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GERMANY MUST PAl
Important Commercial CenteTS
Destroyed Beyond Repair.
PEOPLE ARE LEFT HOMELESS
Country Should Be Forced to Pay for
Ruthless Destruction as Far as
Within the Power OF It's
People.
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

In August, 1914, the city of Lens in
northern France was a prosperous
community of close to $4,000 people. 1t
was known as the Pittsburgh of
France. and its coal fields were the
one great source of supply of fuel for
the nation. It's steel and iron mills
supplied much Of the material for
French railroads, shipbuildlng and
other industries. It's people We're in,
duStrIOus and thrifty, living i'm com
Portable homes, surrounded by the
modest mxuries Of an Industrial COM
munity.
All that is left of Lens today is a
crumbling pile Of debris. No single
wall Of the city is stiI standing, and
hardly q piece of a wall as much as
ten feet square can be seer amid the
terrible ruins. Both the buildings
and the machinery of its factories are
gone completely. Its coal mines are
flooded and the machinery with which
they were operated has been destroyed,
And all this because Germany start
ed a war for the purpose of conquest
a wal in which no principle other than
that Of selfshnesS was involved. To,
day Germany is "A crushed nation. Her
plans for world domination miScarried
her armies have been defeated, hut
before these things happened the city
Of Lens had been destroyed.
l stood amid the ruins of what had
once been the attractive and prosper
Gus Industrial community of Lens anC
watched hundreds of her people wh'
had returned after the Germans haC
been driven back, as they searched TO
the spots ON which their homes hur
once stood. as they dug into the debri
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NEW BOAT OF ODD DESIGN
Inventor Claims Many Good Points for
Craft Which He Has Recently
Had Constructed.

Interesting IDEAS are embodied in
a power boat Of unusual design that
has been constructed in the South
recently. \ +O-root hull. which has
a beam Of only - inches, supports
a deck l6 feet wide. Adjustable
poutoons r provided beneath the
latter at its outer edges, but ordi-
mrly these do not touch the water
when the craft is under way.
Although equipped with only a
l2-horsepower engine, it easily
makes II miles an hour in a smooth
SEA. By lowering the pontoons so
that they take the weight Of the YES
sci, the hull may be raised out Of the
water. Thus the boat is able to nayi-
gate in very shallow water, and also
form its own drydock, Supposedly
it can neither be capsizcd nor
swampcd.
The inventor, who has applied for
patent rights, thinks that the idea
might well be adapted to vessels Of
larger tonnage. CheGpness of con-
s]tructiou. economy Of fuel, speed
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WHY RED CROSS DOES
NOT DO THIS WORK
All During War American Committee
Had Worked in Turkey and They
Are Now on the Scene.

From the time the United States
entered the war it was impossible for
the Red cross to carry on its work in
Turkey with other organizations
they were forced to leave the Otto,
man Empire.
During all the latter part Of the
struggle when all other organizations
had been eyicted from Turkey the
American missionaries stayed
They were on the ground during
the persecution Of the Armenians, the
Assyrians, the Greeks and the Jews.
They managed to maintain their on
~ganization through the war. They
have been in the country for many
years and are entirely familiar with
the situation,
They will not have to train am
send workers there for the distribu
ton Of the $3O,OOO,OOO fund that is
being raised in this country Feb. 3-l(
for the starving people Of, the Ntal
East. q.
Their organization has been exam
ined by the l.. 5. Food Administra
ton and pronounced entirely satislac
tory and aDie to carry out the worl
that must be done. They are read,
to start working Just as Don us tn,
funds can be raised and placed II
their hands. They know the Armer
ians. Greeks and other peoples Will
whom they hace to deal and they alsl
know the Turk.
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N CROP OF 1918.

The honey crop Of the United
States for 1913 having been placed
by the department of agriculture at
about 250,000,0OO pounds, the
American Botanist estimates that,
as the nectar of flowers does not be-
come honey until worked over and
partly cyaporated, the bees must
move as much as 100000 tons of
material to produce this crop, eyclu-
siye Of the honey eaten by them
selves. OF this product, about one
half is from the nectar Of white
clover, with two other legmninous
plants-aIfalfa and sweet cloyer-as
the next important sources. A
honey that can be recognized is pro-
duced by a few plants, including
cotton, Eastwood, tulip tree, buck.
wheat, goldenrod and mountain
sage.
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ORDER nE PUBLICATION.

