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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-08
AGED MAN WALKS 100
MILES IN SEARCH Of WIFE

ELGIN, lll.-Wi,h his fee, hor-
ribly blistered. John Jorgensen, aged
Is. entered the state insane asylum,
here. He was looking for his wife
and had walked more than hundred
miles from Clinton. Wis, in search of
her. Hospital attendants located Mrs.
Jofgensen as an inmate and reunion
followed. She was committed in 1918
from Rockford, where the lorgensens
lived at the time. After the commit
ment Jorgensen went TO live with his
son-in-law at Clinton Becoming
lonesome for his wife Jorgensen asked
mis- son-in-law for assistance to go
In search OF her Refused, he started
out and walked the dis,are. After
meeting his wife and explaining his
predicament, hospital officials found
employment for Jorgcnsen in the in
ssitwtion so he could remain near her.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-08
MEETING
-'ADjOURNS after
!. SHORT SESSION
Secretary Lane Asks for
Closer AcquaintanCeship,

WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.-Ai,er a
session lasting but 20 minutes, Presi-
dent Wilson's industrial conference
adjourned today because there was no
word which could he taken up by the
conference sitting as whole.
The adjournmen, was proposed by
Secretary Lane, who stated that he
believed more could be accomplished
b. each OF the gtoupS-labor, capital
and the public--holding individual
meetings and each group getting It's
work IN shape Tor presentation to the
conference at ITS opening session to-
morrow.
IF Adjournment is the only way
We can yet any action, ! am IN favor
OF that said Gavin McNab OF San
Francisco. "But | announce here and
now that ! am direct actionlst |
want to see something done ! am op-
posed to a vacuum
After being IN session two days.
Secretary Lane announced that he had
discovered that great number OF
tonferees had never been introduced
10 each other. He ordered "ge,to.
eeiher' meeting after the adjournment
Members OF the conference moved
rbout the hall, meeting members Of
The other groups ard getting ac-
qrspied.
Barney" Baruch. ono OF President
Wilson's closest friend, and advisers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
Influence Of Books on Children.

The O1lahoman: When you find
child who loves good books, the noxi-
GUS weeds of envy, hatred. jealousy
and malice are not SO likely to grow
in his mind and choke out the ex-
quisite blossoms of love, tenderness,
unselfishness, gratitude and the de-
sire to do unto others as they would
! be done by. The love of good books
lis one foundation for good character
| 1t is the exception, not the rule. to
encounter sordidness, greed or In
sensibility in the man or woman VINO
knows and loves good books. Robert
Louis Stevenson once said that SO
long as a man has friend, he had
something to live for. Is it not true
SO long as one can love good and
/ beautiful book that life never Will
be without hope?
No one, perhaps, has spoken more
! feelingly of the companionship or
good books than Richard Aungervyle,
when he called them the golden yes
sells of the temple: fruitful olives,
wines of Engaddi; fig trees knowing
no sterility and burning lamps ever
to be held on the hand"
Happy are the children OF this day
and age in that they have SO many
good books; in that 1t they cannot
buy, they certainly can borrow from
I the public libraries.
! Here is one truth. very simple
truth, that all parents are under obi
CATION to teach their children-that
IL they can learn to love books, they
can always forget the irrttations OF
men and things; they can lay aside
cares and still their passions; they
can put their worries and disappoint-
ments to sleep
/ The war may be over, but all the
battles have not yet been fought.
Every day there are mental battles
fought greater than that of the Marine
or the advance on Chateau Thierry.
Those who are best equipped to fight
them are those that know the best
that is in the good books OF the
world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
Roosevelt the Bird Lover.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Speak
ing still of Colonel Roosevelt, "He
taught me- says John. Burroughs,
two new birds. Bewick's wren and
one of the rare warblers; and
taught him two, the swamp sparrow
and one othcr. which l now forget"
And then there is this incident: II
asked him if he had ever seen little
gray gnatcatcher in that vicinity.
Yes he said, I saw one yesterday.
He took me to the place. a little run
with some old plum trees on, the
bank, and instantly said, There I;
is now!' And. sure enough, there
was the tiny bird In a field near
by" There you have a description
of bird lover, not of fighting man
or hunter of big game. 1t was part
OF That many-sidedness that made the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
Ta,kino with the stars.

