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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-22
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REDS ARE BEATEN 1

' iArchangel, MAY 22.-The .
= Russians, cooperoting with the
*al'ies have captured Povienetz,
: at the head OF Lake Omega.
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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-22

NC-4 DELAYED

; Washington, May 22.-IIigh 4
; winds again prevented the NC-4 4
: from leaving Ponta del Garda 1
= for Lisbon. The seas we're too 4
: rough for the start. 4
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-22

Washington. May Senator
Sherman, republican of Illinois an
nounced that on Friday he would
introduce resolution in the senate
proposing separation of the covenant
of the league of nations from the
peace treaty.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-22

m ore May 22toice of included in an irrigation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
(The End.)

spirals = thin, light curl Of smolpE
Practically nothing at all! But t.
emoke-it was that which represeaAh
ed the imponderable. the dreae
Never had the old painter ATTEMPTED
anything which had cost him such =
effort. The pipe-that was reaiitjs
The smoke-that was the dream.
When he had finished he signed r
~ did all the masters whom he love-
Leonard pinxit. Then he sat In ~
chair and watched the smoke, wA1lk
light and impalpable, mounted fssGi
the canvas and passed away, NO en-
knew where. into the domain OF III
unreal.
Toward evening the houseksepAn
although 1t was not her hour, pushek
open the door. She carried In ~
hands. like something precious, . M
tie package wrapped in yellow paDsit
7 found some. Here it II. You 81
enjoy yourself"
But the old man rejected the ~
lated Offering.
Thank you, I don't need any. GIVE
1t to anybody you WISH" ~ s
And he fell back into his drsamA >
W. Copyright, lo1s1 !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Riviera Motoring.

DESCENDING at Nice from thsis
open car. Gen. Pershing and party
Of officers were received by . French
government oficial who. noting the
white coating Of dust under which their
uniforms almost disappeared, said:
"You are very brave, mon general. 70
undertake to motor on our Riviera roads
In their present state. Poor France!
Her roads, once the best in the world,
are now the worst. With their holeo
and dust they are really impossible.
Yes, indeed. repeat that you are
brave"
Gen. Pershing politely disclaimsd that
II was . matter for bravery, but STAG
officer. shaking from his cap a big duse
cloud. remarked: .3.
well. II 1t 10 not a question Of bravery
n " ut least one Of grit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

bit 81 velour. He rolled the psax1o
about With the tip Of his finger. Dioon
ID one up and scrutinised Il esaog
fully. Then hs walked over to ~
window, where he adjusted his glAs8
More scrutiny. He returned. M
Are you under the impressio4
madam. that these are real pearhSA
he asked. staring curiously at Ruthu
pale but interesting face.
'Tmpressionr she echoed.
Eyes. can give you sixteen thaA
will match up these for about q hunt
dred rupees. madam. These wsri
originally made here in Singapor&
Admirable limitations made of Asea
SCALE"
Fish scale" Suddenly Ruth laushS
ed.
The jeweler caught the hysterscat
note. Eyes, madam" His thougnt
was: Here is another American tourA
list who has been rocked. rs,ss
Thank YOU" she said. steadilH,
You need not bother to match them
under the circumstances"
Very well, madam" Deftly he re-
placed the artificial pearls in the bon,
which he extended to her with y
bow.
Ruth went out into the street, in44
the mellowing sunshine. She pause&
at the curb irresolutely. The wAoaA
drama unrolled itself before her sye4
and then receded forever. She toC|&
OF the lid Of the box, poured ~
pearls into her hand, and then ~
h trlA Ill "a
(The End.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

