Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1920 — Page 2

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LEAGUE AND COURT

Nothing coula be more preposterous than the theory, of which some thing has been heard, that there is, in the Cifeation of a world arbSha tion tribunal, a turning away from the league of nations, or at least a subordination of it. As a matter o. fact those distinguished men, Elihu Root among them, who have prepared a plan for a court, have been operating under the league covenant, as appointees and agents of the league, and it is to the league that they will report. Article 14 reads as follows: The council shall formulate and submit to the members of the league for adoption plans for the establishment of a permanent court of International justice. The court shall be competent to hear and determine any dispute of an international character •which the parties thereto submit to it. The court may also give an ad. visory opinion upon any dispute or, question referred to it by the council or by the assembly. Acting under this article the council called together an advisory committee of eminent jurists, and these have about completed their work. The court, which will shortly be eet up, will be a part of the league of nations, and one of its most effective instrumentalities. Not only so, but unlike the Hague tribunal, it will have the power of the league behind it The members of the league are under solemn obligation to arbitrate their disputes, and agree that they will in no case go to war “until three months after the award by the arbitrators or the report of the council.” There is this further agreement which is in aid of the court and its judgments: The members of the league agree that they will carry out in full good faith any award that may be rendered, and that they will not resort to war against a member of the league which complies therewith. In the event of any failure to carry out such an award, the council shall pro-

pose what steps should be taken to give effect thereto. In short, the court is accepted in advance by all parties to the treaty, and all agree to be bound by its decisions. Manifestly the court owes as much to the league as the league does to the court. They are two parte of one great whole, and each is essential to the others. If we follow Mr. Harding’s advice and reject the league we shall also reject the court.' <

But it has also been made clear by two Americans associated with the labors of the Root commission, and given to the public by Raymond B. Fosdick, that the application of the principle on which the league is based, which is distinctly American, has made the creation of the court comparatively easy. In the old days the big nations demanded special consideration in the choice of judges, and perhaps an over-representation, while the small nations were jealous of the big ones and distrustful of their purposes. As it is now both classes have an equal share in the choice of judges. They act through a great organization, not as individual units, for a great international purpose. The conflicting views of the big and little powers have been entirely harmonized. It was not difficult to provide for the nomination of judges —this was easily arranged under the old Hague organization. But it was not so easy to elect them. One of Mr. Fosdlck’s correspondents says: On that rock the second peace conference came to absolute wreck. But since then the league of nations has been created. Whatever its faults, it has at least the outline of an international organization. It is based on a double principle—first that of the assembly, where all the states are equal, and second that of the council, where the nine largest states have control. Here, ready at hand, is a harmonizing of the two conflicting principles. Both these bodies will participate in the election of the 11 judges the council protecting the interests of the large states and the assembly of the small —a truly American device. Provision is made, in case of differences, for a conference committee, and that too has a good American ancestry. The court itself will be mod est ed on our supreme court, and, says one of the authorities, “American purposes will also largely prevail.” The question is whether we shall accept all make a separate and shameful peace with Germany, desert our and ‘look hopefully” to some new “association” of nations, kind not specified. It should not be forgotten that one of the main objects of'the creators of the league of nations wag to bring into being as tart of It speh a court of international justice that which is about to come into being. Nor should it be forgotten that without the < league the court would have been a practical impossibility. — Indianapolis News (Rep.).

HEARST IS OUT FOR HARDING

The W. R. Hearst papers are for Harding for president, which must be a bitter pill for most of the decent members of that party. Hearst was bitterly hostile to the allies before we went into the war, if not

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actually pro-German. He did everything in his power to stir up dissension between this country and Great Britain, thus striking a blow directly at the alliance. During the war, after we went in, it was necessary for his papers to exercise a considerable degree of restraint, and their owner performed at least a lip-service to the American cause. If he had had his way we should have been so deeply involved in Mexico as to have made it impossible for us to put our full strength into the great war for freedom and civilization. Now he and his papers oppose the league of nations, and favor a separate peace with Germany, and they are supporting Senator* Harding because his views on this subject are also theirs. They tried to force Senator Johnson on the Republican party, and failed. Now they are out for Senator Harding, believing that he has been forced by Johnson into Hearst’s position of hostility to the league of nations. Jackson Morris surely failed to consult Will Hays and Candidate Harding before he made that pro'league argument at Winona in the debate with Senator Hitchcock. It’s dollars to doughnuts Harry New will not send that Kentuckian out again to interpret the old guard platform.

