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The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1918-07-27
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Chas. A. Redfearn, Clerk.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1918-07-27

chorlos \. Redfearn. clerk Of probate
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pendent systems Of communication.
unsupervlsed and uncontrolled by the
Government Of Holland.
He may be preparing to return to
Germany when the excitement caused
by compliance with the terms Of the
armistice subsidies He may contem-
plate the resumption of his power,
with or without the aid Of supporters
among the immediate, directors Of
Germany's Government. For all the
world yet knows he may himself be
Its fountainhead.
Meanwhile, German soldiers appear
to have free and unlmpeded entry in
to Holland, regardless Of the inter
national obligations Of the Neither
lands. The Province Of Dimberg IL n
highway for their return to their own
country, IL they choose to go there, or
an entrance into Holland IL they
choose to remain In that country.
1t might be well to obtain a state
ment Of the present status Of VII
HELM and of the present attitude OF
the Dutch Government toward him.
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Surely Not .Beneflts Forgot.

1t Is to the everlasting credit Of
generous America that so far 1t has
not failed to go over the top in every
drive for money needed in the war,
whether the money was loaned to the
Government or given outright to the
organizations that have ameliorated
the hardships Of the soldier.
The present campaign for the War
Work Fund has, however, not yet
attained Its object, although its call
is probably the last that will be made
on American pockets for the where
withal to make the soldier happy In
the hour Of his excusable impotence
to return home. While he is mark
ing time the soldier needs more at
tention than when he is filed with
the excitement of battle.
This city has fallen behind in the
drive, not because of lack Of sympa-
thy with the United War Work, but
through forgetfulness, IN the hour Of
peace, of the needs of the men who
won that peace with their rifles. The
campaign has been extended until
Monday noon. By that time, we be-
lieve, New York will have made GER
tain a perfect score.
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Herr Soils Words Disproved.

Meatless weeks have ended in Ger
many; the bread ration has been
raised to Ave pounds a week. The
French Government finds an arrange
ment has been made under which Ger
many Is to furnish immediate help
and sufficient cereals to relieve the
misery In Austria"
On the same day on which these
announcements were made the French
Minister Of Provisions, VIcToE BoREr,
declared 1t would not be possible a.
present to increase the civilian ratlons
in France.
1t appears, therefore, that Germany
Is not so badly off as Austria, and is
perhaps as we'll supplied with food as
France. Yet Herr SoLF, the voclfer-
Gus propagandlst. endeavoring to ex-
cite sympathy throughout the world,
continues to beg for modification Of
the armistice in behalf Of women and
children"
Herr Sa.F's campaign appears to
be purely political and to bear no re-
latlon to domestic conditions In Ger
many.
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Senator UNDERWOOD is growing old
fashioned as his term lengthens in the
slower house. A resolution-not a
bill-being reported favorably by the
Committee on Pacific Islands ane
Porto Rico-not the Committee on
Appropriations-app money
for the relief for Porto Ricos earth
quake sufferers, the Alabama Senator
said that he was in favor of the re-
lief proposed but insisted that the
rule OF the Senate be observed, re-
quirlng reference OF appropriation
bills to the Committee on Appropria-
tons. saying:
There is a reason behind the -ules
OF the Senate, or the rules ought to be
abolished; and, as understand, the
reason Of the rules is not only for the
conduct OF orderly business In the
Senate. but to preserve the rights Of the
Government; and one OF those cights
is to protect the Treasury"
Senator UNDERWOOD went even so
far in his old fashioned swing as to
assert that ut Is idle to say that we
will increase taxation when we can
accomplish the same result by proper
expenditure and reach 1t by economy"
Retrogade
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deavorlng to rescue Russia from Its
present reign of terror.
This new turn in Russian affairs
may not solve the great problems Of
readjustment and reconstruction, but
It will have the effect Of simplifying
them. Admiral KoLcHAK formerly
declared himself in favor Of n joint
Allied expedition into Russia to re-
press Bolshevik outlawry. If the AL
lied Council decides this is imperative
a way would thus be open into Mos
cow and the heart of European Rus
sla, both across Siberia from the Pa
clflc and across Ukraine from the
Black Sea. Should kcLcuAK sue
coed In establishing stable govern
ment the necessity for this extreme
measure would be removed and the
work of reconstruction could be left
to Russia herself.
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The La Toilette Case.