would be other steps, each one higher
Chan the other; and bsfors he rested
As was goinS MP high. HI knew Il,
there wasn't . particle Of doubt In
his mind.
There was only Q speck IN the am
Der. They would have 70 wait . lit.
Tie while for that home with the gar.
den. -Four thousand; that was q lot
Of money just then. That ana small
mortgage would have built his castle
from moat to turret. Well. they were
young; they could wait. She wanted
It 30, and she was captain. When q
woman got such an idea In her head,
arguments were useless. He could
get her point Of view readily enough,
but she could not get his. She paid
for those pearls q Thousand times
over. but he couldn't convince her Of
that. One thing. he would never look
upon q pearl again without . glow of
anger. Sixteen little round white
pebbles worth four thousand dollars!
He heard football. He turned and
saw Ruth coming toward him. There
was q look on her face that quicken
cd his pulse. She forced him back
into the chair and perched herself
upon the arm. curling her fingers in
his hair. ~
william Grogan." she said.
We'll. friend wife. what's happen
cdr"
She told him.
Ruth laid the little box ON the Jew.
eler's counter. IT should like to price
sixteen pearls to match these and MI
out the string"
The jeweler emptied the boz ON .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
A Novel by Harold MacGrath

yonder. and all tho rest Of the world
busted with gold Of . late afternoon.
He fell to musing. He was always
doing that nowadays. HIS wonder
was undiminished: in fact, II wont on
growing and growing. He, william
Grogan. here In Singapore, with
scarcely dream left unfulnlledi He
worried little. Things didn't work
out that way, not even In his favor.
lite novels.
Two little tan shoes fitting past
his cellar window and then
this! A seven-dollar meerschaum
pipe and ticket around the world
in his pocket! He laughed. Instead
Of the usual Good bless our home
he was going to have THE luck OF
the Irish" done in blue ana red yarn
that Is, II Ruth did not object.
Where were Greenwood and Clau-
sen. the lovable old archeologists?
Would he ever see them again? He
recalled the Arab boy in Cairo, the
ride to Suez, the big storm 80
Married and settled down! And when
he came home nights she'd play for
him on the piano. those strange skin.
tingling melodies she knew so much
about. And there was that Jaipur
elephant with the rheumatic legl
Ruth, who had gone shopping, ought
to be coming along soon. They were
to sail at nine that night for Hong
kong and home.
Ambition. How he was going to
work when he got back to New York;
Burns. Dolan 4 Co. had doomed very
big once upon q time: but now he
knew 1t to be only step; and there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
CHAPTER XVII.

william sat sprawled in . comforta-
BILE canvas chaif, before the door. Of
his room. The long veranda-g gallery
was deserted except for himself. He
smoked. but only enough to keep the
coal alive in his pipe. He was
watching the rickshaw road through
the interstices Of the yeranda rail.
II was dinicult to believe that this
was the middle OF March. All over
New York state. including the sreas
city. there would be alternately rain.
snow, sisst, sunshine and blisxards.
II you had offered william his choice
he would have selected blixSard Of
wyoming dimensions. This weather
here in singapore took the starch out
Of . man. No matter how strong and
healthy you were. you got tired
quickly. the least e1ertsen enervaAsd
vow. AT this moment II was pictur-,
eseue enough--a bit Of blue sea out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

. free at last, ON rock. the morass be-
hind her. An obligation was NO
longer thing to run around; she
would meet each one as 1t came. hon.
estly and sQuarely. And there was
something in her heart this morning
she did not quite understand.
She drew her kimono over her
shoulders and walked boldly into Will
liam's room. He was not there. The
bed had not been touched. It was .
: mans room. but 1t was the room Of q
man who took care Of his belongings.
who was orderly without being nm
ical. Upon the chairs lay clothes
neatly folded; inst under the bed
were several pairs Of shoes, the heels
In soldierly alignment. There was no
litter at all except in one obscure
corner where he had made . bundle
Of his working clothes. She recalled
what the nurse had told her about
his going out in search Of work. for
fear they might not have money to
pay the bills. Her Imagination con-
structed q picture. She saw him
laboring under the blistering decks,
from early morn until shutdown, and
then watching half tina night at her
bedside. All for heri The walls and
the furnishings Of the room became
grotesQuely twisted. and she knew
that her eyes had flled with tears.
4 She looked down at her ringless
hand. She knew now why he had
taken OF the rings. The singular
thou9htfulness Of the actl He was
man. strong in the body and strong
In the soul. He had the strength, the
moral strength. to Let her got
Timidly--for her initial boldness
was gone now-she approached the
table. Propped against some books
books he was reading to please her
sne saw the photograph she had given
him In Venice. And there was his
pipe. she took 1t up. She turned 1t
ABOUT In her hands. She saw where
his strong teeth had worn away the
STEM She studied 1t, not because she
was particularly interested in the
pipe itself, but because II suggested
intimacy; II was almost a. II she were
touching the man -himself. And he
was q man. s ~
suddenly she smiled; and when q
woman smiles like that there 10 either
an epic or an idyl In the air. The
epic In this instance had already been
A. she laid down ~ pipe he came
~, and halted b. the door IN his as
tonishment. -
Where have you bsen3" she quss-
toned, with nod toward the un.
touched bed. e~s.g ~
why. couidn't sleep In here last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Uncle Ted at the Play.

