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Will ATTEMPT TO END
NATION W1DE STRIKE.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2o.-Reversing a
decision made earlier in the day. the
Building Trades Employers association
has determined to comply with a sug-
gestion of Secretary Of War Baker Tor
conference of its representatives with
those Of the striking workers in the
trades, in an effort to end the nation
wide strike. This announcement was
made tonight BY Samuel B. Donnelly'
secretary of the employers association.
Secretary Bakers suggestion. made
after Il conference in Washington with
representatives OF both sides, in which
Secretary Of Labor Wilson also partici.
patcd, was that conference be held
here before Monday and that II this
conference failed TO bring a settlement
The representatives meet him and
Secretary Wilson again on Monday.
Mr. Donnelly said the conference hero
probably would be held tomorrow.
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THE GERMAN PLEA FOR
MERCY

Gerhart Hauptmann, a German puoh-
cist. one Of the ninety-three immortais
who justified the invasion OF Belgium
and the devastation Of northern France
q, the ground that Germany was des-
tined to rule the world. makes piteous
anoesl axstnst tho retention Ia France
de eight hundred thousand German
prisoners who are being required to
work for their living The German mind
q. a peculiar thing. It Is difficult for
the Anslo-sa1on. at least for the Amer
lean, to grasp the mental twists OF
neonle who have no mercy OF compass
zion in victory. and who whine like dogs
in defeat What the Allies are doing
now to Germany is not one one-hun-
dredth part Of what Germany would
have done to the world had Germany
he.n victorious in the world war. Peace
would have been dictated in Pans ana
1,,don. and France would have been
,r,ned out as a great nation. Her in
5ustrics were deliberately destroyed.
her cities ruined. not solely for the pur-
nose of breaking the strength of her
armies, but for the purpose OF Empower
ishing the French people and to make
rhen poor and irupotent for all time
AS Albert Rallin truly said only lie"
DAYS before his death. German victory
would have meant German domination
Prom the Atlantic to the Urals Ger
,,anv the one dominant world power,
exploiting all humanity for the enrich
ment of Germans, and for the gloriflca-
zion ~ Germany,s military autocracy.
When Germany seemed about TO DC d
yictox. il, the war. Hauptmann ana otoeF
German publicists had no word OF COM
passion for Belgium. or for France no
sympathy. for the thousands OF men ana
women who were torn from their homes
and made to work in German fields
r,,nes and factories. and. no regret for
the destruction Of tens Of thousands OF
homes and thousands Of factories. anu
at1 the means Of living enjoyed by an
industrious and prosperous people.
The German prisoners in France can
be put to no better use than 10 he'p
rebuild the cities and towns which they
destroyed. and Germans in Germany Will
have to contribute Of their labor and
their products for the. same purpose
The worlds bill against Germany may
never be paid in full. but certainly there
should be no. disposition to make II
III, ,,ebtar than the ability Of Germany
to pay.
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Last July. landing from a transport
ship at the dock In Liverpool. ] watch
I'd three thousand American soldiers
step from the steamers deck 10 the
English wharf. One full hour was
consumed in getting the column Of men
in khaki in line for the march TO the
American shelter camp several miles
from Liverpool. While these three
thousand soldiers were waiting for
their command TO march Il singular
event took place. An American chaplain
stationed in Liverpool. who at home is
one OF the leading preachers OF our
country. was passing rapidly along this
column OF three thousand American
soldiers. He carried Oh his left arm
n basket filed with postal cards which
hc passed out very rapidly. AZ he
moved along he shouted. you may be
very busy tomorrow. Better write a
few lines 10 the folks at home saying
you have landed and arc we'll" When
he reached The front of tho column his
three thousand cards were all lGonc.
Then tho chaplain started back down
the line. but he astonishcd me by
shouting out. You have only i few
minutes to write. Some Of You may
write slowly; if so. step over here and
| will help you To my astonishnent
100 soldiers crowded around him. Inc
simple fact was these soldiers could
not write themselves. and the chaplain
knew it. His WIS Il lactfui way OF
meeting an emergency. The chaplain
took all their postal cards. and as each
boy held up his hand. giving his name.
the chaplan wrote down the name and
address and told tho soldiers he would
write that tho boy had landed and was
we'll. and then tn" boys returned 10 the
ranks.
one-Tenth Of the Soldiers nhterate.
Now comes Secretary Lanes astound-
ing revelation: Out uf two millions OF
men abroad. Two hundred thousand were
illiterate and could. neither read. nor
write in the English language. In one
factory making shells. forty per cent OIL
the workmcu were foreigners who could
not read. In another factory in New
York, where the workmcn were making
uniforms for our soldiers. only hand
full could even speak the English Ian
runre mich less read or write Il. ~
ready two conferences Of educators and
manufacturers have been held. OUT OF
the discussion have come many plans.
Tho management OF one great factory
has fitted up large room with black
boards and a Stereopticon screen on
which slides can be thrown. and one
OF the foremen drills the two or three
hundred employees for twenty minutes
twice each week. Recently in one
grca, factory / witnessed such Il class.
The theme was The Life Of Lincoln
the sentence was 'Govcrnmcnt' OF thu
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RIPPING RHYMES
By WALT MASON.
THE GREAT BOON