New York World: II Marconi Is =
true profit as well as a great inventor,
earth may yet do better than hitch its
wagon to a star. 1t may hold etheric
long talks with its fellow wanderers
in space. The wizard OF the wireless
admits in an interview his belief in
this possibility. He has already receiv-
ed in the course Of his experiments,
he says. impulses which may well
have been attempted signals from 9TH
er planets. 1t is, of course not the first
time that "a scientist has had this
dream Of interplanetary communica-
tons. And not for the first time Will
some portion of the world laugh at the
extravaganza Of such a dream. Per
haps, neverless, the laughter will on
this occasion be less general. less far
reaching with its echoes. One remem-
bers that since the earlier jeering at
yisionaries. who spoke of talking with
the stars the radio telegraph and tele-
phone have come into being. TIE air
has begun to give UP mysteries, to re-
veal hidden forces.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
DOUBLE NINETEEN.

Boston Transcript: Nineteen-nine-
tene is a year number that has a
curious sound. There may be some
occult significance in the fact that
the number OF the year In the GEN.
fury is the same as the tally of the
century in the christian era, but was
the year 1913 remarkable for any
special quality; or the year lily, or
any other In that ascending series
When you come to think about 1t.
there is not one year of that lot that
has any great distinction in history
among them there is no 1914, nor
any 1861. nor any 1889, nor any 1876,
nor any 1892, nor anything vastly
significant in the way Of years. Nine
! teen.nineteen is just quaint num-
Der, 1t is up to the human race to
make the year significant IL It can
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29

Washington Post: In his letter
rendering his resignation as attorney
general to President Wilson. Mr..
Gregory makes this significant state
ment:
: "Pecuniary responsibility OF a sub
stantial nature rests upon me and
my private affairs have long de-
manded attention.
This, then, may be accepted as the
reason for Mr.. Gregory's withdrawal
from public life, and with 1t goes the
inference that it is his intention tc
devote his attention to the practice
of his profession.
Mr.. McAdoo but few weeks ago.
in resigning as secretary Of the
treasury and director general OF rail-
roads, frankly stated that he could
not afford to hold public office longer
and that after period of rest Il was
his purpose to devote himself to his
profession
Apparently there are but two
classes of men who may be relied
upon to occupy high public offices in
this codntry-those whose earning
power is no greater than their gov
eminent salaries and those whose
private means are sufficient to make
| them independent of their salaries.
When men of proved ability are
obliged, because of "pecuniary re
sponsibility," to give up cabinet port
folios, honors which are vouchsafed
! to but few men, there must be some
thing wrong with the system.
/; A cabinet officers salary is $12.-
900. Mr. McAdoo received nothing
additional for acting as director gen.
/, eral of railroads. Evidently this
salary is too little or too much. Either
cabinet officers should be asked to
serve without pay. being content
with the honor of the Office alone
which, OF course, would make these
! places available only to rich men, OF
the salary should be increased to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
SENIORITY IN THE SENATE.

In the next senate the hfty-four comM1ttee
cl1airrnanships which are considered to belong
Ito the majority party will be apportloned among
the forty-nine republican senators Ii the Ola
seniority rule prevailed, twenty-slx senator's
from twenty-one states would succeed to them
all. And even if senators allowed only
single craftsmanship, many of them would sun
lby right of seniority be the ranking members
lon one or several other committees and as sucn,
under the present practice, members OF all con-
ference committees on legislation with when
their committee was particularly concerned In
fine. the seniority rule gives relatively small
group of senators of long service enormous pow
Ter in legislation, while the younger senator's
have only such influence as their votes ana
voices give them in committee or on the floor
This system is considered inequitabe and
while it has the merit of putting Legislation IN
experienced hands, it is Objectionable from var
Iio1ls points Of view The indications are that
lit will be modified when the next congress be-
gins it's work, though to what extent Is not yet
clear There are far-seeing senator's who insist
that it must be changed, and the party majority
lis SO narrow that their demands will have to De
met. Nevertheless, these demands will have to
lbe reasonable; and it is intimated that one OF
! the changes already agreed upon will be rule
preventing a chairman of a committee from act
ing as a conferee from any committee except
: his own
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
CHICKENS 70 THE RESCUE.

