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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
WHAT WORDS CAN DO

MANY thousands Of men and women s7t
Nl down on the occasion Of Woodrow
Wilson's birthday to tell the world of the
tremendous forces which this one American
set in motion after the war and to predict
for him shining place in the estimation Of
all future generations. But it is difficult
even now to measure or even to guess nj
the ultimate effects Of Mr.. Wilson'S work
1t is already clear that much Of it may
have unexpected and even astonishing re.
suits.
Thus the two words which occurred most
frequently in the State papers issued out
of Washington in the period of the war
we're self determination" The President
was thinking Of the safety and security and
the peace Of small nations. and Of their
freedom from selfish exploitation by stronger
ncighbOrs.
But it il now apparent that some Of the
little peoples put q different Interpretation
on the composite rrm which was presumed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
BY-PRoDUcrS OF EDUCATION

DCBLlC school teachers associations OF
L New Jersey have again passed resolu-
tions opposed to the continuance of secret
fraternities in public educational institu-
tiOns.
L. B. Ogilby, president Of Trinity COL
lege, which is at Hartford Conn. took the
floor nt the meeting of the National Collie
giate Athletic Association IN New York
yesterday 70 lament the influence and i'm
portance of money in the American system
of college sports. He vcnturcd 10 believe
that something is wrong with u system in
which a husky undergraduate coach may
earn more in ten weeks on an athletic field
than a full fedged professor is paid for a
season Of toll as a member Of first class
university faculty.
There is nothing new in all this. School
fratern!ties have been denounced before and
they continue to flourish. II is admittedly
wrong that universities should pay literally
for Drawn and provide only meager rewards
for brains. And the coach prospers as he
never prospered before.
Secret fraternitcs in the public schools
are schools of undiluted snobbcry. College
athletics in this country do nothing for the
average undergraduate beyond giving him
occasional opportunities to exercise his
voice in song.
1t is when our native institutions become
over prosperous that they fall into bad
habits and require the services Of the muck
rakcrs. There IL in many minds a dawI.ing
suspicion that little less free use Of money
and 4 little more wholesome criticism night
be good for the higher institutions of learn
ing in this country and for the generation
that is supposed to be benefited by them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Edmund randolph, OF Virgnia w,s ,ho
States. VI ''e United
2. a dnosaur Is an extinct gigantic ror.uo
Inc name is from the Greek "deipoa';
. trrlDle' and "sauros" lizard '''
8. Call money" IL money Ioaned ,rhio,
HalS must be paid back upon immediate @It,
4. Jade is a silcate OF lime anS n,ao,ooto
hard. green, blue or white stnno' s'"'
D. Octrol ID the duty levied in some Tmro-
pean continental countries on roaHs
often ioodStufrs, entering "A toSU SUouS. n,
city. Tho name Is also gpniioi ~ ~ pr or
pace where. or the otficiala bv yUbon, trre
the tax Is levied. ' ~ "Hoih'
D. SIT Johh Hare was hstInguIsLad rr
lish actor, especially noted far N''tS
chaTaGterization of the "men.or. ,halS hlS
world" types. lie died In IonTaon' 'hH, e.
1921 Mt the age OF seyenty.sovenoh IN
l. rSySn" ySn soWI was tho Greek deity peSonifying
8. The present Queen OF italy ,s a r,,,,o
Of Montenegro. daughter OF for,no,. fn%,lDs
King Nicholas, " Aorher
.. The Carpathan Mountains form, n eys,,,..
IN Central Europe, lying chieGE ''in 10
Hungary and Pennsylvania and fnr,mnl ~
ins the old western boundary OF
10, strasbours is tho chief city of Alsac.
France. "'e'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
A CLEAN CIVIC RECORD

FTNHE momentum of any great corporate
i enterprises, governmental or private Is
not easy to check. Even with unscrupulous
corruptionists in the saddle it is inConcetv-
able that all important public undertakings
OF this municipality could have been halted
In the year 1921.
Mayor Moore, however. has pointed to
more than merely conventional accomplish
ments in his review of the constructive
work Of his administration. The emanci-
patton of the street cleaning system from
private contractor sway is alone an achieve
ment of the most inspiring nature.
Abuses of such long standing that the
most confirmed optimists had become touched
with skepticism will end with the advent of
the new year. Preparations for municipal
care of the streets have been painstaking
and enlightened.
Considering the brevity of the period for
laying the foundations and the numerous
obstacles encountered, the city may already
be said to have worked wonders with its
ambitious and highly necessary program.
Less spectacular perhaps, yet of sub
stantial worth are the 81 900 600 improve
ments to the water supply system, the
So, 200, 900 sewage and survey work, the
50 2.000, 900 dock and wharf construction
and, Of course, the consistent betterment of
street paving.
Mr.. Moore is entirely justified in calling
attention to tangible evidences Of progress.
Political squabbles and factional disputes
in American cities are regularly subjected
to emphatic publicity. The practice is
commendable, and it is q sign OF healthy
civic spirit when miSdecds and blunders are
viewed with indignation.
History, however, does not entirely square
with Gibbons estimate Of it as u chronicle
Of mankind's follies, crimes and miSfOr-
tunes. History was made in Philadelphia
during 1921 by a municipal administration
that has vitaIly contributed to the develop
ment of this community.
The work has been efficiently and hon
estly performed. AS there is more scnsa-
tion in scandal than in decency, it is 70
the reason rather than to the emotions that
the clean, constructive record of 1921 par
ticularly appeals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
YULE AMONG THE SoVIETS

