THEO’NEiLL FRONTIER
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P, H. CRONIN. Publisher.
•'NEILL. NEBRASKA
The manager uf the foreign *e
partment of a Philadelphia bank, Who
has just returned from a tour of
Europe, reports that Franoe, particu
larly Paris, la indulging in an orgy
of spending, with a result that price*
are soaring to unheard of height*.
In England, economy and frugality
are very much in evidence, and
“anyone who insist* on asserting that
New York is now the money center
of the world will realize the absurdity
of the statement after spending an
hour in London." Portugal has mad©
lots of money and is spending freely,
but chiefly on imported articles, so
that the government has been forced
to prohibit Importations in many
lines to stabilise the economic situa
tion. In Spain, which also made
much money during the war, and has
been spending extravagantly, “I
found evidence of an economic awak
ening.”
Russia’s ability to export raw ma
terials in the near future has been
greatly overestimated by foreign
countries in the opinion of Col. B.
Englehard, formerly a member of the
Russian duma and a student of eco
nomic conditions in Russia, because
of the collapse of the Russian trans
portation systems, reduced man
power and rundown condition of the
Russian farm lands. "The revival of
Russian trade will not come until
there shall be established a normal
state uf life when men shall re
nounce attempts of establishing im
mediately the paradise of commun
ism.” Oil is the greatest hope of the
soviet government, in the opinion of
Colonel Englehard. Large quanti
ties of oil still are stored and pro
duced in the Baku fields and it is
the product which all the world is
seeking. "But up to the present time
the bolshevist regime has only di
minished the production of oil,” said
Colonel Englehard. "It seems cer
tain that the nationalization of en
terprises everywhere by the com
munists will work the same havoc in
the oil fields that it has in Russian
industries as a whole.”
A curious rental paid yearly to the
king of Great Britain is six horse
shoes, 61 nails and two fagots, as
rental for a moor in Shropshire and
a forge in St Clement Danes. The
duke of Marlborough, as required by
ancient law, sends to the sovereign of
England every year a new flag em
broidered with fleur de lis. A field
belonging to an English grammar
school was let long ago for "a red
rose," to be presented on a midsum
mer's day”; and there are still 300
years to run before this lease will
terminate.
Twenty thousand of England's ex
offlcers are still unemployed. A cam
paign "of increased and continued
publicity and Individual effort, ^and
continual advertisement by the press”
la asked for the benefit of these men.
It recently took three months’ per
sistent Individual effort to secure
work for an educated fit ex-soldier
whose only handicap was that he was
over 36 years of age, comments "The
Tlmea”
Since "Society" Is out of town for
the summta says a Paris correspond
ent an entirely new set of old plays
has been put on the Paris stage, and
the theaters are crowded. But it has
been discovered that the plain ordin
ary Nobody is very tender-hearted
and very moral, and will by no means
pay for his seat, let alone the taxes
appertaining thereto unless he is go
ing to see virtue rewarded and vice
punished. ** « »
A total of 7,686,446 motor cars, In
cluding comnrnjrclal vehicles, and 241,
038 motorcycres, was registered In
ins in the 48 states and the District
of Columbia. The registration and
license fees, including those for
chauffeurs, operators and dealers,
amounted to a total of 364,697,266.58.
There are about 2,475,000 miles of
roads ic the United States, or an
average of three cars per mile.
Kifiarney and other tourists' re
sorts in Ireland which have been ex
pecting a big influx of American vis
itors, are experiencing some disap
pointment. The refusal of the men
to carry armed police and soldiers,
has caused a slackening in the num
ber of persons traveling, but the final
blow came when the military decided
to take over the hotels to replace the
barracks which the Sinn Feiners had
destroyed.
American vessels in the River
Platte have suffered serious losses by
being unable to And return cargoes
In many cases because of the refusal
of port workers to handle wool and
hides in sympathy with strikers In
the wool and hide markets. The re
sult, according to shipping men, Is
that a number of ships are being di
verted and that charter prices ars
more or less unstable.