New York Evening Post: There are
going to be lots OF grasshoppers dur
ing the summer OF 1919 in Indiana and
other states in the grasshopper belt,
according to indications found by en-
tomologists OF the department OF agri-
culture and the State agricultural col
1eges. Farmers are urged to start a
cleanup campaign against them right
away. Ploughing,to depth Of six
inches and subsequent narrowing dur
ing the fall or winter, at any event
not later than April 10th. will cover
the eggs SO deep that the young will
not be able to escape. When the grass
hoppers make their appearance they
can be destroyed by the common bait
method. ~
But there Is another way of getting
rid OF grasshoppers that makes the
catching them This method consists
OF driving grasshopper catcher
through an infested field. catch
| ing all the grassnooppers that hop,
and then feeding the insects to chick
ems. They can be dumped into sacks
/ and hung up to dry and fed as dry
! grasshoppers, or it is preferred to feed
/ the grasshoppers alive. the machine
can be hauled to the poultry yard and
! placed so that the front will face the
/ light. The insects will find their way
l out, but not too fast for an ordinary
| flock OF chickens to catch them.
The grasshopper catcher, which has
| an advantage over the old-style hop
uer dozer, in that the insects can be
utilized for chicken feed, is about six
teen feet long with an upright but
curved piece of tin in front and so
arranged that the grasshoppers Will
strike 1t as they hop up. falling to the
bottom and back through marrow
trap opening into box behind. The
tin front does not extend quite to the
bottom, where, just in front of the tin
shield, is a strip of tin placed SO that
there is an opening about ~ or
inches wide. This front strip or LIP
4 may be made by using 16-foot length
OF gutter, one side of which Is f1attened
outwards. The back and top OF the
box in the rear are covered with wire
screen and the top should be so hing
ed that 1t can easily be opened ano
accumulated grasshoppers shoveleo
out as needed.
A horse. is hitched to the extended
beam at each end and the catcher
dragged through the infested area, be
ginning at the sides and working to
wards the center Of the field. A boy
riding on each horse can handle the
machine nicely A heavy rope attachec
to the names so that it drags a few
feet in front OF the shield is an ad
vantage in that it stirs up. just be
fore the catcher passes, the hopper;
not otherwise disturbed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
THE AGE OF PRESIDENTS.

New York Sun: OF the twenty-five
presidents Of the United States who
have died only twelve reached the
age allotted to man by the psalmist.
Only one, John Adams, reached four
score and ten, and no president since
John Quincy Adams has lived to be
eighty years old The three oldest
presidents were the immediate sue
cessors Of Washington. and it so hap
pened that from that great man s
death on Dec IA, 1893, to July 4.
l826-in the administration OF the
sixth president-a day when both
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
expired, the nation was not grieyed
by the passing of a former chief
executive. There was no national
mourning from 1850, when Taylor
died, until 1862. a year which saw
the earthly end of both Tyler and
Van Buren,; and none from the death
of Cleveland in 1908 until the present
days of grief.
Taken according to longevity, the
table OF our departed presidents
offers an interesting sequence:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
AN 1NscRUFABLE ENVOY.

