Nebraska Newspapers

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tyNCILt.. NEBRASKA
The News end Peel, London, comment
la (editorially on the Inclusion of tlia
League of Nations In the preliminary
peace treaty took opposite Dews. "i'res
Ident Wilson and the minority In hts own
country ere trying to force the league
down the Senate's throat." saj's the Post.
"In the same way they are tr>lng to
compel the peace conference to accept
It. The league means that England's for
eign policy would be directed by an Inter
national committee. This would necessi
tate a change tn the British constitution,
and It ought to be considered by parlia
ment before adoption." "No one wants
to delay peace, but It Is a profound mla
taks to omit ths League of Nations from
the terms," said the News. “If (he oppo
sition to President Wilson tn America suc
ceeds the league falls, for It will he im
possible to have the league without Amer
Presldert Wilson’s return to Paris Is
contrasted with his reception in Decem
ber In a dispatch from Paris to La Pren
sa, In Buenos Aires, us follows: "The
people of France no longer are disposed
to make noisy demonstrations after
watching months pass with nothing sub
atantlal done. France takes little Inter
est In the league of nations, which Is not
a popular subject. France sees In It
only a more or less problematical guar
antee of future peace. The people of
France are more Interested In the pres
ent than In the future, and demand
peace at once, after which they are will
ing to consider measures for the future.”
“We are told," says Senator Lenroot,
"that the president will not permit peace
with Germany unless there Is made as
part of the peace treaty the constitution
of the lenguc as drawn. We are told that
tills will be done to force the Senate to
accept without amendment this constitu
tion. revolutionizing our government and
te foreign and domestic policies, whl"h lho
Senate would not do, and public opinion
tn America is thus to be coerced Into de
manding ratification. In my Judgment
President Wilson baa once more misjudged
the temper of the American people and
the Senate."
A Peking dispatch says: The premier,
members of the cabinet and allied minis
ters attended ceremonies at Central park
today. Initiating the rebuilding of the
monument erected to Baron Von Kate
ler, which was torn down last November.
The monument will celebrate the victory
of the allies and will bear a new Inscrip
tion, and "remind future generations of
China’s part In the allied cause." The
Von Ketteler monument was erected by
the Chinese by way of expiation for the
murder of Baron Von Ketteler, German
minister to China, by the Boxers In
1*00.
Representative Longworth. of Ohio, has
Issued a statement asking former repub
lican floor leader Mann to “keep his hands
off the organization and legislative con
trol of the new House of Representa
tive*." "That la the way,” said the Ohio
representative, "to bring about harmony
tn the party. That Is the way to make
success In 1*20 certain. Such an assur
ance from Mr. Mann will be greeted with
acclaim by the vast 'majority of repub
licans and by patriotic Americans gener
ally."
Robert Big Thunder, full blooded Wln
aehago Indian, is on his way to the toy.
«xrT,*,»nt reservation at Wittenberg, Wts.
In his opinion these are degenerate days
for warriors. •‘There Is too much system,
too much discipline, too much red tape,”
be said. "The Indian prefers to be more
Informal In his fighting and would rather
fight In the open. For this reason all In
dians In the A. E. F. were assigned to
•®"ut or patrol duty. They were espe
cially good at this."
Thomas F. Blewltt, division superintend
ent of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany. was acquitted by a Jury In supremo
court of a charge of manslaughter grow
ing out of the wreck on the company's
Brighton line last November, In which 98
persons wore killed. The Indictment on
which Blewtyt was tried charged that he
bad been guilty of “culpable negligence"
In placing Anthony Lewis, a "green" mo
tornian, In charge of the train which was
wreoked.
Secretary of War Baker and General
March rode from Ames to Des Moines re
cently on a two-coach local train. When
Major Swing, aid to General March, re
quested the brakeman to "nave a seat for
the secretary of war and the chief of
staff," he was mt with: "Save nothing:
1 ain't got no authority to save no seats
for nobody. If you got any secretaries
with you, they’ll have to take tlietr
chances on seats Just like anybody else."
Foreign Minister Puerrcydon has In
formed Fredsrlo J. Stlmson, United
Btates ambassador to Argentine, that
that country will support the league of
nations In principle. Persistent rumors
In government circles in Argentine are
to the effect that Argentina Is making
suggestions for amendment to the league
of nations covenant to allow the admt»
elon of the defeated states as original
member*
Th# rumor Is continuing unrefuted on
O'* Princeton campus that when Presl
. dent Wilson was an undergraduate, he
'flunked" In French. A fellow classmate
ssys: “Wilson refused a close study of
foreign languages, as he feared It would
«nar Ills English style. History and Eng
lish literature were his favorites, but he
received his lowest marks In astronomy
and sdentlfis branches."
