davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
Increase In Muskrats.

As IN illustration OF how rapidly
tlic muskrats increase In some dis
tricts, the Bavarlan commission which
reports on the matter says In Schlus
selburg In 1911 there were ten musk
rats-we don't know who counted
them-whlle In 1913 the number had
increased 10 about 800, and In 1910 70
more than 1000. In some places II Is
said the energetic muskrats had driven
away the water birds, "after destroy
ing the eggs and young had taken pos
session Of the floating nests and con
yerted them 20 their own use."-Farm
Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19

nervousness, an
was In n run down
condition. Two Of
our best doctors
failed 10 do me any
good. | heard so
much about what
Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound had done for
others, l tried IL
and was cured. l
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
md In axCollont
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
. d b b b b
All Reelected.

At the meeting OF the stockholders
of the City Bank & Trust company the
old bolrd OF directors was again
elected for the year 1918. These are
w. T. Tandy, Ira L. Smith, 7. b. Fair
leigh, S. Y. Trimble and John B.
Trice.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
500 Hog.

II. L. Nance. of the Slaughters
neighborhood. sold a hog to +. X.
Howard Tuesday for the big price Of
siO0.S0. The hog weighed $50 lbs.
net.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
For Last Twenty Years.

The lowest temperatures since the
weather bureaus establishment in
Louisville in 1897, follow:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19

Trash, Sl2 90 TO $3.50
Common Lugs, $3.50 to $13 on.
Medium Lugs. Sl3 90 to $3.50.
Good LuIs, $3.50 TO $l40O.
Low Leaf, $3.50 to Sl4OO.
Common Leaf, Sl40O to $500.
Medium Leaf, $500 to $500.
Good Leaf. $1,000 to $3.50.
L. b. CORVETTE,
Pres. Tobacco Board Trade.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
HIGH PRICES
LITTLE DOING
Tobacco Market Almost Com.
pletely Knocked Out
BY Weather.

: The Tobacco market maintains It's
strength since the holidays and the
average is Sl4 against 1897 before
Christuas. The lesVere small s'-''
the nHrAri 4. I'D % ni cr l...hd
still. lh,r, ail be- n. activity until
a general ih1W come As all 9th
er lines Of business, there /, very
dull season prevailing
REPOEr FOR WEEK E. DING
IAN II
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-19
HOW this
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sim
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher. 1Il.-"For four years
suffered from Irregularities. weakness,
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-08
BASEBALL TO COME BACK
IN TEXAS NEXT SEASON
If 1919 PLANS MATURE
ny THO Associated Press.


Dsilas, Texas. Dee flhi haNo hail
in IrAaH VIII. nc iakou up nsain nest
SEASON where 81 wa shrlsrd lqsi seaf
Tor tho more imporlaHt business oi
war .a an assured fnri
Arrangements nft under way uo~
FOR gh, organization nf clubs 90 eiqt
scnt the several cites iu tHe Tcs4a
League
Plans for lhe iala Tcxa Ieanu,
roAfon win hr madr $50 % meeting "a
club nwrrr go hc hcld early u Dan
uniy nonk Hnhcrfs secretary of fhe
Houston club nnurlncei dui4ue RI.
cent visit % pllAf on business rcia
tiev 10 tho coming seasnn
Preliminary 60 tho meeting Go Boz hela
ln January thcfe VIII b. meeting oi
tho club owucrf boz Dulas soon
Nh. Robofts advanced the theory thaf
baseball viii be- the mcnus of soldiers
RETURNED from fiance giving outlet
10 iho.r pent up emotions and iusi FOR
1oiior "rhry .wiil CRAVE hnao hill ~
never before and W. arc going 20 give
i tn ihomn no declared.
,rhe plans Of al club owners nre 10
make base ban epual " not superior
10 any thai lias ever been seen On
this class lcrrno ana all arc ON ,hc
lookow for material To built pcnnani
winning team.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-08
BERLIN Upset
AGAIN AT RIOT
OF RADICALS

Berlin. poe z the runalm aos
ernmcn, haa iofmNs withdrawn the
privilege hrr,iofnfe hcld 81, ihs mem
ners oi she iiulrnrullen family of
inmmn, from iaV
Berlin, Thufsday pee lieeafd
ine The danger % 4 counter revelation
in Gcrman3 iipro llaHse Secfciarf nf
tn4eigh Aualia said today.
Counter rUNolutiuuNrt tendencies
,Nlst hHi 500 no danaer fof the
Setmiiat government rhe return OF
iho old regime ls imposslhief
Copenhagen. pee At meeting
of 5000 leading citizens or tbe Ghine-
band .n COLOGNE on "Wednesday j was
resolved n Wow oi the hpusn lnr
40 ESTABLISHING rewti1r roVofnmeut
ln BERLIN to moNHim III iho Nafiirst
possible suouent Hu ludnpenFn ro-
public "unHer the iermnu empne.
THE republic would ineludn thc
countries of the Rmno ana Ncatpha-
Ha.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-08

