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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06
PECULIAR CONDITIONS.

Congressman James +. Byrnes of
South Carolina, in recent speech
delivered in the House OF Represen
tatives charged certain colored lead
ers and certain race journals in con-
ncction with the Industrial Workers
Of the World with instituting a pro.
Daganda to cause race riots. We find
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06

THE BOOK OF SEVEN Young who IL
year 1890 laid
commanded
book This book tells that began in
to
he saw also series of diseases
@ " o"rS he dead and this already the land
SOFA at 6o cents and
street also at Mr. o. r. Robinson's
heStocr i103 W. Leigh Street
mnnlcationS to MRS LUCINDA r f. y No
Richmond, Virginia. AGENTS ~
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House For Sale.

House for Sale, Southside, 1907
Canal Street. Direct from owner
a1Xlo3 feet. Address, JOHN a.,
BURTON, sos o Street. N. W., Wash
ington, d. G. A
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against

Lizzie w. Pollard, E. Il. Pollard,
Mamie d. Allen, Peyton Allen,
Kate White, Charles b. White,
Minnie White and Willie White,
Defendant:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06
VIRGINIA.:

In tho Clerks Oilicc OF the Law
and Equity Court of the City OF
Richmond, the third day of Sep
tcmbcr, 1919.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06
IN VACATION.

Minnie o. Brown, Il. w. Brown,
Susie Armistead and William
Aimistead, Plaintiffs
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06

We hardly think that the Attorney
General Of the United States or Hon.
James e. Byrnes, a congressman from
South Carolina will find just grounds
for complaint in the editorial which
appears in the Now York Crisis for
September. 1t represents a position
that We have taken and asserted FOR
more than thirty years. Editor ". -.
Is. DUBOIS says:
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

Chicago quotations. IA per cent higher than in
March, 1918.
To show how much better paid other work
ers are figures are given covering wages in 9th
er lines. In the builGing trades the lowest for
skilled artisans is S1,716 per annum. in the
printing trades 81 .664. in the stock yards S1.e32
and among chau1eurs and teamsters s1,5oS.
The common laborer IN the stock yards and
the man who drives team receives higher COM
pensation than the most highly skilled post
ONCE clerk, who has received years Of training
and who IS required TO do arduous and
nning labor with exceptionally high demands
as to efficiency. Much Of it is done at night
and there is no extra compensation for that
The fact is cited that capable men no longer
are looking to the postoffice for career and
the service to the public is deteriorating as a
result This is an argument which cannot be
escaped. The man who might not be moved to
action by the troubles of others generally does
something when he finds that his own inter
ests are affected It IS a matter OF vital i'm
portance to the public to keep up the standard
Of the mail service. Skimping in postal ex-
penditures to the point where regularity Of
mails and accuracy Of handling matter is in
terfered with is not economy. 1t is waste and
the American people, once they understand the
cause will soon demand that the remedy be
applied The remedy in this case is better pay
for the workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
The Federal Employment Service.

II would be folly to abandon the federal en-
ployrnent service, as it is said Republicans in
congress propose doing. for the sake Of saving
the $4,70O,0OO that the secretary OF labor est
mates as the cost OF running the business for
another year. Just now, when conditions are
far from normal, steady employment is the
best safety valve the country can have. With
any considerable number out Of work in a
given community disturbances would be pretty
certain to occur. Every effective agency to
bring workers and Jobs together is needed
now as never before not even when the coun-
try at war.
Before the federal government took hold of
the matter state agencies were doing what they
could, but they lacked facilities for coopera-
ton. II there was surplus OF men in. say
Ohio, North Dakota might not discover the fact
till too late for it's small grain harvest, and
there would be loss at both ends of the line.
The federal bureau provided the machinery for
exchange of data between states and it filled
a real need from the beginning.
1t will be time enough to talk about turn
ing the work back entirely into the hands Of
state and private agencies after normal con-
ditions have been restored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

one day purely by accident she dis
covered a secret drawer in the desk.
Inside lay half-folded, half
rolled manuscript. 1t was volumin-
Gus and bore signs of having been
handled a good deal. With curios-
ity and then with consuming inter
est and then with fervor and de-
light, Elita read a story that enrapt
soul and mind.
1t was palpably, according to its
title page. the first effort of him
whose name appeared upon it as
author-Arnold White.
About the unknown, unseen auth
or Elita wove a rare glamor of
mystery. There was scarcely a day
for a month that she did not read
and reread some portion of the
story. Then she started out to trace
the source from which the desk
came. She enlisted the cooperation
OF one of the men at the warehouse.
Finally she learned that the desk
with other poor belongings had
come from a certain address. At
last she met the former landlady of
Arnold White. who told a story of
struggles against poverty and dis
appointment on the part of her
tenant, who at last, shattered in
health. left for New Mexico and had
not been heard from since. A pho
tograph of Arnold White showed 4
face that thenceforward was en-
shrined in the memory of Elita She
was in love with a shadow.
Six months went by. Not to her
parents, not even to her bosom
riend, Inez Bruce. did Elita impart
her secret She had gone to a puD-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Today's Anniversaries