Dstalis of a cannibal orgy In West
Africa, In whloh natives are reported to
have eaten members of opposing tribes
after a battle, were received by the Pres
byterian board of foreign missions In a
message from Hr. G. C. Beanland. of
liOulsvllle, Ky„ a missionary stationed at
MeteL West Africa.
Medical officers at all army camps
throughout the country havs been ordered
by Surgeon General Ireland to obtain one
«r more specimens of every species of
mosquito found In the vicinity of their
camps. The mosquitoes will be classified
and placed in the army medical museum.
Under th * agreement reached at Rotter
dam, a dispatch from Berlin says. Great
Britain will receive 80.000 tone of potash
from Germany. The proceeds of the pot
ash will be credited to Germany In pay
ment for food supplies.
Ravings of Gsrmsn workers who profit
ed by the high war wages Increased from a
botal Of *.000.000 marks hi 1914 to 48.000.000
marks In 1918, a* shown by Coblenx bank
deports.
Rlihu Root was named chairman of a
committee of IS of the bar association of
the city of New York to consider all ques
tions of International law arising In con
nection with the peace conference.
An exodus of Korean students attending
Japanese universities Is reported by Nichl
Nlehl, following the recent national
disturbances In Korea. Half of the 800
students have already returned to Korea.
Full discharges were granted Tuesday
to 38 men confined In the United Stales
discipline ry barracks at Fort Leaven
worth. The men had been eervlng sen
tence* for military offense* committed
during the war __
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BUT LITTLE FAITH
llil CONFESSIONS
Nebraska Court Officials In
clined to Be Skeptical of
Story Grammer Not Guilty
In Murder Case.
Lincoln, Neb., April 2.—The recent
stories of Cole and Grammer regarding
their connection with the killing of
Mrs. Lulu Vogt, motherlnlaw of Gram
mer, are weakened by two bits of evi
dence preserved in the record of the
Nebraska supreme court. One la a
fiber tin plate and the other an empty
bottle that once contained beer. Until
Cole and Grammer explain away these
bits of evidence the latest confession
of Cole, that Grammer knew nothing
about the murder, falls to stick. In
the first admissions of guilt considered
|jy the supreme court they said that
on the day of the night of the murder
It was thought best that Cole should
be seen as little as possible In the com
pany of Grammer and that Cole re
mained hidden In the brush near the
Vogt farm house. Grammer then went
to town and bought four sandwiches
and a bottle or two of near beer to
furnish him with food and drink. The
panwlches were brought to Colo on a,
pie plate. A fiber pie plate and an
empty near beer bottle were found byi
officers In the brush along the North
Loup river, near a bridge not far from
plba. This find is held as evidence by
the court that connects Grammer with,
Cole In the murder of Mrs. Vogt.
FAMOU8 DITCH RANCH
MADE INTO 8MALL FARMS
O’Neill, Neb., April 2.—The land
owned by the ditch company lying
south of the Elkhorn river has been
sold and the famous ranch Is now In
the hands of several ranchers. This
panch Is, perhaps, the most famous
lying north of the Platte river. Dur
ing the dry years around 1894, a com
pany organized this venture, purchased
half a hundred sections of land, dug a
10-mlle irrigation ditch from the Elk
horn at Emmet to Dry creek at O’Neill
and farmed out quarters to various
farmers who planted watermelons, etc.,
for the purpose of supplying seed
houses with good seed.
An early frost chilled the ardor of
the lrrigatlonists. From that day to
this the ditch company has made cattle
raising and wild hay harvesting lead
ing Industries.
Wednesday a public sale was con
ducted and everything sold. It Is un
derstood that this land Is to be cut up
Into quarters.
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FARM LABORERS ARE
NEEDED AT DAVID CITY
David City, Neb., April 2.—Spring
■work is opening up in Butler county
with a shortage of farm labor. Thirty
one men are needed to supply calls
now filed with E. L. Rhodes, county
agricultural agent at David City. Farm
ers are paying $60 per month for sin
gle men and some times more, but can
not get the men they need.