The boon of peace is good IS
wheat, succeeding wears of sad
ness; it took the GOODNESS from odr
feet. and filled our hearts with
gladness. All day 1 speak about
the boon. in crisp. well chosen
phrases; At night l sit beneath the
moon, and boost the same like
blazcs. It's good 10 wake at dawn,
indeed, and cut some spriEhtly
capers. and not be half afraid TO
read the war news in the papers.
It's good to wander through the
grad and not hear people saying
"Alns! Alack: The news is bad! The
Huns are busy slaying!" It's good
TO walk abroad once more, and
meet the early risers. and hear no
reference 10 gore. 10 nutty kings
and kaisors. Some things are
slightly out Of plumb. and kickers
the Disguised. but reconstruction
soon will come. and things will be
adjusted. We have the good old
boon of boons, the dove Of peace Is
soaring, and he's not worth two
plcayunes who spends the long day
roaring. We can't get back In half
a day to where the rumDus found
ua, but with the good old boon IN
play no problems can confound lis.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
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SHALL IT Be fMM|GRA TON OR EMIGRATION?
Brief Statement of Facts Which Will Give You Better
ing of Causes for Human Tides.
By H. P. EAIRCH1LD
Authority on immigration and Sociology.

satisfaction. The tics which bind groups
OF ncople TO their homeland are various
and powerful. Only some active ana
potent discomfort can induce people 10
rorsake horspr. kindred. friends. associ-
atoms and attachments Of all kinds and
take IN residence in n strange land. This
|discontent sometimes arises from POSI-
tive hardships. limitations. or purocns
in the old horne. and sometimes ~ the
result Of comparisons between the eN-
listing situation and that which seems
TO be possible Of attainment somewhere
else. But it is always there.
Back Of the great current OF emlEra-
ton from Europe TO the United States
there has beer wide and deep seated
discontent. and the belief that America
furnished a promise OF happier and
easier lot. So long AZ this discomfort
remains there will hn emigration. ana
if il disappears emigration will cease.
Our expectations. therefore, as to wheth-
or the current of emigration Will run
west or east in the next few years must
depend upon whether or not we believe
that the causes Of popular discomfort
have been removed from among the peo-
pies OF Europe.
The discomfort which causes crniEra-
ton may be connected with any one OF
the major interests of lifc-political, re-
ligious. social. or economic. Each one
of these types have played a part IN the
past history Of immigration to tho
United States and each probably per-
sists to certain degree. But in re-
cent years the great actuating dissatis-
faction has been economic, resting upon
the difference between economic condl-
tions in the countries OF southern ana
southeastern Europe and in the United
States
If the war has introduced changes. IN
the economic system of. Europe so that
the conditions Of existence and the
standards Of living Of the laborins
classes on that continent will approXi-
mate those in this country. We may en-
pect the westerly current to diminish
automatically. restriction or no restrlc.
ton by congress and perhaps real
flow eastwards will set in
If, on the other hand, there will be as
much difference as before, in the eco
homie level Of the common people OF
1.-The two continents. or even more, VIC
may emphatically expect continuation
of the previous influx with no perma-
ncnt compromising reverse current. the
only thing which could prevent this
result would be artificial restriction
either by this country or by the coun-
| tries which are the source or the emf
grants. These latter may wish II, ana
may possibly attempt 1t, but 1t is hard
" conceivable that they could succeed.
Copyright, 1879
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ARMY On RHINE CRANPED
AND WANTS To CONE HOME
ESQ, 900 Doughboys Are Bill eted on 81 9Ol Germans
Rainbow Division Hea rs 1t VIII Start Home
!; Soon-Correspon dents Cool Heels. s=S

