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Poindcxtcr Runs Amuck

9 ONE truly amazing things have been
~ said and done during the long contro-
versy over the peace treaty and the league
OF nations covenant No debate in modern
history has been marked by more intern
pcrateness and bitterness No such intel
lectual joy-riding has been INDUCED in or
more breath-holding plunges by those who
are against the peace program which Presi-
dent Wilson negotiated in Paris brought
home with him and for which he forfeited
his health in an cndeavor to impress it favor
ably upon the American people
1t is easy 10 recall the frenzied fustian Of
Senator Sherman, Of Illinois; the rampant
ism OF Senator Reed of Missouri and the
wild, mad raving of Senator Johnson of Cali
iornia These eminent statesmen staged
their harangues on the floor OF the Senate
and held the galleries spellbound while thew
cmptled the seats of their unapprcciativc
associates. But the whole story of this bat
tie OF minds and this oratorical cannonad-
ing cannot be told without including the
honorable Miles Po!ndexter, a Senator from
the State OF Washington who has sought to
oHt-Johnson Johnson. TO out sherman Sher-
man and to out-Reed Reed He selected a
public meeting in New York City for his
setting and swept down upon his metropoli-
tan audience like a vcritable Cossack with
sabre shimmering in the sunlight and coat
tails Mapping in wndstorm
President Wilson was the object OF his
furious assault. The peace treaty was men
toned only incidentally. and the league cove
nant was maulcd only at odd times but the
chief executive was mercilessy hammered
drawn and quartcred and his quivering form
thrown to the wolves. II was Woodrow Will
son who was declared TO be the world S
greatest menacc"-the same Woodrow Will
son whom the world has been foolighIv ar.
claiming for the past two and d half years
as the savior OF civilization 1t was Wood
TO" wilson who was pronounced the great
est pro-German in the country" who was
charged with the effort to establish q die
tatorship OF the proletariat," and finally,
VINO was held up as the traitor who sought
the final overthrow of our republican form,
OF government
Miles is no mncer OF words when he un.
burdens his giants mpdl
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News of Fifty Years Ago.
from the Richmond Dispatch. Oct. 6, 1859

Members Of the General Assembly OF Virginia
under the new Constitution More than a
city Saturday and yesterday.
The early frosts have done some damage to
standing tobacco in Chesterfield Hanover,
Caroline and other counties contiguous TO
Richmond.
Randolph Macon College has opened at Ash
land under the most catering prospects for a
largely increased attendance.
Mayor Chahoons books show that he tried
during the month Of September 452 criminal
Some Of them of a serious char
acter.
For the clerkship of the Senate there are
two candidat es--Willam d. Coleman. of Rich
mond. and Shelton G. Davis, who was the clerk
of the last Senate of Virginia. Mr. Coleman is
the editor of the Richmond Enquirer.
Richmond merchants arc displaying more
fall goods than at any time since the war. In
the dry goods and millinery lines the new
styles and fashions are something wonderful
to behold.
The candidates for clerk Of the House OF
Delegates are: James Il. Fisher OF Richmond:
j. Bell Bigger OF Charlotte County: William T..
Gordon. Jr.. of Louisa. and Mr.. Prentiss. of
Albemarlc.
Edward a. Pollard passed through tho town
OF Goodson one day last week his way TO
the natural tunnel In Scott County. Hunting
a hole In tie ground. as it were.
The Winchester News is preaching up a rail-
burgh--400 miles.
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AMERICANS ADOPT MASCOT;
MAY RETURN BOY TO MOTHER
Taken to Germany by Stcpfathcr,
Latter IN Called Ia Army and
Pays Price With Life.

PARIS. Oct. 5.-Joseph Fringer. "A
thirteen-year- Chicago boy who
was taken TO Germany by his step
father IN 1914, may be restored TO his
mother in the Illinois city. as "a result
Of Ills adoption as n mascot by one
of the American units at Coblcn2. The
boys mother Is Mrs. Emma Frinscr,
Of IS Dearbon Street, South Chicago
lie was brought by American mill
tary police the other day to the office
Of Captain Paul Il. Peck. formerly
dean of Grinncll College, Grinnci.
Iowa. and now head of the home SER
vice work of the American Red Cross
in Europe. Captain Peck learned that
in 1910 the boys father died and tie
mother. reinarricd. Early in 1911 the
stepfathe: George Fringer, took the
boy from Chicago to Germany. Then
the German c.rmy and was killed. For
a time the boy made his home with
relatives in Berlin and t.rcn drifted
TO Coblenz. where he attached him
self TO one Of the regiments. The
doughboys helped him in writing a
letter to his mother. who responded
Immediately, urging him TO come back
to her at once.
When the regiment left for America
several unsuccessful efforts were made
by MS soldier friends to smuggle the
boy aboard the transport. but each
time he was detected and sent ashore.
Finally he was sent back to Paris.
The Red Cross took UP the boys case
with the American Passport Bureau.
and has secured proofs of identity
that will enable the boy to start for
home and mother shortly.
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From Other Viewpoints
BY DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.
Food Problem and the Motor Truck.

