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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27
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Washington

Without any change more important
than the insertion of semicolon tbe
federal food control act was passed
by the house at Washington as pro-
posed by the attorney general. There
was no roll call on any of its provi-
sions. A penalty of $1,000 fine or two
years Imprisonment is provided.
By a strict party vote the house at
Washington passed and sent to the
senate bill imposing a tariff of $40
unit or $500 a ton on crude tung-
stem ore and 81 pound on serro-
tungsten and other tungsten salts.
Prohibition scored again. The SEN
ate at Washington passed bill pro-
hibiting the sale and use of intoxicat-
ing liquors in the Panama canal zone.
In conference at the White House
at Washington unprecedented in Amer
lean history, President Wilson dis
cussed the peace treaty with the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, an
swered questions put by senator's and
gave out stenographic transcript of
the proceedings to the public. Max
ing plea for ratification of the treaty
that the world might be turned wholly
back to a peace basis, the president
said he saw no reasonable objection to
the senate expressing it's interpreta-
ton Of the League Of Nations cove
nant as long as those interpretations
did not actually become part Of the
act of ratification.
The president has not the power to
declare peace by proclamation, nor
could he consent in any circumstances
to take such course prior to the rati-
hcation of formal treaty of peace by
the senate. President Wilson so
wrote Senator Fall in answer to one
Of the 20 written questions the senator
presented at the White House confer
ence at Washington.
Favorable report on amendments to
the food control act imposing a $1,000
fine and imprisonment for two years
for profiteering was ordeNed by the
house agriculture committee at Wash
ington
-
Repeal of the daylight saving act
has been accomplished. The senate at
Washington voted to sustain the house
in passing the repeal measure over
President Wilson's veto. The vote was
81 to 10.
A resolution directing the federal
trade commission to investigate the
high cost Of shoes and determine the
cause for increased prices was adopt
ed by the house at Washington.
Advices reaching Washington reveal
that American intervention in Mexico
is the all-absorbing topic in Mexico
City and that its possibility is admit
ted in official circles there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27
Just So.
o H, ANSWER
THE CHILD!
Pa wa 6 lob q

II want an actress for vaudeville"
"All right"
For a skit."
every good"
mot heavy, ponderous woman"
II know. For skit something
skittish.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27
Concrete Piles,

Concrete piles have been driven nine
feet into coral rock at Honolulu with
800 blows Of an ordinary drop ham
mer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

hostiiities broke out between the
Germans an and Poles on the southeast
eln onesfan frontier, the Germans
siauuaiiy attacking the Polish Iinas
n nnu occupying two villages The
rollsn population rose and drove tbano
OUT and occupied two villages on tba
uerinan side of the line of demarca-
'lon' says Warsaw dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

railroad communication between
aelsrade and Saloniki has been discon-
- t,nueu because Of the destruction by
'ne Dulgarians of the bridge at Sernia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27
Foreign

Roumanian military authorities are
preparing for an offensive east OF the
Dniester river for the purpose OF join
ing forces with General Denikine's
army in southern Russia, according to
the Echo de Paris.
The Polish army has administered
crushing defeat Of the bolsheviH IN
the neighborhood of Dubno, the Polish
general staff at Warsaw announces
The soviet forces are in retreat ev-
erywhere. with the Polish army In pur-
suit.
An explosion from an undetermined
cause occurred aboard the American
steamship Mohegan, which was DIS
charging its cargo at Rio Janeiro. The
vessel and the cargo were damaged
$250,OOO.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

but turn itself over so it attached
itself to Patty's tongue, and so Patty
couldn't swallow it or eat it or any
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

RENT, ia the upper valley OF
the Adige, has just been re
u stored to Italy, and at the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

By a strict party vote the house at
Washington passed and sent to the
senate a bill imposing a tariff of $40
a unit or 5000 ton on crude tung-
stem ore and 81 a pound on serro-
tungsten and other tungsten salts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27

Lieut.. I'll. G. Peterson, one of the
two American aviators held by Mex
lean bandits for $4,000 ransom, cross
ed the border to the American side
at 1 rs ia the morning. The ransom
money was taken across the border to
the band rendezvous by Captain Mat
lack of the Eighth cavalry. Shortly
after Lieutenant Peterson crossed the
border Captain Matlack returned
bringing with him Lieutenant Davis.
The city scavengers at Freeport, Ill,
struck because their request for a raise
in wages was denied
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-27
Domestic

secretary of the Navy Daniels and
ms oIncial party of officers and men Of
ele ureadnaught New York, arriving
at honolulu, were treated with the
hospitality that long has distinguished
the Hawaiian islands.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
GOSHEN, IND, U. S.A.
Panama Was outcast CITY.

