THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL NEBRASKA
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A member of parliament asked the gov*
eminent reproaentatives the other day
what steiia. If any, had been taken "!•
prevent the exploitation of the Lanca
shire spinners by tha cotton export cor
porations now being formed In the United
Slates with the object of controlling the
raw cotton exports to Great Britain.” Th«
parliamentary secretary to the British
board of trade replied that corporations lij
the United States were outside tho Juris
diction of the British govtrnment but
tliat the government was fully alive to
the importance of extending the cotton
growing areas within the Brillgh empire,
lie added that the cotton growing com
mittee appointed In 1917 was making a
systematic surrey of the cotton growing
possibilities within the empire.
The president of the English board ol
trade has recommended to King George
that a silver medal be awarded to Lieut.
Boas P. Whitemarah, of the United States
navy, for gallantry in life saving, when
the British steamer Dwinpk was sunk by
an enemy submarine in the Atlantic ocean
about a year ago. Lieutenant Whitemarsh
was In charge of a life boat in which 19
British subject* took refuge. The boat
encountered a cyclone but the lieutenant
brought hor through It safely, and the
record states thai his bravery and devo
tion saved the lives of all.
The taste of the East Indian motion
picture audiences is quite different from
that of the American audiences in some
respecis, but they think alike on some
questions. For Instance, a Metro repre
sentative who hooks features in India.
JVylon and Burmah, says that Naxlrnova
Is popular with thoeo people. However,
he said the light domestic comedy which
proves sucli an attraction in the states
cannot be made to pay expenses there.
The movie fans there are inclined toward
melodrama Tho best business Is done
with a good crook story containing plenty
of action and thrills.
Suspenders are steadily losing In popu
larity and*helts are showing a correspond
ing increase, according to manufacturers
and merchants. According to some re
tailers the only type outside of the work
ing man who desires suspenders is "th«
man who wants to make doubly sura.”
Even the man whose narrowest waist
measure is just under the arms has found
ttiat he can wear a belt with Impunity.
San Franrlsoo has an ordinance that
requires vendors having no fixed place
of business and who make their head
quarters In hotels or other temporary
places, to pay a license of $50 a day. The
fcpresentatlve of one firm refused to pay
>ie license and, after submitting to arrest
• tacked the constitutionality of the ordi
nance. He was tried, found guilty, sen
tenced to six months in the county Jail
Did fined $500.
A syndicate has been financed to the
jxtent of 11,500,000 In Los Angeles to build
a second Monte Carlo at Tlajuana, lower
California, it Is authoritatively reported
among sportsmen. The plan is said to
Include building a great casino, new race
track and to have games of chance run
ning on true Monte Carlo scale. A bog
lino from Kan Diego to Tlajuana is said to
be included in the plan.
Citizens of Neohe, S. D., are considering
■lie organization of a rifle club to exter
minate a pack of wild dogs that has been
roaming in the vicinity of Nocho for some
time, killing livestock and poultry. A
vicious mother dog, belonging to the pack,
recently attacked two boys, who drove
off the dog after a hard battle. Tho boys
tuceeeded in capturing two of her young.
While Americans complain of the ad
vance of 1 and 2 cents In the price of
cigar? and clgarets, the prices in Italy
have advanced 10 and 20 times what they
were formerly. Clgarets of the cheapest
varieties 'which sold before the war for
t cents a box ijov sell for 20 cents and
feometlines SO. Cigars have mounted In
Erlee almost to the point where they are
ninarkctable.
Captain Karl Boy-Ed, who was naval
attache of the German embassy in Wash
ington during the first year and a half
of the war. and who in January. 1916.
w»* expelled from tho country because of
his activities ns a German plotter, wants
to return Ao the United States. He has
Written former friends In this country
expressing , this desire. Permission will
not be granted, It Is said.
