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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10
FWETS' PLANNING
FOR REPEAL Of
PROHIBITION LAW
KitChin Leads Fight 10 Repeal
I Wartime Prohibition,

WASHINGTON, July l0-A deter
mined fight to repeal war time prohi-
biiion will be launched by admins
tra,on democrats and 'wctS' of both
parties when the enforcement bill now
before the house is taken up for
amendment
Z This move is being engineered BY
Representative Kltchin of North Car
ollna, democratic leader in the las,
ccngiess
He has received many assurances Of
support, bu, is doubtful whether the
repcal amendment can pe, by a point
OF order that II is no, cctmane 10 the
bill, which is certain 10 be made.
Special Rule Asked
The rules committee may be asked
10 report out special rule making
the amendment IN order, II this action
should become necessary Represent
atyc Campbell OF Kansas chairman
o' tN- committee, said today that he
would not oppose the rule but the
stan0ch dry members may be able
60 0rcvcn, favorable action
~ Anv event the reveal motion will
have wo chances Of reaching vote
The member OF the house presiding
Bover the committee OF the whole will
rulc on the poin, of order when il is
moved to strike ont that portion Of
the enforcement bill dealing with war
time prohibition and inscr, in lieu
ther.of the provision for repeal Of the
original wlr time act
Included in Bill.
n tie first ruling sustairS the point
OF order a mo..on to recommit the
bill to the judiciary committee with
instructions TO rc-report il with the
repeal amendment included will be
offered when the bill comes up for
final passage in the house Speaker
Gllet, will be IN the chair to rule on
the motion al this time
At Mr. kitchin's rcqucs, the speak
er is now studying the rule, to sec il
the repeal amendment may be de
elarcd IN order
. The former democratic leader is a
consistent advocate of prohibition but
under the present circumstances he
believes it to be only fair and Just
that war time prohibition be repealed.
"Wets Revise Plans"
The wet leaders revised their
plan OF action today II they find it
impossible to put through any of the
amendments they have ready to Of
Ter. they will attempt, a, last re
sof', to make the proposed law fair
20 all the people, as they put it. by
inserting a drastic search and seizure
provision "a
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10
General Strike Is
Called for italy

ROME, July l0-The chamber OF
labor has proclaimed a general strike
ms from midnigh, Tuesday as sign
ot protest against tie police and mill
,ary measures adopted by the gov
crlment to prevent further disorders.
The entire police garrison i, held in
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10

n bee bsss ~ Hat thst5 - now
ha(oiy 3 ~. town " village In this
co6ntYy VA&rsln sslns woman does not
reside wAe ~. fSsaA heath In that
secd. old-fashions1 fsmsds. Lydia r
Piakham's vssstab,s COMPOUND. There
fsss. u yos are suffssiag M osss all
Hsnt, .as6 hardly kee@ 49, tC'oe ~
~ .apd have tritd other eoG16l1Q With
~ hslp,. ask your neiSbbot u)ne has
~ ues1 Lyals "A rtnkhaQ'0 Vleeta.
cnmuDuDd. n she hersek kas never
80 cshers who we're juSt n yo,,r
y .lQp and who have been restorsd
\. ~ ~ Ne use. (Adv)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10

mains to be seen II has now to com
>pete with wartime expansion in such
countries as Japan and Canada The
Nations Business for July.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10
A Problem In Finance.