Asked by Swiss newspapers yes
terday for hiB opinion on dermany’a
attitude toward the peace treaty. Pre
mier Lloyd George replied; "Well,
when the Germans have to choose be
tween bolshevism and the treaty of
Versailles (hey certainly will choose
the latter as the lesser evil."
The committee on Bafety reports to
the National Fire Protection associa
tion that “over 90 per cent of our
school buildings are potential. death
traps.” Their figures show further
that there are five (school fires in the
country every school day. ’
The coal production of the world
this year is 171,000,000 metric tons be
low the output of 1918, and the Eng
lish miners have staged a nation
wide strike for September 30, to en
force their demands for approximate
ly 40 per cent Increase In wages.
Deaths from automobile accldenti
average one In every 86 minutes, am
. Are increasing Bteadily. Blame fa
the greater number of accidents
which kill more than 10,000 ye room
and malm thousands of others ever)
year was placed equally upon th<
shoulders of careless pedestrians anc
reckless drivers, by the national safe
ty council.
The railroad organ, "American Rail
j roads,” places the increase In price oi
; coal to the consumer because of the
! recent raise In freight rates'at from
76 costs to $L35^toa. ■ . i
LEAGUE MEETING
HENKEI IIP
Reports t*rom Wayne Say Can
didate for Congress Was
I Not Permitted to
I Speak.
Uncoln, Neb., Sept 13.—Reports
have reached the state headquarters
of the nonpartisan league that a mol»
broke up a meeting held under Its
auspices at Wayne last Sunday. Mrs.
Marie Weekes, the league-labor can
didate for congress, and Carl D.
Thompson, of the national govern
ment ownership league, a Chicago
man who has been imported to talk
for the Plumb plan of control, were
among the speakers.
According to statements made in
the report, the meeting was broken
up by interruptions and later pre
vented by the cutting of the wires
that lighted the speaking platform.
Still later the hotel in which the
speakers were lodged was treated to
a barage of odoriferous eggs.
The matter Is to be Investigated
to ascertain if a prosecution Is pos
sible. The league went through a
series of similar bombardments two
years ago, but this is the first overt
act of the present campaign. The
league has its greatest strength In
northeastern Nebraska, and has been
conducting a very vigorous campaign
In behalf of Mrs. Weekes, Judge Wray
and others.
PICKPOCKETS OPERATED
AT PRISON DOOR8
Uncoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—Two Ne
braska farmers whose names are not
given publicity have departed from
Uncoln fully convinced that Worden
Fenton is harboring a lot of thieves
out at the state penitentiary. One
of them lost $15 and the other $17,
the contents of thefr pocketbooks,
taken from them while they were
going with a crowd through the chap
el of the state’s prison. Every fair
time thousands of Nebraskans take
the opportunity to go through the
state penitentiary. Pickpockets have
been faring so badly downtown with
the crowds, due to police vigilance,
that it Is presumed they thought it
would be safer and more profitable
to work out at the penitentiary. They
guessed rlgh|.
FORMER HOTEL MAN
COMMIT3 SUICIDE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—Frank J.
Richards, former manager of the Lin
coln hotel and prominent Nebraska
hptel man, committed suicide Thurs
day at his home by Inhaling gas. He
left a note declaring his Intention.
Richards several years ago was con
victed In the state of Washington
of attempting blackmail.
TWO STATES~T0 GET
ON RAILROAD EXTENSION
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—The Ne
braska state railway commission has
been asked by the Interstate Com
merce commission to sit with the
Wyoming commission on the appli
cation of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company for permission to extend
its line from Haig, Neb., into Goshen
county, Wyoming. The national body
has full control of the matter, but its
force of examiners are busy and it
'desires the state commissions to sit
and deliberate on the case and make
feport. Under the new railroad act
the roads must secure a certificate
of necessity. The Union Pacific not
only desires permission to extend the
line, but also to retain all of the
earnings, which, under the new law,
are limited to 8 per cent,, the excess
going into the reimbursement fund.
I HOWELL IS DEMOCRATIC
FINANCE JUJMMITTEEMAN
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 13.—E. K.
