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Jutea Sail# dimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephone—MA in 3500. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. _ I New York. Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, inc. Advertising offices \ Chicago. Detroit; St. Louis. G. Logan Payne Cos. t A MAN who tells all he knows often teHs more thap he knows. “FATTY” ARBUCKLE, no doubt, feels rather inconsequential these days. POLYGAMIST MOORE mourns death of sixth wife. Now he has only a dozen left. s SOME Senators are making reservations, but they certainly are not going a*', vn THE WORLD gets faster. In half the magazine pictures the girls didn’t have time to dress. THUS FAR a descendant of Mrs. O'Leary’s notorious cow has not been blamed for the most recent Chicago fire. ISAIAH MOORE says two of his thirteen wives popped the question ■ themselves. He simply couldn't keep away from them, it seems. SOME enterprising salesman might dispose of a lot of those California kissographs among the parents of daughters addicted to late hour habits. ALBERT APPLE thinks it strange that we use one hundred million dollars’ worth of buttors a year. Evidently A1 does not send his clothes to the laundry. THOSE CONGRESSMEN who are casting ibout for means to finance the “bonus” might help catching the Plesiosav rus and by placing it on exhibition raise the necessary money. NOW THAT the city government has settled that Ku-Klux Klan affair and the gold-plated board of safety badge controversy perhaps it can turn Its attention to that long forgotten street car rerouting problem.

Democrats and the Treaty There is every indication that the Republicans age preparing to go before the people this fall, basing their claim for congressional re-election on the strength of the major achievement of the Harding Administration—the ratification c; the four-power pacific pact and its attendant treaties, the approval of which is assured when the Senate has had ample time to give expression to its pent-up oratorical ebulitions. But by the irony of fate, as far as Republicans are concerned, the only constructive measure which will have been given birth during the present Administration will be permitted to see the light of day by the virtue of Democratic senatorial votes. By the most liberal estimate the New York Times finds that only fiftyfour Republicans will support the pact, while the Philadelphia Public Ledger believes fifty-five of the majority party will approve ratification. Sixty-two votes are required for passage, thus the Harding* Administration must rely on seven or eight Democrats for the survival of its chief campaign issue. That these will be forthcoming is a foregone conclusion, for under the brilliant leadership of Senator Underwood from nine to eleven Democrats are bound to support the pact. There has been endless discussion over the t£rms of the four-power "treaty, especially since it has entered the Senate. First its origin—whether it was drafted by Balfour or Hughes—was seized upon by the irreconcilables as a flimsy pretext for one point of opposition. Then the old bogy of "splendid Isolation,” which, by the way, occupied such a prominent place in Republican stump repertoire when the League of Nations was at stake, was resurrected; reservations were proposed, but all efforts to reject or emasculate the treaty seemingly have failed before the adamant attitude of those Senators who believe it is a sincere step toward perpetual peace. While Democrats as a rule agree that the pact is a poor substitute for the League of Nations, because it embraces four nations, whereas the covenant affected the world, they nevertheless are demonstrating a consistency when they support the treaty. It is a tribute to the Americanism of those Senate Democrats that they refused to avail themselves of the opporunity to create a partisan advantage from a situation similar to tha one that their Republican brethren seized in 1920. As the New Y’ork Times remarked: “None but short-sighted Democratic Senators can be swayed by the impulse to take sweet revenge upon' the Republicans for having insincerely rejected the League of Nations.” The pact should be ratified, but even though Democratic votes will make its adoption possible it should be borne in mind that it was, as former Governor Ralston said, conceived to avoid entrance into the League of Nations. It should be considered only as a stepping stone to that eventual alliance ' of all nations that will make war an impossibility.