After six weeks of calculating, |
find that | owe the government three
cents income tax" said the fair Wis
"YeS, ms'am," replied tn. revenue
collector
Il merely came in for a BIT of in
formation. VIII Uncle Sam accept
Stamp in payment '"-Birmingham
Age Herald.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10

but are YOU sure yoN wife won't
mind your bringing me home to take
pot luck'" "
Quite sure. old chap. Why, we were
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10

none Of our lumber kings ever had at
their disposal-The Nations Business
for July.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10
Liner STRIKES
. ICEBERG; MEN
KILLED, z HURT
Steamship Is Damaged But
Manages to Reach Port,

ST. JOHNS, N. f., July lO--Two
men were killed and two were injured
when the Allan liner Grampian, Mon
rreal for Liverpool, collided with an
Jceberg off Cape Race last night. The
steamship with $50 passengers and a
crew of $50, arrived here this morn
ing for repairs.
Detroit Methodis,s plan erection Of
\ SOOOW apartment house in which
no family without children will be
allowed to reside
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
The Building Situation

A current bulletin of the Ameri-
can Exchange National Bank of
New York. City makes this interest
ing statement:
building statistics for May af-
ford the highest satisfaction when
viewed in the relation of such fig
ures to general confidence. Econ
emists regard the evidence present
ed in the form of purchases of ma
terials to be used in permanent
construction as the highest that
can be adduced in proof of state
of confidence in the existing price
level. That being true, May, with
the highest values involved in build
ing permits, but two in the history
of the country, apparently offers a
guarantee that prices have reach
ed the bottom" and an assurance
for the future that should remove
lingering doubt. The total value of
the buildings projected under the
permits issued in 167 cities during
the month reached the satisfactory
figure of S107,701, 900, an increase of
nearly $57,000,000, or more than
double the figures for the same
month of last year and nearly $20,-
100000 more than in the same
month of 1917. The only two months
that show a higher total are May
and July of 1916"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
ReOrganizing the Guard
[ From the PHILADELPHIA Press.

IT TOHl tne fHllduelpnld L HISSS.
Gratifying indeed is the conces-
sion to the patriotic pride of Phila-
delphia and the State in the assur-
ances of General March to Con-
gresham Crago that the red Key
stone of the 2Sth Division would
not be transferred to a regular di-
vision of the American army. This
departure from the intentions of the
War Department to confer the titles
and insignia of certain National
Guard Divisions on regulars is u re-
cognition of the superior claims of
Pennsylvania in the perpetuation of
the deeds of valor and records of
her heroic sons.
The red Keystone will be a covet-
ed badge of honor when the new
National Guard is organized. Vet
eran guardsmen and officers who
served in France have expressed
vision should not be the title. of a
regular division. For the present
the famous insignia will not be ap-
propriated to the National Guard
of Pennsylvania. But when reor-
ganization of the National Guard
has proceeded toward completion,
there is reason to nope that the
red Keystone will be the authorized
emblem which every soldier of the
State will be proud TO wear.
In the meantime the War Depart
ment authorizes the formation of
four infantry regiments of the Ma
tional Guard in Pennsylvania. This
allotment is greater than that of
any other State, except New York,
which is authorized to organize and
maintain six regiments. In addition
to this full division of infantry,
Pennsylvania is allotted the right to
maintain auxiliary troops compris-
ing one cavalry squadron. one regi-
ment of field artillery. one battalion
of field engineers, one field signal
battalion, one engineer train and
one sanitary train, complete.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
TRADE BRIEFS

Tho fusion of the we'll known
british shoe polish firm of Day d
Martin, Ltd, with Hargreaves Broth
ers & Co, Ltd, long established
concern, which for many years
manufactured only laundry blue"
and black lead but which has more
recently added floor, metal and boot
polish and other household re
auisites to it's products, is reported
from London by Trade Commission
er H. G.. Brock.
Japanese peppermint and menthol
dealers expect a revival in their
trade soon. There was quite a
slump in this industry during the
war, the only orders that were re-
ceived being small ones coming from
America and parts of Europe.
Chinese Government railroads
Yielded a good profit for the year
1917. The report for that year shows
a surplus for the entire system of
21,6SO.195, which is slightly larg-
er sum than the 1916 surplus and
nearly double that of 1915.
. Japan's foreign trade in forest pro-
ducts has greatly increased during
the past year. The export Of lum-
Der amounted to $4,000, 900, veseta BILE
wax to $1,792,000. Camphor was
shipped to the value of $1,572500,
and exports of cocoanut oil naoitn ted
to S5,S40,000. ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
A REJECTION SLIP
[From the Saturday Evening Post