but Immediately II reused an an-aosoro-
ing interest that momentarily eciipseo
the subject of going home as topic OIL
discussion and debate. The consensus
OF army opinion is that the covenant IS
an important milestone on the way
home, and by winning out all along
the line President Wilson has done
good jSb which makes working peace
look like a probability OF the reason
ably near future. enabling the army Oh
OCCUPATION to shut up shop and 80
home soon.
This Is purely the selfish angle that
naturally interests the army most. on
the whole, the army found the text
the utmost Of dull reading. Its color
less legal phrascology arousins no emo
tions in the soldiers breasts. Army
public opinion. in fact. Is extremely
conservative regarding the covenant
and the men are charry about express
ing their views as to the historic I'M
portance of the document.
Want To rinish Job Quickly.
Our military mon continue. quite nat
urally. to show mild professional
scepticism about new new-fanglcd pa
pcr leagues There is however, wide
spread satisfaction that the Americans
have not been let in for participation
in a large international standing army
even under the name Of police force.
The quicker the army Of occupation nm
ishes it's present international ponce
tour on the Rhine the better it Will be
satisfied. and there is no popular re-
mand with the army for participation
in q standing international force in the
future on the Rhine or anywhere else.
Especially Is the army showing con-
siderable interest in the question as 10
a league Of the powers, and the pro-
cedurc in case Of revolution breaking
out, having the possible case Of Mexico
IN mind.
Row Over Statue OF Marcsan-
A delicate problem has been put up 10
our military authorities here. An on
thusiastic French commission to restore
French monuments in the Rhneland
discovered a statue Of Marccau. Napo-
lconic general. who captured Cohlenz in
1894. The statue had been abandoned
by the Teutons in their hurry TO get
away from the Rhine. and was found
in a suburb of Cobienz under an ancient
fortress and near the site Of the grave
yad where lie French prisoners taken
in the war OF 1870.
There Marccau had been allowed 10
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20 TO seed, surrounded by cabbage
patches and oulbuildings: The sight OF
him wounded French sentiment. and the
French commission asked to be allowed
10 restore the Marceau monument.
Go TO it," was the attitude OF inc
American authorities. The French com
mission went to 1t by trying 10 otF up
The surrounding land ostcnslhly Tor Jay"
ing OUT n mark in memory of one OF
NupQlcun's youngest generals. DuL the
German owners OF the adjacent Cabbage
patches asked what the French consul
cred cXorbitant prices. Now Inc COM
mission has Appealed TO the American
military authorities To use their per
suasive powers with the German autnor-
tiles 10 compel the German o~hcrs 10
sell their land at reasonable figures.
Tight Censorship on Armtstdce.
AS further proof Of the critical stu
alton in which the accredited CORES
pondcnts with the American army OF oc-
cupation have been placed recently, pE
being compelled 10 cool their heels c'l
the Rhine with tho armistice conference
at Trcyes only n two hours ride away,
the correspondents have been notihed
that any dispatches. dealing with me
Treycs conference could rot be passed
by the chief field censor. nor would they
be transmitted over tho signal corps
wires, our only telegraphlc facilities
from Coblenz. The correspondents were
told they might send special mail arti-
cles provided they were signed, not as
accredited but as special correspondents:
The only American newspaper prlnt"o
in the occupied area has been placed
under military censorship. The enter
prising Fourth corps artillery headquar-
tcrs at Maven has been getting out a.
lively weekly paper. crammed with news,
particularly featuring all unccnsorcd
wireless news picked up by the Fourth
corns wireless station at Cochen. near
here.
A Flare-Rack for the Flare.
The result was that the Fourth Corps
Flare has been the only uncenSorcu
newspaper circulating in the occupied
area The Flare came cropper in lis
last issue, however. when. under DIG
headlines, il featured all the news re-
Gently suppressed by the Paris censor
shin from editions in English Of Amer
lean newspapers published in Paris, thus
letting the cat out of the bag and ere
ating n small sensation 1T Third army
headquarters. The Fourth Corps Flare
has been warned TO practice discretion
in the future.
dispatches last week from Paris told
OF the elimination by the Paris censor
Of news intended for publication IN
Paris editions Of American newspapers
of the American peace delegates dis
satisfaction with French. propaganda
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BY Cyril Brown.
Staff Correspondent OF The World and
The InteIIigencer.)


