a H. CRONIN. Publisher._
rNMLL. NEBRASKA
The elector* of the New York unW
versity hell of tamo yeoterday an
nounced the dedication of a niche to
Mark Twain, James Buchanan Eades.
engineer; Patrick Henry, patriot and
•talesman; William Thomas Green
Morton, physician; August Saint
Caudens, sculptor; Roger Williams,
preacher and founder of the state of
Rhode Island, and Alice Freeman
Palmer, teacher. Noah Webster, after
consideration, was not admitted. The
electorate consists of 96 men and six
women as follows: University and
college presidents, 27; professors of
history and historians, 18; scientists,
11; authors and editors, 14; high pub
lic officials and men and women of
affairs, 19; actual or former Justices,
national or state, 12.
Even membership In the League of
Nations Is expensive. The British
bill for the last six months of 1920
has been presented. It Is about $140,
000. Expenses are divided up among
the members of the league according
to the scale of the universal postal
union. Countries belonging to the
league are divided into seven classes,
the members of the first class paying
250 units out of 478, while those of
the seventh (Liberia and Hedjaz) pay
only two units.
There will be American cemeteries
in Europe at Suresnes, near Paris; at
Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, in the
Argorme; at Beileau wood, northwest
of Chateau-Thierry, and at Bony, In
the region of the river Aisne, to he
known as “Flander’s Field," and one
near London, for the men who died
In Great Britain, says the war de
partment.
The first German flag to sail into
New York harbor for six years, and
which arrived last week, was the old
Imperial, red, white and black flag.
When asked why his ship did not fly
the flag of the German republic,
which has a yellow stripe, the first
officer replied: “The army may have
a flag with a yellow stripe In it, but
»ur navy never will."
An organization to promote thrift
and to protect savings has been in
corporated in Boston as an outgrowth
of the war time conservation cam
paigns and the recent Ponzl high
finance fiasco. It will be known as
the Association for the Promotion and
Protection of Savings.
To agitate for the revival of navi
gation on the Mississippi river from
Minneapolis to New Orleans, making
waterway transportation available
for all Intermediate points is the fun
damental purpose of the convention
of the Upper Mississippi Waterways
association, which will be held in
Minneapolis this week.
Repeal of the excess profits tax and
substitution of other legislation for
raising revenue, with rigid economy
In government is almost certain dur
ing the first session of the new con
gress, says Nicolas Longworth, of the
House ways and means committee.
Harvard may have a 12-year-old
progldy or two, but Los Angeles has
one of her own. He Is 4% years old,
■peaks Russian, Yiddish and English,
delights in poetry and rationalistic
treatises,” plays the piano and the
Violin. But he dislikes little girls.
Censorship of letters both to and
from abroad. urlUah was established
In Berlin to pravsat the transference
of private money to avoid the high
German taxation, has been aban
doned. Censorship of actual money
transfers, however, Is to be main
tained.
A Roosevelt bureau has been
formed In New York to collect bio
graphical matter and photographs of
Theodore Roosevelt, and to publish
authoritative works dealing with his
life and issue information When re
quested.
Senator Calder, as chairman of the
Investigators of coat, says its high
cost has tended to discourage con
struction, and “for every Increase of
41 a ton in coal, the people huve been
rotated out of more thun half a
billion dollars a year.
Estimates made by pathologists of
the department of agriculture indi
cate that In 1919 the production of
10 of the roost important cereal,
fruit and vegetable crops In the
country was reduced more than 650,
000,000 bushels b> plant diseases.
An ex-officer, M. C.t who wishes
to contest a seat for parliament ns an
Independent candidate on the best
principles of all parties, would be
grateful to anyone who would guar
antee tils election expenses, says an
advertisement In the London Times.
American and Canadian firms who
ore importing British made toys for
Christmas, are insisting on having
the name of the country of origin
marked on them, says th« London
Times.
Secretary Colby's little trip to
South America will last about five
weeks, and Include visits to Rio Do
Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos
Aires, He says he will not take more
than a dozen persons with him.
The London Times reports that the
British channel was crossed ripftntly
on a bicycle, supported on two floats
and propelled by pedals. The sea was
choppy and unfavorable and when the
cyclist reached the farther shore, he
was too exhausted to speak.
