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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-01-20

Miss Aldoren Carlson, office mar ager of the Gateway, returned on the train last night after having spent th' week end with her parents at An
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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-01-20

Ice Creepers and skatea- Graefs
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-01-20

Fishermeu's Supplies at Graefs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

made by the European powers was the rigid
enforcement of the secret treaty Of London.
Mr.. Wilson emphasized the virtue In third
course, mutual agreement between the
italian and Jugo- Slav Governments" with
out outside interference.
1t is precisely this policy which Is re-
sponsible for the present tangible results.
Evidently restraint has been exercised by
both parties. Neither one acquires Fiume.
sense of realities has developed faith in
compromise and adjustment. The pact Of
London, while observed in most cases. has
been changed in some others, in accordance
with reasonable adjudication.
The remaining riddle is Gabrielle DAN
nunzio. At present he commands an outlaw
state. When the little new nation Is off,
cially organized 1t will be interesting to note
the effect upon q position thus far main
taned by armed force and enlivened by ro-
mantle pronunciamentos and an exception
ally poetic constitution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
JOHN BURROUGHS

Miss Ursula Burns, pho Hpcs in Cali
fornio and IS Just tpelpe years old, has
ior'tten the tollocin0 little poem about John
Burroughs:
0UT In the wild where Nature is queen,
~ Clothed In beautiful robe of green,
John Burroughs sits in the shade Of tree.
Is there ever thing that he does not see?
Soft blows the wind through the rustling
tree,
1t brushes the coat of the wood pewee.
1t sweeps back the branches and sighs as It
goes.
I'm of for a place where the sea weed
grows"
On John I,,l Burroughs shoulder squirrel is
While not far away spring frog is skipping.
Cav, cav cries the crow as he flies over
head.
"Chirp. chirp," calls the sparrow from his
messy bed.
On the face of John Burroughs the sun is
playing
As Ger mother earth his keen eye Is stray
ing.
And every one asks as he passes by,
us there ever thing that he does not
spyT'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
Answers to Yesterdays QuIx

I. The only American President inaus,,-
rated In April was George Washineton
The ceremony took place in New Yori,
on April 80. 1888. There are no formal
inauguration ceremonies when Vica
Presidents become President throusb
the death OF the chief executive. 6n
those those Occasions occasions simply the oath ia
2. mesallience is a marriage with n mar
son OF inferior social position, W.
.. Tho word should be pronounced "r,.,,
zal-yans" with the last sviIaha
sounded nasally. aoie
T. Cornelius Vanderbilt. born In Staten rs-
land; l7st vas the founder Of the
the age OF sixteen he estabiisSx.. tbiix At
freight and passenger ferry betw.oss y
New York and Staten Island Iat.r
he became large owner OF steamships
and dominant figure in railron ~
notably the New York Central wbtnh
he consolidated with the Hudson Riwa
Railroad in 1867 He died in is77er s7er
3. Tarragon Is plant allied to wormwoos
tarragon vinegar. "Nihs
g. Amnesia Is defect or loss OF noo,,o,,.
Aphasia is total or partial loss or ~.
use or understanding Of lanRua Sa the the
vocal organs remaining intact '"o
7. General Butler, military governor of Nyo,,,
Orleans after Its capture by the ITnioww
forces In the Civil War, was knnm,nn kon
by his opponents as 'oid Cock Eve"
g. Henry w; tGngrellow % wrote ''Taiss Of Of a
0. The tarpon Is a herring-Iike fish .o,,o
times attaining the weight OF fT'irSo ino
pounds and the length of six feat A'o
~. The empire or the Incas, prlncipaiIv A,
! F." Peru. was conquered for Spainy ~,
''T Pizarro In the sixteenth century. W
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
A VITAL NEED

nv HOLDING up attempts to prevent the
a condemnation of ground on Race street
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
Mayor Moore has helpfully contributed to
the convention hall project. Other sites
no doubt would serve, but here certainly is
one sufficiently near the center Of town to
be worth careful consideration. 1t is the
fashion occasionally to decry a city owned
permanent convention auditorium. We have
logged along many years without one. Is it
really necessary?
Visitors to the physically comfortable, ad-
nirably arranged Democratic convention in
the great hall in San Francisco have their
enthusiastic affirmative answer ready. 1t
II part Of the firm convictions also of any
enlightened believer in civic progress. The
sooner the convention hall program is ex-
pedited the better will the metropolitan pre-
tensions of Philadelphia be justified.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
ApRlATlC PEACE AT LAST