/ verse desire that crops out at inter-
vals in mankind to follow after some
raise god, in the secret hope that he
VIII be more lenient with their
stupidities, more sympathetic with
their laziness, kindlier with their
vices than the just God of their faith
! ers. The turning of the old Israelites
TO Baal to Dagon and other false
/ gods of the East was probably a crude
Old-Testament Bolshevism.
Nothing is easier to be fake
Messiah IL one cares to deceive and
misledd the people. Almost any man
or plausible address who will let his
whiskers grow and walk down the
street proclaming a new creed-espe-
clally II 1t promises less work, more
pay, more wine and more women
can gather a following overnight and
head a new sect. with what theatri-
| cal people call important money"
howing into his Golfers. For life is
hard If lived rightly-but it is even
harder II lived wrongly. Happiness
is something that we are doing, not
getting, day by day. And nothing
permanent is built without slow and
deep foundations. A bomb may blow
up a factory, the torch may destroy
city, but they must be rebuilt one
brick at time. Lenine and Trotzky
and their followers, from the un-
! educated sincere fool to the edu-
Gated insincere ass, may destroy
civilization. but it must be rebuilt
! in the sweat and blood of coming
generations-genera that they
would re-enslave in the name of
freedom.
Publishing is a field that is open to
anyone with an idea and the ability
to express it. For the real capital
of publishing-the only product of
publishing-is ideas. The actual
paper or periodical is simply a pack
age. Because of this. perhaps, II is
easier than in a business where the
product is a concrete thing to sell
poisonous adulterated and meretric-
| ious goods to the unsuspecting and
uneducated The market is full of
| quack papers, containing easy-to-
take nostrums for every human i'll
and pink panaceas for white-livered
people; but they are all dope--at best.
| cheap opium and wood alcohol-pur-
veyors of half-lies, near-lies and lies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
The Man of Morn

TFrom the Baltimore Sun.l
The Man of Morn came down the
way
With laughter in his eyes of light;
He saw the world a sunny day,
He helped the world forget the
night,
He took the care and took the grief,
And fed with them and cast them
out,
And brought the world a new belief
And sang and rang a battle shout.
The Man of Morn was good to see
Because of smiles that decked his
face,
He broke mems gives and set them
free
And made the world a SUMMER
place.
He grasped the shadow, rolled it
back,
And put the vision in mems
hearts,
And lifted them from off the rack
And swept old sorrow from the
marts.
He played and danced, he was a
beam
From hills of beauty and of dawn;
He showed the world the way 10
dream,
He took the greed and hate and
scorn,
And cast them down, and with
OF hope and cheer relit the morn
In spirits that had cried them
done.
The man of Morn~came down the
street,
And all the weary and the old
Turned young and gay and blithe
and sweet
And travelled back from gray to
gold,
He took the sighs and sobs and tears
And turned them into smiles and
song,
And stayed the doubt and healed
the fears
And steeled the right against the
wrong.
He loved and suffered and was true
He gave and served, and answered
death
With Spring, and on his trumpet
A challenge with his morning
breath.
A niner of the peace of earth,
He led the legions, and they came
With dance and song ana smiles OF
mirth
That sprang from his auroral
fame.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
What Nert.9
tFrom Forbes Magazine I

