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Allies Determined To Prevent Spread Of Bolshevism In Europe (BUXLETXtl) I PAHIS. Aug. 9 "Tha K.usslar.s are , Bearing the Warww.D antel? railway J tho oorridor o communication batween the Polish, capital and tha Baltic sea , and have captured Shorzele," Bald a j Soviet war office wireless communique j from Moscow and picked up here today, j Bussian. cavalry has reached jrrzasnaysx. We have captured Sofcolof (67 mJles northeast of Warsow) and Vladli nvi i7ft toIIpb southeast of Warsaw). We defeated the enemy ia the sector of Tarnopol (Oalicia). j "We have achieved further successes In our counter offensive against Gen. Wranffel ia South llussia." BIXLETIS 'INTERNATIONAL. NEWS SERVICE' PARIS. AK. France In proposing an absolute nlockHde of Russia vrlth the provision thnt the V. S. be rrqaested to join It, said n dispatch to the Matin from Ilythe. Knplnnil. here Premier Millerand and Premier Lloyd George eontlnued their conference on the Polish situation todny. Frnnce. adds the dlSpiitch, tnkes the view that powers, other than the principal allied nations, should be compelled to join the blockade." The Keho de Paris urpres thnt Prance occupy the Ruhr district to parnlyz--Germany and prevent her from Bivin5 effective aid to the Huslnn Bolshevik. . The newspaper admits that this may alienate sympathy In some uuners.. evidently meaning the V. S. BY WILLIAM L. MALLABER fSTrr CORRESPONDENT I. N. HYTHE. ENGLAND, Aug SERVICE! . 3 While there appears little likelihood that Great Britain and France will make formal declarations of war against soviet Russia. Premier Lloyd George, of England, and PreYriier Millerand, of France, have allowed it to be known that "the allies are determined to prevnt the Russian Bolshevik from advancing into Western Kuiope.' Military and naval plans that were drawn up last night by Marshal Foch. vt.trf Marshal Wilson, chief of the British general staff and Karl Beatty. j commander of the British grand r.eei. were taken up by the Angio-French miers today. These plans, it as understood, provide for protective measures and the possibility of a more draBtic blockade of Soviet KussU. MOSCOW BWKCTS TUVCE Rejection by Moscow of Great Britains proposal for a ten days trure on the Folish battle front to discuss armistice terms and peace preliminaries, has precipitated a critical situation and proved a severe set-back to Premier Lloyd George's peace efforts. No effort is made in official circles to disaruise th menace in the Polish situation, but hope is still held out that the Polish and Kussian aeiega- i . . 1 tes may reach an ag -reement at Minsk I during the conference which la proposed for Wednesday. CONFERENCE CONTINUED The continuation of the conference from Saturday has made it necessary for Premier Lloyd George to postpone his promised announcement in the house of commons this afternoon on the Ruso-Polish situation. The conference was resumed at I0.:;0J o'clock at the home of Sir Philip Sas- j (on at Lympne on the outskirts oft Hythe. It was admitted when th?, meeting began that the allies are pr j pared to impose a strong blockade on Russia to isolate her from the outside J world unless Moscow immediately, agrees to halt the Russian advance' upon Warsaw. ' Members of the French delegation j said that the business in hand would j be cleaned up today and that Premier j Millerand would depart for Faria at j 3 o'clock this afternoon. j WONT MEET TRADE DELEGATES j There was a report in circulation ' that a member of the Bolshevik trade ( mission might arrive from London to j meet the premiers, but it was not con- j firmed and was generally doubted. ', Premier Millerand flatly announced I -friat he would not meet any of the ; Russian trade delegates who came to j England with M. Krassin. There were j urong indications, however, that Pre- i mier Lloyd George has been attempt- . ing to have Premier Millerand to accept the soviet government's proposal for peace with Poland as a preliminary to a general parley to be held tn London. " Marsh Foch Is said to hold the conviction that the Poles are not yet beaten and could be saved "if the army is re-organized and yupplied witn munitions and guns. FEARS GERMANY'S STAND The conferenceof the military and navel experts continued until early today when the allied generalissimo outlined his opinions and plans ia great detail . One- of the chief fears of France arises from the possibility of an alliance between Soviet Russia and Germany. The French fear that the Germans may seek a junction to avoid their obligations under the treaty and also as a means of getting evenge uponthe atliea for the loss of the world war. It is this fear which has led Premier Millerand and Marshal Foch to advocate vigorous measures, even to the extent of armed intervention to idTt Poland.