A runor happily exaggerated, OF the ae e
|of Colonel House led the Won Bernstor11 20
come out in Berlin newspaper with the sta w,
ment that the colonel in conversation VIII !,
him had repeatedly and energeticaliy processes
against the British blockade and did not pc
lieve it would be decisive Of the wal rms
NAV misrepresent the .'colonel's0 sentiments 3
of that date and he may tell the world 50 II
he thinks it worth his while. But when O one
comes to think about it, who knows what this
mysterious parsonage IS views were, OF are on
this or any other matter, domestic or foreign
policy, war or peace9 Usually when na1lon
selects an envoy, he has let drop some WORD OF
hint on which it is possible to base conjecture
concerning the state of his mind. But then the
nation did not select Colonel House.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
signify

The numbers Of the years signify
nothing. One year. when you come
down to 1t. is very much like every
other year-all the same length, at
least within a day or so, and every
one, as one philosopher said. long
enough for all that is to be done In
it; "the flowers blow. the fruit
ripens. and every species OF animal
is satisfied and attains perfection,
but man does not; man has seen
more than he has time to do. And
1919, like all the rest, will leave Its
human work unachieved, because
human work is always unach1eved
Just like 1878. and 1717, and all the
rest back to the year /.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
MUCH PRESTIGE, LITTLE PAY

point where any cabinet member
would be able to live upon q plane
consistent with the dignity OF his
office and within his pay. 1t is no
secret that under the existing ar
lrangement a great many professional
land business men are esntlreiy Wills
ing to accept cabinet portfolios and
make UP the deficiency from their
private purses because the prestige
they thus obtain enables them after
leaving public life to make business
and professional connections OF
very profitable nature.
/ The diplomatic service presents
equally unsatisfactory conditions.
j The highest salary paid an anbassa-
dor Is $1T,5OO, out of which he must
rent and furnish an embassy and i've
upon plane commensurate with the
! dignity and Importance OF his once
lit Is well known that many amDas-
sailors have paid out more Tor mouse
! rent than their entire salary amount
ed to, and some have spent for TINS
purpose alone several times tne
amount Of their salary. AS 2 result
these important diplomatic posts car
be filled only by men of large pr1vate
means. They are closed to poor men
no matter how able they might pc
In the diplomatic and consular ap
preparation bill this year is an item
of So 100000 with which it is pro
posed to build embassy and legation
buildings in the large foreign capi
tails. If this provision should become
a law, it would go far toward remedy
ing the situation for ambassadors
and ministers would be relieved O
the heavy charge for house rent
leaving their salaries for the mafnten
ance Of themselves and families. AL
of which indicates that comprehen
isive revision of government salaries
those of the high offices as well a
of the more modest ones, should b.
undertaken.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
one Benefit Of ProhIbitlon.

Sibley Tribune: One good effect
may be confidently expected from the
general Introduction of manufacture
and sale Of intoxicants. The rum
power" will go out of business. Its
financial and political strength will
depart Efforts at repression. such
as taxation and high license, have re-
suited in a recognition Of the traffic
and given 1t financial and political
standing. Divested of legal place
In the sun, there will be one less
place in the sun and influence to foist
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
ToDAY's BIT OF VERSE
The POET pREAMERs.


'.Those were the days." they say. and line
Their song to the days OF the lost sunshine
They spread their flmiest verse upon
The dancing dew Of the silver dawn
OF the sweet old days OF the Passed and Gone
..Those were the days" they write. and drop
bitter tear the line. and stop
Their measured rhyme Of old friends forgot
fancy sweet, or passing thought
OF summer romps in the orchard lot
"Those were the days" they say, and 10
Remembered days of the Long Ago
Shine goldelike through the mist OF years,
Forgotten pleasures pile tiers on tiers,
Fading away the Present nears.
-Those were the days." and the poets pen
Trails on and of the Days of Then,
AS though, like the dew of the oden dawn
And the webs and weaves that it flashed upon,
The best of living were passed and gone
.,Those were the days." they sigh, and yet
They overlook they quite forget
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sweet and fair.
With as much of love and of kindly care.
And friendship around them everywhere
Buffalo Evening News.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
How easy it is to do kindly things if one
only wants to!-Julia G. r. Door.
cuMM1Ns WOULD SET THE BRAKES.