1t doesn't require a magnifying
glass to find evidences of profiteer-
ing in this country. The prices we
are compelled to pay for suits. for
certain cotton materials, for shoes
and for numerous other necessities
are outrageous. And now comes a
prominent Brazilian authority on
coffee who gasped on arriving in
New York and finding that as high
as rs cents a pound was being
charged for coffee and that medi-
ocre stuff was selling for 40 cents
a pound. He declared most en-
phatically that the 75-cent brand
sold in Brazil for 12k cents and the
40-cent variety for 10 cents. He
added that every Brazilian port is
piled high with coffee ready for ship
ment, the vessel by which he travelled
brought no less than 10000 bags of
coffee and fully half as much cocoa.
AS if the prices here were not high
enough already, an increase of Z
cents a pound was audaciously an
nounced week or two ago. New
York's commissioner of public mar
kets, Jonathan {. Day, states with
out equivocation that mercantile
manipulation is responsible" He
declares that he learned quietly
some time ago that a powerful ring
was being formed to control coffee
prices here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
GO SLOW

~ ADICAL prohibitionists in Con-
X gress may do the cause more
harm than good If they are
not careful. For years prohibition
lists have been crying for fair play.
Now they are charged with jamming
legislation through the House with
out opportunity for debate and in
violation of all the principles of
democracy. Their excuse is that
any means is justifiable in their fight
against rum. But Americans be-
lieve in fair play for even the under
dog, and in this case the violence of
the prohibition leaders may be very
hurtful to the admirable object they
have in mind.
A great majority of the people
are opposed to a resumption of the
sale of Intoxicating liquors. They
have had their fill of the saloon, and
the police records already show the
beneficial effects of temperance leg
islation. But they will resent any
effort to go behind the intent of the
present wartime prohibition meas
ure, which was to stop the sale of
intoxicating beverages on July of
this year. Nothing is said therein
concerning the right of the private
individual to his own stock of
liquors, and there can be no excuse
at this time for interfering with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
.Leoion to Haze an Emblem

A button adopted by the National
Executive Committee of the Ameri-
can Legion as the official emblem of
the national organization of 4,000,-
600 American veterans of the great
war will be distributed in a few
days to members of the legion
through State branches and local
posts throughout the country.
The button is three-quarters of
an inch in diameter. 1t consists of
a central small replica of the regu-
lation bronze five-pointed star dis
charge button issued by the War
Department to honorably discharg-
ed service men, surrounded by a
narrow circular bond of blue en-
amel, containing the words, Amer
lean Legion" in gold letters. The
button has fluted gold edge. The
central replica of the discharge
button will be silver instead of
bronze for members of the legion
who were wounded in the service.
The necessary steps will be taken
by the Legislative Committee of the
American Legion. headed by former
Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee and
former Congressman Thomas W.
Miller of Delaware, to have the en-
blem copyrighted and its use fully
protected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
Gerndny'S Guilt

In an article headed The Ques-
tion of Guilt at Versailles" DR..
Richard Grelling, author of the IA
nous brochure "Jaccuse," in which
the guilt for the world war was
laid at the door of the German gov
ernment early in the European con-
fiict, returns to an analysis of this
question in bitter disappointment
because the revolutionary German
government has still failed to con-
slider 1T frankly and to draw the
proper conclusions from it. The
article, which appeared in the Freie
Zeitung of Berne of June IL, copy
of which has just been received
here, derives added interest from
the fact that Immediately after the
armistice DR.. Grelling hurried back
to Germany to take part in the
purging and reconstructive, pro-
cesses of the revolutionary govern
ment and to cooperate with the
Socialist Karl Kautsky in examining
the secret German archives, with
view to publishing these to the
world in the effort to bring to light
the true origin of the war. This
effort of Kautsky, however, was soon
Nnipped in the bud by the Ebert
Scheidemann regime, which char
acteristized such a publication as
for the time being inexpedient.
In his article DR.. Grelling says:
Truly there is no help for the
unfortunate German people. All
addresses and sermons since the
beginning of the decline and the
overthrow of the crowned criminals,
all ardent injunctions and warnings
on the part of true lovers of their
fatherland, have been merely so
many words spoken into the wind
fallen on deaf ears and hardened
hearts; also all attempts to say to
them: Confess your guilt in the
war; freely take, upon yourselves all
the burdens, that have been put
upon your opponents through the
misdeeds of your former rulers
Free your conscience, purify the
morale of your people
The very makeup of the first
revolutionary government, with
Ebert. Scheidemann, and Landsberg
as Peoples Commissioners in the
empire; Sudekum and Hanisch in
Prussia, and David. most stubborn
champion of the war of defense
theory, especially in the Foreign
Office. seemed to destroy all hope
of an inner change in the German
mentality, a voluntary confession.
and honest repentance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
STOP FORESTALLING

