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THEsIXDIAXAPOLIS NEWS, THUESDAT, OCTOBEB 14, 1920.

NEWS

•uppTM* it. Watson is not charged with complicity in the gin burnings 1 hot he Is partly responsible for the

the rnirf c * lfMj * fc teasooing back of them. It

Is not surprising that people who

Itiate Watson for the senate to the torth to make a rket for their prod act*.

imperatiTe needs of the country. The suggestion in-rites serious consideration because of its slsapUetty and its fundamental soundness.

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riders constitrite another phase of the south's restlessness The negro - uprising in Arkansas, in which hundreds of negroes participated under

^ the leadership of fanatics, believing

j that they cos id seise the state

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bryofwi the thud the Kibe sOdcd to shore Ml emu six omsshs. S8 «•»<*■: three months. 16 cents; one mamth. d eeeu - one weak, ft «wts ULIU& gOTTIOh * > 00 A TEAK. A ibecription* must be pwd tor tm rnfirmm. Aii tnstructione to b* Hb-^ire as to ehssmes ef sddrese or mnter* lo «top Tbs Eewe ebseld rsr the teiepbcme.

frr THE AfteOCfATBD ITIB? Press is e*.<duweetr mUt

of aft news d

lied to it, sad smH othsrw | •e this psper, and alee to tbs looal

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• 7flirt" LKAVM arguing that, while they isiU ibi*" lesgue, they are is r»* sort of association ef take its place. This, as out, is the posting lie and other them former OorIona, and our own are every day de« vnnunt, snd foiling Wilt never do. Tel league ha* opit can not be ikeshift to meet Itiai politicians, its defects is ientaUUet created itself, The t nlted Ith reservation* as and he welcomed ius« of it* fsolativ« 'believe aii pariios to come to ti»l# for the preso! our rconomie welfare and oppose the league now at far a* any one ran see. to any form of association that be in any way helpful, point ran not be mads too ty. Here is a great organ!already In esletencs and nt and the question for the in people is whether they loin it. Those who oppose Joinit most be understood as opposheme of effective inter- - operation lt» the inter- „ has made thle luminously dear r times. It is our obilgaoiher nsttons,

I we core to part;«lpate only presently possible

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>ul<i the su ions be free

who

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trying. The Constitution of the l f nUsd Weirs, Which was bitterly #aa also an experiment yet worked, and #• are all proud We balieee that America should to into the league, and are convinced that it la tba only hope. It ia a question, not of ••ibis’* league or some other, but of “this*' league or I nope at all, HCaOQUi AND POLITIC*} The Indianapolis school board s resolution calling attention to its retablinked rule against employee of the | board taking part in partisan politics is well timed. Charles I* Berry, author of the resolution, reported rumors that “activities of a reprehensinature** might be found in the department of the superintendent of itdlags and grounds, This departsat baa been a storm center for rchool board troubles during recent

luppths.

the resolution adopted by the beard, and based on its rule that employes must give up active political work, ©alls upon the heads of departments to inform the board of 4ny violations of the rule. EJvery employe is wieolared to be in doty bound to report In writing to V*e neerotary of the hoard any Infractions of the board’s »egulations In this renpect. Immunity Is promised informers and, moreover. the hoard promises to stand behind nil such employes as inform on

others.

As the resolution spsaks in gett♦ral terms of employes it is taken to melude teachers as well as super!nients of departments. Janitors and others. The theory of the school system is that it is for the benefit of ell the people regardless of their political beliefs. In theory, at least, the school board is out of politics, and should *t all times hold itself aloof from partisan activities. Employes should observe the same regulations. No attempt N has been made to prevent teachers or other employes of the board from registering and casting their votes on election day, but It is felt that If they do their full duty to the schools they will have no time to be active partisans.

BUSINESS BY tOECB These southern cotton grower* who ere spending their evenings burning cotton grins whose owners pay less for cotton than the planters believe to be n fair prtce are extremely shertsigkted. Their ides of the eotsa market is that it ends at the gin. - y burning a tew gins, according to thi* line of reasoning, they will torrerise the local cotton buyers, who Will close their doors and somehow or other cause the price to rtso again 40 cents a pound or better. »rgia see me to be the center of ,g n burning orgy, Georgia which *nt!y nominated Tom Watson for •d States senate. Watson has icbing regulation*hy violence to the people of Georgia that have come to believe during the war his so violently seditious

famment was compelled to

j TBE GOVERNOR ON COAL

; Responsibility for the law creating

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at the door of the coal operators in a speech Governor Goodrich made at Leopold yesterday. Subsequent actions of the operators, he said, "have settled beyond all goesUon the fact that neither the coal operators nor any other group of men can safely be intrusted to deal fairly with the public when the fixing of prices is left entirely In their hands, as is the price

of coal at the present time. ’ The Governor charged that some

mining companies, for the purpose of avoiding federal taxes had padded their payrolls and were now charging sauries of Uft.Ott and against real production costs when the same men who now draw these salaries formerly wens content with S*,«»0 or fib 000 **i don't think Penns or ary one else connected with the Operators' Association wants the inside facts laid before the people of the •tat#, the Governor added Con i inn-

iUf. he said.

much as the Bolshevist* seised Russia, was born of the same kind of thinking. The southern lynching* are also manisfestations of an imperfect appreciation of civilisation as exempliAod in this country. These outbursts are not dangerous to tbe country, but they are s burden to tho sooth and a challenge to southern leaders of conservative views and sound

strength.

