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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
DEMOCRACY'S OPPORTUNITY

Political success depends upon two
things; namely, opportunity and the
ability to take advantage of it. The
year 1920 will present such a politi-
cal opportunity as seldom comes to q
party, and the democratic party is the
only organization prepared to take ad-
vantage of this opportunity.
Suggestions for a Platform
There is a growing antagonism be-
tween capital and labor and this has
led to arbitrary action on the part of
some capitalists and it has also led
some extremists on the other side
men better acquainted with European
conditions than with American insti-
tutions--to talk about class govern
ment established through revolution.
Both are wrong; this is a DEMOCRA-
CY, not one class government to be
administered either by a plutocracy
or by an industrial proletariat. Glass
government by either is worse than
a dream-it is horrid nightmare.
Our government is not, and cannot
be, class government; it is and must
be a PEOPLES government in which
each citizen is the equal before the
law of every other citizen, major
ity speaking for ALL . =, ....
The Democratic partypis the only
party that stands for such govern
ment. For a generation the Republi-
can party has stood for class govern
menU--not government by a. numerous
class like the laboring class, or the
farming class, but by relatively
oil al hpr
ment by the business, class, .(only big
business being included in its defni-
ton of this class); it has stood for
government by the manufacturing
class (the protected manufacturer
wrote its tariff laws); it has stood for
government by the moned class wall
street has dictated its financial poll
cyl; it has stood for government by
the railroad magnates (they shaped
its railroad policy; and it has stood
for government by the trusts (they
have controlled the officers who
should have enforced the laws).
The Republican leaders, not the rank
and file of the party but the LEAD
ERS, have been willing to turn the
government over to the favor seeking
NANooSS AOA S2APtVibobiOhs HC lNGpuD-
lican party is not only unable to speak
peace to the troubled waters but the
leaders of the Republican party have
neither the disposition to harmonizer
labor and capital nor the confidence Of
the masses which is necessary to
bring about reconciliation. Their
platform is not cooperation between
all classes, but privilege supported by
force.
The Democratic party is the friend
Of all the people and is the champion
Of the rights of each and every cfsi- I
zen. 1t has no favorites; it regards
III classes as parts, and only parts, of |
he whole citizenship of the country.
t defends those whose rights are Vi
lated and would hasten the coming
T a universal brotherhood in which |
ach citizen viii find security and, in
hitch all will serve.
Law and order must be maintained;
iolence cannot be permitted. but pre-
lachinery Of the League Of Nations
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
HOW IT STARTED

Il
So prone are we to disregard any
civilization but our own that we are
apt to consider peculiar and .frealish
ideas and customs that do not con-
form to our own national orr Lracial
viewpoints. For some centuries black
has been the accepted mourning color
Of Western peoples. And the somber,
gloomy color, symbolic of darkness in
heart and soul, seems to us to be the
only one that could possibly be appro-
PIRATE for mourning attire.
That white, the symbol of hope,
should sbe the color affected by the
Chinese in time of mourning we indif-
ferently relegate to the essential an
tithesis Of the cosmos to ours. That
the passing of a dear one should be
attended by no sentiment buzz hope
and Joy to q people who look upon life
% Of no portent, who know no ego,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas, Frank Balridge and Clara
Balridge, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust dated the 8th day Of
February, 1918, and recorded in the
office OF. the Recorder of Deeds of St.
Francois county, Missouri, in book
il2 at page 1853, conveyed to the un-
uersigned Trustee the following do
scribed real estate, lying and being in
the county of St. Francois, and State
OF Missouri, to-wit: ~
The surface Of a lot Of ground in
the third Addition to the Town of
Cantwell, and designated as Lot No.
4 OF Block No. AZ, as shown upon the
plat of said Addition, on record in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds for
salo county, having front of rs
feet on the east line of Comling Av-
enue by depth of 140 feet to an al
ley ~ feet wide and being bounded
north by lot of said block and south
by north line of Oak Street. together
with all buildings now or hereafte-
thereon, and all fixtures heat and
iig.t apparatus, window shades, door
and window screens and awnings in or
upon such buildings.
which SAID conveyance was made in
trust to secure the payment of GER
tam promissory note in said deed of
trust described; and whereas by the
terms OF said deed of trust and note,
said note is past due and remains UNI
paid; therefore, in conformity with
the provisions of said deed Of trust
and at the request of the legal holder
OF o. the said note, /, the undersigned
Trustee, will, on .gs
Z Tuesday. December 20, 1919, s,1t
between the hours of nine o'clock in {
the forenoon and five o'clock in the saf-
terroon Of said day at the South front
aoor OF the Court House, in the city of
"a f1liagton, st. Francois County.
iMissouri, sell at public auction to the
s;glest bidder, for cash, the above
described real estate to satisfy said
hote and the cost Of executing this
trust
BENZ. H. MARBuRY, Trustee.
Nov. 2s, Dec. s. IL, 10.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28

