CONVICTION IS
GIVEN HIS 0. K.
Attorney General of Nebras
ka Wants High Court to
Affirm Lower
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. » (Special).—
Attorney General Spillman filed with
the supreme court a brief recommend
ing the affirmation of the conviction
of Frank Olson, owner of the gas
plant at Ord, who was convicted of
having hired a boy to burn a snles
barn he owned at that town. A de
cree foreclosing a $1,500 mortgage on
the barn had been entered, and it was
claimed that he desired to cash In
on the $3,000 insurance policy In the
Sun company of London- The boy
was a witness against Olsen. Air.
Spillman says that an examination of
the evidence convinces him that the
verdict of guilty Is amply sustained,
and that none of the errors alleged
to have been committed In the trial
justify a reversal.
WANTS STOCKHOLDERS TO
DIG UP MORE MONEY
Columbus, Neb., Nov. •—Requests
that former stockholders In the Skin
ner Packing Co., Omaha, contribute
$2 for each $100 in stock held hy -them,
for the purpose of paying off $105,000
of existing indebtedness and financ
ing the litigation for the corporation
•when It enters Into a legal battle In
the Douglas county district court
next spring with the Dold Packing
Co., In an effort to wrest complete
control of th* former plant from the
latter, was made to Platte county
stockholders by W. M. Ritchie,
Omaha attorney for the stockholders
and board of directors.
A series of these meetings are be
ing held for every group of stock
holders in Nebraska In an effort to
prepare them for the stockholders’
meeting In Omaha In December.
NEWCASTLE POOL
HALL IS ROBBED
Newcastle, Neb., Nov. —Sneak
thieves entered the poolroom here,
conducted by Jack Roche, and looted
the money drawer which contained
about $30. Entrance was effected by
breaking down the back door some
time during the night.
OMAHA BUSINESS MEN
HEAR COMMANDER DRAIN
Omaha, Neb., Nov. .■—James A.
Drain, national commander of the
• American Legion, In an Armistice day
address hero, pledged that organiza
tion to unceasing efforts for perma
nent world peace.
‘‘Armistice day," he subl "is a
wasted day If along with the joy and
happiness and satisfaction it did not
suggest something of real use after
the day Is over. Like a business man
taking stock of himself, we must
take stock."
Commander Drain said he favored
passage by the next congress of a
bill favored by the legion, providing
for a universal conscription of men,
money and industry in (ho event of
future wars. This, he raid, was first
of alb a peace measure, and secondly
a preparedness step. Insuring the ut
most effectiveness of action in war.
"We believe In and must have," he
asserted, “some form of competent
world court."
WAS PIONEER OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
Crofton, Neb., Nov. (Special) —
Funeral services for airs. Orlando
l’otter, 72 years old, a pioneer of
northeast Nebraska, were held here,
Rev. M. E. Coltrane, of Coleridge, of
ficiating. She was born in Stephen
son county, 111., in 1852, and after her
marriage in 1871 lived there until 1883
when the family moved to northeast
Nebraska.
WOULD GIVE STATE
RAIL BOARD MORE POWER
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. (Special)
—Railway Commissioner Taylor,
president of tiie national association
of state railway commissioners, will
urge that body to get behind a prop
osition to clothe the state regulatory
bodies with federal a'uthority, so that
they may be able to handle all rate
and service matters arising within
their borders and leave the Inter
state Commerce Commission general
transportation matters and the hear
ing of appeals from the state com
missions.
Mr. Taylor said that while the state
and national commissions had been
functioning efficiently under the pol
icy of co-operation that has been in
vogue tiie last two years, the federal
body has more work than it can pos
sibly attend to, due to the interstate
character of so many of the public
utilities of the country.
President Taylor would have the
state and national commissions re
lieved of any power in connection
with the management of railroads,
on the ground that the courts have
so narrowed this Interference that
it serves only to annoy and vex both
carrier and commission.
