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All rlehts of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Philadelphia. U'ednriday. Ottithrr 11. 19: THE CRIME OF ARSON TIIK suggestion that the North I'.edlne street warehouse tire n deliberate' set in pursuance of a plot t.i , nllect insur ance money may be without foundation in fact, yet the investigators ippi.rr that they have discovered suspicious circumstances. It need net be said that the inquiry should be pushed te the end in order that the guilty men, if there be such, may be brought te punishment. Arsen is a crime which should net be allowed te go unpunished And if there are incendiaries se lest te all sense of hu manity that they will set fire te a building in order te collect insurance en its contents, regardless of the danger te human life, they should be pursued until they aie caught. Several lives were lest in the fire in ques tion. It is net surprising that the Insurance men are passing resolutions about ir. But the police ought net te need the prodding of the insurance men te de their obvious duty. DR. BROOME LOOKS AHEAD rTlHn building program proposed bv Dr X ISmeme .superintendent of schools, ii. his annual report will ultimately have te bf carried out. But it is net likelv that even Dr. Broeme expect-, that the $lu,C00,000 in volved will be spent within a year He has outlined a scheme of improvements which will take longer than a year te make He asks for two new senior high schools, twenty-five new grade schools, n new girls' trade school and a new administration building. The Beard of Public Education will de cide which of tlic:e structures is imperative and make arrangements ler building them. Although they aie ail needed, the erection of some of them will have te be postponed fur financial ren.ien. Tile recommendations of Dr. Broeme deal ing with the technical tide of education will involve the expenditure of additional money Their adoption would make the school.- much mere effluent than they new are. If the money can be found there should be no delaj In putting them into effect. The reieit n-i a whole indicates that Dr. Broeme believes In preparing for the future and working toward a definite end with a conscious purpe.e. He should have the co operation of tlie beard. ( FIRES, EAST AND WEST IF THE standaida and principles back of Fire-Prevention Wiek hud ever pene trated the municipal i onscieusness of '.Smyrna, it is conceivable that a gnat ca ca tahtiephe might have been averted. Authorities en the Near East have re cently been explaining that the chief sea port of Asia Miner possessed no (ire depart ment worthy of the name. Small blazes Ii Smyrna were extinguished bj the primltiw bucket method. Larger condagratiens were left te burn themselves out. The original cause of the disaster in the Levantine city may never be determined Turkish officials hnve been inquiring, wit some reason, why their compatriots or thei Government shout 1 ime 'ought the de struction of thu coveted metropolis of Asia Miner. On tne fither hand, and quite as logically. the Greeks are entitled te malntnin the could net have been the deliberate authors of their pre-ent misefv. The npnall'ni; tire In Smyrna was in nil prelmbilitv an acci dent, which grew te uncontre lable proper tlens because of lack of preventive -fcqjip-ment and resources. The carelessness and recklessness te which the Smjrnaltes were nccustenied are net. et course, paralleled in this country Never theless, lr,;es from tire in the United States constitute n reflection upon our 6uppeil standard of civilization and regard fei human life Within the l.ir few years prop erty losses by fire have amounted annually te about s''0,000,0u0 and at a cost of some lc.nnn lives. Fire-Prevention Week, new being ob served in this city, Is, therefore, in the na ture of n solemn warning. With all the most improved fire-fighting machinery at its cemmnnd, the public is still derelict in its attention te one of the fundamentals of civilized evistence. Carelessness i the chief fee te the safe Buan'ing of American communities Con sidering the amplitude of our resources and the meagcrness of tliese of Smyrna, it scarcely behooves us te be self-satisfied. The eampnign for greater security is needed nd deserves the support of every citizen. THE FARMER VOTE THERE is se much Justice In the demand by Secretary Wallace for a reduction in freight rates en farm crops that the opposi tion finds itstlf forced te rhorge him with playing polities te win the farmer vote. The prices of farm produce have fallen mere rapidly than the prices of anything else. The freight is se hlsh that the margin left between the wholesale price in the East ern markets and the farm price is tee low te give the farmers as much as they are entitled te receive. Conditions arc such as te demand the at- j, ttntlen of the rate-fixing authority. Yet it f can be argued that the railroads need all r&y . 