Three negroes have been graduated from
West Point; Vienry O. Flipper, who served
a while in the regular army and then re
signed: John K. Alexander, who died
(while serving as military instructor at
Wllbcrforee university. Ohio, and Charles
Yeung, who became major of the 9th
(United States cavalry.
Extensive preparations aro already un
der way in Japan for the international
teunday school convention which will be
held in Toklo next year, and which will
bring to Japan some 3,000 foreign visitors,
YOW of them Americans. The conference
will probably open October 15, 1920, and
last about 10 days.
Miss Betty Lee. grandniece of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, of southern confederacy,
■direct descendant of Patrick Henry, con
cert singer and private entertainer of
Jioie. has married layman D. Kendo]!, New
York broker. The wedding was performed
In Atlanta. Ga. This is Mr. Kendall’s
second marriage. His first wife divorced
him.
vaiwaiiiT nut oaun miu r urcign .ainibier
Mueller are to make "a program of
speeches" next week, In which they will
tel! the world what Germany expects to
do within and without ber boundaries now
that peace Is here.
Two youths recently fought a pre
arranged duel in 8t. Louis to decide which
should have the right to pay court to a
Mi-year-old Italian girl. Both were seri
ously wounded and are now thinking It
•ver in police hospital.
The general order issued last year by
General Blatchford, then comhiander of
the United States forces In the canal
aone, prohibiting service men from enter
ing the cities of Panama and Colon has
been modified. Effective July IS officers
and men in good standing will be per
mitted to visit the cltlae on passes. They
may not, however, enter saloon* or houses
•f 111 repute.
As Otto Hinton, of Salinas. Cwk., fired
four shots' at Ms wife, she fell In a faint.
Thinking her dead. Hinton sent a bullet
through his own brain. Refusal of the
wife to drop a divorce action caused the
shooting. "■
The cost of living in Franco is still in
creasing despite the economic measures
of the government. It is said. Living in
Belgium has decreased by one-hall’ and
In England by one-fourth, It is said.
President Wilson In a telegram to Gov
artier Robertson, of Oklahoma, said he
Is "doing everything giossiblo’-ln the case
of John CorreR, American, murdered by
Mexicans nea^ramplco.
Ships built In the United States and offi
cially numbered during the year ended
June 20. 1913. were 2.241 vessels of 3.860,4&I
gross tons, or two-thirds of the world's
output for the year,.
Preparations for the establishment of
Toklo of a Joint stock bank by American*
and Japanese capitalists have been favor
ably progressing, and the formal an
nnu'wei eii! of Its ugraaii.'v.ipa yfl1
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RATIFICATION IS
CAUSE OF WORRY
Nebraska Legislators In Quan
dary How to Proceed on Suf
frage Amendment to
Federal Constitution.
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—How shall the
legislature ratify equal suffrage? This
is the question which is agitating legis
lators of Nebraska, There Is no quar
rel over ratification itself. The state
equal suffrage leaders desire to take
no chances. They propose that ratlfl-.
cation shall be in the form of a joint
or concurrent resolution which, ac
cording to the state constitution, takes
the form of a bill. To pass a bill re
quires at least five days. The suffrage
leaders wish to leave no legal act un
done which will give the opposition an
opportunity to defeat suffrage in the
nation by an appeal to the courts or
by a process of delay, such as referring
the question of ratification to a vote
of the electors of the states or any one
state.
Senator C. Petrus Peterson, one of
the leaders in the legislature, will op
pose ratification by bill. "We must
choose our method right now.” said
Benator Peterson. "We must either fol
low tho federal constitution, which
ought alone to govern, or we must com
ply with the state constitution. If we
follow the federal constitution, ratifica
tion can be accomplished by a mere
resolution adopted in the House and in
the Senate. This can be done in one
day. If we follow the state constitution
and ratify by a bill, then the prohibi
tion amendment to the United States
constitution oan bo referred. I for one
do not propose to do anything on the
suffrage amendment that will tend to
put the prohibition amendment to a
referendum.”