In the Probate Court of Lafayette
County. Missouri, 9th Day Adjourn
ed November Term, 1918, 18th day
of January, 1919
Estate of Henry Henning deceased,
Now at this day comes Margaretha
Henning. Administrators Of the es-
tate of Henry Henning deceased, and
presents her petition praying for an
order for the sale of so much Of the
real estate of said Henry Henning,
deceased, as will pay and satisfy the
remaining debts due by said estate
and vet unpaid for want of sufficient
assets. accompanied by the accounts,
lists and inventories required by law
in such cases, with description of the
real estate, all verified by affidavit
of Administrative.
On examination whereof it is or
dered that all persons interested in
said estate he notified that applica-
ton as aforesaid has been made, and
that unless the contrary be shown on
or before February oath, 1919, being
| the 18th day of the next term Of this
Court, to begin on the second Mon
day in February, 1919, an order will
be made for the sale Of the whole OF
so much of the real estate Of said
Henry Henning deceased, as will be
sufficient for the payment of said
debts. .
And it is further ordered that al
of the heirs of said deceased, residents
of said Lafayette County, be person.
ally served with notice of these pro.
ceedings according to law.
And it is further ordered that this
notice be published in The LeXing.
ton Intelligencer, a newspaper pub
lished in said county for five week.
successfully, the first publication
thereof to be at least thirty days be
fore the said thirteenth day of tn
next term of this Court to be hel,
on February Oath, 1919.
(SEAL)
STEPHEN N. WILSON,
Judge of Probate
A true copy. Attest;
Marguerite Hartman,
Clerk of Probate Court.
January II, 1919, 81
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Do YOU YAWN AT CONCERTS?
II So, There Is a Reason, Which Is
Thus Explained by Modern
Song Writer.

If % person yawns during a sym
phouy concert and twists his program
instead of being absorbed in classical
music it may not be- his fault. 1t may
Dee due To an ]undeveloped pituitary
body which is located in the brain,
back of the temples.
This is according to Cyril Scott, the
song writer in his "Thc Philosophy
of Modernism in Connection with
Music" Mr.. Scott says that this pltu-
Otary body is highly susceptible to mu-
sicul vibrations, if normally developed,
In other words, it is the seat Of the
emotions. lie goes further and adds
that ii is the seat of the astral or sub
iimnl self. This Is ia keeping with
the theory of the anclents that this
gland is the Seat of the soul.
In commenting on Mr.. SCOTS state,
ment, Medicine and Surgery Magazine
says:
AT a time like this when the pltu.
itary body is the paramount topic OF
conversation in medical circles on &C,
count of its influence on our under.
weight or overweight, Cyril Scott''
message In regard to its attitude to
ward music should give us pause. The
faulty pituitary body can be corrected
mo- doubt, by treatment; made super
sensitive and vibrant; thus a person
Indifferent to music may become highl!
4 a|ppreciutive ~ it,
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FINAL L

Notice is hereby given to all cred
ltors and other persons interested in
me estate of James Peak deceased.
that the undersigned Executors will
apply to make a final settlement of
said estate, at the February term.
1913, of the Probate Court of Lafav,
cite County, Missouri, to be begun
and held at the Probate Court room
IN the city of Lexington, on the sec.
ond Monday in February, 1919.
JAMES l.. PEAK and
LAURENCE G. PEAK.
Evac,+oua
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NOTICE
WITH N1-ITJ ANNRNEn