10Y THE reported settlement Of the long
ID standing Adriatic question Italy seems
20 have been the gamer. cara is to be hers,
the railway to Fiume and the corridor
through which 1t runs. The city Of Fiume
itself is to be erected into an independent
state. Jugo- Slavia surrenders claim to GER
tain islands in the Adriatic, but gains some
compen sation in the favorable rectifc alton
of the Istrian frontier.
To those persons who are not interested
,pecialsts In the subject. however the
word "settlement" lends the most sisnif-
cance TO the negotiations. The prime cause
N more than Il year and half Of obstruc-
,ion and delay has been the fear that high.
handed disposition OF IL vcxed problem would
,mplant in Europe the seeds of new war
n was alarm over such prospect which
,,doubtedly moved President Wilson to deny
.,pnort to the Italian claims to Fiume at
ths Peace Conference. Later the intcrna.
sio,al perils Of the case became extended
and last March the American State Depart
nent outspokenly resented attempts OF
I,.Iy. Great Britain and France TO reject
niau In which official American opinion
MAJ been represented. ... ..... ,
AZ that time the alternative suggestion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
DUELS, SMALL AND GREAT

TN HIS condemnation of duelng as "a
L foolish practice" and his refusal to meet
his challenger upon the so called field Of
honor, Leon Daudet, one of the leading
swordsmen in France, cites the war as the
cause Of his conversion. To this prominent
Royalist deputy the idea of killing or the
attempt to kill is barbarously rcpugnant.
His position implies wholesome respect
for the law and the processes Of the courts.
In France perhaps NJ. Daudet will be
accounted a stickler for principles. FATAL.
ties in French duels are rare. Mark Twain
once whlmsically declared that he had re-
ceived the Legion Of Honor as the first per-
SON to be wounded in Partisan sword bout
for years.
Nevertheless, the theory Of dueling is
grounded in romantic medieval brutality
individuals prone to admit this do not,
however, always apply the same reasoning to
national conflicts. That VI. Daudet has
closely indicated the analogy is not the least
sirnificant feature Of his stand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

where there Is inefficiency. Their recon-
mendations are based on q study Of the
facts asccrtained ut first hand and inter-
preted in the light Of broad knowledge. The
accuracy with which they work is well
illustrated by the fact that the local bureau
In the eleven years Of its existence has never
been sued for libel.
Still further, the work Of the bureau is
continuous and is not interrupted by a
change Of administration in the City Hall.
When the study of a problem Is begun 1t Is
continued until It is finished. This may take
six months or six years. There are certain
sections Of the new charter, inserted on the
recommendation Of the bureau, which were
framed as the result Of five years. study.
The institution justifes its existence both
by Its purposes and by the efficient way in
which It carries out those purposes. Just
now, when the Council is at work on the
budget for next year preparatory to fixing
the tax rate, the bureau is dcvoting special
attention to the Sinking Fund and is back
ing up the demand Of the Council for exact
information concerning the status of that
fund.
The statement has been made that the
sinking fund commissioners have In their
possession a surplus Of $4,000,O00 turned
over to them out Of previous tax levies, and
that this amount Is in excess Of the legiti-
mate needs of the fund. No one but the
commissioners knows the exact truth. and
they have not yet been persuaded to tell.
If so large a sum raised by previous tax
levies is In the hands of any city depart
ment, II ought to be turned over to the city
treasurer to be applied to the payment Of
current expenses. 1t would provide money
enough to keep the tax rate at its present
level and justify the Board Of Revision of
Taxes In cutting down the horizontal iu-
crease in assessments made this summer.
Then the small householders would have
brought home to them the value of the work
done in their behalf by the privately main
tanned Bureau Of Municipal Research.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
SEEING PHILADELPHIA