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DEDICATES NEV MASONIC TEMPLE Many Lake County Masons Are Attracted by Beautiful Ceremonial. f SPEC! A L TO TE TIWES1 CROWN rOINT. IND., Aujr. i The dedication of the Masonic Temple on Saturday was attended by Masons from all points in the couAty and the occasiin was certainly a cri'dit to the committees in chargre of the a"Tair. The ceremonies were very impressive and were opened by Grand Master It. H. Schweitzer. No one but Master Masons were permitted to witness, the ceremony of dedication. The oration was piven by Sir Knights John C Farrett in front of the temple and wis listened to by a larg-e crowd. Music was furnished by the Inpleside quartette of Chicag-n and was much enjoyed. Supper was served in the banq let room after which a vaudeville entertainment and dance followed . The beautiful temple was much admired by the visitinar Masons who declared it a credit to Lake Lodge, who have been working for its erection for several years. The hospitality of the local charter has lonjr been known through out the county. Presence Of Mind Saves Life Another miraculous escape from death and injury was recorded at the dangerous west Fifth avenue frrade crossing at Ambridse in Gary last night when a machine occupied by five Chicago women stalled in front of a fast Wabash passensrer train. It was only through the cool headednoss of Mrs. Edward Cavanaugh. 357 East T'.ith street Chicago, "who was driving the hig Case S car, that the occupants escaped death and injury. Seeing that there was no possible chance to get the machine across to safety, Mrs. I Cavanaush yelled for the four other women, her sisters, to jump for their live. and abandon the car. They had only jumped to a "point "of safety when the train hit the crossing at a terrific rate of speed hurling fragrhnents of the machine to another track where it was again struck by a freight train from the opposite direction. The costly machine was a complete v. reck, parts of the car beinR strewn alons the tracks for a distance of a huured feet or more. Members of the auto rartv were a nervous wreck over tnir i n.:irrow escape and were takn to the J New York Central depot where they took a midnight train for Chicago. J The Fifth avenue grade crossing Is i considered one of the most dangerous in the county, not because the tracks are hidden from view, but duo to the network of tracks and he narrowness of the crossing. Steps should he taken at once to compel fiie railroad companies to widen the crossing as it is hardy possible for two machines to pasr. This was the reason the Cavanaugh machine got off the crossing and the machine became lodged in a hole between . . . . t- . ..V.T,,I -.1 the tracks-. rs. vaniUK" "- by another approaching macnine ami the car run off the narrow strip between the tracks. BODIES OF MING HEROES RETURNED Government Notifies .Relatives of Arrival of Late Service Men. SPECIAL TO THE TIME?! WHITING, Ind., Aug. 1. Th bodies of t wo of Whiting's heroes, who died in the army of occupation arc expjcled to return home. Mrs. Catherine Rabe of 4.13 John street, has received word from the. government that her son, Norman Rabe's body would arrive in New York on Aug. 2, Mrs. Rabe wired to have her son's body shipped to Michigan Cits', where interment will take place, but Is anxiously awaiting further information. Norman Rabe was guard at the prison in Coblenz after the signing of the; armistice, his death being caused by pneumonia. On Friday night Mr. and Mrs. George L. Girard of Sheridan avenue, received a te'iegram from the government saying the body of their son. Frank O. Gerard, was expected to arrive in NewYork about Aug. 15. The Girards wired to have the body of tTieir &on sent to Whiting, his death having also been caused by pneumonia, just previous to the signing of the armistice. DENIES U. S. NOTE SENT WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 Reports from Paris that the American government has sent : note to France on the RussoTolish situation were officially de-nied today. While a flat denial wa.s made that this government has dispatched such a note to France, Secretary of Stat Colby refused to discuss the probable course of the. I'ni'ted States. Ii the light of the denial of tb state department It wa3 believed here that the Paris; report might hav oariseu from the informal exchango of information and views which this government is said to have conducted with the allies.

IT SEEMED LIKE THE OLD TIMES Four Drunks Haled Into Court This Morning By Police. Pour appeared in the Hammond police court this morning; on charges of being drunk. First came Mike Kaskis, who lives on Kennedy avenue. lie wasn't sure whether be was drunk or not. probably due to his inability to handle English properly. When the policemen told their story there was no doubt in the judge's mind so M:k took the count. The other three were John Manda-rel-ski. 2 IS Towle street, and Mr. and Mrs. Adam VValgas. 11316 Ivinsley avenue, Iullman. They were arrested lit the. South Shore depot where they were raisins a disturbance. Mrs. Walg.xs was only about half dressed and was wobbling around with her corset in one hanJ. After hearinir part of the testimony of ihe defendants, who failed to agree on important details, it was decided to oonMnue the case until Tuesday evenini? at 7 :,"!! o'clock when the ofib ers who made the arrest could be present and eli their Fide of the story.

