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Jasper, Indiana, Friday, SEPTEMBER 2(5, 1919,

No. 16.

URGE SENATE TQ HASTEN PEACE Leaders in Forty-SUtes, Rejirdlcss of Pirty, Sign Ringing Appell. TREATY WITHOUT AMENDMENT . VVy D.y of Del. Putt World S.neoJp.rM of New War. Point to National Unrest

VfW Ysrk.-ISpeclaD Two hundred iftylwdt-f American. Rtt.n.and.aocrat. repreeeatlog orty diffe-ent.tae.and every ronl . . k.in Vwivit the raii-

of the I'eace Treaty "without !..dt and without delay " Their ,amM are attached ta n tddre.i to ,he United Statt- Staate, which mat made public today, through the uWueUrnforc Peace, after It had been itat to very member f the PTMltt.

Ths i nen. almost without excep-

i. .r men and women 01 nuu.

reputation. They include auch profolent cUUens aa exPrealdent Taft, u.' Wlckeriham. Attorney-

General In the last Republican admin.,r.nB A . Lawrenct Lowell, presl

dt of Harvard: Charte C. Moore of

FrmrUco. president of the Pans-

bi position; Judfe Georne tlray of Wllmlnrton. Del.; President Samuel Oomr" of the American Federation of Labor. Harry A- Wheeler of Cblcaf. retirlnc president of tha Chamber of Commerce ot the United States; Mrs (arrie CtapEtaa Catt, president of tae National American Woman Suffrage Aoclatlon ; Cyrun U.K. Curtit. tt Philadelphia publisher; PYealdent HeaerJ. Grantor the Mormon Church. ib4 Spargo. leader of tht Bocialiatt tao supported the war. ' The slrners declare that every day af delay in ratifying th treaty pul tae world In "Imminent peril of new war." Their statement follows: In the aenate at Washington, now that the committee on foreign relations has reported treaty, tht lltet are aharply drawn between tha immediate ratification of the treaty of peace with Germany, and Ita amendment with a reassembling of the conference and a reopening of negotiations that

would brlna; Kreut delay and prolonged uncertainty In settling the great issues of the peace. No partisan plea ran be made. Tarty linea are alreudy broken Standing at a dt'ance from the conflict in" the eenate chamber, we plead for immediate ratification with out delay. Our land requires It. A state of nervous strain, tension and uarest exists manifesting It&e'.f ir disturbances, which in some rase save ae self evident connection with the war, but which are. In fact, Itt aftertiath. The world la put In Imme Bent peril of new wara by the lapse of ach day. Dissensions between us and our former allies are being sown, w'e Irmly believe and solemnly declare that the statt and cities In whirl we dwell deaire Immediate Peace. Tbi waging of war steadied and altes the American people. Peace '.ll bring prosperity, and prosperity coatnt Delay In the senate postpon't ratification la this uncertain Hriod of seither peace nor war has in indecision and doubt, bred Kr'ind quickened the cupidity of taibo sell the daily necetaltlea of ,ird the feara of those whoat dally f to loafer fills the daily market basket. 't beseech the senate tt rive the peace sad certainty by a ratllcatUa tleh vtll not keep u longer ,a shadows f possible wars, hat ',T Ibe whale world th licht of eace Reservations la tht nature of c,tria(ationa in the meanlnr of the

trly.et inconsistent with its terms.

the

tanr and witn

r Moclate in tht war, which we

" d each united to win. ut there Is no possibility of dibt 'Bt amendment of the treaty, as Is w Proposed la tht Senate Commiton Foreign Relation, would renegotiation and a reopening of "i questlont decided at Taris Wonthi of delay would follow. The Perl! of tne preMnt wouj become tn deadly dangers of the r.rar future. A" tb doubt engendered would aid ,h Plots for violent revolution In this ,nd Other lands Th faMa tirnrf

elsehere between capital and lahor. Jhe conspiracy of speculator and prof-

" ould all grow and becomt more Perllom. This cannot be. The American peocannot, after a victorious war, rait Its tavern men t to netltlnn flr.