JUDGE BROWN did not issue n command
to the members of the City Council who
are to follow him in a personally conducted
tour OF the Municipal Court. Graciously
the judge put his summons in the form of
an invitation. Of course. most Of the mem
oers OF Council will turn up, if only for the
purpose OF greeting the multitude of their
friends who are warmly placed in Judge
Browns paradise for the politically INDECENT
The court, which spends as If it were the
shipping board, needs still more appropria-
dons, and Judge Brown is getting ready to
ask for them. So the tour of inspection may
De viewed as a preliminary survey arranged
TO let the members Of the Council know
what they can get for themselves in return
TOR some additional gobs of the public money
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
JURYWOMEN, OF COURSE

THERE is no reason to believe that women
L will perform their duty as jurors any
less capably than they exercised the fran
chise right. After an inevitable season of
more or less condescending jesting on the
subject, the public will adjust itself to the
new order, and what was novel will take on
the aspect Of authorized normality.
The innovation will soon be manifested.
Names for the first drawing from the jury
wheel in 1921 have already been listed. The
basis Is the assessors rolls. on which the
proportion of women to men Is as two to
i've. Later on this ratio will be changed,
for many women not enrolled by the as
SCISSORS under the exceptional rush condi-
lions Of last fall will have the opportunity
10 pay poll taxes before the next election.
The exemption of women from serving in
court on cases Of an embarrassing or un-
pleasant nature offers no prob.m. The
application of a little discretion and common
sense Is all that is needed. Ladies and
gentlemen Of the jury will soon arouse
no more astonishment than many another
formal phrase of the courtroom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
BoIshevlst Propaoand

From tho Los Angeles Tines. ...
The Chicago BARRIERS announce an adyanos
in the price OF hair cuts to an even dollar.
There are lot Of Bolshevists in the Illinois
city now and this will not tend to reduce the
number. There are plenty Of men who feel
that no hair cut Is worth a dollar and thoy
will let their decorations grow before she'd
ding this exorbitant sum. The BARRIERS as
sert that they have to pay $40 a gallon for
hair tonics that used to cost them 81; but
that doesn't explain anything, as they make
a mans dome In that stuff anyhow. The
principal reason for the increase Is that the
BARRIERS think they can collect II. Maybs
they, can, but long hair is apt 10 b fash'
ionable this winter. rF7 ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Pladelpans Subjects They
KnOtV

back on the campus ready for the new school
year. Work in the summer. with perhaps
some extra work during the Christmas holi-
days, tides these students over the winter,
their bed and board assured Some of them
even have rollicking good time at this sum
mer work, for instance, as lifeguards at re-
sorts, the admiration Of the vacation girl
and the envy of other males.
Certainly the young man Of meager cir
cumstanccs should not hesitate to seek q
college education, though it means outside
work of some kind. He has nothing to lose
and everything to gain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Knut Hamsun, the, Norwegian author
,mre Wno was once she driver Of horse car In
Ch;cago' Those were the days before the
sneed mania afflicted the populace and the
embryo author had time to dream as he drove
III hacks. What a lesson we have here, my
nbi,drenI II this Knut had been a good
diver. had loved his Job and had given II all
bis hest efforts, he might have been motor
-. tod.vt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

The baltimore woman who declares her
hrsband is merely a boarder, paying no
more than her other boarders and being in
fnitely more objectionable; evidently has
n Errone that the Great American Husband
rmnistakcniy ~ subordinatcs himself to his wife.
caring for her whims and permitting her to
n.vlect his comforts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Somehow we can't work up any SYM
patty for Sylvia Pankhurst's girls who
were thrashed by the women members OF an
angry London crowd because they had sung
and beaten tin cans during tho MINUTES OF
silence dedicated on Armistice Day to the
fallen dead. A good spanking seems to havs
been what they most needed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