Notice is hereby given, that letters
of administration with will annexed
on the estate of Mamie r. Vaughan
deceased, were granted to the under
signed on the 10th day of January.
1919, by the Probate Court of Lafay
cite County, Missouri, All persons
having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them for allow
ance to the undersigned within six
months after the date of granting
said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of said estate; and
if such claims be not exhibited with
in one year from the date of grant
ing said letters, they will be forever
barred.
Witness my signature on this 10th
day of January, 1919.
T.. B. VAUGHAN,
Administrator with will annexed.
Attested by Stephen N. Wilson Judge
of Probate for Lafayette County,
Missouri.
(SEAL) Jan. II, 1919.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
ltors and other persons interested in
the estate of Gustav Drumm deceased
that the Undersigned Executor will
apply to make a final settlement of
said estate, at the February term,
1919, of the Probate Court of Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, to be begun
and held at the Probate Court room.
IN the city of Lexington, on the sec
ond Monday in February, 1919.
U. @. PHETZING,
L..na-A-
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FINAL EMrNr

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itorS and other persons interested IN
.ie estate OF Claus Henning deceas.
that the Undersigned Administra.
tor Will apply to make a final SETTLE.
ment OF said estate, at the Febrnary
FERN, 1919, of the Probate Court Of
LaIayette County, Missouri, to be he.
u and held at the Probate Court
room IN the city of Lexington, on the
second Monday in February. 1910
HENRY c.. HENNING
Administrator
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