whose viewpoint is so thoroughly inn
personal is not beyond our understands
ing. But that our own forefathers
should have chosen white to express
bereavement gives foor for thought.
1t is fact that prior to the year
149S, widows in England, France and
Spain wore white during the mourn
ing period. For her extended mourn
ing for her husband, Lord Darnley,
Mary Queen of Scots, came to be called
"The White Queen" And it was Anne
Of France who first went contrary to
established custom by draping her coat
of arms and clothing herself in black
on the death of her. husband, Charles
the Eighth.
Almost every color in the rainbow
is somewhere recognized as the color
of mourning. Yellow was used by
the ancient Egyptians, from whom we
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
MISSOURI WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Nov. Recommendations Trail
connecting this city, Warrensburg and
Holden, to be hard-surfaced.
Jefferson City-Sate's corn yield
155.312.000 bushels. Potato hop,
100000 bushels. Both crops decid-
ed improvement over last year.
Fulton-S4,000 subscribed for mem
orial park in honor of Galloway coun-
tvs service men.
Novelty to get new bank capitalized
at $4,000. 4'
SarcoxieA$9,oOo will be spent in
well and water extension.
Kansas City-Negro department Of
County Hospital moved to new build
ing just completed at County Farm.
Kansas City company organizes to
manufacture tubes and tires, capital
lied at S2,500,000
An investigation by Congressman
King from Illinois shows the congress
sional restaurant in tie national cap
ital to be making a profit of PIP per
cent on an order of corned beef and
sandwich. The restaurant pays no
taxes, rent, insurance, light bills, etc.
A motion to investigate was side
tracked. The restaurant is not pri-
vately owned but operated by the
house. @
\ Cassville & Exeter Railway Co. re-
organized by local men. Extensive
improvements contemplated.
Kansas City-Three new 100000
banks for Twelfth street, Sterling
State, West Side State and Twelfth
Kansas City-7--l. 100000 Liberty
memorial fund over subscribed. J.
Jefferson City-State's pecan CROP
three times larger than last year.
Carthage.-Elks Club building con-
verting basement into grill room and
banquet hall.
Carthage planning mills enlarged
plant. ~ wv +7' 81
Greene county planning to launch
another campaign for a 4 $1,000, 900
road bond. 'a
! St. Louis-26,000 cat peltsl sold dur
ing October. 4293
st. Louis.--Advocation Of thrift ed
ucation and increased salaries for
teachers, and arguments for and
against unionizaticn Of teachers. fea-
tured convention Of Missouri State
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28

The coal operators were recently
caught with 1000 per cent profits in
their pockets. This appears to the
victims-the pubic-as somewhat ex-
cessive. Therefore, the general pub
lie will most strenuously object to
paying any increased price for coal,
no matter what advance in wages Of
the miners the operators are required
to pay. Such profiteering-much worse
than highway robbery, will soon be
forcibly resisted by the public if it is
persisted in. If Congress fails or re-
fuses to look after such proteering,
then the people will be compelled 10
take the matter into their own hands.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28

Those who are. wont to think of
France as distinguished only for its
gallantry and its literature should con-
,sIder also its achievements in science,
The early French astronomers pre-
pared, the way for the modern science
Of astronomy. Pasteur reduced the
normal death rate of civilized coun-
tries from about, thirty for each thou-
sand Of population to about fifteen.
Coulonib. Laplace and Tmpere were
among those who laid the foundation
for the inventions that have made
electricity indispensable to modern
civilization; and the French labora-
tory gave us radium, which has pos,
sibilities that as yet we hardly realize.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28