1S44-Young Mems Christian as
sociation founded in London
by George Williams.
F. Cleveland, gov
ernor of Connecticut and one
of the founders of the Re
publican party, died at
Hampton, Conn. Born there
Feb. 16, 1899.
lS91-Sir John A Macdonald, first
premier of the Dominion OF
Canada, died at Ottawa. Born
in Glasgow Jan. IL. 1915.
1S94-Gov. Richards of Montana Is
sued a proclamation forbid
ding the sun-dance of the
Indians at Great Falls.
1904 cloudburst at Clifton, S. c..
resulted in the loss of so
lives and in damage to prop
erty to the extent of $780,
600.
1905-Crown Prince Frederick Will
liam of Germany. and Ouch
ess Cecilia, of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, were married at
Berlin.
1915-Great demonstration favor
ing Roumanian intervention
in the war participated in by
10000 in Bucharest.
1916-Germans occupied Fort Vaux,
called 1.-The key to Verdun."
1917-Lord Northcliffe succeeded
Mr.. Balfour as head of the
British war mission in the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
In the Days News

Among the heads of American
educational institutions compare
lively few have a longer record of
service to their credit than DR..
Stephen B. L. Penrose, who is
rounding out quarter of a century
in the presidency of Whitman COL
lege, one of the pioneer colleges OF
the Pacific northwest. In honor of
the quarter centennial of DR.. Pen
roses administration a jubilee cele-
bration is to be inaugurated at the
college today with many noted edu-
Gators in attendance DR.. Penrose
is a native of Philadelphia and a
graduate of Williams college and
Yale university. After two years
spent in teaching he was ordained
to the Congregational ministry and
in 1890 set out for the west to en-
gage in, home missionary WORK.
Four years later he was chosen to
the presidency of the college over
which he still presides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Brad's O. Verse
HUNTING TROUBLE.

l have in mind a certain gang
whose names l need not mention.
who never seemed to care a hang
for any good intention; who let no
golden day get by without abstract
deductions and lengthy converse
deep and dry on how to stir up
ructions. They might have spent
the hours az play. or harvested tie
honey, or plowed the fields, or
stacked the hay, and earned Hluth
honest money; but with no thought
except to chase ambitions empty
bubble, they passed up things OF
useful grace and hunted naught
but trouble. And when they found
it, hully geel 1t wasn't what they
thought it, thing to furnish sport
and glee. as through the years they
sought it; for now it looked like
yawning jails and bolts and bars
and nopses, and padded cells and
exile trails and cops and Gala
bosses. If they had hunted Joy
and wealth instead of hunting
trouble. they might have had both
fun and health and incomes more
than double; If they had hunted
honest trades and wisely used their
talents, they would not now be
sorry jades whose fate hangs in
The balance.
CLTM BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Born Suckers.

Now and then people shocked to find
low little some other people know.
1t is surprising that Americans. after all
the pains that have been taken to educate
them on the subject, will permit themselves to
be persuaded that government securities they
hold are worth less than the market price.
Thrift stamps and war savings stamps are
redeemable at postofhces for what they cost,
plus accumulated interest. Uncle Sam would
much prefer to keep the money, but he will
surrender it if given 10 days notice This
is made clear to every purchaser who can read
and will take the trouble to do so.
And still there are not a few who have
bought stamps and who take so little thought
as to their own interests that they will sell
out to sharks who make their profit by turning
the stamps over for just what the government
stands ready to pay the original holder.
If hundred dollar bills fell into the hands
of some people they would take $95 in change
for them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
OBLIGATIONS OF
u. S. WITH LEAGUE
SUBJECT OF MEET

New York, June 6.-The new in
ternational obligations of the Unit
ed States under the proposed COW
enant of the league of nations were
discussed at the semi-annual meet
ing of the academy of political
science at Columbia university to-
day. The speakers at the morning
session were Dwight Morrow, Sen
ator Pittman of Nevada and George
Wharton Pepper. A general deus
sion followed after which speeches
were delivered by Senator William
E. Borah of Idaho, Arthur H Kuhn.
DR.. Stephen P Dugan and Con-
gresham Herbert c. Pell, Jr.
At the afternoon session A..
Mitchell Palmer, attorney general
of the United States, A. Wickerman.
former attorney general of the
United States. and Abraham A.
Elkus, minister to Turkey, were the
principal speakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
FROM THE DREGS.
By GEORGE ELMER COBB.

