Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 318, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1920 — Page 3

U. S. War Department Would Promote the Reorganization of National Guard

By NBWTON D. BAKER

above, and in order that an organized force may be provided which is suitable and available for the purposes herein touched upon, the attention of all governors and state authorities is invited to the fact that the national •defense act of June 3,1916, is still in force. The war department is in < position to furnish assistance to the National Guard formed under this law, and it is a matter of deep concern to the war department that so little progress has been made in the organization of the National Guard, which is so essential in the handling of internal problems by the state authorities. There appears to be a spirit of antagonism toward the organization ■of this local force, which it is impossible to reconcile with the duty and loyalty .of the citizen's and officers of our state government It is requested that the authorities make a special effort to immediately organize throughout the United States the force known as the National Guard, under the act of June 3, 1916, and that every effort be made to of Antagonism to the National Guard which may be

Spiritually and Ethically the Modem Home Has Largely Disintegrated

By A. E. WEBSTER

• The experience of the year 1919 of the Juvenile Protective association has- demonstrated anew that, fnom a spiritual and ethical point of view, modern home has largely disintegrated. This is due to the industrial resolution, which has taken the industrial processes out of the hojpe into the? factories, and which has called not only the fathers but in many instances the mothers and the children themselves out of the home into a manufacturing plant. - - It is due also to the decline of the external authority which has been witnessed in the church, in politics and in the home itself, so that no longer is* there that rigid discipline and authority which used to be noticed in the American family. , It is due also to the Americanization of the child of foreign-born parents, which has created a chasm between the child, with his American training, and his parents, with their European traditions, ideals and background, and which, in many cases, results in the development of contempt on the part of the child toward his/parents. It is too, to poverty and bad housing. It may be due to the economic emancipation of women. T ~

Broad General Principle of Equality of Opportunity and a Fair Start

By STEPHEN LEACOCK,

AU the world today is thinking of one ahd the same thing, the new social unrest. As the echoes of the war away,- the sound of a new conflict rises on the ear. The industrial world is filled with agitation. What does it all mean ? Is the light in the sky the dawn of a brighter ot is the glare that precedes the eruption of the volcano. The main aim of the writer is to estimate what is and what is not possible in social reform. The Utopia of the socialist he dismisses as a \ beautiful dream, impossible of realization in the world in which we live. But he repudiates as equally impossible for the future the worn-out doctrine of every man for himself. The syndicated and the bolshevik the writer designates as the man with the bomb, threatening the disruption of The point of view taken leads toward the conclusion that the safety of the future lies in a progressive movement of social control, alleviating at least the misery it cannot obliterate, and based upon the broad general „ principle of equality of opportunity and a fair start. The chief immediate opportunities for social betterment, as the waiter sees them, lie in the attempt to give every human being in childhood “adequate food, clothing, education, and opportunity. This will prove the beginning of many ijyngs. k ■ - , _ ■ -

"Have the British People Gone Mad Over Tobacco and Over Smoking?”

By R. P. MONCRIEFF

The nation that smokes perishes. In the year 1917 the British people smoked pounds of tobacco, costing the smokers approximately $497,690,000. Pipes and other appliances came to $22,684,000, making a total for the year of more than $520,000,000. z . The following year the amount increased to 164,838,800 pounds smoked, vaiued.at $668,765,500, with pipes and appliances costing $23,ann g - tt.. n th. future generation? The querj\ J awerri by th. Ute Sir W. * * formed be trained to the early practice of smoking t 'J a ia, • . flvmaTonftv am/)

> In the present disturbed condition of the country there will doubtless arise, as there has in the past, the necessity for the use of organized force in the protection, and the maintenance of law and order. Our Constitution contemplates the use of federal forces for local or state purposes only when all other forces of the locality or state have been exhausted or have been found insufficient to meet the emergency,©* when it is evident that such pleasures will prove inad- . equate.?, Then, arid then only, should federal forces be called upon to hindle the situation. In view of the

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DIRE PLAGUE TOLL

Tuberculosis Responsible for Immense Death List. / ; ~ Country ToAsyrHHow It May •IjU; Ba CotnbAtecL ——— What if the gravest menace to the lives, health and prosperity of the American people today? Ask riils Question of a dozen Amerllon or personal hobbles or the individuals. Always providing, of course, that the group contains no physicians. For'the correct answer, such as any medical man can establish by incontrovertible figures, is: Tuberculosis. £, ■