* AMERICA AMD HAITI

la a letter from General , Barnett, former * ommander ef ttu» marine corps, to Colonel John vt RuseelL. commanding officer of the marines

serving in Msiti. is this.

PmettraJly indiscriminate killing ef native# In Haiti ha* gone on for some time. I was shocked beyond expression to hear of sneft things and to knew that It was st all poombte that duty possibly Could be performed so bsdly by marines ef any class. ' This letUr was prompted by evidence brought forward at the courtmartial of two marlnee charged with the illegal execution of Hatties bandits. General Barnett ordered an investigation of the most thorough character, which has since been made. The finding has been in tbe hands of Becretnrr Cmniels since last March. It ought to be made public, and. of course, tbe guilty men —if there are any —should be punished. The la | vestigat ton was approved by formsr Secretary of Plate Massing, as' of rourae. by the navy dspartmcr 4 could not have been undertake*, o* far as official reports go, as give* by General Barnett, they show that the S,Sftfi limitless killed were is armed opposition to the government of the island. These could hardly hava been included In the “indIncriminate killings,*' of which the general speaks, and by which he was so greatly

shocked.

Without more facts, opinion may be withheld hut the people are entitled to the fbllost information on tbs subject. The case is one that qsHs far publicity. Without It there are almost certain to be abuses, aad of the meat serisus character. Even the American marines, fins as Is tbstr discipline, can net safely be trusted with absolute power over s helpless and backward people. The Instructions Of General Barnett covered the ground, and they have, it Is to be presumed, been followed: I want personal instructions sent to every officer and noncommissioned officer, both with the marines and tbs gendarmerie that conditions shown by the evidence ia the trial of tha privates above referred to must be corrected aad that such action can not be tolesated for n moment. I want every ease thoroughly sifted and the guilty parties brought to iustloe. I think this is the most startling thing of its kind that has ever taken place In the marine corps, and

wedge of pie can he eatsa without Its flavor being embittered by the check. The pie of commerce la not. of course, the pie that mother used to make. It is hardly a poor relation. But the days of mother's pie are gone to,, come no more; and the pie of commerce is better than no pie, so it is accepted and paid for; paid more for than seems just, as we are hurdling toward normalcy. If the orators want to win the pie-eaters' ▼ote. let them explain the situation, let them forecast whea and how apple pie is to be had for S cents and other more pretentious pies for proportionate prices, not neglecting to gtre seme attention to the common demand for an increase la the aise ef the piece.

If the operators, as Peana indicates,

want to pursue the same public-be-damned policy that brought the liquor urea in the control of other business to protect the people from extortion, the responsibility H** with them. The commission has shown n disposition to deal fairly with tbe operators fo the adjustment of this matter. They only want coal for tbe people of Indiana at a fair price. This they intend to have if there is power vested In them under tbe law to require

the operators to furnish the coal. Tho Governor spoke pf the oper-

ators' complaint that too much pob-

*lty had been given their affairs.

Knxieosa is no longer conducted under ©over. If the production cents •f operating coal ainos are legitimate. the operators should be glad of the opportunity to publish their costs. This should prove their caoe and show the people that the price* fixed by the commiseion are too low. Instead, the'* attitude ef the operators has been against publicity, against is vest! gat ton, against regulation, against everything the commission hs* tried to do. Governor Goodrich and members of his family have been financially interested la coal mining properties aad it may be assumed that he spoke with full knowledge of the facts, and he certainly spoxo against what must be suppose i to

be the interest of his friend*.

I don't want anything of the t^nd to

happen again. . • >, ^ *

The reftults of the investigation, ought by all moans to be made public. The good name of tho marine corps and of the American people ns well la at stake. There la always great danger that troops engaged in such service become demoralised. It Is a service that calls for tho highest degree of self-restraint In the face of provoeaAon. The American people will be sorry to tears that there has been, on the part of the marine*, any such failure as that spoken of by General Barnett. But If the™ has

been, they want to knew It.

TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE According to a statement issued by A. I*. Smith, presideht of the New Tortc Central Uses, In the four weeks ending August t«. the railroads of the United States loaded M6AIS2 oars, the greatest number ever loaded In a like period in thq history of the country. This achievement is the source of satisfaction to the roads. U shows that they are responding to the demand for increased transportation facilities to the full extent of their equipment. But the really significant fact is that in spit* of this record, there la still a shortage of railroad freight transportation facilities. Shippers are asking for cars and more car*, and the roads are unable to meet who demand. Rail transportation is the life of the industrial and mereantil# nation. Congress has expressed the views of the people in reiterating Its policy "tp foster and preserve ia full vigor both rail aad water transportation.** The railroads are hampered In their efforts to finance needed terminal improvements and additions to their rolling stock by the present comparatively poor return on railroad securities. Tet it la necessary that the roads shall grow to meet the demands of the country. The alternative is that the country will be beid back to the rate growth of the railroads. Inasmuch as business life is directly affected by the service that the roads are able to give, their growth is peculiarly a business problem. Mr. Smith, in an article in the New York Tribune, advances the suggestion that business men look into the question of buying railroad securities as a means of insuring transportation. He argues that since they Insure against loss by fire, theft, cyclone aad other hindrances to business continuity, it is only reasonable to believe that as a kind of transportation Insurance they should be willing to help finance the railroads by investing surplus funds In railroad securities, which are rated high as conservative investments. In this way, he contends, they will become partners in an enterprise which ia an essential Una in the business of the country, nod as partners they will be interested in doing what they can to help build up tke roads to meet tha