FARM HOME IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Crofton, Neb., Nuv. —The farm
house on the O. M. Kly place, three
miles northeast of here, was burned
wl*h a loss of $1,400, there being no
insurance on the building.
About $600 worth of household
goods was destroyed, but it was cov
ered by insurance. The fire’s origin is
unknown.
NAMES COMMITTEE
TO STUDY ILLITERACY
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. -The state
illiteracy commission, appointed by
Governor Bryan, met here and ap
pointed a committee of three to in
vestigate illiteracy in Nebraska and
to make recommendations to the
legislature on this subject.
Mrs. Paul Perryman of Ord, Is
chairman of the commission- The
committee appointed was: John M.
Matzeus, state superintendent of 1
schools. Lincoln; J. R. Beveridge,
superintendent of schools, Omaha,
and M. C. Lefier, Lincoln, superin
tendent of schools.
TEACH ENGLISH
BY THE RADIO
University of Nebraska Will
Begin Broadcasting in
December
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. ~ (Special)—
The University of Nebraska will be
gin, In December, the use of the
radio as an aid to teaching business
English to a number of persons
within reach of Its broadcasting ap
paratus. Prof. Maurice W'eseen of
the collego of business administra
tion, will broadcast each Thursday
lectures that will cover the con
struction of correct and effective
sentences, the use of letters In In
creasing sales, a study in words that
will include spelling, pronunciation
and use. All radio fans tnay take
as much of these lessons as they
please, but If any of them desire to
gain credit for the work clone they
must register and will then receive
their assignments and examinations
through the mall.
Nebraska is the third college to
make use of the radio in this man
ner.
FORMER FREMONT WOMAN
DIES ON THE COAST
Fremont, Neb., Nov. ' »-Mrs. Lou
ise Tt. Hammond, 58 years old, wife
of Boss L. Hammond, formerly edi
tor of the Fremont Tribune for forty
years, tiled Saturday night In River
side, Cal., according to word received
here tonight. She suffered a stroke
while returning from Pomona with
her husband and daughter, and died
shortly after reaching heme.
FAIL IN THEIR
* JAIL-BREAK ATTEMPT
Nebraska City, Neb., Nov. —Art
Boyd and Dick King, charged with
the robbery of the Missouri Pacific
station at Talmago recently, made
an attempt to escape from jail here.
A hole through the brick celling had
been dug, leading to the office of the
county judge. There was only a
wooden floor between them and es
ca pe.
Loud talking between the two
made Sheriff Itider suspicious and
lie investigated. The m ,n had hid
den bricks on the top of a cage in
an adjoining cell. <
Terribly Injured
By Enraged Bull
Farmer Near Worthington,
Minnesota, Expected
To Recover
Worthington, Minn., Nov. -iSpec
Jal)—G. C. Sevde, a farmer residing
seven miles southeast of Worthington,
was seriously Injured, when an en
raged bull attacked him at the farm.
Mr. Sevde had gone out into the lot
to feed the cattle, and when near a
straw stack the animal made for him,
throwing him over its head and
breaking two ribs and crushing him
badly. It then threw him on to the
straw stack, where he was later found
in a critical condition. In spite of
the serious wounds. Mr. Sevde Is ex
pected by attending physicians to re
cover.
MORE TRAFFIC ON
MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS
Worthington. Mtnn., Nov (Spec
ial)—Road Census figures Tor the
State of Minnesota this year show
a tremendous gain In road use, 1923
figures being mutlplied by five; travel
on the Minnesota trunk highway sys
tem is actually 26 per cent, heavier
this year than any year previous. The
co-called Babcock roads are now car
rying five vehicles where four used
them last year. This big statewide
Increase in travel on the highways
is shaken in detail on the report of
the Minnesota highway department
in a bulletin just issued.
PIPESTONE HAS BIG
PLAY GROUND PROJECT
Pipestone, Minn., Nov. —Active
work will at once be taken up in the
interest of the Pipestone play ground
project, which has been sponsored by
the Pipestone Kiwanis club. Mrs. N.
