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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29

"Why, haven't you heard,
Monsieur lie Prefeti'' stammered
the governor. II telephoned ia
the office, you know"
"Speak. What is It'll"
"Mme. Fauville died this morn.
ing. She managed somehow to
take poison"
M. Desmalions seized the gov.
|ernor by the arm and ran to the
infirmary, followed by Perenns
and Mazeroux.
He saw Marie Fauville lying
on a bed in one Of the rooms. Her
pale face and her shoulders were
stained with brown patches, SINH.
lar to those which had marked the
bodies of Inspector Verot, Hip.
polyte Fauville, and his son Ed.
mond.
Greatly upset, the project muir.
INJURED
"But the poison-where did il
come FRONT"
"This phial and syringe were
found under her pillow, Monsieur
lie Prefet."
"Under her pillowf But how
did they get theref How did they
reach herf Who gave them to
her?"
eve don't know yet, Monsieur
lie Prefet."
NJ. Desmalions looked at Don
Luis. So Hippolyte Fauville 8
suicide had not put an end to the
series of crimesl His action had
done more than aim at Marie
death by the hand of the law it
had now driven hpr to take pois.
on Was it possiblef Was it ad.
missible that the dead mans re-
venge should still continue in the
same automatic and anonymous
mannerf
Or rather--or rather, was there
not some other mysterious will
which was secretly and as auda.
ciously carrying on Hippolyte
Fauville's diabolical workf
Two days later came a fresh
sensation: CASTOR Sauverand was
found dying in his cell. He had
had the courage to strangle him.
self with his bedsheet. All efforts
to restore him to life were vain,
On the table near him lay q
half dozen newspaper cuttings,
which had been passed to him by
an unknown hand. All of them
told the news Of Marie Fauville' s
death.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29
<Continue0 Next Week.
FAvoRiTE SONG.
From the ashtngfOu Times

SONS OF the Flag" has swept the
country from coast to coas since II has
been set to music.
Perhaps you have never heard Sons
Of the Flag" perhaps you never read
Sons Of the Flag before 1t was set to
musicf But If you haven't you are of
the small minority.
1t was originally a poem by a Wash
Lington boy. George Morrow Mayo, of
the United States navy. 1t attracted
instant attention after the first publ
cation, and was remarked as one Of the
best v~ersifications the wal has yet
brought out.
Then it was set to music. and Nine.
Schumann -Heink. the noted opera
singer. heard II. Nine. Schumann- Heink
has three sons In the service. During
the last Liberty loan campaign, she
devoted practically all her time to
campaigning for the bonds.
And everywhere she sang Sons Of
the Flag" Asked what song she pre-
ferred Of all the war songs the country
has heard, she answered by singing the
Washington boys composition.
II All the proceeds of sales OF this music
| go to war relief work. The author IA
an enlisted man in the navy.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29
Flowers in Trafalgar Square.
From the London Telegraph.

rTO1n the LOnuOn Telegraph.
BUY a flower Of England for the
wounded Of France There In 10 words
Is the sum of It; and. to quote a~parody Of
a once popular song, IF you want to buy
them go to Trafalgar square You won't
find the "old man sitting on a chair" OF
whom the parody speaks, but you will
find sweet dreaming faces which were
the theme Of the original. Their dream
Is a fair one-of silver and gold in shin
ing heaps out of which shall come succor
and comfort borne by British hands to
the wounded Of our brave ally Francs.
and at the same time as they dream they
work to realize their dream. You can
help them here. Empty as man. flower
trays and fill as many collection boxes
as o can during flower fair week; the
more trays you empty the more boxes you
fill, the more will the British motor am
bulance committee benefit, and the more
the committee benefits the more will tho
lives Of gallant Frenchmen be spared and
their pain ~assuaged. All this is for those
who do not dine at fashionable restaur-
ants Inc hotels. For these special facili-
ties are to be provided" Lest they should
not come to the square,. the square Is
coming to them. 1t came to them tho
other day In the person of Miles. Odette
Myrtil. Alice O'Rrien. Edmee Dormeuil,
Lucienne Dervyle, Mrs. Andre Chariot
and others, who, making "a sudden sally
from Trafalgar square, appeared in the
lunch hour at various places, crying out
in French the sentence with which this
account begins. No scheduled hotel or
restaurant is immune, and during flower
fair week there is no "raidless day"
One rubbed ones eyes when one saw
the square. Gone were the silent spaces,
for the fountains had put off their pre-
occupations and were laying again. At
there base we're water lilies, and nearby
was a japanese water garden, with the
pigmy trees Of Japan, venerable in years
and veritable In form, but to laySwestern
ayes obstinately unreal. Besides this, all
down the north side OF the square I'm
massed array and elsewhere I'm outposts
of cheerful friendly stalls that beckoned
there was "the glory of the garden"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29