; In 1918 tuberculosis killed 150.000 persons in the United States, Probably 1919 has claimed more, mther than less lives, for somewhat belated results of the strain of military service among men and the exertions of war work among women are already beginning to become, apparent In the development of tuberculosis among persons In whom the-bacilli had perhaps long been dormant. The loss to the United States, In life and labor, during one year hak been estimated at $500,000,000 from tuberculosis alone. During the present year the Ibsis will unquestionably be larger, unless something is done on a greater scale than ever before to stay the progress of this disease,’ which I* both preventable and curable. Yet for even person who, dies from tuberculosis there are eight persons who have the disease, whether or not they are aware of the fact. On this basis It has been estimated that not less than 1,000,000 persons, and probably more than 1,200,000, have tuberculosis in this country at the present time. ' In a. larger sense, moreover, every precaution taken against tuberculosis reduces the danger from all ether diseases and makes for the health and happiness of everybody. For the fight against tuberculosis is a fight for improved housing and working conditions, for higher standard of personal hygiene, for proper rest, good food, fresh air and, sunshine available to all. These conditions have been established as the most effective preventive of the disease. i

The fight against tuberculous, has been carried on in 'an organized form In this country since 1895. Today no less than 1.000 state and local societies are affiliated with the United States Tuberculosis association, which was founded In 1904. As a result of this co-ordinated work it Is estimated that there has. been an average saving of 30,000 lives annually in this country—* lives which would otherwise have been sacrificed to the White Plague. The great problem in tuberculosis Is to keep the germ from the child. All of us are bom free of tuberculosis, no matter whether our parents had it or not Those. of us who are afflicted with tuberculosis have acquired It—have taken the bacilli into our bodies —at. some time after birth. , The problem Is simple, for if every person afflicted with tuberculosis were kware of the fact—which most of them are If he would obey the simple rules against the distribution of the bacilli by careless spiting or coughing, the most common method of producing new cases of - Infection would be stopped at the source. Wllh new cases almost Ruminated, the existing cases could be treated by. the tried and proven formula of good food, sunlight, fresh, air and rest, with.,the assurance that the vast majority of these cases would be cured or arrested. Yet simple as the problem is, It is multiplied to gigantic proportions by; the million or csore P«r cent of the population of the country*' properly classified as afflicted with tuberculosis only the most widespread and Intensive education can serve to nlake headway against the disease.

Soldier Botanist in Macedonia.

During the occupation of Salonlca by the allies a private id the Twentyeighth division, William B. Turrlll, found opportunities to gather and dry wild flowers from Macedonia and to collect their seeds for Kew gardens, England. Being a member of the expert staff dffhe he had sufficient experience to carry out what mjust havl been, in the circumstances, a fairly difficult enterprise. Macedonia has been very little explored botanically and Mr. Turrlll’s collections' form an important addition to Q>e knowledge of its flora. One of his discoveries was a Silene which was entirely new. No less than 60 packets of seeds he managed to collect When It Is remembered that some were secured when his unit was actually under fire It will be seen they testify in no small degree to his devotldHT* ’

Money in Alligator Farm.

There Is much money to be made tn alligator farming. The demand for alligators is large, constant and rap.idly increasing; the supply Is limited and there is not much competition. The few alligator farmers in America are prospering, Alligators have to be no food y 1, for this is 1 n. when tney ator skins are

ASK PA ASKITT; HE KNOWS

Just tor instance, He Tells Little Tern, my All Abeut|the Death of Julius Caesar. •Ma. who was Julius Caesar?” asked Tommy Askltt. “Oh, Julius. As far as I know, Thomas—of course. I’m not nearly as learned as your father—but I am very sure Julius Caesar a brother or uncle to Nero—maybeuhi* son. Anyway, as ■thpy both ruled , over Rome, theyjaust have, been some relation. Julius was a great fighter. He. —” “Dead wrong, Mrs. Askltt,” Interrupted pa, who bad been quietly.reading -before, but loiuldn’t .-let' a chance ..pass without lording hls,.. superior .knowledge over bis wife and sou, since ,b|Qme was theqnly place be. could get away with it 7 you’re dead wrong. Why ffidn’t-you ask. me, Thomas? You come ,to, jne hereafter,, when you want to ■ know anything, difficult and particular. Your mother aays that Juliuszwas a relation of Nero’s. Why, Julius never , saw Nero and—” “But couldn’t be be a relation Without seeing him? I never saw grandfather, but I’m a—” , * “No, he couldn’t 1” snapped pa. “Furthermore. Julius was not a great fighter. He was wqman-crazy, that’s what . he was. ‘