F. Ohnttetl has been named chairman
of the general committee and a rep
resentative of the Harmon founda
tion fund will soon be here to dis
cuss matters with the local committee.
Already a large amount of play
ground equipment has been purchased
and set up on the public school
grounds here. This city has been
recommended as a participant In the
Harmon fund and If a favorable re
port is made after the visit of the
fund’s representative here, $2,000 will
be available for purchase of property
for play grounds. Several sites will
be submitted for inspection.
NO CLUE TO SLAYER
OF OLD SOLDIER
Marshalltown, la., Nov. —Al
though confronted by numerous bits
of evidence, officers working on the
murder case of Michael Feather
stone. Iowa Falls, member of the sol
diers' home, who disappeared last
week and whose body was found in
a field north of the city, are far from
a solution of the case.
MANY HUNTERS OUT
AFTER THE PHEASANT
Yankton. S. D-, Nov. » vSpeclal) —
Hunters are in the field from day
light to dark in Yankton county
these dfuys, in quest of t.he elusive
pheasant. Varied luck is being re
ported. The birds are plentiful in
some localities , in ethers none are
to be found. Nearly 900 hunting
licenses have been issued hy the
Yankton county treasurer's oXfic*
this year, a new record.
REPORT THEIR
CAMPAIGN COST
Nebraska Candidates Show
Expenses—Defeated Demo
crat Tops List
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. •, (Special)—
Candidates at the last election are
deluging the secretary or state’s of
fice with their expense accounts.
These do not necessarily include any
thing si>ent for personal expenses
subsistence or travel, stationery,
postage, printing or distributing cir
culars, letters, posters, telegraph or
telephone service, the law exempting
these.
J. J. Thomas, democrat, beaten by
Norris for the Senate, tops the list
with a total of $4,463, which includes
his traveling expenses. Of this sum
the Thomas-for-senator club in
Lincoln contributed $1,060 and Na
tional Committeeman Mullen $1,342.
Adam McMullen, republican, suc
cessful candidate for governor, re
ports spending $990, of which $750
represented a contribution to the state
committee. His beaten opponent, J.
N. Norton, reported spending $428.
Others are: H. B. Fleharty, demo
crat, for attorney general, $233; F. L.
Bolien, democrat, railway commis
sioner, $130; George A. Williams, re
publican, lieutenant governor, $115.
TELEPHONE OWNER WANTS
TO INCREASE RATES
Elpcoln, Nob., Nov ' (Special)—
G. A. Salisbury, owner of the Ban
croft Telephone company, has filed
application with- the state railway
commission for permission to in
cease rates so that he may add $1,200
a year to his revenues. He says he
bought the plant a short while ago
and now finds he doesn’t get enough
revenue to make the necessary im
pairs nnd pay interest. He wants to
raise business rates a dollar a month
to $3, and Individual residence and
farm rates 25 cents to $1.75 and
$1.50 a month respectively.
SPECIAL ELECTION
ON DRAINAGE PROJECT
Wakefield, Neb., Nov. ' (Special)
—A special election for the purpose
of voting on the drainage ditch pro
ject in tills locality, will be held here
Novemi 17. The lowlands have
been di. ided into two districts and
the drain, ge of each will be voted on
separately.
CUMINGCOUNTY
WANTS SPEAKER
Cla'ms Northern Part of State
Entitled to That Recog
nition
Idncoln, Neb., Nov. " (Special)—
Allan G. Burke, representative from
Cuming county, Is to be an active
contestant for the republican leader
ship as embodied in the job of
speaker of the house. Mr. Burke Is
being pushed as the representative of
the agricultural interests of the North
Platte country. All of the state of
ficers, with one exception, comes from
south of that river, and it is insisted
that the territory north should re
ceive recognition. Burke is an at
torney, who has been a farmer and
is still the. owner of broad acres.
M. M. Wildman, veteran lawyer
nnd member from York, is another
new man In the speakership contest.
