Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1919 — Page 2

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TIE JllSPtk CUUMIT DEMOCBIT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JABPER COUNTY Long Dlatanc* Telephone* Office 3.6 _ Reeldence 811 Entered as second class mail matter Vane 8, 1908, at the postofflce at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March A 1879, Published Wednesday and Saturday (The Only All-Home-Print Newspaper In Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION |2 00 PER ANNUM—STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. ' —ADVERTISING RATES—DISPLAY "Fifteen cents per inch. 'Special position, Eighteen cents inch. READERS Per line, first insertion, five cents. Per line, additional insertions, three bents ' WANT ADS One cent per word- each insertion; minimum 25 cents. Special price If run •ne or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has an »pen account. CARD OF THANKS Not to exceed ten lines, fifty cents; pash with order. ACCOUNTS All due and payable first of month Tollowing publication, except want ads and - cards of thanks, which are cash ■With order. No advertisements accepted for the ‘first page. . WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1919.

“INVESTIGATIONS” DISCOUNTED

•Republican “investigations” into the conduct of the war have progressed far enough to admit of an assessment of their value either as correctives or deterrents. They have covered a good deal of ground and filled many thousands of pages with testimony and documentary materials.’ They have furnished texts for news and comment. They have served some partisan uses. The inquiries have been made largely by Republicans and with a Republican majority to give what authority and moneys were needed by the inquisitors to journey here, there and yonder inquest of evidence. What has been adduced in the way of facts to convict any single important official of the government of dishonesty or dereliction? Any person of fair mind, whatever his political creed, will agree that even the record which these Republican committees have produced from the mouths of many witnesses fails to show worse than waste that was Inherent In the rapid preparations for the biggest war of all times, or errors of judgment ot less consequence in America’s first few months of belligerency than those made by some of the allies which had three years’ experience in the conflict. Much of the testimony which these committees have taken was that of (persons with grievances—concerns which failed to get con- ' tracts; military officers whose plans ■or suggestions had been 'vetoed; •subordinates with grudges against superiors; men with partisan or personal animus. -Of the statements

that were true only a few were new; a great deal of what was new Is under suspicion as to Its accuracy. Before the “investigators’’ began Secretary "of War Baker and Democratic leaders in congress frankly conceded that in the emergency of turning the industries of peace to the making of munitions on a vast scale, time was a more important element than money; that between losing days and losing dollars the war department and the other branches of the government did not hesitate to choose. It was Democratic officials that detected and ousted incompetents and proceeded —with the help of Republicans like former Justice Charles E. Hughes —against delinquents. It is notable that even Republican newspapers which have a sense of news values are devoting little of their space and none of their editorial columns to these "Investigations.” They are showing hardly any interest in last year’s history even though congressional partisans seem to think it has a bearing on next year’s campaign.

LOST OPPORTUNITIES

Republican leaders in- congress have failed as signally to make political capital for their party—and that was one of their purposes—as they have to enact beneficial legislation for the country. A good legislative record would have been at once useful to the people and advantageous to the Republican party. A catalogue of their opportunities happens also to be a list of their failures. When the special session of congress was convened last May the country expected and demanded a whole body of measures that would assist reconstruction. There was, for instance, the problem of fixing the definite status of the railroads, which were neither the (property of the government nor yet the absolute possession of their stockholders. For want of any decisive action of congress the roads still remain In the same anomalous situation. Special taxes which went to swell the cost of living without at the same time representing large revenues to the government were on the books —and they are still operative. Provision for the soldiers was generally desired .and certainly was justified, but even on the first anniversary of the armistice it is still lacking. Most important of all, there was need for the prompt restoration of peace as a prerequisite to the resumption of domestic industry and foreign commerce, but it still waits on the senate., As units of the population, Republicans as well as Democrats, Socialists and independents suffer from this Republican failure. As citizens, workers, business men and

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consumers, an-d especially as taxs payers, they would have welcomed and applauded a quick, efficient, resultful solution of these problems, which touch so intimately the welfare of every class. But after five months of patient expectancy they are disappointed. It is inevitable that the recollection of these Republican delinquencies will be carried to the polls next year by thousands of voters.