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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29
A Safety Record.

From the New York World.
The frequent fatalities reporter from
the ~airplane, training camps OF the coun-
try have given to some people tho i'm
preston that personal carelessness and
faulty construction ave prevailed to an
i~nexcusable extent. But the facts now
given out tend to modify such a judgment
greatly. II has failed to take into account
the large numbers OF men engaged and
the extraordinary measure of their com
bined effort. A worlds record for safety
in air training for war is established thai
from September I last year to July % this
year there has been but one fatality to
every $500 hours of flying.
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-29
The different colorea hat cords show

2 The different colored hat cords show
what branch of service each private
has entered. Light blue signifies In
fantry. scarlet artillery; yellow. cav
airy; buff, quartermaster corps scar
let and white. engineer corps; orange
and white, signal corps; scarlet and
black. ordnance; black and white. field
clerk: maroon. medical corps; black
and gold, officers; silver and black, ad-
tutant generals clerk; green. instruc-
tor home guards; green and white
home guards. These cords are worn
only on service hats. Cadet aviators
wear as hat bands inch and a hall
white ribbons and on zoe collars in
sigma representing the AVIATION branch
Of the signal corps. propeller blades.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04
Child Gardeners In England.

Apart from the school gardens.
which are Increasing In number and
size and excellence every year. a
great deal Of work In the direction Of
food production Is being done by
children. both In the gardens NJ.
taehed to their homes and elsewhere.
Tn number ~ towns the children
have been organized for the cultl.
walton Of back gardens. According To
q report sent to the food production
department, Legion. Essex. has 40
excellent record In this matter and u
10 claimed locally that no other town
can equal Its record.-London Globe.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04

agreement aud she had tucked u down
Into her blouse Hut she only made n
little face nj him as she vanished
through the door
~ she descended in the elevator.
however, her mlnd was busily running
over the ellglbles of her acquaInt.
ance. Some ~ those who had loved
and lost the charming Nell had mar.
ried elsewhere: others of them were
engeged er trying To he--also enc
where. Anyway. they An belonged TO
he commonplace. The fnAn who loves
and loses always hecoues eommons
place 20 the one he's lost.
However II you asked anyone in
Beillngton Who was the mssf common.
plaee young man In the otherwise
eligible class. the almost universal an.
s~er would have heen. Marcus
lssrnes." Hut strangely enough the
mage Of Marcus Barnes had already
iakAD shape In the hack % Nell Brsd
ey's hitherto particular mind. Never
once had he cailed on her or even ex.
pressed the desire to do so Never had
he happened 60 n her dinner partner.
no. had she even danced with him
nofe than once or twice. And she
suddenly remembered that he danced
rather well. too. although she had new
pr thought Of II before, and she had
known him for years,
In the meantime. Marcus Rarnes.
he most commonplace young man In
left the bank wherein m
earned his aaily bread and stepped
scrsss the street. an do~n santi4 - /,
leyway .ntea couvt wh<hc Ne rv1k11N<F
sas psrked. Two minutes later "
iurned dawn Spring street. and q. BE-
swung sround the corner q uIotk
sorhs>~ssu bcuu'i. NJ notified NGf
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04
Realms of the
Commonplace
By INES MACDONALD
tcopyrfrht. 1915. BY the Mcciufe Nswsps.
per eyndicate.l