It Is anticipated that there will be a
hot contest over how ratification shall
be accornplishel. Suffrage leaders re
alize that the enemies of suffrage are
watching intently for an opportunity to
go into the courts on some legal tech
nicality. Legislators are also alive to
the situation. The legislature convenes
Tuesday at noon In special session.
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NEARLY LOST BIG ROLL
TO HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN
Omaha, Neb., July 29.—Michael Curo,
66 years old, of Los Angeles, was al
most “vamped” out of $15,000 cash and
several hundred dollars worth of Lib
erty bonds as he rode Into Omaha from
Denver in a sleeping car.
Curo Is the owner of a gold mine in
California, he told Chief of Detectives
Dunn. Spurred by the desire to visit
“New York, Boston and other eastern
towns,” he drew $15,000 from a bank
and started toward the Atlantic sea
board.
Curo wears a diamond in his tie that
might have made the late James Brady’
envious. Perhaps It was tho sparkling,
stone which attracted tho attention of
a man-and a woman on the train. The
stranger Invited Curo to sit In a
"friendly little game of poker," Curo
refused.
"I want you to meet my wife," the
stranger said. 'She admires men who
never gamble."
Curo told Chief of Detectives Dunn,
that the woman was a symphony In
brown, from a chic hat to her shoes
and stockings.
"And this morning,” Curo said, “I
awoke with a start. Somebody had
been near my berth. I peered out.
The woman in brown was walking
swiftly down the aisle. I yelled to
her and told her that some of my
money was gone. She found it for me
and handed It back."
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BROOM MAKERS OBJECT
TO CONVICTS MAKING BROOMS
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—Twenty-four
of the leading makers of brooms in Ne
braska have filed a protest with Gov
ernor MeKelvie and the state board
of control against the manufacture of
brooms at the state penitentiary. The
Protestants say that they fail to pee
any difference in the use of convict
labor whether used by the state or by
private contractors. The contract sys
tem at the prison has been abolished
and the state is now engaged in mak
ing brooms and furniture, using con
vict labor for the purpose. A Salt
Lake corporation has a contract to
take the yearly output of the brooms
made by the state factory. The manufac
turing firms protesting usk that the
state employ the inmates of the pen
at some other work which will not con
flict with the product of free labor in
the state. They complain that the
state sells Its product too cheaply. The
board of control has granted a hearing
to the prolestants. The present con
tract expires August 1.
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REFERENDUM MATTER TO
BE DECIDED THIS WEEK
Lincoln. Neb.. July 29.—The referen
dum petition case is now In the hands
of Judge Morning of the Lancaster
county district court. He indicated
that some time during the week he will
decide whether peremptory writ of
mandamus shall be Issue commanding
State Secretary Amsberry to accept the
referendum engineered by Fred C.
Ayres and Asa I>. Scott, which writ.
If allowed, will suspend until the elec
tion of 1920 the code bill of Governor
8. R. MeKelvie.
Judge Morning gave the six attor
neys in the case until Wednesday even
ing to hand in citations from authori
ties on what other courts have held
and also to file briefs if they desire to
do so. Whatever action that the dis
trict court Judge may take will result
hi the mutter going promptly to the
Nebraska supreme court.
TO 8TART 8ECOND TOUR
New York, July JS.—When Kamann
de Valera, president of'Uj,e Irish re
public, returns to New York from his
present tour of the United States, he
will Immediately begin another tour, it
is announced, in which he plans to ad
dress meetings in practically every’ im
Pflrtarit city In the country’
I’ P. Plnfcereon. of Porlar.d, Ore., isn't
ashamed of his profes :on. When arrested
fo: speeding he startled the offlceis by
saying he was e bootlegger and "boijlleg
ger" it ft Uids oi. the olotier it: greet ink
WOULD TAKE LONG
ROUTETO RATIFY
Nebraska Suffrage Leaders In
cliaed to Take No Chance on
Action By Legislature—
Means 5-Day Session.