Copyright, 1919. by the Western
Newspaper Union0
In a prosaic routine way John
Ross, overalled, shirtsleeved. devot-
ed his time from daylight to dusk
looking after Lis business in a
dingy old warehouse stored with
secondhand furniture and general
Office equipment That was his
especial line. All the big buildings
knew Ross and when a tenant be-
came delinquent as to rent and it
was found necessary to seize upon
his possessions, Ross was sent for.
He paid a small price for the stuff.
carted it away to his warehouse and
sold it out later to new tenants of
the buildings who were attracted
by low prices.
It was a far different John Ross,
however, who repaired to his home
when his days work was done. The
same neat, natty suit he wore go
ing to work he resumed going back
to his family, where he never al
lowed the remotest flavor of shop"
to intrude. Ross was proud Of his
wife, of the pretty home she kept
up so we'll; more than all of Elita,
the daughter.
Very rarely did Elita visit the
old warehouse and, when occasion
required, never got beyond the Of
fee until one day with a bosom
companion, Inez Bruce. they reach
Cd the grimy building to ind her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

father absent on business. The
bookkeeper did not demur when
the visitors ventured beyond the Of
fee to the space devoted to storage.
The presentment aroused the live
Hest curiosity. Of Inez who, in her
shallow, casual way, was interested
in a great variety of knick-knacks
such as antique lamps, penholders,
fancy waste baskets and unique
furniture. Elita, however, was In
fused with romantic sense OF the
presentment Here was an old bat
tered chair that seemed to tell a
story OF long years of toll and ser
vice, scratched and splintered, and
her fervid imagination pictured It
occupied by some struggling bust
ness man who, like it, had come to
the end of his usefulness, probably
with disappointed hopes and
broken spirits. Some elaborate blue
prints of q mining property, torn
and dusty, she conceived were
mementoes of the vision of a san
guine promoter, whose cherished
dreams never came to fulfillment
Then, slowed away in a corner was
a small. old-fashioned desk. There
was nothing particularly attractive
about It, but it conferred Elita's at
tention.
There is the very thing I want, :"
she told Inez. ct will fit into a
corner of the music room at home
and not take up too much space. I
must ask father to have it fixed up
and sent home"
1t arrived, resplendently varnish-
ed and renovated, and was indeed
quite convenience to Eliza Than
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Today's Events

The annual convention of the
Associated Harvard club met at
Buffalo for q two days session.
Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker delivered an address today
at the annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Roland Park Country
School in Baltimore.
More than four hundred and fifty
embyro admirals were added to the
United State navy today at the
graduation of the class of 1919 of
the United States Naval academy.
The possible effects on prohibi-
ton on the hotel business will be
discussed by the Northern Califor-
mia Hotelmen's association, meet
ing in annual session today at Oak
land
Many prominent educators are
at Walla Walla, Wash, today for
the opening of a six-day celebra-
ton in honor of the quarter-cen-
tennial of the administration of
DR.. Stephen 3. L. Penrose as pres
ident of Whitman college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

Usher who offered to publish the
book if she would bear the expense.
This Elita was fully able to do, al
though her indulgent father won
dered why she required so much
money. In the name of Arnold
White the volume went forth to rne
world.
1t was an instantaneous success.
The publisher was fully informed
by Elita of the true authorship of
the story and all the circumstances,
and as edition after edition was put
forth and the profits accrued, Elita
made a special deposit of them at a
bank. She had advertised in a
broad way for some trace of Arnold
White, but had received no word
until a certain day.
All. that day. AS she entered the
office of the publisher there sat the
man she had worshipped in Sc
cret-Arnold White in flesh and
blood From obscure life, health re-
gained, but a common laborer in a
mine he had been called by the
fame his name had acquired. His
eyes looked gratitude and devotion
and love into the shrinking timid
ones of Elita as he poured forth the
story of his wande,ings.
On the eve of the publication Of
his second book. with a sure liter
airy future before him and ample
means, Arnold White welded the
beautiful girl who had lifted him
from the dregs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
HQdrt, 9oHOrm0
47,iDHOHIO1mcC
OV&H NJ D e FL Il Y A RETH rrIIOhTD COM
BY TEMPLE
Y Il MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