Panama is the oldest city on this.
continent inhabited by white men, and
is the great curiosity shop of America,
George A. Miller writes, in his book,
Proving About Panama" Some of
the cities of the canal zone are among
the cleanest and healthiest on earth,
but laziness, shiftlessness and inef--
ficiency are in full sway in Panama.
Economic waste meets the prOwler at
every step.
Probably Panamanians had less OPP.
pOrtunities than citizens of some of
the other cities TO learn advancement
in these lines due to the fact that
they were on the defense against the
encroachment of conquerors for past
centuries, its author says. Not until.
the present republic was set up, under
the protection of the United States.
was the city any better than an outcast
of the world
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
SPoHN MEDICAL co,
First Choice.

Alice is an eight-year-old youngster
from the southern part of the state
and her uncle recently brought her to
the capital to see the monument, and
other places of interest. The morning
after his arrival he took her down to
the office of friend, and introduced
her around. $50 you came to see In
diaRapoTis," remarked one of the men.
Il suppose you're anxious to begin.
Which do you want most to see-the
state house or the monument
Alice looked at him and then spoke
truthfully, -Oh, 1 want to see both of
Them" she told him, but most of all
/ want to go to one of those stores
where you get an ice cream sandwich
for a nickel. 7-InGiianapolis News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

morning--at three o'clock. The long
day had dragged. and now 1t was
growing dark
Still Tore and Juarez were prison
ers; stiiI Dempton fretted and fumed
and sulked In the great library.
Tore looked up quickly, his eyes
eager expectant. Stairway glanced
nc him, giving no satisfaction In the
swift turning of his eyes. Tore
frowned and bit at his lip. Juarez
looked TO his leader with both cues
tIOn and criticism In his gaze.
J0sefa followed the rancher. and
they passed on through the drawing
room. The door closed behind them.
sNow. Josefa."
Stairway threw open the door OF
the Senior de La Guerra's bedroom.
Josefa, lifting very white handker-
chief 10 her very black eyes, crossed
herself and stepped over the thresh-
old.
Look, Josefal Is there anything
misslng7"
He had the key in his pocket; she
had not seen it. He looked at her In
a moment tense with expeetant walt
ing. not sure why he was so eager
for the word she should say. Josefa's
eyes, showing again as she folded and
smoothed her handkerchief, roved
about the room.
She shook her head slowly, and stlIl
her eyes went upon their quest.
There Is nothing missing,p she
said, speaking thoughtfully. EVERY
thing"
She broke off suddenly, her old fig
ure growing rigid, her eyes brighten
ing. Then she ran across the room
to far corner which was a bit in
shadow as Stairway held his candle
above his head.
1T is gonel" she cried, amazement
in her voice. "See where 1t has been
for twenty years-for more than
twenty yearsl And 1t is gone"
"what, JosefaT' Stairway hurried
TO his side. "What is it that is gone 2"
"rhe key" she whispered, her
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