Secretary of the Treasury Houston
ia quoted aa saying that the longer
prohibition la in force, the more firm
ly it is established in public favor,
irrespective of personal prejudice.
Forty English club men are sai 1 to
have chartered a steamsh >. j- wMch
they Intend to sail to some of
the South aeas where thf» ■»,
free from governmer'al i ns' ■ t
A cable to the New Yuih iterant
•ays that treasures of art carried into
.Russia from Poland by Cuiae-ine IT
. have been despoiled by the bol
•hevists.
A Chicago woman of £2 ia suing
, her husband for nonsupport, because
_ ha has “refused to give me a cent
’ tor the last id years,” she explained,
With tears.
The amount of raw cotton used for
(manufacturing purposes last month
was the smallest of atjjr month In tha
•net six yearn. _
fr fry -
tilWILLNOT
CET KjSFREEDDU
Convicted of Serious Grimes
Twice and Believed Guilty
of at Least One
Brutal Murder.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22 (Special).—
Because Judge Sears, of Omaha, and
other residents of Douglas county
protested vigorously, Governor Mar
shall has struck the name of Ben
Marshall, a negro, off the list of
convicts, who, because of their good
conduct while engaged on road work,
were to receive paroles this week.
Judge Sears said that Marshall had
several times been arrested and twice
convicted on the charge of assaulting
both colored and white women, and
the police (irmly believe he was the
guilty man in a particularly cruel
piurder, with lust as the prime mo
tive. The judge said that the evi
dence showed that Marshall kept a
rope in the drawer at the saloon
where he worked for use In choking
tils women victims.
Marshall has twice been sentenced
to 15 years In prison, by Judge Sears,
for criminal assaults, the second crime
following close upon his release from
prison for the first offense. He has
been in prison long enough to be elig
ible, under the parole law for release,
but after he had been put on the list
it was discovered he was not sen
tenced under the indeterminate sen
tence law, but got 15 years straight.
Judge Sears wrote the governor that
to release the man would be “a
damnable outrage."
ELOPEMENT HALTED, BUT
WEDDING WILL OCCUR
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22 (Special).—
In trying to grab a pair suspected of
being the man and woman who stuck
up a cab driver, the Lincoln police
gummed up Dan Cupid's game, and
temporarily halted the elopement of
Curtis Murphy, 18, of Lirtcoln, with
Gladys Stevens, 17, of University
I’luee.
A taxicab driver who grew suspi
cious landed them in the hands of the
police, and the officers called up the
girl's father. When he came he
promised to give his blessing if the
girl would return home until the
wedding baked meats could be pre
pared.
FOUND GUILTY OF
ASSAULTING A GIRL
Madison, Neb., Nov. 22 (Special).—
Tli ■ jury In the case of the state
I. cost Frank J. Strong, charged
„ committing a statutory offense,
in J i.icV;e Allen's district ocurt, re
tu.nod a verdict of guilty. Bessie
Wynn, 14, made the charge against
Strong.
The court Is now working on the
:e ( f Maher vs. Milter, which in
i olves commission on real estate,
j The case of Connor against Robert
Si. heir comes up next. Connor Is a
| former Norfolk policeman and asks
damages for Injuries he received
while riding a motorcycle.
CRAIN ELEVATOR MANAGERS
FORM AN ASSOCIATION
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 22.—An asso
I ciaticn of grain elevator managers to
fut ther elevator interests in the state
ar.d tiring about closer cooperation,
w.is formed Wednesday night at a
meeting of the managers who are at
I -siding the annual convention of the
Nebraska Farmers’ Cooperative Grain
and Live Stock Association. Consti
' tution and by-laws were adopted and
officers for the year elected.
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LEGION POSTS PLAN
A COUNTY ASSOCIATION
I Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 22 (Special).—
The executive committee of the Nor
folk post of the American Legion
took steps to hold a Mudison county
meeting of legion posts in this coun
ty some time in December for the
purpose of organizing a permanent
county association. All of the six
posts in Madison county will send
delegates to the Norfolk convention.
A banquet will be provided at which
time the organization of the associa
tion will be discussed.
BODY OF ANOTHER
SOLDIER TO 1RIVE
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 22 (Special).—
The body of Julius E. Graves, who
died in the military service in France,
has reached the United States and is
expected to arrive in Norfolk for bur
ial within the week. This will be
the second soldier who died over
seas to be buried here within the
last month. Notice was received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E.