hlch has accepted the treaty,

Vl.coainnt tcchanatei la tht trea

"i lsconsisisni wiis na tern 111 not resdirs tht reopeninc of tl "otlatioat with Germany and wl

ty. Yet ir tne T'nfterrStafes'ahouM imend the treaty fen Its own pnrpose simI T-fM'-v, flcrmany would hare full rli " ' " ask for concessions, tiermiiny t mh ajtrrod to make no claim In reeard to enemy property seized in his country to an iimount of sever 1'iindred miP'on cI'Ith. Our recrn' 'np could for a reopening of thl '.ue and of th t-ueltinla claims. I rnuld ralao every ques'lon open b 'ore hostilities In regard to submarinwarfare and the treatment of its niMnnals In this country. All the pr 'Melons for our trade In German: raised by the economic clauaes of the treaty, many of them vital to our industries and out farms, as In dys patents, dye supplies and fertilizers, the wor'king of the Reparation Commit alon, which superintends the trade ot all with Germany, could all be brouRht up by Merlin for readjustment ry our negotiators, acting for the I nii"d States alone end no lunger aHHOcl&ted with other victorious powers or supported by a victorious American army on the German bo.-rler. Teace Itself, the peace of the world. Is delayed until ratification conic. And any amendment postpones peace. Germany and KngUnd alone of tht principal powers have ratified. Tht other principals necessarily await our action, Influential and powerful as we are today In the world a affairs. The ravages of war op more than a score of fighting fronta are continued by any needless delay. lt the senate give

the world peane. by ratification without amendment. Even the amendment for which moat can be aaici, the provision in regard to Shantung, will secure nothing which cannot be gained if China, backed by the powerful advocacy of the United States, addresses Itself to the machinery for righting International wrongs and meeting just claims

created by toe league between na

tlons. China, after eighty years of

oppressive treaties and despoiled rights, by which all the great powers have profited directly or lndldlrectly.

has for the first time. In this covenant and treaty, the means and method to

secure justice and the removal of the

eppre?slve economic interference of

stronger nations whose citizens art within her gates, protected bjr a lorz succession of International agree

ments. Moreover, it should he re

membered that the clause regarding S"j anhing was made upon the stitement by .Tapn that she will return the territory to CMna. end trerefn-, upon that condition, compliance with which promise th 'esrne can require. The peoe of the present and th" rlgheou""ess of he fii'ure can he best secured hy the ratlfVsMon of the covenant nM tr", vM'hottf sr"ndment. Let the sene take no ctlon thst wi't rive s party to the treaty, and esp-MsMr Cermany. rround for jniwfpincer that the rafiflrnflon of to states I not complete rind

that en-e requiring a resumption of eon'orprtce and negotiations have been made In It. Atnonc the trnes In Indiana. Illinois". Ohio and K-;irky are: Indiana.

Prank Duffy. Secretary United Uroth-

erhbood of Carpenters and Joiners. William Dudley Fonlke. ruhllcist. Jacob Fischer, Secretary Journeymen Harbers' International Union. Elwood Heynes, Inventor. John II. Holiday, Financier. Franklin McCray. State Senator. Daniel J. Tobln, Treasurer Americas Federation of Labor. Ulrlc Z. Wiley. James A. Wood burn. Educator. Illinois. John R. Alplnt. Vict President American Federation of Labor. Edgar A. Uancroft. Lawyer. Anita McCormlck lUalns. Phllanthro plat. Louiae De Koven Dowen. Social Worker. Jacob M. Dickinson, ti-SecreUry of War. John V. Farwell. Merchant. Anna A. Gordon. -President National Women's Chriatlan Ttmperanct Union. ' Edmund D. Hulbert. President Merchants' Loan and Trust Company.' Edward N. Hurlty, formerly Chairmas U. 3. Shipping Board. Charles Cheney Hydt, Lawyer. David .B. Jones. Mineral Point Zlne Company. 1 Thomas D. Jonen, President Mineral Point Zinc Company. Ira Und rlth. ' formerly Moderator rresbyterlan General Assembly. Cyrus H. McCormlck. Manufacturer. Mary R. McDowell,. Settlement Worker. Shaller Mathews, Educator, Editor. T. A. Richert, President International (Varment Workers of America. Graham Taylor, Sociologist. John H. Walker, formerly President Statt Federation of Labor. Harry A. Wheeler, formerly President Chamber of Conmerce of U S. Oliver Wilson. Master of National Orange. Matthew -Woll. President International Thoto Engravers' Union. Oi.lo. James M. Cox. Governor. Wllllasa Grtasu aecretari-Trtttvef

