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Let the Householder Do 1t
To the Editor Of The Trihun.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The present terrible condition
Of our streets, tying up traffic more
or less completely throughout the city,
brings up the question as to how q
similar state Of affairs can be avoided
in the future.
A very simple cxpedient, involving
no extra outlay Of money by tho city,
would answer the question and pre-
vent such a condition.
Under the present law householder.
are required to clear of sidewalks in
front Of their property. This they do
by throwing the snow into the cutters.
After heavy snowfalls great masses of
snow are heaped up along the curbs,
leaving narrow lanes in the middle of
the streets, in which vehicles stru9rle
and get stalled in trying to pass each
other.
Let each householder be compelled
to clear OFF not only the sidewalk in
front Of his property, but eight feet
OF the street from the curb out as
we'll. This would give him twice the
amount Of labor. it is true, but when
the snowstorm was over the snow
would be piled in the middle of the
streets and the streets on each side
would be open for traffic in either d.
rection. People could alight from and
enter vehicles at the curbs, and the
cutters would be open and free at al,
times for the melting snow when the
thaw came.
This method could be used in all
streets and avenues except In the mar
row ones, where there are cartracks.
1t would prevent the present tying
up OF traffic in the city, and the snow
could be removed easily and at the
city's leisure. All that is needed is tha
enactment and enforcement Of thi.
method by law.
GEORGE n. RYDER.
New York, Feb. 12, 1890.
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transportation industry has been
recognized In railroad lesislation

transportation industry has been
recognized In railroad Liquidation
running baek Tor forty years. And
tho unions which approved tho Plumb
plan Of "socialisation" for the bon
eft Of tho railroad workers have only
recently Endorsed this theory in ita
EXTREMIST form.
What grievance can they now have
against the conference bill except
that it puts tho roads back under
private operation. and thus possibly
delays the realization Of the Plumb
ideal Of railroads operated primarily
Tor The benefit Of railroad labor?
7 Congress, however. was facing q
moro immediate and pressing prob
lem. The government had failed
disastrously in the effort to operate
tho roads. The country was sick Of
that experiment. Tho only way out
Of the n,uddle was to restore the
roads to private operation.
But having lowered tho efficiency
Of the carriers and nearly wrecked
their credit, q restoration without
reparation and without some guar
antees Of new credit and solvency
offered no hope Of better operation.
The reads had to be kept going.
The Esch- -Cummins measure was an
expedient to keep them going. Gov
ernment operation ends next week.
Mr.. Mondell put the real question
before Congress with clearness when
he said: "Shall they 1.-THE railroads]
return under legislation that will
make possible the successful opera
tion Of the roads and the furnishing
OF adequate transportation to the
people, OK shall they be returned
under circumstances certain to Gre
ate chaos, produce confusion and
bring nationwide disaster?"
The conference bill is q compro-
mise, with the defects of q COM
promise. But its passage was es-
sential in the public interest. There
fore the House brushed aside the
complaints Of the union leaders and
passed it.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Father of the New Navv

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please accept my thanks as 4
navy officer for your editorial this
morning, headed "The Father Of the
New Navy" as exposing tho fallacv Of
the amazing belief on the part Of many
that Secretary Whitney was entitled to
that honor. As you point out, the new
navy began with the first Naval Advis-
ory Board that was appointed by Sec
rotary Hunt. He was followed bv
Secretary Chandler and he bv Secret.rv
Whitney.
May be permitted to quote from
my autobiography, page So: Nobody
was the father Of the new navy. The
new navy was the child Of q public
opinion created by navy officers. Ex-
cept'ng navy officers, the man who
probably did moro for the navv than
any other one man was Secretary Hunt.
~no' though he was in office \ very
short time, brought about the estab-
hshment Of the first Naval Advisory
BOARD for the express purpose Of pre-
auc1ng new navy. Mr.. Chandler fol-
lowed Mr.. Hunt and both did efficient
work. But both were only instru-
mentalities for influencing Congress
and the, President to do what naval
Officers like Luce, Walker, sicard and
others urged them to do. Mr.. Whitney
came into Office ofter tho Chicago,
Atlanta and Boston were almost fin
ished, and one Of the principal acts Of
his administration was to delov their
completion for virtually . year."
BRADLEY A. FI6KE, !
Rear Admiral. q. 8. N. (retirei).
New York, Feb. Is, 1884
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
Gotham Gleanings