Lincoln, Neb., July 28.—Women suf
frage leaders are beginning to worry
over the Indications that the members
of the legislature will clean up business
at the spectul session which meets at
noon of next Tuesday in one day. They
are afraid that if the legislature de
parts from the usual rule of using the
joint resolution method, which requires
at least live days, the ratification might
be successfully attacked in court or sub
ject the legislative action to a referen
dum. They don’t want to take a.
chance. Some of the leaders of the leg
islature are anxious to ratify by a sim
ple resolution that will take but one
day to put through the mills, and thus
Ie! the members go home again.
Governor McKelvie has turned down
the application of the state board of
control to amend his call for a special
session by including therein an appro
priation to take care of the threatened
deficit in the running of the 15 state
institutions under its charge. The re
tiring board asked for 5 per cent less
than It cost to run these the last two
years, but on the assumption that
prices of food and clothing would go
down, but Instead they have increased
16 to 20 per cent. The governor thinks
that as the legislature considered this
proposition at the regular session that
,s sufficient.
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HOW DEAN RAYMOND FIXED
VALUE OF STREET CAR LINES
Lincoln, Neb.. July 28.—The best fare
that Lincoln can hope Tor under the
reiX>rt of Dean Raymond of the Iowa
university college of engineering, ap
pointed to delve into the affairs of the
Lincoln Traction Company, now in
federal courts, is 1 cents for rides in
the city and 8 cents for all of the sub
urbs except Havelock, where 9 cents
Is necessary.
Doan Raymond suggests three bases
of valuation. That of book cost yields
$2,700,00(1; that of ascertaining what it
would cost to reproduce the property
new on the average of the last five
years’ cost of construction is $3,800,000
and that of reproduction new at present
prices is $3,900,000. He dismisses as
impractical, since it would call for
higher rates of fare than most persons
would pay, the latter valuation.
On the book cost valuation the rates
of fare should be 2, 8 and 9 cents, and
on the five years’ cost valuation, 7, 9,
and 11 cents. These figures are based
on a return of 714 per cent on the val
uation. It does not include $700,000
worth of property owned by the com
pany but used for the purposes of
furnishing light, heat and power. These ,
figures give an idea of what the city
must pay if it buys.
The railway commission refused to
give the company the emergency re
lief it asked for, and it went into
eral court. It is supposed that the dour"
will fix the 6, 8, and 9 cent rates, as
these are what the company asked
for in the application denied by the
commission.
“ILLICIT BOOZE” WAS
NOT BOOZE AT ALL
Lincoln, Neb., July 28.—Mountain
canary booze, named after Andy Gump,
is making its appearance in various
parts of the state, according to reports
made to State Agent Hyers. The for
mula for making it consists of water,
molasses and brown coloring matter.
It looks like whisky, and the sample
bottle that the wouldbe purchaser is
allowed to taste is whisky. The other
11 bottles In the case are not.
In Knox county Thursday the state
agents gave chase to a suspected booze
car. There was a pistol duel, begun by
the booze runners, and Anally the car
was stopped.. John Botka, leader of the
crowd, was arrested. In the car were
found 11 cases of bogus whisky. The
fleeing group had dumped another case
out while on the run, and the agents
found this. Eleven of the 12 bottles
were broken, but the one Intact con
tained genuine booze.
State Agent Hyers says that Davis
and Burzette, arrested at Sioux City
for engaging in a shooting scrape in
which former Chief Britton was* killed,
were recently principals in a booze run
ning case in Dakota county. They had
boasted they would shoot the first offi
cer who attempted to stop them, but
the state agent got the jump on them
in a gun play.
DROUGHT COUNTRY CATTLE
GOING INTO NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., July 28.—Cattle from
the drought states have begun to ar
rive in Nebraska, according to C. H.