EASY DIVORCES Judge Moll has called attantion. la a communication to The News, to a divorce case trial at Jeffersonville in which — if the circumstances have been reported correctly — there seems little doubt that the law was violated. The statute providing that no divorce case should be called, for trial until sixty days after the complaint was filed, was aimed at two evils. The first was collusion, the result of which was the filing of a divorce complaint, waiver of defense, a hurried trial aad the granting of the decree. Investigation showed thav subsequent to many such trials the person to whom a decree was granted remarried either the same day or within a few days thereafter. The second evil was 111 considered action on the part of the plaintiff in divorce actions. Many divorce cases la Indiana are not brought to trial for the reason that they resulted from quarrels, misunderstandings or tfte abrupt decision that husband and wife could not live together. Sixty days’ wait before presenting evidence to the court has resulted many times in the suits be-

ing dismissed.

Another matter- to which Jndg* Moll calls attention is the duty of the prosecuting attorneys ia Indiana with relation to divorce suits. In gnaay communities those duties are performed In a perfunctory manner. The law provides that where a complaint for divorce Is filed, the preoeeuUng attorney shall defend if no ether defense is made. A summons must be Issued for the defendant and an effort made to have him or her in court to testily. A small fee is given the prosecutor for such appearances. Often he makes no effort to find the defendant, asks few if any questions of the plaintiff and plaintiff's witnesses and makes a farce of the obligations the law imposes upon him.

The resignation of Ban W. Simms, special assistant attorney-general of the United States In the prosecution of the ease of the government against the coal operators and officers of the mine workers accused of conspiracy, will cause a general pricking up of the ears on the part of the public. Mr. Simms in politics is a Democrat, and presumably therefore not antiadministration. but above that he is Ja lawyer, and was chosen as such. Now he receives a mysterious letter from Attorney-General Palmer, which gives instructions as to how the cave in court i^ to be conducted. Mr. Simms immediately resigns and says that the attorney-general has "cut the heart out of tb* case.’* He says further that he has no knowledge of an "uader8tanding ,> that AttorneyGeneral Palmer refers to. Evidently here is a case in which the public would be glad to know more. The Atlantic City Judge whofbel._ve* failure to read the newspapers should be a cause for divorce probably realises, also, .that those who fail to read the papers are divorced from all the bargains. Having warned employes to keep ont of polities, the Indianapolis school board doubtless Is witling to

set the example.

Maybe those "armed bandits’* in Haiti oome under the general military classification of live targets. The most surprising thing about the Chicago whisky ring is the length of time it took to discover It

THE PIE UNIT OF VALUE No matter what the political orators say, whether they are spouting the faith that is in them or reciting according to board-of-strat*gy specifications. normalcy will still be in the distance until lunchroom pie is what it used to be. Apple pie —with fresh, canned or evaporated filling — may be regarded as the unit of pie value. Before the war, when not so many pieces were cut from the pie as it came from the oven as now. lunchroom apple pie sold for I cents Now the price is generally 1ft cent* for an ungenerous piece, or Iftft per cent, advance. Other pie prices have risen In proportion. Mince, cherry — whether in season or out. fresh or canned fruit — and some other plea perhaps on account of their appearance or reputation, used to sell at from T to 1ft cents Now they are 16 cents — or wane. Liberty bonds are below par. but pie ia above it, and until there is a return to par in both instances normalcy will b* something to he looked for with binoculars. Cafeterias are crowded, for people must eat, aad most of'them must eat as economically as possible. But what chance does economy, and the hope of a new pair of shoos for the winter, stand when pie, a dally necessity for the hardworking man and woman, is quoted at something like Iftft per cent, above par? ■' - : There is scarcely a doubt that moat of the plain people would like to hear less about the leagonationa the tariff, campaign fund* and such academic prattle, and have some definite information about pie-for-lunch. What they want to know is when a

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POLITICAL TRAILERS

Having a politician of one faith trail one of another faith Is not a new political move but the system has been brought to s higher state of development fa the present campaign. The ufilmtnr must go back to ffba Lincoln-Douglas days for real political debates. Nowadays the candidate* travel at a high rate of speed, expounding their own doctrines and letting the other side work out its own method of attack or defease. Tbe Democrats are suspected of the belief that the name of Roosevelt would have some weight with former Progressives. Franklin D. Roosevelt, their candidate for Vice-President, swung through the west, preaching a Progressive doctrine. Theodor* Roosevelt Jr, was sent to trail him. Senator Johnson, once a Progressive, is attacking the league of nations whenever he speaks To follow on bis trail the Democrats have chosen Francis J. Heney. former Progressive, gnd also a ~ fighting Californian. Women speakers sre being sent to trail other women speak era An Irishman who favors the league is trailed by another who denounces it. The Republicans, in their effort to reconcile members of the party to the league positions assumed by Senator Harding are trailing their own speakers. Senator Borah has been assigned to Indiana for two day*. It may he that he is trailing Herbert Hoover, who declared that America must Join a league of nations. Borah will denounce the present league and advocate splendid isolation. Trailing Senator Borah will be William H. Taft, who is in favor of the league.

