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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Wotnan's WorrIes.

A man worries for himself A wOm-
an worries for her husband, for her
children, for her relatives and the
people of her neighborhood.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Uncle Eben,s Ida.

Some OF us folks would sure be
bound fob glory said Uncle Eben,
IF we took our religion to heart as
much as we does our politics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Recipe for Happiness.

Happiness" said Uncle Eben, SIS
de ability to forget about de shower
In admirin' de beauty of de rainbow"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Notes From Madsen

Mr.. aud Mrs. Hiram Larson and Mr..
and Mrs John Larson attended the
funeral Of their niece, Mrs. Albert
Erickson Of yaldcrs last week
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Notes From baskerville.
George thinner is now employed at
the ship yards.
The sun., 1919-04-08
Saint Joan OF Arc.

By the canonization Of JOAN of Arc
the Catholic Church sets the seal of
its approval on a popular judgment.
During the war, in the dark days Of
defeat, the French people more than
ever before enshrined her in their
hearts as the national saint Of France.
This was fitting. for the indomitable
spirit of the Maid of Orleans typifies
the indomitable spirit Of France.
The story Of JOAN Of Arc appeals
to the Imagination Of all, Catholics
and non-Catholics alike. With the
placing Of her name on the calendar
all has been done that human power
can do to make reparation for a
wrong committed SO long ago that an
American Admiral present at the can
onization ceremonies at the Vatican
on Sunday represented nation estab-
lished on a continent whose very ex-
istence was not suspected when the
shepherd girl of Domremy was burned
at Rouen In May, 1431.
The sun., 1919-04-08

the same there would have been an
ncreaslng tendency among the Amer
lean people to quit the use Of the
wires In disgust and despair. What Is
the use OF mans putting a message
on the wires that he Is starting. to
reach the bedside of a sick relative
when the chances are that he will get
there before the telegram does7 What
Is the use Of trying to do business by
wire at any price when even the de-
morallzed mail service Is running a
neck and neck race with the broken
down wire service?
And then to make the public pay a
great deal more for service that Isn't
worth much of anything anyhow set
ties the thing.
Nothing can be surer,> under the
universal principles and practices of
business, than that the Governments
heavier charges for good for nothing
service are going to cut down the traf-
&c by millions Of messages. Then,
like the railroads, the wire companies
with their higher rates will not earn
more; they will lose more.
The sun., 1919-04-08
Bowling Green's Fence Found.

Who will be SO ungenerous as to
chide the Park Department for mis-.
laying a small thing like the Bowling
Green fence and losing track Of /,
for several years? The fence is found
and will be restored to its proper
place and duty; the viclssitudes II
has undergone in the period of its
withdrawal from active life might
furnish interesting reading, but will
not impair its usefulness or it's his.
toric value. Its adventure in disap-
pearance has won IL wider fame
than 1t ever enjoyed before, and when
It is set up again 1t will be inspected
with interest by thousands who, had
It not slipped between official fin
gers and vanished from official guar
dlanshlp. would never have taken
note of 1t.
However, the keepers of the city's
property should learn from this in,
cident a lesson In caution. II the
Bowling Green fence can disappear
without leaving trace or record Of Its
whereabouts, other valuable property
might do the same. Suppose a munlc.
ipal emergency required the tempo
rary removal of the facade Of the
Municipal Building, and It we're en-.
trusted to the Park Department fo-
safe keeping; how embarra sslng II
would be for the numerous gentlemen
installed in handsome Offices in that
mighty edifice If they were ordered
back to it from temporary quarters,
only to find that its front could not
be found. and their industry was ex.
posed to the gaze of the vulgar throngs
on Chambers street! Their suffering
would be intense; no humane man
could contemplate their agony with.
out tears.
Nevertheless, the incident of the
lost iron fence has accomplished one
excellent thing. 1t has fully exoner.
ated the eminent musician who sue
ceeded in losing his bass drum.
The sun., 1919-04-08
TRADE BRIEFS.

