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New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
And Ne Shall Haze Snou
Removal BY Flushing During Storm
Hour BY Hour, Is Urged


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; And We Shall Have Snow
is your warning cry in receu. ed.
torial- 1t is an old story Of endla.
stupidity and futiiity. That the g ~
should be removed from our street,
in precisely the same manner as in m
remote days of antiquity is not Only
lamentable as matter of locsl distres
bat it is equally significant as a foe.
taste Of the Kind Of service we shal
have when the over-grov!ng socialistr
or governmental monster anally take
possession % all our affairs
But your warning IS nor enough
There is more to be SAID The snov
removal problem is smple unless my
observations are altogether mistaker
During long period of study hags
noted certain facts that nllcate d Sc
luton in a manner that taiis no Ut
usual expense beyond The regnls
wages OF the department and guaraH
tees speedy and efficient results Som'
years ago demand began 20 apes
in the press that before 9 snowstorn
the hose should be used and the snow
flushed INTO the sewers. The Commis-
sioner made grea. outcry against the
proposal. but was finally persuaded 70
make the attempt And then snothe'
cry Of agony went up. this time from
ihe gentleman who had cnarge Of t''
sewers: he assured us that the sewer
could not stand such delaee. Never
thelcss. the plan was tried, and so Ia
as it went it worked. Thou-h j, da
not go very far it contained the gen
Of an idea that viii solve the prob
lem.
This is the idea. Instead Of waiting
until the end of the snowfall let tn
regular street-cleanins force begin =
flush the streets one aoer after u.
snow bcgins to fan and repea' '1'
flushing ach hour until tsa end Of tHs
storm Evidently the t7eets viii D.
clear coincidcnt with the asst fallia7
Aake Of snow
Two inevitable objections arc vs.
~ " urged against this ca. and ~.
r. ,e4a'iy superficial an faia''oS'
pe~ is .hat it cannot Ao dsae 7eea''
of the weight and depth. oi tie sn''
Nevertheless X has beer iaae As m3o
as two inches of snow ear be 2usa'
INTO the sewers without sueci@i pre-
sure, and two inches just -5or; W.
as much as can possibly fall II ~ h0-'
The other objection IS that tae wa'
would freeze. The answer 5 that wa''
cannot freeze IN a temperature IN VIZ
there is snowfall
OF course al this is quite use-e'
Why should an c;lc.en. and bushes
like system be adopted. S9ca sys'''
would be fatal - tAe "mac5.ne a'.
woald ruin She as.ness # tae p
fassional politician. 1t h4s ben sal
that man is political animal ms =
mistake if the ability 10 mana-e co''
munal business is .he test We nov
have what We call civil service ~a'
are quite convinced the * are ge'''"-
real service. Pa this is how j.
works: Everybody IN lublic serve
from the oAice boy to the man WIZ
pushes broom through thc streets =
subject % physical and mental exam,
nation, wrilc the head OF The d'P~''.
ment is appointed without the s'igh''s,
regard as to his executive or t'chi''"'
experience; he mav have been q. 'a'
keeper or steenleiack The po'''S''
method Of conducting business seems
TO be u failure. ERNEST COOK
New York. Dec ;, 1920.
To the Bitter End
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
The Immigration Flood

70 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Your editorial "The Immigra-
ton Flood - il ii good criticism of the
various tentative policies which arc ad-
vocnted to curb immigration, but does
not suggest any substantial remedy to
thnt effect. Are we to believe that
immigration u.s. after all, n battling. and
insolvablo problem?
GIOVANNI lMMERSO.
New York. Doc. s. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

study of naval warfare makes the
following irrelevant suggestion:
"Only 100 days more. After that
VIC want to organize the United
States feet and get 1t under training
rs one feet, including regular war
mancuvcrs carried out by officers
who understand the business"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
The Coming ower
To Dorothy
Nartial: Book |, Epigram 55

Martial: Book !, Eplgram 90
'si quid, Fusce, uacas cdhuc GmGri'
I know that many beauX
Are linked up in your chain,
But add me on to those
Who worship in your train.
Old friends, you chide, are best:
Your date books filled up now.
But smile upon my guest
Admit me anyhow.
| pray you, be not cold
Because I've gust met you.
For how can friends be old
Unless they once were new?
lSOSCELES.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
By
Heywood Broun

