NORTH PfiATTE fWMT-WWTflK T Y TT?T!UVF,
No Room Abroad
for Sightseers
Admonition to Americans Who
Contemplate Touring the
Battlefields.
LONDON EVEN NOW CROWDED
Those Who Think of Going Are Ad
vised to De Sure of Quarters Be
fore Starting 2,000,000 Are
Planning to Make Trip.
New York. AmerlcntiH who content
plute visiting the battlefields In Uu
rope next spring or summer will be
well udvlsed to secure their hotel uc
coininodation well In ndvance or to
postpone their Journey until conilltloiiH
uro more favorable. Percy S. Hullen,
treasurer of the Association of For
eign Press Representatives In the Uni
ted States, who has Just returned to
New York, says that London even now
cannot find room for visitors and that
the state of affairs when the floodgates
of tourist Invasion are again open will
be appalling unless the Intending
.American visitors are forewarned and
therefore forearmed.
It Is estimated that some 2,000,000
persons one for each man sent to
Kurope by the United States during
the war -are making plans for a
transatlantic trip In the next two
years. Their chief object Ib to see
the historic spots where the American
soldiers fought the Argonne forest,
Chateau-Thierry, St. Mlhlel and to
devote such a period to a visit to 12ng
land as time and funds will penult.
Mr. Iiullcn has been all over the
western front during the last few
weeks and ho predicts nothing but
anger, Irritation and despair as the
lot of ntiy visitors who trust to luck
to secure hotel accommodations.
No Steps Yet Taken.
The dltllculty of the situation will
bo realized when It Is remembered
that the usual flow of tourists to
Europo has been completely suspend
ed during the war and that only thoso
among the wealthiest will have the
first chance of securing hotel nccom
modatlon when the bars agnlnst tour
1st travel shall have been removed.
So far no steps whatsoever have
been taken abroad to meet an unusual
Influx of visitors. Mr. Iiullcn was so
Impressed with the dltllculty threat
encd In London that ho prepared a
memorandum on the subject, which he
submitted at a recent meeting of the
Iloyal Colonial Institute in London. In
the discussion which ensued It was
proposed that steps bo taken for the
fonnatlon In London of a national
committee of reception. As n nucleus
of tho organization It was proposed
that representatives of the various
Anglo-American societies should meet,
with power to add to their number
various representatives whoso experl-
enco would bo useful In solving the
SUGAR SHORTAGE
Hven the treasury department s More in Washington, where treasury
employees can buy almost everything from edibles to automobile tires. Is
advertising Its lack of sugar. This store has 17,000 possible customers and
helps materially In cutting down the cost of living.
DEER BEG
Invade Houses in Yellowstone in
Search of 3r;:b.
Animals 8o Tamed by U. S. Protection
They Follow People
Around.
Denver. Deer, which Invnde kitch
ens of houses In search of food, and
beggar benrB, which waylay nutotno
bile tourists and pedestrians nlong the
road?, aro examples of tho extent to
which tho protection furnished by the
government to tho wild game within
the boundaries of the various nntkuinl
pnrks has tamed tho animals, accord
ing to Horaco M. Albright, superin
tendent of Yellowstone National park,
,nnd assistant to Stephen M. Mather,
director of national parks, who mine
to Denvor recently to nttend the meet
ing of park officials.
"One night shortly before I left, I
problem now presented. Such persons
would Include members of tho Ameri
can Chamber of Commerce In London
and other Americans, besides leading
Ilrltlshcrs.
Plan Suggested.
The first essential step Is to mo
bilize and list all available accommo
dation provided by hotels and board
ing houses, and then enlist the assist
ance of every householder willing to
place n room at the disposal of the
committee of reception. If this plan
mntures London will keep In touch
with New York on the question of ac
commodations and people In the Uni
ted States will be advised as to the
best time to travel and tho chances of
securing accommodation at reasonable
rntcs. At tho time Mr. Hullen left Liv
erpool nothing actually had been done
except to call attention to the prob
lem and the dissatisfaction which will
ensue If American visitors to ISnglnnd
and France next year find themselves
absolutely stranded, as Is threatened.
Belgium Is apparently well able to
take care of visitors to the Uelglan
Communists in
Big German Plot
Seized Documents Disclose Plans
Are Projected for Organ
ized Murder.