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The sun., 1919-04-08
ELECTION BONFIRES.
The Last Modification Of Custom of
Prehistoric Origin.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Si,'. New
York's November election day bonfires,
regarding which IA correspondent in
quires, seem to be the last modification
OF a prehistoric custom.
Our Anglo-Saxon forcfathers built
November bonfres TO ward off evil
spirits After the failure OF the afro
cious Gunpowder Plot in 1906. by which
James I. and the members Of his Parlla-
ment were TO. have been blown up with
Gunpowder on November by Guy
Fawkes. the November bonfires were
kindled In England on November 3. and
a Guy Fawkes cttigy made of rags and
straw was thrown into the flames. These
offigies were called Guys and from them.
perhaps, comes our slightly contemp-
tuous slang word guy" meaning
fellow.
The English when they conquered
Manhattan Island In 1864 seem to have
brought the November bonhres to New
York. The earlier origins of the
November bonfire were forgotten
gradually, and il came to be associated
with election day According to the
ritual current in Long Island city in
my youth election fires must be
kndled from wooden ash barrels stolen
from suburban gardens, Much courage,
cunning and skill were developed by
rival barrel stealing gangs. House
holders hindered the stealing of their
barrels by all possible means. yet they
came to witness the fire and were dis
appointed II IT was not a large one.
NEW YORK. April 7. GRAIHEAD.
The sun., 1919-04-08

A brief financial paragraph dis
closes that 1874 $1,000 bonds Of a large
corporation drawn by lot for redemp-
ton a year ago with a premium of 10
per cent. Of par value as an added
inducemcnt to holders promptly to
present them are yet outstanding, al
though no longer earning interest
Why? A dozen causes, a score or more,
possibly: the speculative mind might
find entertainment in ascribing as
many reasons as there are bonds unre-
deemed. Not lost. stolen or destroyed
for in such cases adjustments would
have been made to keep them out OF
the list; not the holdings Of one or a
few people. for it Is safe to assume
that holders Of many such bonds are
keen enough in finance to be prompt
to collect principal interest and bonus
when opportunity is offered. The bat
tlehelds of France, the seas toll Of
Hun victims, these may account for
many of these silences.
The sun., 1919-04-08
The Touch Of Death.

In December, 1918, the net earnings
/. Of the railroads under Government
operation were pitifully low as COM
pared with December, 1917, the latest
month of private operation. In that
final month of private operation in
1917 the December net earnings were
SS5, 1871 ,010. In the last month Of the
first year of Government operation,
with the freight bills and the passen-
ger fares Of the American people in
creased by upward of billion of dol
lars a year, the December net earn
ings were SAL 900, 900 down from the
year before.
: But how the Railroad Administra,
ton of the United States Government
is shooting the chutes may be most
I, clearly understood by these three sim.
pie comparisons:
With a, clean S75,000,OO0 a month
needed by the Government to meet
the rental alone which it has co,-
tracted to pay the roads for It's op-
Grafton Of them, the net operating in
come last December was little short
Of $31, 100000. That, as we already
have seen, was a wretched showing.
: Yet 1t YVES golden harvest com.
pared with what followed: for in
January 1t had dipped down to $1s.-
100000. In February 1t was pretty
nearly scraping the rocks of disaster
at S10,OOO.0OO.
In one year Of Government opera
tion-from December to December
not far from one-half the net earn
ings of the American railway system
had been swallowed up. Then in two
!, more months even the low December
Z net income of some $31Q 1000 600 had
been divided by three! Where In the
bottomless pit shall 1t be when an
other year of Government operation
has gone by?
I The touch of the Government in
business is the touch of death.
The sun., 1919-04-08