When a foolish knave in Wilmington,
Del, tried to rob a house occupied BY i've
sisters three of them screamed from as many
windows and two fired at him with pistols.
II may be taken as aIiomatic that syeIy
will admit It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
What Do You Kno,u?
QUIZ

I. Who was Pieter de Hooch7
2. What sum was paid by the United States
to France for the Louisiana territory?
3. What Is meant by a ''raison d'etre"?
4. What Is the largest city In Mexico, after
the capital?
s. What country Is ruled by King Haakon?
Q. Who wrote "The Biglow Papers"?
Z. How does breadfruit growr
9. In what century did Joan Of Arc liye7
0. What French general was wounded nj
the battle OF the Brandywine in the
Revolutionary War?
10. What are ephemera7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

It Is extremely fortunate that Leon
Daudet, who has Just refused to fight
dnel on the ground that dueling Is foolish
practice and that there is no place 10
eleven Of them and there Is no possible eI-
cure for misunderstanding his declination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
roo much publicity cannot be given 4

Too much puDnclty chnnot pc given "
.ho decIarntion of the executive secretary
Of the California State Tuberculosis Asso-
citation that California Is not % cure, an roi1 t9r
road travel would bring health II spent on
treatment at home. 1t is point that has
frequently been made by high authority In
th;s city
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

When Mayor Hylan blames the press Of
New York for the crime wave which Is hit: g,
Che country. he is merely giving an Imitation
of worried civic official passing the buck. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

The secretary. Of the National Coffee
Roasters' Association has figured out that.
as n result of prohibition, 18, 900, ,Oo0, 900
more cups Of coffee have been consumed 80
far in 1920 than In the entire year Of 1919.
Some bean, some bean!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

United States marines are alleged to
have killed Haitians at the rate Of three 1
day., There Is something wrong with the
time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
There are sick veterans who can't ge,

There are sick veterans who can't, get
attention; wounded veterans shy Of adequate
Clothing; and bureaucratic red tape is keep
inc them from what they need. Uncle Sam
ia1st pay his debt to those who suffered for
gicE and well alike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Considering the pap on which they were
fed, 1t Is no wonder some war babies thrived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Herbert Hoover has greater interest in
the fate of 3,500O0O children In Europe
than in the likelihood Of his having a place
IN President Hardng's cabinet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Is there any likelihood that decreasns
living costs will cause public utility cor.
porations to cease agitation for higher ratesi
No, we don't think so, either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

A pugilist has been sued BY his wife
for divorce because, she alleges, he used her
for a punching bag. But 10 that any worse.
we ask you, than for a poet to insist upon
reading his stuff to the partner Of his occs-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

1t must be confessed that the Armistice
Day celebration lacked something Of glad
abandon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

The shipping board investigation proves
that truth Is not only stranger than fiction.
but nastier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Kind Corn, as usual, will be master
OF ceremonies at the Thanksgiving celebra.
tion hut ri ,,;il h. @ n.,l.,Io- -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

As a mirth- -provoker, the theatre tickst
scalper considers the law headliner,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Among other things, the American peo.
pie voted Senator Harding a 1000 per cent
salary boost.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Now that the New York Call admits
M at the "Russian experiment" Is a failure,
IL may be that the parlor Bolshevists may
eventually see the light. 's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Baseball magnates have postponed eel
ebration of Armistice Day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Veterans are now reaching the point
when they are willing to declare that 1t was
q petty good old war as long as II lasted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Only Public Service Commission can
suppress Snow storm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
Philadelphia, Friday. November IL, 1870
A FOUR-yEAR PROGRAM FOR
pHIL1DEIPHIN