Howell, of Omaha, has been named
as the Nebraska member of the demo
cratic national finance committee, to
which is delegated the task of rais
ing the necessary funds for the con
duct of the campaign in behalf of
Cox and Roosevelt. Announcement
of Mr. Howell's selection was made
yesterday, the appointment having
been made by James W. Gerard, of
New York, former ambassador to
Germany, who Is at the head of the
democratic finance committee.
Arthur P. Mullen has been desig
nated by Keith Neville, chairman of
the democratic state committee, to
serve the state committee in a like
capacity.
Howell and Mullen expect to co
operate in raising a fund In Nebraska
for both the national and state cam
paigns. They will attend a meeting
of the democratic state executive
committee in Lincoln, Friday, where
they expect to present plans for rais
ing a moderate amount of cash In the
shortest possible time.
LEAGUE CANDIDATES ON
INDEPENDENT TICKET
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—No nomi
nating petitions nave yet been filed
wtth the secretary of state for the
Nonpartisan league’s candidates for
governor, lieutenant governor and at
torney general. The same is true of
the league's candidates for congress.
Us nominees will be able to get
on the ballot giily by petition. Their
names will bo"'printed without any
party designation;, Another month
remains In which the petitions may
be filed.
i CEDAR COUNTY FAIR
IS ON NEXT WEEK
, Hurtington, Neb., Sept. 13.—The
| Cedar county fair will be held here
| Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
September 15, 1* and 17. The cata
logue Just received shows a fine line
of prises in all departments and In
dications now that apace for exhibits
in all departments will l>e at a
premium. Baseball games and some
exceptionally good races feature each
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IS EtECTROCUTED
Manager of Light Plant at St.
Edwards, Neb., Called
Warning to His
Assistant.
St. Edward, Neb, Sept 11.—A cur
rent of 2,300 volts meant death to
Dorge Lundquist, manager of the
light plant here, while he was en
gaged In tying some broken "dead"
wire. When the current struck him,
Lundquist cried out to Jack Owens,
who was standing near him, not to
touch him, as it would mean death.
Owens, however, pulled him loose
from the. wire and was severely
shocked. Lundquist died a few min
utes later and Owens recovered.
PAY 80 POOR MANY
PREACHERS QUITTING
Omaha, Neb, Sept. 11.—Retirement
of preachers from the ministry be
cause their pay Is poor was deplored
by Bishop W. F. McDowell, of
Washington, D. C, addressing the
conference of Methodist ministers of
Nebraska here.
Bishop McDowell said he had heard
one minister say he was. retiring be
cause lie could not “keep a sealskin
family on a muskrat income," and
declared that too many were getting
out'of tjfe ministry for that reason.
MEXICAN WHO MURDERED
OFFICER8 IS ARRE8TED
North Platte, Neb, Sept, 11.—The
Mexican who killed Officers Macom
ber and Rogers, of North Platte, last
fall, has been taken in custody in
Chicago, according to a message from
Chicago. The police officers were
shot In a poolroom here by a Mexican
who was resisting the officers.
WEST POINT—E. M. Von Seggern,
for some years proprietor of the West
Point Republican has entered into part
nership with Dewey O. Linder, formerly
of Hooper, and has organised the bus
iness under the firm name of The West
Point Publishing Company.
VERDIGREB—With 12 grand-daugh
ters, acting as bridesmaids, Mr. and Mrs.
Jobs Reran were re-marrled at the
Catholic church here, In celebration of
their golden wedding anniversary. Nine
grandsons followed the granddaughters.
fiELPED DRIVE THE
REDS FROM POLAND
Typical Polish woman soldier.
In the Polish army which droo,
the Reds helter-skelter from Wa*
saw were thousands of young worn
en like the one pictured above
They proved to the satisfaction <i
the Bolshevik! r.t least that “th(
female of the species is more dead
ly than the male.”
16,000 LETTERS LEAVE
FRISCO FOR EAST TODAY
San Francisco, Sept. 10.—Sixteen
thousand letters for New York and
Intermediate points were stowed in
the DeHaviland airplane in which
Pilot Ray Little, of Oakland, Cal.,
was prepared to hop off at 6:30
o'clock this morning from the Pre
sidio flying field on the first leg of
a flight inaugurating a dally east
bound air mail service between the
Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.