Graves that the body arrived In Ho
boken, N. J., on November 9, and
was being held for orders for trans
portation to Norfolk. -
NORTH PLATTE—Kenneth McFar
land. the 21-year-old son of L. D. Mc
Farland. was accidentally shot while
performing tricks with a S8-caliber re
volver with a companion yesterday af
ternoon. The contents of the gun went
through the stomach and lodged in the
spine. He was brought to a local hos
pital where an operation was performed,
lie died this morning.
NORFOLK—A severe epidemic of hog
cholera has broken out among many
valuable hog herds in Madison county,
according to announcement mud#; by the
county agent at Battle Creek, Neb.
After a 28-year search, a Brooklyn
woman has found ner son. He had
been given into the charge of a
children's aid society when 5 years
old, and lost track of.
A plot to counterfeit 1920 war
savings stamps was frustrated in
New York this week through the
honesty of an engraver in the firm
which was to do the work.
Hereafter any laborer employed In
the state, war and navy department
building, who talks to any op.- during
his v.or, :ng hours, except regarding
. ">jal business, wiil be uennilved
’ ENTER PROTEST ON
NEW PHONE RATES
Bloomfield People Propose to
Oppose Purpose of the
Company.
Bloomfield, Neb., Nov. tt (Spe
cial): A mass meeting was held at
the city hall here Tuesday night, the
object being to take action on the
proposed increase in telephone rent
als. The Union Telegraph Company
has petitioned the state railway com
mission for permission to make a
raise of approximately 35 per cent.
Representatives of the company were
present and addressed the meeting. A
motion to protest against tht raise
being granted was adopted by a
unanimous vote. It is expected that
representatives will be sent from
here to be present at the hearing be
fore the commission, which is set for
December 3.
“CI8TERN TWINS" ARE
TO BE SEPARATED
Omaha. Neb., Nov. 20.—Betty and
Jimmy Wells, “cistern twins,” who,
according to ruling of Juvenile court,
have neither father nor mother, are
facing separation for the first time
in their four months of life.
Since the tiny waifs were discov
ered in a dry well four months ago
and taken to the Methodist hospital
they have been fed from the same
bottle and rocked to sleep in the same
cradle.
They were christened together by
the nurses, who had become fond of
them, and their last name was added
not in jest at their tragic start in life,
but because there was no known fam
ily name for them to inherit.
But the separation which now
looms on their horizons apparently
will be a permanant one.
Persistent denial of parentage by
"Doc" Kent, charged with being their
father, and Louise, Boeke, charged
with being their mother, In the fa
mous district court case led juvenile
court authorities to turn the twins
over to the Nebraska Childern’s
Home society.
And now Rev. R. B. Ralls, superin
tendent of the society, is preparing to
place them with some family for
adoption.
He has received two offers to adopt
one of the twins. One offer, which is
from the wife of a Nebraska farmer,
expresses a preference for Jimmy.
The other expresses no preference.
“I expect many more offers, but
after all, I believe it would be best to
separate the babies,” said Rev. Mr.
Ralls. “We are trying to place them
where their story is not known and
It would be easier if they were adopt
ed into different families. Of course,
this would mean separation for life
and different names.”
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SAYS FILM COMPANIES
BLACK LISTED HIM
Columbus, Neb., Nov. 20.—An Im
portant case to come up this term of
court is one wherein William Swan
of Columbus, is suing various film
corporations of Omaha for $126,000
damages alleged due him for having
been blacklisted and put out of busi
ness.
Swan built a modern theater here
a few years ago, and claims to have
been making much money when he
suddenly discovered that he could no
longer buy films. Later Blank leased
this theater and Swan after a few
months of idlenuess got hold of the
competing theater. Last spring
Blank leased this one also, and Mr.
Swan filed his suit.
OVER 2,000 CARS OF
POTATOES PRODUCED
Alliance, Neb., Nov. 20.—The Alli
ance field station of the bureau of
markets, United States department of
agriculture, which has been sending
out daily reports to potato growers
and shippers for the past seven
weeks, has closed its office in the
local federal building and Clinton D.
Miller, who was in charge, has left
the city. .