On October II the Secretary of the
Treasury signed check for $685.
349, 171.53-the largest ever drawn, it
is said, Because it was made payable
to the Treasurer of the United States
for redeeming certificates of indebted
ness and other obligations, the money
really was not transferred. The larg-
est check ever drawn on the Treasury
for money that went out of the coun-
try was one for 5000, 900. 900, which we
lent to Great Britain. 'i''
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-28
A GOOD SONG TO SING
BY Mary lec7

BY Mary Lee1
Sing a song of six pence,
A pocket full of rye:
But how many War Stamps
Will that pocket buy?
Rye is on the down grade.
Stamps are going high;
So into War Savings Stamps
Let farmers turn their rye.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
ISSUE VICTORY MEDAL
TO ALL WHO SERVED
Every Officer, Enlisted Man, Field
Clerk and Army Nurse Who Saw
Active Duty to Get Token.
LAPEL BUTTON FOR CIVILIANS
General Pcrshing Furnishes List OF
Most Important Engagements OF
War-Dcsign Is Same on Medals
Face for AL Participating Nations.
tBy Associated Press. ]

wASHIN ON. April 1e.-Atter
prolonged conferences with all the
allied governments. General March an
nounced today, a design has been ap-
proved for issuance to every soldier
who participated in the great war Oh
tho allied side OF a Victory Medal
in commcmorat'on OF his service to
civilization.
The design will be similar for all
countries on the face. but may differ
in detail for the various armies.
bear a Winged Victory" and on the
reverse will be in the language of the
country by which it is issued, the
words The great war for civiliza-
tion," and the arms of the allies.
A campaign ribbon also has been
adopted 10 consist OF a double rain
bow" series with the rcd in the center.
This ribbon Will be similar, for ALI
armies and is 10 be issued in the
United States very soon.
Lapel Button for Civilians.
lapel button for civilian wear
also has been adopted. 1t will be of
bronze except in the cases of soldiers
wounded in action when 1t will be
OF silver. This medal will represent
star In wreath with the letters
~. s." for the American soldier in the
center.
The design for the Victory Medal
already has been turned over to the
National Art Commission OF which
Charles Dana Gibson is chairman.
To Indicate participation in the
more important engagements extra
clasps will be given to be attached to
the ribbon az the medal. For the
American army these clasps will bear
the names OF battles selected by
General Pershing as the most impor-
tant engagements OF the war. Special
clasps also will designate the place
OF service. as in France, England.
Siberia, or Italy.
Silver Stars for Citations.
For the service ribbons similar in
sigma have been approved. in the form
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: SUNDAY, APRIL Is, 1919.

occas!oned by the increased scope OF
operations OF the Western Union and
declaring that tho purpose OF tho wire
board Is to make the lowest rate that
Will maintain the service required by
the country, the statement continues:
in making a rate sufficient to main
tain the telegraph service OF the coun-
try discrimination could not DO made
between two companies performing
this service. Tho fact that tho Postal
company could continue to carry
its compensation is OF practically no
significance In constructing fair
schedule OF rates for the country as a
whole. Such rates must cover tho
cost Of rendering service to all points,
including just compensation for the
property used. The Postal system
reaches only a fraction of the points
at which telegraph service is rendered,
and at the points which 1t does reach
It could not carry one-half the bust
ress offered. Sound public policy
dictates a schedule OF rates which
shall give all the people telegraph
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13

demented fanatics with their follow
Ing OF murdcrous bandits who have
usurped power by violence, who main
tain their tyranical powers by q ro-
Sime OF terrorism such ~ the world
mas never seen. who have completely
ruined and destroyed tho social fabric
or the State. and who have turned
what was once the Empire OF Russia
into wilderness of primitive bar
barism, a prison. n lunatic asylum and
u slaughter house.
Tho germs of this deadly disease,
Bolshevism although lying dormant,
were present and are still present
everywhere" said the speaker, "bred
and nurtured by the atmosphere OF
social unrest, an inevitable accom-
paniment OF tho wonderful avhiev-
ments OF modern civilization, which
are doing so much to emphasize and
render more glazing the contrast be-
tween the luxury and ease of the few
and the want and limitations OF the
many, condemned to a life Of 'incessant
toll. joyless monotony and anxious in
security"
Tho former diplomat. who recently
arrived hero from Stockholm. where
he had fed with his wife and daugh-
ter. said that "the appalling gravity
Of the Russian situation cannot pos
sibly be exaggerated" and that the
official reports OF the British Consul
General Lockhart. recently published
"aro sufficient to make ones hair
stand on end" but they fan far short
Of tho reality Of affairs under tho
Bolshevist regime.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
R0SEh SAYS BOLSHEVISM
WARNING TO ALL NATIONS
Former Ambassadors From Russia
Declares Social Unrest and
Threatens Entire World.
[By Associated Prex,.1

