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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

In q day presenting a multitude OF
abscrhiug subjects for immediate at
feu,icn and prompt decision the out
standing issue OF them ri. is the rati-
location of The peace t., 4ty.
Thai we should he obliged to go,
hat in hand. TO the present German
gcyernmeu: and beg, as favor to
suupiiant. for changes in the treaty
which we dictated and which Ger
many has already accepted is an in
toierabie thought Yet exactly that
vii, happen If the sc nate undertakes
70 make terual amendments TO the
traasy.
To alter a single word OF the pres
ent covenant will release Germany
from every existing obligation TO this
government. Unless the senate ac-
certs the treaty as 1t stands. we must
remain at war with the nation which
cur arms have conquered. To make
. new treaty now would put us at
disadvantage which the Germans
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

Marine Corps. ard to reinstate his in
surance at any time within eighteen
months following discharge without
the burden of paying a large amount
Of money.
The reason payment for tho
month OF grace is required under the
new decision Is that the insured was
protected by reason OF his insurance
continuing in force during that
month. and that had he died during
the period Of grace his policy would
have been paid.
'Of course. every man who has
dropped his insurance should rein
state IT Immediately, for the reason
that IL he should die before reinstate-
ment his dependents will not receive
any payment.
Therefore, / urge that care be
taken to make Clear to every former
service man who has dropped his In
surance that the new ruling does not
automatically reinstate him, and 10
impress upon him that he will be
without insurance until he voluntarily
applies for and secures reinstatement.
He should Immediately apply for re-
instaternent for his own protection
and that of his dependents
Don't forget that men die or be-
come disabled in peace time as we'll
as In war time, and that IL a man
waits he may not be In as good health
as he WAS at the time OF his discharge
and consequently may not be able TO
secure reinstatement
Don't put OF reinstatement. Do
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

A correspondent advises u general
return to the old methods of com
were invented to bless--and curse
: feverishly busy world. He says we
.nou,d INST forget that there are such
contraptions in existence; and If we
vant 10 talk with anybody we should
either 20 where that person IL or send
him note and wait for an answer.
1t sounds pure aiiurement hspeci-
ally does one wish Tor tue abolition OF
Dr. Bells invention when. as hap
pened TO lis the other day, six calls
came In over our telephone in fifteen
minutes, each caller demanding a
different number from that of our own
station. each decidedly indignant with
us at not getting what he asked Tor
and disposed TO be rude with us be-
tors attention. And TO most OF US
has come an experience something
like this:
In the small hours of the morning
the telephone bell rings as if 1t would
tear the instrument from the wall.
We answer A voice asks. is this
Manchester 7e547" NO, this is
Northampton 1921" we reply. There
- q rattle on the line which indicates
an effort OF the caller to get cenIafs
attention. Presently our bell rings
again. We answer. After long wait
central says Number. please, We
tell her We did not call. and hang up.
We get back TO bed just in time 70
hear that Internal bell again rs
this Manchester 7s54?" demands a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18
ON SENATE TO
RAT|FY PEACE TREATY

Washington. Aug. 17.-"Iet the
senate ratify the peace treaty and
thus avert from America the reproach
of depriyfng the world OF the great
hope and radiant promise of a world
allied for the preservation of peace"
This is the keynote OF a ste tement
issued to the country through the
w. Wickersham. former attorney
general of the United States and a
Republican. Mr.. Wickersham shows
that the objections against the league
of nations covenant are similar to
those that were raised against the
constitution of the United States be-
fore its adoption.
The opposition to the constitution
of the United States, writes Mr.
Wickersham. finally crystallized into
the objection that 1t failed to provide
damental guarantee OF life, liberty
and property against abuse of power
by the new government.
But the friends OF the constitu-
ton as Justice Harlan once wrote.
believing that the failure to accept it
would destroy all hope for perma-
nent union among the people Of the
original states and following the ad
vice OF Washington. who was the
ieader Oh the constitutional FORCES,
mot this objection by showing that
when the constitution had been ac-
cepted by the requisite number Of
state and thereby become the supreme
law Of the land, such amendments
could be adopted as would relieve the
apprehensions of those who deemed
/ it necessary by express provision to
guard against the infringement by the
agencies OF the general government
OF any of the essential rights of
American freemen.
The failure to accept the peace
covenant" hes adds, would destroy
the most practical plan for the pre-
servation Of tho worlds peace ever
submitted to the acceptance Of the
nations"
Amendments deemed necessary for
the safeguarding of the national ira
ditions and institutions of America
can be formulated, presented and
adopted later on. by tho council OF
the league OF nations. he urges. I'm
mediate ratification. he says In con-
clusion. would leave congress free to
devote its attention to the many
pressing domestic problems that
should be disposed of.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