The standpat crowd has decided to make President Wilson the chief issue, according to an announcement from Marion. The Lodge “Hymn of Hate,” sung at Chicago and hummed for eight years by the senatorial cabal, will undoubtedly become their chief campaign song. * No wonder Governor Goodrich epngratulated the legislators at the close of the special session. They held inviolate his sacred tax law and placed him In control of the Indiana coal situation. Warren T. McCray’s connection with a Chicago bucketshop was an interesting disclosure to his Indiana friends. He must have neglected to mention that'vocation in his primary campaign. A good campaign text for Senator Watson, now that he has been dubbed “one of us” by Candidate Harding, would be to tell his fellow Hoosiers how he voted for Wood and worked for Harding at Chicago.

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JIE SKY JOKERS ARE POINTED OUT

Secretary of Better Business Bureau Calls Goodrich Measure “Monstrosity” and Says it 13 Ideal for Stock Salesmen. AFFORDS PUBLIC NO PROTECTION Indianapolis, Ind. —The blue" sky law passed by the recent special session of the legislature is termed a "monstrosity” and one that will suit "the salesman of questionable securities” by G. F. Olwin, secretary-mana-ger of the Indianapolis Better Business Bureau in a report made to his organization. The passage of such a law was urged by Governor Goodrich In his message to the assembly and the administration forces threw thqir weight behind the measure. When persons really interested in obtaining a law that would protect the public from "questionable securities” learned that it, like the curative tax measure, was full of jokers, they recalled that the governor himself has been interested from time to time in the promotion of stock enterprises through his Winchester bank. Ideal for Stock Salesmen. "In the opinion of the bureau manager,” Mr. Olwin’s report says, “this is not such a blue sky law as the people of Indiana have been demanding, nor such a law as they had a right to expect their representatives in the senate and house to give them. To our mind it is an ideal stock salesmen’s blue sky law. “The first amendment struck out the words ‘principal or agent,’ in Section 1 and inserted the word ‘issuer’ making this and succeeding sections apply only to the ‘lssuer 1 who may undertake by advertisement, clrcu‘ar, prospectus, through agents or other public, or general offering’ atempt to dispose of securities, amenable to this law. "Here is how this may work. Let vs call the ‘issuer’ the Come-on-Motor । >rporation with home office in Illinois. If they, for themselves or through agents, attempt to s6ll stock this state they will come under the -isdlctlon of the blue sky commison. However, to get around this I w they make a secret contract with ‘Jones & Co.,’ Indianapolis, stock salesmen, to ‘underwrite’ their entire issue of $1,000,000 at $6.25 per share of $lO par value. Jones & Co., thus purchase this stock for their own account and proceed to sell it in this state at $12.50 per share. It is their stock and they have a right to dispose of it and advertise It for sale under their own name. The ‘issuer’ does not enter the state at all and therefore does not come under the jurisdiction of the commission. Jones & Co., dispose of the stock to the citizens at 100 per cent, gross profit and there is no information filed with the Secretary of State in regard to the Come-on Motor Corporation.

Eliminate Meat of Bill. “The next amendment which worked havoc with this bill was that which struck out all of paragraph ‘G’ of Section 1 and other parts of the bill requiring the filing of copies of ‘all contracts of agreements between the Issuer and underwriters of such securities,’ etc., and all contracts relative to the sale or disposition of stock, together with copies of the minutes of directors or stockholders relating to or affecting the Issue of such securities. “This provision was the very meat of the bill as it passed the house and would have done more than all the rest of the bill put together to protect the public from the sale of questionable securities. But the stock salesman does not want publicity in such matters and this was stricken from the bill. “Without the provision requiring the filing of copies of all contracts and minutes relative to the disposition of stock, most any sort of a deal may be put over without the knowledge of the investing public.

