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New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
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Thanks to the energy and initiative of
our Navy Department, our flying men
have overtaken their rivals of other ma
tions and passed them. The handicap
produced by years Of official neglect has
been overcome. Once more American
pluck and push have compensated for
official blindness and lack of foresight.
But what of the future? Airplane
building, airplane progress, is practically
at a standstil in this country Neces-
sarily such advance as can be made in
the next few years must come through
government initiative. The war appro-
priations are expended There is now
before Congress a forty five million dol
lar appropriation to carry forward the
great achievement of the NC planes and
keep our airplane manufacturers alive
and progressing. Upon this item de-
pends the entire future of the airplane
for America.
There should be no hesitation as to our
decision. The sum is small enough for
the benefits it can yield. The airplane
llluSt oS COIlSlueTeu as 4 prime weapon IN
our defence, an essential aid to our land
and naval forces. Developments untold
are in sight. The torpedo plane in
vented by Admiral Sims and hitherto
neglected by our navy has been taken up
again, following the success of other
navies. and offers the possibility of
success which may reform all our con-
ceptlons of naval conflict, even to the
point of eliminating the batteship as a
major factor. This is but one path of
progress. 1t typies the possibilities of
flying IN the years to come, as it is GER
tain to affect our defensive plans.
These forty-live millions will certainly
save US q large sum in shipbuilding;
they may well ultimately save our coun-
try from invasion. Without them we
drop behind again and far to the rear in
that branch Of warfare in which prog
ress is certain to be swiftest and most
decisive.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Only the Weep resident
cfrom Tho Har'(ord Courann

citizen of Waterbury wrote ictt
to The Republican, of KAT city day
two ago asking for Information a6o
Horace Greeley. who he was, etc. r.
ne wished to learn more about the e-
Journalist does him credit. but we are
prisod there is { man IN Waterbury cara
OF writing letters TO newspapers who dida
know about Mr.. Greeley already.
This rominds us OF story told br II,
late Charles A. Dana 0ac dav while e.
Greeley was reignine 4 editor OF The
Tribune he was particularly busy and esv-
explicit orders to his office boy not to admit
anybody to his room. Later on the ofise
boy announced to Mr Greeley .here wee
an odd duffer" outside cAmoring for >,
Interview with the editor Mr. Grocle~
asked the boy who it was to uhich ,ae
boy replied he didn't know but tha.
wore soied linen daster, carried "a Garnet
bag of the carly '7os type and made h'g
fuss because he couldn', sec the cditor #
TIE Tribune. We'll" replied Nr Ggeele.
II he IS so insistent you hal better ask
The fellow mis- name. and tho, v'l IL.
eide whether he can come. in" Tno 10y
went back and returned il icw minutes
bringing the information tha' the "oia
dufer' was Henry Wilson. Of Bos.or. hc
happened at that time 10 be the Nicc-pro7.-
dent Of the United States i, saw Mr.
Greeley.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Army Discipline Gone

And in the present German army itself
some remarkable things are happening
things that show wonderful change from
the rigid Prussian discipline Of which the
world once heard much Several weeks
ago an incident took place in Libau, out
IN the Baltic provinces, which caused much
censorious writing in the German press
Then Herr Noske, the Minister Of National
Defence, made an investigation, and here is
his summary of the incident, literally
translated
"a soldier of the volunteer formation.
whose time had EXPIRED was not reen-
listed b. 'he captain of the company The
man induced number of soldiers to de-
clare themselves in his favor Thereupon
an order was issued stipulating that when
men wish to quit the service they must
start at once for home. The soldiers were
also ready to go. But then the Soldiers
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Wall Streets S Rebirth
(FrOUl yhc BeIj,oo,n


Wall Street bankers are LOSING tbojr
provlnclallsm They arc going everywhere
IN search of profitable business. BY form
ing new connections and becoming fnan-
cially interested in foreign financial cor
porations it has been possible for the great
Nov York banks to materially extend their
connections within the last few months
Ihls movement is progressing based on the
theory that trade will follow the invested
dollar, also that American interests will he
nblc to make strong bid this year for
foreign business previously denied them.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Red Vuuperotion