Heard, field agent in marketing work,
university department of rural eco
nomics. A telegram from M. Scliust,
of Belle Fourche, S. D., said ho would
be at Long Pine July 27 with 120 head
of cattle for sale. He wants to meet
persons who wish to buy, as there are
large numbers of cattle for sale in
western South Dakota.
Letters are continuing to come tc
Mr. Heard from Nebraskans who have
pasture to rent or who want to buy
stock. Thousands of acres of good
Nebraska grass have never been pas
tured this year, according to the let
ters.
UEHUNQ—Uehllng has been for two
years without a newspaper. This condi
tion has been remedied by the establish
ment of the Uehllng Post, edited by (Jus
A. Weber.
FINE COUNTRY HOME STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING, 18 BURNED
West Point, Neb., July 28.—Lightning
struck the fine farm lesldcnce of James
Newbiggin, 12 miles northwest of this
city. The houso was totally destroy;
by fire. No person was at home at t
time. No insurance was carried o
either building or furniture.
A. R. Me ttgomery, IS, of Houston. Tex.,
held for robbing a Pullman coach, said it
was easy. "They snored so nobody heard
me going through the clothing," lie ex
plained
Mil BILKS ~
IT ITT* TEES
Assorts Court Has No Right to
Tax Them as Part of Cost
In Case Which Road
Lost.
Lincoln, Neb., July 25.—The North
western railroad company challenges
directly, in a motion for rehearing, the
authority of the supreme court to add,
$76 as attorney fees in a case recently
decided which involved the question of
whether a common carrier receiving
goods for interstate shipments, is re-|
sponsible for damages even after it hasi
pone from its hands into that of
another railroad.
The attorneys who filed the motion
got real saucy. They not only declared
that the court In Its opinion, mis-statea
the evidence on which it bases its de-|
cree, but that in adding on an attorney
fee and calling it costs the court acted
without the authority of any statute, i
and was in fact legislating, it says that 1
this Is taking its property without due
process of law, and that in fixing li
ability for damages to Interstate ship
ments the laws of the United States,
the contract as contained in the bill of
lading and the common law as applie^
by the federal court governs, and not
any state law.
CONFESSED MURDERER IN
NEW EFFORT FOR LIFE
Lincoln. Neb., July 26.—Attorneys for
Alson B. Cole, sentenced to be electro
cuted on September 19. applied to the
district court for a writ of habeas cor
pus, seeking in effect to secure a rul
ing from the courts as to whether he
had been lawfully convicted of mur
dering Mrs. Lulu Vogt in Howard
county.
Allen Vincent Grammer, Mrs. Vogt’q
sonlnlaw, was convicted along with
Cole, the trial being had to the same
jury. After Cole had entered a plea of
not guilty, and before any evidence was
taken, he changed it to guilty. The
trial then went on as to Grammer, and
the jury convicted both of them.
Cole took no appeal to the supreme
court, but Grammer did. Now attor
neys who have interested themselves in,
Cole say that the court erred in not
taking testimony so that the jury might
determine the degree of murder of
which Cole pleaded he was guilty.
TOOK LAW INTO OWN
HANDS AND IS FINED
Omaha, Neb., July 26.—Whether or
not a father can take the law Into his
own hands to punish a motorist who,
the parent charges, endangered his
daughter’s life is being tested in county
court, where John Corby has filed an
assault and battery complaint against
J. Slotsky.
Slotsky admitted hitting Corby at
Valley, June 29, when he thought his
daughter was being run down. The
6-year-old girl, clasping a tiny Kewpie,
took the stand and said that the auto
Struck her but did not knock her down.
"X thought it was necessary to teach
these drivers a lesson,’’ Slotsky said,
explaining his blow.
Corby denies the girl was in danger.
The car was stopped without striking
her, and then, according to the plaintiff,
Slotsky struck him on the jaw, knock
ing out several teeth.
