THE O'NEILL FRONTIER
D, H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
The magnitude of Italy's p^rtest against
the H C. L. iB revealed in flee of today's
cables: Florence—All available supplies
from shops have fallen Into the hands
cl the crowds or of the organizations.
Viterbo—Crowds attacked and ransacked
•hops, and attempted to storm the resi
dence of the mayor whom they charged
with failure to take measures to reduce
(the cost of living. Palermo—Thirty-one
of the principal fish merchants of Paler
mo. have been arrested here as "starvera
of the people.” Bologna—Standard meals
at fixed prices have been Imposed on res
taurants In Bologna as a result of the
food riots. The prices set vary from 55
cents to fl for a meal according to the
class of the restaurant. Ancona—The en
tire stock of foods and other necessaries
hi the city of Ancona are now In the
control of the chamber of labor. Tthese
stocks have been labelled with Inscrip
tions reading "Goods requisitioned and
at the disposal of the people."
Kong Shang-Koo, direct descendant tn
the Wth generation from Confucius, and
president of the provincial council of
Bhanlung province, Is among the well
known Chinese who have recently arrived
tn Paris to urge a reconsideration of the
conference decision to turn Bhantung
province over to Ihe Japanese. Mr. Kong
•peaks English and like all the other
members and attaches of the Chinese
delegation, wears modern clothes. China'*
•acred mountain. Tal-slian, and ths homo
of Confucius make this province more
saored to Chinese than any other portion
of the republic.
The governor of Connecticut, declines to
call • special session of the legislature to
vote on the suffrage amendment. Tie says:
I cannot conclude that tho desire of a
few women—bo they more or less lo num
ber—to have a vote upon sold proposed
amendment taken prior to the next stated
session of the genera! assembly creates
a special emergency, I therefore decline
to call a special session of the general as
sembly for the purpose of voting upon
•aid proposed suffrage amendment.
Decision by the Omsk government at
Btberia, to withdraw from circulation the
paper money Issued by the Kerensky
regime has created consternation among
who are large holders of the Kerensky
notes The newspaper, Dawji. declares
that the Kerensky paper has been Issued
by the bolshevist soviets far beyond the
ttmtts of discretion.
In commenting on the adoption of the
red, black and gold for the new German
flag, a Berlin correspondent says: The
conservatives naturally want to retain
the old colors. The Independents demand
he red flag. The democrats and major
ity socialists want black, red and gold,
since 1848 the symbol of the big Germany
Idea which expresses the lodging for the
anion of all Germans and also of German -
Austrians,
A patrolman who had been a member of
tfc* New Tork police force for 17 years,
comm ft ted suicide last week because of
Worry over a charge of using Improper
language to a superior officer that had
been brought against him. It was the
first complaint ever lodged against the
patrolman.
The district including St. Paul, Mtnn .
has Just elected a progressive republican
t* congress. The district went democratic
In the last three elections. The progres
sive republican In 100 out of 1100 pre
sets, was 1.300 ahead of the “regular"
republican candidates, with the demo
erat 1,000 behind the "regular."
Agitation by the industrial workers of
the world has been renewed in Mexico,
according yo official reports received In
Washington With the forcible deporta
tion of a number of leaders wln> caused
t!** strikes In Mexico City, Mexican au
thorities believed that they had completely
•oppressed the I, W. W. agitation
A London man writes to the London
Times: Sir—Now that air raids au,pver
and London Is light again at night. Is
there any need for young women to pow
der their noses? This was useful then
Just as It was useful to paint the lamp
posts white, but us It Is no longer noces
•ary, It Is now a senseless disfigurement.
An Australian dispatch, dated Sydney,
says: The maritime strike, aided hy prof
iteering, Is forcing up foodstuffs to such
famine prices as have hitherto been un
known. Unless some means can be found
to arrest the rise of prices Industrial un
rest will become more serious.