ION minutes
The hydlo-airplan"s 90 he used win
500 oqtipped with Three engines auh
cthiu capacity FOR about twelve pri
SONS. AT q maximum spo"d of fiftg
miles an hour. Practically ihc entire
trip VIII ho over tho HIKE. ~ height
not 90 oNceod twantN. five foni
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-08

Therefore---Take your purse with
you TO town today.
Resolve to help all YOU can by
carrying your purchases, as often
as possible.
Buy useful, practical Christmas
Gifts.
Help the merchant to keep condi-
tons normal by shopping early.
this doing away with extra help.
long hours for clerks and conges-
ton OF traffic and mails.
Do your bit" now as earnestly as
you did your bit" before the war
ended
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
CAPTAIN HOLM "
WRITES |. ABOUT
t'YANKYB0YS'
Incidentally Hands IT, to
Nasty Ma Nasty"
Censor.

j.. b. Wineman today received a let
ter from Captain O. G. Holm Of the
former Company M OF this city. now
the 18th infantry regiment, Amer'-
can 4expeditionary forces in France.
in which the captain asserts that tho
Of the "Yanky Boys is
that there is no such thing as a No
Mans Land; it is their land, and they
have been so instructed.
incidentally the writer indulgcs in
q few filings at the exalted parsonage
to whom military censorship has been
entrusted, and at the foo Of the let
ter a note appears to the effect that
Captain Holm, like all other officers,
is his own censor.
) The letter is as follows: *
Somewhere in France, Marcn Is.
1918.-Your letter of February 5 re-
ceived yesterday. and same was read
to the boys for which cheers for
Wineman was duly received. It sure
you, going to show hat they still re-
member you as a friend and father TO
their former captain. And besides
the interests you have taken in Com
pany NJ and its members. 7. "a
There is not much to tell about our
work over here as it would be giving
away military secrets. which a true
soldier never does. At any rate the
"Yanky Boys" are on the job and
soon will the kaiser beat 1t back to
Berlin. or lose his scalp. The Amer
Mans Land: it is our land; and
that is the instruction given to. all
American soldiers in France. Hav-
ing, control Of No Mans Land is the
first step to show that we are win
ming the war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
TRENCH FEVER,
SHELL SHOCK
BIG PROBLEMS
Medical Science Still Work
ing With Wars Big
! Legacies.

London. March 16.-(Correspond-
snce Of the Associated Press)-
Trench fever and shell shock are the
two most dificult problems that this
var Shas presented to medical science,
according to a report issue by q Brit
ish-American medical commission
which recently has been sitting here.
from France as early as 1915, and the
disease has been continually studied
ever since. but the, organism which.
causes It has not been discovered nor
HAS any drug been found for it's sue
cessful treatment. The American.
army doctors believe that they have
definitely established. that trench few
or is communicated by a body-louse. a
fact which. has been repeatedly sus-
pected by the British investigators al
The fact that the disease IL row
ing more prevalent and In spreading
from the trenches to the back areas
ID also noted In the report. Tho orig
fhal 2 all among troops In
the trenches, but the disease ID now.
PREVALENT on various lines OF COM
nnnication and ut the bases. Even
hospital orderlies and nurses are oc.
casional victims.
The actual crux Of the discussion
aDems to hesWhether trench feyersisSa
disease OF, mAnstfansmitted by the
lpuse.$or! some disease among nee
themselves which - transmissable ~
men. II the latter. the cure would
gigantic and almost hopeless taak IN
Wartime. II the former, the dissem.I
lnatton OF the disease comes down TO
9scontr0lT OF the human carriers, and
krobAbly. 3 easier task. #llThe SOM
&niesion recoMmends energetic seton
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
Hard % Get By Censor.