A recent decision of the treasury
department. holding that discharged
soldiers, sailors and marines who
have dropped or cancelled their gov
eminent insurance may reinstate 1t
within eighteen months after dis
charge without paying back prem
tums, gives An extraordinary oppor-
4unity for ex-service men 10 make
sure that their families shall be pro-
tected. The department has asked
that citizens generally bring this mat
ter to the attention OF the country's
CORNER defenders. so that all may be
fully informed OF the ruling In their
favor.
Director r G. Choimeley-Jone Of
NE bureau Of war risk insurance.
aays
sSN THE. present decision is one OF the
Snnoet important to former service men
that has been made In the history OF
&Ae bureau.
I Many service men have been de-
], red from awaiting themselves of the
6ner and less liberal reinstatement
S0e1xiieges by reason OF the relatively
Il afxe amount Of money represented
accumulated overdue premiums
4 because It would seem that they
xSGn paying for something that they
ee actually had. which. in fact,
{ f ~ casa-
Jn1ee the new decision a man Ia
Npa ~ the burden Of overdue
! a1nA He has an opportunity to
1l1es&D himssif hnacialiy after
De - Of the Army. Navy. OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

il now"
If the policyhoider is unable to
keep the full amount of War Risk In
surance he carried while in the serv-
Ice, he may relnstate part of il from
81 900 up to $4,000. in multipies Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

$500. Reductions may be made In
multiples of $500 to any amount, but
not less than $1,000 Premiums are
due on the first of the month, all
though payments may be made any
time during the calendar month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18
CHARGE Of FRAUD N
GOVERNMENT FILMS

Washington. Aug. l7--Charges oe
Wholesale fraud involving millions Of
dollars in connection with the handling
Of goyernment-made motion pictures
will be taken up this week by tho
house committee investigating the war
department.
In making this announcement. Rep
resentative Graham. Republican Of
Illinois. chairman OF the COMMITTEES.
said that the preliminary evidence
Eathered by the committee involves at
least one army officer.
A number OF the government aims,
Mr.. Graham declared. have been stolen
end exhibited for commercial purposes.
The army officer involved, according
to the chairman, was ono Of the chief
exhibitors. He is said to have made
an enormous amount Of money without
turning in cent to the government
A number of New York motion pic-
ture producers have been summoned to
iify as to what they know Of the
handling OF government films.
.------------~--------s
May Investigate CAarg~s.
Washington. Aug. 1.-THE inter-
state commerce commission may br re-
auested by the housc interstate corn-
merce committee to investigates the
charge by Glenn T.. Plumb that Wall
street interests have system tica1ly
looted and wrecked many OF the I'm.
rortant railroad systems In the United
States Mr.. Plumb made this charge
during his testimony before the CONF
rnittee on the Plumb plan for rationale
zation of the railroads. 9s
Representative Each. Republican. %
Wisconsin, chairman OF the committee,
stated that he will confer with s0f|is
cials of the interstate commerce come
mission tomorrow to see II II woul0
be practicable for the commissions Ia
make the investigation.
Steam may be a good servant. but
it occasionally blows up It's master.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-18

A secret is something that a wo-
man does not know.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
FREEDOM CAN COME
ONLY THROUGH Law
A Professor of Law at Harvard Uni
versity Gives His Views
on Ratification

