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Evening star., 1919-10-05
Spanish Railroads.

w B. TRITEs. he novelist. 10 liv.
ing in Malaga in a villa on a
hilltop overlooking the Mediter-
ranean. In q letter to his New York
publisher he wrote:
"Andalusia Is divine. but the rail-
roads are the limit. In buying q
ticket for Malaga to Tore del Mar
! said to the railroad man the other
day:
"'How is this? You charge me
eighty cents to Tore del Mar. and in
the four-horse stage can make the
trip for forty-five.'
".Ah. but. you see. senor.' said the
railroad man. 'on our line you obtain
a ride Of four hours, whereas in the
four-horse stage 1t Is only ride Of
ninety minutes. You see, senor.
looked at In that way. ours is the
better bargain, Is 1t not""
Evening star., 1919-10-05

An extraordinary look came into
the girls eyes. "Mahk-so." she whis-
pered.
She was on her knees on the
ground, sitting on her heels. She
leaned toward him and held out her
arms in complete abandon. ''Mahk- So"
she murmured. II want you. You
are brave and pretty You scold
me and l want kiss your hands. You
can beat with stick. l not care l
want go with you down the river.
Mahk-so. There is Ancose Mackay
down there. He Is justice peace.
He makes marriage; l good girl,
Mahk-so."
Mahk-so continued to stare at her
like clown. He knew the sudden
passions of the natives, like fire in
tow, but nothing of this sort had
ever been directed at him before.
She misinterpreted his Mortified
look. "Mahk-so, this my old Dress"
she said hurriedly. II got nice silk
dress, Mahk-so, LAX outside made,
and new blue shawl. You will not
be shame for me. l get them quick,
and then we CO."
Mahk-so grasped at it like the
drowning man. "All right" he said.
She darted away.
An older man probably would have
laughed at the situation, but Mahk so
was full of horror. He expected
Sammattoo to turn up at any
moment. Instant flight was the
only was out that suggested it
SELF 1t was half mile back to
tepees, and, allowing for Amlan
Tomas impetuosity. he could count
on at least twenty minutes before
she got back. OF what would hap
pen when she found him gone he
Evening star., 1919-10-05
BY HUBERT FOOTNER

shuddered to think. He hastily gath
acorn. AS he was about to step in
after 1t, dugout came nosing softly
under the bank. and there was Sam
matto6 Mckenzie. Once more Mahk-
SO cursed his luck.
The redskin sprang ashore and
grasped his hand, His face was
wreathed in smiles now. Him gone"
he said. II watch him. You are my
friend and my brother. thank you"
Mahk-so groaned in spirit. Above
all meanness he hated disloyalty,
and how was he to explain that it
was not his fault? Then suddenly
an idea filtered into his brain like
blessed ray Of light.
"Sammattoo." he said abruptly. II
don't think she's worth having, but
If you. still want her"
II want her." said Sammattoo.
Very WE'LL" said Mahkrso, "sit
down and listen hard, and do exact
ly as / say"
When Amlan Toma came running
back all in her best clothes, she found
the two of them glaring at each
other. She stopped short. her eyes
widened, and little sound of de-
lighted fear escaped her. This was
worth being a woman for!
Instantly upon catching sight of
her they fell upon a dreadful quarrel.
Each called the other lurid names.
Finally Sammattoo sprang at .Mahk-
so. They grappled.
KNOCK him down, Mahk-so," cried
Amlan shrilly. Throw. him In the
river"
Never was a scene better staged
with so little rehearsal. Mahk-so and
Sammattoo wrestled and staggered in
Evening star., 1919-10-05

a desperate breast to breast struggle.
The girl followed every movement
with bated breath and burning eyes,
They went down with thud, Mahk-so
uppermost, but Sammattoo wriggled
out of his grasp. They got to their
feet again, slugging and clinching
blindly. Step by step they neared
the edge Of the bank. The girl saw
that the redskin was getting the
better of it, and her allegiance shifted
as lightly as bit Of thistledown.
After all, she was red, too.
"Sammattoo, you let me go; you let
me go" cried Mahk so in we'll feigned
accents of terror.
Amlan's lip curled. Put him in
the water, Sammattoo," she cried,
land l take you!"
There was a last desperate c:inch
on the edge of the bank, mighty
spiash-and Sammattoo stood alone.
Musquasepi is about fifty yards
wide at this place. Mahk-so swan
across under water and came up be-
hind the overhanging willows on the
other side for air. Peeping through
the branches he saw Amlan in Sam
mattoo's arms. the latter looking SUI
premely foolish. Amlan was incan-
descent with emotion. Mahk-so imag.
ined her saying. You are brave man.
/ want you" and he chuckled.
Amlan never so much as looked to
see what had become of him. The
two went away hand in hand among
the willows, and Mahk-so swan back
to his boat. Changing his clothes,
he proceeded down the river In .
highly satisfied state of mind.
'It certainly takes your Uncle Max
to climb out of deep, deep hole" he
said to himself.
Evening star., 1919-10-05