Spring Fever and Work Have you noticed your annual attack of spring fever coming on yet? Watch for the symptoms. It’s a fine time to take a psychological inventory of the Ego, that mysterious being that moves our bodies as the operator of a marionette show moves his puppet actors with strings. Scientists never have been able to agree on exactly what causes spring fever. Some say it’s a lethargic drowsiness, caused by the body eliminating poisons accumulated during the physical inaction of winter. Help the elimination by taking long walks, breathing deeply of the fragrant spring air, or starting a garden. Another theory about spring fever is that it’s a reaction from winter, first warm weather making us droop into the sluggishness of the tropics, home of our prehistoric ancestors. Maybe, too, it’s an inheritance the times when the cave man, after a long and monotonous winter in his den, strolled out to bask lazily in the warm spring sunlight. Odd thing is temperature, regulator of the amount of energy your body generates. Hard to work at all on a hot summer day. Rainy weather, also, makes many folks sluggish and drowsy. Researches by Ellsworth Huntington of the National Academy of Sciences, show that human efficiency goes up or down with the mercury of the thermometer. At 60 to 65 degrees, we do opr best physical and brain work, and are healthiest. That’s why the temperature of a house, office or ■workroom never should go above 68 in winter. . Sap starts rising in the trees. Grass sprouts green. Plant life buds. Chirping birds pause on their way north. The ice goes out, fish run on the surface. • The bear leaves his den. Timber wolves stop running in packs and mate. That is spring—the sunrise of anew period of life. The back yard gardener stirs. Farmer whistles in the fields. Golf bug smacks his lips. Fisherman goe3 over his tackle. Small boys swarm with marbles, baseballs, kites. Spring is the time to take anew lease on life, to get a fresh start. Fill your lungs with fresh air and go to it. The best thing about spring fever is that it’s a prelude to another round of intense human activity. Except, of course, for the man that has spring fever 365 days of the year.

Trot ski and Goodrich In the opera house at Moscow the o.'her day former Governor Goodrich of Indiana occupied a seat to hear Leon Trotski, whom he has described as a man of “integrity” and “one of the most maligned characters of all times.” explain to the Moscow Soviet that the nations of the world, including America, are planning a great encircling movement for the purpose of a Russian intervention. The utter falsity of the claim was unquestionably known to the red orator, who gave utterance to it for the purpose of encouraging the maintenance and probable enlargement of the red army—the greatest in the world today. It cannot be possible that Mr. Trotski has conversed with Governor Goodrich since the latter’s return to Moscow or he would have been assured that nothing is more remote from America’s intentions than an intervention. The remarkable feature of the speech, however, was the intimation or insinuation that there is some sinister ulterior motive in the Hoover relief —of which Governor Goodrich is an agent. It was rather discourteous to the former Governor to Indulge in such slurs at the Hoover relief in his presence. And peculiarly ungrateful after the Governor had given him such a clean bill of moral health in Indiana.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

GOVERNMENT *Of the People, by the People, for the People?

PATERNALISM DEFINED. There seems to be Inherent in most people a willingness to accept and use words without knowing their meaning, a tendency to place the wrong interpretation upon them, or possibly not to consider their meaning at all. Consequently, day after day, words are read and glibly passed over when, If their real definition were understood, one would be astonished at his false concepden. For Instance, much Is being said Just now about paternalism. Exactly what is meant by that word? A hazy recollection of high school latin, Is that “paternal ’ means father, and it is taken for granted that the "ism” part of it probably refers to some theory about parental control. This seems all right on the face of it—then why investigate, and why all the “fuss?” One thus fails to discern the seriousness of the condition confronting America, and the menace threatening the rights of citizens. One recalls the relief with which he used to shift his burdens to the shoulders of father and let him carry the responsibility of thought and action. And he continued to place the responsibility upon him as long as father did not object, failing to realize that this robbed him of independent thinking and initiative and weakened his ability to meet emergencies. So in governmental affairs the growing tendency with one class is to assume control over citizens, as a father would control a child, and with another, to look upon “government” as a great beneficent parent and to submit to bureaucratic regulation and restriction. This policy, followed In governmental activities, makes citizens the wards of the State, and it is pernicious, destructive and dangerous in its unlimited scope. In the case of father and child there is always a number of controlling elements present. In the form of unselfish love, personal interest, natural instinct and legal responsibility. With this condition there naturally follows chroful discrimination of methods einpluyed and an endeavor to foresee the ultimate results of any action taken. In short, the father weighs his responsibilities and studies the individual cases and acts intelligently for the Interest of the child. In governmental practice these safeguards against abuse of power are lacking. There is no personal interest,