One of the striking facts about the
international history of the past sew
eral hundred years is the clocklike
regularity with which at the begin
ming of each century cataclysmic
world wars have broken out and
threatened the onward march of civ
ilization, in spite of the contrary
desires of the great IA Of the
worlds people. At the beginning OF
the seventeenth century 1t was the
bloody Thirty Years War which de-
vastated Europe like a plague; at the
beginning Of the eighteenth century
it was the long struggle between Louis
XIV and the Allied States Of Europe;
at the beginning of the nineteenth
it was the far-reaching Napoleonic
Wars which swept Europe like a
consuming fire. At the conclusion OF
every one Of these wracking wars
the statesmen Of an exhausted
Europe, sincerely anxious to guar
antee and secure the future peace
Of the world, concluded epoch-making
treaties, by which the map Of Europe
was substantially re1nades. in the full
belief that the formula had at last
been found for a permanent and en-
during peace. Yet each peace proved
as transftory as the n which pre-
ceded it; and at the beginning of
the twentieth century we have found
ourselves ono again plunged, quite
against the wishes of the great
majority of mankind, into a cata-
clysmic struggle, recalling all the
savagery of the Thirty Years War
three centuries before.
Cause and effect ar changeless
and eternal; can any one who reads
history truly doubt but that if we
conclude a peace today, no different
in substance or structure from the
Peace of Munster of 1913, the Treaty
of Utrecht of 1713, or the Treaty of
Vienna of 1915, it will be only a
question of time till we are once
oSCIlA ShSolISu Ill Oil CNSA ICl-
rible world war than that through
which we have just passed? If the
Treaty Of 1919 does no more than
to rearrange boundaries and impose
indemnities, if it allows the contin-
uation of the old International law
lessness, and fails to organize inter-
national society into an ordered
community of states, there can be
no installing the fact that, all the
agony of the past four years will
have been largely in vain; for. as
surely as night follows day, within
a measurable period of time we
shall have to face the same agony
again.
International lawlessness may have
suited well enough at a time when
states were in fact self-sufhcing and
insulated units. But that time has
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
THE BUGABOO
ABOUT ARTICLE X
Boston Herald, June ~

Boston Herald, June 10
A dangerous mi~sconception has ex-
listed from the start in the minds of
many Americans as to what is in
volved in Article 10 of the Covenant
of the League of Nations, to which
article Senator Johnson says, 1T Is
unthinkable that any American can
subscribe
This article says: 1.-The members of
the league undertake to respect and
preserve as against external agrees
sion the territorial integrity and ex-
listing political independence of all
members of the league. In case of
any such aggression or in ase of
threat of danger Of such aggression,
the council shall advise on the e
bv which this obligation shall be full
filed"
This mean simply and solely that
| external aggression must end. It
| does not mean that boundary lines ex-
listing today or existing whenever the
aggression cur must be maintained.
Nothing exists in the covenant which
provides for the maintenance of the
| status quo. The trainers of the COW
enant had NJ such absurd notion that
a growing, constantly changing world
should be rigidly preserved as it ex-
lists when the treaty is signed. There
are g ways in which changes
can be made without aggression: by
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

purchase, interchange, or some Kmu
of amicable agreement, especially II
preceded by removal of economic bar
riers. There is only one way by
which changes cannot be made-that
is, by external, aggression. When
Senator johnson asks, Are ye ready,
Americans to pledge your SONS and
your sons sons to- maintain and pre-
serve for all time the present govern
ment Of the little nations we are set
ting up in Europe?" he is conjuring up
a ridiculous proposal never in the
minds of the trainers of the covenant.
Radicals and r~eactionaries alike have
stumbled over this plain statement
and some of them wickedly, some Of
them i%gnorantly, read into it what is
not there. Enormous consequences
depend upon the immediate rectify-
ing of this gross misunderstanding as
to the article which is the backbone
of the whole covenant.
Let it be remembered, military OPP
position to external aggression is to
be the last agency, not the first one,
used. Each nation is now to be it's
brothers keeper and should help in
the great work of forestal1ing and pre-
venting trouble. Economic pressure
is to be the first deterrent. A nation
that will not send it's case to court,
that begins on external aggression, will
in the first place know that not a ship
will enter it's ports, not a railroad car
or telegram pass its border line. If
complete boycott fails, then a small
| quota of soldiers may be requisitioned
from each country, but only when our
representative on the council votes for
it. We can never be compelled to
send our troops against our will.
Those sent will be volunteers. not
conscripts, and they will simply stop
aggression. They will not conquer
or continue punishment if aggression
ceases
Let Americans refuse to be fooled
by specious arguments at this most
critical time. The question is. shah G
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
LOS ANGELES HAS new DIVER
Eugene Mahoney, Youth Of Nineteen,
Has Mastered Some Of Highest
Scoring Dives on List.