Slotsky was lined $100 and ccsts.
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OMAHA IS NO PLACE FOR
CHILDREN, MOTHER ASSERTS
Omaha, Neb., July 26.—”it is easier
for a criminal, for a woman of thej
streets, to find a home in Omaha than
it is for a respectable man and wife
with small children,” declared Mrs,
James Fitzsimmons, formerly of Mil
waukee, as she prepared to move her
small family out of the city. Mrs. Fitz
simmons said for nine months she had
been hunting a home in Omaha, but
none was offered because of the chil
dren. - |
On the way to the St. James orphan
age, where he intended to leave his
children because a home for them could
not be found, Mr. Fitzsimmons stopped
at the Benson fire barn. William
Phelps, one of the firemen, heard hia
story and found temporary quarters for
Mrs. Fitzsimmons and her four chil
dren with his mother, Mrs. B. S. Phelps,
2718 North Sixty-fifth avenue.
CLOSE DEAL FOR TRANSFER
OF MIDLAND COLLEGE
Fremont, Neb., July 26.—E. E.
Stauffer, president of Midland college,
has returned from Philadelphia where
he went to obtain the official sanc
tion of the national board of education
of Lutherans of America to the trans
fer of the college from Atchison, Kan.,
to Fremont. Mr. Stauffer left today
for Atchison to arrange for moving tq
Fremont. Rev. Mr. J. F. Krueger, Ph.
D., who is connected with Midland
seminary, the ministerial school, closed
up a deal yesterday for tho purchase
of the Fred Lee home at Military and
C., paying $7,700 for it. Several other
professors have secured leases or op
tions on Fremont properties.
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GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS
TO SPEAK IN LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., July 26.—Governor
Frank O. Lowden, who will be a speak
er at the Epworth assembly here will
address tho special session of the Ne
braska legislature ulso, if it is agreeable
to its members, according to Governor
SJcKelvie, who has just returned from
Chicago.
The governor conferred with Gover
nor Lowden in Chicago, and secured his
consent. Governor McKelvie is looked
upon as the leader in Nebraska of the
Lowden presidential boom la the Ne
braska primary.
DAILY NEWSPAPER IS
TO APPEAR IN FREMONT
Fremont. Neb., July 26.—The Fre
mont Publishing Company, a concern
in which M. G. Perkins, editor of the
Herald, has been interested, lias been
granted permission in Lincoln to sel!
stock for the erection of a $50,000 build
ing in Fremont. Mr. Perkins Says that
the application foi tho permit was
withdrawn and that other plans liav.
been me do. The company will cstab
l»sh a daily newspaper >n Frcn-.eut
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j Specific Objections Answered. |
From the New York Poet.
Senator Swanson, on the whole, addressed himself to specific
propositions for reservations and amendments that have been made on
the opposition side during the last month or so. The following parallel
shows the changes proposed, and the administration’s answer” through
Senator Swanson:
Senator Spencer:
A reservation making the application
and enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine mntters for the determination of
the United ."late* alone.
That internal questions suen as im
migration and tariff are matters to be
determined entirely by the country in
which they arise, and are under no cir
cumstances questions for settlement
under the League of Nations.
That as the United States Is governed
by a written constitution, the United
States canact .i.'nd itself In advance to
make war or to send its army or navy
Into other lands for purposes of control,
without the express authorization of
congress at the time, and, therefore,
whether the United States shall co
operate in maintaining any of the pro
visions of the league is a matter which
congress must be entirely free to de
termine. (Referring to Article X.)