and it's infirmities to haul the
country wagon and the three country
women who. were inside. They were
women Of the gingham- apron class.
with bulky contours that showed for
hog and cornpone every day and
chicken with fixings on Sundays.
The two who sat on sacks had for
headgear throws" of wool that had
faded into ghosts Of pink and blue.
The woman who was driving wore q
sailor hat that was lawfully intend
ed for boy of six.
1t was the sailor woman who jumped
out when the horse fell The other two
stayed put and helped out with ad-
vice that the driver knew better than
to follow. Many people crossed over,
i but no one offered a helping hand,
most of the men being on their way
to work-and no Office clerk wants
to be docked. The rest of the crowd
merely swarmed around to see what
the sailor woman would do.
She could do nothing. The bony old
horse lay like dead thing, his eyes
showing white under half-closed lids.
his exposed teeth as hard and yellow
as winter corn.
Just as it seemed to be the right
moment for policeman to saunter
along and do things with a pistol
man came across from the south side
of the Avenue. halted laid down q
hammer he was carrying. unbuckled
some harness, untangled the reins
from an off hoof, helped Old Whitley
to his feet and buckled him between
the shafts, tossed the lines to the
sailor woman, waved hand in kindly
fashion to ward off her jubilation OF
gratitude and bolted off. as If to
make up for lost time.
He was smoking a cigarette and he
had the general air Of one who
blank blanks prohibition. To be
strictly Bertillonic. his earth, earthly
appearance would have served in
every point as a terrible example for
those organizations founded to free
the world from flaws, but
On the other hand, one given to the
consideration of problems ! might
wonder just how the man would stand
in the eyes Of Him who said, that
time He walked the earth:
That which ye do for the least Of
My little ones, ye do it unto Me-"
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star., 1919-10-05

peek, but. really-well. you know
how it Is yourself. You just couldn't
help feeling curious as to the style
young man who didn't in the least
look bookwormish-all that way,
mind you. from Capitol Hill To-
There are many winding ways
through the fields of literature, and
the woman wondered whether the
every -day-looking young man was
travelling the high road of history or
following some trail Of poetry or
romance-neither of which could be
likely. seeing how he stuck to one
page.
At last he touched button. and in
rising the woman caught the title of
the book:
1.-THE Modern Grammar"
1t was the highroad, all right-the
straight turnpike which each of us
must tramp on our way to the creased
pole that calls itself Parnassus. And,
as he crossed the asphalt, the woman,
a plain spinster with the reprehensi-
BILE habit of picking out imaginary
families for herself-perhaps for
loneliness that was real-looked after
him approvingly and announced to
herself:
II choose you for one of my sons"
\ \ X y
A CUSTOMER considered shoes.
Heaps Of pumps and ties-white.
black and tan-that had been tried
and found wanting. testified to the
patience OF the clerk. Some were too
wide. Some were too long. And all
were too fiat over the instep. Not
one was too small.
And as the patient clerk was draw
ing off the forty-eleventh failure from
the foot that wouldn't be fitted, it's
owner put in a forty-eleventh pro-
test--peevish, as to sound.
1T Is very queer that you can't find
pair of shoes to AT me in all this
store. never saw such clumsy"
"They are all made on perfectly
shaped lasts"
We'll. then, why can't you get
something to suit me-? My feet are
perfectly shaped"
= The clerk, being wise as we'll as
patient, kept dumb, and. mounting
the ladder. took several boxes from
an upper shelf and proceeded to AT
them to the perfect feet.
One pair hid the symmetrical lines
Of the ankle. Others spoiled the
beautiful arch of the instep. And
one pair broadened the toes some
thing frightful. The combined short
comings Of the lot developed the
fatality of the traditional last straw.
Put on my shoes. please. I'll have
to see IL can get properly waited
on elsewhere. This isn't the only
shoe store in Washington"
Then the customer went out and
the clerk gasped fervent relief.
No. sir; the owner Of the perfect
feet was not a vain. foolish young
woman.
He was a vain, foolish old man.
HORSE slipped ON the asphalt.
He was bony old horse Of the
pallid white that Death rides.
and obviously too weak from age
Evening star., 1919-10-05
u 4 Around the City \ y