Miss Clara Yeadon week-endcd
in Philada.
Bob Lansing is taking a rest
these days.
Income tax worries are the orde,
Of the day.
Newt Baker of Cleveland Thurs.
dayed in our busy midst.
To-day is a holiday except 70,
subway guards, newspapermen, etc
Frank Case and wife are back
from France, both looking elegantly
Terry McGovcrn is mighty busy
about the Cornell party at the Com.
modorc this afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs. 1rv
Cobb will be glad to know she is
out of the hospital and ali we'll again
Henry Seidel Candy, of New
Haven. was pleasant caller Thurs
Hank Is coming here to live nex,
summer.
Miss Eva Carson will be mar.
red this afternoon at p. m. to New.
man Levy the W. k. atty at law. The
lucky pair will honeymoon in Ber-
muda.
Miss Harriette Underhill wishes
Gotham Gleaninss to express h-r
gratitude to the many who have writ.
ten to her, and she says she Jus,
can't write to all of them. Tut
Hattie, they don't expect it.
Where there is no peace Of mind"
said President Wilson, quoted by tho
greatest Of peace-of-mind protagonists,
DR.. Berthold A. Baer, "there can be
no energy In endsavor."
Has tho President ever been a
eolyum conductor who has just re-
eeivsd message from the composing
room
That he needed two lines
70 AMI
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
Indiuidualisfic Labor
Must Be Met and Curbed as
Was CAPITAL

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Since the trust-breaking cam
paign of Mr.. Roosevelt the country has
been in a socialistic rather than an in
dividualistic frame of mind. Organized
labor has recognized this fact and tried
to make it appear that its purposes and
ideals are socialistic. The fact that
its strength was based upon the con-
certed action Of q great number Of men
who depend for their living upon their
daily efforts made possible this ap-
pearance Of socialistic purpose. As
matter Of fact, the labor movement
is not related to any conception of the
public welfare. The closed shop, col
lective bargaining through professional
labor agitators, limitation of produc-
ton and shortening of hours are Gil
means to secure for those who con-
tribute to the strength and power Of
organized labor the largest possible
compensation for the least possible
effort.
The frank claim Of Mr.. Gompers, that
labor is entitled to promote its pro-
gram by the unlimited use of the strike,
no matter who may suffer or what the
extent of the suffering may be, is be-
yond all doubt that the labor movement
to-day is as highly individualistic as
the trust movement Of twenty yea1y
ago. 1t accepts as fully as Gid the
trust movement the present social
and economic order and seeks to impose
Its will upon that order by the power
OF organization, strong enough to con-
troll not only the economic but The
political forces Of the country. OF
course, if this is so, tho organized
labor movement Is to be met, curbed
and finally regulated by the same prin-
clples and the same means which the
law has sought to apply to tho reguia-
ton of the trust movement.
We must recognize the right to or
ganize and to bargain collectively, bat
We cannot tolerate monopoly and ire
sponsibility. We must resist tho closed
shop and must make voluntary associa-
tlons amenable to the process Of law,
as corporation or an individual is,
and the rank and file of the labor
unions responsible for the acts Of
their officers and agents. We must
demand service in place of obstruction
upon tho same principle that wa recog-
nlze strikes in private employment for
increased wages and better working
coholtlons we must prohibit . strike
20 establish closed shop or curtail
production. If in the public interest
We deny the right to strike to en-
ployees of public and quasi public
enterprises we must provide an &C.
cessible and prompt means for public
nearing upon every grievance
After the Seattle strike, the Boston
police strike, the harbor strike. the
printers strike, the steel strike and
tho coal strike, all of them within Ave
months, we cannot dismiss the issues
wnsch organized labor is thrusting
upon the public attention, and in justice
TO the working man, both organized and
unorganlzed. We must meet them with
courage, determination and positive
result. MURRAY T. QUIGG.
New York, Feb. IL, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
Let Us Have Peace