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copvrl*ht, 192 J, by Star Company. | By K. C. B I Dear K, C. B.—l read what yon wrote 1 about your young overseas friend who i bad gone Into the mountains in an effort to recover, and Just for the moment I I was touched by your apparent symi pathy with service men, until I recalled i that by the article of the day before I ; was at least equally disgusted with your ; effusion over the “hissing’’ of your [Jap xx x x who probably Is here | through an evasion of the “gentlemen’s I agreement," at a time when you mus* | know that thousands of service men are j walking the streets Jobless and homeless, i unable to obtain even a casual day’s emi ployment. KEV. \Y r . J. GETTY. dear MR, Getty. • • • I DON’T know. * * * IF YOCXL be glad. t* • * OB MAYBE sorry. • • • Bt'T I hare an idea. • • • A LOT of the others. • • • WHO WROTE to n:e. • • • AND BOASTED me • • • AND CALLED me names. • • • ; SOME TERRIBLE names. • •<* BECAUSE I employed. A JAPANESE boy. • • • FOR A couple of days. • • • I HAVE an idea. • • • THAT THET’LL glad. ... TO HEAR the news. • • • THAT YOKOHOMA. • • • GATE UP his Job. • • BECAUSE IT happened. • • he RAN a nail. ~— • • • A RUSTY nail. DEEP INTO bis foot. • • • AND, OF course, I know. • • • I SHOULDN’T tell It. • • • BUT I dressed the wound. • • • AND PAID him off. • • • AND HE went away. * • m AND AFTER this. * • m WHEN I want work .done. * • • I’LL TAKE oo emnee. • * * THAT Tirrx send a Jap. • • • FOR I don’t want. m m m AN ACT of mine. m m m TO STIR U7> hate. • ♦ • EVEN TIIOCC.iI it be. ... THAT THOUGH I search. • • . I FIND no hate. • • • IN MY own self. • • • AND MR. Getty • • • AS TO your suggestion. * ♦ • THAT FM Insincere. • • m OF COCR9E you know. • •. THAT NO one knows. •• * ’ IF I am or not. • • • BUT JUST myself. • • • I THANK you.

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Individual understanding, parental affection or natural instinct entering Into the control o, lireetion of any case. Paternalism in government is administered by organized bureaucrats to control the unorganized public. Its only possible restraint must come from or through public opinion—a restraint that is manifested only when public thought is aroused sufficiently to take notice of the impending or present danger. Paternalistic action Is dictated by greed for power. The only cost taaken into consideration Is the gain or loss of votes. In short, paternalism brings out all the sordid qualities lying dormant in political trick boxes. PATERNALISM’S SHADY PAST. There is-pothlng new in the theory of paternalism. It has always existed, It has always been the entering wedge which separated a people from their government. From the earliest historical records of organized government there has bean in evidence the continued struggle against this form of centralized dictatorship, and that is really what paternalism is in political practice. I The best illustration of paternalism in practice was Germany, at the time of Bismarck. The Iron Chancellor, Bismarck, was the embodiment of the theory of centralization of governmental authority. He stands as the symbol of paternalism. Acting upon the foundational theory of paternalism, that the State is the - only supreme power, Bismarck ; sta t 1, "the state was valuable only so ; lot -as It represented a machine, with a ! supreme and powerful grip, ruling and I governing minute and framentary wills." The World War gave evidence of the effects of paternalism upon the nations dominated by its evils. Russian paternalists sought to go even farther than Bismarck, and to strengthen their position to Impress upon the people that the state Is the only supreme and holy power. Russia was a splendid Illustration of Paternalism He Luxe. It represented the extreme “of excessive governmental regulations of the private affairs” of the citizen. As an Inevitable result the revolution was as radical in Us liberty as the government had been in its tyranny. POLITICAL RESULTS OF PATERNALISM. One of the results of the centralization of power at the seat of government has been the citizens’ constantly growing dissatisfaction with legislative bodies. The prestige of such bodies and respect for them has become weakened In proper- : tlon to the control of law makers by paternalistic Ideas. In England, the labor leader, Ramsey McDonald. In 191!), voiced the disapproval of his organization with governmental paternalism, and marked one of the first steps in a movement for decentralization of the power of English government. There Is existent In the United States, at the present time, the gravest criticism of Congress and many Legisla tores, founded upon their “undue so- . lieitude for the protection of the people and their Interests, and Interference therewith." Senator TTenry Cabot Lodge says: “There is also another ultimate result which will come if we continue along the path we are now treading, and which Is peculiar In our system of govern- j ment, and that Is the destruction of the States or their reduction to a condition of inanition through the absorption of Government functions by the central Government at Washington. This move- i ment Is proceeding with great rapidity, | and It is well to remember that the ; State governments embody the principle of local self-government, which has already been justly regarded as one of the cornerstones of the republic. * • • Our forefathers founded a limited Gov- i eminent. The movement of today and the various measures of a socialistic kind extending governmental activities are breaking down those constitutional limitations and are Intended to do so.”