A salute of 48 guns one for each, stati
In the union from the ancient walls of th<
fortress of Ehrenbreltstetn. echoed up ant
down the Rhine Friday, In tribute to thi
birthday of the United States, It wai
the first time that American artillery hai
barked from the famous fortress.
*1Tm a ‘wot’ peer coming to a 'dry' land
that'a a deuced bad combination and
won't stay long," exclaimed Rt. Honor
able Earl of Lindsay as he stepped ashori
Saturday. "While you were 'wet'," hi
•aid, "America was one of Scolland’i
beat customers. We'll miss you."
There are said to be on sale In Shang
hai, China, more than 100 different brandi
of soap. A recent three-day invcsttgatlor
disclosed 67 separate brands. Of this num
bar 35 were of Chinese manufacture, 20 o
British, five of American, four of Japa
nese, two of French and one of German
Thp, Rjind Rfhftfll of Sncinl ScUnpa Va«
York, commonly called the "Anarehls'
school" which was raided recently, pal<
Scott Nearing *610 for lectures in a slug!
month, according to papers seized in th
rall. Louis Lockner, of the Ford pcaci
•hip, was paid only *10 for lectures.
Having granted the coal miners in
creased wages. Mr. Watt, acting Austra
Han prime minister, lias arranged a nev
•tystera of conference between owners an
man. which is designed to banish strike*
In view of the continued high cost o
Bring, the executive commission of th
Associated Press have authorized an in
crease in the confpcnsatlon for each oper
•tor in the service. This followed a wag
increase by the United Press.
A message from Alaska says: Vast carl
boa herds have been driven Into new re
•ions wliere they have never been foun
before, as the result, i,t forest fires In th
upper Kuril Ok vim country which have de
■troyea the moss on which the animal
aubsist
A number of Japanese "narlkln" or me
who hare won great wealth in buiidin
or selling steamers during the war, hav
lost their fortunes owing to the a-lvei
of peace. Some are In serious difficultly
Thieves, having bored a bolp.in the wu
of the Anitchkoff palace,.- Peti-og; ml. th
former resldetie*»of Alexander III, enters
and stole artV h r valued at *6,000.000.
Special itinerant Instructors have be*
appointed by the Russian soviet goverr
ment for the purpose of educating puai
suits in politics.
Construction of a wire fence two rnth
long on the 1-order between Calexico, Cal
and Mexicali, Mexico, has been authoriz
4y the war department.
More people were kilted on t lie si reel
of New York city lust year than wci
down on the Lusitania Automobiles alor
killed ME and injured 13.«C.
Iteturuod joldiers are to have prefer-'n<
to fishing llperises In British Colutr.bii
which are now largely in the liw-tl* c
•aiurfUft-.d_Jejar.t'?c titci alien*. ^
BLUE SKY L*W IS ~
Many Nebraska Corporations
May Be Compelled to Re
organize—New Law In
Effect July 18.
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.—The railways
commission is being deluged with in
quiries from corporations that fear
they will have to undergo a reorgani
zation if they are to continue business
in Nebraska. The blue sky law. as
amended and which goes into effect
on the 18th, prohibits the issuance of
non-voting preferred stock by corpo
rations doing business in the state- The
railway commission has been refusing
to allow stock of this kind to be sold
In corporations organized in the state,
and this resulted in a number of them
being formed in Iowa, Maine and other
states, where no legal Inhibition exists.
Many of these corporations have hun
dreds of thousands of non-voting pre
ferred stock out, but control rests In
a comparatively small issue of com
mon. The commission is of the opin
ion that the law cannot affect stock
alreudy issued, but it Is -a moot ques
tion whether any of these corporations
organized elsewhere, but with main
offices In this state, will be allowed to
Issue non-voting stock after the new
law goes into effect.
