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Our Daily Story
REVENGE Is SWEET

Suddenly perfect stranger with a
red nustache entered the office OF Dr..
Slides, the osteopath.
II am troubled with symptoms" he
explained in a grufr voice.
Placing the stranger on the operating
table, Dr. Slides slowly bent his heaa
back until his nose touched his sixth
vertebra He repeated this seventy times
increasing the speed each time.
How do you feel?" asked DR.. Slides.
"peculiar,' answered the stranger.
Whcreupon the osteopath seized his
right ankle in a vice-like grip and. mold
ing the rest Of his body firmly In place
with his other hand, walked around the
table with his right leg. This he re-
peated ninety-eight times, increasing tne
speed each time, and then asked. HOW
do you feel?"
upon Dr. Slides tied all his tmDs IN one
tight knot and spun him around violent
ly until the knot became united. ms
he repeated hundred and four times.
increasing the speed each ume' ana asA-
cd, How do You feel
IT don't" answered the stranger. And
he rose from the table and yanked on
his false mustache and stood revealed
as Ponchas Smeed, to whom DR.. SHOES
had owed ten dollars for years:
TRY to collect your fee! ne crleo.
Nothing wasn't the matter with me az
ALL" .,.,
Tomorrow - cllywobble the Poet
hv the same author. Read how Jelly
vobble won the beautiful damsel Henna
| protected by George Matthew Adams)
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to n new social order, and that the earth
is vibrating with the feet of revolution
lists, and that nobody can be- happy until
the farmhouses are burned down, and
the cities burned. and tho Bolshcrist re-
gimc fully established in this country.
Plainly, some men are never happy until
they are miserable. That was a wise
man who said: When men have eaten
and are filled they straightway forget
Gud"-and they also seem 10 forget
their country. their noble fathers, AMI
the founders of free institutions One
returns from long trip like this with
the general conviction that nature AMI
an all brncficent God have done every
thing 10 the country. but that man alone
is vile. One hour a day of extra work.
by the people Of the United States. under
present conditions. it is said, would ere
ate enough work to pay our entire war
expenditures within six years The way
of the path. therefore. that leads to ma
tional prosperity. is the path Of hard
work The way Of industry. There Is no
wealth in money or In wages. Tho
wealth is in the things that support life
wheat and corn. fruit and vegetables.
cotton and wool. coal and iron. Instead
Of work being a curse, work is health:
work Is medicine and growth. Work is
manhood. influence, and prosperity. here
and hereafter.
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Friday, September IL, 1919.
TIE GERMAN BURDEN

y The rush from Germany has already
>kAxsrn. Five million Germans have
kSksd permission to>cmigrate. and prob
lily Q great many million more would
migrate II they thought they could get
Permission and were able TO get away.
Hesides the enormous claims for repara-
dpn which the Allies have made. and
which they will insist upon. every man.
woman and child In German homes owes
more than $3.50 as a fair share Of the
German war debt. For generations to
come every child born Of the German
people will come into the world with
an Inheritance OF debt representing
more than a year Of useful employment.
II is impossible to realize what such
handicap means TO the life OF people.
and yet It Is only ono OF the burdens OF
the war Justly imposed upon Germany
and no very great degree heavier than
Germany has imposed upon her neigh
hors.
1t Is not strange that millions OF Ger
mans seek 10 escape from this load and
TO And life in new world where they
can work for their own future. and be-
come masters Of the products OF their
own toll without the heavy hand Of the
taxgatherer dividing it with them. In
I'll probability the German government
viii be slow to allow the emigration Of
any number Of It's strong and vigorous
citizenship. They will be glad to let
lhe old and feeble go. and 10 let the
FounK and helpless to go with them.
EA men and women in the prime of life
WIN be retained for the years Of toll
whieT Germans have ahead OF them and
which. as a nation. they cannot escape.
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FAMILY TIES

David Miller. legal adviser to the
League Of Nations commission at YER
saillcs. gave some surprising testimony
when he was called before the Foreign
Relations Committee OF tn" Senate. He
admitted that nc never had any expert
ence in international negotiations until
he was given an appointment in tn"
State Department in 1917. In spite OF
the fact that he was a novice in such
matters. he and c. J. +. Hurst. legal
attache Of the British foreign office,
framed the plan of the league covenant
which was used as a basis Of discussion
by the league commission. 1t was dis
closed at the hearing that Mr.. Miller is
a law partner Of Gordon Auchincloss.
son-in-law Of Colonel House. which. in
the opinion Of some senators. accounts
in a measure for the sudden elevation
Of so obscure a gentleman to the posi-
ton Of Trainer of the worlds consti-
tuition.
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LABOR AGITATION
HAS LITTLE EFFECT