NOTICE IS hereby given, that letters
Vt administration on the estate &c
Ann K. Vaughan deceased. wou Ua
o Ganted to the undersigned on " tbe
BUN day of December, i9iS. by t tt,o
probate Court of Lafayette Coun t,e
missouri All persons having Claw,
against said estate are reoniroJ
Snlnlt them for allowance to the M
,etslgned within six months after f tbo
uate OF granting said letters I or +b ,ue
may Dc precluded from any bonasys
ol SAID estate; and if such cloim elellI
nov t exhibited within one YEAR u,"i fro DC
u.in uate OF granting said letters tba,,
WI, be forever barred. '"ey
"lt1eSs my signature or this 2oth
u"y oil December, 1918. own
+. B. VAUGHAN.
AteeSted by Stephen N. Wilson ,g 1,C,
81 Probate for Lafayette cO SuIge
(SEAL) T.
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H. c.
Public Administratn
FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate of Christian Walk deceased,
that the undersigned Executrix and
Executor will apply to make a final
settlement of said estate, at the Feb
ruary term, 1919, of the Probate
Court Of Lafayette County, Missour;.
to be begun and held at the Probate
Court room, in the city OF Lexington,
on the second Monday in February
1919.
EMMA WALK, Executrix and
LOUIS PETSCH. Executor
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate of joni Aull deceased,
that the undersigned Administrator
will apply to make a final settlement
of said estate, at the February term,
1919, Of the Probate Court of Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, to be begun
and held at the Probate Court room,
in the city of Lexington, on the sec
ond Monday in February, 1919.
WILLIAM AULL,
AArniNyrt,.Az.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred.
ltors and other persons interested in
the estate of Mary C. Henry deceas.
ed, that the undersigned Executor
VIII apply to make a final settlem
OF said estate, at the February term
1919, of the Probate Court Of VI ~, u
Iayette County, Missouri, to be be-
gun and held at the Probate Cont
room, IN the city of Lexington. on
the second Monday in February, I9io
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
Execution
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The cathedral, and day after day, week
gtter week and month after month
they continued to pour a rain of metal
upon this beautiful old church until
Today it is nothing but a mass Of pow
iored stone. Germany cannot give
hack that cathedral Of Arras, but she
can pay and should pay for the need.
less, sonselesS destruction.
And the fair cities and towns that
have been So ruthlessly destroyed are
but incidents in the devastation caused
hy this war. and for all of which Ger.
many and her allies, and they alone.
are responsible, and for all of which
they should pay.
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Pelican There goes Hippo on the
way to the Jungleville mask ball,
But why all those spots painted on
his hide?
Parrot Oh, that is his ball cos,
tune. He's going as a giraffe.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate of Eliza G. Hyde de-
ceased, that the Undersigned Execu-
tor will apply to make a final settle
ment of said estate, at the February
term, 1919, of the Probate Court of
Lafayette County, Missouri, to be be-
gun and held at the Probate Court
room, in the city of Lexington, on
the second Monday in February, 1919
HENRY c. WALLACE,
EYnrntnr
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all cred
ltors and other persons interested in
the estate of Marian A. Jackson de-
ceased, that the undersigned Public
Administrator will apply to make a
final settlement of said estate, at the
February term, 1919, of the Probate
Court of Lafayette County, Missouri.
to be begun and held at the Probate
Court room, in the city of Lexington,
on the second Monday in February,
1919. ~
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W GlNtl SllAoF NNbA ~ DAAA'1 49,
Oils, Mary Redman; and John Oils,
a minor, by his curator Henry c..
Wallace, Plaintiffs
Louis Oils, Josephine Garter. Louise
Smith, Rosa Barker, William SChie-
Der, John Schieber, Katie Schieber,
Albert Schieber, Robert Schieber, and
Lewis Luehrman, Frank Luehrman,
Henry Luehrman, Albert Luehrman
and Louise Luehrman, and W. c.
Oils, Administrator ~ Defendants
By virtue of a judgment and order
Of sale made at the October adjourn
ed term, November 81, 1918, by the
Circuit Court of Lafayette County, at
Lexington, Missouri, a duly certified
copy whereof has been issued from
the office of the Clerk of said Cir
cult Court, to me directed and return
able to the February term 1919, of
said Circuit Court, !, Joseph c. Tai
bolt, Sheriff of Lafayette County,
Missouri, will on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1919,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day in front of the
court house front door in the City
Of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, during the session and sitting
of the Circuit Court of said County
at the February term 1919, thereof
sell publicly at auction, to the high.
est bidder for cash in hand, the fol.
lowing described real estate situate
lying and being, in Lafayette County
Missouri, towit; The east half of the
northeast quarter Of the northeast
quarter of Section Eleven (ll), anC
a part of the southeast quarter Of thC
northeast quarter of Section Clever
(11), and a part Of the southwes'
quarter of the northwest quarter o.
Section Twelve (12), the last TIVE
pieces being more particularly de
scribed as follows:
Commencing at the northeast corn
er of said southeast quarter of thu
northeast quarter of Section Elevel
Ql), and running thence west forty
poles, thence south twenty-five pole.
and eleven feet, thence east sixty
poles, thence north twenty poles anC
eleven feet, thence west twenty pole.
to the place of beginning; also tn,
\ northwest quarter of the northwes'
} quarter of section Twelve Q2), ex
cept three acres out of the northeas
l corner thereof described as follows
- beginning at the northeast corner o.
! the northwest quarter of the north
west quarter of said section lively,
7 12) and running thence west ffteer
and three-elevenths Us 3-ll) rods
thence south thirty-one and three
4 elevenths rods 81 3-ll) thence cas-
fifteen and three elevenths rod
{ COS Bid, thence north thirty-on
' and three-elevenths rods 81 3-1l) +
7 beginning, all of said land being il
Township FOrty-nine (49), Rang
t Twenty-eight (2S) and containing il
all S~iXty-fve and 50-10O acres of Ian,
" more or less.
S Given under my hand this the lott
q day of January, 1919.
j. C. TALBOT.
Sheriff for Lafayette County
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Cured at a Cost of Is Cents.

Eight years ago when we first
moved to NATION, l was a great
sufferer from indigestion and
constipation" writes Mrs. Rob
ert Allison, NATION I'll. 81 had
frequent headaches and dizzy
spells, and there was a feeling
ike a heavy weight pressing on
my stomach and chest all the
time. | felt miserable. Every
morsel of food distressed me.
could not rest at night and felt
tired and worn out all the time.
One bottle of Chamberlain's
Tablets cured me and | have
since felt like a different per.
SON"
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GAS Q RIA
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that let
ters of administration on the estate
of Mary A. Zeiler deceased. were
granted to the undersigned on the
18th day of January, 1919, by the
Probate Court of Lafayette County.
Missouri, All persons having claims
against said estate are required to
exhibit them for allowance to the I'M
dersigned within six months after the
date of granting said letters, or thew
may be precluded from any benefit
of said estate; and if such claims he
not exhibited within one wear from
the date Of granting said letters. thew
will be forever barred.
Witness my signature on this 18th
day of January, 1919.
SAMUEL |. DRYSDALE.
40, Administrator.
Attested by Stephen N. Wilson ,Judge
Of Probate for Lafayette County
Missouri.
(sEAL) Jan. %, 1919.
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FINAL %SETTLEMENr-