went Id not know Il All 'of IRIS
viii pass the censor but / will try il.
Some. ofSsthe .kiris in Grand Forks
very, likely could tell YOU all about,
the nasty 4 and ~ 4 rnle the
conception Of the censor Il. that he
is an old, cranky man. sitting in q
soft swivel chair. with the spectacles
hanging low an his nose and a 1pair
Of large scissors in his right hand.
enjoing cutting up nice l~oye.letters
just to make some pretty Young girl
feel bad. It il really too bad but
it has to be done, and I wish the said
pretty girls could see some Of the CEN
sors. They are quite humane at
times, being aspiring officers, some
from West Point, others discovered,
through the three months plan, and
others having developed from the civ
ilian life through their hobby Of mill
itarism, AZ the pacifists would say.
Some OF them have fathers and moth
ers like other. people. Others have
wives and ~sweNhearts in u. 8. A., and
all those. I know, hate to use the
large scissors; but everyone over
here must do his bit. and the Ger
mans have made this war not a war
Of love thy enemy but hate him; late
him to death. And we must do all
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
ND FORKS. N. p. MONDAY, APRIL Is, 1918.

cultivated fields and grape growing
VINEYARDS. with little villages about
three miles apart. In fact the French
people all. cluster themselves together
in four or five families to a village.
The houses sire all made from grey
rock with red tile roof. and then the
garden walls which are found every
whore. made from the same grey
rock. There are walls and wallis in
France. Old as the hills with green
moss covering the stones. some of
them from the Roman days Of the
year 165 A. D.. or Whereabouts. OF
course You know more about the Ro-
man historysthan 1 do, SO IL my state
ment OF the year Ia not quite right,
kindly overlook this fact. But I have
seen the Roman gate of this town (the
cursed censor), and the baths Of
Caesars, which still have the same
kind of flowing water as OF the Ro-:
man days. The stone slabs, which
once were trodden by the sandaled.
feet Of the Roman warriors. and the
beautiful. ladies of the House of
Caesar, are still there although. worn
and covered by the same green moss.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
WANTED PRETTY CLOTHES.

" -. oNS4cfvH .S6sH Fft|- E4tNHStN 49, sg44E. /. lEf
Princeton. KY, April l5.-"I'se
|thinkin' Nv de purity close dem
|udder boy'll git to wear" we q
woefuls statement that summed up
the disappointment of Leslie George.
Ia nergo draft reg%istrant. when q
train bearing Caldwell county, ny,
negro selects pulled out for Camp
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, leaving
George behind.
George recently passed the physical
examination with flying colors. The
cause George was a skilled farm
hand, the scarcity of such laborers
necessitated his remaining here. You
may go to wal after the harvest" the
board told George.
Presenting himself at the station
with the intention Of boarding the
train, notwithstanding the boards
verdict, the negro wept bitterly be-
cause permission to entrain was re-
fused. Members Of the board made
attempts to console George. but their
efforts were vainly spent. Georges
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15

Well. ! will close for this time. as
surfing you that " + here to win
the war, n the harder the fight
the greater the victory. And 1 wish
you. only could. be here to- hear the
boys gather around at night and sing,
Send Me Away With a, Smile. Little
Girl" or Farewell Broadway, Hello
France" and cover There, Over
There" going to show hat they real
lie the serious game they are at. still
having q sense of good humor as they
will wind up by singing America or
Star spangled Banner. q. S. A. is all
to them. and they are proud of the
fact that they are volunteers, al
thought would say hat this is a good
place to put a Stacker into, making
him q good American.
Well. Au .Revoir. This is French.
From your friend,
80. G; Holm.
France.
Y The following Official stamp is ap-
pended to theEletter:: Passed as CEN
sored: A. S51. o. K.-O. G. Holm,
captain, 164th Inf
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15

broken lover. sass .@
--------1sy ssxsabsEty DoaA.- !. y.
The lumber for the new auditoriun
In the Walhalia Chautauqua park a..
rived last week. Work on the build.
ing will start az soon as the ground
is In condition.
The county commissioners Of Caya.
Her county have passed q resolutions
providing for a service nag and ros-
ter OF all men from the county in the
U. S. army or navy service.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
PRICE FIVE CENTS

sorrow was like that sf ~ heart.
broken lover. es5 ,@
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-06

building is undergoing complete interior hauling decorating: when finished it will present to the buying the modern automobile sales in southwestern Arkansas.
 preparing this the comfort and convenience and the public have formed the deciding factors in its arrangement.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-06

This sales is for you: want you to make use of your headpuarersif do not reside in town, your stopping place when visit Prescott: there will be Ioungng chars writing materials, telephone and poyee at your dispOsa-and always Welcome the mat
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
SENATE BATTLE
ON PRICE FIXING
Will Center Around Gore Res
OIution to Raise Wheat
to $3.50 Per BuSheI.
InternationaI - service :