DOB WAGNER, q movie direetsa
~ said At a luncheon in Is1
Angeles:
Movie audiences are very sophisslo
Gated nowadays. They insist on a1b
curaoy. II you are inaccurate In u
smallest detail they write you huzl
dreds Of jeering letters. II wasnS
30 in the past. +.
The movie audiences Of the pasn
were as naive as Uncle Ted Prout1es
Uncle Ted came to town one evening"
and went to the theater with hi
wife. In the frst act = woman w.
shot. ana when the curtain went aovk
. good many men left their seats anS
went out.
uncle Ted fldgeted q while an
then he took his hat and started
out in his turn.
"'Where be you goin'r bis wifA
asked.
Look here. Hannah said Uncle
Ted. I've stood this thing Jest -
long ~ can. and now I'm yoin' 90
like the rest to see how that porA
woman is gettin' along that was shot
The unfort'nit wretch may BE- dead
by this time. and II she is this Aia'1
NO place for U.S."
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istence remained-his pipe, which he
lighted toward evening while he re-
called the past.
life now tormented him. What had
he made out Of his youth or his ma
turer years? Nothing had occupied
him except that chimerical pursuit.
that illusion Of glory. Of which he had
retained only doubtful shadow. He
had never loved anybody. He
had neither wife nor children. He
was alone. And that seemed to him
monstrous, now that all the others
were united in q common concern.
He almost envied the fathers who
wept for their sons. and the old men,
like himself. who had a. their mis-
sion to replace in the home circle
those who had gone to the front.
But it was too late to retrace his
steps. And his regrets seemed to him
~ vain a. his desire. So he leaned
hts elbows on his belvedere and watt,
ed for the night to approach, touch-
ing one after another Of the great
living masses before him and abol-
ishiug them In turn, 90 that on earth
there was NO longer anything but
nothingness. - IS
Ono morning the woman who did
his housekeeping and brought him his
provisions each day announced. In .
rather hostile tone Of voice: :.
There 10 no more tobacco. There
when there will be any more. After
all. one can get along very well With.
out tobacco. when 20 many other
things more necessary are lacking In
this poor world"
Leonard made no protest. This mis-
fortune seemed to him . just punish
ment for his egoism. Since he had
always lived for himself, In the pres
ence Of his dream. wasn't 1t just that
he, too. should suffer from the gen.
eral shortage Of things? That crea.
ture had told the truth. He could
we'll renounce the sole enjoyment
which was left him. He intended to
Yenounce 1t in the future. He took his
pipe. cleaned 1t carefully and put 1t
In the case-from which II would
never again be taken. n.
But he felt clearly that his slender
portion Of happiness was now OK
hausted. This sacrifice, benign in Ap-
pearance, robbed him completely Of
his faculty Of evocation. He had no
longer any sest in life. In the even
ings. instead Of contemplating the
horison. which melted In shadow into
the infinite. he turned his back ON the
window. buried himself In = chair and
dreamed Of nothing. --... e.
II only death would come to carry
him away from this bankrupt scenel
But It delayed. 1t preferred to take
the young and the vigorous! The
thousands and thousands Of young
men whom 1t led in its train and then
moved down like the ripe grain of
the Aelds! But Leonard remained, dis
dained even by death.
Never theless, one night, an idea
came to him. The next day he got
mp early. He looked for his palette.
put . canvas on the frame. freshened
his brushes and began to paint
He painted without q
model, as he had almost always done
since he had learned his art.
His little picture was almost moth
ing at all-hardly even a study in
stin life. II was the portrait Of a
pipe. whence arose in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
THE LAST SMOKE BY JEAN BERTHERoY