you have had to peek at life
through knot hole in the back
fence of obscurity, you will nat
urally banker for at least one
good, satisfying look from the worlds
front door-which makes you UNDER
stand why Washington woman but
ted into her bank account and travel
ed and travelled until she caught far
off flash of shiny steel that was first
a knife blade and then a drawn saber
and then the Pacific ocean billowing
into. the sky. When she got home she
reeled it off to another woman, like
about this:
The geography doesn't tell all it
knows about a prairie. You have to
get personally acquainted with its
boundless levels of grain: it's red
notice that progress and tombstones
keep step. But the green monotony
of never-ending level ,rasps your
nerves; you want bumps and tree.
when l got to the cattle coun-
try found out for myself why
herders go insane. 1t IL the immen-
sity-the loneliness. the silence. And
after that I came 10 a barren world
of whitey-gray sand and sage bush.
with few daffy blue blossoms trying
to bloom near the track and falling.
erts I have known. Then we crawled
up climity -climbity, like Jack on the
beanstalk, until we can1e to castles In
the sky with towers and minarets;
one of them with staircase that
broke off into jagged nothingness 800
feet in the air-rocky castles and sky
scrapers and dungeons more architec-
turally imposing than the Capitol.
and. in their hideous lifelessness, more
inspiring than the Library itself-v-
which shows the difference between
natures work and mans.
But the greatest wonder / saw, go
ing or coming, was tubercular min
lister on his way to he aven via San
Diego, and who, maybe. wouldn't
reach there for the reason that MS
flock had waited too long. could
tell, because his wife had eyes only
for the thing that was trying to out
speed the train and take him from her.
You see. mountains that, try to out
leap each other to the skygates are
only SO much earth stuff: few OF
them the green Of Christmas trees and
the big majority ash heaps from Hades.
: but 1t takes a flesh and blood man who
has laid down his life for his kind. to
give you real ''close up view OF
Almighty God.
"And you don't have to travel and
travel to And him" &
LIE sat by a car window reading
l. book-read and read without
turning page or lifting an eyelash
His profile showed burrows Of con-
centration and his lips moved as IL
he were impressing on his mind some-
thing that must be remembered for
ever and day. The cover Of the
book. which might have served as a
clue, was backed with manila paper.
and the print was too fine for far dis
tant reading, unless, Of course. one
were rude enough to crane forward
and peek.
The passenger behind would hate to
consider herself rude. 80 she didn't
Evening star., 1919-10-05
COMPLETE ABANDON.

CLANCY shuddered, and little beads
of sweat sprang out on his temples.
MY God" he muttered.
Mahk-so filled his pipe in order to
give this time to sink in. He was
enjoying himself thoroughly. He
could not but calculate what rich
story this would make to retail down
the lire.
CLANCY was breathing stertorously.
He unbuttoned his shirt collar to give
himself more air. rs its it the
same way everywhere up here?" he
wanted to know.
mo, indeed" said Mahk-so. .Up
plenty of white men settled together.
They keep the natives in their place."
Say, this is coarse grass. anyway"
said CLANCY Bet the whole place
Is overflowed at high water There
aint 10 redskins able to scare me of.
but I've got to think of my stock"
Sure" said Mahk-so. He rose
laxily. well. I'VE got to be moving"
CLANCY sprang up as II a spring in
side him had been released. Don't
60. don't got" he said. agitatedly.
He forgot to conceal his fears. my
God! you wouldn't leave a white man
alone among these cannibals"
Sorry, but I have to be at the
landing day after tomorrow" said
Mahk-so.
Stay the night out with me-"
begged CLANCY.
Pull out right away IL you want
to get shot of them,' suggested
Mahk-so. They'd never dare follow
you up the lake. I'll help you get
ready"
CLANCY flung around on the breed
boy Hey! you redskin whelp, hitch
up!' he roared. He darted on the
tent ropes. One would never have
believed that so great bulk Of flesh
could have got in motion so quickly.
In half an hour Chancy's OUTFIT was
! ready to move on. The burly young
settler stood by the wheel of the
biggest wagon. preparatory to mount
ing.
''Will they likely come after me?"
he asked for about the tenth time.
Mahk-so shook his head reassuring-
ly "yeu can make twenty-five miles
before dark" he said.
Say. I'm glad you happened along"
said CLANCY. at certainly was square
Of you
He came to q sudden stop. the little
eyes protruded and the fiorid checks
paled. Mahk-so, turning quickly to
discover the cause of his fresh agita-
ton. saw Amlan Toma. He cursed his
adverse fates.
She had just appeared around will
low bush. She carried large white
hsh hooked on a forked twig. She was
the prettiest native girl Mahk-so had
ever seen. Some old strain of white
blood endowed her with grace and
delicacy rare among her sisters. A
dusky rose glowed in her round
cheeks, and her black eyes flashed
with sentence and feeling. She was
very young. not more than seventeen,
but q girl to be reckOned with, red or
white, Mahk.so stood back and waited
to see what would happen.
She paid no attention to him. but
Evening star., 1919-10-05