ltCopytfEht. 1918, BY the Mcclure Newspe.
per syndicste.l
Nell Bradley st IN fhe edge NJ he,
uncic's desk and swung her fee'
thouThtfuny.
We'll. winkie." snid Mr.. Bradley
whats on your mlnd;"
"You know. Uncle Dad" she said
gravely. II believe III get married T.
whereat Mr.. Brndley's sense ~ M.
NOR overcame the gravity Of the sit.
nation to such an extent thnt he lay
back In his chair and roared with
laughter
Have you decided on the victimr'
he asked. finally.
Wei. no" she said thoughtfully, 4
haven't"
Then why worry about IL until the
right chap comes nlongf' he said pruc'
tlcally. You're young yet"
"rm twenty-four." she reminded
him. and I'm lonesome. with all the
nice young men In the world Why
should be lonesonei"
"No reason at all. Wrinkle. But
you've had plenty ~ chances" grinned
Mr.. Bradley. "and n you're ~ keen on
matrimony why didn't you take one ~
them
Too commonplace. /" she commented
vaulting on her feet.
MY dear he laughed. "niatrlmonys
the most commonplace thing IN the
wcvh. wfs the one thing mat n done
consistently. persistently. and over and
over sgsin until death does its part
Cynical old thing 20 she said. max
Ing dive NJ him and mussing his hair
ms she skipped toward the door.
Bet you can't pull II on In week
he shouted nj her. as the door shut.
She came back laughing. How
muchf~ she bargained.
He studied her with a grin. BET
you q dowry Of twenty thousand dol
lars agninst your staying single for
live more years, you can't get married
IN week"
Make n a month" she said. after
a moment Of deep thought, "and I'll
take you
Understand" he conditioned. ATS
tn he bona Ode marriage. No frame
M proposition You've got "a live with
the chap as his wife for NJ least six
~Nll right" she agreed. write IL
out"
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04
W. J. BYRAN TESTIFIES
GREAT FISH NO FAKE
MONSTER THAT COULD HAVE
SWALLOWED JONAH ON Elk.
HIBITIoN IN EVANSVILLE.

The Great Fish. the property OF
Capt. Charles n. Thompson Of Miami,
Fla. arrived in Evansville. says the
Courier. on board the yacht Tamiami
and was seen by several hundred Ev-
ansvillc people in the afternoon and
evening. Capt. Thompson has many
credentials 10 back his statement con-
corning the fish. Among the creden.
tisIs are letter from William Jen-
nings Bryan. one from the mayor
Of Miami and others from scientists.
The following figures Of the FISH
arc given in a descriptive circular:
Measures as feet In length.
Weighs rs tons, or nearly thirty
thousand pounds.
Its liver alone weighed LOO
pounds. or more than ten full-grown
men put together.
II Is twenty-three feet around the
body. and its tail measures ten feet
from tip TO tip.
II had swallowed an octopus weigh
ing four hundred pounds. A black
fish weighing fifteen hundred pounds.
and Ave hundred pounds Of coral also
found In It's stomach.
II could have swallowed twenty
Jonahs without suffering the slight
est pangs Of Indigestion.
II smashed a boat into thousands Of
pieces and crushed the rudder and
propeller Of a thirty-one ton yacht
with a single swish Of its mighty
tail.
Five harpoon thrusts and one hun
dred and fifty large caliber rife bull
lets only served to increase its fury,
and II took five days to finally kill
IL.
The battle lasted thirty-nine hours
two days and night-in open water
with the monster dragging a small
boat at express train speed for hun
dreds Of miles.
Scientific authorities believe that
the creature was an inhabitant of
depths more than fifteen hundred
feet below the surface. and that IL
was blown up by some subterranesn
or volcanic upheaval which injured
its diving apparatus so il was un-
able to return to its native depths.
Its hide Is three inches thick and
enabled Il to Withstand the most
enormous water pressure, pressure
almost ineonceivable to man. Its
eyes, which are very small. have no
lids and were never closed. indicating
that II lived at a depth where eyes
were Of no avail
The creature is not classed in ma
tursl history. the genus or species Is
unknown. and II is not only the
most remarkable geological specimen,
hut the largest specimen Of the fish
tribe known in history.
Although the largest fish ever cap
turcd. scientists claim II was only a
baby Of its tribe. end II il fsd lived
to attain full growth u would have
been two and one-hslf times as large.
Every undertaking establishment
on the Florida East Coast from Jack
to Key West gave up their
entire supply Of formaldehyde to
preserve the monster. and over nine
Teen barrels were used.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04