George Staats, of Fremont, is still
another aspirant.
Fred G. Johnson, lieutenant gov
ernor, has announced himself as a
candidate for the place on the board
of control made vacant by the term
ination next July of A. E. Aliyn’s
term.
■ * ■
TRIPP SCHOOLS PRESENT
PATRIOTIC PAGEANT
Tripp, S. D., Nov (Special)—
One of the most pronounced success
es in the form of a t>ublic school en
tertainment was staged at the city
auditorium Monday evening when tlie
pupils of the Tripp schools presented
a pageant entitled “The Expansion
of the United States.”
MRS. ROSS WINS
IN BUTTE COUNTY
Belle Fourche, S. D., Nov
(Special)—After January 1, Butte
county will have two democratic
officials, A. C. Craven, as sheriff,
and Mrs. J. A. Ross, as register of
deeds. Mrs. Ross Is the first woman
ever elected to any but a school office
In this county.
MAURICE, I A., GETS
AN UP-TO-DATE HOTEL
Maurice. Ia., Nov. * (Spoclul)—
Albert J- Verburg, former commerc ial
traveler, has taken charge of Hotel de
Maurice and has made It Into one of
the best hostleries in this part of the
state by the installation of new bed
room furniture, a new furnace, etc.
He counts on his experience on the
road to enable him to supply the com
forts the traveling public demand
and so seldom gets.
PIONEER BRICK MAKER
OF NEBRASKA DEAD
Fremont, Neb., Nov. .—Herman
Waterman, 68 years old, «no in 1874
opened probably the first brick yard
ever established west of Omaha, died
at his home at Hooper. Waterman
came from Germany in 1870, settling
at Fontenelle in Washington county,
which was then regarded one of the
promising towns of the state.
Waterman then went to Scribner,
where l:e established the brick yard
there. He retired a few years ago,
settling at Hooper. A widow and six
children survive him.
STILL HAS EYE
ON PRESIDENCY
Governor of Nebraska to
Keep Up Fight on
Coal Barons
Lincoln, Nob., Nov. ■ (Special.)
■—The announcement *»r Governor
Bryan that he proposes to continue
his coal business after his term ex
pires, on the same lines that he is
running It now, at cost, Is taken by
the politicians as proof positive that
he will run for governor again two
years hence.. The governor, if his
friends size up the situation cor
rectly, intends to run for the dem
ocratic nomination for president
four years hence, and two years
more as governor, the same being
the two years just prior to the
national convention, would fit into
his plans admirably.
The governor has made no secret
of his belief that If he had been
nominated at New York he could
have carried the west and south
and that La Follette would not have
been a contender. He chafed during
the campaign under tho restrictions
of the national committee, which
kept him out of most of the states
during the campaign. He is quite
certain, his friends say, to take a
year or two on the Chautauqua cir
cuit, where he can tell his story of
how he wrestled with the business
profiteers of Nebraska, and thus lay
a foundation for his drive for the
presidency in 1928.
BOARD OF PAROLE
TO MEET TUESDAY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special.)
—The stale board of *trdons and
paroles meets tomorrow to take up
23 applications for release from
state prison. The firs; vase on the
list has a romantic tinge given it
by the fact that Miss Miriam Mit
chell, of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan,
is here to ask for the release of
Hubert Wells, sent up from Hast
ings for forgery of a bank check.
Miss Mitchell is here to tell the
board that if they will parole Wells
to her they will be married at once
and that she feels sure that he will
thereafter walk the straight and
narrow way.
Another applicant is William
Norby of Chadron, serving from one
to seven years for grand larceny.
Ho was one of a crowd that ended
a drinking bout with an automobile
ride. An accident followed in which
l'red Merritt, city water commis
sioner. was killed. Norby, who
worked for Merritt, was convicted
of stealing a costly diamond ring
from his dead body.