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Senator Sterling:
That the United States reserve to
themselves the right to determine '
through congress the justice or expe- 1
dlency of any fulfilment of the obliga- 1
tions of Article X of the covenant in so 1
far as such obligations apply to the 1
situation of any state of the eastern 1
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Senator Knox:
On separating the covenant from the t
treaty. And Senator Hale, offering an ]
amendment to the Knox resolution, )
recommending the participation of the i
United States in a League of Nations j
“open to all nations of the world,” but :
one 'found on mature deliberation not :
to be in conflict with our interests.” :
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British Phlegm.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Every afternoon at 4 o’clock they had
their tea. There was nothing in the mere j
matter of being the first men to cross
the Atlantic in a lighter than air ship to
disarrange the fixed habits of those 30
sturdy young Englishmen. It would have
(een a real discomfort had they been com
pelled to forego their tea. They also had i
phonographs to give them the inspiration ,
»f jazz tunes. It was quite like Picadilly
(r Oxford street.
It is characteristic of the Englishman, *
(specially the young and venturesome '
Englishman, that whatever he does is ’
*o more than a part of the day’s work. J
it is also a British characteristic to abide \
by fixed habits whenever it is possible. ’
Under severest stress the Englishman can '
depart from routine, but be Is far less '
(eadiiy adaptable than his American cous- j
h. Americans may laugh at the 4 o’clock ‘
lea aboard the R-34, but this will In no *
Sicasuro lesson their admiration for the '
lea drinkers a*4 for their splendid {
ichtevement. !
A young officer jumped overboard when
jho It-31 was 2,000 feet above the landing
place at Roosevelt field. He did It quite
is a matter of course. It was no exploit
of bravado. He was detailed to "go
(shore’ and superintend the landing of
Ihe ship, and was quite annoyed that
(nyone should assume that he had done
(nythlng thrilling or unusual.
Veto Took Courage.
From the Boston Transcript.
It has taken a good degree of courage
pi provident Wilson to veto the repeal of
the daylight saving law. and he is to be |
tommended heartily for the act. T.icre
can be no question of the bad economic £
(ffect of a repeat The president is well
grounded in bringing this reason to bear 1
In favor of the retention of the change in
the dial. The people have been the gain J
trs bv millions through the new arrange
ment. The proposition for repeal rests
>n the Inconveniences—not the damage—of
Hie employing farmers only.
Most of the members of congress-who
voted for the repeal did eo against their ,
own opinion in the matter: they were in
timidated by their agricultural constitu
ents. Moreover, they tacked the repeal
upon tho agricultural appropriation bill,
believing that the president would be
afraid to veto that entire measure in j
order to kill tho repeal. This is a fbrm
of congressional intimidation which is as
familiar as It is vlolojs. The president. If
nr had not had the courage of his opinion
In the matter, could eatlly have com
Diomisod -wiili the industrial and other
•enthaeut on the subject by saying that i
lie a< non of congress and the necessity I
r n,,.. i.,.i. Uie needs or the agricultural
•.-artiii'. V t •, a time of economic crisis';
* ih. - - - i to -. he bill. He'*
.i i.,,". lit tilts e.v
, ,,, i ,,... - ■ :,!it. .sii'-; edge; lyU
Senator Swanson:
The new draft does this, Article XXI
provides: “Nothing in this .covenant
shall be deemed to affect the validity
of international engagements, such as
treaties of arbitration or regional urn
rlerstandings like the Monroe doctrine
tor securing the maintenance of peace."
it expressly declares that the Monroe
doctrine, and hence all it implies, is not
effected by this covenant. It remains
unimpaired. Every right possessed by
us under this doctrine prior to agreeing
to this covenant would continue with
out diminution.
It should be noted in this connection
that if the dispute is claimed by either
party and is found by the league eoun
:il to be a matter wlftcti by interna
tional law is solely within the domestio
jurisdiction of that party, the council is
prohibited from making any recommen
iations as to its settlement. Domestic
natters are excluded from the Jurisdic
tion of the league, or action either by
he council or assembly. Immigration
py all text writers on international law
ind by all governments has been con
sidered and (treated solely as a domestio
juestion. Wp have full power to revoke
my treaty made involving immigration,
riius it is left for us to determine
whether this question shall ever' re
ceive consideration by the league.