FORMER O’NEILL MAN
CONVICTED IN THE WEST
. O’Neill, Neb., AprlJ 2.—Dispatches,
from Oregon say Ham Kautzman, one
time editor of “The Beacon Light," a
paper published here, has been con
victed of sending obscene matter
through the mails. He drew a fine of
$500 and six months in Jail. The six
months was suspended when he paid
nis fine within 24 hours.
OMAHA—The number of state liquor
agents in Omaha has been cut from nine
to two, according to word received yester
day from Lincoln. Some of the men who
have been working in this city have been
transferred and others have been dis
charged, it was said.
O'NEILL—Hay men declare that nearly
the last wisp of wild hay has been thrown
on the market. Wild hay is now worth
around $36 per ton. A few years ago this
article brought but $3 a ton and seldom
was a load brought to town.
O’NEILL—A meeting of business men'
Is called for Friday night to make an ef
fort to land the Northwestern freight de
pot this road Is planning on erecting at
Inman.
O’NEILL—Sheridan Simmons, chief of
detectives of O’Neill for a year, lias ac
cepted a position with the booze hounds
trailing out of Omaha.
WOONSOCKET PREPARES^
TO DO MUCH IMPROVING
Woonsocket, H. D., April 2.—The
citizens of Woonsocket have recently
held two very largely attended meet
ings with the result that the city of
Woonsocket will have a complete sys
tem of sewerage and a modern munic
ipal building. After the sewerage prop
osition has been installed Dumont ave
nue, the main business thoroughfare,
will be pavtd its entire length, besides
extending at both examines to the
city limits. This will Hard surface a
portion of the Sunshine highway. It is
contemplated also to gravel East Sev
enth Rtreet, the main thoroughfare,
east and west through the city.
NEB
SOUTH DAKOTA SOLDIER
WAS IN HUN PRISON.
Alexandria, S. D., April 2.—John
Yost, one of Hanson conuty overseas
fighters is back at his home in Farmer.
Mr. Yost had one experience apart
from other, local men, being a prisoner
for three months In a German prison
camp. He stated that at home he
Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt urges
Boy Scouts to obtain returning soldiers
6s scout masters.
President Wilson is understood to re
gard the 10 days between March 23 and
about April 3, as the most crucial in the
whole peace conference.
The German government is planning a
German court of investigation for Ger
mans accused of crimes during the war,
“whoso activities can only lie judged by
such a court."
Rev. William A. Smith, editor of The
Churchman, addressed the Churehwom
an’s Club of New York last week on the
subject: “How Can Women Make the
CJiuicb More* Masculine?" m
Former Congressman Bitterly
Assailed By Another For His
Unwarranted Abuse of
President Wilson.
Lincoln, Neb., March 31.—Former
Congressman Dan Stephens, or the
Third Nebraska district took former
Congressman-Sloan, of the Fourth dis
trict to a skinning before the Nebraska
house Friday. A week ago Sloan ap
peared before the house and delivered
a speech against the league of nations,
in which he used some rough language
about President Wlleon.
When Mr. Stephens was granted the
same privilege, Friday, he took occa-,
slon to declare that what Sloan stated
was untrue and that he should be
called to account for It. He said that
one of the great factors in the under
mining of confidence In governments
generally was the uffbridled and Inac
curate criticism made of public men,
and the offense was all the greater
when made by a public man himself
against another public man for parti
san purposes.
Mr. Stephens said that Mr. Sloan had
charged that the president had been
false to his oath, had overriden the
constitution of the United States and
had betrayed the sovereignty of the
American people for the benefit of the
princes and potentates of Europe. He
said that not Lenlne or Trotxky or
Debs, but Sloan, out of partisan malice,
had delivered this diatribe In the
course of an attack upon the presi
dent's plan for a league of nations.
Turning to the Congressional Record
he showed that Sloan had voted for
an appropriation of $250,000 to pay the
expenses of American delegates to
Europe to form a league of nations.
Mr. Sloan said that he admired Mr.
Taft beyond any power to express It.
He hoped that the republicans would
nominate him for president, because
they would then be selecting their best
man, one who is staunch and sound
and honest.
Stephens was dramatic in his at
tack upon Sloan, and his speech was
easily the sensation of the week.
DOUBLE WEDDING IN
WEST POINT CHURCH
West Point, Neb., March 31—The lo
cal Grace Lutheran church for the
first time In its history become the
scene of a double wedding. The two
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Rodlck, Anna and Helen, entered the
bonds of matrimony with George
Schroeder and George Burmeister.