United Mine Workers of Anlerica. John P. P'rey. Editor International Molders' Journal. W. G. Lee, President Brotherhood Railway Trainmen. Timothy Shea, Acting President Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen and Engtneroen. L. K. Sheppard. President . Order of Hallway Conductors. Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. W. O. Thompson, President Ohio Stats University. Charles P. Thwlng. President Western' Reserve University. Joseph F. Valentine. President International Molders' Union of North America. Kentucky. Desha Breckinridge, Editor. J. N. Camden, foremrly U. S. Senator. William Rogers Clay, Justice State Court of Appeals. K. F. Farquhar. Professor University of Kentucky. Jsmes Hervey Hazelrigg. formerly Ch W Justice State Court of Appealt. W. E. Settle, .Justice State Court of Areals. RECLUSE CANNOT' LOSE HIS MONEY Chicago Man Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Give Millions Away.

SOUGHT TO BE PAUPER

Aged Eccentric It Again Millionaire. Although He Transferred Money to Attorney Victim of Many Fleeclngs. 'Chicago. Edward W. Morrison sged reduce of Chicago, has been try

Ing to get rid of hU millions for man)

years, but. despite the assistance ol

hin lawyers anil cronies, he Is unabl to become a imuper. The nillllonalr

nenrly succeeded a few years agi

when he transferred all Ms property

variously estimated at $:t. .' tc

fr,, too.iNM. to his Httorney. but the

transfer u recently set aside? by federal court.

In al(Jitiiii to his deulintrs with hie

attorney, Edward Morrison gained no

tonrty some jesr ago when lie va

accused l'.v Joseph lluinsteln, a 1'lJca-

r Junk dealer, of being the father oi

the two Ituriixtcln girls Tie hud udopt ed. Tlie clmrge never vns proved. Spent $94,000 to Get $25,000, , In the Investigation conducted bj

Federal Judge I.andls It wa showc that the ereutric millionaire had pnlii l'j-i(MM) to a man named lougla to gt

shroud and to searc h for $'J3,(NH) woi Ü of bonds supposedly stolen from hi; safe. Another man Is suld to have col lected thoussnds of dollars for providing the aged millionaire with que ttoriahle entertainment "My father was rich," be declared when questioned about a real etatt traiiKfer. "He left me t.uiU.ooo when b died. I doubled that In speculatios

THE WAIL OF äUäLE WHO BOUGHT BY MAIL

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i.L I 11m it if i! liM! life

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ansa

Transferred All His Property. In mines and real estate. It was my money; 1 made It I had a right to spend It as I pleased? and I did." But the Chicago courts and the Chi

cago board of education, te whom theJ

will of Morrison's father provide the estate ahall rtvert for the erectlou of a high school bulldlüg should the redust - die without children, thought otherw 1st and through their efforts the property has been regained. . So Edwsrd Morrison Is a millionaire,- once mors.

"Maud's hair b vha yoo. worjj

pall TiÜaXL Unt ttT '

-TTmH. tltka or tmi-TItlaa." ' . 0

OUILS A4 WtATHZFl PPtOPHsTTtb

AnoChar'ttoym wmbjpraijlcl

th MftijTilk ' ." unndxeda of thaM birds bar ban coming Inland sA

hovsrsd ovtr tht) Milw&ule rim tl thai hmti cf tht city. Most of thl tims thaff trw tih, bnt oocaabaallv !gwoopt)d Ajwxx and splashed il Sty we Urs with their isA Old residents who hv notad tht .flight of. tht gulls for ramy year declaxa thai wham they exxne inJand Yrom their harbor, htvjb it iarari pblj indicate an approaching gtorm. iThair jnaaenot over k the. rirer, m notioadby mtay. percoof t rw dajt 9" wd!My-tflT btiokesed tht i that' arrived on EhmdAj-4 Etoatlk& I.. .

HELD CHILDREN'S HANDS ON STOVE

was reading out loud from her macs

sine. Whin she ) to me. "The best I've sees For all tb things that roust had Is this here luw price mail house aa 'Here's Cross Grained Oats, t cents ns more 'Oalnst 10 they're charging at tha store. And If ait tU vest that's advertise Is Just a che I'd not be a'prlued That we'd auve nionfy In the end By trading- with our low price friend. So I Shot an order into the mall : It carried my name. It carried, my kale. I ordered a lamp and a rocking chair, A pall ot prunes and lome underwear. My wife, she ordered two petticoats.