M sa sf Of %afs the sss
.n IN ~; TINS assertion seems as cxtravagant
OF back door one half Of tie mnpeg , 6at
ng t hnsoand brings in at the front, But
assertion t The wastes through careless peeling
Ire -, NEGLECT ;c OF ysgetables and fruit which
~ ~ me "astase through improper cooking the
.ras, between the French HOUSEWIVES III" use cor of
lrutiS and vegetables and that of the American
s sS5o" "''' the v'"d'''''o" of Mr.. H0overs as
,S Nov ".. comes suddenly, new illustration of
hd inISpr Of the ,.,, Yn one is
ia. ,c S""! Ga thro1sh his peach orchard tossing
and I'Hif an ho 'Gnfn ae OF
waS speaJ nem to the swine But his
nad heen thrown away. Inquiry develops the
Fails tn IN lh ,e inTners do not pek up the wind
and barrels only the select fruit. iiany kinds
days nd the ' pssehe ss" that me m,S
not, not SIR together with the tomatoes and Ger.
left the vine to rot '' many "'e'ohs
As The rssn!. Of MIR. Hoovers statement the
use Of n"'9r trucks MANY boy in the city
the county, coec '% his load of i"G
lail apples, box his delicate squash and green
tary insists that this nonuse OF haif of the
neopi RI ,a's ,Sa rGpresens crime against the
Way en- meet the situation. while the horse
ana INC wagon are too slow. But "A line Of
motor trucks carefully organized by man
VINO would take the trouble to form friendship
WIN the farmers and who made his way Into
some secluded valley several miles from tbc
ralway. would offer not only remuneration TO
in the heart Of the city
On recent sunday morning two young
farmers and one city boy. with two huge trucks
actually arrived in the Bowery district. They
mad placed boards on the sides Of the great
truck VI was crowded to the top with summer
apples, baskets OF pears. early grapes. squashes
bccts, potatoes green corn, with the deli,
cate fruits; like the peaches and the pears
carefully placed on top. half "a dozen ducks
was also there. two three milk cans were
n,i ME-, With sonr MIX and another with butter
mix. Tho children OF tho Bowery follow ed
those trucks weeks ago they followed the
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\ Safe Course Assured