The season’s total shipment for
western Nebraska, up to November
12, was 1,175 cars, compared with
1,056 on the same date a year ago.
There are possibly about 1,000 cars
more in western Nebraska to be
moved out, but the movement will be
slow, extending into April or May,
and being the heaviest in January. |
TO RECEIVE TREATMENT
FOR LOSS OF MEMORY
. •
Columbus, Neb., Nov. 20. — Theo
dore Bittonbendfr was taken to Nor
folk today by Sheriff D. C. Kava
naugh, where he will be given treat
ment in the state hospital for the
insane.* Bittenbender was brought
homo from Omaha last week where
he had been receiving treatment for
loss of memory.
He cannot remember for even the
shortest period any event that has
transpired. He can read a newspa
per and Converse intelligently on
what he Is reading, but five minutes
later has forgotten the whole thing.
CONVLCT TWO OF MURDER.
Hot Springs, Ark.. Nov. 19.—Tom
Slaughter and Fulton Freen, convict
ed Thursday of first degree murder
for the killing of Deputy Sheriff
Brown on October 10. were trans
ferred to the state penitentiary. The
two men, who have confessed to nu
merous bank robberies throughout tlio
southwest were sentenced to life im
prisonment. During the trial the
state asked for the death penalty.
CHINESE DOUBLE KILLER
GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 19 (By the
United News).—Yee Geow, Chinese,
is on a hunger e'rike. He hasn't eat
en a bite since last Friday.
C.i nr is waiting trial in the county
■ill f ir a double murder. lie shot
. n : kili d an officer who nH. mpted
i. :i:r.rf -!m here Severn; wtoks.
i t'.:-' untile cue of Geow' • shots
nt tiii(it" 'i a .vf ..tow in ihe tiro
■cion and killed a it: email.
Nebraska Company Installing
Automatic System of the
Most Up-to-I>ate
Kind.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19.—Announce
ment is made by the Nebraska Tele
phone company that with the coming
of spring one of the busy downtown
exchanges will have been completely
changed from the manual to the au
tomatic system. This will be fol
lowed by the installation of auto
matics in the remainder of the down
town districts, and later in the resi
dence districts.
One of the reasons for the change
is that the supply of sir Is for the op
eration of manual exchanges is not
keeping pace with the demand. The
new apparatus is being manufactured
by the Bell, and is a development of
the engineering practice of the com
pany. Some three or four years ago
the Bell and the company in Chicago
became embroiled in litigation be
cause each was trespassing on the
Invention field of the other. Prank
H. Woods, of Lincoln, wa3 the " man
who brought about peace between
them and the payment of several mil
lion by the Bell to the other company
for the permission to use certain
patents. Mr. Woods is now one of
the big men in the automatic com
pany.
The dial system of calling by the
subscriber is retained and the com
bined use of automatic and manual is
made possible without any delay or
trouble.
ROBBERS FAIL TO
ENTER BANK’S VAULT
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19.—Burglars
attempted to break into the vault of
the bank of Princeton, but after
working on it for a number of hours
evidently gave the job up as a bad
one and left. Nothing was seen of
the would-be robbers. A hole had
been dug into the rear wall of the
vault.
The robbers entered the bank
through a rear door out of which
they broke a glass, reaching inside
and turning the lock. The door
opened into a back room and in this
room they worked on the vault wall
which is 18 inches thick, of hard
brick set in cement. An iron bar
which had been used was found in
the room and with which the bur
glars had dug a hole about 10 inches
square in the wall. They had failed,
however, to penetrate the last layer
of brick, though it is thought that
they worked at the job for several
hours.
ESCAPED MURDERER IS
STILL ENJOYING LIBERTY
»
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 19.—Kenny
Chester, alleged murderer of Florence
Barton, who dived head first through
a Pullman window and escaped from
three detectives, is believed by offi
cials to have eluded the posse and
bloodhounds by hopping a freight
train.
The dogs lost what appeared to be
a hot trail at the railroad track near
Merna, five miles from here. Before
that the hounds had followed a trail
which had shown where someone had
slept, supposedly Chester, and occa
sionally had shown traces of blood.
The trail led to many sheds, reveal
ing the fugitive’s hiding places.
Detectives Boyle and Farrell, who
were taking Chester back to Kansls
City to face a charge of murder, have
left Broken Bow on a separate hunt
for the desperado.