Before sunset tonight an airplane
bearing the mall that was dis
patched Wednesday morning from
New York was expected to complete
its flight at the Golden Gate. This
plane, on tho flrat westward flight of
the tranafeontimtyftal air mail service,
remained over night at Cheyenne.
Wyp., which point it reached in a
day's flight from Iowa City, la. -
WOOL CLOTHING PRICES
SHOW 20 PER CENT. BREAK
New York, Sept. 10.—An approxi
mate cut of 20 per cent in wool
cloth prices by the American Woolen
company was noted at the company’s
opening of its fall exhibit today, ac
cording to the Textile World Journal.
The cut, said to be less than ant.ci
liated, by the trade, was attributed to
little demand for woo.cn goods.
IUD'5 RIGHT
TO CORRECT WIFE
Judge Tash, of Alliance, Neb.,
Said to Have Made Un
usual Ruling in Case
Recently.
Allianoe, Neb., Sept. 9.—Judge
Tash declared himself In favor of the
old custom of men correcting their
wives when they need it when he re
fused to punish George W. Powell
on complaint of Clara Powell that he
•truck her. The argument arose
over a child by Mrs. Powell’s former
marriage. Powell declared that ha
did not strike his wife, but merely
pushed her away. The Judge then
made his assertion that women at
times need correction, and that it is
a husband’s privilege to do it.
husbaAd arrested
FOR SHOOTING WIFE
Pierce, Neb., Sept. 9.—E. P. Purt
*er, of this city, who shot and seri
ously wounded his wife at their home
here Sunday morning, was taken in
to custody Tuesday by SherifT Kin
kaid, of Pierce county, charged with
attempted murder. He was released
Immediately on a $2,000 bond and his
trial set for October 7.
BROKEN BOW MAN IS
HELD FOR AN ASSAULT
Broken Bow, Neb., Sept. 8.—
George Gross, charged with criminal
assault, was bound over at his pre
liminary hearing, to the district court
In the sum of $2,000. The complain
ing witnesses are Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lin. Mrs. Wallin testified at the trial
that Gross, who Is 68 years old, and
has a family, visited the Wallin
farm, while Mr. Wallin was absent,
and sold Mrs. Wallin an insurance
policy, after which he attacked her.
She was afraid to tell her husband
for two months after the occurrence.
Twenty years ago, Gross served a
term In the penitentiary for a similar
crime, the complaining witness then
being his stepdaughter.
NEBRASKA WOMEN TO
GET VOTE ON SEPT. 21
Lincoln, Neb, Sept. 9.—Secretary of
State Amsberry has received from
Washington a notification that the
equal suffrage amendment is now a
part of the constitution of the United
States. The matter was at once
called to the attention of Attorney
General Davis, who ruled that there
under all women of proper age in Ne
braska will be entitled to vote at all
future elections. This relieves the
Women of considerable embarrass
ment attached to their participation
In the special election of September
21, when the 41 amendments to the
state constitution will be submitted.
The convention that drew the
amendments passed a resolution au
thorizing the wometi to vote on them,
Although the present constitution re
strict* suffrage to males. A separate
ballot box was to have been used at
each polling place for women. Their
admission now to full citizenship by
reason of the national amendment
makes the separate ballot box un
necessary.
CARROLL, NEB, PLANS.
BIG REVIVAL MEETING
Carroll, Neb, Sept. 9. — Arrange
ments are being made here for a
joint revival meeting probably the
latter part of October and the first
of November. It is probable the meet
ings will be held in a large lumber
shed which can be put in condition
at small expense. The shed will seat
more than 1,000 people. Rev. Charles
H. Harrington, of Binghampton, N.
Y, has been suggested as the evan
gelist to conduct the meeting. All of
the Protestant churches of the com
munity are expected to join in the
meeting and it is planned to have a
chorus of 150 voices.
METHODIST PREACHER
BECOMES A BENEDICT
Winside, Neb.. Sept. 9.—Rev. J. A.
Hutchins, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church here, was married,
Tueesday mornftig, to Miss Clara
Fry, daughter of Postmaster Fry. The
ceremony was performed at the
church by Rev. Mr. Sala, of Carroll.