1a MnnA flint fi n i-nllAn? Ilnrla, tlia rtMu imtj utu.it iv ,. vw..w.b mv i.4j ii carat-rate schedule. But this sort of argu ment Is always made. There never was a time when the railroads were content with either passenger or freight rates. A sound commercial policy, however, would meet the cemplnlnt of the farmers. The railroads may find themselves unable te carry all the crops offered. This Is the usual situation In the fall. But unless tlttr carry them at such rates as will pre- . vM the farmers a reasonable profit en their X (mm the farmers will have no money with b, H.wfcWi te buy the freight usually shipped ' tfm the East In the trains that carry the :!?' MXm.Utm U4 WAaU, Jil U14) Kama, buu flmzv net be shipped. Profitable railroading de pends en fall trnlnloeds In both directions. Of course, It is geed politics for Secretary Wallace te demand a reduction In freight rates en farm crops. This Is why the oppo sition squirms at the thought that the Ad ministration has the geed sen se te knew that the way te get votes Is te advocate these things which every one knows ought te be done. WHEN YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL GOES TRAVELING ABROAD He Finds Europe Greatly Changed and Learns That Peace Hath It Hatreds as Well an War XITHEN Samuel, your august and venerable " Uncle, lights his cigar and takes his favorite stick and gees strolling anywhere between Berlin and the Isles of Britain en the Main Street of the Old World for a leek at the ruins of the great fire and a chnt with the neighbors, he meets a singu larly cool reception. The Kings de net hastily polish their best crowns and rush te greet him. Troops nren't paraded in his honor. The bands don't play. The little children de net strew flowers In your Uncle's path, as they were used te de, and their mothers and fathers turn upon him with open signs of active unfriendliness. Distraction and sadness are everywhere. Your Uncle, justly embittered, may feel that, after all, the distinguished and pros perous relative with the hi.ch-nnd-fnr-eff manner never Is greatly welcomed in a heu of mourning. lie ma turn dis gustedly info i slide street, into Scandi navia , let us say. And there some Big Swedes may address him, if they have been drinking their justly celebrated punch, as they addressed Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., and say violently that they hate America with their minds and their hearts and their very bleed ! Of course, your Uncle is shocked and angry. He had been led te suppose that the peacemaker was universally blessed and that the Samaritan was never without honor in any country. He didn't start the lire that swept Europe's Main Street. He did put it out when it get beyond all ether control. He suffered much and behaved superbly at the last. And, political aristo crat that he is, he nevertheless experienced all the pains of separation and death that go with bitter war. New, it appears, the Germans blame him for having crushed them. The British lower middle classes, the greet majority, blame him because they believe that he didn't de any crushing worth speaking of. The Swedes hate him because, by stepping the war, he stepped the terrific game of profiteering which they played at the ex pense of besieged Germany. The French people, knowing little about the deadly work of their own politicians, wonder why the mind of the world seems te be turning agninst them, and since they can find no one else te accuse they accuse your Uncle. All Europe has a manner of say ing te him, "Ge home te your diamond studded limousines and your piles of geld and your endless luxury and your Oriental easel" Europe, the Europe that reads 'ittle, sees our "society movies" and is con vinced that in the United States even strik ing miners and their wives wear diamonds te breakfast. All this Is extremely distreslng. It Is true that your august relative en his travels about the scenes of the great fire maintains a studious and cold aloofness of manner. His interest seems te be chleflj in the ashes of the ruin rather than in peoples 6truck down by the twin catas catas 'rephes of the war and the peace. This sort of thing doesn't help te cheer nations whose young men He under the cresses of a thousand war cemeteries Savagely swinging his stick, your Uncle wonders what they would have him de Veuld they have him burn hU own house for the sake of fellowship and go In tatter1 ind deny himself adequate feed? What de they want? That brings him te the point. Thev don't knew what they want. What he see--and hears in Europe, unpleasant and pre feund'y Irritntlnz as it may be, Is the result iet of unfriendliness, but of troubles with out end and doubt and