Notice is hereby given to all cred.
TORS and other persons interested in
the estate of Leona f. Mark deceas cod
that the undersigned Executor Will
apply to make a final settlement Of
said estate, at the February term
l9l9' OF the Probate Court of Lsfav,
ette County, Missouri, to be begSn
ana held at the Probate Court room
me city of Lexington, on the sec.
ond Monday in February, 1919.
J, X. LETTER,
Executor.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all cred
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of Arthur Beard deceased.
that the undersigned Administrator
will apply to make a final settlement
OF said estate, at the February term,
1919, of the Probate Court ofLafav.
cite County, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room. in
the city of Lexington, on the second
Monday in February, 1919.
WILLIAM BEARD,
Jan. 10, 1919.
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Young pen pods are largely eaten In
Europe and ere described as tender,
succulent and wholesome.
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hey cau he made to pay for them so
sar as dollars can pay.
And with the passing of this city
.bore passed away many thousand
lives of British soldiers who today lie
buried around the place they so brave
~ defended. one possibly better re.
Allies here the terrorS of this war than
at any other one spot. Here the Ger
.mgus held the hills to the east of the
city. and the British defenders Occu-
pied the low-lying fields between the
hills and the city. For them dugOutS
or deep trenches We're out of the Ques-
ton as the land is but little above
sea- level. And here. in what is almost
a marsh, the British Tommies lay
month after month, through winter and
summer, a fair target for the Boche
guns ON the nearby hills.
When | was in Ypres late in OctO-
her, many of the people to whom it
had been home, were there digging
hopelesSly in the rubbish in a vain eff
fort to find some small thing that could
be- associated with the homes that the
Germans had destroyed in their effort
to secure world domination by a war
of conquest.
City of Walls Only.
The city Of Menin in Belgium, was
not Shelled by either army, and yet it
is a city that Germany should pay for.
The walls of Menin are standing, but
it is a city of walls only. The floors,
the roofs, the ioiSts, the doors and win
dows and the door and window castings
are gone, all torn out by the invading
Boche, with the result that the people
of Menin are as homeless as the peo-
pie of Lens and Ypres and hundreds of
other cities and towns in the invaded
countries.
i rode through devastated Armen-
there's, Bailleul, La Bassee, DOuai,
Cambria. RoiSel. PerOnne, Albert, Ar
ras, st. Quentin, GuiScard, NOyon,
Chauny, Thiuucourt, VigneulleS and
hundreds Of smaller towns, and the
story of devastation was always the
same, with but little variation, devas-
tation caused by the Bochc, and for
which the Boche should pay, and for
which the price assessed will never he
high enough.
I'm many ways the heIliShnesS Of the
EOchp has hopn demonstrated. The
city Of ArraS has not suffered such
complete destruction as has fallen
upon many other cities. Here the Ger
mau gunners conferred their fire upon
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SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTITION

Walter Oils, George Oils, Hazel
Oils, Mary Redman; and John Oils,
q minor, by his curator Henry c.
Wallace. Plaintiffs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-04
COMMITTEES POSTPONE
DISTRICT LEGISLATION

Nothing will be done by House COM
mittees for about two weeks toward
redraftlng the bill for increase in sal
airy for all members Of the police force
and providing increases for the thir-
ty-five patrol drivers. Chairman
Gould Of the subcommittee Of the
House District committee. which has
organized to consider not only the
salary question. but the proposal to
make q shorter probationary period
between the grades in the police serv-
ice and the proposal to put the patrol
drivers under civil service, has been
called out Of town and will not return
for ten days. Other members Of the
committee also have left the Capitol.
Chairman Mapes Of the House Dis
trict committee has left Washington
to be gone at least q week; therefore
there viii be no District legislation
given consideration for at least two
weeks.