(Stait Correspondent OF The World and
The InteIIigencer.)
OoBIIENZ Feb. 30.-The latest statis-
teal survey of the American occupation
area shows that the German population
totals s74,sol and incidentally furnishes
an unanswcrable argument for the earli-
est possible Withdrawal for their bones
Of at least two American divisions.
Tho American Army Of Occupation
totals approximately 100000. very high
rate Of soldiers to the native population
on which they are billeted.' indicating
excessive congestion. with the result
that the hiNets for tho bulk OF the army
arc Door and crowded.
Only small percentage Of lucky
dougfrooys live IN castles on the Rhine
paiaces hotels and chateaus: only a
small proportion have slept N beds
while the brbdGehcad itself Is undeniabiy
overcrovx1ed. and the congestion and Nv
ing conditions are worse in the sparseTy
eettled htrtcrland.
Rainbow Men Expect TO Leave.
This congestion was caused primarily
By the French taking over AZ per cent OF
tho brSdgehead. thus neccSsltating the
masainS Of the American Army of Occu-
patton in the depth Of the narrow FROM.
II Will DO greatly relieved when. and II.
the SD and fed Divisions start home.
The men Of the Rainbow Division are
greatly chered by an unconflrmcd M
NOR that they arc soon to return. The
fact that formal arrangements have been
concluded with Holland for the use OF
tho Rhine exit via Rotterdam, is held TO
be ctrcumstantial evidence that many
men will be sent home in the near ~
eure Besides. the announcement that
Gen. PershtnV Will visit the Rhine to re
view the troops Is considered an auspte-
tous omen
have learned unofficially that the
American troops could an be With
drawn from France by August next ano
thsst the idea is to have no lines of COM
municatton whatever through France
thereafter. but to keep the Army OF &C.
cupation entirely separated from France
and really entirely on tho Holland"
Rhine line Of communication.
Hope Seem In League Covenant
Tho text Of the covenant or the
league of nations only became known
throughout the army Of occupation last
evening with the arrival OF yesterdays
E>nxIish language Paris newspaper
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Much is being said in these days with
reference in the probabilities Of heavy
return current Of European immigrants
now located in the United States Dack
tn their home countries. as soon AS Inc
rest rictions on transatlantic traffic arc
removed. Impressive figures Of tickets
already sold or engaged are cited to
support these assertions.
The truth or falsity Of This prcdic-
ton has an intimate bearing upon inc
question of unemployment in Ems couh-
try. and the ACCESSIBILITY OF passing such
bills AS that introduced in congress ny
Representative Burnclt providing Tor the
complete suspension Of immigration lot
four years.
If it is true that W. may expect a
large exodus ,r lahor"rS it will be much
easier to rcab serb our discharged SOL
diers into industry, aud 1T the same time
We may feel much easier about the re-
sump,juu of immigrant travel in this
direction
There is a great deal Of probability
thnt 4 very large number OF aliens now
resident IN this country ar" anxious TO
return to their nutir" land. and Will
seize the first opportunity 10 do so. II
is easy TO think Of many strong reasons
why they should have such desire.
The wish to inquire into the rate OIL
family relatives. or friends: inc hccrs-
slty of giving personal attention /" mat
tors of property or business. natural
curiosity to scc at first hand what the
war has brought To old familiar loca-
tons. in some cases the desire 10 nave
aNnand in the reconstruction OF desoialeo
as--thcSc, and hundred other mo-
1ivcs are sufficient 10 amount for very
large re-cmi grafton OF Europeans as
soon az the facilities arc available.
The important question. however IS
whether this presumed return current
will represent a real reversal OF the
movement Of population, or whnthcr IL
will be merely Il transient episode IN
the history of imm grafton, due 10 an
emergency and destined to cease when
the emergency is over
II is perhaps too carly yet 70 come
10 q positive decision on this point, but
| il is none too early. and Is entirely 1easi-
bic, 10 examine the probabilities. the
answer rests upon the facts as 10 the
true and permanent underlying causes
of emigration. Why do people give up
| home in one land and so to live in an
other?
In their various details the answers
ito this question arc as manifold as hu-
man experience But looked at in their
broad aspects the causes Of emigration
present certain uniform and unvary1ng
features
In the first place, back Of every emil
grafton movement there Is always DIS
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cuARaES DENIED.