Nj ONE who has considered recent condi-
tons carefully will be surprised by the
nervous collapse Of the President. The dis
aster is the result of intense thought. pur-
pose and labor. of vision and design. extend
ing SO widely and reaching into the future
50 far to be almost beyond the compass
OF the ordinary human understanding. The
statesmen and diplomats Of other countries
he encountered were planning and working
within the limits of their own frontiers and
for the years just ahead. Therefore, their
burdens were light and their problems easy
by comparison
Our President. cherishihg a magnificent
ideal OF achievement for his country Strove
10 plan and think for the world. for all
humanity. for the centuries to come. He
tried to do the work of a superman. He was
beset. baflied. forced from his course by OBJ
stacles diSappointments and oppositions
great and small, rising in new hosts from
new ambushes every day. each an added
strain on his patience and resourccfulness
Alter all this. he assumed the enormous task
OF direct appeal TO the people and trying to
crowd into minutes clear and simple demon
STATIONS of the anxious and complicated dis
cussions Of months. He drew on his last
stores Of physical vitality. nerve power
knowledge, ina gination and mental energy.
His constitution was unequal to the effort to
which he strove to drive it.
The nervous. energetic American people.
frequently so pitlcss to themselves, will COM
prehend precisely what has happened. Ear
neStlE lamentlng the consequence. they will
beStow spontaneously their admiration for
the reckless courage and high aspiration that
caused it and trust that natures protest and
demand for restorative rest and opportunity
to rebuild have come in time to prevent per-
mnnent harm.
Whatever may happen to this one great
citizen. there need not be and should not
be the slightest anxiety regarding the well
rare OF the country or any Of its interests.
AT the worst the executive department will
20 into the keeping of Vice-P President Mar
shall until the President is able TO resume
his place. The language of the Constitution
is distinct In of the Presidents lin
of his Office, the same shall devolve on the
Nice-President" Probably certificate from
the attending physicians that the President
is physically disabled would be sufficient 1t
was so accepted when President Garfield was
lingering from his wound
We are so fortunate as to have a Vice
President who is thoroughly loyal to his
chief and to the soundest political and per-
sonal principles. He has the careful and
orderly mind of the trained lawyer practical
knowledge of men and the political wisdom
that comes from actual test and experience
added TO plain. hard, homely common sense
he would mourn sincerely should conditions
require him TO take the helm even a few
weeks, but he would keep the administration
on safe course and an even keel
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the same time being compelled to pay exorbt-
tant prices for such amount as they may DO
able to obtain. Under the power which or
ganized labor i'll its federated exercise. now
possesses to paralyze all industry, the coun-
try faces serious situation, and nothing but
resort 10 the superior power Inherent in
government getting its sanction from the peo-
pie will be able to cope with situation that
is steadily becoming more menacing as to
the future. Tho signs are ominous that soon
or late the question will have to be decided
whether we are to continue under government
OF. by and for the people. or to launch out
upon new experiment for this country OF
a government Of, by and for classes
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FATE OF WORLD HANGING
ON OVERCOATs FOR POLES
Paderewski Declares Lack OF Clothinr
Is About to Prccipitatc Revolu.
ton in Poland.
PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE
Says His Country Tottcrs OH Brinls
or Teuton Conquest Which Would
BE Followed by SubjugatIon OF
hussia and Other Nations.
BY KENNETH T.. ro,,

nnhiS. Oct 5.-.lgnace Paderawski.
ng Hhe &c, OF oh poland who is N Paris
supplies for tho Polish nntion WA IA
re re ynIs,l,o Universal service today that
less o't tbn Is threatened in Poland UNI
/, alleviate conditions in The ,, S'eps
;nanv ,,n eT T,nn materializes. Ger
as well. '"' VI huss'a
Lon NJ, age" he added. Il told Amer
the allies on the western FROM Cor.
many would be the victor unless dc
tls i,elSs de Tbn OF the eastern bat
Trying that prediction. Poland * I'M
SOLE barrier between Russia's wealth
ana German ambition.
rotterlnE on Brink.
-. We are lettering on the brink OF
hypnotized by the German debac,e in
ih ran 6s,n ana b Belgium Is Withholding
the Prussian plans Of conquest to thc
eastward.
Germany is laborinE feverishlv To
VII Inarch trlumphantly into Russi:,
SMsye and Sne res wI' h hssue nnd'sputsd
cccd and they are contingent only
up"m ne conquest Of, Poland. which
years and control the globe no,!ti.
caiiy. shortly thereafter
We hold the worlds fate tightly
mans. aided by the Bolshcvists. ar.
employing hercuran efforts to para
iyas; !, Is the ironically tragic \
Poland and the world from the i'm.
posing catastrophe.
Germany fmnnInR Revolution.
"Gernany cannot conquer Poland
from without. Du; depends on rcyu-
luton within to get the country al
ner mercy She has sent hundreds OF
subsidized agi,ators into the country
10 effect this coup. Furthermore. re
cent reports say the Russian Sovie,
the same purpose. Nevertheless. Ger.
many would be doomed to failure II
1t we're not that the coming Russian
winter finds TIC Polish army without
coming, the soldiers. crazcd by cx-
posufe. will inevitably lay down their
arms before Christmas and give the
country over 20 anarchy. which viii
TANK OF 1t. The worlds fate
hangs OH a paltry 100000 overcoats
INF, phis is no eHasgeratton. This true
boots. uniforms and woolens as Well
but the patient hcroisin OF the soil
.dierS Is SO great that believe firmly
ihey would hold on II only warm over
coats could DC provided.
rules Must Have Clothes.
Poland Is ready and able TO avert
world tragedy at the expense OF
its own strength and blood. bu; FIRST
IL must have warm clothes FOR It's
army to forestan serious trouble.
Ing. 800 locomotives. 5000 cars and
also $4,000 bales Of cotton monthly
70 support our textile industries. For
tomorrow in exchange for her own
lie today"
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s som,ns OF the circus Their cries for little
Stray or Soidenrod that of the boys had
pIucked beside the road were pathetic The
spectacle was most unusual! One OF tic spec-
thttts inade the claim that there was a man
n 9n,r,S miles up the Hudson that had u truck
upon winch he brings load of green corn
every morning at daylight to one OF The l., rrcs,
n H in New York City. Knowing nothing
.oout inc truth or accuracy this statement
Ih thinE is certain. these September and Oc-
t ooer DAYS oner great opportunity 10 re-
tuurheu soldiers to bring together <yhat Nr
rranns calls the pershable APPLES. pears and
anu anu the poor people of the Bowery. who do not
uemand select apples and select pears but
Wa mant lTuit and vegetables and food and would
DO glad to pay for them ~
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny nE>RV EpwARD WARNER
TOMORROW.