The young people have gone to Oma
ha to attend the annual conference.
PENDER WOMAN TAKES
OWN LIFE BY SHOOTING
Pender, Neb., Sept. 9.—Mrs. “Bud”
Rooney, living seven miles northeast
of Pender, shot and killed herself.
Poor heaiyi is assigned as the cause.
She is survived by her husband and
one child.
HOLT COUNTY PLANS
MUCH TILE DITCHING
O'Neill, Neb., Sept 8.—T£e recla
mation) of thousands of acres of fer
tile wet valleys in southern and cen
tral Holt county by tiling, instead of
open ditching, will begin this fall
and winter and when completed it is
estimated that more than 100,000 acres
will be available for corn and small
grain that now lire used as hay flats
and meadows.
FAIRBURY—The SUppSt state con
vention for 1920 will'be‘held at Fair
bury October 14 to 19. The committee
in charge of arrangements anticipates
the greatest assemblage" of Baptists
ever in this state.
FAIRBURY—George Cross, 78 years
old. is dead at his home in Berkley, Cal.
He left Fairbury a year ago. settling
in California in the hope of benefiting
his health. He came to Fairbury M
years ago and started the Fairbury
Gazette. the first paper published In
Jefferson county. Fifteen years ago Be
disposed of the Gazette to D. B. Crop
py, present state treasurer, and re
tired from active life.
TKK.AMAH—Miss Mae Thompson, of •
West Point, bos been engaged as visit
ing nurse by the Burt county Red Cross
organisa^ca, and will begin tier duties
Monday
| The Eleventh Hour,|
From the London Spectator.
“I only mark the 11th hour.” This is the motto engraved upon the.
dial of many men's minds. So far as their work is concerned, they onljr
enjoy and only remember the hours of high pressure; for them they are
the only sunny ones. They cannot do their best work except against time.
They want the stimulus of race. They want to see time as their opponent,
not as their servant They cannot do anything "well at their own time."
We are not speaking of lazy men and women; these people hate the service. -.
that they must "get done.” We are not necessarily idle because we want,
some excitement to make up apply. There are feverishly hard workers who
feel acutely the inspiration of the 11th hour. They fill their time so full
and squeeze so much into the day that every hour is in some sense the 11th;
that is, it is the last moment in which the piece of work allotted to it can,
be finished.
It is true, -however, that the greater number of What we may call 11th
hour men are not like these. As a rule, the dull part of all toil is dis
tasteful to them, and almost always the dull part is in the .beginning. A piece
of work may take a year or more to complete, but every interval necessi
tates a fresh start As with talk, so with work. We never pick up the
thread where we dropped it * • •
Speaking generally, however, is not this sense which the 11th hour
worker so often has that his work is the best he can do fictitious? Would:
he not really do better if he took his time to it? We think not, because
thoughts which lie in an active mind ripen, and all the superficial impres
sions which make up the conscious thinking help to bring them to maturity.. ,
The judgment of a man who decides instantly when instant decision is
unnecessary it not so well worth having as that of the person who "think*
it over.” All the time, every moment we mean, that he is “thinking it.
over” he may not be consciously thinking of it at all, but the question is.
there "at the back of his mind,” and even if he decides to "sleep upon it,"
it will during the process of sleep go through some process of solution..
At the 11th hour his “best opinion” has been formed, and it is not the work
of a short time even though he could not while still a few minutes’ grace
remained_to him, have declared even to himself what his decision was
going to be.
No born "steady worker” who sits down to his task the moment that
he has conceived it, or had it dealt out to him will agree with us, we know, i
much less any man who prides himself upon his instant decision and ui*» |
hesitating judgments. It stands to reason, he will say, that the man who
takes no risks where time is concerned and who “knows his own mind”
and wastes none on hesitation is the best man. For one thing, he is the
only man who has any real leisure. His work does not hang over him, hi*
decisions are not always in the balance requiring his attention and exer
cising even unconsciously his powers of reasoning. But might it not be
argued that that is the very reason why the work of the 11th hour man is.
the more worth? He has less leisure.