THREE MINOR AUTOIACCIDENTS Special Agent for I. H. Belt Is Struck on Calumet Avenue. Clark Rohdrs. who lives at the Maine hotel in Hammond, and who is employed as special agent for the T. H. Ii. railroad, was badly bruised late Saturday evening when he was struck by an automobile on Calumet blvd, Rohdes was pushing a motorcycle on which there were no lights. The machine which bit him was driven by Tom Clayton, 507 Forsythe avenue. 'West Hammond. Clayton picked up the injured man and took him to St. Margaret's hospital where his injuries wro dressed. MACHINES IN COX.X.XSXOH' Two automobiles belonging to R. L. "Williamson. 6541 Kenwood avenue. Chicago and Roy E. Eencus, S28 "Walter street." Tlitilmond, were damaged Saturday evening at 8 o'clock at the Forsythe corners. The trafTio po!icemai at the corner stopped the sting of cars to allow a street car to pass. The motorman was unable to stop bis ear and Wil liamson who was trving to back off the tracks tias hit. His car was thrown against the Rcncus machine. Slippery rails was given as the cause of the accident. DiaVES IN PILE OP BRICK Eric Svenson. 423 May street. Hammond drove his machine into a pile" of brick which the Chicago Telephone com- ! pany had left on Indianapolis blvd.. Sun- ! day night with no warning lights. The ! bumper, radiator and windshield of his j machine were smashed in the cll;si"n. i but Svenson escaped injur;-. HE WAS DRYING RAISINS EOR PIES His Excuse Fell Through When the Cops Found the Mash. Liriuor, the home made variety, has been abundant amuni the old Roby ice houses of late, according to discoveries made by the Hammond police, when they raided the place Saturday night. Capt. Bunde headed a squad composed of Officers Kinscle, Singer, Hanlon and Horlbeck. which paid the moonshiners a isit. As ice house No. 2 Andy Jvipnk to found tenderly ntinisu ring to a small capacity- copper still from which he was coaxing a tiny streamlet of pale liquid. ""What'i" you doing here?" demanded Bunde. - Andy wa a little flustrated at first but on regaining his composure he carefully explained that he had some raisins which had become damp and he was drying them out so that they would keep until his wife needed them for pies. Hopefully he gazed into the cap'aTn's eyes to see bow his story was going over. Tt-foiled. In ice house No. 1 a still, two half1 barrels of mash and a gallon of whiskey were found. John Wachowynk was the one who objected when the officers' started away with the things, so he was taken as the owner. This morning both entered pleas- of guilty in the city court and Judge Klotz gave each $100 and costs and 30 days in Jail. Neither man has first citizenship papers. Adam Stanik, was also taken at ice liouse No. 2 and bookod for violating the liquor law. He will be heard later. SURE THE BANDIT ESCAPED f 'NTTRNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 CHICAGO. Aug. 9. A policeman and a bandit fought a gun duel aboard a speeding Western avenue car her early today. The bandit was on the rear end and the policeman on the front. The aisle was swept with their fire, while the passengers cowered under seats. Neither the policeman nor the bandit were hurt but Frank B. Pavel, the conductor, was probably fatally wounded and Wm. Barrett, a passenger, was shot In the breast. . The bandit escaped.