NEW YORK. Sept. l0.-Thc Iron Age
tomorrow in its weekly summary Of iron
and steel markets will say: While the
talk of n strike Of iron and steel plant
workers is still a disturbing factor. mill
operations arr proceedings and selling IL
going on as though the labor agitation
were Of another continent. Neither
stress to pruduc" 10y the mills. nor
STRUGGLE 10 get finished material by tho
consumers is conspicuous. II anything.
n slnckenng from tho active negotiations
Of tho last thrcc months describes the
situation ut the moment. matter OF no
apparent significance. The trade Is not
talking very seriously IN" conference or
union officials at Washington.
Not much Roadway ~ hrinE made
against tho bookings piled up I'm sheets.
| wire. pipe. steel bars and other lines IN
which demand has long been "utstand-
! ing. shortage Of cars rivals scarcity or
! skilled help and ~ common Labor IN
checking output.
Tho ingot production "t IN" country
| I'm August based on the statistic" "f tho
| American Iron ANA steel Institute.
| shows an increase Ur nearly RIA per
! cent over July. Tho nrcrhs" daily out
| put or l2I.034 toms Corresponds I" m
annual rate Of 37.29@.NO toms. including
| tho lean months OF the year. tho total
production Of 1919 should total $1,000
| n0n tons.
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Tho. TIM. com, :" solve the prohl"h'
7 ;h. tutur.. for IN" railroads. and the
rnngrr III. delay tho more difficult the
solution.
Suggestions for the return and subS"'
qurnt method Of operation ana reEuia'
;Iun have been many. some al 'h'
views expressed III thcS" plans are ad'
mirahlc. although. for the most part
they involve the laying Of the raiiroauS
structure upon the operating table anu
pr.f"rmin% upon II major SurGlcal opcr'
.itlonS which Will result in making il
little resemble that transportation SFS'
r.m which has served our public In the
past.
Most of tn, plans provide for guaran'
ted minimum profit to the ROADS ana
maximum profit return.
We are opposed 10 the minimum guar
1uty suggestion for it would be dctln'
rc step toward government ownership
specially if private MANAGEMENT rams
10 earn the income guaranteed. IL VIII
take from private initiative fear OF
failure. which III itself - spur ~
achievement.
W., do believe. however. in a far d.
vision of profits above Il specified max
irnurn hut W. cannot believe i'll fixing
n point in profits above which All en-
cess goes to others than tho railroads
Rate making in itself must b" Target!
determined by III" expense Of operation
not Of one road but Of all roads involved
in the spCc Tic rat" made. If operating
on such a rate tn" poorly located oil
poorly managed road is 10 be given q
chance to live. the well located ant
highly efficiently operated road WI
find such rate cXtravagantly pr"htabi"
Such excessive profits should b" diVid
cd with the government and others as
in the judgmen; of our congress seems
proper. but the spur TO achievement "
operation that results III high proht!
should never Nc taken away by nlacln-
n fixed maximum return on any road.
The thought that we would contribute
TO the discussion leading TO the rcSolu
J ticn OF the railroad problem Is bascc
upon the conclusion that government
ownership and operation is not practi