The basis Of bay rum IL Jamaics
or Saint CroIx rum. made from the
skimmings Of the sugar boilers, the
scrspinrs Of sugar barrels and the
wasfinrs from sugar pots. For the
best srade Of hay rum the rum must
be free from foreign odors and almost
eoloriess.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-04
pislfuI.

"Pitful. isn't itf'
"whati"
"why. the fact that some people
have SO little fear 81 nr'ng peanut
shells around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-30

Executive Assistant-Secretary.
EtsnogxapheR of II ysaRs' experieues; high.
est references. Position desired during dura-
ton Of war. Address Box 259D. Star ONCE. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-30

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342S; VIII sail far $3.50 cash. Gall a1ts4 3
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26
DIRECTOR McADOO EXPRESSES HIS
VIEWPOINT REGARDING RAILROADS

circumstances. This will be especial
ly true on account of the inevitable
discussion as to what ought to be
done. Already this discussion is in
full swing and its reaction on officers
and employees cannot be consistent
with the complete concentration up
on their daily duties. State Railroad
Commissions, railroad security hold
ers, railroad executives, shippers or
CARNATIONS and other interests are
naturally and properly discussing the
subject and proposing various solu-
tions. However desirable the discus
sion is for the disqualification of pub
lie sentiment, it cannot result other
wise than to produce a state of un-
certainty and ferment among the vast
army of railroad officers and EN-
ployees who will inevitably feel that
they face a rapidly approaching
change in management.
No business in the United States so
imperatively requires disciplined or
ganization and composed conditions
of operation, for officials as well as
for employees, as the railroad bust
ness. Not only does the safety of the
lives of millions of passengers de-
pend upon such disciplined and eff
cient organization, but the commerce
of the country as well. To keep this
vast army of officers and employees
in state of uncertainty and ferment
for a period of two years would be
harmful in the highest degree to the
public interest. 1t would be impos-
sible to prevent a serious impairment
of the morale of the railroad organ
izations.
From the standpoint of needed i'm
the period of two years
is entirely too short time within
which to plan and carry out the COM
prehensive improvements which ought
to be made to meet the country's re-
quirements under peace conditions.
Many of the improvements could
hardly be completed and put into OPP
Grafton inside of the two-year period,
and under such circumstances and
facing a change to private manage
ment at the end of two years, it would
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26
My Dear Judge Sims:

The question of the railroad legis-
lation is of such vital Importance to
the country that l take the liberty
of submitting to you my views as to
the course that should now be pur-
sued. The war is ended and we are
now confronted with the necessity
either of legislating intelligently
about the railroad problem at this
session of the Congress or of prompt
ly returning the railroads to their
owners.
Less than three months of the pres
ent session of the Congress remain.
1t will be impossible, presume, to
secure legislation in this short period
providing a permanent solution of
the railroad problem. This being
true, only three courses are open :
(D Government operation of the rail-
roads for one year and nine months
following a proclamation of peace,
which would mean, in my judgment,
Government operation for a period
in no event longer than two years
and three months; (2)the prompt re-
turn of the railroads to private own
ership; or (3) extension of the per-
iod Of Federal control to five years.
am convinced that it is wholly i'm
practicable, as well as opposed to the
public interest, to attempt to operate
the railroads under the provisions of
the present law. In the first place
the time is too short, and, secondly,
the present legislation is inadequate
AS to the shortness of time, it is
clear to me that the railroads cannot
be successfully operated under Fed
eral control during the next two years
in the face of an automatic transfer
to private control at the end of that
time or of an earlier REIMBURSEMENT
by proclamation of the President Ev-
cry month that passes will bring more
clearly to the minds of the officers
and employees the fundamental
change in management that is i'm
pending, and the question as to what
that change means to the individual. |
1t is against human nature that there
can be complete and single-minded
attention to duty under such difficult
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26