Sales Are Not Voidable. “Another amendment struck out all of Section 20, which made sales, consummated in violation of the provisions of this act ‘voidable’ providing that request for the return of the money was made in writing within one year. Is there any good reason a made jg violation of the law should not be voidable? “The salesman of questionable securities prefers to work under a blue sky law if such a law is to his liking, as he uses the fact that the state has a blue sky law to boost bls sales. We believe that the Indiana law will suit him. He will in effect say, ‘You know Indiana has one of the most stringent blue sky laws of any State In the union. The commission even passes upon the moral find business qualifications of applicant*. If this stock were not all right, you may bet we wouldn’t be allowed to sell the ■tock.’ ”

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NATIONWIDE FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE

American Red Cross Will Have Health Centers in All Parts of United States. The American Red Cross has launched upon a nation wide campaign of fighting disease and physical defect among the American people. A new and unique health institution has come Into being as the result of several months’ study by the Red Cross Health Service Department at National Headquarters. Officials In charge of the department predict that before long this new health activity yvlll be in actual operation all over the country, and that the sign—- “ American Red Cross Health Center” —will become as familiar to the people everywhere as are now the signs of the telegraph companies. Busy Long Before War. The Interest pf the American Red Cross in the fight against disease is not, however, of recent origin. Long before the war the organization began this health service through its medical units In disaster relief work and its department of Town and County Nursing. During the war and following the armistice thousands of American Red Cross officials have been fighting disease in the war-stricken countries. At the same time tens of thousands of local Red Cross officials have been engaged' st home fighting disease, notably during the Influenza epidemics. The American Ped jpross has determined that all this valuable experience in health service abroad and at home shall not go to waste. So long as there are a half a million people dying yearly in this country from preventable causes, and so long as more than one-third of the American children and young people are victims of physical defects, the Red Cross recognizes the urgent need for continued Red Cross health service at home. How Organization Works. The Red Cross Health Center is governed by business principles, applies business methods, and, ■ In Its more simple form, can be established and conducted by lay people. It proceeds upon the demonstrated fact that health Is a -ommodlty that can be bought and sold like brooms and soap. Therefore, It establishes itself in a storeroom in the principal business section of the community. It displays Its goods In the form of attractive health exhibits in its show windows. It advertises constantly and extensively. And it uses every business and social device to attract customers. The Red Cross Health Center is of service to the sick In that It gives out reliable and complete information about existing clinics, hospitals, sanatoria and other Institutions for the sick and the defective; about available nurses, both trained and practical; about when to consult a physician and why to shun the quack and his nostrums. Teaching Disease Prevention. The Red Cross Health Center Is, however, of even greater service to the well. It teaches people how to prevent sickness and disease. This is done In many Interesting and attractive ways—first of all, by the distribution of popular health literature and through health lectures Illustrated with lantern slides or with health motion picture films. Then special exhibits are given, one after the other, on various health subjects. Practical demonstrations are made ; also health playlets by children to Interest and Instruct themselves and their elders. Classes are organized in personal hygiene, home care of the sick, first aid and in food selection and preparation. Health clubs, both for younger and elder people, are formed; also Little Mothers’ Leagues. Nutrition and growth clinics are conducted for children. Already more than a hundred of these Red Cross Health Centers are in actual operation throughout the country. Many of them also conduct medical clinics, but the one chief, outstanding feature of the American Red Cross Health Center Is Its health education service which teaches well people how to keep well.

