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The Irish standard., 1919-04-12

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KA|SER'S MENTALITY
 WAS QUESTIONED BY
 EMPEROR FREDERICK
Considered Dangerous to Permit Will liam to Have Any Hand in Foreign Policy of Empire.

Berlin, Dec. -(Correspondenc of the Associated Press s)-Less than two years before William IT, the former German Emperor, came to the throne of Germany, his father Frederck con- sidered it dangerous to allow him to have any hand in the foreign politics of the German Empire. Frederick. in fact, had an extremely low regard for his sons mental equipment and abil- ity, and it is frankly set forth ill let ter written to Bismarck, September 28, 1886, from Portofino, Italy, and which has just been made public.
 Williams principal defects at that. time, as his father saw them, were This habit of making snap judgments in a manner tending to eXaggeration," lack of actual learning" which was "still full of gaps," and "an inclina tion to conceit." Here is the text of the letter:
 "My son, Prince Wilhelm, has with
 out my previous knowledge expressed the wish to His Majesty Gillian I: Frederick then was still the crown prince) to become better acquainted
 with the operations of our minister
 ies during the coming winter, and
 learn that it is intended to employ him in the Foreign Office.
 "Inasmuch as I have received no official communication to that effect il am compelled to turn .o you in con- fidence to learn what has really been decided on, and further to declare that despite the fact that I am in favor in
 principle of introducing my son into questions of the higher administra- tion, I am decidedly opposed to hav- ing him begin at the Foreign Office For in view of the importance of the tasks to be entrusted to the prince,
 consider it imperative that he shall first of all thoroughly learn the inter nal conditions of hi sown land and have the feeling that he understands
 them thoroughly before he, with his
 habit of making snap judgments tend
 ing to exaggeration busies himself
 with politics.
 "His actual learning is still full of gaps, and at the same time he lacks the proper foundation, and for this reason it is absolutely necessary that his education be improved and com- pleted. If he could be assigned to the office of a civilian advisory official
 and if he could later be connected
 with or even given a post in one Of the
 administrative ministeries, it would serve this purpose. But, in jew of the immaturity as we'll of the inexper- | fence of my eldest son, and also of his inclination to conceit, l am com
 pelled to declare, that it is absolutely dangerous to bring him into touch with questions of foreign policy at this time And while begging you to con
 slider my communication as strictly confidential, I count on your support in this matter, which caused me grave anxiety"
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united or cooperative activities among common carriers by rail and by water" Supporting this sugges- ton, the commission said:
 Obviously, competition, between carriers that is wasteful or unneces- sarily expensive lays an added bur den upon the rate payers. Elimina tion of wasteful or unduly expensive competition in rates or service is de- sirable." Railroads should be per mitted to merge and consolidate after thorough investigation an dhearing and only by sanction of the govern mental regulating body, the commits sion said, and this tribunal should have authority to prescribe both max imum and minimum rates.
 Senator Gore drew from Commits sioner Clark an expression of opinion that several national railroad systems competing for service, would render more efficient service than a number of regional mergers. Under the com missions suggested plan, Mir. Clark explained, competition for service would not be discontinued but the federal authority would enforce ade- quate service.
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derly citizen of enemy birth but pos sessing an Americanism as staunCh as that of the colonel himself, enter ed the Oyster Bay Inn yesterday when he learned of the death of the colonel, to demand confirmation of news which had shocked the world Informed that what he had heard was true, he collapsed in chair and gave way to unrGstrained emo tion.
 If he's sone--if he's really gone I'm through the old friend Of Theodore Roosevelt said
 There is nothing more fer me to live for if Teddy is never coming by here again. I2ddN-Why, Ted dy used to sic his dog onf me when he was a boy
 The flood of "reminiscences which has swept Oyster Bay Brought to public notice a circumstance which the townspeople have long been fa- miliar with, but regarded which the outside world perhaps has never known. It is circumstance which may be said to be eloQuentls charac- teriztic of the gentle home life of the Roosevelt family It was said that it was not until a1out four months ago that the Sagamore Hill house was installed with electric lights.
 Noted visitors from many lands, unknown with international missions sent by foreign governments, have come to the Sagamore Hill house to find the colonel writing. dictating or reading by the lght of oil lamps. Throughout his great home, oil burning lights only were to be found until a few months ago. On the desk at whic hthe colonel sat in his pres idential chair during white house days-there stood an oil lamp.
 It was neighborly "reminiscences today which revealed why at last oil surrendered it's place to the mod ern electricity
 ''You know" the colonel was quo ted by 6 neighbor as saying, half apologetically, i've just had to put in electric lights. Tho servants de- manded it."
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ana advocated adoption of Director eneral McAdoo's suggestion for eX- tension of ederal management. The proposal of the railroad exc cutlVes, to be presented to the com-- mlttee probably tomorrow, is similar Tn general scope to the interstate com. merce commissions recommendation II was stated today. The executives, however, are said to advocate even more regulatory power for the gov elnment than the commission su3- gests.
 The commission presented a detail- ed program of proposed legislation in case railroads are returned to private management, providing for strict reg ulation by the government of rates, services, finance, security issues and pooling of facilities and clarification of doubtful relations between federal and state authority.
 Supporting the argument for re- turn of railroads to private manage ment, the commissions statement said:
 "The law provides that federal con- trol shall not continue beyond twenty one months after promulgation of a treaty of peace. The wisdom of thus providing a reasonable period after the passing of the imperative neces- sltles of our government in actual prosecution of warfare, within which to readjust or make preparations for readjustment of traffic conditions and to round out or prepare financial ar engagements, is hardly open to ques- tion. Carriers properties formerly composing a system are now under the jurisdiction of two or more re- gional directors of federal managers, the current of traffic has in some in stances been materially changed, and financial complications exist. Com raratively few contracts for compen- sation have been perfected between the transportation companies and the government.
 Our expression in favor of return to private ownership and operation is, therefore, not to be understood as fla vorlng return of the properties in a precipitate way. A reasonable period o freadjustment or preparation should be afforded and reasonable notice should be given that upon a given date the properties will be restored to their owners.
 "Manifestly, from social stand point as we'll as from the standpoint of the nature of the employment and because of the great importance to the public as well as to the railroads of loyal and devoted service on part of the employees, the railroad employees should be adequtely compensated"
 The commission then set forth recommendation for legislative ac- tion
 First, said the statement, there should be "revision of limitations upon
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 >o~"~~~~~~-~~~~~~~>~~~~~~ tomorrow at Christ church.
 When the delegation of United States senators and repre- sentat:,es arrives here tomorrow and mer cf national and international fama lave assembled to ray their finai tribute to the great American. these dstln- guished visitors will find Oyster Bay people regretting not tine passing of a world known figure, Lut cf mere ly neighbor known to all here and beloved by all here fer his pure democracy as fellow-voter and a fellow worshipper. To these resi- dents, the colonel was never a fore most figure American history and international events-eyen when he was presidet. Roosevelt was lcokSd upon here rather as a townsman than as a noted statesman.
 Tales without number were re- counted in solemn recollection today of the town life of the former presi- dent. There was the old German American tradesman whose store stood as it stands today. in the heart of the village when Freddy" as boy, was accustomed to pass the little structure each day. This el-
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|luR ADS UNDER
 GOVT. REGULATION