A
THEY THREW EGGS AT
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Fremont, Neb., March 31.—City Su
perintendent of Schools A. R. Congdon,
at Schuyler, was made the object of
an attack with eggs Wednesday eve
ning. Some boys throw eggs at him
as he was on his way home. He was
not hit. Mr. Congdon has Just been re
elected for the coming year at an In
creased salary.
SEEKS DAMAGES FOR
CROSSING ACCIDENT
Fremont, Neb., March 31.—The suit
brought in Omaha by John H. Black,
Schuyler school teacher, claiming dam
ages from the Union Pacific because a
fast train struck his automobile on the
night of January 31, grows out of a
crossing accident In which two Colfax
county teachers were killed. The teach
ers were driving In an automobile from
Fremont, where they had attended a
basketball game, back to David City.
A night Union Pacific train struck them
near the Schuyler depot.
OMAHA DETECTIVE IS
ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING
Omaha, Neb., March 31.—Guy B.
Knudtson, the city detective who at
tacked and shot down Private Charles
Coleman, Camp Dodge soldier, last
week at Twentieth street and Capital
avenue, has been arrested,
j Knudtson was apprehended on ln
: formation prepared by J. H. Ready,
assistant county attorney, and signed
by F. R. FUnn, Coleman's uncle. The
detective Is being held on a charge of
wilfully, unlawfully, maliciously and
feloniously shotting with intent to kill
and commit murder.
The warrant was issued by Judge W.
R. Patrick of tLe municipal court.
Knudtson was arrested In the Army
building, Fifteenth and Dodge streets.
He was being questioned by Lieut.
H. E. Weeks, Judge advocate Oj Camp
Dodge, in regard to the shooting, when
Constable Hack Ellis, after searching
for two hours for the detective, served
the warrant.
Knudtson nearly collapsed when told
he was under arrest. His voice trem
bled, his face paled and he seized arms
of the chair in which he was seated.
It was Borne time before the man was
able to assume self control.
COURTMARTIAL OF
ARMY CAPTAIN ENDS
By Associated Press.
New York. March 31.—The trial of
Capt. Edwin C. Weisgerber, of Pitts
burgh. charged with acts involving dis
loyalty to the United States, sympathy
with Germany and improper personal
conduct was completed before a court
martial on Governor’s Island Jate yes
terday. Court martial procedure re
quires that the findings of the court be
submitted to the headquarters of the
eastern department for approval,
thence submitted to Washington and
subsequently published, so that It may
be two or three weeks at least before
the verdict is announced.
Creation of on institute for drug re
search, to be supported in part at least by
profits from the chemical foundation,
which was formed recently by order of
President Wilson to take over all German
held patents on chemicals, dyestuffs and
medicinal?, was urged at the annual meet
ing this week of the American Drug Man-,
ufacturers’ Association. -
"Rumania, which is the last rampart
against bolshevism, is seriously threatened
by 150.000 Russian bolshevist troops and
six Hungarian divisions," a dispatch says.
."The alios should rush men, munitions
and food there, for every hour lest may
have serious consequences.’’
if or control
STILLJIOEB FI
Legislative Investigators Get
Commissioner Mayfield Into
Hole Over Former
Accountant.
Lincoln, Neb., March 29.—Commis
sioner Mayfield, of the state board of
control, got into a trap in his testi
mony before the legislative investiga
ting committee. He declared that
George Weidenfeld, deposed account
ant of the board, had in 100 instances
exceeded his authority. Asked to name
some of them, he said that W'eiden
feld had been guilty of "damnable ras
cality” in opening a letter that came
to Miss McMahon, who was forced to
resign the superintendency of the Ge
neva girls' school, got into a big row
with the board over It, resulting in a
heari-r *»n charges filed. He commu
nicated the contents to the board, but
It refused to consider this as evidence
against her because it was an effort
to besmirch her.
Asked to name another instance, lie
said that at the time the Lusitania
was sunk he had been told Weidenfeld,
who was born in Germany, had written
a letter to the papers in which he said
that if Americans did not w’ant to be
drowned they should keep off the high
seas. He denounced this as unpatri
otic conduct. He said that he sus
pected Weidenfeld had been furnishing
state statistics to the German govern
ment, but the council of defense had
investigated and found nothing.
A Leading Question.