NEW TACTICS ARE ADOPTED
Agitators Are Fattening on Proletari
an Funds. Some of Which Ema
nate Directly From Bolshevik
Russia Plots Disclosed.
Hcrlln. Communists of a dangerous
type nre afoot in Germany. Their
plots for the winter are coming to
light. These rnnge from mild dem
onstrations to organized murder. And,
while leaders are Innocently declaring
that tho intentions of both Independ
ent socialists and communists are
peaceful, the government Is constantly
rounding up documents proving thnt nt
least among certain groups of com
munists there exist plans of tlto blood
iest nature.
Government disclosures leave little
room for doubt thnt some of the wilder
spirits among the Spartacans proposed
to form a murderbund that would do
nwny with political opponents.
Dire Work Projected.
For Instance, Munich newspapers,
Prussian Minister-President Illrsch
and the military are authority for rev
elatlons In the closing days of Sep
tember, showing that, among other
HITS THEM ALSO
FOR FOOD
went to a dance," snld Mr. Albright.
"1 took home a pitcher of cider and n
plate of doughnuts. When I reached
the house I placed them on a back
step, while I unlocked tho door. A
noise behind me caused me to look
around and there was a big mule deer
with his noso burled In the pitcher of
cider. lie followed me Into the Iiouro
for one of the doughnuts, ami when
1 gave It to hlni, he trotted off,"
It Is no unusual sight, declared Al
bright, to see deer entering and leav
ing a house In Yellowstone. Small
children feed them from their hands,
nnd beggar bears, he declared, have
come to be one of the biggest attrac
tions of the park,
"They wait beside the road until nn
unto or party of pedestrians approach,
and then get np on their hind legs ami
extend their front pnws for contribu
tions." Albright said.
The lameness of the nnlmalo hns Itt
drawbacks as well, because It makes
them easy for pot hunters If Hiey lui-
Broadway's Latest
Is Rag Doll on Arm
New York. With a rng doll,
12 Inches long, dangling to n
ribbon from her arm, Mrs. Carl
Lamb. Philadelphia, wife of
Lieutenant Lamb, U. S. N., cre
ated a small-sized sensation on
Hroadwny recently. The doll.
"Patsy Dooley" by name, was
brought along, said Mrs. Lamb,
"to keep me company." She Is
going to China soon, she said,
and will take "Thomas Squeel
ix," a brother to "Patsy," along
with her.
battlefields, mainly because Yprcs,
Dlxmude and the much battered coast
towns nre all within easy range of
Ostend, Uruges and Ghent. Of all the
battlefields visited, Mr. Hullen do
clarcs Ypres Is tho "most devastated,"
hut, with Its memories of heroic fight
ing extending from Ypres down tho
Mennen and Poclcappelle roads, "Is
beautiful In its ruins." Ostend Is
probably the best center for nutomo
blle parties, and tho burgomaster of
Ostend Is one of the few men prepar
ing to deal with an unexampled de
mand for hotel accommodations.
things, tho Spartaclsts planned the
following:
(a) To do nwny with a large num
ber of ofllcers ami soldiers In Munich,
slaying them as they slept; (b) that a
group of reds from Munich proposed
to blnekllst a number of prominent of
ficials, draw lots, and then "put nwny"
the condemned; (c) thnt, particularly
In Munich, plnns were afoot for crea
tion of red "shock troops," to use
against tho regulnr military partic
ularly agnlnst monarchist ofllcers; (d)
that, In cases of demonstrations, wom
en nnd thlldren were to be put In the
fore ranks to shield tho cowards be
hind from tho machine guns of the
government troops; (e) thnt the com
munist government should ally Itself
with the anarchist-syndicalist groups.
All evidence at hnnd In the Inst few
weeks has shown quite conclusively
thnt tho Spartaclsts and the independ
ents wore endeavoring to provo con
clusively to Germany and to the world
thnt they had moderated. Certainly,
In general, they adopted a new course
of tnctlcs from thnt pursued Inst win
ter nnd spring, when rioting and blood
shed were the order of tho day. Their
new course appeared to consist In fo
mentation of strikes and other Intern
al troubles with a view to embarrass
ing the government nnd hnmperlng tho
national life thnt the existing regime
would bo overthrown. Now, however,
tho evidence of the government con
tained In documents seized from Im
prisoned Spartaclsts shows that where
as sabotage and kindred weapons
were probably favored by the bulk of
tho communists, there was nnother
group that believed In "direct action"
of the worst sort.