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 Ire the commission for review, re- @a rdless of the cabinet officers act I'm. The period for which rates Eight be suspended pending investi- Etion would be reduced from ten bonths, as at present, to two months I The railroad mems attitude is that
 commerce commissions efficiency [ould be increased trough relieving
 of administrative detail, and the
 ,rning over to regional commissions
 much routine involved in hearing bcal rate cases.
 TO make possible consolidation of Eeak railroads with strong lines, joint se of cars and facilities inter-com- any agreements as to rates and pra- Ices. the rail executives would amend Existing laws forbidding these prac- kces. and legalize them under super S;sion of the Secretary of Transporta- 6on. Other features of the railroad sroposal include Federal incorpora 6on of all railroad companies, Federal kontrol of railroad security issues, Ind establishment of federal wage Roard to investigate wage and en- 5loyment disputes.
 Oppose Government Ownership. Opposition to government Owner- Rhip or operation of railroads at this lime was expressed today by the 1n- hrstate Commerce Commission in a katement presented to the Senate In hrstate Commerce Committee at it's Tearing on railway legislation by Commissioner Edgar E. Clark. considering and weighing as best ke can all of the arguments for and [gainst the different plans," said the Commissioner, i've are led to the con- fiction that with the adoption of ap- Eropriate provisions and safeguards br regulations under private owner |hip. it would not be wise or best at his time to assume government oW- (ership or operation of the railways (f the country"
 The commission declared, however, hat "a reasonable period of readjust- hent or preparation" should be a1- owed before relinquishment of feder- il control. "It seems obvious,' said he statement. that no plan of pri- late ownership should be considered |nless it is under broadened, extend Id and amplified government regula- fon"
 FavOrs McAdOO'S Plan. Commissioner Wooley dissented rom the recommendation against |ontinuation of government control,
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Vegetable Compound toohighly, and you may publish my testimonial as it may be the means of helping some other suffering woman. Mrs. IRENE KING, 1O5 West Campbell Street, lola, Kansas.
 The great number of unsolicited tes- timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab oratory, many of which are from time to time published by permission, are proof of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, in the treatment of female ills.
 Every ailing woman in the United States is cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass, for special advice. It is free, ready to bring you health and may save your life.
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Confucius.

