tant tone and an apparent disposition to let
everybody within thirty feet know what he
is talking about at any stage of couver
satiOn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

Az any rate. one result Of the war has been
TO make American lecture platforms safe for
British poets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28

Twining may yet win glory out OF sick
transit.
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HEPBURN'S RECORD
Engineer Now Much In Demand Has
Some Fine Work to His Credit.
Some old.Time Newspapermen
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
DONALD NJ. HEPBURN, acting chic

DONALD NJ. HEPBURN, acting chief of
~ the Bureau of Street Cleaning, is a con-
struction and electrical engineer.
The controversy that arose over his official
status was no fault of his. He had been CON
sidered by Commissioner Sadler, of the state
Bureau of Highways, for the chief of road
construction and awaited only his formal
notification.
In the interim Commissioner Sadlcr was
confined to his bolhc for some days aud the
matter of TIcpburn's notification was de-
laycd. Failing promptly 10 hear from Har-
risburg, Mr.. Hepburn was offered the posi-
tiou of chief of the Bureau of Street Cleaning
in this city, with the understanding that it
was TO be consolidated with the Bureau Of
Highways. There arose considerable doubt
as TO the legality of consolidating these de-
partmcnts, aud during the delay Commits
sioncr Sadlcr notified Mr.. Hepburn to report
for duty at Harrisburg.
lie is now loaued TO the city by the state
Highway Department until such time as tho
position which he temporarily occupies in
the Department of Public Works can be per-
maucntly filled.
MIR. HEPBURN is a native of Cumber-
A'i land county, lie started out to estab-
lsh himself in the world when he was
the leading member Of the Cumberland county
bar. died when he was quite young.
He has had charge of construction work
and the installation of electrical power in
some Of the largest industrial concerns in
this country.
lie superintendent the work on plants mt
Niagara Falls. and completed shell manu-
featuring plant at Akron, o., which employs
$500 men. in eighty three days when the
time limit of the contractors was 120 days.
When he took charge as superintendent of
construction at Hog Island only 800 carpen-
tcrs were at work. His first order to the head
of the employment department was for 1000
additional carpenters within three days and
an additional 1000 within week
His knowledge of labor conditions and his
wide acquaintance with employment con
Germs over the country cuabled him to secure
1000 carpenters within thirty days. A dozen
typewritcrs were kept busy for days typing
kilograms that were sent by thousands over
the country TO individuals and firms calling
for men superiutendcnts. engineers, forcmcn.
traffic handlers, electricians, carpenters, &C.
mCnt workers and laborers.
His system of efficiency embraced half
hourly reports on every building in course of
erection. At any hour of the day or night
it was possible for him to tell. by reference
to these reports, just what progress was being
made on any structure on the island.
He is thirty seven years Of age.
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What Do You KnoW?


QUIZ
/. What state is Carter Glass to represent
in the Senate?
.. What new republic has just been recog'
nzed by the United States?
3. What is the motto of the state OF rem
sylvania? a..
4. How did horsepower come to oe It"
measure of engine power!
5. What is morganatic marriage
&. Why is it so called? ,.,4
Z. Who was the "Grand Old Man III p'"
ish craftsmanship? ,
s. Who said that "man, proud man, dressed
in a little brief authority A
plays such fantastic tricks before n,su
heaven as make the angels weep
o. Where was Thackeray born
10. Who was Antonio Canovaf
Answers to Yesterdays QuH
/. Secretary Daniels has officially ruIe1 s"t'
in the records of the Navy Dep"'.
ment the late war shall be known o.
1.-The Worlds War"
.. John Adams named John Marshail u "
chief justice of the United Sta'gs' bs
8. There are twenty one republics III '"'
western hemisphere. .;, n
4, Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the mus"
Coward, Christian Soldiers n
8. Charles / of England was executor "
1910. cal.
g. The picturesque character Of Colone, u",. ~.
lers appears in Charles Dudley "T ,.Tb.
ner and Mark Twains novel, as %
Gilded Age" In the book ne S% Sat
known AS Eschol and as Berian' w.
in the dramatized version as MulOT.,.,
and under this name also IN ia osul
Mark Twain work, "The Ame''N'
Claimant" r.nsu.
Z. Osaka is the second largest city IN 'apas
s. A praepomen ID \ first or persopn,l IT. ~
o. Die is the singular Of The "oru ~
40, Thefmas are hot springs or 'a'"''