TT WOULD be interesting to know what
l. Christmas and the New Year season
have been like in Russia, where there Is
a government ban not only on the
Christian religion, but upon all the legends
and fanCies that serve elsewhere to make the
years of childhood beautiful. But all the
news from Moscow is formal news, and most
of It continues to be censored SO far as it
Is possible to tell from the cables, Moscow
celebrated the Christmas season by formally
accepting at n special session of the Soviet
Congress the principle of 'CapitaIistc direc-
tion of industry" This means merely that
the Bolshevists have decided formally =
legalIze the principle Of trade and the
validity of money and contracts. There is
something half pitiful and half humorous in
the official explanation which acCOmpanies
this announcement. The Sovets, we are
told, accept the principle of trade "only
because they are not able to suggest an
alternative
They tried hard enough, certainly, to find
an alternative. They have been trying for
three years. And why they should continue
10 imply dislike of capitalists it is hard TO
understand for when Lenlnc sought, even
mt the risk Of war, famine and pestiencr, to
oet up communistic heaven upon this earth
II was not the capitalists or the rich Of Rus
ela or even the merely well-to-dO folk who
defeated him. II was his own peasants, who
aeyeloped all the instincts Of monopolists Il.
scon us they found themselves in possession
~ land and crops. They wouldn't divide
their stores and the fruits Of their labor with
she state (or with other workers. They
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
KEEP WATCH OF THIS

DEPORTS that a Ware -Magee combina.
IL ton is in the making in order to con
troll the nomination of the next Governor
should interest the thoughtful voters.
There is no doubt that Senator Ware
would like to have another Governor in his
vest pocket MS he had Governor Brumbaugh.
And there is no doubt that the kind of
candidate whom he would favor for the
office is not the kind Of candidate that the
men opposed TO combining business with
politics would like to see in the executive
mansion In Harrisburg.
But Senator Ware is not In the habit of
considering the wishes of such persons. Inc
candidates that he likes are men who will
play the game with him.
If we are to have Republican candidate
for whom it will not be necessary to apollo
gizo it will be necessary to look elsewhere
than to any combination dominated by Ware.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
What DO You Know9


l. when dtd the title Prime Minister first
o xy,te receive legal sanction in England?
- "nht american city is named for n
. society OF war veterans? '''
D. Who was Pcyton Randolph?
= WWnat vas the Ever Victorious Armv"9
Q. What Is Il Caranueno? amy
o. "nTI is the first name OF Villa the
Me%'can former revolutIonIst? ''''
4 "Hat is The meaning of the abbreyiatIon
D. "nat IS ne present name OF the yillayc
near which the Battle OF WateTtS"
2. Who was Nicholas Pouss,n?
w. VINO was the first Secretary OF tho rrao,-
ury OF the United STATES? 'e"S'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

boarded their grain. and when the state in
tervened to compel them to give it UP they
ceased TO plant. And these were the people
who were to have had the preferred places
in Lenine's paradise. The Sovlets haven't
been defeated by capitalism. They have been
defeated by ineradicable laws that govern
human nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

DR.. Howard b. Cross. studying yellow,
fever for the Rockefeller Institute, has disd
Of the disease, The quality most respGn'
gible for the worlds progress is a mans &c.
votion to his job. We call 1t by many hhO i
names, but there is none really finer than The
commonplace and natural one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Scientific mating of silver.gray DorE,,
inGs, plymouth Rocks and single-combed
white Lcghorns by Henry NJ. Iamonn, of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, has resulted IL
n bigger. meatier hen which lays larger
tastier eggs. We do obeiSanCe to Lamona'
She is some chicken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
When General Dioz nj home agal

When General Diaz. at home asaitn,,
expressed himself as being clishtcd WIZ
the reception he got in America he propNps
made one mental reservation. Any hl,
suffering from n spraned finger ns res,I' rII
Of vigorous hand shaking naturaIr wTrmo.
We are 4 strenuous people ~ our NV"
tlons, as Nine. Curic cuH testify. Only "
old campaigner like Marshal Forh can s'ano sa
the strain. lie learned how to relax w
tween exuberancss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