International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - The
senate was preparing today for a
battle on price fixing. The encounter
will center around a resolution Of
fered by Sen. Gore, amending the
food bill TO make the fixed price of
wheat $3.50 a bushel instead of 81
during the year 1919.
BY its action of offering a favor
able report on $3.50 wheat, the SEN
ate agriculture committee has ap-
proved increased rates on wheat for
the farmer, and has indicated that
the price may have to be advanced
even further The big question which
will come out Of the debate is that
of whether or not the prices OF
other commodities shall be fixed.
Testimony taken by the senate ag-
riculture committee in its hearings
this week has shown that farmers
don't feel that a higher price for
wheat can solve the problem. They
declare that prices must be fixed on
all commodities or none before the
problem is finally ended
Opposition 10 the bill Will not be
slight however. Senators who don't
represent "A farming constituency,
maintain the present price is higher
than ever before and refuse to be
lieve that a higher price is just TO
the urban population.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
American
Pilots Bring Down
Teuton Machines
BY HENRY G. WALES.
International News Service

ANlt- uAtlou0l news service
PARIS (by maiD. Feb. 10
Three American pilots still attached
TO the French aviation corps, have
brought down German machines in
aerial combats during the last week.
A German twO-seated machine
shot down i'm flames by Sergt Gre
hore of New York, is credited TO
him officially, as two artillery OBJ
servers and another pilot corrobor-
ated the fact that il crashed" be-
hind the enemy lines.
Dave" Putnam of Brookline,
Mass, brought down a single scatter
enemy scout machine south Of
Nancy but although the pilot lost
control of his machine, it Will not
be credited officially to the Amerf-
can youth until further investiga.
ticn establishes the fact that il was
destroyed. HewsOn woodward Of
Philadelphia. also shot down a Ger
man aeroplane and French pilot
who Witnessed the combat asserted
that he believes he saw the German
aviator fall out of his machine and
tumble TO the ground Sufficient
proof was not forthcoming 10 war
rant Woodward being officially cred
tied.
All three of the pilots are await
ing transfer to the signal corps OF
the United states army.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
AMERICAN TROOPS TO
HAVE PUBLICATION
NEAR BATTLE LINES

international News Service:
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20-The
war department today approved tho
Stars and Stripes" II was not a
belated endorsement Of the national
EN- blem. however. but the official o.
K. on the weekly publication in
France for the boys OF the Ameri-
can expeditionary force The littl
paper is being printed behind the
American lines in France.
The publication which is under
the direction of the intelligence de
partment Of the American eXpedi-
tiOnarv force. viii carry nothing but
American news for American
boys" The publication viii be- self
supporting. as $500 worth Of ad-
vertising from American firms al
ready has been secured for each ~
the next - issues
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
TAFT IS INSPIRED
BY j. s. FIGHTERS
His Visit to $50 Camps Re-
veaIS "Fine Material" EX-
president Declares.
international News Service

International News Service,
CHICAGO. Feb. 20 - William
Howard Taft. who is at Great Lakes
training station today after visiting
$50 army cantonments. gave this as
his foremost impression of Amer
ica's military forces:
1T has been an inspiration to me.
he said Ito go about the camps and
see such fine material
Il find the sentiment throughout
the country Increasingly for the
war. This is greatest in the large
cities but smaller communities are
openly patriotic and the farmers are
showing their appreciation OF the
situation"
Mr.. Taft today was scheduled 10
make several addresses before the
tackles Of the Great Lakes training
station and will be the honor guest
at the dinner
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
HUGE INDEMNITY
To BIZ ENFORCED.

international News Service
THE HAGUE, Feb. 20-Tho re-
port that Germany demanded an
indemnity of S4.o00.00O GOO from
the bolsheyik government at PetrO-
grad, was followed by report from
the German frontier today that the
indemnity parley' is now willing TO
accept the equivalent of gold" m
cases where payments are enforced.
The German censorship has been
dealing severely with discussion of
economic conditions but % certain
amount of Information is finding ITS
way into the German newspaper
Herr Lieschine. father of the
radical party OF Wuerttemburg. was
quoted I'm "a speech az Stuttgart as
saying that the war has used mp so
much of Germauy's raw materials
that she should Ae willing to accept
them as indemnity" if She is able
TO enforce any iudemniues at all.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
"PLAYS" WITH
TUBE OF EXPLOSIVE
International News Service: :