Reduction of the price of coal from $1 to $2 a ton by Chicago dealers might be used by Indiana operators as an additional reason why the Indiana commission should allow high-

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there's no real reason why your

heart’s desire should not make plate of fudge occasionally.

One of the sad things about every political c&mapaign is that the fellow who always is demanding to know this or that hardly ever finds anybody • who will pay any attention to him. — Judging by Brigadier - General George Barnett’s report on the work of the American marines in Haiti, the surviving armed bandits in Haitian territory policed by the marines might as well look up the immigration rules in Mexico. The intimation that Chicago is the base of a considerable traffic in liquor no doubt came as a complete surprise to Mayor Thompson and the federal prohibitioa agents.

The coal men’s argument that if the coal business is subject to fixed prices, all other business should be subjected to the same treatment, is probably based upon their conviction that the coal business has recently been conducted solely with a view to delivering plenty of coal at a reasonable price. The Polish-Red armistice does not become effective till Monday, giving the Poles time to dispose of a few Reds who have been particularly annoying. ______ When retail dealers are able to obtain a normal supply of coal competition between them always has and will now prevent any unfair retail profits. — Frederick E. Matson, attorney for the Indiana Retail Coal Merchants’ Association. And yet the day of the little green cards is not so far in the past. . The Governor’s experience in the coal business makes what he says about the padded accounts of coal companies and the salaries of some of their officials especially interesting, and more convincing than such things usually are. But he’ll norer make the coal men believe 'em. Nor does Governor Coolidge neglect to call it the “Wilson league." ■ The people have been rather indifferent to toe coal men’s notions daring the recent pleasant weather, but when the predicted cold wave comes they are likely to take more interest is the situation.

Sick Europe and Harding

ffisrisqfielii Bepcbbcsai

Mr. Borah had cause to be pleased with Mr. Harding's Dec Moines speech. It is not surprising that Hiram Johnsons eastern tour was announced immediately after the

De# Moines speech

De* Moines witnessed the Republican candidate’s substantial identifi-

_ “WATCH YOUR CIDER,” WARNING OF INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU

cation with the irreconci ImMea. These were Mr. Harding's words;

I 4» not warn to eter

X went to mm my back an them. It I* tmerpntatam but refeetiaa that I

for. • T * *—»• tfo*** 0 **- w

. it 1* that he favor*

the Pam teaxue and I favor

unpjeie league Pieds* is with

It Is impossible to Interpret this

utterance other than as a complete

arvd final repudiation of the of nations and as a definite p not to enter it or do business S

it- A* the same time, Mr. Harding is to be understood as favoring the creation of a new association which he fs unable U> outline but which win have the “united" support of

African people.

Considered as a project in statesmanship. the Hard.ng program is wild and reckless, and not conserve

five, because it adopt* the method of the radical, the revolutionist, in destroying what already exists for the sake of “clearing the ground" and building something new that is unrelated to the achievement of the

past.

There is a league of nations in existence to which forty or more nations belong. Even if it is Still suffering from an arrested development, it ia necessary to remember that the peace of Versailles is haded upon it. that It Is intertwined with almost every great compromise of the treaty, and that all the progress the world has made for eighteen months toward reorganisation is identified with it. To ask Europe to dissolve thte league is to ask Europe to dissolve every primary arrangement that has thus far been given the' sanction of law. for the Versailles treaty—whatever may be said in criticism of it—is now the public law of Europe Mr. Harding's conception of the present political and economic structure of Europe is that it is an empty house that can be torn down and easily replaced by another one. Even were the comparison sound, It might be said that the European house is not empty, that it teema with human life which might perish in the wreckage. But the absurdity of such s conception is apparent. The European system is organic, it has to do with If 8 !.J X>p ®l* t . iona • and ** composed *l-»Ae* srtth special economic aspiration*, anT Th * European Tiki w ke fI ** h •>*»<* Wood in that thWm/i! »v ham * n •octettes it goes TO*®*** ot xrowth and drife ‘P* And *f it is nol a d , Prmnc * recently The E rx7,^n! 8 d «P«rateIy sick. ^s^W'. , y^ , k h *.S5, ,t 2 7 ri nrB and^fnt? ,J 5ur ° P ^. w,th What has hapPSPlled ««* ‘Pp S, rTT,i £ ti 2: can not be sPPP^»f I? t *K y , Mr Harding. He can cofnes ,n c * s * h « *>♦ but h * can n<>t ProSltf "TJ’wAr ".‘iJSf ion'wlro^'A 1 *“•« Oi. "Wllf ;ss:s:J,£ n: would justly be stigmatised by every harried and hungry state on the 5t , i P P? em ? continent that felt the blight of his meddling hand.

The Indiaasspefis News Bureau.

S3 Wyatt BsiMtes-

WASHINGTON. October 14.—Now

was delivered, fthat cider-making time is here the

bureau of internal revenue deems it wise to warn all drawers of apple juice to “Watch their cider.” "For the benefit of all concerned,” the bureau. which has the responsibility for the enforcement of the , prohibition

legislation, says:

“Section 1 of Title 2 of the national prohibition act defines Intoxicating liquor’ and the definition is held to include hard or fermented cider containing one-half of 1 per cent, or more of alcohol by volume. Any person deairing to manufacture such hard or fermented cider for conversion Into vinegar or any other legal aonbevermge purpose is required to qualify by giving bond and obtaining permit. Such hard or fermented cider may be sold only in quantities of five wine gallons or more by one qualified permittee to another permittee pursuant to permit to buy. Full instructions for the procurement and shipment of such intoxicating liquor un-

IKBTbe found in

der permit to buy will be Article S of Regulations ftft.