Senator W. NJ. Calder will speak ON Re-
putlican.srn" before tho Woman's Repub-
lean clSb' % West Fortieth street. lunch
The Rev. Daniel Couve. q French chap
lain, will speak In st. Paurs Chapel, CO.
Tho crime Of the nation toward rs
school teachers and the need for more CO.
operation on the part OF the public will
tartan League in Carnegie Hail, p. NJ.
The quarterly meeting OF the Veteran
Association at the 18Th Regiment VIII be
held In the armory. Jefferson and Putnam
avenues, Brooklyn, p NJ.
The New York Furniture Exchange As
tonai Home Fnrnishers Xssocistion at tn.
Hotel Pennsylvania, p. NJ.
Joseph Kahn viii speak on Tho EnJoy1
riety OF Accountants at the Hotel I'm!
Tho victory" dinner of tho Rock,
dort-Astorta. I p NJ. ,
There will be a public exhibition of tbs
work OF the school department Of the Den =
sral Society OF Mechanics and TradesmAn
A. the Mechanics institute from 73O to
10 7. VI.
Realty's Share In the Reconstruction" be-
for tho Junior Taxpayers League at the
sayisny. 22s Lenox avenue. at p: NJ.
There will be a concert OF Folk Songs OF
the Mountains under tho auspices Of the
Peoples Music League at Cooper Union at
There win be violoncello recital BY
Hans Kronold at Public School 90. in
l41th street. west of Seventh avenue. at
DR. ". j. spillmon will lectur. on This
Road to Farm ownership" at 305 Sehsr-
Inerhorn Hall, Columbia University, at
Reconstruction Commission: $3.50 p NJ.
at Harrison street, The New York
Wholesale Groccrs' Association has APP
teu to work with I'll. committee on food
production and distribution Of this com
mission and will hold conference at this
$3.50 p. NJ. Meeting of Commute. on
Taxation and Retrenchment, room 3o2.
Hall Of Records.
Lecture by Or. Augusta r. Bronuer on
Honesty" in series OF lectures on Tho
Problems of Ch.ldhSoa and Youth" d
Lieut.. Col Theodore Roosevelt Will ada
dress tho meeting OF tho Republics
County Committee OF Kings county. ks!
RABBI Louis J. Newman will speak on
THE Synthesis OF Palestinian!sm and
Americsnism," Bronx Free Synagogue. s;sS
Concert for the benefit of tho vacation
Association, Metropolitan Opera House. 1
Exhibition Of the work OF tn. General
Society Of Mechanics and Tradesmen, Me!
chanics' institute IL West For,hfourth
street; 40 20 10 r.
ment of Leisure New York Society OF Ac-
cOuntants, Hotel Imperial. s:lS p. NJ.
Daughters oil Pennsy'NRniR IN New York
meeting, Waldorf Astoria, p. NJ.
Musical for the beneft OF tho so4th Field
Artillery Auxiliary Of the Seventy seventh
Division, Waldorf-Astoria, y. N.
Kiwanis Club, luncheon. Hotel McAlpin.
] L. VI.
Department OF Agriculture. meeting. 10.
te. McAlpin, A. NJ
Dry Goods Alliance, dinner. Hotel Nc.
Alpin. y. NJ.
Brooklyn Institutc---I<cturs BY Nina
Adcla Bovine Kirby on Opera In Song and
story" Lecture Hall, i. NJ; DR.. e q,
Spauiding VIII lecture on The Problem ot
Reing. what the Universe Is Made O:.'
Lecture Hail. SIS =, NJ,
New York Furniture Exchange AsaooA.
ton, dinner, Pennsylvania Hotel : u. NJ,
Authors League, dinner, Sherry's. I
+ NJ,
The sun., 1919-04-08
OLD NEW YORK.
Thanksgiving Day Parades Traced
Back to Pilgrim Times.

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was run INTO 'ne srouhu' anu '"e
n"n caheo o" Peop'e WIN "hoih ''e'
nso haroy speakihe Acquai''tahee'
fhe women retaiated by putting pas
kets OUT tor the reception OF ea,IeFs
cards, ana SO the custom nhallg o'eu.
The habit OF dressing UP and parad-
ing on thanksgiving Ia! was III 'neiiio'S
or the indians VINO visited tne NeW
The sun., 1919-04-08
cow GIVES 1eo QUARTS DAILY
City Machine Produces "Grade A.
Mt 10 Cents Quart.

The reconstructed milk centre Of the
Department of Markets at 1892 First
avenue has n Cow" which produces 100
quarts of milk a day. all of which finds
ready market at 10 cents n quart The
milk, II is claimed, averages Grade A."
The Cow neither moos nor Chews a
cud. but is complicated machine with
many tanks in which new milk is made
out Of mill; powder, sweet butter and
water.
Miss Alice Kimball. chief dairy maid
in charge Of the Cow" declares that the
food value of the milk is equal to that
OF the best natural milk
Milk powder" Miss Kimball said, els
made from milk OF the best kind deny
drafted and with its butter fats lost, both
OF which ingredients are restored in the
remaking. There Is little difference in
taste between the natural and recon-
structed milk. In the making we use ten
gallons of water. seven pounds three
ounces of powdered milk and six pounds
three ounces of sweet butter"
The sun., 1919-04-08