Thinss on which the people expect the now
administration to concentrate Its attention.
The DsiGtoare RIVER bridge.
a dr1dook big enough to accom- IN, oddte the
largest ships.
4 oonvsntior hail!
4 outld'ng tot the Free Library.
~. Art Museum.
Enldroerent Of the tcater suppiv
homee TO dccomm oddte the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Ever and anon the shrewdness Of
knave hides itself in the frankness Of fool
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
sHQRTCU

So. far the only cut in bread is with the
bread knife :,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

WHEN arrived home too late to regis
w ter for voting on the regular days I was
helncd by the whole ncghborhood to find the
mantle son Of the tinsmith--who would
know what I was to do, He did know and
aid Il and on the second day Of October
found all obstacles smoothed for my regis.
tTati0n, We did not know each other. but
he had known my father and had known
his, 30 It was all right!
ZACH winter there is great coming and
T. going Of snow carts at either end OF this
block, and what looks like two manholes are
nsed. down which snow Is shovelcd by the
wagon load. Passersby stare In amazcment
NJ the raI,idly disappearing snoyelfuls W..
the Inhabitants of these streets tnat on-r
was an outlying village OF the town. are not
amazed. We know that between the rows
~ houses and built over by street and trolley
,rack IA the stream that once meandered be-
tween green banks down to the river. It
iows on unseen now, but II Is there It Is
like our instinct for old ways, old ties. We
NAV be slow In acquiring new ideas, but
we do not easily forget old friends or break
old ties. Perhaps We 'sre--apst yillsssi h.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-02-05
w. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. $1,000
BEGINS TO SEE THE TRUTH
Old Oliver Onken Realizes He Is the
Captive, and Not the Victo-
rious captu.er.

MY son-in-law. Luther Stuckey,
doesn't amount to anything at ALL and
yet, paradoXical as it sounds. he is q
bowling success in his chosen special
ty," related old Oliver Onken. HE
sings squealing tenor, he can second
the motion all right, and will be as
useful as anybody else to count on
when the cholera breaks out He
might possibly do we'll managing a
snail farm. In short, he has never
really accomplished anything except
to work me so adeptly that he is able
to keep better dressed than | can af-
ford to, and by that means maintain
a higher standing in the community
than | enjoy. Just how he manages
1t l do not exactly understand. but
somehow he keeps right on putting
1t over me. l cannot kill him. and he
will not leave. When he broke into
the family I thought l was getting a
son-in-law, but now it looks painfully
like my son-in-law has got me-
Kansas City Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-02-05
PROMISING Outlook.

II seen the start of what looked like
it was going to be a right lively fuss,
over at Tumlinville yesterday" related
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "a
couple Of fellows jumped onto another
Teller, for something or nuther, reck-
on, although I didn't learn what, ard
went TO mauling him right sharply.
Then another teller jumped in, to make
it even. About that time the sheriff
came a-runnirg and started to pull 'em
apart. and all four lit in on him. he
deputzed a passed. of fellers that were
standing around. and they sorter took
hold. and another bunch of fellers
that came up 'peared 20 figger that the
process was too One-sided, and so they
tore in, too. About that time it begun
TO rain, and they ali adjourned to the
porch Of the Tote Fair store and went
to talking horse swap and politics.
But for spell shore reckoned was
going to see something of light
Kansas City Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-02-05
Learning About Nitroqen.

Recent experiments with the alpha
ray have led to the discovery, says the
English Mechanic and World Of Sci
ence. that nitrogen. which for a GEN.
fury and half has been regarded
as an element may not be an element
at all. but compound of hydrogen and
helium. 1t is an interesting coinci-
dence that Doctor Dalton, according
to the now accepted account, was led
to his theory of the atomic structure
OF matter by a study Of the physical
properties Of the atmosphere. Sir
Ernest Rutherford, by experiments on
the same gases, now sees in each Of
Dalton's atoms of nitrogen 81 atomic
system in which two distinct Ten ents
play a part, and nitrogen itself APP
parently is to disappear as an element
Youths Companion.