TELEPHONE COMPANY IS
TO INCREA8EITS RATE8
Lincoln, Neb., July 14—The Farmers'
Telephone Company, of Dodge county,
which serves seven northeastern Ne
braska towns, has been given permis
sion to put in gross and net rates, the
gross being 25 cents a month more
than the present rates. The orders of
the commission commands the company
to pay no more cash dividends until
it puts in certain reconstruction and
makes certain repairs, after which it
may show the commission and resume
payment, rne company was aisu
permission to make a showing in sup
port of its claim that it has more
money invested than the commission
allowed it.
TO ASK NQ. ACTION ON
AMENDED PRIMARY LAW
Lincoln, Neb., July 14—Governor
McKelvie has no intention of includ
ing in his special session call a repeal
Of the amendment to the primary law
passed at the last session of the legist
lature, which is being made the sub
ject of a referendum in Nebraska. He
intimates this very strongly in a letter
sent to Judge A. G. Wray, of York
who asked him to include the repeal.
The governor says that in his travels
about the state he has found no pre
dominance of opinion in opposition to
the amended law. He says it is not a
perfect one, but that the majority of
those with whom he talked think it an
Improvement orer the old law. H«
adds that the worst thing that has
happened to the law so far Is the mis
information that has been spread as
to what it really is. He thinks the
people will favor It when they know.
This has brought a tart reply from
Judge Wray, w'ho says that the peo
ple understand exactly what the law
Joes, that it restores the state conven
tion on all state officers save governor
that this was a triumph of reactionism
slipped through by a few votes in the
closing hours, and he again asks that
the governor give the legislature a
chance to reconsider its action.
NEBRASKAN8 ASKED TO
TAKE MONTANA CATTLE
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.—An appeal td
Nebraska to help save the cattle and
sheep by drought stricken Montana hat
been received by the university de
partment of rural economics. Already
thousands of head have been shipped
out and unless rain comes soon many
1 more must be taken from the dried up
ranges or they will starve. The same
condition prevails in much of Wyom
ing, where the lack of rain has caused
the grass to dry up and leave the stock
without feed.
FINANCIER’S^WIFE AT
RENO SEEKING DIVORCE
Reno, Nev., July 14.—Edith Augusta
Vingut, daughter of former Mayor
Oaynor, of New York, is plaintiff in
a divorce action on file today against
Henry' K. Vingut, New York financier
Mrs. Vingut charges cruelty. Vingut
has filed an answer denying the
1 charge.
The Vinguts were married in 1910,
' an elopment featuring the romance.
With her sister, Mth. Ralph H. Islam
Mrs. Vingut lias resided In Iteno since
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| PUBLISH OFFICIAL TEXT.
Washington. July 14.—The full text
t of the peace treaty as presented by
. President Wilson Thursday was pub
lished Friday in the Congressional
- Kecord. Comparing it with the copy
■ Inserted June 9 by Senator Borah, sen
ators said the most Interesting differ
ence they found was the provision ex
! tending until March SI, 1920, the time
for demobilization and disarmament ol
Germany's forces, in the former treaty
ta*6 months was the time limit set.
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WONT GO WITM FLEET.
’ Washington, July 12.—Secretary
* Daniels announces that lie will accom
t puny the new Pacific fleet to the wes
i. coast. Thu secretary will join thi
fleet at San Diego, Cal., about Augus
f, 1. The date bf the fleet's sailing fron
:1 Hampton P.ouds has been changed fron
July 19 to July 22.
» TO PROSECUTE BROKERS.
' New York, July 12.—Tho Cnllet
States treasury department is prepar
« lug to prosecute brokers who liavi
evaded payment of income taxes, i
was learned here. An examiner fo
the department said the entire countr
n
t bad been scourged to trace large sum
e of money believed to have been sen
out of this city to banks in othe
e places by certain New York brokers ii
, an effort to conceal the si*e ol Ihei,
f Incomes.
MIL STONES AS
BIG ASMSEBALLS
Crops Pounded Into Ground and
Other Damage Done In
Vicinity of Til
den, Neb.