tSNoNhu".
There L. n day that never comes
hut ever has barrow
From yesterday and Hcstcrcvc-
Tint ful day. Tomorrow,
And though NC live n thousand yenrs
knd try to- oNcrtnke IT,
Wcit touch its hem. wen hear It's voice,
hut we Will never make II.
Like some false promise to our dreams,
Like some elusive lure, II
VIII hold out hope, then dash II down,
And laugh endure Il;
And VIC mn! feel our joys today,
Or we n.ny Eriere nud Sorrow-
hut VIC shaft not rejoice nor Ericve,
Nor anything tomorrow
stu In Its ciose-buiit house OF death
Bcncnth the lying,
Our Yesterday Inns gone to sleep,
Done with It's moaning. sIEhiny,
To-day walks boldly where IL will,
Rcd life pul>ntinS through it,
Tomorrow hides behind the mists.
And mockS ms. to pufsue IL.
And we may live n thousand years
And VIC may lend md borrow
But not from Yesterday that's dend,
And never from Tomorrow!
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BOMBAY. OCTOBER

The Democratic National Committee hg-
iures that by practicing strict economy the
Democrats may be able TO go through the
next presidential campaign with ali c&pendl-
'ture of S10.00O.000 Il minimum. That's
:, big price to nay for an office whose salary
is only $4,000 year
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rotnto Shipmcntx Reported Small.

In last weeks report on potatoes.
made by the Bureau OF Markets. the
following occurs:
Haulings were ported light in ship
ping sections and producers were in
clined to hold for higher prices. The
tone in consuming markets was slow
sacked Giants held nearly at last
weeks closing range OF 81 to s2.15 per
cwt., {. o. h., and were nearly steady
closing range unchanged at 81 to $3.50.
Maine Cohblers ranged $1.95 to 81 per
cwt., {. o. b.. In bulk at shipping points
Jobbipg prices weakened slightly In
New York and Boston. reaching $2.35
to $3.50 per cwt. sacked and In bulk
while other Eastern and Middle West
crn markets ranged 50 TO $3.50.
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Commissioner Caininetti says the exodus
:of emigrants is natural and need not excite
anxiety. Who's worrying? Not red-blooded
-Amcricans. certainly. Truth of the matter,
this country afford to hasten the exodus
.of certain classes of emigrantS--the class
that chiefly concerns itself with creating
dissatisfaction with our form OF government.
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Hidden Joys,

Pleasures lie thckest where no pleas-
ures SEEM
There's not n leaf that faus mo,
the ground
But holds some joy. of silence or OF
sound.
Some sprite begotten OF a summer
dream
The very meanest things are made sue
preme ..
with innate ecstasy. No grain Of
sand
But moves bright and million
people land,
And hath it's Eden, and lis Ewes r
deem. ..
For Love. though blind himself a GU.
rious eye
Hath lent me. to behold the hearts
OF things.
And touch'd mine ear with power.
Thus far or nigh,
Minute or mighty. ilX'd. or free with
wings, -
Delight from many nameless coverA
Peeps sparkling and in tones famil-
Laman Blanchard%
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state gnardsmen arc policing Boston until
a new police force can be recruited There
are l,ioo vacancies Up to Thursday twenty
TWO new policemen had been sworn in AT
mat rate OF hilng the vacancies tho State
guardsmen will he veterans in the police ser.
vice before they get relieved
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Friends OF General Wood are calling at
tention to his having been sighted again
lie wasn't invited to participate in any of
The welcomes given 10 General Pcrshing
Friends Of the several other major. generals
who were not invited have not complained
Why should General Woods friends be so
quick TO take umbrage?
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The PrnNidcr.