"Why didn’t you keep a man who
Wh, ’’tllty of rescality and unpatriotic
con due i1 he asked.
His only ■T'dy was that he was the
best accountant '.:e ever saw, and he
thought he was in no position to wrong
the state. He admitted that he had
Joined in a recommendation that the
legislature increase Weidenfeld’s sal.
ary.
Mayfield said that the legal advisers
jf the board told them that the law
/elating to advertising for bids and
making blanket appropriations for im
provements at state institutions were
flexible, and that the board could use
its Judgment in following them. He
said that if advertising was done when
things were wanted it would cost $200,
000 a year, and that the board could
make no Improvements if, for Instance,
it could not use all of the money ap
propriated by the legislature for five
buildings in erecting three that were
needed, in spite of the fact that the
law specified it was for five.
BEATRICE POWER CO.
TO U8E BLUE RIVER
Beatrice, Neb., March 29.—The su
preme court of the state having sus
tained the Beatrice Power Company
in its filing of water power privileges on
the Blue river in the vicinity of Barnes
ton, the local corporation announces
that it will at once begin the construc
tion of a hydro-electric plant on the
Day farm. The plant will cost $165,000
with an additional $65,000 to be ex
pended in the construction of a trans
mission line from the plant to Beatrice.
-The plant will be constructed of con
crete and steel and will have an output
of more than 3,000,000 kilowatts per
year. The Holmesvllle plant, owned
by George W. Steinmeyer, who is the
promoter of the Barneston project, will
be hooked together on the same trans
mission line with the Barneston plant
carrying "juice" to Wymore, Blue
Springs and Beatrice.
NEBRA8KA COURT SAYS
TAX LIBERTY BONDS
Lincoln, Neb., March 29.—Liberty
bonds owned by national banks in Ne
braska cannot be deducted from the
valuations of the bank s capital stock
when valuation is fixed for state tax
ation purposes, the supreme court held
in passing on a test case appealed from
Aurora, Neb. The government, which
intervened in the case will carry the
question to the United States supreme
court, it is understood. The govern
ment tontended Liberty bonds could
not bo subject to either direct or In
FREMONT GIRLS ARE
EN ROUTE FROM FRANCE
Fremont, Neb., March 29.—Mrs. Isa
bella Schneider received word that her
daughters, Misses Etta Turner and
Miss Clara Schneider, are on their way
now from New York city to Omaha.
The young women have been in service
in France. They are expected to ar
rive at their home in Fremont Sunday.
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AUTO DRIVEN BY A
WOMAN KILLS MAN.
Fairbury. Neb., March 29.—Charles
Hughes, clerk of the district court of
Jefferson county, was killed when he
was struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. Clifford Holmes.
Mr. Hughes was starting across the
street when the woman came from the
south, turning west. When the car hit
him he fell, striking the back of his
head on the pavement, fracturing his
skull. He died without gaining con
sciousness. He was 57 years old and is
survived by a wife and two daughters.
REC^JT STORI^DIO
W MUCH DAMAGE AT RESORT
Fremont, Neb., March 29.—Evidence
has Just come to light that the west
end of Fremont Lland, south of Fre
mont, was struck by the tornado that
swept over Saunders county. Many
camp houses were blown and others
were damaged. A. W. Murphy, of the
county board, who visited the island
yesterday, brought news of the damage.
MORTGAGES ON AUTOS
HELD TO BE VALID
Lincoln, Neb., March 29.—The sti
^remo court today decided that mort
gages on automobiles, when given in
. good faith, must be held as a valid
lien by the state where such machines
xre confiscated in the boose traffic.
In a number of instances machines
confiscated and sold wero shown to be
mortgaged, but the district courts liav
uniformly held that such liens were
canceled by the fact that the machine
was being usi d in the booze u cflio.
Training Little Children
■oHe.tloa. by mother, who hove been klnder*artner«. b,r
The United States Bnreao of Education, Washington, D. and
The National Kindergarten Association, New York, N. Y,
It Makes the Mother’s Tasks Easier If She
Learns to Love What She Has to Do.
IF I were a Fairy Godmother, I
would wave my wand and aay to
all mothers, "Love what you have
to do." Children’s wants are so nu
merous and a mother has such con
stant demands made upon her that she
needs to retire within herself often
and, no matter how tired she may feel,
repeat again and again, “I love what I
have to do.” Then suddenly she will
feel better, and It becomes easier to go
on with the task of caring for and
training the children. It pays in dol
lars and cents, as well as In peace of
mind and satisfaction of spirit, to de
vote much thought toward starting
the children right
What are some of the simple ways
in which we can help our little ones?