The murder of Government Inspector
Hlnu in August led tho government to
probo even more deeply than before
Into the secret workings of the com
munlst group.
Many Arrests Made.
mis general investigation ten to n
number of arrests. Including the haul
at Halle, wherein about a dozen of very
radical stripe were captured. It also
proved to the government's satisfac
tion that Hliui was killed by reds.
Munich continues to be a fruitful
sourco of communist agltntlon. Some
of tho reddest of tho reds hnve their
headquarters there. From theso head
quarters issue secret orders which ev
cry now and then fall Into government
hands and prove that not only are
theso agitators willing to harm, nnd
even halt, the national Industrial life,
but have no really sincere desire to
benefit the laboring man.
Instead, It has been shown, the ngl
tutors are fattening on proletarian
funds, some of which emanate directly
from bolshevik Uussln and others of
which nro collected from the "breth
ren" In Germany, Austria and Czecho
slovakia.
pen to stray beyond the pnrk boun
daries.
Woman Dog Catcher.
Denver, Colo. "Tho only woman dog
catcher In tho world" is the title ap
plied to airs, i.aurn Dietrich, deputy
pound mistress at tbo dog pound here
Mrs. Dietrich is highly efficient In tho
unusual role, according to William O
Fox. superintendent, who declared
that he had misgivings at first as to
the advisability of securing a woman
for the jM)sltlon, as ho thought It would
be too difficult. "However, I soon
discovered thnt dogs resist a woman
much less than a man," ho said. "They
are handled by Mrs. Dietrich with
much less trouble thnn by a man."
Pearls In Oysters.
Helnlt, Wis. Forrest Wilson bought
a quart oi oysiers lor iu cents, when
eating them he bit on something hard
and found It to be a pearl. A few
seconds later his son had a similar ex
perience, 'lite stones bnd not been
cooked enough to harm them, Tho
largest one Is worth $50 and the small
er $10. making $00 two bites.
ROAD
BUILDING
ORDER ALL MATERIAL EARLY
United Action Urged to Overcome De
ficiency In Open-Top Care
Much Work Ahead.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ABrlculture.)
While the expenditures during 1010
for hnnl-surfnee highways, according
to estimates of the bureau of public
roads of the United Suites depart
ment of agriculture, will set n new rec
ord with n total of $138,000,000, tills
figure Is small In comparison with
the computed available total for 1020
or $033,000,000, the spending of which
promises to be dependent chiefly on
the quality of mnterinls the present
limited rallwur facilities can trans
port. Tho Items cmerlng Into next year's
estlmnte nre: Brought forward from
unfinished work, 1019 contracts, $105,
000,000; funds available from stnto
and county tnxes and federal aid, $273.
000,000; one-fifth stnto and county!
bond Issues not before available, $50,
000,000; one-third unexpended bnlnnce
of stnte nnd county bond Issues pre
viously nvnllable, $45,000,000; available
from new bond Issues to be voted on
In the fall of 1910 and spring of 1020,
$100,000,000.
Unless the nvnllable open-top cars,
many of which normnlly He Idle In
the Into winter, nre utilized In that
slack season the work which can bo
done will necessnrlly be curtnlled for
lack of mnterinls. The total for 1020
Is more than four times the amount
that has been expended during any
previous year for like purposes. There
fore there must bo a tremendous In
crease not only In the material sup
plies and shipping facilities, hut nlso
In tho labor supply, and an enlarge
ment of contractors' organizations.
First of all, according to Thomas H.
MacDonnld, chief of the bureau of pub
lic roads, the attention of all stnte,
county nnd city rond-bulldlng Inter
ests should be directed toward over
coming this car shortage.
It has been customary to wait until
contractors' organizations were ready
to begin work before starting the ship
ment of material. Under these condi
tions many thousands of open-top
cars Ho Idle during the latter part of
February, nil of March, and the ear
lier part of April. During tho pnst
spring the number of open-top cars that
were Idle totaled more than 250,()0U
This, of course, was partly unavoid
able, owing to the lute date at which
work got under way, following the
signing of tho armistice. By award
ing contracts ns early as possible, con
tractors will be able to ascertain their
material requirements nt different
points, nnd so will be in position to
place orders dependent on rail trans
portation a considerable time In nd
vnnce. While tho plnclng of material In
storage, which may result from such a
course, Involves some expense, It will
bo smnll compared to the loss that will
result If contractors are not in n posi
tion to go ahead with tho work because
of lack of materials. In view of the
experience of 1919 nnd tho greatly In
creased program for next year. It
seems probable, according to the bu
reau of public roads, that contrncts
which are not nwnrded during tho win
ter months will have little opportunity
for being supplied with materi Is
which require transportation.