INDIANA WARNED

Unless Coal Profiteering Is Curbed Near Prohibitive Prices On Gas and Electricity (TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITA! 1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Aug. 9 Warning to the public utilities of Indiana that unless some immediate action is taken to curb the profiteering in coal ";hat the rat.3 lor gas and electr citv tsiu-cialy will b-'c to be raised to a.mcst prohibitive priies. is conti-i.c J in a statement just Issued by John V. McCardle, vice-chairman of the Indiana Public Service Commission. The Situation in the utility field as a result of the boosts in coal prices Is sijled "chaotic" in the statement. It is pointed out that the coal bill comprises abou 50 per cent of the operating expense of most electric utilities and because of the ever increasing cost of col it has been about all the commission could do to keep the utilities "ire jump ahead of the sheriff." The statement follows: Apparently the public does not fully appreciate the peril of the present sit. uation. A large number of public " (Cont mued en page six.) SWING THROUGH STATE Republicans at Statehouse Discuss Itinerary; Gary Will Get Speech. Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, will make several natb nal campaign speeches in Indiana this fall, according to state house repubulicans, who are already discussing the places in Indiana where. , Johnson speeches woultti "jrrobabl;-. accomplfsh the most good. The republicans say that Gary is one of the places, for Johnson carried Iike county in the presidential preference primary by a large majority. Other places recommended in the informal discussions are Evansville Richmond, Terr" Haute. Indianapolis, Motion and perhaps rther industrial centers. In the presidential preference primary election Johnson carried the First. Tenth. Eleventh and Thirteenth congressional districts, but the delegates elected to the republican national convention from tlvse districts did not. stanl by him very long. It is reported that Johnson manifested a readiness to take the stump this fall, after reading Senator Harding's speech accepting th nomination for president. The California senator made a statement after the Hinling speech, showing his bt'llef that Harding's position was practically the same as that takn by Johnson in the senate and in the primary campaign . SUFFRAGISTS SAY " THERE IS MAJORITY f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON, August 9.' There is now a majority of the Tennessee legislature In favor of the rat ifieation of the suffrage amendment, according to the latest pail, the National Woman's party announced here this afternoon. In the lower body there are three votes to spare, it was stated. It was admitted that there may be some difficulty in holding ail the votes now pledger). NEWARK. N. .7.. Aug. 9 William Merkel was found by a policeman asleep across the wires at the top of a telegraph pole. As he was being removed to the hospital he explained he "had been out with the boys." BEDFORD. N. Y.. Aug. 9. A newspaper to be written and edited by the woman inmates, is to be started nt th--state reformatory, where violent rioting has been ia progress. NEW YORK. Aug. 9.--After six men had each e;ien two dollar ;-t. aks. smothered with mushrooms in ih.. ! -? tnui-.nii at No. 2235 Eighth avenue, they Jv-ld up the cashier and made off with the cash register. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. When Prohibition Agen William-Allen, Jr., of Brooklyn returned from his vacation today, lie found thnt mo-it of the "wet" evidence he had collected against saloon keepers had been stolen in his absence. CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Thir'y years hence, in 1950. Chicago will be a city of wrecked homes if the present ratio of divorces to marriages is maintained during that period, according to William F- McDcrmott, a business man. WILMETTE. 111.. Aug. 9 Because of lack of patronage and a desire to combat the housing shortage, the City Fathers have decided to rent this town's jail a.s an apartment. There hasn't been an inmate since 1910. The jail consists of three rooms with all modern conveniences. HAMMOND man tells about his little daughter looking at herself in the mirror and sayingi "I don't know why God made me so homely when he knows I'm so pcrticuler."

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: 6 V'-'; r s Sidney V. Ilnllnnd (nt left) Two hundred and fifty Knights . f Columbus left for Europe after the adjournment in New York City, of he order's Supreme Convention. They .ire goiny to Metz where on Augist 21 th-jy will present to France a statue or Tafayette by Paul W. Bartlett as a gftt of he Knights. The photograph shows Sidney "y . Holland, copdaeter FINANCIAL 'AID FOR CRIPPLED GIRL The irk was hardly dry on th Saturday e-.