But whatever we say, the "steady worker” will grudge the 11th hour
man his penny. It has been so since the world began. This much must be
admitted. The man who works at a regular pace takes the least out of him
self, and therefore can go on longer. It is towards the end of his working
life that the man who works best at high pressure realizes the disad
vantages of his temperament
And yet there is still something to be said for the man who could only
work under pressure. -. If when both reach an age at which no more work
can possibly be expected of them we compare the whole output of each with
the other, is it at all certain that the steady worker will have the larger
heap to his credit? He has had less keen enjoyment out of his working life
and much less worry, and he thinks he has dono his best. But whether a
man ever does his best who never works at high pressure, who has never
kfiown the joy of outstripping for a moment the flying enemy, remains to
the onloker at least an open question.
The Fly and the Bald Head.
From Commerce and Finance.
One of the noblest decisions on record,
so far as bald-headed men are con
cerned^Jjas been" handed down by the
supre^re^Teurt of Maine. It is notori
ous that a bald head has a peculiar at
traction for the common house fly. He
prefers to roost there or promenade
•there to any other place in the neigh
borhood. Now the high court has de
clared that bald-headed persons are en
titled to protection. In the case of
Williams vs. Sweet, a hotel keeper sued
because the defendant, who had con
tracted for accommodations for a cer
tain period, left the hotel before the
time had elapsed. The defendant said
he was pestered by flies, which were
particularly numerous in the dining
room. t
The august court held that the fly
was a nuisance and its disease carrying
characteristics are well known. A pa
tron. of a hotel was warranted in leav^
lng the establishment, regardless of a
contract for a longer stay, if the dining
room was infested with the pests. An
Innkeeper, it declared, agreed by im
plication to furnish accommodations
dompatible with the prices paid, the
standing of the hostelry and the class
of persons invited'to become patrons.
"Accommodations,” the Judge asserted,
Included apartments, dining service and
sanitary conditions, and if the hotel
keeper failed to maintain these in in
viting and wholesome manner the pa
tron was warranted In seeking quarters
elsewhere, regardless of an engagement
to remain for any specified time.
Hotel men had better get busy with
their fly swatters. Restaurant people,
also*
That "Inevitable” War.
From the Springfield Republican.
No explanation ever may be made to
excuse our lack of prudent preparation
for our inevitable part in the world war,
because the administration knew we
could not escape involvements.—Senator
^The'republican party In 1916, less than'
a year before the United States became
involved, did not regard war as "Inevt
table." The republican national plat
form of 1916 declared:
We desire peace, the pea« of justice
and right, and believe in maintaining a
straight and honest neutrality between
the belligerents in the great war in
^’our' government had already been
maintaining neutrality in the world war
for nearly two years, and the repub
lican party's declaration in 1916 demand-,
ed its •'maintenance,” not its abandon
ment. In its plank on the military pro
tection of the country, In 1916, the re
publican party demanded armaments
for defense; nothing In the declaration
contemplated preparation for sending a
single American soldier to Europe.
Not a single republican politician,
statesman, or publicist dreamed in 1916
that the United States would ever *laco
an army of *,000.000 men on the tattle
lines in France. They were calling for
home protection alone, and demanding
the maintenance of ‘‘a straight and hon
est neutrality at the very time that the
French at Verdun were making ' They
shall not pass” immortal. That is the
republican record.
Then—You Will Stayl
Last night I saw your shadow in the
lane.
And just today I heard your laugh as I
Bmelled roses, yellow roses, drenched in
rain.
So—you go by!
Tomorrow I may find you !n a book
We r. ad together when our worlds were
>oung. ,
My heart holds memories. Oil, every
look
Of you has clung!
The foolish say: ”1 p tv her. A grave
I folds all she loved, and yvt-so cheerful
The foolish do not know why I am brave
\\ no walks with me!
In violets that grow beside a rock.
In sunlight soft, that chases rain away.
In colors that you loved—my lilac frock—
You live each dayl
I know sometime your shadow will not
fade;
I know that you will touch me some
spring day.
I knew you’ll say: "You live! Don t be
Tho flving’call (his death.” Thcn-jrou
will stay!
—Katharine Havikind Taylor, in Good
Housekeeping.
Voices in the Air.