ORDERS JOINT RATES
ON SAND SHIPMENTS
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. ' (Special)—
The state railway, commission has
ordered all of the railroads in Ne
braska. afterD ec. 7, to put in effect a
joint rate on sand and gravel not
to exceed a cent a hundred over and
above what they charge for single
line hauls for the same distance.
The railroads have objected to this,
claiming that there are so many
sandpits that a single line haul will
satisfy all of the consumer demand.
The commission holds that this is
true with respect to the ordinary
uses of sand and gravel, but that
there has been a big demand for
these for road work, which calls
for a wider distribution, and that
this demand is large enough to jus«
tify a Joint rate order.
3AILEY HEADS
TEACHER BODY
Mewman Grove Educator
Elected at Norfolk
Convention
Norfoik, Neb., Nov. (Special)—
Supt. R. E. Eailey, of the Newman
Grove schools, was elected president
of the Nebraska State Teachers asso
ciation of the third district for the
year 1925. Other officers elected are:
vice president, Mrs. Alice Hall, of
Madison; secretary, Majorie Fermen
ter, of Pierce; treasurer, A. V. Teed,
of Wayne; executive committee, Con
rad Jacobson, of Wayne.
Twelve members elected to the
delegate assembly are: O. R. Bowen,
of Wayne; Prof. Gulliver, of Wayne;
F. E. Alden, of Pierce; Myrtle Price,
of Albion: Gomer Jones, of Rosalie;
Marjorie Permenter, of Pierce; J. W.
Sahlstrom, of Norfolk; W. S. Cook
and C. E. Mason, of Pilger; Gene
vieve McNicholas, of Tilden.
Norfolk again was choTSen as the
city in which to hold the conven
tion of 1925. It will be held fci the
fall at the same time other district
conferences are held throughout the
state.
EMERSON GIRLS TO
BECOME TRAINED NURSES
Emerson, Neb. Nov. (Special)—
Deciding to be trained nurses, three
young women, Misses Margaret
Bloom, Jessie Long and Frances
Lamp, who graduated from the
Emerson high school in 1922, have
entered the Methodist hospital at
Omaha.
MORE DUTIES IMPOSED
ON BUDGET DIRECTOR
Des Moines, la., Nov. 1 • (I. N. S.)—
Director of the State .Budget E. L.
Hogue finds himself in possession of
more work as a result of an opinion
handed him by Attorn*? General Ben
Gibson, to the effect that the bonus
board, the banking department, the
game warden’s office, in fact, all
trust funds operative in the financial
matters of the state—must be the
subjects of detailed reports as a part
i of the budget law requirements.
Study of Slush Funds Should Include
Huge Sums Used in Indirect Operations
The World has not joined in the outcry about me republican
slush fund, since nothing has been produced in evidence that was
not already fully known to the people. Mark Hanna knew alB
the tricks as well as Chairman Butler knows them. But the work
of the Borah committee will have been well worth while if it leads*
to a serious, intelligent, non-partisan attempt to deal with thes
subject in future.
So many ways by which the present Corrupt Practices acta
can be legally evaded arc known to political lawyers that the for
mal campaign fund of which accounting is made represents but
the smaller part of the actual partisan expenditure. A single,
contributor, Mr. Curtis of Philadelphia, gave $70,000 in republican
advertising that did not go into the formal fund. Money is
raised in the states and used in the national campaign without
accounting. Hundreds of thousands have been spent by con
tributors’ committees directly, so that the national committee bore*
no responsibility. Expenditures can be made far beyond the?
sums in hand, in the safe expectation that the deficit will be made
up after election. And even of sums in good faith received and
properly accounted for, many can be timed so late that comment,
upon them is impossible before election. It is for this reason that
Messrs. Walsh and TJntermyer, of counsel to the committee, recom
mend that funds be closed and finally reported fully two weeksi
before election day.
What is needed now is not talk but action. The committee
counsel urge that measures be devised to control indirect contribu
tions and to prevent the expenditure of money except by respons
ible committees subject to compulsory accounting. A serious,
study of the British system should suggest new safeguards.