misery. Life In nlme't every European country has become for the masses of the people an ordeal of endurance ng.iinst poverty and unrewarded tell and bitter memories and lowering de spair. The mood of the Old World Is the mood of bewildered and afflicted children. It will pass, and pass quickly enough if the people en both sides of the earth whose work it is te lead the collective minds of all countries will keep their beads and their patience and n humane view of a world overcrowded with asserted cares. Your Uncle may say furiously te himself that the btupldity of the European view of him and his affairs is criminal. But stupidity is in Itself nn affliction, like an inherited deformity or a contagious illness. It is due te a particularly cruel sort of poverty visited upon the human mind Europe, through the agencies of politics i and the press, will have te learn the truth about America before the danger of a new crop of hatreds matures te torment civiliza tion. Similarly, we shall hnve te learn the truth about Europe. We shall have te step believing that Poincare is France, that Lord Curzon is England and that a few utterly reckless bankers In control at Paris reflect In the foreign policies they Inspire the' spirit or the desires of the French people. It li In knowledge, net In armaments, that the world must seek safety The Swedes and such, who get enormously rich In a year and went broke overnight, may be left out of the general calculation. They get what was coming te them. llY A HAIR WHILE the prebers of murder In New Brunswick had apparently mere clues than they knew hew te handle, authorities In Phoenix. Ariz., Investigating the death of a man found floating In the Arizona Canal, have nothing mere hopeful te work en than e single, long, dark-colored hair with a glint of bronze In It. Hair, the biologist tells us, Is the fine, thread-like, mere or less elastic substance that covers the skin of mammnlsj but the poet knows it is something mere It Is the fount of poesy and the dwelling place of sentiment. A curl en a pretty girl's nepk Is a mag net that draws the lever. A baby curl may be a link as strong as steel that will held a man and woman together when the Iren bands of matrimony alone prove Insufficient itub ttis J4 baniflciBt m tha. balr et ibuJL feVENlite' 'pUBLIfi DGEK-4HHaSil deg that bit you sure cure, pra-Velstead-Inns urge, for the gloomy feelings of the morning after the night before. But It Is net always beneficent. When at a diplomatic dinner years before the war a Frenchman somewhat boastfully said his compatriots could make something artistic out et anything under the sun, a Prussian officer pulled a hair out of his mustache and said, "Get them te make something artistic out of that." He get the hair back In n week. It was held by n silver figure. At each end there was a llttle ball, one marked "Alsace" and the ether "Lerraine," and underneath was the In scription, "Yeu held them by n thread." New that the thread has been broken the appesitcness of the parable is apparent. Fer always there is drama in the breaking et the hair. It was net se much the sharpness of the sword that appalled Damocles as the fra gility of the hair that held it. Meanwhile the Phoenix, Arls., hair with the glint of bronze in it may prove long enough and strong enough te hang a man. SCANDAL IN THE OPEN MIlr LIMEBUItNEirs admission thnt railroad and hotel companies geek tn be protected In their nrrangeraents with taxlcab companies Is candid, but It can scarcely be called refreshing. Indeed, all of the disclosures en the sub ject of the Iniquitous "street-rental" clause of the new hacking ordinance under Inves tigation In a hearing before a committee of the whole in the finance chamber of Council yestcrduy were of a familiar type. Evi dence was submitted in support of what is generally known, that both the Beading and the Pptins.vlvnnin Balliends regurd inde pendent competing taxi operators as nui sances nnd that they are involved in con tracts with favored firms. There can be no legal objection te such deals in cases In which the cab stands are located en railway property. But It was significantly mentioned nt the hearing that the space In front of Market Street Ferry Is city property. The municipality Is also supposed te be the owner of the streets in front of hotels and, In fact, of publle thor oughfares In general. The clause enabling what are known as abutting property owners te decide what companies shall park their cobs at stands established through the police department Is net in the least cleared of its objection able features by emphasis upon conven tional practice. Mr. Limeburner's defense of his eleventh hour proviso te the regulating ordinance is, in fact, one of the most conspicuous In stances of blatancy and unconscionable gall in the recent