(From Tho Cleveland Ploin- Deoler)
A British editor is calling attention
TO the danger Of tho United States
absorbing Canada. What-and have
all this prohibition fuss to 70 through
again7 Never!
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
Spending to Save

The advice Of Mr.. Simmons, Of
Chicago. to buy silk stockings and
become rich has excited much deri.
sion and some sympathy. The. de-
riders have that French wife Of q
doughboy to point to who tainted
from the shock Of her first contact
with American extravaganza. Ger
tainly Americans have scarcely
begun to save by comparison with
the steady, religious atmosphere Of
thrift which pervades France. And,
despite Mr.. Simmonds, we doubt very
much whether the silk stocking habit
is an incentive to thrift.
His notion is that once the habit
Of saving Is learned in order that
she may decorate her wardrobe, It
lasts over to produce money for saw
ings bank and Liberty bonds. The
most extravagantly dressed girls
have the most money in the bank,
he declares. This might be true
and yet permanent savings be no
greater. It is true that, as rule,
tho people who spend the most for
oxtravagances have the most money
to spend. But saving money is quite
another matter. We doubt much
whether squanderers upon extrav-
agant luxuries usually save much
capital in the long run.
But there is very real and OBJ
vious effect of buying luxuries which
Mr.. Simmons might have stressed,
and that has an important moral
for every one. 1t tends to increase
income. The spender may not save
more, but he or she is almost Ger
tain to earn more. That is the
wholesome side of American extrav-
agance, and, with all due regard to
our failure in the matter of thrift,
it is saving grace which deserves
more attention and respect than it
receives.
It is part and parcel of our thor
oughly democratic atmosphere, of
the complete and constant ambition
which dwells In most American
minds and which is made possible
and kept alive by our system of
large rewards open to anybody with
the energy and ability to go out and
work for them. In connection with
this ambition the purchase and en-
joyment Of luxuries play an active
and very practical part. Luxuries
are the outward sign and symbol
Of success; they are the first agree
able fruit Of success. The girl or
the man who tastes Of them wants
more, and, wanting more, plans a
way to get them. There is almost
no one who cannot greatly increase
his earning capacity if he has a
mind to do so-and a will to back
his mind.
Our free-living American way Of
existing has its drawbacks-it should
unquestionably be supplemented by
an increasing sense of responsibility
for the future and for providing
for that future by constant habit
of saving, even if only upon a small
scale. Thrift" is the next word the
American people need to learn. In
learning it, however, let no one think
that mere boarding, the stopping of
spending for luxuries and comforts
-extravagances by the standards Of
other countries-is a short cut to
thrift To the contrary, literally in
terpreted, it would reduce ambition
and thereby effort and energy and
will; and thus ultimately reduce the
income out Of which savings alone
can come. If Mr.. Simmons had
stressed this aspect Of silk stockings
his argument would have rested on
securer ground.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Envious West
tFrom The korsa. cssu sta,

tFrom The KoMsos CITY Starl
Now York is digging itself out fron
under several feet Of snow. That 70
like New York. II anything white sSe
pure does visit that town e Gsts
thrown cut
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