SENATOR LODGE’S JOB

It is apparently no easier for Senator Lodge to reconcile his composite majority to his program of "reservations” than it was to bring them to unanimity with respect to amendments to the treaty. Following the defeat of the first lot of amendments Mr. Lodge solemnly assured the people that there could be no ratification of the treaty without "effective’’ reservations, and., he permitted the impression that the adoption of these qualifications of America’s acceptance was to be a matter of only a few days’ time. Indeed, Mr. Lodge gave figures to support his prediction—or threat. The sequel shows that upon she question of "reservations” as upon the issue of amendments and every other vital proposition, the Republican majority in the senate is simply an aggregation of factions. There are Republican senators who are opposing “reservations” as vigorously as they opposed amendments; there are some who favor “strong” and others who prefer "weak” reservations; there is besides the coterie that wants to kill the treaty whether with the pludgeon of amendments or the club of "reservations’’—it is not particular which. All that Mr. Lodge has to do, therefore, is to harmonize these divergent elements; to induce them to accept his plans and leadership. That also was the only task he had with regard to amendments—and the public has an acute recollection of what happened. Already there are signs that Senator Lodge, who began as a sponsor of amendments and subsequently became a chamiplon of "reservations,” will be forced to shift his ground again and find himself ultimately in the company of “mild reservationlsts.”

NOTICE TO FARM BORROWERS The Walker Township Farm Loan association will meet at the Walker Center school house the first Saturday night of each month. Anyone wishing any loans should see some of the members or be present at the regular meetings. Everybody welcome. —William StaFbaum, president; V. M. Peer, sec-retary-treasurer. jl An armload of old papers for 5c at The Democrat office.

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD

BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO L.ABT ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernels Culled From Events of Moment In All Parts of the World—• Of Interest to All the People Everywhere. Personal William McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, has dipped into oil. He has bought a 30-acre lease near Wichita Falls, Texas, paying SI,OOO an acre. “I am willing to take a chance,” he said. • • • Dr. Alexis Carrel will leave France tills week to resume his work with the Rockefeller institute In New York. He has completed four years of service with French army hospitals. • • • Col. James R. Bell, commander tn chief of the G. A. R., died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. • • •

Domestic Charles Webster, fuel administrator for lowa at Des Moines, sent a telegram to W. D. Hines, director general of railroads, tn which he said lowa officials will endeavor to find means to obtain coal unless some of that confiscated by railroads Is released quickly. * * • Albert C. Ritchie (Dem.) was elected governor of Maryland over Harry W. Nice (Rep.) by a plurality of approximately 900 votes at Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial returns at Baltimore. • • • Rioting broke out at the plant of the Youngstown (O.) Sheet and Tube company again, when 50 women attacked the sheriff and his deputies when the officers tried to keep them from preventing workmen entering the plant. • • * The amendment to the federal Constitution giving women the right to vote was ratified in the house at Augusta, Me., in concurrence with the senate. The vote was V 2 to 68. Ten union mines in the New River, West Virginia coal fields resumed operations, according to reports to Washington headquarters of the operators, see The value of last year’s raisin crop in the Fresno (Cal.) district Is $25,000,000, It is announced by the California Associated Raisin company, the organization of gtowers. ■ • * * Two deaths from “sleeping sickness” have occurred In Portland, Ore., this week, and another case of the strange disease is under observation. • * * A Columbus dispatch says Ohio has adopted the prohibition program Ln toto. It has ratified natlbnal prohibition by more than 75,000, upheld a drastic state law In a referendum and defeated two liberal proposals. One was to repeal state prohibition and the other was to permit 2.75 per cent beer and wine. • • • A Jackson dispatch says the Mississippi Democratic ticket was elected In the general election by a plurality of approximately 50,000. The Socialist state candidates, which furnished the only opposition to the Democrats, polled less than 10,000 votes. see

The Knoxville (Tenn.) police, the first In the country to affiliate their organization with the American Federation of Labor, by a vote of 6 to 1 have decided to surrender their union charter. • • • Enough dynamite to blow up several city blocks was stolen from the magazine of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., at Lambert, 111. * • • The first break among the union miners occurred in the northfirn West Virginia fields, according to a message from Huntington to Washington headquarters of the operators. In that district 15 mines were reported In operation. e e e The longshoremen’s strike, which had paralyzed shipping at New York for over three weeks, ended Monday. All the strikers returned to work, although no official settlement was announced. e e e A provisional battalion, 800 strong, composed of veterans of the First division, was ordered to proceed immediately from Louisville, Ky., to the coal fields of West Virginia. The largest Inheritance tax ever collected in Missouri, $204,864, will be paid on the estate’ of Andrew Drumm, Kansas City cattleman, who died last April at San Antonio, Tex. e « e Auctioneers at Rochester, N. Y., have generally agreed to adopt a blue flag In place of the red emblem, so long associated with their profession. » » e George Wilkerson, a farmer,, was killed when his automobile rolled ofl an embankment along the Sangamon river near Springfield, 111.