In an interview with STEPHEN LAU
xANNE, editor of the Paris Matin, Mr.
LLOYD GEORGE Is quoted as saying:
Cannot the people wait until we
have finished our work instead Of al
ways wanting to Judge our inten-
tons? This conference had to meet
and discuss things under conditions
unprecedented in history. All eyes
are turned toward II and. what is
more grave, all ears are glued at dts
keyhole."
Keyhole: wicked and suggestive
word. II all ears are glued upon thi,
tiny aperture in the door Of the con
ference room It Is because the door It
self Is closed; closed in spite Of the
first of the Fourteen Points uttered by
the distinguished man with whom Mr.
LLOYD GEORGE usually appears to b
in, accord: TO
open covenants OF peace, openly
arrived at. after which there shall be
no private international understand
ings Of any kind, but diplomacy shall
proceed always frankly and in the
public view"
Keyhole! 1t is an unfortunate wore
for the British Premier to use, at leas
until Mr.. TAFT or some other interpre
ter has explained to the American PEG
pie why Point Number One does no
mean now precisely what 1t meant OF
January &. 1918.
The sun., 1919-04-08
COSTLY COURTS.
The Taxpayers Should Closely Ex
anime All Proposed Increases.

40 THE EDITOR OF The suN-SV houi
Arioie IN The SUN OF FrioaS' Aprh v
opposing tho Dill TO increase tne mum,
yer OF JUDGES OF inc Court OF eonera'
sessions snouid nave the unanimous ap'
provai OF the bar and the taxpayers
Ehhu ROOF IN MS actress as presl'
cent OF the American Bar Association
~ Cnicaso In 1916 SAID:
There is great economic waste in the
standardization OF the law. viewed from
sne e,sncpoint OF the nation and OF tne
.u unneosss .n,a
now.r IN ,h. n.r,a,u.ncs ., mi. a.
t,eS,sr funo,,,n q, cree n,,.a .oe,ety.
We sp.nd vas. sum, in building and
The sun., 1919-04-08
Further Extracts From Mr.. Lodges
Speech OF Thirteen Years Ago.

In rather clumsy attempt to Coll
Wet Senator LODGE Of Inconsistency Mr..
k HOMER s. CUMMINGS, the chairman
of the Democratic National Commit
I tee, publishes extracts from a speech
delivered in the Senate on January
"a, 1906, when the Morocco affair and
the Algeciras conference were under
discussion. Mr.. LODGE Is thus quoted
by Mr.. CUMMINGS:
mo one. ! think. can doubt the
absolute power of the President to
initiate and carry on all negotia-
tons"
3 Then occur some stars in Mr.. Cum
MINGs's quotation, indicating pas
; sage omitted. We accordingly print
what Mr. CUMMINGS omits:
There is no doubt that the Senate
can by resolution advise the Presi-
f, dent to enter upon a negotiation O..
advise the President to refrain from
negotiation; but those resolutions
have no binding force whatsoever,
and the action OF the Senate becomes
operative and actually effective only
when a treaty is actually submitted
to IT,"
True in both instances; but without
any clearly discernible bearing on the
present position Of Senator LODGE and
his associates. If the Senate, for OK
ample, had adopted the Knox resoIu-
don Of December 3, 1918, declaring
In substance that the treaty of peace
ought TO be negotiated with the leas;
possible delay and projects for any
general league of nations postponed
for separate consideration, the reSo
luton of advice would have had no
binding force on the President. lie
could have gone ahead just the same
with his efforts TO tie up the neace
Z treaty and the league project mex,
tricably together, with the CONSEQUENT
I delay to peace and the results of that
( delay now so alarmingly manifest.
Pending the submission of the ne
gotiated treaty the action of the Sen
! ate can be operative and actually ef
fective only in nm advisory way. That
circumstance, however, does not d.
minish the .deslrabilty of consulting
! the Senate, in an advisory way. wher
the whole future of the republic is
involved in the negotiations and wis
dom and patriotism so mpresslvely
Z combine in prescribing the coopera
( ton Of both parts Of the treaty max
( ing power even in the preliminary
stage If the treaty making.
II Mr.. CUMMINGS read further II
The sun., 1919-04-08