Noske. too, has his ideas as to the free
dom of the press After having sDuffed
out the light of the "Rote Fahne" during
the March riots, he has latterly stopped
Die Republik,' whose offence was to re-
PRINT false story which had ALREADY been
officially denied But even Noske has be-
gun to make the judcous grieve.
There is provocation enough. heaven
knows, however, in the tone of the Inde-
pendent Socialist and Communist press
and public speakers. Here was Emil
Barth, former Peoples Commissioner
making speech the other day which
certainly merits the ribbon for low vi
tuperation. The whole government. he
SAID, "is composed of miserable scamps y
Ebert has "sold out the whole revolution
to big capital" and Minister Landsberr
was the Mephistophees of the German
people. He was "the greatest criminal
OF all times, a sadist, wholly unsocial and
capltallstic' Again: "Of all the crazv
things that the government has ever done
1t has crowned all by sencing the state
CRIMINAL, Landsberg, peace commissions
CT 70 Paris" 1t seems to be an awful
crime to have different opinion from
Barth
Here IS another of his choice sentences.
Are these fellows. who are called the
government, stupid or so criminal that
they can play with the thought of not
s'gr ing the peace?'
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
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for re7abbcejon Of all dispatches
not otherwise credited i'm this paper local
csvs of spontaneous ogisiA published herein.
s.e as1 feserveu
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Stages Of the Oil Fever

From 71r DaNcs Ncirsl
1t has just about gotten so in thia country
If man owns farm nc hopes 4 e. an
OIL we'll or if he owns an oil we'll te hones
to get farm
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Germany on the Loose
BY William c. Dreher
Berlin Correspondent Of The Tribune

NJ ERLIN, May 81 never get over my
~ amazement at the lawlessness run
-A~ ming rife in post bellum Germany, of
which | have spoken in previous letters.
On any day | read news in the papers
which give the impression that Germany
has fallen back into our wild West"
period of fifty to seventy years age; all
that is lacking few ringing names
like Jesse James or Kit Carson. But then
Germany's politics gets along without
striking politics, and so must the robbers.
Last week for example this dispatch
came from Jever, a small town near the
Oldenburg coast; Sunday night a band
Of robbers numbering sixty to seventy
men wearing masks surrounded the branch
of the Oldenburg Savings and Loan Bank
and the private house of the manager.
They compelled him to open the vault,
stole $1,000 marks and disappeared"
There is end to these wild West"
diversions. To-days papers told how thir-
ty-hve tons Of American -four had been
stolen while one American ship was being
unloaded at Stettin To fall upon fish
carts in the open streets or rush the fish
stands of old market women appears to
be a common method of obtaining sup
plies in some of the coast towns.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

Nru car purchass merchandise advertised n rAE
Tribune ~itk absolute safsi5tor II dissatisfaction re-
seits IN any THF rRI8UME guarantees 10 pay
Nonef aack No Ted .spe No uglabiinp
We make ooot promptly II the advertiser Goes
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Jail Deliveries

Jail deliveries occur frequently and
even police headquarters are boldly at
tackled by mobs. The other day Eichhorn,
the former Police Commissioner of Berlin,
who took a most active part in organizing
the January uprising for the overthrow
of the government and who has since then
has been in quasi hiding, was arrested at
last at Ha aberstadt and put in iail For
an hour or two we thought there would
be another interesting political trial; but
that evening huge crowd of Independent
Socialists liberated the culprit Of course
the police were there, and so were the
"Republican Guard,' but the latter went
over to the mob, assisted the delivery and
naturally took part in the subsequent
merrymakng.
Here is incident that occurred in
Berlin several days ago: In previous
letter | spoke of the raid of the police
upon the "sneak traders and open air
gamblers in the northern quarter Of the
city The police again raided their new
resort, a public square, on Saturday even.
ing and arrested nine persons. While
taking these to headquarters the police
were attacked by big crowd, which con-
tnued their attack upon the station after
the men had been locked up Then a
troop of soldiers appeared upon the scene
and helped to clean out the district. The
casualties: one killed and nine of the mob
wounded
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Nor Any Other Town S

eFrom The ct.ceoo Daliy Nepe'
Chicago's traction problem never esses
vacation.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
The Spirituousncss of Indcpendencc