A new false pufl and some Cross Grained oats; A Noah's Arle f'r bahy's toy. A pair of boots for Hub, th boy: mocking for Nell, a waist for LI rile Just writing that order kept m busy. Well, we shot the order Into the malV Twee all of a thirty dollar sale; We flgured out throe days was ennurh To fetch us that dodblasied rruO. They sot my coin, but not a pep Did I hear from the firm of Grab A Keep. 'Twas all of two weeks maybe three Before them good arrived for me. I got a notice, hitched the ma'ar And drove three miles to the railroad car. t found a whacking big box thereSome smashed up, but I didn't care. tWben you"ve honed for prunes until It hurts And your bark Is cold fer lack of shirts. When the roods In front of you 'a labeled Must." Tew grab 'em If the box la bust!) Bo I heaved the wreckage Into the cart A ad headed for home, feeling pretty smart. My goods had come from a town that's real. And I'd saved four dollars on the deed! We soon rot home and opened the case And looked at our purchases, face to face Well, sir, 'twas an eye opener, you can bet. And one that I shan't soon forgett The parrel of oats was torn to rageBut we'd saved twelve casts on a dozen baas! The prunes seemed good, and the baby's toyBefore It broke he had on day's Joy! My wife's false puffs waa some horsehair stuff. And her petticoats wa'a't half large tnouch. The etocktngs for KeQ looked thin and frail. The waist wan ruined by a rosty nalL The lanr p was aa lurid as a three weeks boll And held "bout a teacnp full of (ML The boots for Bub cot the same, no more. Than 1 tonkins asks at the vlllare store. But the rocking chair, "kullt of solid oak," Was the funniest part of this wholesale Joke. Oh, 'twas Just like the picture, rod and rung. But the size of the thing's where we got etung. Ma tried It and found 'twas a false alarm Tin a foot too narrow from arm to arm! Nell had more luck; ahe wedged rtaht in But we pried her out with the rolling pint ' Then I set rtft-ht down and figured the sale That ad had mad through the U. 8. snail.

I flrcred an hour, and then some more. And found we had nothing on the villas

storel

rd sent thirty dollars to Chicago, III.. And saved twelve cents on the total bill!

Then I seen at once 'twas them nine cent

oete

Had taken our dollars and made us goats! Bo I awore by all that was holy and pur I'd read no ads with a low price lure.

ü topped ma's maa-ailne on th spot.

Will I take It again T I reckon not;

leastwise not till they put a ban

On that "come-on" atuS of tht mail 1

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A STRIKING CONTRAST.

Chicago Father Uses Unusual Method of Pedagogy In Rearing Family.

Chi capo. Three small children, who were tlwunconsdoug cunne of the arrest of,thelr father. Joseph Hosslnger of. Chicago, cowered behind the skirts of their mother In court while the rrlaoinc explained to the Judo the method of raalngogy lie used In rearing his

family. Little Frunk. Michael and Susie showed their scuhby bunds with

mm

Held Their Hands on a Hot Stove.

the marks of the burns they received

Entering the United States 8enste an the House of Lere. When a senator is elected in the United States he sends his credentials on in advance. They are presented by his colleague, read from the 3e.k and filed in the secretary's ofllce unices some objection is

raised, win-n tl.cM are pent to the committee on priviircs and elections for '";:i-u:;ijt.oH. When a -en-ator elect ijOitra he eleps quietly

up to the i'!"iui desk, e-x orlej tv hia colleague. t:ikes un o.ith to -i-port the constitution of the Unü'-.l otates and is then led to a de.-k n

the outer row, which his colleHL'.je bas selected for him, where he receives the congratulations of hii friends and introductiona to tlie senator who care to make hia acquaintance, lie looks as wise as may be and waits for adjournment, when he goes to the secretary's office, writes his autograph in a big red book for the u?e of the cashier and draws his mileage. In the English house of lords the proceedings are very different. A

newly created peer entera that historic chamber in a robe of scarlet relvet trinv.ned with ermine, attended by tv o fellow peers, who act as his sponsors ar.d escorted by tlie black rod, as the fcrgeant-at-armi Is known, r.r.d the garier kint? at inns, arrayed in a gorgeous tabard. The proci"? '! marches around, making low lows to the empty throne and to the presiding officer, who is the lord high chancellor, from different parts of the gilded chamber, to which that imposing person graTely responds. When the new yeer reaches 'the throne he kneels reverently and places upon the empty chair, where his majesty ought to" be sitting, the patent of nobility he has received from h.t w .a t 1 i it .