The history of the La Toilette in
Quiry in the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections is n record
of scandalous delay and evasion.
= Regardless Of the Wisconsin Sena-
tors conduct, the country was en-
titled to a prompt investigation Of
the charges brought against him and
to an early decision thereon.
Instead, the country has been
treated to spectacle Of Rrocrastina-
ton which has covered a year.
II La TOILETTE was dangerous he
was permitted to continue his activi-
ties under shelter Of his membership
in the Senate through the lethargy
and Incidence of the committee.
If he was wronged by the charges,
he was allowed unjustly to suffer.
No legislative inquiry recently be-
gun has been more unsatisfactory
conducted than that of the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elec-
lions into the conduct of Senator
LA TOILETTE.
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by serving as a barber; his mother
was the daughter OF the village sa-
loon keeper. MARrrN, his mother
dead and his father disappeared, Is
left with his mildly insane grand
mother ard his grandfather. who let's
him drink beer In the saloon.
HORACE, a minister's son, playmate
Of MARTIN. His widowed mother
wishes him to become professor Of
piano playing" He desires to be an
engineer. He runs away from school
and pretends that he has stomach
trouble"
Bert, the son of bottle drinking
father. The boy has BEEN arrested
for two robberies, but Miss CLAGHoRN
credits him with kindness Of heart.
He once bought q dozen pumpkin pies
and gave them to a church supper.
His father sends him to town twice
week to take boxing lessons. His
mother swears.
ROBERT, aged IL, with watchful.
nervous eyes. His father, who is the
school principal, once knocked him
down three times before the whole
school and told the woman teacher
that pupils must be treated roughly.
The Prussian Idea.
ESTHER, Is and handsome, the
brightest girl in her village. When
she was urged to continue at school
she said: whats the use; I'd still
be Todd"
CARL, a petty thief at Is, but a
hard worker. HE must do some
thing after school, so he drives hun
dreds Of pounds Of nails into hun
dreds Of feet of lathing and produces
more chicken coops than, any normal
family could use in hundred years."
FRANK, a timid boy OF 10, who
lives under the best influences, spends
all his spare time at home reading
history, and steals whenever he gets
chance.
These that we have condensed from
the report are the best or a wild lot.
Most Of the others are rooted in
homes that are swamps Of imbecllity
or !bestiality or both. Even prosper
Ity does not arouse their elders from
the slough. They live in the greatest
State In the Union, with all the op-
portunity that liberal New York
showers upon her ten millions, yet
they might as well be in the cutters
Of WhitechapeA They have the ig-
norance Of central China and none of
its honesty; the poverty Of Ireland
Of seventy years ago and none of Its
virtue. They are going to seed.
Would the cities have saved them,
as the country might have saved some
Of the same type that have stuck to
the tenements?
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THE DEWEY ARCH.
Memories OF 1t Stir n Citizen OF New
York.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. The
beautiful "Triumphal Arch" at Fifth
avenue and Madison Square being still
in our memories, the arch our parades
passed under. the arch that later II
grieved US to see destroyed, why expert
ment with a new site and design?
1 venture the prediction that IL the
original photographs OF that arch could
BIO reproduced for the public more than
enough popular enthusiasm would be
aroused to erect a similar one, similar
in general plan, scale and idea.
Beware or experiments and beware OF
passing the hat in these days when
people are quick 20 look the other way.
But with one OF those old pictures
In my hand l believe could raise
100000 toward a fund TO reproduce
that arch. PROUD NEW YORKER.
NEW YoRK, November %.
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THE FIGHT OFF JUTLAND.
A Striking Instance Of German Prop
uganda,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: Your
editorial article on the naval battle off
Jutland and Persius's statement should
be supplemented thus:
The English practically won the bat
tie, but morally lost It at the time
through the thick skulled bureaucratic
and other dull heads Of the Admiralty
In not claiming a great victory. The
Germans lost proportionately about as
much as the English In ships, claimed
a victory, but lost their morale by not
coming out again. Persius's excuse is
yellow; even Cervera came out against
hopeless odds.
Never did a naval reputation vanish
as has the German since last week. All
the valor of the Captains of tho Emden
and Of Won Specs squadron cannot make
up for the failure of tho German navy to
try one more fight or destroy their ships
before being compelled to give them up
A STUDENT OF HISTORY.
INV YORK, November 20.
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CAMILLE THE TOLERANT.
A French Lesson for American Chill
dren and Parents