re was an elderly painter. named
~ Leonard. Perhaps his vocation
had been predetermined by his
name. which related him to the
greatest creative genius Of all time;
for they tell us that there ia . cor.
tain mysterious predestination In an
appellation conferred by baptism.
Since the age Of sixteen he had
taken the palette and the easel - his
life companions. Presently he had
added q third companion-his pipe.
which he smoked necessarily. from
morning till night while Illuminating
his chefs d'oeuvre. For he believed
himself genius, and, without doubt
he had spark Of genius in him. His
prodigous manual skill was supple
mented by spirit inQuisitive and
subtle. which pursued reality to the
extreme limits. whore it ceases TO be
tangible and vanishes into dreana II
was at this mysterious transition
point that he kept his attention laxsd
on II, in order to add to the verisimili.
tude Of things that atmosphere Of the
transcendentai without which art 10
only cold copy OF nature.
Sometimes he almost succeeded. Re-
garded at f1rst a. . revolutionary. he
had had his hour Of celebrity. At that
time his canvases brought high prices
and amateurs disputed for his small.
est sketches. He had been out-revo.
lutionised In his turn. Now he was
classed az commonplace BY the young
men. who were holder and more
modern" Such 10 life.
Yet he had never altered his stand.
ards. Even in the period Of his ephem-
eral splendor he had not abandoned
the studio Of his apprenticeship-e
big room, high up in q Montmartre
building. in which he ate on the cor.
ner Of table and slept stretched ON
. divan. 1t served him also ~
dormer window, open ON the world.
At all seasons he saw the city spread
at his feet, and the first fringes Of the
countrywide. with their perpetually
changing aspects. He felt NO need to
60 and study these at shorter range.
He created with his eyes closed, fol.
~~""Aso AAA0 AAMOA vA0AOh AuV Su0 V180s
tasmagoria Of his memories. He didn't
wish to be either accurate or precise,
but to suggest to men the idAa Of that
great unknown always. which fassi-
mates them.
His only outing. when he took one.
was to 60 to the galleries and visit
the old masters. The Louvre always
excited his liveliest emotions. There
he found those who, before him, had
Imprisoned their dreams in the magic
OF colors. and In all countries, under
all skies. had fixed the eternal in tina
smile OF woman or in the restless
eyes Of an adolescent. Why visit
far-off countries when one, thanks to
the miracle Of painting, can know
and possess the universef Leonard.
returning to his studio. on the top Of
the hill, leaned his arms ON his bel
vedere and watched the clouds of
smoke rise. In which. for him, were
condensed the life and the thought Of
people
Then the war came. The works Of
art, were removed from the capital
The old painter never went out any
more. Weary. forgotten. no had
ceased to stick his thumb in his pal :
cite and seat himself before his easel.
But the third companion q hi sx-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Daylight Saving to Continue

The House Of Representatives failed
yesterday to pass the agricultural appro-
priaton act, with its daylight saving
repeal "rider," over the Presidents Veto
On June Is the repealers were eleven
votes short Of a two-thirds majority
Yesterday, they were twenty-five votes
short. Daylight saving ought to be safe
for the life of this Congress, for the
President would undoubtedly veto a
separate repeal bill if it should get
through the two houses
1t behooves the friends of daylight con-
servation to do what they can to remove
the legitimate complaint of the dairymen
who have to catch trains running an hour
earlier than they used to do under the
sun schedule. This is detail which the
railroad administration could attend TO-
The other Inconvenience cited by the
farming population can take care of
themselves. Avoidable Inconvenience
furnish no good reason for surrender
ing the general and positive benefits of
the daylight saving.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15