voice suddenly dropping. 'See where
1t hung against the WALL See where
It hung so long that it left its own
shape like n picture. Bart who could
have taken itT''
Stairway. peerIng above the old
woman's head, the candle held close
to the wall, saw. dimly enough but
plainly the mark which the key,
hanging from little peg, had left.
"what key was It'll" he asked sharp
ly.
1.-THE masters. He would allow no
one to touch 1t. He had &c kept there
always, where he could see 1t in the
mornlng, at night when he went to
bed. And 1t is gonei'
"But," cried Stairway impatiently.
his hand upon her arm. 'what was it
for? What did it openT'
Josefa looked at him with wide
eyes. ''But the master would be an
cry If he knew. He has had it there
for twenty years-much longer. 1
think"
''But, Josefa," Stairway hurried on.
cant you think what doOC it opens?
Can't you guessf l must know, Jo-
sefa. Think. Is Il some room in the
house here1"
"No, no, senorl Not here" Josefa
shook her head. II should know,
then. l think, senior, It must be the
key 60 some room in his beloved
Spain. 1t is for no room upon the
rancho. OF that am sure. senior"
"what is this, Josefagr
Suddenly he had drawn the great,
heavy key from his pocket. holding II
before her eyes. She stared at 1t.
then with little cry put out her
shaking hands for it.
'sThat Is IL. gracias a Dios !" she
muttered. 1--WE shall put it back so
| that the master win not be angry
when he returns. Quick. senori Let
us put it back Maybe it's being gone
brought the bad luck. Maybe when
Il is on the wall once more good luck
will come back to the rancho"
1t was not until he had again hung
the key upon the peg that Stairway
succeeded in getting the now delight
ed Josefa TO leave the room. When
she had gone he closed the door. came
back to the key. and took it again
J In his hands.
''That opens the door behind which
he is a prisoner" he told himself hall
angrily. @He and perhaps Teresa.
have the key. and l can't tell where
the door is. And IL is getting dark
/ Teresa"
Long and moodily he stared az tn
cumbersome key It's dull surfaes
seemed to him to be hiding from Lin
the things be wanted 10 know.
GRO BE CoHTTSUED)
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER lx--c0ntlnusd.

eSenor stairway" II was Tore
speaking coolly. his voice steady and
indifferent Il should like word
with you
''IEave time to handy words with
jour cried the rancher nngrily. This
last thing you have done Is insanity,
Tore, You have gone too far"
cor not far enoughl Which Is itf'
Ills voice was stern now, and rang
with defiance and triumph. He was
sure Of himself. Of his position.
II told yon," he RIM on, his checks
flushed now, his voice ringing out still
more clearly In the hush In the room,
II warmed you what | should do.
asked twenty thousand dollars last
night aHd son refused 10 make terms.
You were fool
eNow I ask nifty thousand And I
shall get Il don't hide behind
wnr,lss | am not afraid Of the OPEN
play my game 81 dice where all men
tan see The ivory cubes roll out Of the
box
m II I--I who have caused the dis
appearance Of the senior dc Ia Guerra
u Is Who have caused the scnorite
Terrsa to BE- taken away from under
your very eyes. And do not deny II.
For the game Il miner
"Yon wouldn't dare began Stan
way.
Torres short laugh cut Into his
swift words.
ei9are Don't ! dsre everything 20
stand up this way before you and tell
son what have done. what ! sm
going 70 do7 Mother OF God. senior
dare anythingt"
There was bravado In the words
arrogance. naughty dlsdaln OF the
men who held him prisoner, who
booked into his face with hard. hun
cry eyes, who thlrsted openly for his
blood He saw the look. shy the
tightening OF lean brown hands upon
dagger hllt and revolver and he
laughed al them.
ely Heavcnl" muttered Stairway
half aloud, 'he's a man anyway"
lie whiried and went out. calling
els last short orders sayagely. eau
eho WIS already at the patio, calling
that the horses were ready, that sew
esNl Of the men had already ridden
southwark after the hammerlng hOof-
beats stairway flung himself into the
saddle. teeth set. face white. heart
pounding madiy.
Then he and Gaucho raced away
upon the second invasion OF land al
war with itself. where every man
must carry his own hope In his own
hand.
They rode across drying streams
and through sun.haked arroyos, along
dry. barren ridges, through little
green valleys, across long wastes
where the coyote hunted. And al
night they came back, worn out by
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
At the Riaht Time

The other night mt local picture
show am egotfstica, young man was
giving very shy, diffident person
some advice, which interested the peO-
Pile around them. He told deliberately
of his own success and then ended !:
what you have to do now is to talk
little bit more about yourself and
the things yoG do. If fellow doesn't
advertise himself who win, want TO
know?"
Fast then subtitle was flashed on
the screen and every one around the
two young men laughed heartily. 1t
read: "A whale never gets into trouble
till he begins to blow"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
CHAPTER x.
A Bold Game.