CEMENT RAIL FOR HIGHWAYS
Invention of Texas Man Relates More
Particularly to Safety Road
Making Means.
The Scientific Americnn, In Illustrat
ing and describing n cement rail for
highways and roads, the Invention of
J. F. O'ltourke of El Paso, Tex., says :
This invention relates generally to
roads and highways for vehicular traf
fic, and more particularly to safety
road making means In the form of
spaced pnrallel rails, which may bo
A Perspective View of the Roadway.
quickly constructed of plastic mate
rial, which may bo molded or laid
In sections. Tho roadway consists
of spaced parallel side tracks and
n central track of which the central
track has a plane surface and the side
tracks longitudinal wheel-receiving de
pressions. PROMOTE GOOD EARTH ROADS
For Most Soils Light Grader and One
Horse Drag Will Prove Most
Beneficial.
For most of our rond soils, the uso
of n light grader onco or twice a year
and the systematic use of a light, one
horse drag to smooth and compact the
rond after every rain, will do more
toward promoting good earth roads
than any other method.
a CAPITAL
Estimate for Annual Budget of League of Nations
WASHINGTON. Senator Spencer of Missouri rend Into the Congressional
Record recently an estlmnte of the annual budget of the League of
Nutions, prepared by F. A. Dolph of Washington nt tho request of the
American Agricultural association. Mr.
Dolph says In part:
"I concede thnt I have no data or
Information as to the cost of commis
sions to return with proper pomp and
ceremonial to his Britannic majesty
the skull of the sultan of Mlkwnwa,
nor to return to his majesty the king
of the Hejaz the Koran of the caliph
of Othmnn, nor the return of the
leaves of the triptych of the mystic
lamb.
"I have, however, with some pa
tience and Industry, listed the 170 tribunals nnd commissions that are ac
tually named and created by the League of Nations by the Joint treaty or
peace with Germany, and have made what I consider n fair estimate In each
case of tho employees needed to function those tribunals and commissions
and attach appropriate schedules giving the detail data upon which 1 base
the following general estimate. Salaries and pay roll : First class, 0,505 per
sons, at $10,000, $05,050,000; second clnss. 12,352 persons, at $5,000, $G1,700,
000; third .class. 100,310 persons, at $2,000. $332,020,000. Traveling ex
penses: One-third of these employees at $3,000 each $1S5.1G7.000 ; ofllce
rent, heat and light: $31,478,300; wear and tear, furniture and ofllce equip
ment, $18,510,700; miscellaneous: Printing, exclusive of labor, plants, furni
ture, ofllce equipment, attendance, witnesses nt hearings, etc., $500,000,000;,
total, $1,101,501,000."
Two Decades of American Progress in Porto Ricoi
TREMENDOUS progress has marked the first 20 years of Americnn adminis
tration In Porto Ulco. In the opinion of Gov. Arthur Yager. He says:
"These two decades of progress made by Porto Rico under the Americnn flag
taken nil together constitute n record,
flow
improvements of the Island and the
development of the system of punllc education.
Against the public debt of $10,056,000 there have been expenditures for
permanent public Improvements amounting to $15,020,380 or more than $1.50'
in permanent Improvements for encli $1 of debt. This Includes expenditures
of $0,490,082 for roads and bridges, $4,218,404 for public buildings nnd $4,
917,000 for an Irrigation system.
There has been crented in Porto Rico n modern democratic school sys
tem, offering free education to the children of the Island. As n result, the
percentage of adult illiteracy has been reduced from 79.9 In 1899 to less thant
00 per cent In 1919. In 1S09 there were 21.873 children attending schools ns
compared with 100.794 children in 1019.
In 1899 there were 100 miles of completed Insular roads; now the Island
hus 712 miles.
The public henlth service has been built up and health conditions "tre
mendously Improved." A modern system of taxation has been developed.
Wages nre declared to have been Incrensed and the condition of labor much
Improved.