-en-ng edition of The Tirr.es before 5Irs. J. R. Graves of the Hnmmond W. C. T. V. received the first offer of financial assistance for Miss Josephine Rudolph, the girl whose foot was pinched off as she was climbing across a freight train. June 21. The Hammond W". C. T. V. plans helping- the girl obtain, funds wherebv she may have- a business education in ordc-r that she can mpport herself. The I'ublic Insurance company, of'O Hammond building, was the' tlrst to offer aid by telephone. Then came calls Saturday c emingr and Sunday from ,T. Lesser. G5 W. State, street.: W. .1. Whinr ry. "5 Detroit street ; Harry Gordon. Pino street; Mrs. Cole of West Hammond, and Mrs. Oraeo Lu-hman. All promised to donate whenever the representatives o'f the W. C. T. U. called tor the money. Now tiiat it has started it is hoped that sufficient funds will soon be. pledged to carry ouX the work. Miss Rudolph will ;oon leave St. Margan t's hospital and in order that she may ha c a plac to go. the W. T. I". has already rmd for two weeks' lodging at tho Alice club. An executive- session of the organization lias bren call'd for tomorrow at which the plan will be worked out fully. Tin- cost of t'ne business course will be learned and an estimate will be computed covering the girl's expenses for board and clothing while she is educating herself. The W C. T. V. will then be able to tell the public just how- much is wanted. In the meantime those willing to i ontribute should sen ! in their i me:J. UNFORTUNATE ASKS FOR PROTECTION Charles Stoner Tries to Convince Police His Hearts Are Bothering Him. Charles Stoner who lives at t'ne corner of Hohman ft. and Wilcox ave.. Hammond, dropped in at the Hammond police station Sunday and asked for protection In the first place he said he was bothered by having two hearts and secondly several fellows were pestering him after dark. "Moonshine case." muttered one or the men who heard his pica. "You see. I ain't a bit crazy," continued Charley "but those birdc-s won't let me sleep. They pinch my hands ai.d anna until they make blisters. 1 caught cne cf the fellows the other night but h- go away in the dark. 1 caught another one once but he got away teo.' Charley' two hearts are peculiar. They keep fighting and chase each other a'.l over bis anatomy. "They get to jumping every now and then Me? There they go now,' he said ai he clapped one hand over the pit of his stomach and the other near his left knee. Charley says he explained the double heart feature to his general when he was in the army but the officers laughed at him and told him they were going to put him in an asylum. Just for that he left their old army. They couldn't make a fool ef him. Stoner says his home is at Austin, Fa. A sanity inquest will be held to consider his casa-

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A"'V' - P ' ' 1 . and Jamn A. Flaherty. of the party of pilgrims and Jamt A. Flaherty, Supmere Knight, who will make the presentation speech. After leaving- Metz, the officials will journey to Belgium, where gifts will be presented to Cardinal Mereier and King Albert, then to Rome where they will be received by Pope B' n di-'t. ELKS HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON Thousands Visit Sport Card At Harrison Park Yesterday Afternoon. Thousands flocked to Harris -n Park on Sunday afternoon and witnessed the baseball game and athletic contests between Chicago and Hammond members of the Elks lodge. The events were so successful and brought so much favorable comment from those present that Hammond Elk:? are thinking of staging similar entertainment t.ter in the- season. Early in the afternoon the Chicago Daily News Hoy band opened the concert which continued intermittently until after ."i oclock. The- i'.ys are great and it. is hoped that they may be secured for a return engage-ment. The baseball game which was the feature attraction, was won by Hammond, the score being 6 to ii . The. Chicago lads took the lead in the first few innings, but' Hammemd gradually ov came the lead and f urged ahead. Good feeling prevailed throughout and the umpires bad a soft time of it. Ed. Brennan won the prize f.r the longest hit of the game. Following the game the baseball sports started. There were at least ten entries in each of these events. The winners were as follows: Circling bases: R. Cassal. Dan Enright and W. Daniels. Long distance throwing: Ralph Prciidergast and Sus Handy. Fungo hitting : Lew Gettinrich and Clarence Thompson. Girls throwing contest: Miss Mi'Cov. The prizes awarded were donated by the Lion Store; E. C. Minas Co.; Carloll and Newton; Sam Silver; .1. Armstrong; Ark in & Son; Model Clothiers; Abe Marx; Nagdeman Bros.; Weserveu Shop; M. Monnttt. Following the sports th visitors were banquetted by the Hammond lodge at the club rooms. FUNERAL OF A. W. HOWARD The funeral of Arthur W. Howard was held Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from his late residence. 201 Michigan avenue. For the paft three years Mr. Howard has conducted an auto repair shop at the corner c f Sohl and Truman avenue. Prior to that time ho was engineer for the Ahlborn Construction company. Besides his wife, faur children and an only brother who were left to mourn him, his remarna were followed to their last resting place in Oak Hill by a hosrt of sorrowing friends. The services at the home were conducted by Rev. Thos. Basset and at the grave tne beautiful ritualistic work of The Tribe of Ben Hur of which the deceased was a member, was given. DEATH OF AN m ' OLD RESIDENT Andrew Meliwain. 3-)2 Truman ave., Eged 54. died shortly after midnight after an Illness of several months. He had been a respected citizen of Hammond for thirty years and is survived by a widow. Mrs. Jemima Mcllwam and eleven children. The funeral w:ill take place on Monday with Undertaker Neidow in charge. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 oclock from th- residence. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

Democratic Vice-Presidentiaf Candidate Is Formally Notified