A HORSE slipped ON the asphalt.
a. He was a bony old horse Of the
pallid white that Death rides.
and obviously too weak from age
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
COMMITTEE TO STUDY
WHOLE RAILROAD PROBLEM

Washington, Aug. 3-Senator
Cummings, chairman of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee, said to-
night that the committee would on
Tuesday plunge into an exhaustive
inquiry into the railroad situation.
1t will devote itself particularly to a
study of the railroad problem from
to head with the letter of President
Wilson to Speaker Gillett.
'"The President was right in say
ing that something ought to be done
quickly to relieve the railroad situa-
tion," said Mr.. Cummings. 81 am in
entire accord with him as to that.
Either wages must be increased or
the cost of living decreased.
81 cannot say how the committee
, will approach the problem in it's de-
; liberations, but 1 can say that it will
/ attempt to evolve solution of the
problem that will be of practical ef-
feet. have ideas on the matter that.
I shall communicate to the commit
have ideas of their own.
''It is evident that there must be-
legislation on the subject, but what
form it is to take cannot be foreseen-
The committee will have to thresh it
out.
| ct am sure the committee wants
! to arrive at quick determination of
the entire matter. But it will take
some little time to go thoroughly in
to it. We want to investigate from all
viewpoints, so that the railroads and
the employees will have the advan-
tage of the soundest opinion obtain
able. There will be no undue haste,
yet every effort will be made to
evolve a policy of legislative proceed
ure at the earliest moment"
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
CLASH EXPECTED
COAL DISTRICT
WHERE STRIKERS UNDER
LEAD OF BOLSHEVIkI
AGITATORS ARE AT
TEMPTING TO PREVENT
CONSERVATIVE MINERS
FROM GOING TO WORK.
DEPUTIES ORDERED TO
SHOOT TO KILL.

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 5.-Ac-
cording to reports received here the
strikers who demanded six hours as
a days work, and an increase of wa
ges attacked the others as they were
entering the mines this morning. The
strikers were led by Bolsheviki agi-
tators who have formed a radical or
ganization among the disconnected
workmen. The strikers numbering
some 200 retired on the presence of
the deputies beyond gunshot range,
and are preparing to renew the at
tack, and both sides are said to be
making arrangements for desper-
ate struggle.
Sheriff John Osborne of Belmont
county stated today that he had given
orders to his men to shoot to kill and
not to waste their ammunition.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05

ARE PLANNING
For the Government to Keep
Roads With the
Workmen
SHARING THE PROFITS
SHARING THE PROFITS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-The
fight which the railroad brother
hoods have organized, in an effort
TO force through Congress the adop-
tion of Government ownership of
the railway systems, with the rail-
road employees sharing in the profits,
will be carried to the people, War
rem S. Stone, President of the
Brotherhood of Engineers, said to-
night, and the constituents of Sena-
tors and Representatives who op-
pose the proposed legislation will
be appealed to agafnt these repre-
sentativeS
1--WE are going far enough to win
the fight and we are going to win,
Mr.. Stone said tonight, when asked
how far the railroad men were pre-
ed to go to put into effect the
threats which were contained in
yesterdays statement, which accom-
panied the bill submitted to the
House by Congressman Sims
/, Within sixty days, he added,
Senators and Congressman will
have heard from at least 100000
of their constituents and that will
be only the beginning. We are going
to carry this fight to all parts of the
nation and it may become the big
presidential issue.
In the latter connection Mr.. Stone
said that in his mind it was not es-
sential that the lines be returned to
their former owners, by Jan. 1, 1920
as requested by President Wilson
and intimated that If the so-called
Plumb plan for government owner.
ship had been forced through Con
gress by that time every effort
iwould be made by organized labor
to prevent the adoption of other
legislation which called for the re-
turn of the lines to their former
owners before there had been ar
opportunity to make the Issue a feat
ure of the next Presidential cam
paign.
(Coufinrod 0v rare CT,
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
TELLS
RAILROAD MEN
1t is Impossible to Bring Back
Pre-War Conditions in
a Moment.
axv r-r- w. -xx--
RAIL TIE-UP THREATENED