IT is apparent that the old-fore-
stalling ordinance now on the
statute books of the city can
not be made to apply to the pres
ent situation. Its intent is all that
might be asked, but it's operations
are limited. A new ordinance, meet
ing modern conditions, should be
written around the general thought
embraced in~the old ordinance and
new and heavier penalties should be
attached. No time should be lost in
this.
It is an indisputable fact that
many retailers buy in the city mar
kets goods brought to town for sale
directly to the consumer. This
should be stopped. The markets
are intended for the consumer and
the farmer, not for the middlemen
who is interested only in the taking
of a profit. If there is any surplus
after the regular market hours,
then 1t would be only reasonable to
permit the sale of such surplus to
retailers for reselling, in which
case the consumer would have only
himself to blame If he did not take
advantage of market-house prices.
Worse even than the mere buying
by retailers is that the additional
prices they are compelled to ask in
order to live results in the farmer
advancing his prices to meet the
new maximum, and SO the con-
sumer is made the goat of the whole
transaction.
An anti-forestalling ordinance is
demanded. The councilman who
votes for such a measure will be
popular in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19

ing compensation as long as he is
an asset to the community"
York county Democrats are at
it again. The we'll informed York
Dispatch says: '1n the nomination
of county tickets bitter factionalism
has already developed among the
Democrats. This is not at all new,
but it is of special interest at this
time, because the coming primaries
will witness an important clash in
the fight for political supremacy be-
tween the Brodbeck and Fix forces,
looking ahead to the nomination for
Congress next year. For this nom-
ination, A. r. Brodbeck, of Han
over, who was decisively defeated
for reelection by his Republican
opponent, Congressman E. S.
Brooks, last fall, and A. f. Fix,
present county treasurer. who was
defeated by Mr.. Brodbeck for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
last spring, both aspire, and head
opposing factional forces. AS the
primaries of this fall approach, the
breach between them is becoming
wider"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Francis Fisher Kane, United
States Distrity Attorney at Phiia-
delphia, was a visitor to the State
Capitol.
Judge John r. Head, who filed
the decision in the Superior Court
in the Fifth Ward case, is one of
the early members of the court.
He lives at Greensburg.
Col Fred Taylor Pusey. quar-
termaster of the Keystone Division.
may become an officer of the new
National Guard.
Roy A. Hatfield, president of
Montgomery county commissioners.
is an advocate OF a memorial bridge
for the soldiers of that county.
Mayor William H. Smart Of
Uniontown, has made his city he
good through a crusade against the
gamblers.
Col. Asher Miner, commander
of the Luzerne artillery, cited by
General Pershing, used to be n
member of the Legislature.
Mayor f. V. Babcock, of Pitts
burgh, was a guest of the Governor
for day accompanied by Mrs.
Babcock and his son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19

what looks like personal privilege,
condoned. If not actually permitted,
by the law.
Next January the prohibition
amendment goes into effect and 1t
will be enough at that time to con-
slider the more stringent enforce
ment legislation that then will be
necessary. Wise and conservative
thought is desirable. Hit-and-run
methods will not do either now nor
then. Congress would do better by
contining itself at this time to a
clear definition as to what degree
of alcohol may be permitted in
drinks rather than in attempting
radical regulations not in keeping
with the letter of the present pro-
hibtion statute and tending only to
strengthen the hands of the liquor
forces. 2