PATERNALISTIC MEASURES CLOG FEDERAL COURT DOCKETS. One of the direct results of paternalism Is the insistent demand for Federal legislation to cover every possible phase of 111’—the centralization in Washington of matters rightfully coming under the jurisdiction of tlfe States. This demand falls In line with the plans of the paternalists and Immeasurably benefits their lobby. The necessary and natural consequences of the craze for unloading of all responsibilities upon the Government in Washington is creating much opposition and seemingly endless litigation. Leg;.! acton upon such mntters has swampen the Department of Justice. These officials are so loaded down with the responsibility for the enforcement of laws which should be takeh carp of by the States, that they are compelled to neglect more important matters. Attor ney General Daugherty Is quoted as saying “that ,it would take one Federal judge serving 363 days In a year upon the bench, a million years to dispose of all the cases that now clog the dockets of the Federal Courts." PATERNALISM DISREGARDS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. The terms of the Constitution of the United States clearly defined and absolutely reserved for local self government all activities which were not fundamentally national in their influence. The Army, Navy, mails, currency, foreign reiatoins and interstate problems admittedly are national In scope. On the other hand, all things coming under the control of police power were reserved to the State. It was the intention of the framers of these sections of the Constitution to have the clttoen constrol and participate in home problems. In reporting a statement made by Assistant Attorney General Orira, before the National Civic the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal states “It would be an awkward commentary upon the controllng impulse of public sentiment if the rcsistanc! to further abdication of the powers of 1 'Cal self-government to the Federal authorities were to bo offn<;ted by a blockade in the courts and nathnnl department, instead of by wholesome opinion that further centralization of authority is inherently wrong. Much of the demand for the paternalism of Federal laws has come from the civic societies, reform leagues and the various forms of uplift endeavor that find it easier to regulate •'Washington than their own cities and States. The result of- this emtralized effort is the creation of an expensive crew of salaried functionaries, inspectors,

oxperts and busy bodies who can find employment only by maintaining the super-government by which they thrive.” Under the guise of public welfare the paternalistic octopus is gradually placing Its tentacles upon .States rights And choking out individual freedom. One or moro of Its tentacles may be cut off, but the throttling process continues through the agency of the remaining ones or of the ever increasing number of new ones, the solution lies in th® destruction of the octopus itself. This octopus Is the creature of a group of nvisible” lawmakers, whose sole object Is the control of the masses through rerestrictive legislation in order to satisfy their greed of power and gain. This Influence was actively at work prior to the war it was absolutely essential to have some centralized control. Time was a most Important element and expense had no bearing upon the/Issues at stake. Conditions are different now and there Is a most urgent need for the elimination of the evllg of bureaucracy and paternalism,—the eradicating of national “led tape" and the return of the States to their constitutional status of home goverpment. The old established bureaus, and thpse created to administer paternalistic war-time laws, are not going to relinquish their unlimited and autocratic power willingly and without a struggle. It will take decisive action by the public to break their power and remove them. It Is against the principles of the Constitution and in direct violation of bdth the letteT and he spirit of the law to have an over-cestrallzed control of government. Every Individual has the inalienable right to choose freely and without interference or intimidation, In all matters pertaining to his housing and living, industrial, domestic and labor conditions, social life, school life, maternal and infant welfare, nutrition, physical development, medical treatment and every other phase of living that affects his personal rights and liberties. Rut If paternalistic legislation, as It Is advocated, continues and becomes more effective, the central officials In Washington and the State capitals Yrlll do the choosing for hhn. AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM WILL DESTROY PATERNALISM. One of the greatest qualities developed under the American form of Government j is the American citizen’s Individuality. This characteristic will refuse to become i deadened and destroyed through the at- | tempts to do business with a multitude of bureaus and inefficient clerks. The en- i slavement of the people by paternalistic 1 measure* and the removal of both the in- , conttve and the necessity of the indt- '• vidual to think for himself, by this systems of government, cannot stand. The American will assert his ability to aCept responsibility. Tie will refuse to lend his support to various lobbies which are pushing paternalistic measures. He will investigate for himself the ultimate purpose of every law which he is ask. and to support and afterwards pay for. He will exercise his prerogatives ns an American citizen. He will signify by active participation in government what his country and its Institutions mean to him and declare his intention to fight against any infringement upon his birthright. This attitude will result in the greatest movement towards legislative and governmental reform this country has ever known. It will hasten a return to normal conditions, because It menus a. return to thf. Constitution and the ideals from which It was evolved. Normal conditions in this country are dependent upon the maintenance of the spirit of the Cc 'stl- j tutlon, because that spirit is American- I ism. Americanism and paternalism cannot exist together, consequently paternalism must go.