The evil to be met is in plain sight and. it is grave. The
financial stakes that may be won for pr/ vate interests in a contest,
like that of this year are so gigantic that enormous and dangerous
campaign funds are certain to be collected, and not sure to be in
nocently used, if means are not devised to check them sharply.
Pungent Paragraphs
Judging by the way some motorists
drive, that “looney gas’’ already is
on sale.—Buffalo Evening News.
Now that Ontario has gone dry
again, enthusiasts are proposing as
Canada’s national hymn “The Camels
are coming, Hurrah! Hurrah!’’—New
York Herald Tribune.
Anything can happen now. French
football team played a German team
in Germany without any damage.—
Sandusky Register.
In looking over the income tax re
turns most of us are interested in
the how-come instead of the income.
—Dallas Journal.
It must be fine to be rich enough
to make leaders of charitable work
content with your moral support.—
Baltimore Sunday Sun.
Henry Ford can build a Ford in
eighteen minutes, but a fool driver
and .a tree can take one apart in
something like one and one-fifth sec
onds.—Nashville Banner.
A night watchman in New York
confessed in court that he stole a
prayer book and a fountain pen. He
may have had the right idea. A lot
of fountain pens should be opened
with prayer.—Detroit News.
The main difficulty about cutting
off the expenses of government is
that practically all the expenses can
vote.—Columbia Record.
It won’t be long now before the
tired business man will have to ex
plain to his wife that he’s late for
dinner because his plane was delayed
by fog off the Greenland coast.—
Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Where the Need Calls.
From the New York World.
Henry Morgenthau, former am
bassador to Turkey, ha^ resigned
fiom the Greek Refugee Settlement
commission, reporting that the work
is well under way and should now
be carried on by a younger man. A
loan of from $30,000,000 to $60,000,
000 has been arranged to aid the
refugees by setting them at work,
chiefly upon the land.
The Turk was well out of Europe,
That was hailed as one result of the
war which everybody else could ap
prove. Then the United States drew
back into its shell of normalcy. Then
Great Britain and France fell out
over Near East policy. Then the
Turk caine back into Europe and
there began that sad shifting of pop
ulations that drove 1,200,000 Greeks
from home and turned Athens from
an overgrown village into a great
modern city, filled with people
clamoring for work. Then American
aid was proffered and eagerly
greeted.
ShoFt-siglited politicians may in
terpret an election that turned upon
very different issues as a pronounce
ment against assisting in the post
war settlements of a distraught
world. It is nothing of the sort. And
where the need calls, Americans as
Individuals can still serve humanity
under the League of Nations.
The Willful Missouri.
From tho Omaha World-Herald.
Everything that Mark Twain said
about the freakish conduct of the
Mississippi river goes double for its
chief tributary, the Missouri. Where
the Mississippi eats up one farm or
cuts one new channel or throws up
one sand bar in the middle of a deep,
swift current the Missouri eats, or
cuts or throws up two.
That is why living by the Missouri
is at the same time both exciting and
aggravating. When one’s happiness
ei.d comfort and means of existence
depend upon the river maintaining
some measure of stability then life
by its side becomes doubly exciting
and aggravating.
Whatever a constant, plentiful
water supply means to a large com
munity of people, the Missouri river
means to Omaha. We drink the Mis
souri. cook our food in it, bathe in
it. wash our clothes in it and irri
gate our pai bed lawns and gardens
with it in mid-summer, if It were
to fail us we should have to move
to some new location or perish of
Astonishing.
From London Opinion.
Two men were trying to outdo each
other with tales of cleverness When
one had finished a remarkable story,
the 'other said:
"Why, that’s nothing. I know a
stone-mason who has only on.e arm."
“Nonsense,” said the first man.
“How does he do the work?”