WOMAN BANDIT IN
ACTION AT LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19.—A gun lady
has blossomed into being in Lincoln.
C. L. Sparks, a taxicab driver, was
her victim. He was hailed late Mon
day night by a man and woman who
desired to take a moonlight ride. Dur
ing the progress of the ride Sparks
felt the muzzle of a revolver pressed
against his neck, and a woman's voice
bade him head for Omaha. He drove
a mile or two before, by a pretended
accident, he killed his engine. This
action on his part was resented by
the pair, who bound him up and threw
him into the back seat, the woman
acting as his custodian. The man
cranked up the car and started it.
Sparks tore loose from his bonds, and
overpowering the woman took the gun
away from her and leaped. The next
moment he heard a crash, and was a
witness to his car being demolished
by being run squarely into a tele
graph pole. The pair made their get
away.
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BURGLAR LEFT TELL-TALE
EVIDENCE BEHIND HIM
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19.—John John
ston, Peoria, 111., is an obliging bur
glar.
After sawing his way into a cloth
ing Store through the roof and rob
bing it of $2,500 in furs, Johnston
abligingly forgot his coat, which con
tained his name and address. Going
to the address, police arrested John
ston, Roy Beecher, a Chicago pugi
list, and two women. All the loot
was recovered.
The Russian bolshevist propaganda
bureau has now been divided into four
sections; one in South America, one in
Berlin; one at Amsterdam and the
other at Lisbon, between them hand
ling bolshevist campaigns for all the
world.
FIVE DAY TRUCE AGREED
ON MANCHURIAN FRONT
Harbin, Manchuria, Nov. 18. — Ar
rangements for a five-day truce be
tween the bolshevists and the follow
ers of General Semenoff, who have
been engaged in fighting near here,
have been mj^le by the Japanese com
mander in this city. Chinese and
Japanese troops are prepared to joint
ly defend the Manchurian frontier
should fighting he renewed
Stakes for Which D'Annunzio
Gambles.
Correspondence of the London Times.
Gabriele D’Annunzio Is a sort of modern Cyrano de Bergerac, with a
little more talent and a little less sense. The author of the “Journey to
the Moon” lived in extravagant days, when fair ladles and poetic Ideals
were the things for which men fought But D’Annunzio—as I took occasion,
to tell him—has abandoned women and song for Arditi and politics. "Higher
The Italian government is really powerless, because D’Annunzio, having
given a new voice to Latin aspiration, has so swayed the emotions of one
of the most emotional of peoples that reason is dethroned and liberty and,
justice—for which the war was fought—are flouted.
Let us see what it is that D'Annunzio wants, and. why he wants it—
politics," was the only correction he smilingly made, and perhaps he was,
right For, however much one may condemn his methods and abhor his.
aims, there is no denying the far reaching political effect of his words aadi
deeds. He would be a negligible factor were it not that, as far as Italy is.
concerned, he has lifted the Adriatic question out of the sphere of diplomatic
compromise, and deluded his fellow countrymen Into believing that the
spollatioa of Jugo-Slavia Is a matter of national honor and of vital interest,
for Fiume is merely the nail on which he hangs the alluring picture of
an Italian Imperialism. First, in order to obtain complete Adriatic su
premacy, he seeks to extend the eastern frontier of Italy so as to include
not only the whole of Gorizia, Gradisca, and Istria, but considerable por
tions of Carniola and Croatia, together with the islands of the Quarnero
(Veglia and Cherso). He wishes Italy to retain Dalmatia and the islands
of the eastern c»ast, and some form of political suzerainty over a nominally
independent Albania and Montenegro. This would leave Italy in control not
only of Trieste and Fiume, but of Zara, Sebenico, Spalato, and all the other
ports of the Adriatic. Jugo-Slavia would be virtually cut off from the sea,
and reduced to economic dependence upon Italy. D’Annunzio’s whole pro
gram may be summed up in a few works* The aggrandisement of Italy and,
the abasement of Jugo-Slavia. The latter, he believes, will be Insured by
Italy's retaining Dalmatia and political hegemony over Montenegro and
Albania. To illustrate the economic'potentialities of what he claims as the
new frontiers of Italy, he has had prepared a very curious map.