The way the bandit appears to figure
it out IS that if he il successful hen make
a clear haul; and If he Is piuched he'll land
in clean, comfortable prison where the
meals are good and everybody will be careiu!
of his comfort
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Lack of clothing and fuel is causing
much sickness among the children Of the
unemployed in Kensington, says Mrs Long;
now connected with st. Luke's Episcopal
Church. Perhaps Santa Claus didn't know
where they lived but II isn't too late.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Whisky. prohibItonists tell US, gives
man false energy boosts him for a while and
thro,ys him down. The same thing is be-
yond neradycnturc true of many drugs. The
ccriminal records Of snow birds prove 1t. May
- nnt also be true Of the jazz phonograph
musc with which the Postmaster ut Harris
burg put zip into his weery clerks during
the holiday rush!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Richard Strauss and party of friends
primed to hear Strauss music over the wire.
less. heard instead ragtme from another
subscriber. Sooner or later wireless mes
sages will be keyed for their destination
like linotype matrices h0mcward bound.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Watson of Georgia opposes relief TO,
starving Russia, but would have the United
States Government officially recognize the
Moscow Soviet. This relieves the Senator
from charges of hard hcartedness. 1t Is bis
thinking that Is out of gear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

There is difference Of opinion as to just
what war costs the people Of the world. but
no difference of opinion on the fact that It
costs considerably more than it Is worth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Thomas A. Beer was admitted 10 clti.
2cnship in Brockton, Mass. while Louis
Wine was turned down. We venture the
guess that Bill Ilooch stayed away, knowing
he had no chance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

The SeminoIcs are good Indians, says
Government report. but they are few and
growing fewer. Good Indians becoming dead
Indians. 1t Is positively shocking the way
vlrility remains with the unrCgcneratc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

When Chinese delegates to the Wash.
ington Conference gave n luncheon for tho
japanese delegates there was n Shantung
cocktail on the menu. Yes, naturally, there
was n kick to it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Nobody need feel unduly alarmed when
delegates 10 the Washington Conference
speak plainly. That's what open diplomacy
means.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

4 Democratic minority. says Bryan.
forced Republicans to adopt 80 per cent
income surtax rate. But that isn't really
boast it's n confession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

There is saving grace in the French
phrase "Under the present circumstances"
The submarine issue is not an Impasse; II 10
a high step.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Perhaps somebody ought TO tell the
Governor and the Attorney General what
has been happening in the State Treasury
Department.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
SHORT CUTS

What China wants is Chinese tariff
for China only.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Pericarp, who presumably knows, says
that the man who needs mistlctOc doesn't
deserve what he gets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

When political leaders get down 10 brass
tacks one may be sure that the hammer
wielders will soon be busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Having come to a satisfactory decision
concerning capital ships. France declined
to consider submarines wholly lower case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Money, It may be noted, is not always
effective rs q gag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30

Kansas Woman's Vocational Substitute
FROM tho Edorado Time
An Eldorado woman sojourning in the
Rockies this summer sends AN affectionute
letter 70 the Times editor with this: "God
bless Eldorado until get hack"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23
AN OLD RECIPE
 TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray, Faded Hair Dark and
 Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly com pounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make 1t at home, which is mussy and troublesome
 Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" You will get a large bottle of this old-time rec ipe improved by the addition of other ingredients at very little cost. Everybody uses this prepara- tion now, because no one can pos sibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair taking one small strand at time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after an- other application of two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years younger.
 -(Advertisement.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23
A Rift in the Clouds.
Cincinnati Enquirer. )

The Employment Service of the Department of Labor gives out some interesting information Every little helps The country will be grateful for amel- oration of the unemployment situation however slight
 That this situation is improving asserted by the Employment Service in it's August report The gain is activities during the month, yet it inspires to op- timism among business
 Perhaps the most cheering to be gleaned from the report is the reference the gain made in the iron and steel industry. Youngstown the heal or the metal belt reports increase in employment Of 277 per cent. This should be encouraging since the iron and steel trade generally the ba- rometer by which business conditions are measured and regulated.
 Other reasons for optimism in the i'm in railroad occupations marked indications Of further activity in iron and steel the increases or employment in the production of food textiles, stone, clay, glass leather and tobacco.
 Though Cincinnati is numbered among the cities showing decrease in employment for the month of AS per cent the fact indicates justification for Encouragement or pessimism. It always should be borne in mind that the situation here continuously the important large cities of the country and the de- crease was so slight that it practically was unno- ticeable.
 On the whole. notwithstanding the obvious facts Of the situation, the outlook should not be regarded 'as dscouragtng. The period of depression in the view of eminent authorities appears have reached its lowest point. and gradual and health improve ment may be expected from this time forward
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23
THE RETIREMENT OF DIR. THOMPSON.