NEW YoRK, April 1..-Baron
Rosen, formerly Russian ambassador
to the United States, and one of tho
peace plenipotentiar ies who settled
the war between Russia and Japan,
In an address today before the Brook
iyn Chamber OF Commerce. his first
public utterance since arriving in
America. an exile from his native land,
declared that II was the deadly poi
son OF Bolshevism which brought on
the defeat Of Russia and next Of Ger
many" and that its sudden rise and
stupendous growth should be a solemn
warning to the ruling classes in all
belligcrent countries
Russia as political entity has
temporarily ceased to exist" said
Earon Rosen. There is at present no
political party or body of men which
could be held to be entitled to enter
upon International engagements in the
name OF Russia. and the Russian ma
tion-least OF all that small group OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13

OF stars to, represent these engage
ments. Citations of individual SOL
diers will DO shown by attaching a
small silver star for each citation.
The engagements selected by Cen
dlers who participated in them arc as
follows:
April: Lye defensive 9th April-27th
April; Aisne defensive (Chemin des
Danes and northeast Of Rheims). 27tn
fcnsivc. 9th June-l3th June: Cham
pagnc- Marne defensive, 18th July-lStn
July: AisneMarne offensive, 18TH July
9th August; Somme offensive Sth Au-
gust November: OisE-Aisnc Of
fensivc, 18th AuGust-11th November;
Yprcs-Lys offensive. 18th August -l1tn
November: ST. Mihlel offensive, 18th
Scptembcr-l6th September: Meuse-
Argonne offensive, 26th Septembcr-l1th
November: Battle of Nlttorio-V cneto.
Italy. gath Octobcr-4th November,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
MISS LENN0x MAKES HIT
AT COMMUNITY CHORUS
SIX Hmdred RacAnona Music Lover.
Her Contralto and Sailsrs'
Gle Club.

Miss Elisabeth Lennox, oontrafto. ap-
pearing with the Sailors Glee Club at
John Marshall High School auditorium
the 500 Richmond music lovers who
heard her: She, the glee club and tho
community singers will give another
concert at the City Auditorium at 3
O'Clock this afternoon.
Henri Beaugard. formerly on Ad-
mtral Mayo's stan as vocal Instructor
OF tho men Of the South Atlantic Fleet.
VIII direct the community singers,
whom he has boon training for sew
eesl weeks. he has appeared with
the American stage. Last nisSt he
stated that Miss Lennox's performance
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
WIRE CONTROL BOARD
EXPLAINS RATE RAISE
Declares Public Should Compare In
crease Tolls With Advances
I'm Other Prices.
REPLY TO PosTAL's OFFER
That Company Could, 1t Says, Do
Business at Old Rate, Because 1t
Serves Only Profitable Territory,
Its Rival Giving General Service.
IBy Associated Press. ]


WASHINGTON. April 12.-In maxi
Ing public today a statement in which
IL gives figures upon which is based
the increase Of telegraph rates. the
wire control board directs attention
to the fact that. while the increase in
price OF products and service of vari-
Gus Industrial and mercantile corpora
tions have increased 100 per cent,
telegraph service has been rendered
at pre-war prices throughout period
when industrial and business profits
were unprecedented.
The increase of 90 per cent in tele-
graph rates" says the statement,
should be considered IN comparison
other prices. and it is less than that
found necessary to add TO the railroad
freight rates and is no greater than
has been made generally in other
Public utility rates in order to obyiate
financial collapse
sustaining operations OF the Postal
company with the smaller proportion
ate earnings OF the Western Union
the statement declared that during tho
January. 1919, the Postal carried only
about one sixth OF the business of
the country. limited to profitable
fields. while the western Union carried
tive-sixths of the business. much OF
which extended into fields less pro-
titable, but which gave a service
necessary to maintain the require
ments OF the public.
During the same period the Postal
carried only about one-twelfth OF the
government business. carried at ap-
proximatey 40 per cent OF the COM
mercial rate and claimed by both COM
panies to be a loss OF so per cent OF
the operating costs. In this connec-
tion, the statement says, instructions
were issued by officials OF the Postal
directing their 'subordinates to avoid
government business whenever 1t
could be done.
Statement of Policy.
After citing figures to show the
in rial
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
MEDALS ARE AWARDED
Mnjor-Gencral Biddle presents Honor.
to Three Americans at London
Headquarters.
IBy Associated Press.l