GERMANY ASKS O. K. ON ENVOY Would Mike Former Krupps’ Manager Ambassador. BERLIN, March IS.—The German government has requesti-d the American Government to consent to the appointment of Arthur Wledfeld, former manager of Krupps. to he German am-has-ador to YVashing’on. Wledfeld resigned from his post at the head of the famous munitions works yesterday, Indicating he had 'agreed to accept the YVirth government’s offer of the post. Only the richest men in Germany were eligible, owing to difference In exchange. CONDITION OF AUTO ROUTES (This information is given by the Hoosier Motor Club, covering road conditions as of date of March 17. Automobile travelers are advised by the club to visit Its office, ninth floor Claypool Hotel, for more complete information. This Is supplied gratis to members of the Hoosier Motor Club, the Hoosier State Association or the American Automobile Association). To Terre Haute and St. Louis—All main roads to Terre Haute practically Impassable. Terre Haute to St. Louis paved. To Louisville—Jackson Highway to Franklin. Columbus and Seymour. Then through Brownstown and Salem. Bad detour at Millport, but passable. To Chicago—Jackson Highway In had condition, between Indianapolis, ami Lafayette. Fair farther north. To Dayton and Columbus, Ohio—• laved to Greenfield. A few bad stretches between there and Cambridge City. Paved on to Richmond and Dayton, and from Dayton via Brandt to Springfield and Columbus. I’aved from Columbus to Washington, 1). C. and the coast.* To Toledo —Hoosier Highway has some bad mud spots between McCordsville and Ft. Wayne. To Martinsvillei, Bloomington, Vincennes—Water over highway south of Martinsville. Bad mud spots toward Spencer and Worthington. South of Ylneennes the Hazleton Ferry Is not running due lo high water. Impossible to got to Evansville. (Note —Sunshiny weather may serve to clear up some of the bad mud spots within another few days).

Princess or Adventuress?

An expedition planned to reopen an abandoned mine In the Interior of Mexico, Is being Bent out by Henry Jarndyce, capitalist of New York. Richard Henry Gladney, young portrait painter, and cousin of Jarndyoe, Joins the group for the sake of adventure. Senora Trebajar, alleged primes*, claims that the mine to be worked by the Jarndyce Company really belongs to her by right of Inheritance and was wrongfully taken from her dead father. She accompanies the expedition In the expectation of taking possession. While making the trip from New York to Vera Crnz exciting events take place. An attempt is made to destroy the mining machinery on board the vessel. Plots and Intrigues are plentiful. Follow the story from here. CHAPTER Vl—Continued Finally the psychological moment arrived, and I drew my’ little flashlight and showed her the title page of the papers she desired. She read the title and in a flash her little white diamonded hand closed over the sheets beside mine. ' Oh, no, my dear,” I admonished. “You can’t get these papers that way. Now, what will you give me for them?” “My love.” 1 “Anything else?” “My kisses.” “Anything else?” "A hundred hugs." “But I love you, I want you for my very own.” 1 imagined that was the approved formula, although I had never proposed before. “I will marry you if you will give them to quo for a wedding present, bur it must as soon as we make a landing." "Sweetheart, it Is a bargain. When you are Mrs. Richard Gladney these blue prints shall be your." "Scoundrel! Devil!” Nelson all but upset us In his sudden effort to get to his feet. At the same Instant there was a rush of feet In the darkness, and three sets of hands, mine, the woman’s, and some man’s were tearing at the papers. I struck out as 1 could with my left hand. Someone landed mfe a blow on the Jaw. There wag panting and the thud of blows, and then someone hurt my wounded shoulder so badly that I fainted from the pain. When I came to, Barnette was standing over me fanning me and trickling ice Water into my face. "Where are the blueprints?” I asked. "Sh—don’t worry," drawled Barnette. “That was a phoney set. Let ’em think they've got the real thing; then maybe they’ll give us a little peace. Say, we re got ’em dead to rights this time. It was Just as we thought—Sifert and Seriano. But there's still another that we can’t put our fingers on.”