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Very
interesting, indeed. were those extracts
from the manuscripts Of the French
children, printed in THE SUN few days
ago. Especially interesting was the
opinion of Camille Duboris. This child,
in speaking of the American soldiers
said: They do not have the same relig-
ion that we have. but 1t does not mat
ter; they are free to practise tho one
they choose or none"
1 have had these words engraved on
parchment. and they now send their
splendid challenge from a little gold
frame hanging above my fireplace. And
I now freely invite to my home sectaT-
ians, prohibitlonists. uplfters men OF
missions, and all the rest of the 'unco
guild" want them to take first les
son in tolerance from Camille Duboris.
What a meaning those simple words
have! How strikingly they reflect the
liberality Of the French mind!
. Think Of an American child uttering
such a sentiment. Picture in your mind
Willie Jones remarking at the dinner
table that, in his opinion. n man has a
right TO practise any religion that
pleases him or none at all
Mrs. Jones would at first be stricken
dumb with Amusement. But she would
soon recover
II know what's the matter with that
boy" she would say, hes been eating
green apples or something and he's 60
ing to be sick. He'll be the death OF
me yet. Now you look here. Willie
Jones, you needn't try to hide anything
from me. Out with It or I'll send for
the doctor"
And Willie would protest, half cowed'
IL amt sick, ma; Just thought
But she would refuse to listen.
John" she would demand. address
Ing Mr.. Jones. "do you hear that boy OF
yours talking? Are you going to let
him grow up to be an infidel?"
And Mr.. Jones after duo deliberatlon
would look wise and say there was moth
ing to worry over; that the boy had
probably been reading detective stories.
you want to remember. son." he
would remark. that the pirates and
highwaymen you have been reading
about are not models for a boy to copy
nfter in civilized days. They were I'M
believers and died horrible deaths"
Thus would the first dawn of toler-
ance In w!llie's mind be snufred out.
Let us drop tear for Willie Jones'
Let us rejoice with Camille Duboris.
Happy. happy France!
SIMON CREE1.
ALBANY, November %.
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CLAIMING THE EMPERORS.
Commercial Bonds for the Defeated
Mllitarlsts.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM-
order 70 allay apprehension that ,H7
late rulers of Germany and AVst-.,
may In the future seek 10 REGAIN 20
litical power would 1t not seem a.
v!sable to have the peaca CorEre'7
make It plain to their present soyrrr
ments that a commercial boycott upon
their peoples shall Immediately he '7''
posed by the Allies in case e!,her
Hohenzollern or a Hapsourg Is evsT
elected or permitted TO hold airy 10
cal Office In Germany or Austria
This suggestion is offered in the 800
that you may edltorially call at'eu' "'
20 It and its restraining effect ln."
their citizens. who. having the p""'
would naturally prefer to exercise .
favor or prosperity than In support Il
autucracy together with the loss -
place In the sun"
CHARLES f. pRENrI-v
New ioRK. November %.
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THE UNAMENDABLE LAW.
supply and Demand WIN Have Some
thing to Say About Wages.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. There
Is one law which no influence can con-
troll or modify or change In the slightest
degree, and that is the great law OF
supply and demand. There IS no OBJ
lection on tho part OF anybody to rea-
sonable wages, but those who have been
getting wages far In excess of reason
in munition factories, for instance
must expect a readjustment when these
factories change from war work TO the
manufacture OF goods for the consump-
ton OF the public.
If an article by reason OF high or I'M
reasonable wages costs to make sum
In excess Of what tho public Is willing
TO pay for 1t, Just two courses are open
to the manufacturer namely. to reduce
tho cost to point where the public
will buy or TO shut up the factory. AS
by far the largest part Of the cost Of
anything is labor, 1t follows logically
that the only way TO reduce the price
of anything is TO reduce wages.
1t may almost be said that the entire
value OF any article Is produced by labor
Raw material, OF whatever nature, IN
the first instance Is valueless until labor
puts value into it. The ore in an iron
mine is worth nothing and never would
be worth anything without labor. The
man who digs 1t out OF the ground adds
little value to Il. Then comes the
man who converts 1t into pig iron. and
he also adds to its value. The man who
transforms the pig iron into steel, stll
further enhances its value, and so Il
goes all along the line, labor and profit
continually increasing its value. It would
appear, If this reasoning Is correct, that
there Is positively no way to produce
really cheap goods except by low wages
The public has been educated 10 pay
fair price for its goods, but It will
not stand for eXorbitant prices to graf.
ify anybody. When II comes to the
point of a cessation of the industry II
any given line because the public re,
fuses to buy, wages will have to be re-
duced to satisfy the great and inexora
BILE law. NJ. T. r.
NEW YoRK, November 20.
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Mr.. Bakers Overtime Saving.