we have quarrels he always
does something to make up with
out saying he is sorry. He brings
me candy or something he thinks
l will like.
am worried about our quarrcls
we 90 for days without speaking,
because l think it is the man.
place to say he is sorry and not
pansies.
What would you advise in our
case? LOVING WIFE.
1t is not the mans place to say
he is sorry, because he is not al
ways in the wrong. His little
peace offering should be accepted
lovingly and the misunderstanding
should be forgotten. Apologies are
not necessary; being cheerful and
doing the right thing after the mis-
understanding is far more import
ant than an apology.
Love your husband too much to
carry chips If you are forgiving
l am sure that he will be. In time
you will adjust yourselves to each
other and will be happy, or else
you " III IAdl ca A4AOAN anu nv "
until you kill one another's love.
The future depends entirely upon
your self-control now.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Can you
tell me something to do for my
hair? II is so oily l can hardly
comb it. I wash it, but it doesn't
seem to do any good, because in
about three days afterwards 1t is
as oily as before nj. l..
The following is a tonic for oily
hair:
Tincture of alcoholic can
tharides on, dram, tincture OF
capsicum, one-half dram; tincture
of uux vomica, two draTs; cocoa
oil, three-quarters of an ounce; al,
cohol, two and one-half ounces.
Shake before using.
Massage nightly into the scalp
with the finger tips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
EgEsA GTEI TAH KS
BY WILLIAM ar e BRADY nd.
Nearly Everybody's Complaint

Nearly Everybody's Complaint.
For quite spell now we have
studiously avoided the subject Of
characterization, but several hun
dred inquiries from readers make
1t necessary to drag in the old sub
tect again.
Administration is an idea com
posed Of 99.44 per cent fancy and
faint traces Of fact
That's a downright disappoint-
ing admission for a doctor to make
and it will, no doubt, lay him open
TO grave accusations by many
readers, not to mention the dis
pleasure of colleagues who may
be guilty OF diagnosing autoin-
toxication. The truth is always
painful TO some one. Time was
when l uttered the truth without
any conjunction whatever, but
fear l am getting wishy-washy, be-
cause nowadays l actually hate to-
tell the truth without softening or
toning it down some. However,
candor still plays her famous role,
and far be it from me to criticise
her technic-
Had Prof. Metchnikoff survived
there isn't a doubt that he would
have repudiated nearly all of the
views attributed to him today by
aggressive merchants with alleged
remedies for administration to
market. Metchnikoff, for instance,
never suggested that one germ or
type of germ in the intestine fights
or kills another germ or type of
germs. He wrote rather about the
influence of diet on the bacterial
fora or fauna of the intestine.
say fora or fauna because l do not
know whether germs are of the
vegetable or the animal kingdom,
and neither C-es any one else, so
l am entitled to refer to the bugs
in the bowel without any vulgarity.
Certain foods encourage the &C
tive growth and multiplication in
the intestine of a type of bacteria
called Bacillus acidOphylus, which
particular type of germs render the
field unfavorable for the growth
and multiplication of other types,
such as the Bacillusc0li cOmmunis,
which are the agents of putrefac-
tive decomposition. Among the
foods which tend to keep the sugar
of milk Oactose) is perhaps the
best. Ordinary milk, as well as
buttermilk, contains this whole
some lactose.
The protein (casein) of milk is
much less likely to undergo putre-
factive decomposition in the bowel
than is the protein OF meat And
the proteins in such vegetables as
peas, beans, peanuts and other nuts
are also unlike meat protein. in
that they do not encourage the
growth of the putrefaction bacteria
in the intestine.
The sugar present in many vege-
tables tdextrin) favors the develop
ment of the Bacillus acidophylus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am 20
years old and have never had a
boy companion. 1 am tall, not
pretty, and very old for my age.
Older men always like me. My ia
theirs friends take such an inter-
est in me when they come to our
home that father doesn't like it.
But fathers friends are all mar
ride and it doesn't help me to be
liked by them.
/ want a boy companion so
much, but don't know where to
find one. What can l do to make
them like me? MARGARET Q
The fact that you are old for
your age probably explains your
lack of boy friends. Young men of
your own age do not enjoy you be-
they have. and the older men of
your acquaintance are, as you say,
married
There seems to be a divine law
which attracts people to one an
other. am confident that with
out any effort on your part the
much desired companion will
come Simply be hopeful and be-
lieve that what is yours will come
to you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
married to a retured soldier. We
were neighbors and friends for
years and did not think of marry
ing until he had to go away. Then
he asked me to marry him and l
consented. He has come home
now and we are living together in
a little house of our own which
his father gave us for a wedding
present.
When my husband went away
thought l loved him, but l did not
know what love was. He and /
cannot get along together, but the
more we quarrel the more / care
for him. 1t is strange, but / think
he cares for me, too. When