PUSS IN BOOTS, JR. By DAVID CORY. Puss Junior astride of his good gray hor=e, was merrily trotting along on fine morning when he came across a man leading a rim. I’m on my way lo Derby all on a market day. I have the finest ram, Sir, that ever was fed upon hay; Upon hay, upon hay, upon hay; I hnTe the finest ram. Sir that ever was fed upon hay." “The top of the morning to you,” cried Puss, Jovially. “Have a care,” replied the man holding firmly to the rope by which he led the ram. “This min Is fat behind, Sir; this ram Is fat before: This ram is ten yards round. Sir, Indeed he is no more; This ram is ten yards, round, Sir; Indeed he is no more.” ‘ I believe you, my good man.” said Puss, looking the ram over with a knowing eye; “if you left it to me, I should say hp was only five yards round, sir, and not the least bit more.” The owner of the ram looked a trifle disgusted. Then ha began again to praise his animal: “The horns that grow on his head. Sir, they are as wondrous high, As you can plainly see, Sir, they reach up to the sky. The sky, the sky, the sky; As you can plainly see, sir, they reach up to the sky.” “Hold on. hold on, my good man,” cried Puss. “Make It a little lower and I’ll take your word for It. The sky is a long way up. You use too big a yard 6tiekl” The good gray horse began to titter, and Puss himself could hardly restrain a laugh. The man looked quite angry, and the ram butted him all the more so. Notwithstanding this, however, he once more addressed Puss. “The tall that grows from Als hack, Sir, is six yards and an ell; And I’m taking It to Derby to toll the market bell. The bell, the bell, the bell; And I’m taking It to Derbq to toll the market hell.” This was too much for Puss Junior. What kind of glasses do you wear?" , asked Puss. "I should think you had on a pair of magnifying telescopes. Why, your ram. sir. is fat, and he has a fine pair . of horns and a good tall; but you j should write fairy tales and not descriptions of livestock. I’m on my way to Derby. Be sure to have your ram ring the market ’bell tomorrow in time to wake me up for breakfast. Ha, Ha!” and Puss put spurs to his good gray galloped away. And In the next story you shall hear what happened after that.—Copyright, 1922. (To Be Continued.)

By GEORGE McMANUS.

By AUGUSTIN W. BREEDEN

‘What about Battling Bourke? Was he In the mixup tonight?” "Yeah, Bourke was In U, but on our side. He’s told me what little he knows. But he’s never had any direct dealings with Sifert or • Seriano or the woman; and the go-between that hired him and Ms gang’ to wreck the machinery has disappeared, unless tourke’s lying about It. That’s (he fourth party that we’re trying to locate.” “Say, the thick begins to plotten, i doesn't It?” I commented. “What does Prothro propose to do with Sifert and Beriano ?” “Glad, there’s darn little we can do. | Sifert’s backed by some big concern in New York. One never knows what he’s going up against in these big deals. Changing the subject, how docs Senora Trabajar kips?” “Artistically, and as If she’d had lots of practice. It was disgusting. Is Nelson convinced?” “No, he's not convinced. He fought like a tiger for those prints so as to trade them on a matrimonial contract tomorrow. Poor old Nellie has lost his head completely. He coutends that you're a rascal and that you’ve been using unusual methods with his fair finances.” “So he thinks I’m a winner, ch? Well, If he broke my collar bone over, I’d like to break his neck!” The next morning we anchored In the harbor, and four fellows against whom Battling Bourke had furnished evidence Were taken into custody by an officer from the American consulate and not permitted to leave the ship. The other laborers of our party, some twenty-four in number, were Identified and O. K.d by Barnette. Prothro had advised Nelson to stay o ja board with him; so that he was WiJJleg enough to stay. But when he saw her debarking among her bag- ; gage he made a rush to have his own luggago checked out and his passport vised so that he could follow her to her hotel.