NEW YORK. Feb. co.-New 1ork
managers and agents Of English marine
IN snrance companies issued a statement
TONIGHT denying charges CT dscrImma,
r;on against American ship owners anu
Shipping and domination pr BRUSH ~
terests in American marine INSURANCE. E
companies contained in statement oi
senator Fletcher. made public IueSoAy
night by Chairman Hurley OF the Snip
ming board. in support OF plan 1or tne
establishment of government nAai '''e
Insurance agency.
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THE SPIRIT OF 1919

On reading the accounts OF the
c.,,tes debate over Great Britain's
,,-o,,o,ea embargo. one feels moved to
resrsure Senator Lewis. who predicts
e,oorni1y that a feeling Of hostility Will
-. ,,,sed in this country by Great
ex.4ain.s action. and warns against a
revival Of the spirit Of 1917. that tho
feeling Of hostility appears to be limited
to. himself:
The senator seems to forget that sew
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FIFTEEN roUED aUnTz.

WINSTON SALEM. n. c. Feb. 20
Fifteen of the Is men tried for oreak1ns
into the city Jail November II ana al
teno,ing 10 seize Russell High. negro
Who had attacked 4 white woman were
found guilty today by jury in the sur
rev county court and sentenced to terms
ranging from "A months 10 SIX years o''
the county roads.
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7, 20 chsimed the coot1e killed MIL
lion people during the var But IT'S
safe to wager that among the coooes'
fatalities. exceeded that nunfoeF. g.
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Life is much more pleasant ~nen you
don.t have to put any Of your friends
Ito the test. ~. -
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D It's has been changed from well
.novn disease to the simple explanation
# dry" territory.
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philoso phy helps you to explode otno1
peoples theories. but hel0s "'''' "
prove your own
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shopping by catalog is popular ana
s;ve ladies' indoor sport In the
winter time. 49,
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man burned in efhgy is all night as
long as he keeps cool. e.
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A tcaspoonful Of sal volatile to every
quart of water will materially improve
the window plants. It has successfully
revived plants that seemed actuaiS
dead
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WAR SAVINGS sTAMFS-;
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-31
Executors Notice

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate of Mary
Griffin, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the 7th. day of JAN
uary, 1919 BY the Probate Court OF
Monroe County, Missouri. All per
sons having claims agaiDt said es-
tate are required to exhibit them
for allowance TO the executor within
six months after date of said letters
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of said estate, and if such
claims be not exhibited within one
year from date of this publication
they will be forever barred.
Dated this Seventh of January, 1919
John W. Jarman, Executor.
Attest:
Penn Brace, Judge of Probate.
Meriwether & Meriwether,
Attorneys for Estate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-31
Language of Lincoln

Although preceded and followed
10 the presidential office by men
who had received long and through
college and university training,
which he lacked, there is, neverthe
less, not one of them the equal of
Abraham Lincoln. in clarity, brevity
and felicity of expression. His
simple, luminous sentences" says
one of our national writer's ARE
models that cannot be improve
upon" Today Lincoln's position
as master of the English tongue in
IT'S strength and simplicity is IN
questioned The French Academy,
Emerson, Lowell, Everett, Beecher.
Ingers0ll are united on that point
NO man of his century" says the
author of his Letters and Addresses
could state proposition with
more exactness and compactness
His clarity of expression, the con
sistent building up of his areu.
ments, his brilliantly apt compari.
sons, his illuminating wit, his merci-
less pursuit of illogic in his op
ponents were phenomenal"
The Gettysburg address was
ranked by Emerson as the peer OF
any of the utterances of man.