9if; Inc spirit of Independence is not dead
among US thouFh 1t becomes subtle and insinu-
"'"E ra'her 'han assertive and boisterous The
o'hor evening convenient subtcrfuge one cannot
ne too specific TO time or place. discovered
d hclHhp"r iransplanting mint from the
back hnr of his lot in Newtonville 10 little bit
OF ground close to his back porch steps. and
almost concealed thereby. Thus does he discree.lv
defy impending chaos and concentrate the source
OF supply. ! do not know what is in his cellar.
L lAALl
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

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they'll have troNble in Mars and Venus.
F. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

Council forbade their departure on the
ground that it must have the right to con-
fer with the Governor on the matter In
the conference with the Governor two men
were guilty of using such sharp words that
they were ordered arrested
THAT caused one member of the Sol
dlers' Council, a sailor, to go to the bar
racks and call out company to Nberate
the two arrested men. And actually. the
soldiers forced their way into the prison
to get the two men who had been locked
up But the two were shrewd enough to
show the troopers how foolishly they were
behaving, and declared that they would re-
main in arrest
IOn der CoIt5 arrested
while this was going on in the prison
another member of the council, with ten
or twelve heavily armed men, forced his
way into the government building and ar
rested General Won der Goltz and his chief
OF staff In doing the men behaved in
the widest manner, laid hold upon the
general and declared that he held the
power in Libau and had the will to ex-
staff were liberated from their painful
position by other troops, who hurried to
the rescue before the officers had been
dragged out upon the street."
The rule of the mob strikes at the free
dom Of the press everywhere The mob
that has just been squeched at Munich
stopped the publication of all the news
papers except their own. just as the
Spartacus mobs here in Berlin in Janu-
ary, which got possession of the news
paper quarter at one time, either STONED
the publication of the papers or com
PEELED them to publish only such matter
as pleased the ringleaders.
Here is another incident from the same
chapter: Up in Schleswig there was Nav
day procession, participated in by the
new Socialist government President and
his assistant. A local paper had printed
a Mayday article which displeased some of
the ceiebrants, and when the procession
was passing its Office a detachment en-
tered it and gave the offending editor
hogging.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
SUBSCRIPTION RArES-Ey Mail Including Postage
INE UNITED SfATlS AND CANADA
GUARAM LEE

Entered the posiarce at New YORK as Second Class
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
The Coming Tower
THOUGHTS ON THE COSMOS

dc not hol! with him who thinks
The world is jonahed by jinx;
That everything is sad and sour,
And life withered hothouse flower.
| hate the Pollyanna pest
Who says that All Is for the Best,
And hold in high, unhidden scorn
Who sees the Rose. nor feels the Thorn
| do not like extremists who
Are like the pair in Q) and CID;
But how hate the wabbly gink,
Like me, who knows not what TO think,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

"Therc persons who constantly
camor. They complain of oppression,
speculation and the perm icious influence of
accumulated wealth They cry out loudly
aga inst all banks and corporations and all
means by which small capitals become
united in order to produce important and
beneficial results. They carry mad hos
tility against all established institutions.
In a country of unbounded liberty they
clamor against oppression. In a country
of perfect equality they would move heaven
and earth against privilege and monopoly.
In a country where the wages Of labor
are high beyond parallel they would teach
the laborer that he is but an oppressed
slave" Which is what Daniel Webster in
1928, thought about Boshevsm
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

And have you forgotten the Vaudeville
act asks Earnest Guy, "n which the father
and daughter keep talking about Tjmmje
O'Brien and corned beef and cabbaqe and
afterward somebody did a roller skatnr
act" No, we haven't. 1t was the Nawns
VINO dld that act, and we remember it as
having been about twice as long as it should
have been. a,s, ab.x
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

Lenines Foes Must Set Up Stable Rule
Tribune headline.
1t last, F. l.. b. comments. n Ettlo
horse sense
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

new straw hat has pleasant
fragrance, too, but nothing ever has such
new smell as new derby.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

Mr.. w J. Bryan, beginning week from
Sunday, viii 20 on tour in advocacv of
ary world The trouble, as has been
sald' with such prohibitionists is that az
soon ms they make the world drv for de-
mocracy they will start to proparandizo
other planets
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