“Here, here, I’m next. Look over my passport, next," he shouted at a young fellow who scowled, but he took his passport, nevertheless. “It’s not worth while,” drawled Barnette. “Nelson, there’s no use for you to land; we’re sending you back to headquarters. I thought you understood that.” “You can’t send me backl” shouted Nelson. “I quit the company right here. I'm going ashore on my own hook.” Barnette looked across a pile of bags and trunks nt Prothro, who nodded very slightly to him. "Mr. Officer,” said Barnette, “we must protest against this man’s going ashore. He is In possession of various technical secrets, which he has tried to s“’l to our rivals In the mining business, and Is t'oveiing on an American passport, although he was torn in Toronto, Canadti.” “•‘an you prove that last statement?” “Here is a birth ce*tifleate from the attending physician. You see. Nelson, we kind of suspected you in New York, so Henry Jarndyce took the precaution of having us look up your record.” I imagine the name of my cousin was a charm to win us friendship in that port. At any rate the young official spoke sharply to Nelson: "Step aside, Mr. Nelson; your passport Is entirely worthless till you go back to New Y’ork and have this matter straightened up.” Nelson ran to the side of the vessel and cried down to the “Princess," and she waved to him with a little teasing gesture as much as to say: “Ta, ta, my Infaut; what an easy dupe you were.” Five minutes later I myself was having my passport looked over and answering questions about my wounded shoulder, when an official stepped up and said: "Mr. Gladney, we’ll have to detain you on board. Y'on are charged with having made an assault with a pistol upon three or four workingmen.” “So,” cried Nelson sneeriugly, “there's two of us will get a little trip hack to New Y’ork.” It looked decidedly as If the jig was up for me. I could not even open my tips to answer the charges till I had consulted with Prothro and Barnette.

CHAPTER VII. I found myself detained op board ship in company with four villiauous-looklng Workmen and Nelson, the former charged with rioting, all of us under guard. I do not think I ever gazed at land that looked more inviting. "I will arrange for yon to come ashore," Prothro whispered to mo before leaving the ship. But It didn’t look as though he could. I heard later In the day—lt was Nelson's chatter—that Prothro also was wanted for assault with a pistol and that the Mexican authorities objected to his landing. I was, therefore, greatly surprised when Prothro came to my cabin a little before midnight and said: “I have arranged for us to go ashore. Watch through the porthole for a noose from above. When it comes, fasten It around you under your arms and climb out through the port. A boat will be awaiting you below. As soon as I’m out Souse the light and get ready to vamoose.” Five minutes later I had hold of a rope and was with difficulty getting it under my arms. I had the hardest kind of time getting out of the narrow porthole; but, as soon as I wrs out. I was lowered away to a boat below, and in a jiffy l Prothero came sliding down the rope. I imagine the kind-hearted steward was assisting, for the next minute the rope fell entire into the boat after us. There were four native rowers in the boat, but they hardly dared dip an oar into the water for fear of raising an alarm. We could hear every movement on the deck of the ship. Nelson was up there talking to some one in a loud tone and telling what ho would tell Henry Jarndyce, the millionaire, about Prothro and Barnette and Gladney when he got back to the States. The tide was ebbing out to the north and there wgs the slightest puff of wind from time to time to assist it; so gradually we worked away from the ship and then our rowers set to and we made good headway up the coast. (To Be Continued.)