Permit Accessary.

“It is illegal to possess, except in the home, cider containing one-half of l per cent, or more of alcohol by volume without a permit. It a person beys cider for commercial use, containing less than one-half of 1 per cent, ot alcohol by volume, and such cider later develops a greater alcoholic content than permitted by law, the person .so possessing such cider in good faith may apply for a permit to dispose of the same to another permittee as above provided. "Where the atcoholie content of sweet cider is kept, at all times, be low one-half of 1 per cent, by volume. the manufacturer or vendor Is not required to give bond or obtain a permit either to ship or sell. Such sweet cider, however, should be sterilised or preserved and be put up in sterilised glass bottles or other similar closed containers to insure the alcoholic content remaining leu than one-half of 1 per cent by volume until consumption. Cider containing leu than one-half of X per cent, of alcohol by volume, pat up in closed containers by th* manufacturer for sale as a soft drink, is subject to d

tax of 10 per cent, of the sales price under Section «2S of the revenue act

of 19 IS."

Masufaetorers* Responsibility. Manufacturers who sell sweet cider in bulk containers, such as barrels, for use as a soft drink, must pay the tax thereon, and are held responsible for preserving and marketing It in such manner as will insure the alcoholic content remaining less than one-half of 1 per cent, by voluma until consumed. If the cider is found on the market containing one-half of 1 per cent- or more of alcohol by volume, the burden of proof is on the manufacturer to show that such liquid contained less than one-half of 1 per cent, of alcohol by volume at the time it was manufactured or sold bjr him. or withdrawn from the

place manufactured.

As to sweet cider the bureau says: “Sweet apple cider containing less than one-half of l per cent, of alcohol by volume may be sold in bulk containers, such as barrels, for use in the manufacture of vinegar or applebutter without payment of tax thereon. but, the vendor must furnish a written order showing the kind and quantity to be furnished and that the aUoholic content is to be less than one-half of 1 per cent, by volume, and the names and addresses of the vendee and vendor, respectively. These orders must be permanently filed by the vendor in alphabetical order and be open to inspection by internal revenue and prohibition officers. A label showing the same data as the order must be affixed to each container. The entries covering such sales on the records required to be kept and the returns to be made. If any. by Regulations 52 and 53. respectively, pertaining to soft drinks,

should be in red ink. Bale la Opea Coataiaer*.

Sweet cider direct from the press

Kcstisai

sfe ssaS* "Ar* Without him let the rapt earth dree „ What doom its twin rotations earn: Whither or whence, sre naught to mr have aa his bong they concern. Comets may crash, or inner are Burn out sod leave an and cruat. Or earth may lose Cohesion’s tire. And melt to planetary dust. It s naught to me if he’s not here. ni not lament, nor even sigh: I shall not feel the jar. nor tsar. Tor I am he. aad he is I. —Edward Sanford Mams.

SCRAPS

The Episcopal church of Scotland has no archbishop. The Moors are credited with having introduced cotton manufacturing into

London in 1590.

The largest book in the world is an atlas weighing nearly a ton. It is in

the British museum

A Scotch law of 12SS made a bachelor declining a leap year pro

posal subject to a fine.

Phoenician and Greek emigrants colonised the coast of the Mediter-

rttman and Black, seas.

The Rhine has been crossed by French armies more than twacty

times in the last 120 years.

The “Cove of Cork," Ireland, changed its name to Queenstown aft-

er a visit by Queen Victoria.

Dismal swamp in Virginia and North Carolina is cOhsideribly high r

in its centor than near its edges

Father mid daughter are the two partners in the law firm of Robinson

A Robinson, of Fayetteville, N. C.

The largest translation bureau in

w ihip ci ‘y of Mexico is owned and manmay be sold to customers by the glass aiee <j by a woman, Miss Erdminia

or in other open containers without payment of sales tax. provided it is not* mixed or compounded with any other ingredient and sold for consumption at the place of business or in proximity to such place of business Farmers and other persons, without

of having the juice pressed therefrom and such Juice of the fruit containing less than one-half of 1 per oettt. of alcohol by volume may be removed for use in the home exclusively. Dried fruits, such as raisins, may not legally be used in the manufacture of such non-intoxicating fruit Juices exclusively for use in the home.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