'FYOu VIII know, J0sefa, II there Is
anything missing from the masters
ROOM
"SL. senior. ] know each little
thing. There has been no change for
many years"
The small, vrinkled, almost black
face OF the little old Indian woman
looked up curiOusly into Stanways.
s'Then come Let US hurry"
He LED the way. They went through
the drawing room. whore one Of the
house servants was lighting the can
Dies, where Tore was pacing back
ard forth. his restlesSness showing
for the first time.
Teresa de Ia Guerra's scream had
sounded through the house early that
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

the mercIless grind 81 the day upon
spent horses whose legs trembled pit
fully under them. And they had
found what they found before-noth-
ing.
Stairway did not stop 70 eat or to
rest He drank thirstily at the leap
Ing fountain in the patio, and went
Immediately to the house and to the
room which was now an irnproyised
hospital ward for the accommodation
81 Pedro and CeIestino.
He found PedEo conscious, very
white and weak from the blood which
be had lost A doctor had come
from Ia Panza and bad gone, Leaving
his simple directions and simpler
medicines
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
@When a Teller Needs a Friend"

"When a Teller Needs a Friend"
Paternity has its responsibilities" -
sighed Mr.. Gadspur.
Quite true" answered Mr.. Clipping,
sympatheticaily.
Only this morning my wife lee
tured me severely for trying to- con-
sole with my youngster because ne
had to practice two hours on the pi-
aRO when his baseball team was play
ing another team for the championship
of ten square blocks"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
Element Of fear.

She was just two years older than
Don, who was four, and therefore she
thought she had the right TO be
mother to him as well as "a sister.
As they were coming down the
street Don stopped to give lamp post
the once over. An automobile had
hit it and broken II off even with the
ground.
she tried and tried to get him 70
"come on but 1t was no use. for this
time he was going to have his own
way. At last. pleading with him like
a mother, she said: Don! Do come
on before they blame YOU"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03
tn. trouble with Velvet.

She was young business woman
who had a great deal Of scorn Tor tne
women of her acquaintance VINO diu
not work. SO one day when one OF
them CHANGED to ask her about lhe
wearing qualities of velvet for dress
she remembered and delivered a yelled
reprOof.
well. I like my velvet dress, she
returned. "And ii has worn well. vel
vet always wears well If you aren't TOO
good a sitter. Then IT gets very slick
and shiny"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

A pretty Young widow is, never
a-mfSS.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

Stage jokes are evidently made of
kind words, for they never die.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

Love of man for himself never
grows less.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

When FOOL offers TO back up his
argument with bet wise man shuts
up.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

Even the unmusGcar fish dealer
knows the scales.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

The first folr-eylinder automobile
was brought oct In 1000.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

Many friendIess man is his own
worst eremy.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-03

No man is wise in the eyes of fool.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-26
WOMAN MORTGAGES
CATTLE TO RAISE
FUNDS FOR HER TRIP

NEW YORK, July 26.-Mrs. VIII
liam Hammond Of German, Texas,
mother of eleven children, who was
summoned 70 the bedside Of her criti-
cally i'll soldier son. Ruel Hammond,
arrived at the Hoboken hospital to-
day. She mortgaged two horses and
one COW 10 raise the money to get
here, and said she IS paying ten per
cent interest on the loan, which the
son viii help pay when he gets well.
Nurses az the hospital raised a fund
TO supply the impoverished but hap
py mother with shoes. hat and dress.
When the white haired mother was
ushered into the sick ward 70 see her
boy, Ruel smiled weakly, embraced
and kissed his mother and remark
ed, MON, they can put you In fine
city clothes. but they cannot take the
Texas walk out of your feet"
Warned of the high cost of living
in New York. Mrs. Hammond brought
4 large bag Of home made, Texas
bread. which she hopes will last her
until the return to German.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-26
PROHIBITION BOOSTS
STRAWBERRIES PRICE
TO HIGHEST RECORD
lBy The Associated rress.) }