’.“Julius was a-:—er—a great—er — senator until he met, like all good men do” (there he glanced meaningly at ina) “a woman on whom he showers Jewels, gold, silver, eau de cologne, rocks, blows —everything! And then she treats him like a dog in the end. They’re all alike, and poor JUlie, although a senator, was no different from the rest. “One day his good friend Brutus whispered, . ‘Jule, beware of Ida March!’ (That was the woman’s pamq.) But Julie didn't pay any attention to Brutus’ .warning andthat night they both went to Ida’s house. They had some dumplings; he fell over tn a fit. 'Brutus jumped over-to him and just heard hls last words: ‘Et two. Brute!’ and then he expired. “I’m glad I didn’t eat any,” said Brutus. , “But pa. what did Julius call him a •brute’ for?” asked Tommy. “I don’t know, Thomas. He died before he could explain.”—Detroit Free Press. .

Japanese Shrewdness.

Z An interesting illustration of Japanese shrewdness, which a Connecticut Yankee nrtght envy, was given hi a deal In copper. The war caused an extraordinary demand for this metal, and sent the price soaring. The coin still In common circulation In China is the copper “cash,” about the size of an English penny, and so small In value that a gold dpllar will buy anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 of them, according to the rate of exchange. In my travels in the interior of China I had to have, an extra donkey to carry the cash needed for my party. The copper cash in the province of Shantung alone would weigh nearly 50,000 tons. To buy these cash of the Chinese and sell them to the Europeans, 'who, peeded the copper for shells, would yield t a handsome profit The Japanese proceeded to do it. The Manchuria Daily N.ews reported that In a single year the purchases amounted to 25.600 tots and that the transaction was completed at a profit of 2,167,000 yen (sl,083,500).—Asia Magazine.

Says “Shimmy” Is Old Dance.

The shimmy is 400 years old, this “modern” dance having been done back In, the sixteenth century, says. Prof. Louis Kretlow of Chicago, who has taught dancing for 63 years. He 'says many other of the modern dances haven’t really changed since the monk, Thpinot Arbeau, wrote a book, about them In 1588. They were the same and the positions of the dancers idea-' ttoai with those of the present day. Arbeau knew the shimmy, but called It “The Death Dance.” . Professor Kretlow, who was born tn 1845, was teaching the latest steps when Milwaukee was a trading post. It was mostly the reel and the jig at that time, and In the most exciting sets the gentleman touched only his partner’s finger tips. It was the day of the pantalette and hdopsklrt.

Made London Laugh.

I was working in American headquarters in, London in March, 1919. AS ; we were quartered on the opposite side of the city, we had quite a little ride or walk to where we worked. I arose, one morning gather late and rushed off half cocked to work. On the way I noticed that every one around me was smiling, some actually laughing. Imagine my when in the busiest street, at Trafalgar square, to have a major touch, me on the shoulder and call my attention to the fact that I had neglected to put on my leather leggings, which left about two inches of white sock and two inches of equally white underclothes between the shoe? and trouser legs. Believe me, it did not take me long to climb tn « taxi and get back to my lodging house.—Exchange. l—"A '

The Case stated.

>-*The young heiress "ta taking « course of domestic science. An* yet with all her money she doesn’t hare to be a good breadmaker” “No,she doesn’t have to, btjt She fta»eads to be” jj

Started Wrong

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TALES FROM BIG CITIES.

Whatever <e Animal Is the Dogs Don’tlAe It WINONA, MINN.--Roaming to the wooded land where it evidently has a hidden place in which to hibernate is a large, strange animal, so ferocious that it has caused men ordinarily frightened at nothing to flee to great fear

at the sight of the beast, according to advices from Pickwick, to the lower end of Winona county. So aroused over the reports have the residents there become that the woods three miles south of Pickwick at the upper end of Big Trout valley are likely to be invaded by a force of armed men determined to rid the community of the invader. ReportS'of seeing the beast have persisted for several weeks. What it

is none who has seen it oan say. The .; . most reliable information thus far Is said to hate been gained from Carl Nelson, a farmer residing on the edge of the infested woods. Nelson swears he saw the beast plainly and that it was light gray In color, striped and about as large as a yearling calf. David Huffors, a retired merchant, went into the woods with two good hunting dogs and a high-powered rifle. Several miles below Pickwick his dogs picked up a trail. They followed it to a heavily wooded place which backs into ft Focky Che dogs began to bay, then suddenly broke and fled to their master, tails between their legs. Huffors turned around, and went home. He said be didn’t see the animal—didn’t even have a desire to see IL The fear of the dogs satisfied him, he said. Others who have sent dogs on the trail of the beast declare that they become greatly excited when the trail is first picked up, but after following it for some distance break for home, displaying unusual fear. Farmers around Pickwick believe the animal escaped from a circus, has worked its way to the Mississippi river and is unable to cross IL f .r * Life Burdensome to This Woman Typhoid Carrier CHICAGO.— This .city has a woman typhoid carrier, whose story is a tragedy. Her name is suppressed by the health department. She has been isolated for the safety of the public. She has tried to kill herself and has to be watched. “If I die my crippled husband will