Transmitted to Mrs. Ward Watson,
of Roland, Manitoba, from tho spirit
world is poem accredited to the spirit
Of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae;
and We'll say this for it: it isn't much
rottener than the "sequels" to "In
Flanders Fields" (most of which show
that the writer's haven't respect enough
for the original to write them in ron
deau form) We are all for ap-
plying the literacy test to the spirits
Of literary persons.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
,,nnra OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

rhe As,ocaa&ed press II exclusively entitled 70 the
une fnr Yeruhlcation Of a dispatches credited
q Il q not Otherwise credited In this paper and
aeo ths local ncws ot spontaneous origin published
hstodn.
An s4shtA Of republication Of all other matter
AsEs4n alSe aS0 fesesved
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
More Literary Notes

Kipling puffs a pipe at every after
noon in the smoking room Of the hotel
he lives in when in London. He will
talk freely to any one who addresses
him, after first making sure that he
isn't a newspaper man. BE loathes re-
porters.
Stacy Aumonier is SO agin mon
arches that he says he feels like apollo
gizing for England's form Of govern
ment whenever he meets an American
or q Frenchman.
When you first see tho cottage Ches-
terton lives in and then see Chester
sticking through the roof. He looks
like a Hans Andersen ogre in Goldi-
locks house.
In recent issue Of The Coming
Tower the question was asked what
Londoners would do for lectures these
nights. st. John Ervine was asked if
he had seen this squib. He said mo"
but ne thought it extremely amusing.
Mrs. Ervine laughed when she heard Of
1t, and blfthely remarked: "But no one
IN London ever goes to lectures"
The slang of trade or a profession
is always fascinating. "Wanted," reads
an advertisement in the American Nur-
seryman, "Married man who under
stands growing ornamental nursery
stock. Also married man for propa-
eating ornamental nursery stock
An infirmary, Second Avenue and Thir-
teenth Street, advertises in the World
for "Body ironers and mangle girls"
Perhaps when women have been vot-
ing for $50 years they will not be the
only sex who don't wait their turn to
mount the Park Place cscalator.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
MONDAY. FEBRUARY a. 1870.

ouasa sel puAu1hsd dafiy By Ns~ York Tribune
- 'AgNsv Ycsx Cospesanen. ogdsn Asid. Prssi-
1unas a.. vsrnes Rossrs. vlcs-rrssadsnt: Helen
4so1ss Rid. gscfvtAU: =. 4. sutsr. Treasurer
.Addrsss, Tnbuns Building. 1ss Nassau Street.. New
YRk s1slephons Bsskman 5000
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Yss "a psrsAass mssehaaa!ss eAvstiset ia TINS
Vsa rssuits Ii any cass THE fRiBuNG suatantses
= - youv Msaey back upen rseusst. Ne red taps.
NJ Quthbtlao. We make eooe premptN u she
adSvftss1P dees aet.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
GUARANTY

ss.a - sA' E:ss.9ss: s:o # .. r.: 1's. '' Second
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

guDs1nrIoN KATES-By man. Including
psseaA N THH UNITED STATES AND
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

Has tho President ever been a
colyum conductor who has just re-
eeivsd message from the composing
room
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

That he needed two lines
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

"Where there is no peace Of mind"
said President Wilson, quoted by tho
greatest OF peace-of-mind protagonists,
DR.. Berthold A. Baer, "there can be
no energy In endsavor."
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