. Teachers Reseat Trickery. To the Editor of Tho News: 8ir—Not content with alienating voters by misrepresenting the question of tha league of nations, th* Republicans have resorted to trick ery, with the result that the poor camel’s back Is about to collapse under the strain. Tuesday the high school teachers, and probably those of the grade schools also, received, apparently through the mail, under the franking privilege of a Maryland senator, a dissertation oa the

league. /

♦h ® n J® ,0 P«* lw> r ® the signature HaJTla-nd senator, but the

ppstofflee permit was lacking, as war

®t* tpme . n . t . of th « Penalty for u ?®- 11 J* ®»f« to assume

that the Democratic postoffice offi ciate would not permit the propag&nda to slip through their hands unnoticed, and hence an investigation disclosed the fact that the bundles of literature were left on or near the mail boxes of the various schools and were carried in along w th the United States mail and distributed by unsuspecting officials. A

clever scheme, had it succeeded. The communication contained th#

usual “Oott stra/e Wilson” cry, and promptly found Its wav into the waste basket, but the inference tha* the school teachers in the first place have not read the league of nations covenant, and in the second place are incapable of Interpreting it as it should be interpreted is one that the profession as a whole res.-nts. Of course, there are soihe teachers who have not yet tested their stalwart political heritage in the erit-

the consumers, have bornff|th# burdens during the war, and jxnlred millions. yea. b.illons, into the farmer s coffers, so that there are but very few that are not riding around in their high priced car a and many have three and four, that if they are true Americans, they would be willing, since they have been put on easy street, to divide up a little and give some other folks a chance to live. Not get rich. Just live. _ . They come up with the plea that wheat can not be raised for less than 13 a bushel. We do know this, that they did raise millions of bushel*, prior to th* war, formless than 11 a bushel, and does any one think they would have continued in the game, if they were losing money every year? Their business is Just like any other business; if there is no profit, the business fails: but I see they go right on raising more and more every year, so that 13-wheat is all bunk. Some one may say, oh. that guy is some oho that never saw a wheat field; to them I wish to say, I have spent many a day between the plow handles, following the drill, binding and shocking wheat stacking wheat and straw, and I know it earf be raised at a profit at a great deal less price than |3 a bushel, even here in Indiana, to say nothing about the great wheat belt of the west and northwest where It can be raised much cheaper. Now. Mr. Farmer, be a true American. as I have always held you to be, and divide up a little and be content with a smaller profit and let your city cousins have a little enjoyment during his short stay here In this* the greatest country on^the globe.

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great maiortty of the profession with whom I have talked have not been gassed by anti-Wilsonism and other piffle extraneous to the league, but have examined it iu the lone sanctuaries ef their own souls, and have been big enough to take their stand regardless of political predilec-

tions.

A few generations hence and men will be annoyed at the crime of pres-ent-day politicians Just as we now marvel that Christians yrara persecuted; that witches were buried in Salem, that the adoption of our Constitution should have encountered such animosity and opposition. The great pity is that tbe league of nations can not be discussed in the school rooms now while discussion would be proftable but that it must wait until Wilson is dead and buried, when the school teachers can adopt the customary “it might have been” and “it should have been” method of presentation. The public schools are the fountain at which the majority of our people receive their few drops of morality and idealism, and they are prevented from drinking their fill because the Republican party- refuses to differentiate between what is morally right and what is politically

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school teachers appreciate the situation, continue to teach American history by Hlogrteally avoiding comparisons to present conditions, but let them not have their shackles rubbed in by such a low method as was used

Tuesday.

Again I say, they resent such an imputation to their self-respect

A SCHOOL TEACHER.

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Farmer aad Csasnssaer. To the Editor of The News: Sir—It Is with intense interest, that I have read the articles recently published in your paper, in regard to the immense loss to toe farmers in the drop in the wheat market It seems the honest farmer has fallen a victim to the graft monster that is abroad in the land, and is being firmly held in its strong grasp along with the rent hogs, and other similar

animals. 0

Some one estimated the loss to the farmer as being $1,750,000.00®. That is a goodly sum of money, no one will deny. More than I ever expect to have, since I have reached middle age. and am not a farmer; but I wish

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last three^ years, since

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been paying 12 cents a pound for bread, when wo used to buy three u&ds for a dime; <5 cento a pound or pork chops, when they nsed to sell for 12% cento a pound; 50 cento to *0 cento a pound for beef, when I have sold hundreds of pounds of choice beef, from 6 cents to 18% cento; 65 cents a dosen for eggs at this time of the year, when we used to think 16 cents and 80 cents was

a fair price.

Now I am not advocating 76-cent J wheat, $3-hogs. $3-cattIe, 15-cent eggs, but I do think that since we.

A Vetoran’e Indianapolis Visit. To the Editor of The News: Sir—As I am leaving your beautiful city I wish to leave my hearty thanks to your good citlsens for their splendid good cheer, and fine entertainment of ns old boys of ’61. And from my point of view you have put one over on all other cities where national encampments have been held. To say we enjoyed your hearty courtesy is putting it mildly indeed. When we. out west heard of the change from Atlantic City to Indianapolis we Jumped up and cracked our heels together. for many of us had been in Indianapolis before and knew from past experience what was in store for us. Now I wish to relate an incident, or two in connection with the encampment which I think will be interesting at least to G. A. R. men who may read this item. You must understand it is remarkable to find three of one mess fnot company) who still live. Well, the writer belonged to the wildcat men of Company C, 16th Kentucky regiment. M, C. Chisholm. of Newport. Ky., and P. D. Courtney, of Mammoth Springs. Ark., also were members of said mess. My gre4t niece, here in Indianapblis. wrote me at my home to have my old comrades come to Indianapolis ana she would have a’ room for them. They came—one of them T had not seeJi since the war—and I tell you we had a reunion which would have made your eyes bulge ouL But that was not the end of our wonderful good fortune, for when we three met at the station two more were added to our party and my nieee kindly made room and we five roomed together %nd then the climax was reached when I found not only three in my mess were present but my two groomsmen who stood with me when I was married March 3, 1864. And did we not have a time? Well I guess yes. A. T. SEAMAN. Norman. Okla. Lillian Hassell's Speeches. To the Editor of The News: Sir—-The woman with seven names has come and she has gone. She spoke for Harding. At least she haltingly and confusedly read a speech which she naively adriiltted was furnished her by the Republican national com-

mittee. •*

At noon Saturday she spoke at the English theater, and at . 8 :30 at the

Masonic Temple.