PRINCE’S VISIT FAILS TO CALM INDIANS UNREST Demonstrations in Royal Honor Said to Have Been Planned. LOND3N, March 18.—The Prince of Wales’ visit to India has not had any conciliatory effect upon political unrest in that country, said an Indian dispatch to the Star, today. The Prince is en route from India for Japan. Commenting upon the effects of the British royal heir’s mlssoln to India, the Star’s dispatch says the total results were as follows : Bombay—Serious rioting. In which there were 400 casualties, including many killed. Property .damage was heavy. Calcutta —Seven hundred and fifty arrests. A civilian guard formed to assist the soldiers in patr Ring the strets. Armored cars are being used by the patrols. - Madras—Serious property damage. Rioters desecrated the British flag. Soldiers charged mobs with fixed bayonets. Agra—Much oposition to the Prince's vicit. Serious rioting occurred with many casualties. The Star says the total result of the Prince’s visit has been to close the grave conditions that exist in India. Indian opinion, it was declared, intimates the demonstrations in favor of the Prince were arranged In advance.

NEBRASKANS ' HAVE PASSED’ HARD TIMES (Continned From Page One.) 17 per cent for hay. Hogs are up 38 per cent and sheep 65 per cent. The total value of the State’s farm products has increased from $382,000,000 on Nov. L 1921, to $437,000,000 on March 1 this year. While these increases were going oa the prices of the things the farmer 'had to buy were decreasing. The War Finance Corporation has put about $12,000,000 into Nebraska since last November. This money is in the form of long-time loans, and has relieved the strain on the banks and eased the demands that were being made upon the farmer to liquidate. This additional credit has helped the farmer to market his corn at a higher price, cither by holding it or feeding it to livestock. The most encouraging condition of all in the State is the new feeling of confidence and buoyancy, though this new state of mind is not aa marked or as easily discovered here as it Is in lowa. A great many farmers and others who concede the recovery always add a proviso lhat prices for farm products roust stay up for a period, unless the second condition of the State he worse than the first. Still there is a profit now in farming and in producing all of the things that brought Nebraska to its present estate. The farmers out here may have been hard up, but they were a long way from being broke. Fundamentally, the condition Is sound. This is the testimony of bankers and business men as well ns that of the Intelligent farmers.

PEOPLE MORE PROSPEROUS THAN’ THEY’ KNOW. Asa matter of fact, any observer comlinsr here from the east quickly gets the Impression that all of these people here are richer and more prosperous than they know. These two States of lowaj and Nebraska produce enormous crops! worth millions of dollars They do It 1 year’after year. For the most part, the' people have everything they want to It for granted that they should have all of these accessories to good living. In lowa, for example, every fifth man owns a motor car. Every ,family could be transported out of the State overnight in its own automobile. Even during the depression period of last autumn, about which they now talk so feelingly, one can not discover that they stopped using their cars for a day. There Is none of the skimping and little economies that so many families along the eastern seaboard are forced to practice. If one goes casually and without warning into any of these Nebraska farmhouses to day to get dinner, he will find a table laden with fatness and plenty. There may be two or three kinds of meat on the table, vetgetables, cakes, preserves and such thick cream as only the very, very rich can procure in New Y’ork or Philadelphia or Washington if at all. Undoubtedly these States have been pinched in the last six months, pinched for ready money, and would have been forced to sell their products for less than the cost of production, had It not leeti for the aid extended them through the War Finance Corporation. They were caught in a jam and now they are out of It. They expect to pay their debts this year; they have already begun. And they are looking forward confidently to next year and the prosperous times, to which they have become accustomed. While the measure of restored confidence has not reached the high mark in Nebraska that it has In lotva, it Is nevertheless here, and It has changed the whole face of tha world for the farmer. In Nebraska the farmer has not started buying again on his usual scale as he has started in lowa, but he 19 baying, and If there does not come a relapse and another decline in the price of his farm products, he will continue to buy and on a larger scale.—Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company. ONLY SHOES UNBURNT. ROME, March 18.—Signorina Rosa Mario’s skirt caught fire from a Ifrazier and every stitch of clothing was burned from her body excopt her shoes. Nevertheless she may recover. OATMEAL EXPLODES! LAMBETH, England, March 18.—While oatmeal was being shifted from one bln to another at the Y’ernon mills it exploded, causing serious injuries to five persons. PRINCESS’ YYEDDING HAT. LONDON, England, March 18,—The same Luton firm that made Queen Mary’s wedding hat also made the wedding hat of her daughter, Princess Mary.

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