cal: that private ownership and opcr
alton, freed from government regulation
has been shown by history to have II:
dangers; and that the situatin must b'
worked out under private ownership ant
operation under fair and equitable rcgu
lation. the solution to be found with a!
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trim across our continent. DURING
July and August, is an experience en-
hiliarating, and most instructive Ira'-
o,,nr west by way Of Illinois, Iowa, Kan
COG Nebraska and Colorado. through 10
Caiifornia and back by way OF the whHat
fields of Oregon, and the treasure iaiiuS
OF Washington and Idaho, the Dthota aI
and Minnesota, one finds the halloilt'
Tranary literally bulging with treasure.
S,bcr vcors have brought abundant
crops of corn and wheat, TO states I'M;
Illinois, but this year heaven mas no.
So much smiled upon these sIaS's,
laughed outright with wealth anu sQou
fortune. Think OF a state INC iomeS;
that produces one-sixth Of the bacon ana
ham of our country. and nets Zzc
pound for il. This high price returns
IN the farmer who uses his corn as too0
for stock, $3.50 a bushel, and this means
that is SO bushels to the acre. Slio III.
come, which is 10 per cent on value Oh
81, 400 an acre .,.
their farmers own enough AUTOMOBILES
10 give the total population OF the STATE
., SOC. 900, q ride at one time NO" YOUR
palace car goes across the corner OF Nc
bra ska a state whose crops TINS year
arc worth five millions Of dollars win
illiteracy the lowest of any state IN inc
Union BEYOND this, we come to Kansas.
once knee deep in farm mortgages. now
in receipt Of nearly one Dillon dolEtrS
through it's land crops and its Oil treas
urcs Beyond one crosses into Okla
homa. Stopping at Tulsa, the Traveller
finds a city with steel buildings. beauu-
ful homes and in the region where ou:
40 wears ago there was the whoop OF
the medicine man pounding upon druin'
there arc now rich cities, colleges, libra
ries. great theatres. and some or the
most expensive and beautiful examples
Of domestic architecture to be found In
our country.
One palace car vas nearly filled with
the families Of rich farmers on Their
way to Colorado. the Yellowstone. and
Glacier Park. for Il six weeks camping
trip. The middle west American farmer
is over against tn" farmer OF Germany
Austria. or Russia. rs an oasis Is over
against a Sahara desert. 1t is like gold
over against wampum; like wheat
over against huSks, like a date-palu,
over against a cactus; like O. cool spring
over against n mud puddle. to pass IN
thou chit. from what one sees in the
farming states Of this county 10 the
ruined lands Of Europe. No words cal
describe what tho eye secs. and what the
heart doth feel as to the good fortune
Of the American people!
Pessimism begins only when one
reaches a state like North Dakota, and
! meets the agitators who get their living
by going from town to town. and ShouI
| Ing forth lurid statements about the dis
| honesty Of Wall street. and the wicked
ness Of the men who build railroads. and
! the coming revolution, with the peal thai
| Trotsky and Lenine are leading the way
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MAN LOST IN
MOUNTAINS FOUND
IN SERIOUS SHAPE
Special Dispatch to The Intelligcncrr.