Secretary BAKER announces that by
cutting out overtime and Sunday time
the War Department has saved about
$2.9o0.000 a day. We should hope
so! Making now as before war wea-
pons that can be Of no possible use
in peace, with the utter waste OF
material, waste Of labor. waste OF
the taxpayers money, Is economic
lunacy when done on week days In
regular hours and at regular pay.
To pay double rates for such war
work Is economic crime.
But there is no more reason for
continuing this utterly. useless war
work in the day time than in the
night time; no more reason for 1t on
Mondays than on Sundays; no more
reason for 1t. at regular rates Of pay
than at double rates Of pay. If the
thing is worthless to the American
people when produced on a holiday
It II as worthless when produced on
a week day. 1t Is as much a waste
OF labor, as much q waste Of mate
rial. The only difference is that it
is not quite SO scandalous a waste of
the taxpayers money.
When our Government has been
xoiug a break neck spending speed of
about $100,000.0o0 a day and there
is national clamor for saving 1t, now
that the war is over, every little
helps, Mr.. BAKER's overtime reduc-
ton or anything else The country
win welcome the news that he isn't
using up labor. material and money
for no good whatever SO fast as he
might use them up If he kept the war
work going night and day, every day
in the week and at double rates OF
wages. But the country knows that
unless more than overtime and Sun
day war work is cut out there is
still an economic wrong against the
American people and an economic and
financial danger to the nation. The
country knows that, overtime OF
straight time. not millions but tens Of
millions can come off at once.
The only thing to do Is to stop all
that war work dead short. The coun-
try needs those materials for useful
things Of which the public has beer
deprived for many months. The
country needs those wage earners tc
produce food, clothing and other nee
essary articles Of consumption. The
country needs relief from the inordi'
nate taxes which are now being
.wrung out of It's industry. business
and earnings and sunk in war work
that isn't worth anything. cannot bt
worth anything to anybody anywhere
on the face of the earth.
Cut it all out!
The sun., 1918-11-23

When May was crowned with lilac plume
And gRrianded with leaves.
And robins built their happy nests
4 Beneath my cottage caves.
And rainbows arched the shining sky,
And Jewels tipped the spray.
My eyes beheld a world OF gloom
Where all was black and gray,
My heart was like an empty room
Devoid OF light and heat.
And echolng only TO the sound
OF drums and marching feet.
Now grim November strips the bouEh
And whirls the dust along.
And robs the garden OF its bloom.
And stills the thrush's song
Drab vapors hide tho morning sun,
And cloud the evenings close.
And yet the landscape to my case
Is lovely as the rose;
For loi from France the glory land,
Across the ocean foam,
with medals on his gallant breast,
Ny soldiers sailing home,
MISNA IHvISo,
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The New Governments ut Kiev and
Ombk.