Norfolk, Neb.. July 12.—Hail stones
as big as baseballs fell In the vicinity
it Tilden, Neb., late Wednesday after
noon. Crops over a considerable terri
tory were pounded into the ground,
trees were stripped of their leaves,
windows were broken and chickens jind
birds were kMled. Rain was general
throughout this part of the state, but
the hall storm was over a limited ter
ritory.
INDIAN MUST SERVE
TIME IN PRISON
Lincoln, Neb., July 12.—Federal
District Attorney Allen has received
notice from Washington that the su
preme court has dismissed the appeal
at Silas L. White, an Omaha Indian,
who was indicted last July on a charge
it assaulting with Intent to kill
Charles Peabody, another Omahan.
The federal court has jurisdiction be
muse the affair occurred on the reser
vation in Thurston county. „
White drew a sentence of a year
and a day in the federal prison at
Leavenworth. His attorney raised the
point that as White had complied
with the state law and federal statutes
10 that he was enabled to get his al
lotment and receive a patent for his
and, he was entitled to a trial in the
itate courts. His other point was that
where the offense is committed by one
Indian against another the federal
pourt has no jurisdiction.
The supreme court holds that WMIte
was rightfully tried in the federal
:Ourt, and dismissed the appeal for
•want of jurisdiction. White has been
jut on bond pending the result of the
appeal.
TAMPERING WITH WIRES
CHARGE IN FEDERAL COURT
Omaha, Neb,, July 12.—An eeho of
in alleged plot to put the Western
Union Telegraph Company out of busi
ness in northwest Nebraska, was heard
in federal court when Robert Lahl, of
Crawford, Neb., charged with tapping
Western Union wires was bound over
to the federal grand Jury on a $500
bond. „
Several wires were grounded in the
vicinity of Crawford a month ago. Four
men were arrested, two of whom were
Western Union employes, and bound
over to the district court, following a
trial at Chadron, Neb.
Special Officer Ready, of the North
western Railroad Company, testified
that Lahl had given the other four men
information regarding the position of
the Western Union wire, which made
it possible for them to tap it.
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FREMONT MARKS ITS
AVIATION FIELD
Fremont, Neb., July 12.—Fremont, has'
now an official airplane station, duly
marked with a large canvass “T" and
a flag pole indicating the direction of
the wind. These improvements are so
placed as to be visible from the clouds
and it is taken for granted that any
strange aeroplanists hovering over the
city will note the presence of the sign
and come down. The station is in the
center of the 160-acre field adjoining
Fremont to the southwest. It will be
maintained by the Fremont Commercial
Club.
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COMPLAIN ABOUT MILK
SUPPLIED FREMONTERS
Fremont, Neb.. July 12.—Members
of the city council listened to a long
report submitted by City Physician J.
C. Agee, on the milk situation, whe
pointed out that a big part of the milk
delivered in Fremont is soured before
it reaches the customer, or sours a
short time after reaching him. Some
of the councilmen favor requiring the
creameries to establish delivery sys
tems. At present they sell their milk
through grocery stores.
JUST LIKE CARRYING
WATER TO ELEPHANT
Fremont Neb. July 12.—Lawrence
McMillan, age 12, and Francis Yager
age 13, are two Fremont boys who have
experienced the thrills of a ride in ar
airplane. The boys carried gasoline
yesterday to an Omaha aviator who
landed near the city. In return for
their effort, he strapped them in the
seat beside him and carried them ovet
the city, landing later in a field neat
the river.
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MODERN BROTHERHOOD
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Lincoln, Neb., July 11.—Representa
tives of the Nebraska jurisdiction oi
the Modern Brotherhood, an Iowa fra
ternal association, are here for fhe pur
pose of selecting a delegate to the na
tional eonvention at Detroit on August
19. The order was started In 1897 by
T. B. Hanley, of Des Moines, who has
been president from the beginning. K
L Balz and A. H. dale, of Mason City
Ia„ are other officers. There are 2,00(.
members in the state, out of a total of
60,000. It maintains no state organiza
tions because of the heavy overhead.