annals of Council. The morals displayed are ne: a whit less questionable when defended by reference te practices by which the public has been vic timized and the organization of cab mo nopolies protected than would be the case if the actual originator of the mysterious Limeburner nmendment were dregged Inte the open. The Indefensible preservation of special privilege and potentialities for graft In the maintenance of taxi service in this city have been unmistakably revealed In all the dis cussiens upon this theme. If. after the whole incriminating exhibit. Council should persist in safeguarding mere or less recondite interests that have already proved such a deadweight upon transporta tion facilities In Phi'adelphla. it will be in the position of having proclaimed its own scandal and flagrantly boasting of all the malodorous implications. A MYTH' EXPLODED WHISKY for snake-bite is obviously destined fox the read te disrepute some time since taken by amber beads for bore threat and key-rings for nose-bleed. The extremely ticklish operation of ex tracting poison from copperheads and vatcr-meecasins was successfully cenductc' it the Bronx Zoe en Sunday preliminary te lactcriolegical experiments with the venom Dr. Afranie Amarnl, who directs the Brazilian Scrum Therapy, already has ob tained remarkable result with snake anti toxins and it Is he who will new seek fei the nntidete for moccasin and copperhead stings heretofore a problem for scientists. Tt is In Sae Paole that the most brilliant results with the venom of ether reptiles i.-ive been achieved, with the result that the lumber of deaths from snake bites in the merlcan tropics has ben markedly re luced. What medical discoveries of this kind nean te regions, temperate as well as tropi trepi tropi el, In which reptiles flourish is a subject tot easily grasped by city dwellers. It is n fact, however, that the activity of poisonous lerpents in attacking human beings has of recent years increased one hundred fold. In India thousands of unfortunate vic tims perish annually from snake bite. Bra ill Is indisputably the leader In serpent serum experimentation, and scientific re -earehes in that country have been under taken with no little heroism and with ad mirable professional zeal. The untiring Dr. Ameral has proved him self te be a benefactor of mankind, and the best wishes of civilization should occerapany his further adventures in the conquest of one of the most formidable and ancient of perils te the race. THE RED CROSS IS READY THE American Bed Cress Is habituated te colossal campaigns, and the public te whom it appeals Is accustomed te support ing undertakings vast In scope and organ ized en a heroic scale. There Is consequently nothing extrava gant In the announcement of Judge Jehn Barten Payne, the newly elected permanent chairman of the society, new in annual con vention In Washington, that in the Near East "the Jeb will he done, If It takes all we have; and If It will take mere than we have, we will get It." The machinery for relief in the Levant Is, of ceurs-e, already operating, but Its functions are te be at once amplified te mset a tragic emergency. Hundreds of thousands of Greeks, mainly refugees from Asia Miner and the Aegean Islands, have suddenly been plunged Inte misery, poignant bewilderment nnd abject want by the mili tary recovery of the Nationalist Turks. There are virtually no resources in bank rupt Greece capeble of relieving the situa tion. New chapters In the hlitery of human wee are being vrritten In Smyrna, Athens, Salenlea and ether population centers. It is safe te assert that only In the World War were the demands upon the humanitarian zeal and practical energies of the Red Ctesb mere pressing. President Harding has expressed his sat isfaction that the American organization Is o.nce mere ready te contribute "Its unfatl ing strength" te this new task. Within a month the natlonel rellcall for membership will be Instituted. There Is every indica tion that the Red Cress will bring te the present crisis the fruits of its long and noble experience, its dynamic Initiative, Its own financial resources and the funds generously given by the pub'le Justly proud of an In stitution which hns se consistently kept bright the national honor. Uncle Jee Cannen is just a little sorry he Is te retire from Congress next March. He Is only eighty-seven and he doesn't knew what he will de with himself. Timidly we suggest that he might write his memoirs. We notice in the public prints that the reed old firm of Abelard and Helot -. fBlluaiMUag allbia frr the unconveaUeoii. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Organization of Women Destined te Make Them a Power Politically, Though the Majority of Them Still Are Nen-Voters ny SARAH D. LOWRIE CERTAINLY, as compared with last year, the wenii are better .organized politi cally 1 And this time next year they will have come up te their own mark in tlat respect, which is saying " geed deal. I de net mean, of course, the mark of the mojerity of women for the m..,erity of women are still about where 'he men have been content te be politically, "away back and sitting down." But the mark of at tainment set bj the women who care politically Is very high Indeed. And 6ince they de care and are able women, and new hnve rights na well nn rlirht tn innr them en. I venture te predict that they will net rest until tne new citizens are as com pletely organized politically ns they are let us say religiously. By pellticnl organization the leaders among the women, whether they talk about "straight" voting, or independent voting, or non-factional voting, or Just voting, mean primarily Intelligent voting. The men who have hitherto made up the party slates and boosted the candidates ever the top have been Intelligent voters In ne sense. They knew very well why they were cheesing the men they did cheese, and why It peid them te boost them ever the top. But they have net been accustomed te con fide that knowledge te the rank and file of their party. "Theirs net te reason why" being ap parently as edmir.ible a trait in the parti parti veter of ether years as it was in the luck less members of "the Light Brigade." "DUT even the ".strnlghtest" of party -'-' voters omeng the women political leaders want the "reasons annexed" te nnv commandment sent out from headquarters. Call it curiosity, or interested responsibility, or 6elf -importance, or just simply . 'nding what is new their business, it is a fact te be reckoned with. Se that even for the most loyal of party women being "In the knew," politically, is of firBt Importance. Of course, for the non-factional party women and for the independent vote-where-she-pleases woman being "in the knew" is the first desideratum. Listen te all factions and then decide, or listen te all parties and then decide is about the gist of the demands of each type of voter. T UNDERSTAND thnt the cai.didntes have -L mightily objected among themselves te this species of inspection demanded by the non-partisan voters who have trotted them out without regard te their feelings, and nave tnwen tliein l iin,v,nn ,., i...t appraisals, net seriously but certainly with curiosity. Seme of the candidates have gene se far, I believe, ns te refuse te rfteke a Keman holiday for the detached veteresses wlie confess te no party allegiance. Hut there is something mere vital than irresponsible curiosity at the back of the de mand of the party women te leek before they vote. Most women actually le wish te knew what the men leek like for whom they vote, because one of their ways of judging their fellow humans Is by leeks SWIX".1'- behavior, and ....raiun is uj e man s power of nuttinu VrlnJ thlnu8 'nt0 W0ri"- 'S S f nerl,l TP" nww palnrtakln and less keen, have te observe hew a man nuts hi thelrm nH , M"" thl-V Ca" ". their minds, but In every .cae the firnt thing -"Why"? " fl6k ' P0liticaI Jttlen"? Which accounts for the fact thet politic I bvSne mr!? " is ""''""teod "ndp, she, netP It hL 0aiV mam intel''t voting, net jubt hew, voting is accomplished. or th Ji0,1 ll ivhy' ,lT,parcd te last year, or the year before that, the progress thnt hElBhiietnli!nd8 '" 01anl"nS the new voter-' begins te be very perceptible. - TtHE mojerity of women are still non will whf'ti,!1. vPpe,ei: but ,,le minri'y thai win vote this November are mere Inteilirnni fLl Wh,n Is "lvl In th? XtieV thu, they could have been last November, an this Is due te organization. inat seems te take the most natural nml spontaneous center position among the women voters is a non-factienaT chib or na8tUhisW,tewn ,htePar,y- T1! e. in tnis town, known as the Rcnuhlicin clu0bnef tDhePenrntS-TT1Vnn,a- 'V nenTr ienn' cum et the sort I mean, that hns alrei,u t-nvervai?nVfedUpli,?,0S lh."h t" a e n-'l TT 'nferma'"y nnd general character are part of Its strength. Fer it is a nlace of orders; its propaganda does net go out if rea tape"" "" ',S methds "" ft CANDIDATES are sometimes accused of y 'forgetting their pre-election promise premise but what generallv happens is the pub forgets te demand 'their fulfillment Tl.. many meetings during the spring and fill under the management of the Republic,,! Women of Pennsylvania have been meat,, primarily te fix- in the minds ; het!, cnn.l dates and the public the pledges that m. s. be kept for the honor of the party as well ns for the geed of the State. As a i sample of hew the Idea of organMn erganMn organMn fer political education along party line, I being taken up. I found en Mrs. Lorimer desk at our club's headquarters yesferdav , letter te the chairman of the ergnnlra im Sirs. Geerge Dunning. I asked