International News Service:
NEW YORK. Feb 20.-Promi-
nent engineers ducked behind seats
or FASTENED TO exits when Or. Hud-
son a. Maxim. inventor and member
Of the naval consulting board. ignit-
ed a tube of high explosive TO show
il gave off no smoke and tossed in
10 the audience small portions Of
the same explosive so il could be
examined more closely. As stated by
Or. Maxim, his explosive burned for
a few seconds with brilliant flame
and there was no explosion. And he
did not even singe his whiskers dur
ing the demonstration
Dr. Maxim stated that close ex-
animation of captured German can
non showed that the lining would
wear out more quickly than the lia-
ing of American cannon, thus dis
proving another vaunted superiority
of kultur.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
mans Continue Advance Into Russia Despite "peace
Seebirt and Coquillard
May Enter Lists Against
Local G. @. p. Machine

Politics. contemplative Of the
forthcoming primary, are beginning
TO boil. republicans especially be-
ing pretty we'll worked up for a ma
chine made ticket, with two or three
exceptions; that especially OF super
ior court Judge and county treas
urer. the machine. Of course. ,aIso
having its candidates for those Of
fees. Eli r. Seebirt will contest the
nomination Of Judge u. Mott. the
machine candidate for the form ar
office and Alexis Coquillard will
contest with Nelson Jones, machine
candidates, the nomination for
county treasurer.
The judgeship fight. promises to
develop into a merry one. due 70 the
bitterness engendered by Gov. Good
rich's appointment OF Judge Mott.
with plenty OF duplicity. TO please
Boss" A. c. Graham, F. A. Miller
and J u. oliver, who claim to hold
the G.. o. p. i'm the palm Of their
hands. COquillard was a candidate
for the nomination against Jones
two years ago, but Jones won out
and was defeated in the election, In
a manner not so very compliment
tary TO his popularity. lie is attach
ed TO the Graham Miller-Oliver ma
chine, according 10 current repub-
lican report. Judge Walter A. Funk
Will be the candidate for renOmina-
ton and election on the republican
ticket, probably without primary
opposition.
Some Other Aspirants.
other candidates 10 come before
the c. q. p. primary are: For state
senator, William =. Cady; for audi
tor. Clarence Sedgwick; for clerk.
Wilbur Warner; for sheriff Louis
Duck; for eastern district commits
sioner, Schuyler Rose and Otto z.
Lang; for prosecuting attorney,
Cyrus r. Pattee; for justices of the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20

most important Of the week IN the
west
Reach Third German Line.
After very careful artillery
preparation. during which our bat
teries cooperated usefully, French
infantry advanced TO the assault
southwest Of the Butte du Mesnil.
along a front of about 1.4OO yards.
The French succeeded in penetrating
the German positions broke through
the second and reached the third
German line.
The concentration of an import
ant body of German cavalry i'm the
vicinity of Riga is noted and il is
believed that. the Germans may find
it expedient to advance on Petro-
grad 1t is difficult 10 determine
the exact status Of affairs in south
western Russia.
THE Russian contingents are
evacuating the Armenian centers
south of the Black sea which are
being 4eoccupied by Turkish detach-
ments. Trebizond probably will soon
fall into Turkish hands. aIt is inn
portant 70 record that large CON
tingents of Arabs are joining the
forces of the Sheik Of Mecca, who
is cooperating with the British. The
Arabs have defeated the Turks in
two encounters occupied FL Mazreh
southeast Of the Dead sea and are
advancing along the He'd Gag rail
way towards Maan."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
RURAL MAIL CARRIER
GOES TO FEDERAL PRISON

international News Service.
INDIA\APOLIS. Ind. Feb 90
james T. RieE 80 years old. former
rural maH carrier OF Nincennes.
Ind, was today sentenced by Judge
Anderson in federal court TO IS
months iR the Atlanta prison for en-
bezzlement. Riley pleaded guilty 20
embezzling l. money orders 10 a
total of $3.50 while on duty last Oc-
toher. Novem Der and Decem Der.
Probably the fact that ne has made
the amount good prevented him
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20
KETCHUP MAKER WILL
DEFY FEDERAL ORDER

GREENVILLE. o. Feb 20.-R
J. Neguiar. OF the company bearing
his name. which will not be allowed
10 operate this year by the food ad-
ministration, according 20 dispatcho
from Washington, informed local
newspaper men that his company
would pay no attention TO the order.
asserting the food administration
had no jurisdiction in the matter. It
was a condition that was entirely up
TO the courts, ne said