CobtMcius was not religious teach CT. He taught ethics and was q great philosopher. His doctrines dealt with mans relations to man, and not with mans relations or responsibilities to God. The true followers of Confucius can properly be said to have no relig. ion. but most Ccnfucianists have relig- ious notions borrowed either from the Buddhist or Taoist religions. or from both.
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Greatest of Great Minds.

Shakespeare is of nc age, nor, l may add, of any religion or party or profession. The body and substance of his works come out of the unfath- omablc depths of his own oceanic mind: his observation and reading supplied him with the drapary of his
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Must Have Proper Foundation.

The flowers of rhetoric are only ac- ceptabe when backed by the ever greens of truth and sense. The gran i+e statute. rough hewn though if be. Is far more imposing in its simple and stern though rude proportions, than the rlrster cast, however elaborately wrought and gilded.-Macaulay.
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Wonderfully Small Portraits.

The smallest portraits ever made are in the National museum, the work of an Italian artist. Three portraits ap- pear in a circular frame one-eighth of an inch in diameter.
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year. l nao palIlS III back and stomach, in fact all over me,
 andwas all rundown. A friend of mine was cured of the same trouble by Lydia E.
 Pinkham's s Vegeta- ble Compound. l took it and it gave me h c 9 l t h and strength and made a new woman of me.
 I cannot praiSe VO,1r
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SUFFERING
 A WHOLE YEAR
Mrs. King Was Made We'll by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
 etable Compound.

lola, Kansas. -" was constant suf- ferer from female trouble for about 8
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OYSTER BAY MOURNS
 PASSING OF FRIEND
 COLONEL ROOSEVELT

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-14
Germany Protested That the
Troops We're Being Dis
tributed on Frontier
ULTIMATUM SENT
BY MARSHAL FOCH
Demanding the Continue
,tion of the Movement
of Polish Troops

Coblenz, Friday, June 10 (By the As
ISOLATED Press An ultimatum demand
ing the immediate continuation of the
government of Polish troops across Ger
many has been sent to the German gov
eminent by Marshal Foch, according TO
dispatches from Spa
Orders were issued at Berlin several
days ago to hold up the Polish troop
trains. One was held at Coblenz, another
at Treves, two at Ems and eight in the
interior of Germany. The transfer of
Polish troops from France to Poland be
gan about six weeks ago and was due to
be completed on June IL.
Matthias Erzberger claimed that Po
land intended to distribute two divisions
of General Haller's troops along the from.
tier. He protested that this was OPP
posed to the terms of the armistice and
that unless Poland abandoned her pur-
pose Germany would be compelled to
suspend the movement of the Polish
army across Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-14
Peanuts in Mesopotamia.

A successful experiment has been car
ried out at Fellujah, on the Euphrates
river, about 80 miles west of Bagdad,
with peanuts, or groundnuts, sa they are
called here, by the British. The follow
ing interesting quotation is from the
Bagdad Times;
Zone of the most remarkable facts
about Mesopotamian agriculture is the
remarkable scarcity of oil seeds among
the crops grown in the country. Praeti-
cally no oil seeds are grown, with the
exception of little sesamum (sim- sim
and linseed (Bazr- el-ittan). In other
countries oil seeds are great commercial
crops and bring much money into the
pockets of the cultivator. India has its
linseed, cotton seed, cocoanut, gingelly,
rapeseed sesamum and groundnuts,
while Egypt has its cotton and sesa.
mum, and Japan its soy beans. 1t is high
ly essential that Mesopotamia should
grow its own oil seeds, and in view of
this state of affairs a little experiment
with groundnuts carried out at the Fell
lujah gardens is of interest.
''The plot was only small one, about
one-tenth of an acre being sown, The
crop was sown in June and lifted in No
vember. The person in charge of the gar
den had no experience of this crop and
sowed somewhat too thickly and over
watered, yet the crop when first lifted
gave 1850 pounds of nuts, which, when
dried, gave 800 pounds per acre.
"Groundnuts are in considerable de-
mand already in the country, large guam
titles being imported from India, At
present the nut is consumed in a parched
state or is used for making sweetmeats.
Later on, when the production exceeds
this local demand, the surplus viii find
a ready export as an oil seed.
"The variety grown at Fellujah is a
tight -husked variety, with very at
tractive bright red skin, known as the
small japanese. 1t was not known in
Mesopotamia before and local merchants
who have seen samples have been much
interested. 1t has the advantage of be-
ing quickly grown, requiring compare
lively little water, and being easy to
dig.
Demonstration plots at various cen
ters will, if possible, be arranged for
by the agricultural department this
year, and it should be possible to estab-
lish this crop on commercial scale in a
short time. commerce Reports.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-14
WILL TEST NoN-PARTIsAN LEAGUE
On the Seven Measures Passed by North
Dakota Legislature