New Ysrk, Feb. IL, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

p. r. A.
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delivered tho row that dlaNei nn o.
her hopes for him 10 the ground
''Whh,e,.r 1. for your hlpp.n,a T.
Tor mine" a." Aid Rrlug N,,Ahc''t
20 stay Wi'h ~ - once l0EHss 'Hr
10y broaght NiiAh.lh. hIt 9 uieu'
mother md filled 'he hou.t Nl' ~
most heautti, and charming s,rls %.
saw Willsbella against hls huDhf J.'
instead " her oWu The scales frl ON
In eyrs and 81 vas diseur rhAu'si
He perceived Nhlt no argument coli
have convinced Tim of ih1t he would
h. eterrally s,lnin,d u Ter nat they
hsd nothing IN common hn' rfe di9
no, belong To hl4 World She d'i not
even know how - hold her fork. or eat
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soup sull los. how 20 dress nr talk
Ike q sentlewomAn And Wilhbelh
sn' m lpred az the by fni slld
onpurh to return to her Own NM
Nrlfteg ippthrr Who saved several
~ boa Children hun making foolish
tNHs fhtt tNrfa IL M
p'N,r such cure for i1ve sickness as
giving the couple an Oycflpse ~ ",'h
o't,r, ~. 's'N ifpr,epy IN ho'
weather She avcr' that thies days ~
urlrirf u't.d nlkieFt viii break W
any match
Silf .In-hsr uoitr ~ vl'7N = tu-' isr
wa fascinated ~ an undesirable sulior
lfnu n' her li',1's 81. bear upon thc
rsn instead of tho glrl,
1T " sF-h a comfort 10 think OF
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Maud marrying q man Who viii cher.
lsh I,f ~ an sIf",rl VII, m0iher
oonnisd IN Tin. "iof Maud isn't st
al strong. sni cculin't p,s'ihiy attend
much 20 hor-,k~epins or ~orry much
over lhe prices of thlnss - ~ many
..I. .,. y Nflr .... Ip So snd n
would h. dliie OUT II the question for
her 70 10 such = thlns - cook
In tact che do.snt know the frt
Oh .fF HHf ar hUuHHtIrk ~ fTNius
or sry'hinE NJ that sort ! am afraid
have rather spoiled her hy slwsys let.
,lrz have her breakfast In he'd And
IN. dear child 10 - .n'fa,agsnt Really
her hll, ar. something awful. but !
know you will want 10 indulge her In
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,hckinx q cat except upon butter You
Nil fs.al that IN, vny old MsloJ
l.rt'nrs when called upon 20 break
- ne mstch between his nephew and
1 fascinating hu, hloN,y actress nur
INJURED As Ne read over her Letters
"h frr 'pN,ly creature lnNeb
c'ehWr. Atorr. ycu | sgr Ole sI~l 4
creature. lovely etrAtItc
pf 'h1t one 'f' ID Tor Ar'nur MIA
90 hs mothers ,ears and entfratiea
and p~lN-rs had mot been abe "a No
\ certain mother. whose Young son
irnglncd himself IN love with a very
e, mmcn grl VAS aghnst when the hoy
atnounctd his choice ~ wife She
d,d not tat an eye. however. whom he
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survey SHOWS
BOY SHORTAGE
Registration Is $500 Instead
Of 10000 Expected,

n.yssr-old boys are more nnnsr
sus In oklahoma -City than those ~
any other ass from TO ~ sr'oihinS
10 Rotary club boy survey statistic.
The city has iJi hoys Of 70 jrif' 90
Of u ,sas. Iq ~ u year. il' ~ J.
years. 30, ~ = Years i'i ~ ~ t'if'
81 of T vsars 80 n Is wears ''' ~
syrar,, -, on year. ga ~ ?. NtA.'
is9 n II years. and - - ~ }e1r'.
Tho tois. uHrIhor ~ r'ff' r'n'"'
4. iiG Complete t,Ifrs " '
,a,ed m $500 cnris srHs - U'rh
have not BEEN ufnei m. HHi u...'r
o. phlch are incomplete
Tho dlsnG, IN wh.b returns s'r
most complete 4, mo ror'h'1" l1
~hlch survey workers obtained '1'w
nation on '9s b"y'
According 20 to population o' we
city. survey dlfe, tors expected a regis
tr.,lon Of - MOO boys he'Drsn Sr'
IL yoar. n sye. ru' $500 TOYS have
N..n listed. The shortage 10 accounted
for ny H. A. Lane survey dirso'nf, ~
the tact nat Oklahoma has nisfa-
tory population. And thai tho CITY hH.
q hish psrc,n'Ass - chiiilsr married
persons. Nhers ho'h ths husband nni
VII, vofA
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A WOMAN wrt,es me that her
N daughter 10 IN love with man
\ o., whom she highly disspproves.