for such first aid, we are inclined to
deplore the fact that so many Of US
embark upon a book not like so many
adventures, but rather ike copyreaders
Who ever gave small and trivial facts
the right to lord it over imagina-
ton? AS the baseball experts say.
Show me a man who makes no errors
and III show you one that doesn't cover
much ground We believe the SAYING
has also been adapted or writer's in
the we'll known saw, BE good and let
who will be accurate"
'Morrie's recent treatise on gambling
pastimes," writes N. Lincoln Schuster,
prompts the suggestion that some am
bilious American composer-p perhaps
an Octavus Roy Cohen of the orchestra
compose a s. mnhonic suite based on
the clatter of the galloping worries in
a good old-fashioned game of dice. 1t
should be called The First American
Crapsody. The rhythm should be ultra
syncopated and scored, if possible in
I'll time. The four movements should
be, respectively, allegro Con BRIO, Ada
gio Atfettusso ed Appassionato, Scher-
70, and Allegro Agitato-Finale"
II. Sd desisted for a moment from
his chosen task of hammerng the ra-
diator with tablespoon and announced
with good deal of elation. "Nineveh
busted We had heard rumors to the
same effect, but we couldn't 'or the life
of US think how the matter had come
20 the attention of H. Sd until we re-
membered that he had read Ancient
Non, by Hendrix Wilem Van Loon.
We don't mean read exactly. but he
had looked at the wonderful colored
pictures, and now he speaks just as
Familiarity of Jerusalem and the Pyra-
mids and Bab Ion a if they were
points Of interest IN Central Park. An
cient Man IS published by Boni & Live
right and it seems to Us the most
fascinating book for chi dren which we
have seen in years We don't think
YOU even need 20 be 4 child.
Fcminisn is among our crceds, but
We think it may 90 too far. What. =
We asked II. 50, "is Santa Claus going
TO bring you for Christmas 77
She's going to bring ne kiddie
lar." be answered. Somebody about
the house must have been telling him
Of good old kristine Krlngle.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
for rcpuOilesuou " al news dlspatcnos
crefted TO X oth.rse credited in this paper.
and the loo al news OF spontaneous origin pub
l.shed herein
fsreil aso reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
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"Please tell Morrie-l mean Morris
Ryskind,' writes Adelaide, "but it's
hard to recognize him by this name
that he needn't bother Odin Gregory
for additional Information in regard to
Roman games Of dice Mr. Gregory
tas done enough in Caius Gracious
by showing Morrie that there were
some other human Romans besides our
mutual friend Iiorace-who, by the
way no. infrequently irdulged himself
(see Odes !, d, -, and II, Z, 25). To
save Mr. Gregory any further trouble,
shall be very happ to give Morric
such information abcat ancient meth
DDS Of playing dice as possess, in the
hope that Morrie VIII respond in kind
concerning the modern game
"The Romans had dice precisely like
what believe our own to be- called
tessersr. They were thrown three at a
time, and the highest throw was three
siXes, the lowest three aces
However, Drusus and Septimuleius,
in Caius Gracious, were probably play
ing not with tessere but with tall or
knucklc-boaes, which were thrown four
at time. These, like the tcssere.
were six-sided, but all the faces were
different and there were only four
Numbered /, 8, 4 and g. on which the
talps could stand Git was the side
which came out ON the bottom which
counted). NAthematicians inform us
that there were thrty-iive possible
throws; antiQuarians, that each throw
had a different name As if in recog-
milton of the variablitv Of Venus, the
much desired throw that bore her name
was that in which all the numbers up
pe1most-or rather lowemost-
different
Tall were used to select the magis-
Ter or arbitcr bbendi This fashion
aapeara to correspond to the modern
one Of matching to decide who shall
Jay tac restaurant bil custom an-
parently extensively practiced nova
days, to judge by f. p A. and other
authorities
IL may also be Of interest to remark
that dicing was strictly prohibited by
Roman law, hu., strange to relate.
seems 70 have been exceedingly com
mon none tho less.
"p. S.--As for rnaccustomcd as J
Am. may not say to Morrie, even
as Caius Craechus himself might have
dome. Quod bonam faustum felixque
sit And-what Morrie may consider
more to the point-may not add that
may even 6uy a copy unless can
find one on your shelves In payment for
his letter.
So many conrincinely earnest and
iconea letters have been received in re-
gard to Mrs Wnar5on's reference to
Faust in The Age Of Innocence that
we feel no hesitancy IN announcing
that our original CORE spondeut was mis-
taken in tr. ing to pick naw in the
authors operate knowledge.
'rtalr Alexander, however. suggests
q new line OF attack by writing: "she
r,fers to the Symphony Concerts in
Eo tor occurring before the organza-
tion Ct the orchestra, which was in
1882"
Likewise, James f Norton ir looks
further back and writes Of an earlier
moved by Mrs Wharton: "In The Gus
'om If the Country, published in 1918.
the opening chapter exhibits The Hound
of the BaskcrVilcs lying prominently
on the table OF certain home. some
years before publication Of said novel. -
Such watchdog accuracy on the
part Of the reading public helps to exc
out newspaper book columns. hut we
mus. confess that for all our gratitude
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