In both Speeches she read a paper and did not vary a word nor gesture. Stage people always commit to memory the "lines of their parts.” We may Pardon her if she did not underxtand the tncky words she read for her large audience applauded them, correct or not. For instance, she read at both meetings: “The United States has but one vote In the council of the league of nations while Elngland has

six votes in the assembly.”

She did not state the truth that In council Great Britain has but one vote, like our country, nor say that the assembly is merely a debating club, while all power is vested in the counciL where the vote must be unanimous. She scolded about the supergovernment at Geneva, which could

call our mothers’ boy* to fight any-. Tt ___ nrit fnr where on earth. The paper neglected' for to stats that our Constitution pro- Pretended that he

vide* that we can not enter war except by act of congress. If our Philippine Islands were self-governing, like Canada and Australia, they could vote In the assembly. No nation would object If we had forty-eight members

in the assembly.

She read that: “Our wise forefathers who framed our Constitution provided therein for forming political parties Snd you women should join them ” No such thing is in the Constitution. but it drew the usual witless applause. Whether Jim Watson. Boise Penrose. Sherman. Borah or Hi Johnson or the whole G. O. P. senate wrote this speech, it is altogether a jumble of deceptive tirade. I am as Irish as Miss Lillian dare be. but I would not turn traitor and help the German beasts invade my native land, as many did during the war. and got

hung for it.

MISS ANNIE McKEWlN.

(New York Times]

The cable correspondence In which Mr. Taft made suggestions of changes In th* covenant to President Wilson at Paris is the most revealing document that hss been published during the campaign. It strips off tbe chief of all the disguises the Republicans have assumed for the purpose of deceiving the people. It goes deeper; if w# may be pardoned the expression, tt literally skins them, it leaves them “far too naked to be shamed,” but in a condition where they would smart Intolerably If the Impudence and hardihood of their deceptions had not deprived them of all senslUvcneea. They have preached innumerable homilies about one-man government, they have assailed the league as solely and exclusively the creation of Mr. Wilson, they have scourged him for the monstrous egotism which prompted him to exclude from his councils the wise men of their party. Now comes this thunderbolt to destroy to® whole

fabric of false pretense.

The correspondence shows that Mr. Taft asked the privilege of submitting certain suggestions about the league to the President at Paris. The President replied that he would welcome them. Mr. Taft did submit suggestions and every one of them became a part of the covenant. He recommended that tbe Monroe Doctrine be safeguarded; it waa amply safeguarded. He suggested that it should be made possible for members of the league to withdraw from it after July 1, 1929, on giving two years’ notice in writing. The suggestion was accepted and made more liberal, for the covenant provides that members may withdraw at any time after two years’ notice of that intention. He suggested that the limits of armaments for the several governments be re-examined every five years. The covenant provides that plan* relating to armament “shall be subject to reconsideration and re vision at least every ton years." Mr. Taft suggested that unanimity should be required iik decisions of the council and of the assembly, except In the few cases where other provision. is made. That suggestion was adopted, the covenant so provides. Mr. Taft suggested that upon questions solely within domestic jurisdiction and policy of one of the parties the council should make no report or recommendation of settlement. That was adopted; it is Article 15 of the league, almost in Mr, Taft's own words. So that Mr. Taft’s suggestions were all accepted. Of the seven amendments suggested by Charles E. Hughes five were adopted and incorporated in the covenant. Mr. Elihu Root presented six amendments; five of them were adopted. In view of this ineffaceable record, how can the Republican opponents of the league have the effrontry to describe and assail it as altogether Wilsonian? Their chief men. the very men they would hate selected, had their part in the composition of the instrument. It bears the impress of their minds; and the covenant provisions that have been so violently attacked are now efhown to have been those proposed

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But they insist with endless iteration that the President did not consult the senate. Again the record confutes them. President Wilson repeatedly laid before that body the principles of an enduring peace, the very principles now embodied in the league covenant. Reviewing a custom followed by Washington, he addreased the senate in oerson or January 22, 1917. He told tho senators “that no covenant of co-operative peace that does not include th® P®®* pies of tbe new world can stUfice to keep the future safe against war.” He addressed congress on the 3d of February and again on the 2tth pf that month. In his address recommending the declaration of a state of war, on April 2, 1917. he reminded the senators that the object now, as upon the occasion of his former addresses, was "to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up

Godoy. An electric storage battery locomotive, almost automatic In operation, is giving excellent results in a coal mine in Europe. Added to the list of safety device* for kviators is one which automatically keeps the airplane’s windshield free from moisture. > Japan is now making about 14,001*.000 electric bulb* a year, supplying the home market and exporting to India, China and the islands of tho

south.