From the London Times.
For the first time wireless telephone
communication was established between
London and Copenhagen. A message of
greeting from Queen Alexandra to the
Scandinavian people was received. The
first part of the message was very clear,
but the rest was at first inaudible, as:
the British depot ship Greenwich, lying
in the harbor, was using her wireless
apparatus very heavily. A greeting from.
Signor Marconi was also lost. At the
request of the British, legation, how
ever, the warship stopped using her
wireless apparatus, and after that the'
communications were extremely well re
ceived. It was very easy to hear the
opera singer, M. Melchior, singing the
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Eng
lish national songs. The messages were
heard almost as well by the ordinary
long distance telephone. The authori
ties hope that wireless telephone com- /
munication bet^en England and Den
mark will be quite common In a few
years.
The Zigzag Clock.”
Prom the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Inventors of the ■'zigzag” clock. Cap
tains Wyatt and Lewis, two former Brit-i
ish naval officers, have presented their!
claims for awards for their invention,
which, they say, made possible the car
rying of thousands of troops across the
Atlantic during the war. By means of —
this device the helmsman was able to,
alter the course of a ship in time tqs
avoid being torpedoed by a submarine^
The royal commission on awards and ln-J
ventors has I ill i n TimUlni mill i con*
sideratlon. Commander Wyatt read a,
letter written by Admiral Sir Richard
Webb, who declared that “zigzagging”'
was the most efficacious In warding orlr
submarine attack. The witness ex
plained that the clocks were used with!
large convoys of American troops,,
which, when proceeding at a rapid rate,
bad to zigzag, and unless they had somo
synchronized method of doing so therW
would very soon have been collisions, r
A Reasonable King.
Prom-tho New York Times.
Nothing could be fairer than the af-e'
titude of ex-King Constantine of
Greece, as expressed in an interview
just given in Switzerland to a Frenali
correspondent. Constantine denies that,
he ever resigned his Job—he was mere
ly thrown out; but he is willing to go
back any day and let bygones be by
gones. It they want him back in
Greece, he is ready to “resume without
passion, hate or rancor the duties of
the crown.”
“But what about Venizelos?” the bor
reepondent asked. The monarch wapr'
conciliaiory enough; "If Greece still
accorded him her favor, I should not
hesitate to accept him as premier.*
What would be Constantine’s policy to
ward neighboring countries? Why, per
haps, tho sovereign admits, "it would?
not be different from that of Venizeloe.”
Constantine is no home for a lost cause;,
he is willing to borrow anybody's poli
cies if they will only give him back his,,
crown.
Greece today is twice as large as Con-,
stantine left it. The national prestig*
has been raised by new triumphs over ’
the traditional enemies, the Turk and,’)
the Buigar. Constantine's , WtlHnS
once rested on victories over theae ammo
enemies; but that was before he sue-,
rendered Fort Rupei to the Bulgers and
paid no heed to the cries of the Greeks
who were being slaughtered and deport-;
ed by the Turks. Constantino's poli
cies won the favor of Germany Md;
Turkey, but Germany and Turkey have!*
fallen. Venizelos sided with France and
England, whose favor is very useful.
Just now. Constantine is willing to
cash in on the work of Venizelos.
That Is to say, of course, if none oCT
the conspiracies set on foot by admir
ers of Constantine are successful; if
Venizelos Is not overthrown by a coup
d'etat or murdered by enthusiastic ro; ■
alista If he continues to live and hoat,
power, Constantine is willing to for
give him. and go back to' help run the*
country. What could be more mag
nanimous?
The Beloved Flower.
From the Winnebago, Minn., Enterprise.
The hollyhock is just a plain, oHtosli
loned flower; there Is nothing very
beautiful at poetical about It, .but some
how or other It suggests home and!
homey things, as well as the days that
are dead and gone into hletdry. There
may be flower* that are more stylish
than the hollyhock, but there are none
that so enter into the heart'and affec
tions of the average person.
Too Much 8pace. .
Gerald—My love for you is pke th«*
boundless ocean.
Madeline—Just tho way I take It.
Gerald—What do you mean?
Madeline—With a gaad many grair.r of
salt