Mr.. Hawkers 7O0-word story, as the
World points out, good one And
it long enough For an inarticulate
animal, man is the most verbose Most
stories too long, most letters are too
long. 1t was found that many business
men, class with whom brevity is popu-
larly but enormously thought to be an
idol who had to write army letters made
those letters overong for even the prolix
method Of military CORE spondence
"Many men, he said, Cannot tolerate
hearing some papa singing Gods in His
Heaven, Ais Right with the World. ~
The Sun.
The quotation, obviously, being from
Papa Passes"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

And most of the rapid fire comedian
teams used to begin their acts with some
thing like parody of the song W. j. S
quotes. Part of it ran
I've been to Chicago, too
The place where the wind blows thronob
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

All, all are gone, the old familiar head
liners. But we recall all the acts mentioned
by w. J. S. except Nesta Victoria's, who
perhaps did not visit the outlands in the
lS-knrat days of vaudeville.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
From willard Chastain.
Sunday March

Sunday. March 9, 1919.
Home Folks: Will write some TO-
day to let you know | am all right.
There are about SO kids. out on the
street and they are having quite a
time playing. There is no such thing
as a yard, so they all play IN the
street when l got up this morning
there was not a cloud In sight, put
by 10 o'clock it was raining and mas
been drizzling all day. ! had plann-
ed on curling up on the doorstep,
like an old cat, and sleep in the sun 2
fof awhile, but as the weather dldnf
permit l stayed by the stove most OF
the time. Have you heard from Roy
any more? He is getting along
all right, l think, as the boys l have
seen and talked to that have been IN
the hospital, say they get good care.
They are always kept warm and seem
to have help now. He may be want
ing his mail, but outside of that I
think he can tell his part of the big
stories the same - the rest of them.
They viii keep him there until he
gets entirely well, % there won't %
any AQgr Of q backSot. 50
dont tnlAk you need to worry .
much about hin. How = m: ~
MT. Kuhn gettins 49, -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
0overnment's: Credit Standing High,
Because Of Rapidly Of Payment Of
u His obIigations-Now a
Creditor Nation.

II you were asked to lend money to
q private citizen you would ask !:
"What are this mans prospects? Is
his business showing satisfactory
growth? Is he paying off his debts
and piling up surplus?"
When you are asked to lend your
money ito Uncle Sam you can safely
ask the same questions. The Ameri-
can government soon will ask for an
other great loan. Therefore, now is
the time to satisfy yourself that Uncle
Gam will be an Al debtor.
The first thing that will impress
you, when you come to investigate the
old gentleman's credit standing, is the
rapidity with which he has been pay
Ing off his debts and becoming himself
q creditor. In 1914, when the war
broke out, the nation owed four billion
dollars ($4,OoO,OOO,OOO) abroad and
had to pay interest on that amount
every year.
Now all but about one-fonrth of this
big debt has been paid off, and the
government of the United States has
lent abroad total of ten billion dol
lars $50, OOO, 900, O0O). Instead of pay
ing interest to Europe today, Uncle
Sam il now in position to-ask and
receive from Europe total of at least
Eve hundred million dollars ($50O, OOO,-
OO0) q year In interest. That sum from
ACROSS the water each year will pay
more than half the interest the govern
ment viii owe to its people on Ill the
! Liberty bond issues. including ths ;
eth.
Uncae Sau( csrtalnly can show !
G6oh - C 1873. Hts credit u Al
M slysls e11lt ageaN = - -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27

spent Sunday with her son Bert
Adams in the country. IVA -
pe G. = nen Iast Saturday to officiate
as Undertaken at the funeral 81 OF
Uncle "a beest one c OF R
whose pit1nee many and life long friends aas
We're sorry TO hear Of his s. death fae a sed
VINO Ions one IN any their heartfelt sympathy
in io this sad hour of her Bereavement mt
- The Advent serial meetings are
still continued this week; o-read
of the death Of Mrs. Rebee eco K betS
srason ana Mrs John nmmb hant 81 years ea1a
r raeids Of our city and both were
near neighbors of ye correspondent sa lent
They were good neighb ols, al ana a. k and
10 help ali in time Of trouble. Peace &c
to- to their memory; By - r Mrs' Lan e
relatives, the obituary Q. ,..mmd ie
instead of three.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27