FRENCH PRAISE FOR OUR RED CROSS WORK

Lauding the work accomplished by American philanthropy for warstricken France, Andre Tardieu, former high commissioner from that nation to the United States, in a recent article widely commented on throughout the French press, says: “The American Red Cross has accomplished a work which calls for the heartfelt gratitude of every true Frenchman. In 191§ this great relief orgaplsatlon in behalf of France flirty 87.000,000 franco and In 1919 its eipehdftufea on charitable projects In our country attained the trementot|l st it has re; gently turned to the Frencn belief brgaßl&tlohs huge stocks of supplies whose value must be counted in the hundreds of thousands of francs. "Fifteen million American boys and girls, banded together In the Junior Red Cross of America, are back of a movement to establish the closest ties between themselves and France's younger generation through the charitable works they have financed, and are now carrying out among our little war sufferers. "The bonds of friendship between France and America is cemented with mutual admiration, rerpect and grotiude." z H

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.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1920.

RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect July 11, 1920. I NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:34 a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01 am. No. 16 •Cincinnati to Chic’go 5:17 am. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:24 am. No. 32 llndlanap'a to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 Cincinnati to Chicago 3:51p.m. Nd. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:35 p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 15 *Chlc’go to Cincinnati 1:40 a.m. No. 36 Chicago to Cincinnati 2:27 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville 10:55 a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Cincinnati 11:18 am. No. 33 Chicago to Cincinnati 1:57 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette 5:50 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Indianap’s 7:31p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville 11:10 p.m. •Stop on signal to take on or let off passengers to or from points south of Indianapolis.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS 7 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 Councilman Ward No. 1 Ray Wood Ward No. 2 J. D. Allman Ward No. 3 Fred Waymut 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 ...Jesie Nichols Sheriff True D. Woodworth Auditor 8. C. Robinson Treasurer John T. Biggs Recorder George Scott Surveyor I'. D. Nesbitt Coroner W. J. Wright Assessor G. L. Thornton Agricultural Agent D. Mawhorter Health Officer . ...F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS District No 1 H. W. Marble District No. 2 Bert Amsler District No. 3 Charles Welch Commissioners’ court meets the first Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdett Porter ....Carpenter Benj. F. LaFevre Gillam George Parker Hanging Grove Julius Huff Jordan Alfred Duggleby Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Charles W. Poatfll Marlon Charles C. Wood Milroy John Rush Newton Walter Harrington Union John F. Petet Walker John Bowie Wheatfield M. L. Sterrett, Co. Superintendent C. M. Sands, Truant officer.

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law, Abstracts, Real Estate Loaaa. Will practice in all the courts. Oflto* over Fendig's Fair. Rensselaer, Indiana. George A. Williams D. Delos Deas WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS AU court matters promptly attended to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm Loans. Insurance. Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office in Odd Fellows' Block Rensselaer, Indiana. JOHN A. DUNLAP ' LAWYER (Successor to Frank Folta) Practice in aU courts Estates settled Farm loans Collection department Notary in the office Over T. A S. bank. 'Pnone Na. It Rensselaer, Indiana. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE A INBURANCB Five per cent Farm Loans Office in Odd Fellows' Block Rensselaer, Indiana.

E. N. LOY PHYSICIAN Office over Murray's department store. Office hours: 10 to 12 and 3 te *. Evening, 7 to 8. Phone St. Rensselaer, Indiana. E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the State bank Office 'Phone No. 177 Residence 'Phone No. 177-B Rensselaer, Indiana. F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to typhoid, paeamonla and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig’s drug eter— Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 443-B, Rensselaer, Indiana. C. P. NORBY Physician and Surgeon Telephone 924-A KNIMAN, INDIANA F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Oateo* athy. Post-graduate American fiehooi of Osteopathy under the founder, Dr. A. T. StllL Office hours: 8-13 a. m.; 1-5 p. as. Tuesdays and Fridays at MontloeUo, Indiana. . Office 1-3 Murray building Rensselaer, Indiana. DR. W. E. RUSSELL , Veterinarian Telephone 443 Rensselaer, Ind. J. W. HORTON ' DENTIST JOHN N. HORTON M ECHAN ICAL DENTIST Dentistry Ip all Its branch** practlosd Office Opposite Court House Square.

Jasper Reduction Co REED & REED, Props. If yon lose any livestock, notify us and we will send for the carcass promptly. We also take old, crippled or diseased animals off your hands. Telephone 900-1 dr 17-Black.