Ysu can purchase merchandise advertised IN 'nI
TRIBUNE with absolute safetv-sor il dlssatisfac-
ton results In an, cass THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your nsnsy back upon request Ne red tape
No auhbIiss. Ws make 0sod promptly II the
does net.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06


Whatever you may think of young Mr..
Garlands refusal Of the million dollar
legacy aud his reasons for the refus Il
you cannot say that he is cowardly G {
ignoble. Yet when the stories were
printed to the effect that he picked up
those notions in Greenwich Village. the
implication is that Greenwich Village is
a place here unsound ideas are to be
absorbed, and that the actual teaching
of them is done in some Little Red
Schoolhouse hard by Christopher Street
AS q m. of f., an impressonablc young
man would be more likely to reject
legacy of million dollars after a walk
up Fifth Avenue than after a week OF
the Villages excitement or dullness, as
the case may be.
There were fewer papers in those
days, but one can imagine the Moab
Monitor asking Ruth, editorially, where
she picked up those chimerica ideas
about Thy People being My People, etc
And Patrick Henry undoubtedly got
his notions about the dcsirablity of
Liberty and Death from association with
the Third and Fourth Families OF
Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
To the Bitter End

,From The Washington Posi-
Hi johnson also favors the policy
Borah from within.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

According to q story from Chicago,
Buck Weaver is to 90 into vaudeville,
doing monologue to establish his in
Aocence of completely in the throwing
or the 1919 worlds series Watch for
Joe jackson in a melodrama entitled
Say 1t Isn't True Joe; and Eddie
Cicotte IN q comedy For the Wife and
the Kiddes'
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

1t is long time since Wanamaker's had
"Tobogganing on Parnassus" in their
sporting department, but only yesterday
Brentano's, according to S. 2 Q r.. had
Knut Hamsun's "Hunger' in the base
ment, with the books on Dietetics.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
MAN STREET AGAIN.

II instead Of chewing tobacco
During motor conversation.
Discussions of Freud had ben
Sam Charles sole occupation
II cad ot That O'd Sweetheart of Nline"
Miss Ssowpody had always given
A kreymborg poem, would Carol
From G p. have been drivcns
II ns tead of his parodying
Mark Antony's funeral oration
Ma; Nicks had always rendered
: cauguin. dissertation
And if instead Of playing rartime
Gophcr Prairie had Ornstein down.
Would Caloi stl. have suffered
Monotony in this town?
Lo~ EBB
We, for one, always shall remember
gratefully Secretary Daniels's order re
soinding the order Of 1908 for sinp
spelling. 1t almost makes us reerc.
that in March the Secretary win be
thru.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
The Uses of Advertisement
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
O'er the frozen snowl
On, what joy without alloy
To Kodak a. ro gol
MINARET.

1t is Buffalo that demands a doctors
prescription from the purchaser of q
load of coal. Here you need a d. p. for
ice and the traditional fuel that it used
TO meet in a tall glass
Wonder what che Shakers think of a
Puritan, boozcless world
Blue Sundays are not among our fore
casts, but we are not to be moved from
our prediction of white Christmas.
Tho Shipping Board, it may yet trans
prc, sold its movie and riparian rightx
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Gotham Gleanings
81 5S &; 4 4

Geo. Adc of Brook, Ind, is in
our busy midst.
-Ro1lin Kirby was pleasant
caller Wcdncs.
Bob Davis has started his new
bus. on w 42d St.
W G. Harding has gone to
Washington for the winter
A nice Nlnas gilt is yrs. sub
scription to GOTHAM GLEANINGg.
TON Niles is a father, which
makes Theophilus a grandfather.
Mrs. Chas. Pcarce OF Milwaukee
who has been here taking in the
shows has returned to the Cream
City
Mrs. Ray Hitchcock is well OF
her recent illness and looks bloom
niger than ever, which is no faint
praise.
Doc Merz OF Sandusky, O.. has
left the New Republic and is about
70 take a trip around the far-famcd
world
Frederick Perrin Appleton jr
was born wk ago Friday and his
father says his initials are already
we'll known.
The Union Club is having its
windows repaired in honor OF the
visit of Mrs. Terence MacSwincy TO
our fair city.
Sig Spacth spent most OF last
month on the road selling rcproduc-
ton pianos, etc Sig makes only the
big towns.
Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay
is contemplating to take trip to
Europe next month, but She will act
in play at the Provincctown Play
crs ere leaving
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
MONDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1920