LONDON. April 12.-At an imposing
ceremony on the parade ground near
the American military headquarters
today. Major-Gencra! John Biddlc. the
American commander in the United
Kingdom. decorated Colonel Harry +.
Rethers. of Los Angeles. of the quar-
termaster's corps. and Colonel Francis
4. Longley, of the Twenty sixth En-
gineers, with Distinguished Service
Medals. At the request of the French
government. General Biddle presented
the War Cross to Second Lieutenant
James V Slade, of the Second Engi-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13

Richmond. - 49, ing
u Tns sl.s GLIB LIB 1Res.s: ssre ena.- s.
Service. operating IN this instance mn,
der the direction OF the Navy Densrt
mont 1t has toured nearly An Oh the
New York It 10 now on its rsfvrr A.
trip to New York. whore 1t WIN appear
IN. competition with 2 similar orxant-
Miss Lennox will sing with il thers"
No charge will be made for ad~i.
sion to tho Auditorium this afternnon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
Award to All VINO scrv.d.

we propose" said General March,
ito award this medal to all officers,
enlisted men. field clerks and army
nurses who served on active duty for
tween April s. 1917. and November IL.
1918. In the army of the United States
and whose service in the army was
honorable.
"As it will take somc little time to
develop the medal itself. the ribbon will
We expect to be able to start furnish
lnG the ribbon in relatively short
time"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
CASE NOT COMPLETED
Trial OF Harmon Walker, Charged Will
DcfraudlnE Government, Still
in Progress.

Harmon Walker. charged with pre-
senting false claims against the gov
eminent. Is still being tried by the
jury in the United States District
Court, and it was stated yesterday af-
ternoon that the case would hardly be
completed before Monday afternoon
Many witnesses were heard yester-
dav.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13
Msny Hnnst nM.-

Tho navy recruiting Office fere ax.,,
showed an increase in enlistmenta for
the tenth consecutive week. Thu ~.
fee now stands third among the citi,.
Of the United States for enlistment.
New York stood first last week, VIII
a total OF i2l recruits, Boston re-
ond, with ninety-six, and Richnnond
third. with ffty-oiSht.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-13

Charge He Stole Clothing.
Wade Stewart colored. 1923 North
First Street. was arrested yesterday
by Patrolmen Green and Harris. on n
charge OF stealing clothing from NJ
AmSter.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-22
THE LOGAN REPUBLICAN,

bers of the league have publicly ex-
pressed themselves as in favor OF a
league for peace which has behind
it an international police power with
the strength to insist on observance
by the various nations Of the DEGREES
OF the international peace tribunal. In
order that the local branch may be
made as broad as possible in its
membership every citizen of the state
is invited TO join. The general MEM
bership fee is 81; an active member
ship fee is SIS; and a patrons mem
bership fee is $40 and up. The mon
ey raised by these fees will be used
to defray the expenses of the educa-
tional campaign OF the branch and to
secure the latest information on
world wide peace plans.
number OF local organizations
have already pledged support to the
activities of the branch. . The War
Mothers at their last session went on
record as favoring the resolutions
passed by the executive committee
expressing the stand taken by the
branch officils. And the women also
promised their support In the mem
bership activities of the league. 1t
is expected that shortly many other
organizations interested in civic,
state. national and world wide bet
terment will pledge their support to
the branch.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-22

lief that the public recognized the
need of the general advance in wages
for railroad employees, joint use OF
terminals, interchange of equipment
and greater control over routing OF
freight, but said that these chang ss
in operation have proved nothing
new.