if ?, " , print the letter without nnmes, because . shows hew thorough women can be and Iieh enthusiastic In their energy. The city v ler this non-factional Rpublicnn club is hein,. organized has a very large forelgn-heu, population, and Is n center for industry and would be a danger spot for radicalism of foreign Inception. The letter, which Is really a report te headquarters, Is as follews: My Dear Mrs. Dunnlnft: When you were in S you nskeri rr.e te write ycu about the success of the organization campaign we were iu.t start Inp Since the first of July we hava hei,i forty neighborhood meetings and are new booked ahead for several weeks ?, organization meetinRs. We have held tw ! end three meetings a nlKht en Tucs.lin and Thursday nlKhts of each week, ti Membership Committee f.ive two nlcriiV at which I was asked te sptnk en mv organ'zalien work, and with the rii.-ni.-l and our meetings I have been ahle te reieh about 1800 people. The work Is belnc carried en with preat enthusiasm b We already have a 100. pr cfln. organization In several of our wards thai is. with a ward leader, an asEistant dfstrie leader, treasurer, secretery and b'n-v worker for each block. Several 0f S wards have from eight te n'ne dlstr'rti. Wb are carrying the work en In a Ur7. systematic manner, nnd before nni? J? will have the twenty-two wards in S a hundred per cent organized Under the leadership of the chairman et the Memberr.hlp Committee two n I ernes which were great succflssea have hen held, and 400 new members have i, enrolled In our organization. She is (,tei Inp an Intensive campaign this week feV a thousand new members by the first of October. The organization chairman and mem bership chairman are stressing the neVri of pefltlcal education for women " Our city chairman Is one of the best in the county. uc" '" This movement, begun with no fanfare of trumpets, and without any precedent Is blazing a wide trail for thoee who come arter across the State. A ready It l,aH been one of the factors that him helped te makea new political era possible for Pennsylvania and It shows no signs of stepping half-way te' Us goal of making the women vote Intelligent as well as universal. scm Chlcagean dislocates shoulder shaking hands with friend. Friend, doubtless, also much put out. Twe Harvard doctors have discovered a poison fce powerful that pne drop would be sufficient te kill evcrvLedi r, earth It was first known as sausage poison. 'Het desl - ',t e L.f-UJll-T ' j) a M.ii.afcAa,fc.ijjMjj if ?st T . .- -usttJsaAUfaKrtWkmlKkBtOKsmtsmKUm LaMLLMfc3Baiiww w eaBJKejSjfajai naTsX"aWfcBiByia fllMrjfMiaWsjjfata" ajSMael'rteaXSWIaVa W7 a BCr jiWJs17IT t1IT,'tt wl1mKr(mKst1teTWtlfiWi'fiwPf 1 Sf TlffrSaTZjBFaaTffaaHrr!Tff?TiatlJT NOW MY ID&A IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best ROLAND HOLROYD On the Flowers.ef the Arctic THE vegetation el the Arctic, as far north as it exists. Is net radically dissimilar te that of our own climate, according te Reland Holroyd, instructor in botany at the University of Pennsylvania, who has recently returned from a trip te the far Northwest. "One interesting thing thnt I noticed," said Prof. Holroyd. "is that lettuce Is ap "iirentlj one of the most hardy of all vege tables, as It survives all the wey -te the Anne Circle, something which scarcely on en on etlier vegetable cemmen te our own climate did. "The Arctic vegetation is uniformly pi ck growing, ns, te survive, it must take full advantage of the short summer, l.n seed must also have Immense vitality te withstand the winter temperature of some times as low ns CO degrees below zero. Light Aids in Growth "During the growing season the fact that there is continuous daylight nids in this rapid growth. Light contributes materially le the growth of plants and vegetables nnd the air during this period even se far nertli never really gets cold; as i matter of fact the temperature sometimes rises as high as eighty degrees. b "9ue , tl,e dominant things was fire fire ueed, a tall, purple plant, and in the Intter art of June and the first part of Julv it made a great showing. This was al-'e the case, with the painted cup, a pinkish lower and a relative of the orange and red painted cup which we hnve in our own climate. "The wild purple flax was growing In links around Fert Nerman, but this was ibeut the only place where I observed this plant. I found orchids qulte in abundance vhlle marooned behind two desolate Island ')ut did net see them in profusion" prefusion" profusien" vhere. "There . a perfect thicket of vegetation ..ear the Great Slave Lake. I few 0,e dice, there were orchids, but the calypso was quite abundant. On the islands of the Mackenzie River there were packs of twin (lower, also the pink wintergreen in the lew-grnwing form, pyreln nnd also the sin gle -dower wintergreen