It Is a map of the eastern half of Mittel-Europa, on which is traced a
triangle: Trieste-Fiume-Danzig-Constantinople. It shows very clearly that
any one power controlling both Trieste and Fiume, together with the rail
way junction of St. Peter in Carniola, which is imnpediateiy behind and
equidistant from both of them,' has an unrivalled gateway for penetration
and expansion in northern and eastern Europe. St. Peter in Carniola, south
of Laibach, is on the main line from Trieste to Vienna and Berlin and the
Orient express from London to Constantinople runs through it. It has
splendid communications with Germany and Poland, with Czecho-Slovakia,
Austria, and Hungary, with Russia, the Ukraine, Transylvania, Rumania,
Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, and Constantinople.
If Italy can retain both Trieste and Fiume she will enjoy a monopoly
of handling whatever portion of the import and export trade of this im
mense hinterland passes through the Adriatic. It is quite true that a great
deal of this trade has already been diverted to ports of northwestern Europe,
but the Adriatic route, Which offers certain advantages, more especially for
imports and exports to Austria, Hungary, and the Ukraine, is the natural
and almost indispensable Channel for Jugo-Slav trade- Both Buigft'ia and
Rumania furnished important and growing quantities of Adriatic Business
before the war. It is certain that, with Trieste in the hands of Italy, and
Fiume as the Adriatic port of the Jugo-Slavs, there would be a healthy
competition, which would be of the greatest economic benefit. One of tho
arguments most frequently put forward D’Annunzio’s sqpportens is that
If Fiume was in any but Italian hands Jt would be able to compete with
Trieste, whereas with both^ports Italian, it will be possible for them to com
bine in order to control Adriatic trade.
That the Croatian population of this part of the world should have any
rights of self determination is flatly denied by D’Annunzio on the ground
that they fought against Italy in the war^ D’Annunzio never Urea of scoffing
at ‘“the American^prophet becoming virtuously indignant at the thought of
a few thousand Slavs being placed under the rule of Italy, after millions
of Germans have been, handed over to Poland and Czecho-Slovakia, and
millions of Hungarians to Jugo-Slhvia, Czecfilp-Slovakia, and Rumania.” In
Fiume at least one hears very little of the high-sounding phrases about the
"will of the people’ja.ld their attachment to Italy. What one hears is talk V
about retaining Fiume Jor Italy at all costs: “Salvare Fiume, a qualunque
costo!”—not because * Fiume, but because of Italy. I will say this for
D’Annunzio: He is perfectly frank about it. He never said one word to
me about Italy’s right to the things he^has set out to obtain for her. He
never alleged anything beyond the assertion that Adriatic supremacy was
essential to Italian greatness, and that if the Italian government gave up
anything they now held, he would immediately seize it by force. No one
who has traveled through the area'he'ld by the Italian army of occupa
tion, or who has been to Fiume and speken with D’Annunzio, can doubt that
he will make good hls’*Threat and that he is right wlffen he'declares that the
Italian regular forces—both army and navy— wiH refuse to obey the gov
ernment and will recognize his ailthority.
In a dispatch which I sent reporting D’Annunzio’s defiance, the Italian
military censorship at Trieste deleted a part In which I expressed the belief
that D’Annunzo has the tacit support both of Admiral Millo, commanding at
Zara, and of General Caviglia, who is af the head of the army of occupation.
But the fact is not open to doubt, and should D’Annunzio start for Rome,
neither of them would lift a finger to impede his progress. On the contrary, •
I feel sure tha* D’AnritmZlo had go'od grobnds for his assertion—also deleted
from my dispatch—that If he started from^Fiume with 10,000 men he would
arrive at the gates ot the Eternal "City with 150,000.
There is ne doubt that the'Italian government fears D’Annunzio, and
that his Influence Is very real. As an instance, while I was here announce
ment was made lhat .direct negotiations between the Italian
and Jugo-Slav governments would be resumed almost immediate
ly probably on the 12th orA^Jh insL D’Annunzio at once sent a message to
Rome saying that he ha’d received assurances that If the republican party
came into power in the United States the new administration would com
pletely reverse the present policy Vf the United States toward the Adriatic
probleih and repudiate everything that Mr. Wilson has done. So D’Annunzio
urged upon the Italian government %the necessity of putting off the Adriatlo
conference till after the election of'November 2, guaranteeing that, in the
case of a republican victory, Italy coaid assume an uncompromising attitude
towards Jugo-Slavia without having to fear the consequences of American
displeasure.