Special Dispatch to The Intelligcnccr
ELKINS. W. Va, Sept. 1l.-Tarid
Kcplingcr. a woodsman from Pcndleton
county. who has been employed in the
lumber woods near Cass. is patient at
tho city hospital suffering from infec-
tions in the hands and legs and starva-
ton. resulting from eleven days expo
sur" in the woods in the Elk river coun-
try. where he was lost eleven days ago
KcplIngcr. while working in the woods,
lost his tobacco, and In an effort 10 find
il became lost himself and wandered
around eleven days. living on blackbcr-
RIGS and such other wild foods as he
could find. Tuesday he was found by
fellow workmcn near CasS and was
brought to the hospital for treatment.
His legs and arms are badly infected
from scratches inflicted by briars and
thorns during his wandering and. while
he is in Il very weakened condition. the
hospital authorities believe he will re-
cover
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WEST Va. BOY
HAS TRAGIC END
sPuRREp ON BY FRANTIC AfPEAhs
OF MOTHER CoNGAESSAN
FINDS TRAGEDY.
Boy was Hanged as Result OF HIS own
Nils conduct-woodyard Refuses
to Tell Names.
RY CHARLES BROOKS Smith.

WASHINGTON, d. G.. Sept. ll.-Pur-
suing through official and unofhclal
channels for months. urged on by pa
thetic appeals from Il mother, the trall
Of n West Virginia boy from the time
Of his induction into IN" army ms
tourney overseas To the battleheids o!
France, Representative Fl. {. Noodyaro
has finally come fRcc,to face with tTas
edy in its grimmest and most lrohcdl
aspects. Reluctantly. il appears the
war depa rtment has made known what
was tho earthly end Of this particular
soldier. who hailed from. one OF the
counties in tho Fourth congressional
district. which Mr.. woodward represents
in Congress.
He was hanged as result Of his
own misconduct.
That is all. The War Department
piyes no particulars: no details OF the
charge against him and of which ne
was convicted and executed.
II tells the story-of the end or THIS
soldier boy. at least. for whom mother
has been weeping and waiting for woro
of for many months.
When a correspondent sought Repre-
sentative woodward for confirmation or
denial Of this tragic army episode ne
said II was unfortunately true. But he
declined fatty Ia give the soldier NAME
tho name Of his parents and their ad-
dress neither now or At any time III inc
future as far as nc was concerned ne
said. He asked that. for the SAX" OF inc
bows family. that further inNcstiE atom
be dropped.
In all fairness and charity" he SAID
eve owe This TO the unfortunate boy $
good old mother I hope that she shail
never know. hut what he met his DEAN
in battle. Nor will she ever Know
otherwise from me. and l hope nobody
will he so cruel as To investigate inc
case with view 10 Gpprising the faut-
ily. In a case like this lie Is better
than the truth. it is my honest opinion.
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SOUND BASIS FOR RETURN OF RAILROADS
Private Ownership and Operation Under Fair Regulation
with Division of Profits Above Fixed Maximum.
By CHARLES E. MITCHELL
President of the National City Company.

nt,lc disturbance as possible or struc-
lures already existent.
Three things appear essential 10 nc
done before consideration IS given 10
tho return of railroad properly 10 prl-
vatr onrration: first, IN" reconstruction
of tho Interstate Commerce Commission.
with rate-Nxinc authority and RESPONSE
bilitv dennitclv established; second, an
immediate in crease sufficient TO take
IN the burden of the wage increase
granted during government operation
and third. the passage OF Such lcGlSla-
ton ms will provide for division OF
profits above what shall be determined
In hc . reasonable return TO invested
capital.
With these things accomplished VIC
should be ready for private operation.
The complete severance from govern
mcut responsibility for railroad credit
should he immediate and for every ROAD
at the same hour seems prcpoSterous
suggestion. The corner TO be turned
must not be n sharp one. The return
must he gradual. both i'll method and
nniut of time. The government should
continue its guaranty OF standard rent
al rctnrn as now established for such Il
ncriod. probably two TO three years as
viii enable private management TO get
back a firm hold upon their affairs.
Under such continuance OF guaran-
tccd return. let tho government turn
back tho properties with reasonable
working assets to the private owners.
leaving till later the gradual settlement
and adjustment Of the counter claims
inevitably 10 be made as between the
government and private owners. bur
making as early an adjustment as may
he possible.
Let private management rcinStatc it
self, with the requirements upon each
road to pay over 10 the government any
excess over tho government guaranteed
rental return and with the right to call
upon the government during tho guar
an,y period for any deficit between its
not operating revenue and such guar
antcCd rental.
But let there be provision that at any
time during this two to three year per-
Tod OF continued government guaranty
any railroad company may. if it so clcc',
release the government from its guar
anty and receive thereafter the full ne:
return resulting from its operations
subject to division Of excessive earn
ings as heretofore suggested.
Copyright, 1879
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THE BIG ARMY BILL

The New York Sun asks: Where are
$40. 900 regulars coming from in peace
hines This is in reply to the demand
-Ae me general stan of the war depart
Eent for a standing army Of $4,000
men.
7 II Is a pertinent question. The army
Of the United States has never been par
hcnlarly attractive.as a permanent en-
alignment TO young men of this country,
and without largely increased pay 1t Is
not likely to be very attractive in the
future. An army OF $4,000 mon. de-
pendinx upon voluntary enlistment. will
cost something over a billion dollars
annually. Americans worth while are
not taking jobs at SO month for the
privilege, in many cases, Of performing
mental service and OF wearing them
I selves out tramping beats and doing
guard duty at remote military posts,
Even the commissioned ranks do not
carry with them very attractive pay. a
GOOD mechanic today may earn more
money than a cap:aln in the army Of
the United States. To increase the pay
az the enlisted soldiers and the pay of
the various ranks so as to make these
places attractive for men Of ability
vt,I REQUIRE an increase In the total
expenses which the American people
are not likely to submit 10.
We have no practical use for An army
Of $4,000 men. or for an army Of more
than half that size, and the bill OF such
an army will be bigger than VIC would
IKE to pay.
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THE COTTON TRADE