The announcement of Dr. Alfred Thompson that he will a candidate for reelection to the Canadian Parliament is important piece of news in the Northland Dr. Thompson has very conscen- tiously and very ably represented the Yukon in the Dominion Legislature for fifteen years While a Conservative in politics he first elected in dependent getting his majority from the opposition to the Government. Later, when the Conservative Party gained control of the Government he became the candidate of that party at successive elections, and always successful
 It has been known for sometime that Dr. Thomp- has sought favorable opportunity retire from public life He has felt the necessity of earning thing to provide against old age, though that time is still in the distance He is physician geon and purposes to practice his profession.
 Dr. Thompson is true Northerner and broad and tolerant Canadian He early arrival at Daw- son in the days of the Kondke rush. always be- tween sessions of Parliament except during the when his time and professional abilities given to his country, he has returned to his home to renew his old friendships and inform himself so that he might do more for his people
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23
Bryce Indorses the League.
(NeW York WOrld.D

No other living has done much original research in connection with problems of government as Viscount Bryce; few others have equaled him i, the League of Nations he states, speaking from European point of view:
 Those for whom l venture to speak,
 workers who have nothing do with
 respective Governments, mean to persevere
 in supporting it the only plan yet
 launched with a. prospect of success. We are
 the confagration than you are but
 prairie fires spread fast.
 There are, in Lord Bryce's opinion but three pos sibe plans for preventing recurrence of the con fagration that consumed the working capital of civ iliZation and still shoulders menacingy in Central Europe Of these, the first, the defensive alliance balance of power. has proved its utter insecurity The second possibility supersate embracing all tions is far quite impossible because there is demand for it's existence international patriotism whereon to found it. Even the theory has obvious faults; in democracy of nations the backward and unenlightened might smother the more advanced by sheer weight of numbers
 But alliance against war, a League of Nations to enforce peace, has, like democracy, prospect of success Its chance of will increase year by year peoples learn gradually how much it is tC their selfish advantage to stay of and to keep their neighbors from fighting. The Government of the United States the illusion that it has no neighbors, that prairie fire leap the At lantc and that it can get along alone. Yet the last fire did leap the Atlantic. When facts are so plain this fail to them save those who arc wilfully blind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23

The regulation of the Forestry Bureau which permits corporation which has esta bshed a productive industry and made permanent improve ments on a National Forest under special permit acquire title to the occupied lands is of the best of the many good things that have eminated from the Bureau during recent years. This regula ton will allow cannerymen and those engaged in other branches of the fishing industry in Alaska to acquire actual simple titles to properties upon which they have expended millions of dollars. It will add immensely the material asset of the industrial companies and individuals engaged in industries and 1t will add only that which the beneficiary has Ated by industry and the expenditure of money.
 The regulation of simple justice to the people of Alaska and to scores of companies and individuals who have done great things toward the development of this Territory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-23

under such conditions inasmuch as it's priority recognition or the simhltaneity Of both acts or it's Considering that, the signing of such treaty might lmpllcate signify, at the time the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries would have given recognition conditional character and seriously impaired the sovereignty of Mexico,
 President Obregon goes to point that in al respects his policy has been to conform to the la' and moral principles" He cites as instances the toa pacifcation of Mexico financial reorganization the in vitation "Speyer and Company, and the Interna tional Committee of Bankers of which Mir Lamont president to come to Mexico to settle questions that country's exterior debt the suggestion for mike claims commissions, etc. He adds:
 And lastly, inasmuch the nonretroac- tivity of Article 27 of the Constitution with regard to privately owned petroleum prop critics has been recently defined by decisions of the Supreme Court of the nation, the spirit of which is found to be in full accord with various declarations and statements of the executive and of of the members and groups of this Congress- not being haZ- ardous to suppose that they constitute ma jority thus settling example of govern mental solidarity which plainly guarantees the future regulations and application of Article 27 in full subordnation to the principle of non-ret roactivty; therefore, the three questions which principally affect the foreigners rights in Mexico to wit: The resumption of the payment of the public debt; the equitable reparation for damages incurred during the revolution result of impartial findings of mixed commissions and the non-retroactive interpretation of Article 27, may be considered already solved by the simple and voluntary execution of the program of the government of Mexico, sulting therefore, above stated, make 10 not only unnecessary to incorporate them in treaty with foreign government but also undignifed, inasmuch the hand diplomatic relations. in suspense and the other international treaty would de- prive the acts of government of it's cOntroversory sponaneousness.