and she want. to know hos abe can
break m the mntcn. Tor Tho glrl ~
determined to marry her unsuitable
euiior.
Of cDurs, The only fcileN" in"'h'l OF
ptSy.ntlng nm undesirable marriage ig
to fofestill CUNT and prevent Nouns
people from hlling IN love WIN t1c
wrong parties It's case Vhofo an
oihce II prevention IL worth poiini
OF GUS. aud Il parents foresight ras
only A. good As their hind UgHt IN srn'i-
mental matters. thry could save thein-
sele,s and thelt children many heart
aches.
Quarantlns YOUR house a. firifly
srsins, heautifil gitls, and fascinating
yTnng men thar ,u1 DO not Nish your
snns and daught,rs ~ marry 40 yvi
would against smallpox. Keep your
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The tir.' and iast ara '.oses' r'h
question 20 any lVinr crea'uie
"Wnal 40 ,ou l,kr" 1'l ne Nh'
yon Ike ard IN 'r., you what ,'u 1.r
.aluskip,
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"RITA," the
nerpeSt of all
new Spring
OxfOrdS-

Note OWr rery
popular price
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-08
HOTEL CLERK DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Frank f.. Purviance, night clerk al
the Hotel Ottawa, died ycstctdaN AIT
ernoon about 4 30 O'Clock at the l,t
burn Memorial Hospital after about d
weeks illness OF pneumonia,
Last Thursday Mr.. Puryiancc com
planned OF being i'll, but atlIl kept ~
his work as clerk Tuesday evening
about O'Clock he became seriously
sick. He was then taken to the nos
rital to be cared for, bu- with llttlo
chance for his recovery.
He was we'll known in this city and
had large circle of friends He live
in Hennepin until four years ago
when he came here in search lo'
w., and was then employed as CLERK
at the OTTAWA.
He was born in Henncpin, ILL.,, IN th'
year 1853, being 81 years Of age on his
last birthday. He was the only sen O
Frank furyanCe OF HCnncpin lclr
viving he leaves one sister, Miss ltettt
puryiance of Hennepin.
Funeral services will be'held tomor
row morning al o clock from th'
home of his sister in Hennepln.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-08
MACK A CALF 0RN|A
JAIL BREAKER; WAS
HELD FOR ROBBERY
LOS ANGELES POLICE CHIEF
WRITES OF PREVIOUS CRIME or
ROY MACK WHICH TOOK PLACE
IN AUGUST, 1919 -- PCT URE $
VERIFY IDENTIFICATION.

ROY Macb, alias icIduey Joseph the
prisoner in the la Sale county bas
lie vino attempted the daring jail de
lil cry on the night on Doc II, l. also
wanted in Cali Ornia having ESCAPED
rom the Golden State officers while
v aittuG tor a Burglary sentence. rms
act was committed on Aug 81. l9'3,
less than tlVe mon.b bs before he at
tenn ted Che Ottawa delivery and
made the attack on Jailcr John Cisc }.
Shcrin Ayers. in hunting up the
criminals former police record, wrote
Io California. and today received the
uiluwing communication from thini
8l Police George Is. Home OF Los
ulolcs.
g. =. Ayers, Sheriff La SaIle County,
Ottawa. Ill. Dear Sir:
Il am in receipt OF your lester Of
the 18th ulumo, advising that yea
nave in custody on charge OF burglary
Dnc Sidney Joseph and requesting his
Los Angeles record.
judging from the name. your priE
oner is The We'll known criminal, Sid
I.seph, alias Harry Young, alias Earl
Ford. who has served at least two
icrme Tor burglary, He is Los An
leiys No. lr0G-. san Quentin. Cali
state prison 30. 25,962, Wyoming state
peniten iary No. l,H22.
This man was arrested by officers
of my dcpal tmeht on Jiuy i, 1919, foi
our giary He was tried and convicted
Of the burglary Of several dental Of
fees in this city bu, while in the Los