Let us begin the day happily, no mat
ter hrw we feel, and never be discour
aged nor allow the children to be
come so. Together, mothers and chil
dren can learn to be honest, obedient
and faithful.
It should not be forgotten that all
virtues thrive best in a healthy body.
Therefore, give the child plenty of
fresh air, have him sleep In a well
ventilated room, wear clean, whole
clothes, and eat simple food.
Let Little Ones Help at Home.
Let the children take hold and help
about the house a little. At 4% years
old they can wash dishes, and they
love to do so. An oilcloth apron will
keep them dry. They can also help
make beds, brush up crumbs and do
many other things. But we must not
nag the children at their tasks, re
membering that Interest In useful
work may be most successfully de
veloped by keeping it In the realm of
the play spirit.
We have churches and schools to
help in our work with our children,
but it comes back every time to the
parents and the home to develop In
the children the simple practices
which lead to right and happy living.
We must be patient In answering
questions, and If we do not always
know the answer, let us try to find out
r. th the children. Fun Is as natural
us breathing to most children. Try to
laugh with them at their simple Jokes.
Let us take a little time at the end
of the day, If we can, to tell a short
story. The quiet will do us all good.
Perhaps we may have seen a bird,
squirrel or a child do some amusing
thing as we glanced out of the window
while at work. The wind may have
been chasing the pretty leaves, or the,
sun playing hide-and-seek among the
clouds. Stories are not all to be found'
in books. It is a big accomplishment
to learn to do things in the child’s way
—things they like to do but which.
we have often denied them because
we felt we didn’t have time to be
bothered.
If the little ones see that mother
and father are trying to find some
thing to love in all their trying tasks,
before we know it the home will al
ways be full of sunshine. If we have
a fretful child to deal with, find out'
first if he Is being properly nourished;
then try telling him stories which will
take his mind off UBmself.
Many children are often disagree
able because they haven’t enough of
the right things to do, such as gamee
and songs, that provide activity and
stimulate the mind and occupation*
that answer the child’s need to ba
doing and making something.
A most Important point for the
mother to realize Is the necessity of
sticking to the lessons Bhe need* to
) teach every single day until the right!
habits are permanently formed in her.
child.
No one can tell us exactly the things
it is best to do with children. But if
we begin to watch and think, read
when we can and exchange experl- ~11 >■
ences with other mothers many sug
gestions will be found to meet our
needs. Take a glimpse backward into
your own childhood and many idea*
will occur to you In that way. And
through it all we will find that the
children are helping to bring us up,
too. Courage and Joy prolong life,
and we can well afford to stand and
wait, feeling sure that If our motive*
have been right and we can find
something to love even in the hard
things of life our little ones will see
and know and will “rlBe up to call u*
blessed." _ i
Please pass this article on to a friend
and thus help Uncle Sam reach all lb*
mothers of the country.
j Liberty Bond Swindlers. j
Richard 8pillane, in Philadelphia Public Ledger.
At every Industrial plant in Anjerica placards are to be posted, probably In
several languages, warning the workers against the schemers who are spreading
stories tending to lessen faith in Liberty bonds.
The government has determined organized or selfish propaganda that
tends to spread doubt as to value of Liberty bonds or results in getting the
bonds out of the possession of the people must stop or the offenders will feel
the heavy hand of Justice.
It is time such action was taken. The “pirates of promotion” here In Phil
adelphia and no doubt in other cities have even stooped to preying upon girl*
who work in offices.
A gentleman connected with one of the largest banks in America brought
to the attention of tlje Public Ledger a case in his office where a girl employ*
was about to buy stock in a copper mining company ytfhich copper men say
they never heard about.
Another girl, a friend of the banking official’s clerk, had been Induced by a.
broker to part with her $50 Liberty bond in exchange for stock in the mining
company. A few days after she parted with her bond the broker Informed her
she was entitled to a dividend, and thereupon the broker paid $20 to her.
This Influenced her imagination so much that she went about telling th*
remarkable story to her girl friends and advising them to sell their Liberty
bonds and buy the wonderful stock that paid $20 in dividends three days after
Bhe bought it, and which, the man said, was going to pay so much more.