WOMEN IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT NEAR WINSIDe
Norfolk Neb July 12—Mrs A Fred
, erlckson, of Norfolk, and Mrs. Frank
Bennett and her daughter, Billie, were
severely Injured when their auto fell
down a 20-foot embankment near Wln
slde Wednesday night.
ELECTION CONTEST
I AT NORFOLK ENDED
Norfolk Neb . July 12.—The Norfolk
, mayoralty contest ended in county
court yesterday, when ballots in two
wards were recounlgd. The re.sulte
show Dudgeon, republican, won the
election by five vo'es over Haas, demo
’ ernt.
i in Tjthuania it is considered bad man
ners for a bride not to weep ineesjeaotij
it )u-! own wedding. .
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Nebraska Independent Associa
tion In Convention Is Urged to
Work With Rather Than
Fight the Bell.
Lincoln, Neb., July 11.—President
Pratt, of the Nebraska Independent
Telephone Association, in his annual
address to the convention in session
here, said that the day of competition
in the business has gone, and urged
co-operation with the Bell company in
stead of the old attitude of battle. For
the first time representatives of the
Bell company were in attendance. Mr.
l'ratt suggested that the association
hire a man to present all rate applica
tions to the commission. This would
eliminate the discriminatory rates now
in existence, and by making uniform
all applications and procedure would
give the companies proper rates and
prompt action on their applications.
A. 8. Kelley, general traffic superin
tendent of the northwaetern Bell
group, discussed the new toll schedule.
This Is the first scientific effort to get
away from distance as a toll rate ba
sis, and includes cost of the service
and its value to the patron. He said
that the new schedule was working out
satisfactorily, although the gross reve
nues of the company would be reduced,
probably to the point where higher ba
sic rates would be necessary. The
tendency in toll service is to put in
station to station calls instead of per
son to person, .and thus gain the lower
rates while charging for a report where
no conversation is held has relieved the
congestion of facilities.
Commissioner Taylor, Rate Expert
Powell and Secretary Browne, of the
state railway commission, spoke on
various phases of the telephone busi
ness and their problems, Mr. Browne
speaking at the banquet In the evening
that p.lnHPd formal nroiiram.
LUTHERAN ORPHANAGE
HAS A GOOD RECORD
Fremont, Neb., July 11.—At the an
nual meeting of the German Lutheran
Orphanage Society, held in Fremont
yesterday, the report of President M,
Adam, of Omaha, said that during the
past year, which was particularly se
vere on account of the epidemics, not
a single loss of life had been sustained
in the borne. He referred to the death
of Rev. Peter Graef during the year.
Mr. Graef founded the home nearly 30
years ago. The following officers were
elected: President, M. Adams, Omaha;
vice president, Rev. K. De Freese,
Hooper; secretary, Rev. M. Nierrman,
Scribner; cashier, F. W. Krueger, Ar
lington; board of directors, August
Saeger, Fremont, Julius Harding and
William Miller.
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FORMER N. P. LEAGUER
SCORES MR. TOWNLEY
Lincoln, Neb.,' July 11.—A. C. Town
ley, national president of the Nonpar
tisan league, was flayed in a spaech
before the Commercial club by Frank
E. Packard, assistant attorney general
of North Dakota, a former leaguer.
Packard said that Townley was teach
ing class hatred and class greed, that
his head was badly swelled by his suc
cesses in that state and that he hoped,
by extending his influence to other
states, to become one of the big men
of the country.
Packard said North Dakota farmers
had a legitimate reason for agitating
against the treatment accorded them
in the handling of their one crop,
wheat, by the terminal elevators, but
that Townley. taking advantage of
their feeling and interest In that mat
ter, was seeking to establish a social
istic state, modeled after the soviet of
Russia. He said Townley’s employ
ment and home building schemes were
plans to bring socialists into the state
in large numbers and colonize It
against any recovery by the people of
I their own erovernment.