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July z .-
Prohibition indirectly produced an ex-
traordinary condition in the strawber-
ry market this year.
Prices went higher than ever be-
fore because \ Chicago packing house
opened what was said To be the larg-
est preserving plant in the world in
the heart Of the strawberry district
Of Deieware and the Eeastern Shore
Of Maryland and bought the product
Of great beery producing field vir-
tually without regard 70 cost TO meet
the tremendous demand for ice cream
and soft drinks produced by the dry
period.
Strawberries that normally sold for
from five TO ten cents quart were
snapped up at from thirty to theirty-
seven cents. The price "a the con
sumner never went below thirty cents
this season. Strawberry syrup for
flavorlng soda water sold at sixty
cents a gallon Is now quoted $3.50 a
gallon
Farmers are elated. MANY of them
made an average Of $1,000 an acre on
their strawberry crop and trey are
looking forward to big profits next
year.
The packers. when the strawberry
season was over. sent their employees
to other work and closed the factory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-26
FLOOD WATERS FROM SAN
JUAN RIVER POUR DOWN
Water Line Highest Hisiory-Breaks Over During Night
Near Laundry-Ran Softens LeUees Causing Worry as to
Possible Flood in Valley Precautions Being Taken.

The Rio Grande is at flood point.
The waters from the San Juan river
IN Mexico are pouring down 10 the
gulf in a maddening rush, and great
fear il expressed lest the entire lower
valley be inundated before morning.
Emilio G. Forto received authori-
tive messages to the effect that the
river was IL feet above normal at
Camargo where the San Juan emptics
into the Rio .Grande. Fort Ringgold
was reported under water, but a tele-
phone message from Rio Grande City
at 2:3O p. NJ, contradicted this state
ment and added that the river would
have to rise Ia feet more before the
fort would be damaged
The telephone report from Rio
Grande City, stated the water guage
showed a 22 foot rise, and still rising.
However, the city Is reported out Of
danger.
The government report at 2 p. m,
said the water was az about a stand
still at Ringgold, but was still rising
slowly ut Mercedes and Sam Fordyce
Mr.. Forto stated that the present
height Of the water was at least an
inch or more than he had ever seen
il in all the years he had lived here.
The water was up arornd the inn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-26
NINETIETH DIVISION
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
FOR ORGANIZATION

DALLAS, Tex. July 26.-Head-
quarters Of the Ninetieth Division As
sociation, composed Of former ser
vice men from every part Of Texas
and Oklahoma, have been. opened
here with "A. j Rheinhart, formerly
a sergeant il the Nineteth Disvision.
IN charge as secretary Of the associa-
ton. The work of the association will
be devoted primarily 10 publication
Of a history Of the division and 10
making plans for reunion TO be
held October III. al the state fair at
Dallas.
Major William r. Brown Of Dallas.
who commanded battalion Of the
359th infantry, will be associated
with the headquarters staff through
out the remainder Of the summer.
1t is planned. according 20 Ser
geant Reinhart. 70 compile and keep
on file at headquarters 0 complete
record of every member of the di-
vision, as well as the location of all
member graves IN France Twenty
five thousand copies Of the first edi-
ton Of history Of the Ninctieth.
written by Major Wythe. q former
Dallas newspapermau, are TO be print
ed and distributed Immediately to
members Of the division and their
families, he said
The history was prepared from his
toriCal data contained i'm the war diary
of the Ninetieth, and according TO
Major Brown, will contain 50 photo
graphs Of the troops in action and
many other interesting scenes Of the
Texas and Oklahomans while in
France and with the army Of occupa-
tion in Germany Most of the photo
graphs were taken while the division
was in action in the Meuse-Argonne
and ST. Mihael drives.
Officers Of the Ninetieth Division
Association include Samuel a. Green
well. Cleveland, Okla; Claude l.. Nc
liver, Alva, Okla; William II. Rowe,
Marshall, Texas; William F. Drake,
Sherman, Texas; and Oral A. Part
ridge, Dewey, Okla.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-26

INSURANCE OF
SOLDIERSNOW
RENEW ABLE

WASHINGTON, d. c.. July 26.-
Discharged service men who let their
government insurance lapse are Civ
en- the privilege Of reinstating their
policies within eighteen months with
out paying back premiums. Secretary
Glass announced today.
The new insurance reinstatement
regulation, making il possible for ev-
cry discharged soldier, sailor and
marine TO continue the government
insurance after returning to civil life.
is regarded as the most liberal ever
offered. The only requirement is
that the man requesting the rein
statement must be in as good health
as at the time of discharge and must
pay the premium for the one month
Of grace in which his insurance was
continued after he stopped payment