WASHINGTON, August, 4-Pres-
fdent Wilson was told today by B.
M. Jewell, acting president of the
railway division of the American
Federation of Labor, that all rail-
road employees were opposed to the
proposal made to the President by
director General Hines that Congress
constitute a committee to pass on
questions of wage increases for
Jthe men. He said this process
would be too slow and because of
the rising cost of living speedy re-
lief was necessary.
Mr.. Jewell was accomr anied to
the White House by the heads of
the six big railway shop crafts.
who pointed out to the President
that thousands of shopmen were now
on an unauthorized strike and that
unless the demands of these men
i for wage increases approximating
25 per cent, presented last January
were granted promptly the situation
| would get beyond control of the
union officials.
! Efforts are now being made by
the union leaders to get the strikers
to retur nto work, Tie President was
told. If strike should be, ONE nec-
essary in order to enforce the de-
mands Of the shopmen, the President
was informed, union officials felt
it should be conducted only after
a vote by the unions membership.
: Strike ballots will be mailed to
100000 shop employees tomorrow MI
Jewell announced after a meeting
of the six shop craft officials which
followed the call on the President
lThe vote will be tabulated Aug
ust Gath.
After the conference with the
President, Mr.. Jewell did not mince
words and declared emphatfcally
that if Congress passed the legis.
lation proposed by Director Genera
Hines. well tie up the railroads
so tight they will neverrun.' No IN.
CONTINUED on page Six)
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
ROUMAN|AN TROOPS
LOOT|NG BUDAPEST
Enter the City Despite the Pro-
test of the Allied Rep
resentatives.
TWENTY CIVILIANS KILLED

PARIS, August 5.-Telegrams
from Allied officials in Buda Pest
state that Roumanian troops entered
Buda Pest yesterday and plundered
the city, and that in the clashes
between troops and civilians fifteen
or twenty people were killed.
100000 Troops Enter City
Budapest, Aug. 100000 Rou-
manian troops entered the city with a
flare of trumpets led by the Rouman-
ian general Margnascus. They pa
raded through Andrassy and the
principal streets.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
A MOST INTERESTING TRIP.

Mesrs. T. F. Pettus and H. p.
Barlow had a most interesting trip
to Raleigh yesterday where they
heard Vice-President Marshall and
after the speech in the auditorium
had the pleasure of talking with him
st the hotel.
= dr. Marshall was asked regarding
the scarcity of sugar, and he said
that he thought it lay with the re-
, taller. That this matter had been
discussed by members of the Senate
and the House and that was the con-
clusion they had reached. Mr. Bar
low told the Vice-President that the
retailers in Wilson had done all they
could to secure sugar but could not
get it, and that the Wilson whole
salers could not get it.
Mr.. Marshall then replied that it
must be a local condition then in
our town, since Arbuckle Brothers,
the big coffee men, and refiners, had
plenty of sugar on hand.
He talked also about the League
of Nations and said that it was
merely a stabikzer of the world
which it now sadly needed follow
ing war in IN it seemed that ev-
erything wa oaG of joint, and to
guarantee the peace of the world
from future horrible tragedies such
as we have just been through.
On his return home and telling ouI
local retailers what the Vice-Presi-
dent said the following message was
sent him:
Wilson, N. c., Aug. 5, 1919.
Hon. Thos. R. Marshall, Vice-Presi'
dent, Washington, D. G.
Referring to your statement to
our secretary Wilson Chamber Com
merce in Raleigh yesterday that the
shortage of sugar was entirely the
fault of retailers, kindly advise US
where we may obtain ample supply
at once. Local fruits and vegetables
are decaying for want of sugar tc
preserve them. Our supply com
pletely exhausted. Unable to OBJ
tain any.
(Signed) Barnes-Graves Groc. c
Carroll Groc. Co.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-08-05
The Strike is Spreading

Chicago, Aug. 5.-The strike of
the craftsmen in the railroad shops
and union officials predict there will
be complete tie-up of the railroads
of the country unless the demands
for increased wages by the working
men are met. While some of the
men have been going out without
waiting for orders from the union,
others have voted to go out whenever
the union officials give the word.