WOULD BE NASBY5
GET THEIR RATINGS
Fremont, Neb., July 11.—All of the
eight Fremont applicants for the post
mastership, who qualified some time
ago for examinations have received
their official markings from the civil
service department. It is asserted that
the highest average attained by one of
these applicants will mean that hisi
name goes to the president for formal
nomination. The eight candidates,
however, are reluctant about making
their marks public and a proposition
of one of them, to lay all of their cards
on a table, was flatly rejected by two
others. Consequently It is quite ap
parent that Fremont will have to wait
for an official announcement from
Washington, D. C., before its new post
master is known.
SIOUX CITY MAN SENDS
CONSCIENCE MONEY
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—-A conscience
stricken resident of Sioux City, whose
name is withheld by Secretary Daniel
son, has sent a money ordgr for $1.70
to the state fair board. He says this
represents 50 cents and interest there
on for 30 years, a sum that he says lie
beat the state fair out of in 1889. He
writes that he and another boy paid
their way into the fair one day, slept
all night on the grounds and then the
next morning told the collector who
asked them if they had paid to get in
that day that they had. Mr. Danielson
would like to have all others who have
done likewise to come forward; the
‘ fair board could erect several needed
J buildings if that were done.
’ COLE IS GIVEN NEW
REPRIEVE BY GOVERNOR
UincAA. Neb., July 10.—A Ison I!.
Cole has been reprieved from death
sentence a second time by Governor
McKilvIe that he may be heard in a
rehearing of the case against Allen
Vioo.ent Crammer.
The men are charged with murder of
Mrs. Lulu Vogt, motherinlaw of Gram
mer. In Howard county in 1917.
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j The Strength of Giants. j
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From the Dearborn Independent.
Fascinating to our drama loving eyes wore all those massive move-,
meuts of the great powers. A big four or a big five stand upon our
little globe and divide it like an orange, and all t forests and plains
and mountain ranges to one another, or to lesser powers. A pencil was
drawn across a map in Versailles, and 1,000,000 souls in tawny skins
enter upon a new destiny. The point of the pencil breaks, and half
of that 1,900,000 remain as they were.
But while these great powers were thus guiding the world like gods
of old, there were many tiny powers that moved among them, and
apparently these little states were quite as assured in their movements
as the mightiest of the victors. Finland plans her foreign policy as if ^
she were fortified forever behind her snows. Esthonia, yesterday
merely a name in geography, makes bargains with Britain like a
nation. Liechtenstein, that almost invisible principality in a nook of
the Alps, sent an envoy to express the opinion of sovereign Liechten
stein of the League of Nations.
In fact, the geographers are learning of some states whose
existence was previously unknown. Little kings from the pine
shadowed Caucasus, little republics wedged between two hills of the
Pyrenees, tribes whose domain lies in their fluttering and shifting tents
just off the caravan routes ot' Arabia, presented their claims as nations.
They asked all that Finland asks, or Esthonia, or Poland, or Czecho
slovakia, and these ask all that is demanded by Great Britain or the
United States.
In all the grandeur of the great powers there is nothing so grand
as this: that the tiniest states feel safe in the same world with nations
of 1,000 ships and armies which lately numbered millions. Despite
our temporary despairs and cynicisms, we are passing away from the
age in which a powerful nation was necessarily an oppressor of weak
states, in which a weak state was neeesarily the oppressed victim of
some greater power. Shakespeare said: “It is excellent to have a
giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.” Today
civilization stands forth in a strength gigantic and barbaric, but the
heart of it is still the heart of democracy.
France Will Clean Houae.
From the Seattle Times.
It is none of America’s business, but the
fact remains nevertheless that France Is
destined to go through a period of house- ^
cleaning, probably In the very near future, j
Powerful French agencies are striving to
continue and perpetuate the drastic rogu- '
lations on Industry which war rendered
necessary, because they have found these
regulations profit their personal interests. )
Sugar is furnished candy factories and j
canning concerns In unlimited amount,',
but Is doled out to the people. One who
will pay exorbitant prices can obtain all
the candy he desires—but he must get
along with a scanty provision of sweeten
ing for domestic use. American business
men, desiring to do business with Euro
pean concerns, find they must negotiate
with mysterious trade organizations, •
which say what they may sell and to
whom, what the Frenchman may buy j
and from whom.