Bl'I.I.KTIX rOlGHKF.Kl'SU:, N. Y.. AuS. FoJlotvinc notification today, Ilooaeclt iviil prrparr his tirnt trans-rontinf ntal tour. He will confer with democratic leaders In New York on Tuenday, leavingIn the evening; for Chicago. His campaign will be opened in Chicago on Wednesday night from where he will swing north and westward for visits to fifteen states in seventeen days. He will ten return rnst, touring New York, and New Engln-'i V--fore Jignln 'returning to the west on a more southerly route. BY WM. K. HUTCHINSON rcr.pr COPPFSFONDFNT ! N SfRVICEl HYDE PARK. N. Y. , Aug. 9 A battle call to the democnoy of American to rally around the covenant of the league of nations was souneded hero today by Franklin D. Roosevelt, former assistant secretary of the navy, when he formally accepted the vicepresidential nomination from the democratic party. Describing the America of the future as a "hermit nation" if she rejects the world covenant, he declared that ratification alone could fulfill the ideals held by this nation when she entered the world war. ci'MMiMis mtwns g. b. p. Thousands of visitors thronged the Roosevelt home town for the ceremonies attending bis notification . The " townspeople had deco.-ated their homes and streets in holiday garb and work was at a standstill. Homer S. Cummings, in his forma! notification address, branded the republicans since 1912 as a party of destructive criticism with a purpose cf repudiation and retreat, while the democratic party in the same period was winning for America the horn a go of the world. Describing the republican platform as a product of tim'd ty and cunning by men "who have lived for many years in the blind stupor or moral negation." he declared the democratic platform was a means of v inning hack the worlds respect for America and an instrument of constructive progress in Hnnestic problems, f. S.'S lillKVTKST rnont.KMs Roosevelt, in his reply declared America must either arcrpt the world covenant or els; 'build an impregnable wall of armaments and live a hermit nation, dieaniing of the past." Foreign relations and organized progress at home, he said, were America's two greatest problems today. The covenant would d'-pise. -f th first while a democratic ar'ministrati n under the kind of leadership icpresentfd by James M. Cox. the dom..crf-tio presidential nominee, would solve ' other. Roosevelt declared. TALKS OK COMMON SENSE He laid trreat stress on u "coniiro i tense government." and "business :o-i-ministration. declaring Gov. Cxs 'gubernatorial achievements eminently fitted him for the nations chief magistracy. He attacked "incompetence" house of congress. He also declared the departments in the go .-ernments administrative branch would have to be re-organized. Mr. Rocsevelt spoke, In part, as follows: "I accept the nomination for the office of vice-president with humbleness and with a deep wish to give to our beloved Country the best that is in me. "I could not conscientiously accept it if I had not come to know by the closest intimacy that he who is our selection for the presidency is a man possessed of ideals which are also mine. In James M. Cox I recognize one who can lead this nation forward in an unhalting march of progress. "Two great problems will confront the next aaminist rut ion : Our relation with the world and the pressing: need of organized progr.3 at. home. "The latter includes a systematized and intensified development of our resources and a progressive betterment of our citizenship. "In our world problems, we must either shut our eyes, sell our newly built merchant marine to more farseeing foreign powers, crush utterly by embargo ami harassing legislation tuir foreign trade-, close our perts. build an impregnable wall of costly armaments and live, as the orient used to life, a "hermit nation,' dreaming of the past; or we must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex so as to make U possible to be in this world and not of it. We must see that it is impossible to avoid except by monastic seclusion, the horforable and intimate foreign relations which the fearful-hearted shudderly miscall by that, devils catchword, 'International complications.' "As for our home problem we have been awakened by this war into a startled realization of the archaic short comings of our governmental machinery and of the need for tho kind of re-organization which only a. clear thinking business man can carry cut. "Even as the nation entered the war for an ideal, so it has emerged from the war with the determination that ideal shall not die. To the cry of the French at Verdun: "They shall not pass,' the cheer of our own men in the Argonne: "We shall go through, w must add this: 'It shall not occur again!' "This is the positive declaration t our own wills; that the world shall bo saved from a repetition of this crime. "To this end the democratic par'y offers a treaty of peace, which to maka a real treaty for a real peace must include a league of nations, because this peace treaty, if our best and bravest are not to have died in vain, must be no thinly disguised armistice devised by cynical statesmen to mask their preparations for a renewal of greedinspired conquests later on.' "The league of nations is a practical solution of a practical situation. It is no more perfect than our original constitution, which has been amended eighteen times, and will soon, we hop be amended the nineteenth, was perfect. It is not anti-national it ia antiwar. "From the practical point of view alone a peace by resolution of con(Continued on page two.