The engagements along the Dvina,
in northern Russia, between the Boil
shevist and the Allied expeditionary
forces. which are reported from Lon
don, are reminders that oil fighting
has not ended with signing Of arms
tees. These engagements represent
the decentralization in Russia and con-
ditions which Senator KING of Utah
seeks to remedy in the resolution
which he introduced Thursday and
which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations. His proposal
is the recognition by the United
States and the Allies of n de facto
Russian government in harmony with
Allied aims.
The settlement of the Russian ques-
ton will undoubtedly be one of the
difficult problems before the peace
conference. Conditions cannot be per-
mitted to remain as they are with
the ruinous, corrupt Bolshevik rule,
which had been fostered and encour-
aged by Germany, detantly in con-
troll. 1t does not represent the saner
elements of the country, and 1t has
displayed neither reconstructive nor
governmental abilities. But has there
so far appeared a power of sufficient
strength to overturn 1t or to furnish
stable government?
The Joint military expedition that
was sent into northern Russia had as
one Of Its purposes the support Of
anti -Bolshevik movements that CEN
tired at Archangel.. It consisted Of
companies of American marines and
French and British troops. There
was no statement Of its size; but 1t
was Of sufficient strength to defeat
the opposing Bolshevist forces. The
rIgors Of an arctic winter and the
failure Of supplies and reinforce
ments on account Of the closing OF
northern ports presented, however.
| an almost insurmountable difficulty
to the immediate following up of the
uuN uutu6Sc eu4lcu VI W TIC tlcuI lHB
up Of the situation in the northern
part Of Russia.
Further to the south there are in
dlcations of two forces which will
challenge the Bolshevlk rule at Mos
COW. The Ukrainlan Government,
which was set up by Berlin and sup
ported by German milltarism, has
been ousted. General DESIKINE at
the head of Cossack army is In con-
troll of the Ukrainlan capital of Kiev
and has set up new provisional
government. More significant than
this are the Developments in the new
all Russian government at Omsk, in
western Siberia, by which Admiral
ALEXANDER KoLCHAK virtually be-
comes dictator.
The actual strength Of the govern
ments at Kiev or Omsk, the extent
to which they represent the recon-
structive forces of Russia, or whether
either may be "a de facto govern
ment in harmony with Allied aims"
must at the present be matters
of conjecture. They are, however,
the first evidences Of a Russian re-
yival since the German mastery of
affairs has been overturned. They
represent a power which Berlin was
evidently able to repress, and 1t is
only natural to infer that they OPP
pose the Germanic policy of dlsor-
ganization and anarchy. They are
unquestionably opponents of Bolshe,
vikism and are the rallying points
for all those interests which ara en-.
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CHINA'S CLAIM.
Somewhere In Germany Are the Stolen
Astronomical Instruments.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: Far
be II from so humble parsonage as
I am to attempt to add anything to the
labors Of the forthcoming peace table
assemblage, but should like to sug-
gest that some one there fnd time and
opportunity TO compel William OF Pots
dam to return to China the bronze astro-
nomical instruments he stole from the
Celestials on the occasion Of the Boxer
uprising. Even a Hohenzollern looter
cannot justify the outrageous example
of imperial theft as a thing of military
necessity. FRANK A. GsAN.
New ROCHELLE, November %.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---Sir: About
twelve years ago you published a story
of the kaiser's visit to a fortune telle-
The last sentence. as remember It. runs
thus: your hlghness will die in Eng
land twenty-three years from now. an
exile from republican Germany. a PEN
sioner on the bounty of the English
King, whose throne alone IL secure
among thrones"
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
GREENWICH, Conn.,. November 20.
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Stop the War Squander.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Slr: Your
editorial article stop tho War Squan-
DER is timely and OF great Importance.
It is the most sensible article that has
appeared on this subject and one that
should make a deep Impression wher-
ever read. 1t should have tho widest
publicity. l., PLACP & Co.
New YORK, November %.
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Japan Likes the octopu..
From the japan Chronicle.

''N"' NV V"P'" 'FFohl'e'
Large hauls OF octopus have been made
at Sumoto on Avail during tho past sum 70
NOR Fishermen say the rauls this yrnr
are the higgts. ever known, As the uutft
required is no more than Il few nets the
profits are large. The octopus Is a favor
tie dish IN JspaP,
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People VIII Gamble. .

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr. A
bets b that the war will be over before
Christmas, 1918. b bets that 1t will not.
Who wins? ERNEST d. LITTLE
THE BRONX, November 20.
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The Frollc Of Freedom VS.. the Stocks
of Despotism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: When
the Rev. Mr. Merrill says that the ex-
cesses OF freedom are to be preferred TO
the iron hand OF despotlc restraint, az
he is reported in the sermon Mt the
Brick Church on Victory Sunday, he
seems to have thrown common sense 10
the four winds, Outside OF unrestrained
tyranny, anything Is to he preferred TO
unrestrained freedom. as brief resi-
dence in Russia the past six months
would have proved. IL compared with a
citizenship in Germany previous TO 1914,
whose 'tron HAND has been reserved
for her pretended foes Excesses are
always TO be deplored, and those who
preach them need rebuking.
AMERICAN SINCE 1880.
KBNsINGToN, Conn. November 70.
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VIVA. q Memory Some Folk. Have,

To THE EnIToR OF THE SuN--Sir; William
Hohenzollern should not go away without
leaving his address 80 that congratulatory
messages can bo sent TO him on his
birthday. MEMoRIEs
NEW MILFORD. Conn, November o.
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Holland and the Kaiser.

So far as the world knows. WILL
HELM fed from Germany to Holland
without abdicatlng his imperial or
kingly throne, aud without divcstlng
himself Of authority.
Among the Dutch he appears to
maintain an alien court, with indie