The Mixup Over the Army.
From the Springfield Republican.
The republican Senate fixes upon 400,
000 men as the right size of the aimy in
the year beginning July 1. The republi
can House voted that 300,000 was large
enough. Our "pacifist” secretary of war,
as he used to be called, recommended
500,000 as the Irreducible minimum. In
this topsy-turvy world, the queerest Re
versals are possible and we may yet see
the National Security League demanding
absolute disarmament and Henry Ford 1
preaching preparedness. Meanwhile, the
real soluttbn of the Washington mystery
Is probably this: The republicans are
trying desperately to cut down expenses
so as to cut down taxes—a praiseworthy
effort—and that means cutting down the
most expensive army In the world below
even the figure deemed .safe for this par
ticular period of a "pacifist” secretary.
Czechs Avoid Revolution.
From the Literary Digest.
No parallel in modern bistory. It Is said,
can be found for the Czecho-Slovak land
reform bill, which was passed unanimous
ly by all parties In the national assembly
on April 18. The bill was welcomed by
all Czech papers and all sections of the
population, we are told, a typical com
ment In the Prague Narodnl Llsty run
ning thus:
The expropriation Is proceeding in a
legal way, and Is taking place on ac
count of social reasons. We want to
abolish the large estates having
thousands of acres, while there are
hundreds of thousands of people wish
ing to work on their own land, but
who do not possess any land at all. We
want to make an experiment in agri
cultural cooperation, In which all will
ing to work may take part. Our re
public Is making an attempt at a
peaceful and orderly bringing over of
the social differences.
Do It Now.
If there’s work that should be done,
do It now; if you wish to borrow mon, i
do it now; putting off from day to day
is a foolish, slipshod way, and such |
methods never pay—do it now. If you I",
ply a deathless pen, do it now; if you
ought to set a hen, do It now: if you're
billed to trim the lawn, do not wart the
morrow’s dawn; you may then be dead
and gone—do It now. If you’d build
yourself a home, do It now; if you’d
write an epic pome, do it now; oh, so I
many fellows cry, ‘‘We have plans
for by and by!” It you'd climb to places
high, do It now. If you’d renovate your
life, do it now; if you’d cheer your
weary wife, do it now; it is vain to sit
and wait till you get your mood on
straight; if you ought to pull your j
freight; pull it now. If you’d buy rytxt!
winter’s coal, buy it now; if you wish j
to save a roll, save it now; for no man
can rise and say what may happen
when today is worn out and laid away;
do things now. If you’d demonstrate
your grit, do it now; if you hope to
make a hit, do it now; for the idler,
cuts no ice, and the dreamer lacks the 1
price; if you’d get there once or twice,
do it now.
His Job.
From the Detroit News.
"What do you do up In Montreal, Mr.
War man?” I
“I work for the Grand Trunk," said j
Warm an.
"What kind of a Job have you got—do
you sell tickets or handle baggage?"
"Oh. I got a better Job than either of
those," said Cy. "You know the man who ;
goes alongside of the train and taps the ■
wheels with a hammer to see that every- 1
thing’s all right? Well, I help him listen." ;
The Mary O’Briens.
From the "Comeback.”
Mary Is a grand old name to John ,1.
O'Brien. At least this Is what research
workers among the files of the insurance I
division bureau of war risk Insurance, be- j
lleve. In a communication to the bureau ’
Inquiring about his policy, a John J |
O'Brien stated he could be identified !n
lien of his serial and cerllfioate numbers, ;
by tile fact that ttie beneficiary named i
was his wife, Mary . The research,
workers were amazed to find the name: .
of 175 John J. O’Briens, and to adit to the
completeness of thcrJ' surprise -0 John J s j
had wives w’r e nare Mary A.