The Biggest Electorate.
From the New York Times.
Accurate figures tor the total vote
cast are not yet available. A lair esti
mate would be that between 25.000,000
and 27,000,000 men and womenTWent to
the polls. This would bejnc the largest
voth ever cast in any country, it makes
all other recorded plebiscites Hook small.
The very size of the electorate thus con
sulted is a most impressive qpectacldtof
democratic government. That form of
government has never before so clearly
shown that it can be made to work as
well on a vast scale as on a small one.
To some fastidious political theorists
I this voting by huge masses of people
seems a very orude and unsatisfactory
way of deciding how the country ”%hall ,
be ruled. But it is the only way we have
In the United States, or shall have In
any future which can now be forecast.
To discuss possible restrictions OT she
suffrage, or substitutes for it, is beating
the air. The world is in for the widest
experiment of government by count of
heads. And it happens that this great
outpouring ot American voters loll°ws
clcse upon the notorious and lamentable
failure of rule In the hands of a few. 1
The breakdown of autocratic govern
ments in Europe, even when they were
best manged, should reconcile our
dcubters to the methods, though they
lack precision, of popular elections.
Their positive advtuitagea haare again
been displayed. Submission to the ma
jority may be thought easy when tha
majority is two to one! But it is some
tiling for the people to know that it is a
majority of their own creating. De
mocracy may flounder, but It flounder*
through. It may blunder and may
change Its mind with apparent fickle
ness. but at least It believes that no out
side will Is imposed upon It. That gives
the sense of unforced freedom In mak
ing and unmaking administrations,
which entered so plainly into the record
vote. It v.as democracy using Its giant’s
strength with ease.
Village Stateemanshlp.
From the Century Magazine.
One fatal weakness m our considera
tion of the problem ot leadership is that
wo think of It in terms of large affaire
and sweeping Jurisdictions only. We
eeem to go on the assumption that great
leadership must at least have a nation,
and preferably a world, for its play
ground. But the fact Is that nation*
statesmanship is largely conditions by
village statesmanship. What happens
at tlie top in oux national life can be
nullified by what happens at the bottom.
We cannot achieve an integrated nation
out ot slipshod and Ill-organized village*
and towns. Before we can boast na
tional pride, national sense, national
•onsoienee, and national will, we mils',
arrive at community pride, community
sense, community conscience and ootn -
munity will. And the men of the small
towns of America have not yet an
swered' the chalenge to leadership, t,>
village statesmanship.
If we could realize the dignity and
Importance of village statesmanship. If
Petting Your Fears. I
From the Milwaukee Journal.
A young man went to his doctor the
other day and complained of a sense of
fear. He was .nervous, h$ said, and
afraid to travel alone, so that he ha l
even given up a good position. Tonic*
dtdn’t'do him any good. What could the
mattei e?
And o physician told him very kind
ly that It was no dangerous physical ail
ment from which he suffered, nor one
that could be cured by medicines, but a
mental ailment which grew because it
was encouraged. "Stop petting your
fears," he said. "Stop thinking crooked
and practice thinking straight."
That counsel could very well come to
many of us. Thinking doesn't make all
the worry in the world; there are somo
genuine causes for It. But thlnki..gr
makes a lot of It. Often the v. irry
about" which of two things one w. :| do
makes whichever one does the wrong
thing. Why "pet our fears” by magni
fying a matter that will mean nothing
to us tomorrow Into a grave question
as though fate of nations trembled in
the balance?
We don't often make decisions that
mean life or death or failure or success
to us. Suppose a man does elect the
wrong thiafc and fall at It, Sew much i*
lest compared with what remains? If
he has kept his' health and his self-re
spect and his faith In life, lfcm't he SIS
per cent, of the capital of "which happi
ness is mad*?
True Caution.
From Harper's Monthly.
“What Is William crying about?"
asked Mrs. Smith of the new curse.
"Well, ma'am. h* wanted to go oyer W
Tommy Brown’s.”
"Why didn't you let him go?"
"They were having charades he saM,
ma'am, and I wasn’t sure as he <i had
’em yeti” . . __. _ -