October comes; the full bee huns lazily at the
hive,
Ana scans the stock OF winter stuff on which
he'll keep alive.
He's put away for winters day enough to keen
him going
When flowers are dead snug in his bed bsrI
let the winds so blowing
somehow, the thought appeals to me
That's might frugal of the Bee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-06

Miss Helen Taft, dean of Bryn Mawr Col
lege declared in recent address before an
alumnae conference that the professors OF
the country should organize union and
strike for higher salaries; that il should be
strike, not against college executives,
directors or trustees, but against the public.
which ought 10 be made TO pay for its edu-
cation. AS matter OF fact, in the last
analysis, all strikes are against the public,
for it is compelled to bear both the cost and
Inconvenience Of them.
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I. After all, there are some compensatons
-fu living under the rule OF a King. For
instance: Over in Italy the peace treaty is
about TO be ratified by royal proclamation
and all further bother avoided. Here, in
this land of the free the people are wearicd
TO the point OF exhaustion and utterly dis
gusted by the long months of debate and
aenseless wranging on the part OF Senate
which has permitted its politics to override
its loyalty. And the end is not yet in sight.
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The Essentials.

And so YOU learned French thoroughly while
over There. Som" said the proud father Of the
Returned Soldier.
sure! Eot so could say Hello and Good
night and order ham and cggs. and 7 could
ask fellow TO lend me money and tell a girl
! loved her bettern anything, and that's ali
fellow needs in any language
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Charcoal Eph'. Daily rhoueb,

hit ain with while arguin wild a woman
said Charcoal f:ph. in a ruminative mood ..knse
MT don take no mo- time { let her have her
way right Off II hit do { let her have hit any
HOY" later Try chop Mistah Jackson"
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The man who goes into politics to help his
business has mighty little respect for his bust
ness.
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The Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee has tentatively amended the Cummins
railroad reorganization bill to provide that
rates be so fixed to yield stockholders a
return OF . l-2 per cent plus one half of
per cent for maintenance The committee
VIII have TO do better than that; The clause
in the bill which virtually confscates earn
ings above that amount. will have TO be
altered, If ttT- bill ais 10 stand the test OF
the courts, The courts will hardly permit
such diversion Of the excess earnings as the
bill in its present shape ntempla,es.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-06

when Builtt quoted Colonel House as
saying something, the whole country imme-
dialcly concluded that Bullitt was lying
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Art and Art.

She is devoted to art" said Gwcndolyn
warmly, you can tell it by looking at her
cyes"
Yes, she is devoted to art" agreed the
spiteful ciarice. but she isn't very well up in
ii. You tell it by looking where her face
leaves off and her neck starts"
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Right.

see Widow Jones has decided to keep
boardcrs"
No; she has decided to let boarders keep her"
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Literary Note.

That literary work: Mary Come Out OF tho
Kitchen. Where'd the author get the idea,
Mary hasn't been in the kitchen any to speak
Of since Professor Jazz and Jennie Sbinmv
edged into tine parior
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Inquiry.

s O. s.-How do you write funny stun?
DAILY READER.
|
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Returning from the ocean where the sad sea
waves went broke on the cold rrav rocks q
sea! we find the coal bin limiting that il could
stand ten tons without straining And bcfor.
We get TO the Christmas bills we've got to PASS
through Thanksgiving!
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The Brute.

i wonder said the Fair Young Thing. who
was batting the bachelor. II wonder what
Adam thought when he awoke from his sleep
and discovered Eve"
Il dunno said the Crusty Old Crab ct dunno
what he thought just then. but know what he
thought by the time Eve started to raise Cain"
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With free wharfage granted TO the new
Rtchuond-New York steamboat line-and
there is no doubt that the Council will con
cur n the recon nlendatiou OF its committee
-RicaInoHd secures service which i, long
hss sought and sorely needs Now let the
city get busy and press for the widening
and deepening of the James River channaf
That is the one prerequisite TO its becoming
Z real seaport with all its opportunity for
q thriving waterborne commerce. The cost
viii not be excessive and the Federal gov.
eminent in this reconstruction period is
likely TO lend receptive ear to the project
II IT Is properly and forcibly presented