The recommendation for the enforce
ment qf the obligation imposed by this
irticle must have the approval of the
representative of the United States,
rpon the council. The unanimous
•ecommemlation of the council is only
idvisory, and must be approved by the
tovernments of the several members
>f the league. Thus, under Articles X,
10 troops of the United States coulcl be
lent to engage in war without the ad
rice of her representative in the council
ind the approval of her congress. This
nsures us against undue burdens and
mpoaitions. ffs select and follow our
>wn jiathyway of duty-ond obligation.
Under Article X, in common parlance,
ve would agree not to rob any of our
ssociates in the league, and they would
igree not to rob us. It means imme
iiately that four-fifths of the world,
md eventually all the world, agrees to
•ease from wars of conquest and de
ipoilment. If adhered to, it would
■liminate the causes which have pro
luccd most of the wars of the past. If
ibserved, there is not a member of the
cague tliat ever would have its In
lividuai, political existence threatened.
From every consideration we can
veil afford to enter into almost a world
:ompact not to engage In marauding
vars to seize the territory of others.
* * This guarantee of territorial
ntegrity and political independence is
imited to those cases where they' are
hreatened or attacked by external ag
ression, and does not apply to revo
utlon within a nation. A nation’s in
ernal affairs are left undisturbed. The
lisruption of a cation by external ag
ression is prohibited. Thoughtful per
ons recognize the importance of giving
uch a guarantee now, at least for a
imited pediod, if the peace of the world
s to be maintained.
The covenant of the Beague of Na
ions—the most important part of the
iroposed treaty. When the nations
low excluded have reformed, have or
ganized stable governments, capable of
lerforming international obligations,
.nd give assurance that their member
hip will be helpful and not detri
nental, they will be admitted. In the
nd it is hoped that the beneficence of
he league will be extended to ali na
ions and people.
he reasons against it. His veto also
las the merit of discouraging the con- m
rressiona! scheme for eliminating the
residential veto by means of the appro
bation bill rider.
Schoolboys Find Gold.
From tho Christian Science Monitor.
Being u schoolboy in Samoa has lately
>een particularly worth while, although
he added and temporary charm may have
letracted from the serious purposes of
ducation. There were on that island eer
ain German officers, and when the United
hates declared war against Germany they
romptly buried some 40 chests of gold.
.nd roundly declared to Commander
Itrum, U. S. N., that the money had been
afely taken away by German agents,
iomminder Strum had his doubts, so lie
etailed some of his men to search for it,
nd, still having his doubts when tfie Hea
rten found nothing to verify them, he
ailed on the school children. Up and
own the Island the school children proj
ected and dug for burled treasure, and
resently some of them found it.
First Call For Breakfast.
From the New York World. ”
The estimable gentlemen who have Int
roduced Governor Lowden, of Illinois as
, presidential aspirant assure the people
hat he is something more than a favor
te son. He is indeed. He is the favorite
ohlnlaw of the Pullman Palace Car Com
any.
A Coming Financier.
From London Answers.
. watch?
Mother—What do you want a watch
or?
Email Boy—I want to swap it with
lmmie Jones for one of his pups.
Pardonable Error.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
■■stop!' Dancing Is forbidden here.”
“Wa’re not dancing—my wife baa ‘
ainted.'
Report Exaggerated.
From the Boston Transcript.
"Betty. I'm ashamed of you. I distinctly
c&ti] Jack Huggins kiss you twice out in
ho entry.”
'It isn't true; there’s a horrid echo la
hat old entry."
They Were Biting.
■'Btmpie Simon was scfUattin* by the
oadside with a rod und line, earnestly
ishiiig In a bed of rosea,
■'J!','’ cried tho old gentleman, es he
lipped a dime into the simple one’-’ ham!
ami how many do you Intend to catchT’
••Well.” was the lebly, “you're the lith
a ir.”