Filling the Vacuum.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
With the advent of prohibition the
•hurch militant faces a new duty and a
lew responsibility. The saloon was the;
‘lubhouse of poor men. They met in it
’or a cheerful conviviality generally de
iled them elsewhere. Human nature, like,
iny other sort of nature, abhors a.
vacuum. Alcohol may be denatured much
nore quickly than many of those who
»ave been in the habit of consuming it.
fn social reform the end desired is not
ichieved by merely sweeping away what
ever is, without providing an acceptable
substitute. Those who no longer fore
father under the genial eye of the bar
.ender now forlornly 3eek another ren
lezvous.
Safely, if it is important lhat people
should go to church it is just as import
ant that the church should go to the
people, especially in this era of restless
luest and question, when the foundations
)f faith are tested and those who pro
’ess a genuine interest in their fellow men
ire called upon to prove it by their works.
Where That Spike Went.
From the Outlook.
Answering a question as to what be
came of the gold spike that was driven
nto the last rail laid in building the Union
Pacific railroad on its completion in 186H,
a subscriber writes: “ It was first pho
tographed and then melted up and recast
into very small spikes about 15-ltUhs cf an
inch long, and they were distributed to
the more prominent railroad men,present.
Among the recipients was my father, now
3eceased, from whom I received one of
the photographs mentioned and a minia
ture gold spike. There are probably very
few of these now in existence. The orig
inal spike was full size and engraved’
with the officers’ names and titles. The
miniature was engraved with the date.
May 10. 1&>0.' and the words: ‘Last spike
>f the Pacific Ry.,’ and Presented by liv
Howes.' ”
London Herself Again.
From the Manchester Guardian.
One by one they are coming back The
‘vivid” four-in-hand coach sets out for
Northumberland avenue in the ordinary
way every morning, with its well groomed
horses and its coachmen blowing his horn.
It is that which makes the colonial sol
diers rub their eyes, and old Nelson at
his masthead, whose lions are be*og
washed today, must feel that London Is
ilmost herself again. The fountains are
now frothing like pots of “foor-'arf”
round about him in the sunshine.
Quite suddenly the streets seem full of
horses, which seem to step more lively
since their demobilization, like the young
men in the velour hats and coats with 4
funny pockets. The ice cream barrows
have mobilized in Fleet street again, and
the redhaired man who plays tiie minia
ture bagpipes in front of Charing Cross
station is back again, and the swirl of
Ills little pipes mingles with the traffic.
The flower sellers and apple women,
too. are turning up in their usual spots,
and I should not be surprised any day
to see Pineapple Dick in his Melton Mow
bray coat bucketing along Fleet again
with a basket of select pineapples. The
round of flower shows is scenting London
again, and Salter Bros.’ steamboats go on
their delectable voyages between ICJngs*
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The Ambitions of Yvonne.
From the New York Sun.
One of the most romantic talcs !n all'
the long list of romances of lovo and
chivalry and infantry and so forth has
just percolated into general notice through
the loquacity of somebody concerning the
war dreams of a young French woman
named Yvonne. This girl is said to have
cherished the ambition to marry most of
the doughboys of the 39th division, and,
according to the rumors now fairly au
thenticated. did succeed in marrying a
few. that is eight" as St. Paul puts It, ^
of them, and was still going strong when
the French authorities interfered with
her polyandriatic operations, and even
landed her vivid personality in jail.
It is said that most of her husbands are
r»ow back in America, and that It 1«
doubtful if any of them would prosecute
her; she was able to inspire them all with
such admiration and regard that no sen
timent but regret was felt by any of them
when the discovery of her multiplicity
was made.
Romances of the war! How many they
are, and how few of them will ever bo
turned out into the light for cool and
unsympathetic eyes to gaze upon, worn
upon the sleeve for daws to peck at!
It’s a wonder that Yvonne didn’t marry
the commanding officer; she probably
would. If she had seen him first.
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