mencses, in great profusion. Vecefntlen Net Scarce "The vegetation of the lower Arctic regions, Its Plant and tree life Is much mere abundant thnn the average person would imagine. The dwarf dogwood Is very ehun. dant and these have white petal -like leaves spotted with pink; ours in this climate have the pure white leaves. "Grewing en the bluffs at various places were vegetable carpets of se-called silver weed. We have net that particular one around here, but we have some which are closely related te It. I saw bluebells in patches occasionally, and the wild call, persisted right te Aklnvlk, a new pest 'en tnblished nn the Mnckenrip Delta about fiftv miles from the Arctic Ocean. "As te the tree growth, starting from Albertn, banks of spruce were dominant and where these had been cleared out bv the legging operations, Its place had been taken by the Western Cottonweed. Thec legging operations were net for I he general lumber market, but te obtain fuel for the beats, practically nil of which ere wood weed burners and they consume a geed deal of It "This was the dominant tree formation nil the way down except that the trees get Ftnaller as we went north. There were nlse some Western nlders, but the cotton cotton weed had generally taken the place of the felled spruce, Trees of Geed Size "I had thought that the trees would b comparatively stunted se far north, but at Ak'nvik they were still of geed size. And It must be remembered in this connection thnt Aklavlk is farther north than the most northern point of Iceland und farther west than one-third of the way from San Fran Fran ciseo te Honolulu, ns the country Juts far into the ocean. "The purple vetch was everywhere abun dant right down te the Arctic Circle, and the northern bedstravv was found along the river bonks and the sandy shores. The Beil is rather geed, there being n rich carpet mode from decaying leaves and plne needles nnd the silt washed down by the river. "Farming was attempted as far north u Discovery Oilwell. An attempt te raise a few flowers was also made at Fert Ooeu Hepe, Just outside of the Arctic Circle. At Discovery Oilwell, they were raising a let of lettuce and were also trying potatoes STILL GROPING and carrots, but the result of these vege-limn-.- tii depend-ill upon just what kind of weather the season would bring. "Meat becomes the chief urticle of diet when the Arctic Circle Is reached, and then things get cheaper as one tjees north, because SL . .i,enS,y bei,t- There i" net much vegetation here, but the country Is very nin..V?0(,(' ,hcre beinB miles upon miles of timber practically untouched. In the Far North "We went about 2000 miles north of fcclmonten. the provincial capital of Alberta, i no first 300 miles were covered en the weekly train of the Alberte and Great vvnterwnys Railroad, te the present end of steel, where has been built the little mush room village of Waterways. "Frem this point we spent three days en v. . nP ,lew'1 tlle Ulearwater River liuv tne Athabaska and down that river Inte tne lake- of the same name. Then we went out at the western end of Lake Athnbaskn, into the Slave River te a plnce called Fitz gerud. whirl, is just within the Albertn Northwest Territory line. Here we had te meke n portage around the rapids of the hlaye River nnd get another beat nt Fert bmlth, nnd from there we had a straight run te the Arctic, through Great Slave Lake, and Inte the Mackenzie River, which "ews nil the way down into the Arctic lcean. "Speaking betnnlcally, there was nothing which was particularly new, even the calypso being found nt Great Slave Lake. Besides the 'lettuce, which I have mentioned, cab bage wes nlse grown as for nertli ns Fert Smith, which is en the extreme northern border of Albertn. "The reindeer lichen was everywhere en the various islands, and I secured some specimens of two or three messes which I hnve net yet determined. But ene of the most surprising things wem that tne Arctic, which is generally supposed te be almost entirely barren of vegetntien of everv n!?,',n! ' J10.1 vt0X: t0 t,p, F0 nt n. nd the amount of tree life nnd vegetntien would surpribe theso who held this view." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Why is a parlor se called; 2. Can a State of the Union be divided and StatX? tW r m"r8 "ParatS 3. When dirt China become a republic-? eVn l'nlenT gC"eraI f the Pa"-Amer- 6. Which Is the longest part of the Shakes spearcan drama? a" 6. What' Is the total sum of United States pSwe'rl? "nt l0anS ,0 "" "" 7. Where and what Is Pago-Page? 8 Of what famous tenor-was It said tha.t teV? rm a PUI Ut f pur''- 0. In what year was .Jerusalem destroyed by the Remans? v ' 10. What part dl.l Mnx'mlllnti Count vn Spoe playiin the World War? Answers te Ycsterduy's Quz 1. Antlechus the Great was a Greek Kin,. of Syria who challenged tl e TtenSn power In the second century H,, ? celved Brtnidlese schemes of coneuesi In the Near Knst. which he wa "2 hie The I Icralne In reR en of P.ussla K-lne mainly in th valley of the middle stretches of the Illver Dnieper. Thu salary of a United States Senatnr la $7500 a year and twenty Vn?S per mile for truvellnjr expenses te and from the seat of Government. The first name of Mnucllnn was Per nande or, In Its original Portuguese" form, Ftmae. "usuese An nra Is a species of larsre nnn.., 6. There were four mennrchs of Hnitland in the nineteenth centurv Ocerca rrr Cleerge IV. William IV and Victeria 7. A pnraclete la one called te the aid of another, especially in lecnl process- n advocate; hence the Hely Spirit ' the helper or comforter. s 8. The name Patagenin. nn extensive re.-i In Argentina, In uupppned te be derfv-ed from the .Spanish ' p-itageu ,, i,r feet In allusion te the la?Se fewi ,r Ynu tearenraR,1V Indla"S fU,11 thSTrS The ancient City of Pergamum ln Asia Miner, gives Its name te parchment Ordinance Is an authoritative otder iu?e decree, law. Ordnance is a Ranl name for nil Ulnrt. ..7. " -eera 10. jJ8j'wH Inwarre'ciSr,'; ! Ma ,-. w 'KJ V a-,1 m 3 SHOR1 CUTS In the matter of prteea tt la all peak oeal. Butler. Pa., has pap witfc Ire lege. Odd one probably bootleg. Dressed beef has gene ap twe seats a pound. Dressed for a killing. Bride of ex-Kaiser plans te estl berttU Queen of Prussia. Let her dream en. Snow has fallen ln Nashville, Tenn. This will be a severe blew te Medicine Hit. Ex -Kaiser says he will seen be the hap piest man ln the world. Then la the wetld awry? "Watch my smoke" Is probably the slo gan of the European airplanes that write ads en the sky. Pottsville. Pa., man discovered a ten ten feet vein of coal while excavating for the erection of five houses. Anether coal strike. Because of bad reads they have en countered candidates after a campaign de net have te be told the necessity for geed reads. ' Vienna1 opera singer asks admirers te give her fuel for the peer instead of beuqutti ter herself. One can say it mere warmly with coal. Perhaps opposition te the Sesqul-On-tennlal is based en desire te perpetuate the present beauties of the Schuylkill below Spring Garden street. Streng coffee and tobacco were the con stant solace of Washington, Ind., woman who died at the age of 1CT4. Hew we addlcti lore these quaint little human -interest stories 1 Uncle Sam new owns an airplane that can be stewed away In a submarine sad launched from its deck. Assuredly the nit war should prove interesting te the few who live through it. Fermer British Chancellor McKeans suggests a conference of creditor and debtor nations. It would at least have the effect of cnuslng the world te face facts instead of abstractions. Past experience gives Justification for the belief that the December session of Con gress will net be se short but that time will be found for knocking ln tbe heud of the perk barrel. Soviet Russia wishes American capi talists te build a railroad from the White Sea te the principal line of the present fai berian Railroad. Isn't It a pity Mulberry Sellers is dead? It would; probably save the country a let of money If thu law were changed te permit every woman te kill one man without penalty und Imposing n slight fine every time the offense Is repented. "If you can't help it. forget It," bsti Senater (Mrs.) Felten, of Georgia. Bxcel lent "don't-worry" philosophy, but perhapj net se useful te the world as "Don't forget it while there is-pesslbillty of help." We are given te understand that the official song en the vessels of the ShippIM Heard contain lines which seem te express the opinion that there isn't anybody who can dimly appreciate just hew parched they are. National Restaurant Association in con vention In Washington plans te raise the restaurant business te the plane of a pr'" sleii. Dees this mean that tips will be abel-' Ished or that they will be known as fees? Lloyd Geerge says he does net believe the greatest thinkers must necessarily M troubled with Insomnia, and casually adds that hn never has any trouble of that kind. This gives his cneii.ies n beautiful epenlnl, Jnmcs Mills, sexton, On tin, Rack discussing the "comes v Men" of Rnv Schneider: "lie might have had te say something ju te get pwny from being questioned. I line hew it is. I've been through it." The bru tality of the third degree, a wholly Illegal procedure, is here fairly described. On tM off chance thnt a guilty mnn may Incrimi nate himself innocent men are subjected t torture. The third idegree Is a device bijined te hide the inefficiency of the pelietw iV .VeHSBA.Slf, J , ?&-,-, I c . "3.1' W . &. at-Lil-' ... as.. rtf tH Ml .iij ..a,.. VjM, 1'jri.lh 'i&XitteS .iSK,Hir. -ZnA tyVb " m It aHl
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