"Mr. President. in entangling al
liances OF course no man wants to
engage this country we have no con-
Germ with the wars Of Europe no ono
for a moment would think Of ensag-
ing us in a position where we migN
be involved in them, the President
least Of all. for on the President,
whoever he may be. falls the most
dire responsibility in case Of war;
but, Mr.. President, tho phrase EN-
tangling alliances does not mean that
we should not unite with other ma
settlement OF the rights Of COM
merce. an to tho rights of our citixeus
in other countries, or in the promo
ton Of those great and benencen: OBJ
jects which are embodied in inter-
national conventions"
True now as then! But what have
Mr.. LoDGE's utterances on the subject
of commercial treaties, or American
good Offices for the maintenance Of
peace, or international convention.
like those framed at The Hague, t.
do with proposals to admit European
interference in American questions
covered by the Monroe Doctrine or tt
engage this Government in a perpet
ual guarantee Of the boundaries Of al
the tribal republics of Europe?
The sun., 1919-04-08
THAT BIG BARGAIN SALE.
War Department Stun Marked Down
30 Per Cent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Seven
thousand two hundred and twenty-four
motors and airplanes. costing roughly
over thirty millions OF dollars last year.
most of which have never been used,
sold for scrap" by the War Depart
ment for s2,720,OO0 TO the manufac-
turer without advertisement or COM
petitive bidding.
This averages, roughly. s377 per unit.
A very good bargain for some one.
Less than per cent OF cost to the
War Department since last June.
Some of these SCRAP" motors are in
their original grease, some of the plane
parts have never been assembled, some
OF the spans. turn buckles. footings
wires. cables. struts. longerons ribs and
wing linens are absolutely new and
have never been used.
Who is the particular Ethiopian in
this specific pile of Spruce walnut and
mahogany at fifty cents to 81 a square
foot? SCHUYLER RHODES.
WASH INGToN. April :.
The sun., 1919-04-08
Government Wire Shock.

/ Representative AswELL,, who intro
duced the resolution which resulted
in the taking over of the wire service
by the Postmaster-Ge General, has had
Government wire shock and cannot
understand just how 1t happened. He
him as It had been promised to the
American people-that when the Gov
eminent took control the telegraph
rates would be cut In half. But the
telegraph rates have been h6isted 90
per cent. Representative AswELL
therefore wants to apologize to the
American people for what he helped
to do to them.
The district branch of the CONNER
clal Telegraphers Union in the ma
tional capital, while not so lachry.
nose as Representative AswELL- puts
power of punch into its denuncia-
ton of what has happened:
AN outrage and an unwarranted
imposition Of excess tax on the busi-
ness interests of the country and an
insult to the intelligence of the work
ers In the telegraph service"
These operators declare that Post
master General BuRLEsoS did not
have TO put the rates up because OF
increased labor charges but because
of incompetence-"sta gnation in eff
cheney Of operation and increased
overhead charges to an extent that
will, unless immediate remedial &c
ton Is taken, undoubtedly absorb any
additional revenue that may be de.
rived from the announced 20 per cent.
increase In rates"
Wherein the operators show bet
ter economic sense than Representa-
tive AswELL, who planned, and Post
master General BURLEsoN, who did
the Job of running the wire service
and then charging more for 1t.
With THEODORE \. VAIL, who built
up the national wire service under
private operation to superlative eff
cheney and endowed 1t with an OPP
ulent prosperity, 1t was an economic
religion to make the business grow.
Where wires were indolent In the
slack hours he created favorable rates
to stimulate traffic at such times.
Where the wires were entirely out of
use in the dead of night he created
still more favorable rates to bring
some business in such times.
THAT vast plant, involving hun
dreds Of millions of dollars, carrying
on its payrolls hundreds of thousands
Of persons, should be actively pro-
ductlve for more than the mere rush
hours of the day, Mr.. VAIL taught
millions of Americans who had never
used the wires at all to use them. He
taught hundreds of thousands who
already were using the wires to use
them great deal more. In this way
he brought it about that there should
be not merely day service but n
continuous service; not merely good
service but always better service
not merely a worth the price service
but progressively cheaper service.
Postmaster-General BURLEsoN Is
| killing the wire business with the two
most effective bludgeons ever invented
for such saughter-bad service and
big charges.
II the telegraph tolls had remained