The immense Increase In Industrial business enn In part be indicated by
the Increase In foreign business, which has risen from $17,502,103 In 1901 to.
$141,890,400 in 1919.
Almost Forgotten Incident in Our Early History
IN TUB house debate over tho bill (S. 2775) to promote the mining of coal,
phosphate, oil, gas and sodium on the public domain Representative
Andrews of Nebraska, after referring to suggestions to the effect that these
western lands really belonged to the
13 original stutC3, which might call for
the rentals, gave a list of the deposits
made with the various states by the
treasury under the act of .lime 23,
1830, as follows:
Maine. $05r,S3S.25 ; New Hamp
shire. $69.0S0.7!) ; Massachusetts, $1,
738.173.5S; Vermont. $0G9,0S0.79; Con
necticut, $704,070.00; Rhode Island,
5332,335.30; New York. $4,014,520.71;
New Jersey. $704,070.00: Pennsyl
vania, $2,807,514.78; Delaware, $2SG,-
751.49; Maryland, $055,838.25; Virginia. $2,198,427.99; North Carolina, $1,
433,757.39; South Carolina, $1,051,422.0!); Georgia, $1,051,422.09; Alabama,.
S(S(iO,OS0.79 ; Louisiana, $477,019.14; Mississippi, $3S2,335.3u ; Tennessee, $1,
433,757.30: Kentucky. $1.4:13,757.39; Ohio. $2,007,200.34; Missouri. $382,335.30;
Indiana, $800,254.44; Illinois, $477,919.14; Michigan. $2Sfl,751.49; Arkansas,.
?2S0,751.4tl. Total. $28,101,014.91.
He said that nt 4 per cent the principal and Interest amount to $121,000,
000. He suggested a Joint resolution calling upon the states for the return of
the money, under the terms of the act.
Mr. Andrews was n trifle sarcastic. There are 20 debtor states having 52:
senators and 314 house members.
Uncle Sam's War on Automobile Thieves Is Now Oh
WILL the new federal lnw curb the automobile thieves? At any rnte the
new law Is now In active operation and federal prosecutions all over tho
country have been authorized from Washington. Hy providing heavy punish
ment for Interstate trallie In stolen
I MSB 45ste TAL ANY
3LVSrlL J&,tib!
vWmWI mit
.3 fc jal5,$UKCH
o it v u f. Jfc ifilW. i
cars stolen In 1918, according to gov
ernment figures, and was second hardest hit of cities in the country. A to
tal of 1,054 Chicago cars were recovered, the report adds, and Detroit alone
stands above Chicago In the year's losses. The middle West lost more thnn
22,000 cars by theft, and organized bands are operating In the shipment of
stolen goods.
Chicago got authority early to take up federal prosecutions under tho
new law. District Attorney Clyne opened the campaign by holding threo
men accused of the Interstate transportation of stolen cars and recommend
ing that bills of sale accompany every auto purchase, showing legal title to
the car by every owner, whether the car be new or u veteran of the second
hand markets.
Fred V. Lee of Indianapolis was held under $1,000 bonds for further;
hearing before Commissioner Mark A. Koote. He Is charged with transport
ing a car to Chicago which Is said to have been stolen In Muncle, Ind. Wil
fred Loulsberry and Carton Klorr of Kalamazoo were held for further hear
ing on charges of having driven In an automobile said to have been stolen In
Michigan The latter were turned over to federal authorities bv tho Chicago,
mm
I COULp n'7
GET AlOflff
OH LESS
BILLION
A YEAR -
which, I believe, cannot be equaled by
any people anywhere In the world In,
the same length of time. It Is a record'
creditable nlike to the Porto Means;
themselves and to the great free re
public to which they owe allegiance.'"
Almost every sphere of human life
and work, the governor says, has been,
completely metamorphosed, nnd prob
ably the most striking evidence of
these changes is shown In the public
CAM
MQW-
cars. It will doubtless clieck local
thieving by cutting down the market:
it also makes the business of the-
fences" exceedingly dangerous.
T1,e new law ls llkely t0 ,n,,ke a
lot of business for United Stntes dls-
trlct attorneys. The department of
Justice evtlmates thnt 0,500.000 ears
nre in ue today, totaling an expendi
ture of $7,SOO.OOO,000.
Chicago suffered the loss of f.Cll
J8?
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