Vance Vieth, coach Of water sports
at the Los Angeles A. c., who has
brought out several national diving
champions Of both sexes, is about to
Spring another candidate for title hon
'ors in Eugene Mahoney, his most re-
Gently developed star. A youth Of nine
teen, Mahoney has mastered during
the last year some of the highest
scoring dives on the regulation A. A.
o.. list, and he can now go through a
splendid championship program in ex-
cellent form.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
GIRLS HID ON TRANSPORT
Two Found on Troopship Which
BROUGHT 13 Wal Brides.

When the United States transport
Louisville arrived at New York city
from Brest her officers reported that,
in addition to bringing brides of 1e
American officers and %privates, there
were two nineteen-year-old English
girls on board who had slowed away
in Liverpool and were not discovered
until a week later.
Captain Hartley, commander of the
Louisville, permitted the stowaways
to remain in the cabin they had ap-
propriated and to take their meals
with the. other women.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
no - - - 80
WILL SELL SMALL CRAFT
Shipping Board Will Dispose of On.
Million Tons of Vessels.

The United States shipping boart
has announced that it will dispose OF
more than 100000 tons of vessels
built to meet the demands of war
The ships to be sold will include liz
wooden vessels, IL composite ship:
and many of the small steel cargo
craft constructed to help supply the
army in France.
The board has planned to employ
the funds obtained from the sale fol
the construction Of large steel ship:
designed for long-voyage hauling
which the American ships will be
called upon, to perform.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
Nebraska Led in War Stamp Sales

Nebraska Led in War Stamp Sales.
The per capita sale of War Savings
stamps in Nebraska last year was
Spills greater than any other state
in the country. The aggregate sales
in that state aggregated $27,45O,OOO.
Ohio, with $S6,244,OO0 total sales,
ranked first in volume, but second in
per capita sales, which were $3.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

The colors of the Ninth United
States infantry, regulars, of the Sec
ond division from all parts of the coun-
try, after a triumphant progress from
the Marine to the Rhine, are decorated
with the Distinguished Service Cross.
Brig. Gen. Charles Kilbourne is shown
bestowing the decoration at Bendorf,
Germany, north of the Rhine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

nacro1 Or tnesmnery-sm men m I'M d,
American Senate prevent world or
~ganization and the beginning Of the
end of external aggression and frus-
trate the worlds hope?
LUCIA AMES MEAD.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07

e. Thornberry, of Sebree, Ky, re-
ceived by express from Arkansas a hog
that weighed more than 700 pounds,
and had to pay $25.13 expressage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-08-07
Let Your Senators
Know That You. Want
Them to Ratify the
Peace Treaty Without
Reservations or Amend
ments.
HAD $500 PENNIES ON BACK
Customer Brought Money to Bank in
Feed Sack Over shoulder.

Feed Sack Over shoulder.
A man carrying a half-flled feed
sack over his shoulder stepped into a
bank in Seymour, Ind, and took his
place in the waiting line before the
teller's window. When it was his turn
the man emptied the sack on the coun-
ter. He had $500 pennies.
The customer operates a chain of
weighing machines and had just made
a collecting trip.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-09
OWNERS
TO FIGHT
Legal Steps to Be Taken to
Attack New Traffic
Ordinance.

While the Gary Street Railway ori-
Gals are waiting on the utility commits
sion for the increased carfare raise to s
cents and cents for transfers and
furthering their plans to put the jitney
business on Broadway out of commits
sion. the jitney drivers and owners are
not sitting on their Launches and re-
naming idle
II is understood that they have en-
ployed the services OF Attorney Joe
Conroy of Hammond. who recently won
fame in the Nick Trkulja case to repre-
sen them TrkulJa was member Of
the jitney association and because
Trkulja escaped with SO light sentence.
Conroy's name was the one for consid-
Grafton
It is expected that the frst steps 10
he taken viii be an attack on the new
traffic ordinance recently put into effect
hy the city council. 1t prohibits the jit-
neys going closer to the mill gate on
Broadway than Third avenue to pick UP
passengers and has put a stop to the
jitney collectors from reversing their di-
rections and picking up the cream Of the
street car business between Fourth and
Eighth avenue. On account Of the NIL
Ter Beach business during the summer
months. the jitney drivers have been
satisfied but as the cold weather arrives
1t viii drive them back to Broadway.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-09
JOSEPHUS
SAYS It IS
MOLEHILL
Secretary of Navy Gives HI
Side Of Censoring Ad-
nliral Rodman's
Speech.
oBL FRANK {. MENKEp