"What are you going to do?” the bank official asked of his girl clerk.
“Give my Liberty bond to the broker for the mining stock,” was th«
answer.
“You will do no such thing if I can prevent you,” said the official. "It is
bold faced robbery.”
Then he went on to explain that copper mines are making little or no
money now, and not one in all the world is earning enough to pay such dividend
to stockholders. He told her the broker who “sold” that stock to the girl swin- j
died her out of her Liberty bond, less the $20, and that he paid the $20 to her see
she would spread the story far and wide and Influence other girls to buy stock.
It was an old trick of the swindlers, he told her, but he had not known they
had stooped so low as to rob working girls.
The girl was reluctant to believe what he said. Unfortunately, that is not.
unusual. Speculation appeals more to women, old and young, even than to men.
They believe in their luck, and they do not bellfeve men will swindl them delib
erately. But the breed of scamps operating today is of the lowest the stock
Jobbing game has had. And that is saying a good deal.
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Belong* to World.
From the Dallas News.
It has been said of M. Clemenceau that
he revived the hope and courage of!
France at the moment when It tottered j
over the abyss of despair. That Judgment
may somewhat exaggerate the effect of J
his elevation to the place of direction, j
but that he defeated German intrigue and
arrested the processes of demoralization
at a critical moment Is hardly to be ques
: tloned by any one who observed the
course of French affairs closely. Before
his stern methods sedition, defeatism, cor
ruption and treason skulked back Into the
dark corners from which they had been
emboldened to Issue by the temporizing
and suplnity of his predecessors, and
France again lurried her face to the foe.
freed of the fear that her heroism would !
be undone by treachery. The anarchist |
who attempted to destroy a life which j
rendered that Incalculable service made
all civilized society the victim of his
assault. lie did this at a moment, too, ]
when the world has hardly less need of
the splendid Intelligence and stout heart1
than It did In that momentous hour
when M. Clemenceau rallied tho spirit
of France. But little of that great life
remains unspent. In all likelihood, but
the remainder of its allotment Is one of
the world’s precious possessions, and it
will count It a providential Intervention
that miscarried the murderous bullets
that were aimed at It.
The Language Bugaboo.
From the New York Tost.
Indiana Is uncertain whether to be more
diverted or disgusted over the way In
which her legislature Is wrestling with the
problem of German in the schools. Her
statute books contain a law passed In
1869, making the teaching of German com
pulsory upon the petition of the parents
or guardians of 25 children in the school
district. The simple repeal of this law
would seem to be the natural first step.
But legislatures have their own little
ways of doing things. Tho bills that have
been introduced upon the subject at In
dianapolis led Hie News of that city to
call for a rule that nothing but English
may be used in the legislature. One bill
«we.^ln2lf provided that not' big but the
English language could be taught In th*
schools, thus excluding arithmetic, geogra
phy. and so on. Some of the law maker*,
appear to be unaware of the distinction
between “elementary" and “common”
schools. It Is not reported that the**
members pleaded that when they went
to school they had to spend so much tlm*
upon German that they are not at horns
In English.
Wlfey Scores.
Prom Saturday Journal.
Husband—It Is a strange thing, but
true, that the biggest fools have the most
beautiful wives.
Wile—Oh, you flatterer I
A Preference. * *
Rut yesterday I met a man
Who to the lexicon was brother;
In dipping dactyls he could scan
Theocritus, or any other.
He could discourse upon earth'* crust.
Or on tyhat made the dodo famous;
Than suctr a dreary dry-as-dust
I'd rather be an ignoramus!
He knew by rote each church In Roma
And he could diagnose conniptions;
He could translate a Chinese tome
Or strange Assyrian Inscriptions.
He could dilate on surds or tracts,
Or legends from the land of Shamus;
Than such a facile fund of facts
I'd rather be an Ignoramus?
Clearly could he elucidate
The manners of the men of Media;
All myths and marvels he could stj to- —
A peripatetic encyclopedia!
He was authority on war.
Could show how the cavemen might
claim us;
Than such a knowledge reservoir
I'd rather be an ignoramus!
He'd prate on Peary and the pole.
Then nimbly leap to the equator.
He'd solved the soul and “over aoul,'
Was Intimate with the Creator!
Oh, to be learned In legal lore
One hour, and Issue a mandamus!
I'd rid the World of one more bore,
Then rest content, an Ignoramus!
—Clinton Scollard. In Ufa
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