sovereign, lie is then lea to tne

a month ago when their father pun- v wicre the lord chancellor '"rli en-t ss'J administers to him the oath. His

the loss of a rair of curtains to which ponsor rest lead him to the proptheehlMren had set fire while playing er bench, where he takes his. seat wiß'matches, he held tliclr hands on a . for a moment. Then all three rise bA stove while they screamed with and bow three times at the vacant pain. 'throne and three times to the pre"I wanted to teach them a lesson," siding officer. The lord high chanhe deenrred. 'cellor then leaves the woolsack and Despite the sympathy bestowed on comp, down to shak(, h4m3g lh. the children by the court attache. and velcome him to tht Mrs. ;VTte h The other come who was fined $200 nnd costs, but tne r payment tt the fino was postponed tad tender their congratulation. While an Investigation was made J Unwitting Jester. at i T a. am earn n a 1 1r uff" t nil rr)rT nPF

XI ere arc gome gom TUitrrr v

declared. Don't ond him to prison.'

t

ocial iNruonoNt.

rcovt history Ur-; jm at t

questions put examination ' school:

j . v ' I "Simon de Mom fi t to rm what I I hare seen men who neigh lbsj a vras known as tL -n . parliament, born "when yon contradict then of It was gomcthinjj me same aa it it aj aomething they do not tn4cx at the present day." stand, thiithe overbold, who mala "Cromwtll raised a famous body their own. Inrltadon to jour hearth; 8n" i30HQ 10 lilry M 'the FTS? , Uvllrcr' VitJ' -Mortmain tried to .top dead ytm hia aodety In lygaWln toen frojn wl th.ir ,nd u doses; the pitiers 4 ttrenadrt- rjlurclira.''Loi,juQ Tat:r perilou claaa ; the frivol oca Äazoo-' e. ii ajassftfll . ! -

nffua, vno reuos on ymi to una mm In rope of eand to trUt; tha mono-j bnca; tn ahort wrexT attipe of ah-, inndity-theee are agdal inflictiona which tha maeiarafj cannot cure' or Aefend yon 6om?and irhlch must

ba tntrmted to tha nJtnioSng foroa

TS Etcr-i..! Fer lf!n.

of cuatorn, and ptifTtjip t2pl iu rnlea of .hahatiet 'tear. :Ja. ca

roung peopl In thai ieaosl Cf A .

FOR OUR CHILDREN'S SAKE

future Generations Will Jutfgt Us fey

Our Performance Not by Pesataalona.

Tt VQ-'tod States Department ot

paboia in a bullttln to "Our Children," declares that "to win this war we ail must do our best rtgardlsts of profit" "Production Is the big thing." the bulletin continues. This applies to wage earners at wall as employers." The advice has been accepted -by labor generally, and there Is a disposition to apply It in the purchase of tht Fourth Liberty Loan bonds, the alt of which began last Saturday. 1-Yonv every section of the Eighth redferal Reserve District word comes that tht workers ars svbscrlbing liberally of this latue. This Intens co-operation Is otcessary because of tht deubling of tht quota within tht district Food 'for reflection Is contained In tht further advlcs that "after the war, only' those who have helped win it will amount to anything. Our children then will Judge us not by what vaTa rt, but by what we've dona,"

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-?!nrs-WekAj. leund PMIoopH7. Of all methods of making another person angry ahd dis-agrccablt the worst is to tell him that he will "havs to" do something. How often do we hear, You-wiil bau to go to the other window," ."You will have to go into the other car," "You will' have te wait an hour You will have to write the general passenger agent or superintendent' and the like I Primarily we are all free agents and don't "have to" do a darned thing. We may find it expedient or nres?ary to a certain cud. but we don't even "have to" eat if we don't want to. How easy to. put the direction in another manner, cch as, "The other window, please," or TWill vou gjndly take the car ahrad 2"tf "The rules require." A short, ,terjr abort, explanation ef whr a cerkifl thing is necessary will alwayi work won den in avoiding Uouhlv-ailroa4