Doss Hill moved the past week to
J. II. Gates farm and will assist
Orval Butcher who has the farm
leased for the coming season II
the family do not change . tn Sa
minds and return to Davis City De,
fore corn planting, but they are eood
neighbors and good WORKERS anu
suf Mrss Guy g. Flora moved the past !,
week from Davis City up near
Crown to live with her parents: etc
Mrs 4. q. Adams.visited her Sis
ter over Sunday in Eden township.
G. w, Poush, of Akron, had Dusi-
ness in our city last Monday -.
Mrs. Luther Bason spent q pa NJ
the past week at Clarlnda WnssG Irv
Rason recently bought general ury
goods and grocery store, o+,ng
iasa T. Shoemaker has been assign
ed TO solicit help for the allies IN
the war stricken parts OF Euiope 4
His territory ID if we unae e 'srrn;1
alright, the southern part OF Dui'eA
Mrs. Hayes McClaran and daugn-
tor and Miss LeOna Robbins were
,amoni callers last Monday evening.
M Fl Adams and wife were cali.
ers at B. D. Adams out at Pleasant
valley last Sunday. n,..r
Mrs. Alice Marble and daugnter
Myrta were Leon callers last Satur-
Well after they had been Keeping
house about three weeks, We nave
6heard that Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Gates
had zone 70 housskesptng a 60 otl
1Rohaff Boloase houses In the Wese
nsrf 81 our VILLAGE. Dean watl Assist
III ta1Ane q tie oan9
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27

children, Miss Maud Slower, Mrs.
Elizabeth Crum and son Burr, and
Andrew Jackson.
Mrs. Freeman Hawkins and chill
dren spent Wednesday evening with
Mrs. Charles Bellows.
Mrs. Ernest keaton spent one ev-
ening last week with Perry Bars. 4
Ernest Keaton with her work this
week.
Burr Crum and Verge Bright CALI
ed on Charley Richardson one even
ing last week.
Miss Maud Slower spent Sunday
with her sister Mrs. Ed Bright.
Miss Safe Barr spent Sunday
Mrs. Lucy Young and sons Brad
ford and Barr came Monday from
Wyoming to visit her father, Chas.
Barr and other relatives here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
Davis City.

An all day meeting was held at
the L. d. S. chapel in Davis City
last Sunday. Sunday school and
services were held in the morning
and temperance meeting in the
afternoon and preaching in the even
pulpit, his subject being Personal
ity Of Christ. The music was in
charge of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Skinner, Mr.. and Mrs Serial Wight
and Mr.. Bartoo. Elder Wight will
continue his serial services for sew
eral succeeding Sabbaths. Special
Mrs. Lille Severe has been re-
ceiving her spring stock of millinery
goods the mast week.
Lew Thompson returned the past
week from visit at Albany, Mo
We learned, just as the mai, is
due to take our letter to the office,
that N. 9. PREMIER and and Miss Mis- + Ruth
away to Lamont last SUNDAY and
were married. Elder Hopkins spoke
the words that joined this. very
worthy couple, for -f1fe. Both are
highly esteemed residents of our
vicinity and host of friends join
in wishing them a long and happy
father and mother of the bride. They
will make their home on the groOm's
farm near Greenville.
Harry Buell. of Mt. Ayr, was call
ing on Davis City relatives last
John welcKer returned last satur-
day. John was one of our overseas
bows who was reported dead last
summer and preparation had been
made for q memorial sermon, but
his father thought best to wait for
more direct word from him which
came that he still was alive.
y. G. Cochran and wife, OF Deca-
tur, were visiting relatives in our
vicinity the past week. -,
friends in Davis City last Monday.
Blain Buell. had business at Al
bany. MO, last Monday. Some
of the returned soldier boys. has
hnmned BIain from his railroad
motion and again take an extra-han
place. ,,;a.s Of
Leon last Saturday. u f.o,o
Ernest Bennett and fanny, IRON
near Terre Haute, we're visiting rela-
tiyes in Davis City last Sunday.
4 harm burned last Sunday even,
inc south of our city that caused
some little excitement as 1t was
thought to be residence out PI0seu
to be only an old barn ana notnlng
In it of value but small quantlty
Of bailed hay.
MRS. S. q. Adams. had a nephew
from near Clinton, Ill, visiting her
the past week.
Dr-J. w. Waiies IL taking q much
needed vacation and rest and ID
Il At Excelsior Spfings,
Axka11a9
a q. Adams. oar drAyaaAn, had