Fargo, N. d., June l4.-The first d.
rect test of the National Nonpartisan
leagues industrial program will take
place June 26 when special referendum
election will be held on seven of the
leagues measures passed by the North
Dakota legislature.
Interest centers chiefly upon the indus
trial commission bill and the act pro-
viding for establishment Of the bank
of North Dakota, both of which are vital
TO the entire program.
The industrial commission bill pro.
vides for commission which would con
troll the state-owned industries to be as
tablished. The bank of North Dakota
would provide funds for carrying out the
program League supporters say failure
Of either measure would disrupt the pro-
gram.
The other bills to be voted upon deal
with education, taxation, state print
ing, emigration and judicial redistrict-
ing.
The referendum election was called by
Governor Frazier after circulation of Pc
titions by the Independent Voters as
ISOLATION The association also cireu-
lated petitions for the initiation OF a
mill and elevator association law, a non
partisan election law, rural credits law
and home building law, the initiative
election to be held simultaneously with
the referendum. These measures, with
the exception of the non partisan cleo
ton law, are included in the league pro-
gram.
The initiative petition contained more
than twice the number Of signatures
necessary but Governor Frazier held that
the associations efforts to have the refer
endum and initiative held on the same
date was merely an attempt to confuse
the issue. Then he named June % as
the date for the referendum, The consti-
tuition requires that initiative petitions
be filed 30 days before an election. The
initiative petitions were not filed until
late in April.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-14
DANGER Turks IN
EVERY ONE OF Us
We Are As Full of Deadly
Poisons As A Germ
Laboratory.
INSTRUMENTATION
OR SELF POISONING
"FRUIT-A-TIvES" Absolutely Pre-
vents This Dangerous Condition.

Tile ehief cause Of poor. health is
our neglect of the bowels. Waste
matter, instead of passing from the
lower intestine regularly every day,
is allowed to remain there, generating
poisons which are absorbed by the
blood.
In other words, person who IS
habitually constipated, is poisoning
himself. We know now that Anfo-
amortization, due to non-action of the
bowels, is directly responsible for
serious Kidney and Bladder Troubles;
that it upsets the Stomach, causes
Indigestion, Loss of Appetite and
Sleeplessness; that chronic Rheum-
atism, Gout, Pain In The Back, are
relieved as soon as the bowels become
regular; and that Pimples, Rashes,
Eczema and other Skin Affections
disappear when "Fruit-a-tives" are
taken to correct Constipation.
"Fyait-a tires" Tor Fruit Lfoe,'
Tablets wiH protect yoH against
Auto.intoxication.
Soc. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-14

ably, the largest in the world, We do
big things in California,
The tendency of all business is toward
big units. There is economy in them.
They reduce costs of production, often
by utilizing by-products to an extent not
possible for smaller concerns, thereby
eliminating waste and increasing output.
And the greater the output the more
there is to divide. The richest man in
the world cannot eat any more canned
peaches or stewed prunes than the poor
est--very likely not nearly so much
but the advantage of great production
is that the poor man gets a chance to
eat what he might not otherwise be able
to taste.
To increase production is either to
lower prices or increase income. By one
of those ways or the other when produce
tion exceeds consumption of the rich, the
excess product must be brought within
reach of some who have not heretofore
been able to use it.
Nominal prices do not count. When,
as at present, there are great changes in
the price level within short time there
is trouble to some during the period of
lidtinltlun bcNduSt lllCtp anu luCOHlts 10
not all change at the same time Those
who are latest to feel the uplift are for
the time being uncomfortable. In the
end they all get it and live happy ever
after, or, at least, till the next uplift or
downslide occurs.
That this is a world of change is illus
trated by the story of the progress of
the Santa Clara valley. Until about So
years ago it was mostly grain field. 1t
was good grain field, to be sure, but its
product had to be marketed many thou
sand miles away and production gave
employment only at seed time and har-
vest AT other times of the year there
was an atmosphere of repose
The transformation of the valley into
one vast orchard has added prodigiously
to human employment and human hap
piness. In the Santa Clara valley there
is work for everybody all the time, with
a great bulge at harvest The old grain
fields are dotted with the attractive homes
of prosperous farmers. Thriving cities,
with San Jose in the lead have grown up
where once the cattle wandered amid the
tall mustard And it is all due to its
fruit industries, from which the great
canneries and packing houses get bust
ness.--Snn Francisco Chronicle.