I Lignite miners In the Burlington (N. D.) area, returned to their work after being on strike one day. e e e Lieut. Col. Duncan Elliott, commandant of cadets ut St. James college at Annapolis, Md., and formerly prominent in New York society, committed suicide by shooting himself In the head. o o e Robbers broke into the real estate office of A. Edward Freer at Chicago and blew the safe. They obtained SSOO In cash, S3OO tn Liberty bonds and silverware valued at $2,000. see The National bank at West Lebanon, Ind., was robbed. Liberty bonds and the contents of 15 safety deposit boxes were taken. The officials refuse to announce the amount e e o Foreign Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the former German chancellor, stated in the course of his testimony before the subcommittee of the national assembly at Berlin that he did not believe during the war and does not now believe a lasting peace possible. • • • A Copenhagen dispatch says that a conference has been agreed upon by Great Britain and the bolshevlkl to discuss the exchange of prisoners. It will be held in London. « • • The first meeting of the council of the League of Nations will be held in Paris, the supreme council decided. It did not, however, fix a date for the gathering. e e o The treaty of Versailles and the peace settlement with Germany will become effective, It Is asserted In wellinformed circles at Paris, November 28.

Col. George H. Emerson, at Omsk, has ordered the withdrawal of the American railway mission corps from Siberia. The withdrawal will take place simultaneous with the withdrawal of the Czech forces. Brig. Gen. A. C. Crltchley Is going to take a chosen party of 50 fellow British officers to settle on a mllllonacre ranch about 400 miles north of Mexico City, according to a London dispatch. e e e An eight-year naval program, costing $824,000,000, has been decided upon by the Japanese government, It was announced In a cable message to the Shinpoub a Japanese daily newspaper at Honolulu. • * * A Geneva dispatch says the Germans have started dismantling the fortress at Isteln, on the Rhine, about eight miles north of Basel. The work Is being conducted under the supervision of allied officers. e e o Washington

President Wilson from his sick bed at Washington dictated a telegram to Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, congratulating him on his re-election and saying It was a victory for law and order. see The government appealed to the Supreme court at Washington from the decision of Federal Judge Evans of Kentucky, declaring unconstitutional the war-time prohibition act and ox* dering release of distilled spirits. e e e Government operation of the coal mines for one year, or as much longbr as may be necessary for the public good, was proposed In congress ajb Washington as a solution of the coal strike. , v see Six employees were murdered and more than in American ■stolen from oil Companies operating in the Tampifip oil region during Jtfm August ana September, according to reports received ht Washington. 9 • * Authority to regulate the price, dl£ trlbutlon, production, sale, shipmetny apportionment and storage of all coal. Including anthracite, and coke was given Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield at Washington. The government at Washington cannot accept the proposal of organized labor to end the coal strike by vacating the injunction against the officials of the United Mine Workers of America. • * * There will be no change at present In maximum coal prices fixed by the government, Doctor Garfield, fuel administrator at Washington, told a delegation of operators. •• • I Seizure of coal now in transit was authorized at Washington by the railroad administration. Director General Hines announced that he had ordered all regional directors of railroads to accumulate coal to meet the threatened crisis, purchasing the coal, If possible, but if necessary, to hold coal now in transit. j | President Wilson at Washington set aside Thursday, November 27, as Thanksgiving day In a proclamation which said the country looked forward “with confidence to the dawn of' an era where the sacrifices of the nations will find recompense in a world a peace.” • • • Without debate the senate at Washington voted down a motion by Republican Leader Lodge to strike from the peace treaty the provisions giving German rights In Shantung to Japan. The vote was 41 to 26.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 191®.

RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect March 30, 191*. Northbound. No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:34 a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 6:01 a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 Tndlhnap's to Chicago 19:86 a.m. No. 38 Indianap’e to Chicago 2:51 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 8:81 p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 9:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND. No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati 3:37 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville 19:55 a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Indlanap’s 11:18 sum. No. 33 Chgo to Indpls and F L 1:57 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette 5:59 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Indianan’s 7:81p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville 11:19 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS Mayor.. Charles G. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Civil Engineer . ...L. A. Bostwick Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden ....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ward No. 1 Ray Wood Ward No. 2 J. D. Allman Ward No. 3 Fred Waymiro At large—Rex Warner, C. Kellner JUDICIAL OFFICIALS Circuit Judge C. W. Hanley Prosecuting Atty...J. C. Murphey Terms of court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICIALS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriff True D. Woodworth AuditorJ. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott Surveyor E. D. Nesbitt Coroner W. J. Wright Assessor G. L. Thornton Agricultural agent.... S. Learning Health Officer ....F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS District No. IH. W. Marble District No. 2D. 8. Mak sever District No. 3Charles Welch Commissioners’ court meets the first Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Brant Davissonßarkley Burdett Porter Carpenter Benj. F. LaFevre....... ...Gillam Warren E. Poole. .Hanging Grove Julius Huff Jordan Alfred DugglebyKankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Charles W. Postlll Marion Charles C. WoodMilroy John Rush Newton Walter Harrington Union John F. PetetWalker John BowieWheatfield M. L. Sterrett, Co. Superintendent C. M. Sands, Truant officer. -eoooeooooooo

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