"Oh, lie holds the chisel between Ids
teetli and hits himself on the back of
the head with the hammer,” wus the
reply. _ _ _
While they are twins, the two baby
girls born recently to a mother of
Ooeur d'Alene. Idaho, will celebrate
their birthdays on different dates, as
oae arrived half an hour before mid
night and the other shortly after mu‘
(tight.
thirst. And that is where the excite
ment and aggravation come in. It i*»
always threatening to fail us, but;
never quite succeeding in getting
away with it. It came near doing
so, when it filled our wrater mains'
with mud, but we took it to a clean
ing that time and it has behaved
fairly decently ever since.
Now the darned river Is threaten
ing to desert us entirely, to go ove*
and visit Iowa for a while and leave
our water plant high and dry with;
nothing to pump but sand. But ii
won’t get away with it. The Missouri;
is big and strong and willful, but
engineering science and skill art
even bigger and stronger and mort
willful. In particular such skill and.'
science are more resourceful. Where
as the river can do nothing but con
tinue its bull-headed attempt to go
its own way, men with engineering
ability have a dozen tricks to pre
vent its doing so. If one doesn’t
work, there is always another in re
serve.
In consequence we haven’t the
slightest fear that the Missouri wilt
be successful in its effort to give us
the go-by. It is right where we want
it up in North Florence now and,
there it will have to stay. But just,
the same the darned river is aggra
vating as a spoiled child.
Future “Blue Sky."
From the Des Moines Register.
"A loan of thirty million dol
lars to the Swedish government
brought the total advances of
American investors to foreign
borrowers this year up to 1 bil
lion, 7 million, 919 thousand dol
lars, the first time that foreign
loans have even approached the
billion-dollar mark for one year.
Bankers say the full year’s
total may reach 1 billion B hund
red million dollars. The Swedish*
loan, in the form of thirty year'
6 1-2 per cent, bonds offered at
99 1-2, is to be used for meeting
in part recent capital expendi
tures of the government.”—Bar
ron’s weekly. ,
It is amazing that the commercial
newspapers are not warning Ameri
can investors against this flood of
foreign securities, which may prove*
fully as exciting as the blue sky in
vestments of the inflation period.
Under ‘‘Current Comment” on this*
page we republish from Barron’s an
item concerning the Belgian debt
Who can read this statement of what
Belgium owes and feel any confi
dence whatever In tho future sta
bility of Belgium finances?
In this regard Belgium is no worse
off than the real. There is just as
sure to be repudiation in Europe ir>
some form as the years are to rolB
around.
The high rates of Interest and the
enormous commissions for the inter
national bankers who are floating'
these bond issues will give enormous;
stimulation to loaning abroad if a.
wtjrning is not sounded.
Courage Conquers All Things.
Arve you compelled to live
With unpleasant associates?
Don't be discouraged,
Unpleasant associates are.-often
A man's greatest blessing;
If he meets them withy'
l.ove and kindly feelh^.
To be moved by passion shows weak
ness.
To be unmoved by passion,
Better still, to ho Its master,
Shows manliness,
And not only manliness, but strength
And not only strength, but freedom.
Have the courage to smile
At your unpleasant associates, for
then,
You are greater than your environ
ment.
To keep one’s temper
With the good and gentle.
Is like smiling in the sunshine.
To keep one’s temper
With the obstinate and disagreeably
Is like laughing at a blizzard,
And shows a man to be
Bigger than his obstacles,
Kven big enough
To rule himself.
—Nina Welles Tibbot, in Boys of
Today.
Guilt.
From London Opinion.
Country Policeman—Name and ad»
dress, please*
Motorist (driving speedster)—What
on earth for? I haven’t been more
than twenty miles an hour tlia whole
day.
Country Policeman—Don’t toll met
With a car shaped like that!
Newspapers in the Dutch East In
dies report that strange creatures, half
man and half animal, are being seer*
by the natives of the Poulou Islands.
Some authorities believe that they
may be the “missing link.” as they
consider them to be the lowest form
of human life, while ethers declara
that they are not men but a species
of rare monkeys. An expedition has
been sent to investigate.