Statistics OF the cotton industry for
Nay and June give us the astonishing
Information that more spindles were
tdle during the first I'VE months Of the
present year than In the same period
IN 1918, although the supply Of raw
eottcn materials met the demand. the
labor supply had been increased by de-
mobilization and the low supply OF nm
lsksd goods created pressing demand
for new products In other words. in
che arst fiye months Of 1919 the cotton
INDUSTRY Of this country. under peace
conditions, produced less finished ma
terial than in the I'VE months OF 1918
,nSer war conditions. Moreover, in
May and June Of this year we sent out
OF the country 1oS.5oo.01 yards Of cot
ton cloth, as compared with 100000
wards In the same months Of 1918. These
nrures may we'll receive the earnest
consideration either OF Congress or any
other body that wishes TO learn some
thing about the high cost Of living.
Were the cotton mills deliberately
kept idle:
Were the shipments abroad out of
~roportion TO our home needs:
7, IA not strange that when we are
...-oa,,einr less cotton materials and
..nAanx more to other countries that
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The National Socialist party. in a
declaration Of principles, adopted at
Chicago, unequlvocally endorsed the
Soviet government Of Russia the In
ternational Socialist movement and con-
demned the League Of Nations. While
the National Socialist party fortunately
does not include in its membership any
very large portion OF the voters OF the
United States, it will be we'll to have
that party clearly Identified. Any party
that stands for the Russian Soviets need
not be further described to the large
majority Of the American people
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RIPPING RHYMES
LIFE ON MARS
~ WALT MASON.

have heard a learned professor
say that Mars has living folks;
while another gifted guesser hailed
his arguments as jokes. Ana they
fused around and wrangled ike
nair of locoed cats, and they got
their wires all tangled, and grew
sore beneath their hats. Some, Ia,
dorsed the learned professor held
as gospel his belief. some stood up
for t'other guesser. helping him to
vawp and beef. And the row be-
came a riot, so the whole bunch
went to Jail. where they had fru-
gal diet that was void Of toast on
quail, You may climb the highest
steeple with a telescope in hand;
and YOU cannot tell II people drill
around on Marian land. There's
no earthly way Of proving IL inhao-
itants are there: so your arguments,
though moving. are but piffle and
hot air. So we waste the moments
precious. chewing rags the livelong
day, letting habits vain cnmesh US.
when we should be bailing hay.
Whether Mars has people on II; l
protest, we'I never learn: but this
world Of ours. doggone 1t. has in
habitants to burn: here they are.
where Nature flung them, on pre-
historic day, and our Work Is here
among them. not a billion leagues
leagues away.
~ rooroa Nathan Adams
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xoIcHAK SUCCESSFUL

OMSK. Sept. II. (Frcnch wireless
Scrvice)-Gcncral headquarters or the
Kolchak army announced today that the
offensive was being carried forward sue
ccssfully along the whole Siberian 'front.'
The enemy is being driven back every
where with severe losses. the announce
mcnt SAYS and has been compelled TO
abandon prisoners and important booty.
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BIG SHORTAGE IN
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Snoci,l To The Intelligenccr.

Special TO The INltIIIBVENVI'
EAST LIVERPOOL. Sept. ia
shortage of $227454 was found in the
books in the office Of Sheriff William
Dalrymple in an examination made at
Lisbon today by State Examiner John
A. Bliss. The examination followed
the filing of q charge Of cmbezzlemcnt
by Dalrymplc against Deputy Sheriff j.
William Davidson, who resigned and
started for South America. few weeks
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WRECK TIES Up
PAN HANDLE SYSTEM

Special To The Intelhgencer.
STECBENVILL.E, O.. Sept. 1l.-All
traffic east and west over the Panhandle
system has been blocked since noon to-
day at Coults Tunnel twelve miles
west Of hero by wreck Of n freight and
mail train and tracks Will not be clear
cd until late tonight. An castbound
rrcigh, bucklod in the tunnel and west
bound mail train second eleven crashed
into derailcd cars and was itself dcrail-
cd. Trainmcn reports hero say escaped
injury by jumping.
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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'Havc you soon IN" seven priz" h"nut'
les the IntclligCnCcr is giving away?
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m HouGH his household devise WAS Of new
i and wholly different construction manu-
fscurer's problem was to introduce IL Into .
field, already badly GRO wded.
His appropriation was small but we were sbis
to help him make O very satisfactory showing
Of business done In the first year.
Perhaps you too, have q problem where
vice would help.
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Copyright by George Matthew Adam