suit, after declining for. six months to
do so, has not yielded much, but there
is the germ of sounder policy. The
Senate is to be congratulated on vindi-
eating it's prerogatives Of scrutiny and
Judgment The country is also to be con-
graduated, for it's interest is that of
it's trustee. The Senate, for various
reasons, is not popular body. A Presi-
dent finds it easier to reach and con-
troll public opinion, but let us never for
get that our government wisely is one
Of distributed rather than of concen-
trated authority. There are incon-
veniences in distribution, but the course
of all history attests that they are pref
cradle to the dangers of concentration.
A valuable by-product Of the great
debate in and out of Congress is re-
vindication of the sound democratic doc
trine that no single person shall be mas
ter, no matter how good may be his in
tentions or how excellent may be par
ticular action that he seeks to enjoin.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Labor, About Face!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
slf: Beheving in the efficacy and neces-
sity or organized labor and that honest
labor is one of the highest and most
honorable callings. and wishing for the
success and prosperity of the order TO
which belong, | wish to submit that
which appears to should be the funde
mental principles Of all responsible labo,
organizations in this country.
in 1883 organized labor asked for and
Congress passed the labor law known as
the Erdman act. This law relieved or
g""'zeo labor of the responsibility of the
acts OF is members or others in viola.
ton of the law.
when Congress passed the law maxine
organized capital responsible for 10
"c's IL placed them IN a responsible posi-
ton. BY virtue of the same method of
reasoning, when Congress passed the law
renewing organized labor of the resnons;-
billty of the acts of it's members !. ,,oao
'he organization irresponsible and con-
Verted 1t into a ,dshonorabe orpsniza-
ton. challenge any man to dispute the
logic OF this reasoning.
Under the cloak of this law of irro-
sponsibility the Bolshevists snd I. W VS.
nave voted to order three strikes in sv,,-
pathy for and the liberation of the mnr-
derer, Thomas Mooney, and the hundreds
OF political prisoners, spies and traitors
whom the government has imprisoned dur.
ing the war.
Inc responsible citizens Of America have
not forgotten that it was this element
which overthrew Russia and caused Mexico
untold troubles and revolutions.
need not further argue to convince Won
mat iapor organizations have become water
logged with the spirit of irresponsbilitv.
we must dump the refuse If we would save
the ship. The Gag we are sailing under
Is the red flag of irresponsibility. 1t don,
look good to me. Uncle Sam has no use
for It, Many OF the states have legislated
against 1t and others should
Let us get rid of it by requesting Con.
gress to repeal this irresponsible law and
replace US within the law of responsibility
and honor
Our labor organizations are now strong
enough to stand without questionable as-
sistancc Let us right about face, with
heads erect and a clean conscience. and face
the future with new real and honorable
determ mination. with the Stars and Stripes
flying at our masthead. c. w. HEATH.
Washtucna, Wis, June %, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
July, Not October

The swing of events more and more
is with those who reject the theory that
what treaty contains is none of the
public's business. Therefore, good re-
suit should not be jeopardized by such
blunder as keeping the debate open I'M
til October.
The discussion has gone on for eight
months and should be approaching an
end. 1t is as easy to decide now as
three months hence. Not much new re-
mains to be said
An element not contributory to the
covenants popularity was the delay in
it's preparation. Senators Lodge, Knox
and the others who have worked with
them have won, it would seem, their VIC
tory and may we'll clinch it. 1t now is
apparently conceded that the treaty will
be ratified with reservations, and the
substance of the reservations seems
agreed on. Why fill the pages of The
Congressional Record with repetitious
debate?
Since March the covenant in it's pres
ent form has been before the country.
Public epinion has had ample time to
inform itself and to react on the Sem
ate. The consequence has been that the
demand for a Qualification of the cove
nant has increased, not diminished.
Those who would swallow it whole have
had full hearing, and there is no reason
to anticipate a different Judgment if the
arguments are repeated. Vote, Mr.. SEN
ator, at the earliest possible hour.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Plus Yesterdays Work

During the war the people accumu-
lated spending power to an unprece-
dented extent through investment in
liberty bonds, war saving stamps anu
the like. But they also accumulated
wants, and now the channels of IL ade
are becoming choked by deferred spend
ing. The country is doing not only the
business of to-day and tomorrow, but
the business of yesterday as we'll That
is the chief reason why the decline in
prices, which was SO widely expected
to follow the cessation of hostilities,
has failed to come, and instead the gen
eral level of commodities was higher on
July than at any time during the war.
One wonders what will happen when, the
necessary credits having been provided,
Europe becomes an eager bidder FOR
American products.