y
SAN DIEGO. CAL. AUGUST e." \
mountain has been made out Of mole
hin" was the explanation today by
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Of his
socaued censoring IN a speech Admir-
a. Hugh Rodman mad planned TO de-
liver the other night at banquet
here
And then Commando r W Foote.
aid t. the secretary and the official
buffer spoke this explanation Of a
situation that has created something
o. furore on the Pacific coast:
Admiral Rodman had prepared a
hxed speech Tor that banquet and cop
les Of it were delivered to the news
papers subject to release when de-
nvered. Meanwhile. the admiral had
shown to Mr. Daniels a copy OF the
speech In it there was a reference
to the possibility Of future wars The
secretary merely. as suggestion. said
10 the admiral that as long as We are
al peace with ~the whole world. II
might not be a bad plan TO cut out thas
paragraph and breathe no war talk
When it came time for the Admir-
al to speak al last ight's banquet the
hour was very late Hundreds Of
women were waiting IN the hotel lob
bv to- the dance to begin and none
could start untu the banquet was oN-
e. a. that room also served AZ the
staging place Of the ball
Admiral Rodman realized that nm
donbtedly and he probably sensed the
fact that The guests had heard AZ
much serious talk as they cared 20
he spoke extemporaueously and IN
ocular strain He remarked that all
the previous speakers have stolen
my stun" and then TO provoke FUR
Their laugh from the crowd n an et-
fort 70 prove in humorous way that
bv being pa. so far down on the list
or speakers he had been unfairly
dealt with he added that then the
secretary had blue penciled speech
that he had planned TO deliver.
The admiraFs remark about blue
pencilling was spoken in jest and
lest alone He made the statement
only in huror. Undoubtedly he went
10 the banquet prepared TO make his
original speech because he had II N
his pocket But the hour was so
late when he was called upon that he
left a long speech OF so serious ma
ture was not the thing the crowd
wanted 1t was humor-and the ad-
n,iral gave it to them.
Secretary Daniels has authorized
me to say that he had known that
copies or the. admirars speech had
been turned over 10 the newspapers
for release he never would have even
made a suggestion concerning any
editing. The war reference by the
admiral was innocent enough. but the
secretary had thought in mind that
as long as the people of the nation are
thinking peace thoughts-and happily
so-there was no reason to speak Of
any menace Of future war
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-09
.HARBOR LADY IS
GIVEN A DIPLOMA

Lydia N Fulton 1919 Block ave. In
diana Harbor was among the eighty-hve
men and women receiving diplomas from
The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago
cn August : FOR having completed the
fun course Of Bible study. gospel music
and practical methods Of Christian work.
These canc from seventeen states and
six foreign countries. and a large pro-
portion are planning 70 60 abroad as
missionaries. The address will be given
~ Key. Robert McWatty Russell, D. D.
LII. D. of the Institute faculty, pro-
fcssor Of Bible Doctrine and Homiletics.
on the subject. Christian Education:
It's Relation 10 Modern World Life"
Graduates Of Correspondence Bible
Courses receiving certificates in the past
term number 149. residing in thirty-six
states and four foreign countries.
One thousand two hundred sixty-two
students were enrolled the past term IN
the Institutes Day and Evening Glasses.
I53 Of tho Day students were missionary
volunteers. and there is a large increase
in the number Of mon and women now
being enrolled for the fall term which
c..ns September 4. In spite OF the
heavy advances in costs Of all kinds.
the Institute training is still furnished
free 70 the students Of its Day and
Evening Classes
The enrolment or active students TAX
ing CORES ondence Bible Courses j.
1915. an increase Of 704 over year ag7.