my son and his family, because that might endanger little children. I never felt better In my life, but the tragedy of being deprived of the only way I have of making a living at my age, with none who can give me anything is too much for me. “We have been paying for our home on time. It is about half, paid for. We will have to lose that. , - < »' “If I had anything to do with my becoming a typhoid carrier, T could understand this punishment. But I had typhoid 14 years, ago. 1 can’t believe I am a menace to the community. “We used to be well off, but speculated and lost what we had. My husband being a cripple, I had to do some kind of work to keep going, so I took boarders. “It seems cruel that the city can take away our only means of support, - forbids us to be elose to .those we love, and gives us nothing in return.” jggjg Doctor Bundesen* says that Chicago now has the lowest typhoid rate to the country; that there is but one way to keep it down; that the carriers must be kept away from other persons. Last yearithe Chicago death rate to typhoid awes was 1.4 per 100,000. ‘ * '•* 7 '' L I ' r / — ■*■■■ ‘ - —-"v ' Have Greenwich Villagers Nevgr Read “Lazarre?” New YORK.—Did Louis XVH, the famous Dauphin of France, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, survive the cruelties inflicted upon him when he was a prisoner in the temple in Paris? And was the Dauphin brought to

New York incognito, here to grow to manhood and marry a New York woman of social position? There has long been a tradition that the last king of France, “the king who never reigned,” lived in a fine residence just north of Judson park, .that he died and was buried in a vault in St. John’s burial . ground. *'' .. vk-J;", . - In 1795 there arrived in New York from Europe a ‘man of distinguished appearance, accompanied by a vener-

able French abbe and a boy of ten or _ .4 eleven years. The younger of the two men selected and* bought a nne estaje in Greenwich village. The boy was known as Louis Leroy. The boy, according to the tradition, was Louis XVII and the guardian Count Axel Ferwr When Louis Leroy (le roi) grew up be took his place in New xorr society. He married a New York society woman and founded a family. Apparently the Greenwich villagers never read Mrs. Catherwood’s “Lazarre which is interesting enough to be true. 1 _„ nn a When he died his body was placed in a vault in St. John s burrni grouno. The vault bore the single word “Leroy,’' surmounted by a dolphin carved la the stone. When the city made a park of the burial ground, some old residents of that neighborhood went into the Leroy vault They reported that t|e coffin in the vault showed traces of what had no doubt at one time been en|pele<| fleur-de-11s and that it bore the name Louis. - — College Professor and Skipper of a Joy Chariot? • ' • T5 —~ tfLWAUKKE.— Was Prof. Donald <3. ofthe University ofW’lscotsin scholar, erudite essayist «rfrl friends In a the rest of the time “Skipper Armstrong, who came for his a

pearance of Professor Keister some time ago, with the subsequent storym he was a victim of the dread malady of forget fulness, aphas a, caine sen reports that he had been injured ip an automobile accident; that ne■naama $25,000 In securities which he took with him when he na lost the new automobile in which b« hadtoft „ , a On Thursday, November 22, according to his own story, Prose left Milwuakee intending to auto to Pittsburgh and Mount wa father, said to be a wealthy minister, and hfe mother his wife, Edith Morrison Keister, Uvea at Mount Pteawnt. , • Nothing more was heard from him until recently ni»au.Qruey !«« from tte prolwsor walked Into Ma attonWa law oftea la MM and crtodt 80 they are tooting for Mian Meyers to find out what ahe'>4to«*i- JI — - ——- —' ‘ . * iS < “ -7.*. - .» • WB

have SI,OOO life insurance,” she said, her voice iquavering, “and that’s better than nothing. “I have been making S3O a week keeping boarders, and now they show me a list of persons, some of whom lived at my house, and tell me I was the cause of their illness, of bringing some of them close to death. So 1 can’t keep boarders any more. I don’t know what I can do. I can’t live with

green touring car and had the reputation of being the best of. “good fallows?” ’• * This seems to be the only available of the mysterioung disappearance and equally mysterious * return of the professor, and the explanation of his Jekyll-Hydteh adventures brings into the case theaam^ of MM May Meyers, pretty stenographer and former coworker of the professor and\ • Following the mysterious map*