Owned ana published dn, b, New YORK Tribune
Ine.. New York Corporation. Ogden Red. Fresi-
sent: C. Werner Rogers Vice President Helen
Rogers Esd. Secretary. X F. MaIaeld. Treasurer
Address Tribune Building. IA Nassau Street. New
TerA. Telephone Bsekman 3ooe
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
SUBSCRIPTION HATEs-By mai. Including
AMY

Entered Al the Pcs,oracc at New York a. Second
Class Maj MaNcr
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
PRICE OF Shoes
ARE TOSTAY UP
!. !. SAYS CITY DEALER

Shoe sales have been one of the re-
tail merchants features in Mt. Yer
non during the past two weeks. Their
existence have given large number
of people the idea that merchants
are seeking to entrench themselves
for big drop in the price of shoes.
But according to information received
today from one of the leading dealers
in footwear of the city, the price Of
shoes for the coming fall and winter
will be no lower, If anything will be
higher somewhat than in the past.
He corroborates the statement
made by The Banner few days ago
when 1t quoted an eastern retail shoe
dealers journal stating that the price
of shoes would be higher this fall than
ever before in the history Of the busi-
ness, In his conversation, the dealer
mentioned the fact that strikes were
prevailing in the great shoe manufac-
turing centers of the country, that
the supply of raw material in the
market was limited, and that the
stringent supply of cars for shipping
purposes had it's effect upon the bust
ness, and would operate in keeping
up the price of shoes for the next
year and perhaps for the next two
years.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
osERLlN BUSINESS
COLLEGE ITEMS


Over 100 students are attending the
summer school at the Oberlin Bust.
ness College, including a number of
high school teachers Of commercial
branches who are working for the
state certificate. The attendance this
year is the largest in the history of
the school, yet from present indica-
tions when the fall term opens Sept.
Z, 1920. the attendance will show a
large increase over last year. Presi-
dent Henderson informs us that ap-
plications for entrance at the opening
OF the fall term, Sept 7, are double
what they were last year at this time.
This school enrolls only mature
young men and women, practically all
high school graduates and is now re.
garded as the most thorough school
of business training in the country.
The demand for its graduates has be-
come SO great that many calls cannot
be filled. x23 *27
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE DEPUTY SEALER

j. c. Tinkey, deputy sealer OF
weights and measures for Knox coun.
ty, has just completed his annual re.
port for the year ending June 30,
1920.
The report shows that 3441 scales,
weights and measures were tested in
Knox county. or this number 1922
we're sealed, 67S adjusted, 12O con.
demned for repairs and 375 condemn
ed. Commodities weighed 1887. Cor.
rect 1852. incorrect s5.. Requests for
inspection 81. Reprimands "A. Com
plants investigated AZ. Miles travel.
ed in discharge Of duty, 1925. Net
salary received from county for one
year $1,07750. The deputy sealer
states that many improvements
should be made pertaining to weights
and measures and the cooperation OF
the public is requested for square
deal by giving honest weight and
measure.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
First Voters Club To Be Or
ganized Next Tuesday
Evening
PERFECT PLANS FOR
"TRIP TO DAYTON
Hundreds OF Knox County
Democrats Will Go To Day
ton On August 9TH

Plans. are being arranged for the
next meeting of the Cox.Roosevelt
club, Tuesday evening at o'clock in
the auditorium of the Mt. Vernon city
hall. An. excellent program is pre-.
pared. The best local talent in the
party will participate in the speech
making. A cheer leader will be on
the job to lead in the cheering and
the party and patriotic songs which
will feature the meeting.
The speaker of the evening will be
Charles Orwig, of Columbus. Mr.. Or.
wig is we'll known in Mt. Vernon, hav-
ing lived here for some time and hav-
Ing identified himself with the Demo-
cratic work of the county in force
full manner. He will bring vital
message from the capital city that
every Democrat OF Knox county
ought to hear. Mr.. Orwig is a world
war veteran, and one Of the men who
was seriously wounded in the Ar
gonne offensive, where he lost leg.
At that time he was forced to lay in
shell hole for 4S hours before as.
sistance was brought to him.
Another feature of this second
meeting will be the, launching of the
First Voters club in Knox county. Re-
ports from over the county bring the
news that the workers in the country
communities are coming out with a
host Of new voters to join this club.
Many OF the young men Of the city
are ready, to join this happy band Of
workers and boosters. Their voices
will make the old city hall ring with
the songs of the nation and the party.
The meeting \ will be the "On to
Dayton" affair Of the year. All prep
arations. will be made to get every
body possible signed up to make the
trip to Dayton on Aug. Z, when Cover
nor Cox delivers his speech of accept
ance OF the Democratic presidential
nomination. Countless numbers have
already signified their intention Of
going and many more will join the
throng next Tuesday evening.
Members Of the party made an in
spection of the auditorium this morn
ing and have set their plans for the
evening. Decorations will be made
before the meeting, and the hall put
in shape for real old fashioned po.
itical rally.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
MT.z|ON