Put in plain language, the government has
made a mess of railway management 1t has
been a failure from every point OF view Inc
shipping and travelling public have been forced
to paw an estimated billion dollars more for
Transportation than In the previous year under
private mana cement. The service furnished
has been imneasurably poorer. The govern
ment has huge deficit to make good and the
roads have been put in such shape that most of
them would be driven into bankruptcy if they
were handed back to the owners as they are
Realizing, as does everyone not blinded by the
mote in the government ownership idea, Senator
Gumnlins has offered bill revoking the presi
dents power to return railroads under gov
eminent control to their private owners any
time within twenty months after peace is
declared.
The measure provides that government con-
'trol during the twenty Lone months period shall
be mandatory unless otherwise ordered by con-
gress. Senator Cummins and many other mem
bers of congress oppose return of the carriers
without further railroad legislation, generally
deemed impossible at the present session.
Amending the present law, the bill would
provide:
That the federal control of railroads and
portation systems herein and heretofore provided
shall continue and during the period of
the and for year and nine months
president OF the exchange OF notifications of the
treaty of peace, unless otherwise
No right to compensate shall TO
from and after the date
of the property relinquished whether re-
turned at the end of said perioa sooner by d.
rection of congress-
In the face of conclusive demonstration
of the costhness to the roads of term under
government control and the straits to which
they have been brought by the system in vogue
since they were taken over, it is believed to BIZ
the purpose of Director General Hines to turn
them back to their owners soon after the ad
Journment of the present congress unless the
fve-year period for continued government
control Is approved. What five years more o
experimentation and mismanagement woult
do for the roads nobody can say, but railroa.
men and transportation experts generally be
T heve that it would bring about a situation
making 1t practically impossible ever to return
The roads to private ownership. Legislation
80 the lines suggested by the Cummins bill
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-29
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

What Cheer PatflOt. Iowa NJ ~
ready for surfaced roads yet we
should perhaps, have one hard SURFACE
road running across the state. But con.
slider the average road, and 1t would
take ten years to get them in condi
ton to surface. We do not believe the
farmers will stand for a bond issue to
raise money with which TO hard sur
face Iowa roads.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Governor
Harding and Lieutenant Governor
Moore agree for the most part on the
good roads proposals. That's almost
worth news item.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: Governor
Harding favors not only better pay
for school teachers, but a year
round salary. This would lessen the
migratory disposition OF teachers and
enable the boards to procure better
talent
Perry Chief: Jim Pierce can claim
| honor for part of the impetus which
i the good roads movement has attain
ed. His opposition has been Dig
boost.
Rolfe Arrow: Homestead Pierce In
sists that Governor Harding has COM
pletely changed his mind in two years.
If he was what Pierce thought he was
two years ago, it is fine thing that
he is able to change his mind. One
thing that ails Pierce is that he can't
change his, and it needs changing on
several things.
,,Aa " rr1Q
Well, anyhow, the kind of roads we
now have in the country is sure block
against speed law violations.
Traer Star-Clipper: Sentiment in ia
| vor of hard roads is rapidly growing
/ in Iowa, even among the farmers. Iowa
! is sometimes a little slow, but she us
ually gets there.
/ Cedar. Rapids Republican: The
soldiers mail got badly tangled up
| but no more so than other things that
We: did or tried to do during the war
/ 1t might have been better to have Civ.
/ en- more attention to details and to
| have done less talking about making
| the world safe
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The famous
| H. c. i. must be deaf. He does not
hear the loud calls for him to come
down and be more sociabla.
| Charter Oak Times: The demo
cratic administration has done 4
good job of ending the war, but what
load Of problems it has put upon the
country. It will take this country al
most as long to get over the things
! McAdoo AMI Burleson have done In
i America as 1t will the Belgians to re
cover from the destruction Of Kaiser
Bflrs army.
Davenport Democrat: By all means
I let the Rainbow ind other divisions o.
| American "shock" troops pass in re
| view IN the eastern cities at least be
| fore they are demo5i1ized
MarshaI1town Times-Republica
Saying that the statewide primary
doesn't mean much AS the law stands
1t doesn't seem to have many friends.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The prohi
bitten political party is out of q job
but we doubt greatly If its members
can be convinced of this fact