competitive conditions to the. same
extent as they existed prior to the
outbreak of the war. l favor some
form of governmental regulation and
control of far stronger, more intel
ligent and effective character than we
have had heretofore, because l am
satisfied that stronger Government
control will be demanded and will
have to be worked out, both in the in
terest of the public and in the inter-
est Of the security-holders Of these
railroads"
Those who may oppose an extern
sion of five years should face the
situation squarely and acknowledge
that they prefer the immediate return
of the railroads to private control I'M
der the old conditions without remedi-
al legislation. 1t is idle to talk of a
return to private control under leg
islation which will cure the defects of
the existing laws. There is neither
time nor opportunity for such legis-
lation at present. 1t is impossible
and hopeless for the Government to
attempt the operation of the rail-
roads for twenty-one months after
peace under the present law. There
fore, the country should squarely face
the condition that the railroads must
promptly go back into private con-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26

perience thus gained would of itself
indicate the permanent solution of
the railroad problem.
The American people have a right
to this test. They should not be de-
MED it. 1t is to their interest that it
should be done. In my opinion, it is
the only practicable and reasonable
method of determining the right solu-
ton of this grave economic problem.
am not now and have not been for
the past year interested in proving or
disproving the theory of Government
ownership or any other kind of the
DRY. The railroads have been oper-
ated for the past year with the pur-
pose of serving efficiently the para
mount needs of the war and at the
same time furnishing the best posi-
BILE service to the public, whether such
operation tended to prove or to dis
prove any theory of railroad control,
no matter what it might be. have
formed no opinion myself as to what
is the best disposition of the railroad
problem because the test has not been
sufficient to prove conclusively the
right solution of the problem. l be-
lieve that five-year test will give
the American people the right an
swer. An ounce of experience is
worth a ton of theory and with the
start already made under war condi-
tons, it would be comparatively
simple matter to complete the test
so we'll begun and thereby gain the
invaluable experience which will de-
termine the solution of a problem
which has veXed our State and Ma
tional politics and our economic de-
velopment for the past generation.
There are those who may say that
an extension of five years for such a
test will mean Government owner
ship. Personally | do not believe it.
But whether such a test would indi-
cate that the ultimate solution shall
be Government ownership or a modi-
fled form of private ownership under
effective Federal regulation, should
not cause us to hesitate or refuse to
act. 1t seems to me that in a de-
mocracy like ours, where public opin-
ion and the judgment of the majority
must finally control, the plain duty
is to take those steps which will fully
inform public opinion, so that the
judgment may be based upon knowl-
edge rather than upon theory. Any
test which will illumine the subject so
completely that public opinion may
operate upon it intelligently would
seem to me to be desirable in any cir
cumstances.
In this connection, may l draw
your attention to the statement l
made before the Committee of the
Senate on January 81, 1918, in reply
to a Senator who asked if believed
Gin the Government ownership of
railroads." l said:
81 do not, or l have not, at least,
felt that it was necessary to take the
actual ownership of the railroads. l
believe that it will be impossible af-
ter the return of peace to restore the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26

troll with all existing legal difficulties
unless the only practical alternative,
viz, an extension of time, is promptly
granted.
l hope that the Congress in its wis
dom will grant five-year period for
test of unified railroad operation
under proper provisions of law which
will make that test effective and at
the same time take the railroad ques-
ton out of politics while the test is
being made. Unless this is done, /
do not hesitate to say the railroads
should be returned to private owner
ship at the earliest possible moment.
The President has given me permits
sion to say that this conclusion ac-
cords with his own view of the mat
ter.
Cordially yours,
W. G. McADOO.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-26
Made Greater Speed

in some respects you are greater
than Napoleon" remarked the faith
full attendant.
But" protested the deposed ruler,
"I'm down and out"
eyes. Your finish is very much
like Napoleon's, and it took you a
very much shorter time to reach it."