Miss Olive Nichols spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Gladys
Dugan.
A. v. Melick spent Saturday at
Newark.
Mrs. Viola Baughman spent Sunday
with Mrs. Ella Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Wolfe, Rose
Mckee and Wave Schooler spent Fri
day at Newark.
Clyde Thompson and family and
Ray Harris were at Newark Satur
day. t
G. l.. Nichols spent Monday at Mt
Vernon
Mrs. Wardie Hall is slowly recover
ing from am attack of shingles and
measles.
The farmers here are very busy
harvesting. The wheat crop is un
usually light.
Mrs. Cora Burch and Mrs. Ells
Nichols visited Mrs. Ross Van Win
kle Friday.
Several from here attended tht
funeral of Marcus Blue at Bladens
burg Sunday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
K. OF P S MAY CO TO
SPRINGFIELD, p " OHIO

Local Knights Of Pythias are now
making preparations for chartering a
car to go to Springfield, O., to attend
the great Home Day of the. lodge,
which is to be celebrated In that city
on Aug. 20. To date, the efforts Of
the lodge officials have met with en-.
tire success, and it is more than like
ly crowd Of sufficient size will be
obtained to charter the special car.
Arrangements now provide for TAX.
ing the X. of F.. band along on the
excursion. The final decision on this
project will be made at the regular
lodge meeting next Thursday night.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
RUBBER CO. OFFICES.
IN THE NEW PLANT
Expect To Move Columbus
Office Here In 4 Weeks;
Building Proceeds
Rapidly

Owing to the fact that officials Of
the Knox Tire & Rubber Co. we're un-
able to obtain suitable rooms for Of
fees in the business section Of the
city, announcement was made Satur-
day that the general Offices will be
located in the factory building of the
company. The Offices will be located
on the second floor Of the new build.
ing. The Columbus Offices will be
moved to Mt. Vernon in about four
weeks, 1t was announced today.
Cars have been obtained for trans
porting material to Mt. Vernon and
next week things again will move rap.
idly on the completion of the new
factory building.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
SMITH SETTLES AND
RELEASED FROM JAIL
Sends s45l.26 By Wire And
Deputy Sheriff Lytle Or
ders His Release

Reese c. Smith, who was wanted in
Mt. Vernon on a charge of selling
mortgaged property and who was ar
rested in Ogden, Utah, has settled
with the Nyhart Auto Sales Co. for
the full amount and has been released
from Jail in Ogden.
Late yesterday afternoon Deputy
Sheriff Lytle received the sum of
$451.26 by wire from Smith. This
covered the amount Of the Nyhart
claim and the costs in the case. Up
on receiving the money, Deputy Sher-
iff Lytle Immediately wired the Of.
ficials at Ogden, Utah, to release
Smith.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-27
LOWLY CORN COB IS
TO COME into USE

COLUMBUS, July 23-lf plans OF
the department Of agriculture mater.
ialize, the lowly corncob is about to
come into Its own. They have hereto
fore been almost total waste but
now will yield several valuable by
products In an enormous plant which
the department plans to establish at
the most advantageous point in Ohio.
Furfural, recently discovered as a
by.product and which has variety Of
uses in the manufacture Of paints and
dyes will be the most valuable pro
duct, The yield of Furfural is only
1.5 per cent by weight but when the
value Of the product is estimated II
can be easily seen that this alone
would make the project profitable.
Furfural now sells for SIT pound.
1t will be derived at cost of 20 cents
per pound.
Several other valuable by-products
are also yielded. Among these are:
Two grades Of Adhesive, one to be
used as substitute for salicitate OF
soda and the second for foundry cores
and the briquetting Of peat and coal
dust, and acetic acid recovered as ace
tate of lime and cellulose.
Plants similar to the one to be estab
lished in Ohio are under considera
tion by the department in other corn
growing centers Of the nation.