Lightning struck a telephone wire running alongside a Scottish football field, causing so great a concussion that the players were thrown to the ground. Xerxes crossed the Hellespont by i bridge of boats with an army said bv • some historians to number, with camp followers, more than five mil-

lions,

Th* Province of Quebec has toreschools in which maple sugar making In taught. The province's output of maple sugar for 1919 was 13,363,66.’ pounds and 1,479.375 gallons of syrup. Fall River, Mass., is said to be America's foremost mill town. There about 40.90® workers In 148 mills pro due* every day enough cloth a yard wide to reach from New Yorlf-to Panama. j Ice cream was first mentioned by Marco Polo, who visited Japan in the thirteenth century and brought back tales of water and milk Ices which were among the delicacies then known to tho people of the east. The Victory medal can be worn on the uniform only on occasions of mill - tary ceremony. Each army medal Issued bears a serial number whioh Is recorded in the adjutant-general’s office at Washington, under tha nanu* of its owner. During the world war Germany manufactured articles entirely of pa per for her army. They included pa per twine, paper cloth, feed fcag artillery packs, water buckets, blankets. kit bags, saddle bags, canteen cover* and knapsacks. Camphor production is the most interesting Industry of the island nf Formosa. This Islqnd is said to hold a practical monopoly in the world/* market of this valuable drug, a single average tree will yield about $5,000 worth of camphor. The sulphur whale that is foun 1 is the Pacific has a peculiar preference for deep water, and is called the bottom whale by many seagoing men. it Is frequently more than 100 feet in length, and Is regarded by many as the largest mammal that ever lived By means of a new apparatus which ring* alarm bells by radio, a wireless operator is now free to eat or sleep in peace, for the new device eliminates the possibility of losing distress signals or important message* while the receiver is removed from his ear. The oldeftf mad to enlist in th* war against Germany was Adolph Loui* Lowe, age seventy-sgven years, of Lynnhaven, Va. He signed up a* ;< carpenter’s mate, second class. United States navy, at Norfolk, after having been passed as physically fit by a naval doctor. That the manufacture of the ted dye used by the Chinese to color flrr cracker* for export to America t* controlled by a native “trust” with headquarters in Hongkong is the Intelligence brought to this country by a Filipino now studying at the New York State College of Forestry, say* Popular Mechanics Magas)ne. The dye is used also in making the florid seals with which the Chinese certify 1 their more important documents. For several years the killing of seals was stopped by law in the United States including Alaska, but by an act of congress In 1917. It was resumed to a limited extent in 1918. under official supervision. By the new methods only the surplus m*i-»i were killed. The herds off the Pribiloff islands, in Alaska, are estimated to number 525,000 seals, and the number killed In 1918 was about 26,000. The skins, after being prepared for use, were sold at an average of *00 each. -

amongst the really free and self-gov-erned peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles." And on January 8, 1912, at a Joint session of the two houses of congress he submitted as the program of the world’s peace his fourteen points, of which the four-

teenth Is here reproduced:

'A xeners) association of nations most be formed under s specific covenant for the purpose of afiordinx mutual suaranteea of political independence and tern ton*] integrity

to great aad small aisles alike.

That is the very essence of the covetot. It can not for one instant be pretended that he did not consult the senate; he stated to both houses of congress the principles of a just peace of which the covenant is only the formulation. If this campaign, in which the league of nations is the great issue, were a case in court it might be closed at once, for the evidence is eonciurive and irrefutable against the Republican assailants of the league. It was assailed in the first place oniy because Mr, Lodge correctly chough described in Governor €ox s statement as "the archconspiralor of the ages,” was resolved that for partisan purposes of the campaign the treaty must b« defe&ted. Whatever may be the verdict of the electorate on November t. the supporters of Mr. Uardiitg have already been defeated lt» the argument, their cause is bankrupt in morals and would bv bankrupt in politics if the terrible blows now raining upon ft day after day from the Democratic

aide had been delivered earlier.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

C. C. v.—Please print the date of Wfflism Jennings Bryan » resignation from PreodeM Wilson's cabinet?—June 0. JfiJ§, Ses Law—What is the term used to deem nate the right of th* crew of a ship to cart her cargo overboard in cam tbe ship is «nk ing or burning?*—•The right to jettison lbs cargo for tbe common safety. S. W. p.—What is the wealth of Ssnator Harding and Governor Cox?—Do not know (3) To what church does each belong? - Senator Harding is a Baptist, Governor Cox is an Episcopalian, <3j Has Senator Hard ing any children?—No. Cft-403—What are tbe legal OuaHfiostton* necessary to be a poll clerk at tbe forthcoming election?—Any voter Is eligible. Hr Is nominated by the county chairman of hi* party. (2) What is the pay a day and bow many hours are regarded as constituUng a day’s work for a poll clerk?—Tbe allowance is $8 in full for his services, regardtees of the time he takes. X. A. M.—In Indians how old must a girl be before the can be married without the consent of her parents?—eighteen years. <3) la some eases a girl i« said to be of age” st eighteen, and in other case* at twenty-on*. What is the difference, and why?—In Indiana a girl ran not make a valid contract nor vote until she ia twentyone year* old. except the marriage contract, which she can make legally at eighteen without obtaining the consent of her parents or guardian. The difference 1* due to the belief of the legislators who made the laws that the ages designated worked fnr the beet interest of the people as » whose It ia simply a matter of judgment. In many hWte* th« ages are the same as in Indiana, but id other- they rauge from twelve i« twenty-one year* a® the age at which a girl eon marry without her parent s consent and from eighteen to twenty one year* *« the age «i which the can mske other »al

contracts.

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