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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15

we'll and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. l gladly recon.
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong Mrs. ALBERT Suite, COS
Olmstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, 81 am 80 nervous, cam
not Sleep" or "it seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound, a trial.
For forty years it has been overcom.
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation. irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, diz.
ziness, and nervous prostration Of
women, and is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15
superfciality.

''There are two sides to every ques-
ton"
EYES," replied Senator Sorghum.
Sand too many of us chaps who pose
as powerful thinkers don't take the
trouble to get to the inside"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15

Always look on the bright side Of
things-and If you are buying them
look on both sides.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15

There is nothing more idiotic than
the smile of pretty girl-when d.
zeeted toward some other fellow.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15
Fish Day.

He-By jsye. Betty, you look nice
enough to eat. She-Well, don't forget
this IL Friday.-Boston Transcript.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15

cross-Examination.
Mistress-So you are the brother Of
my cook? Her only brother?
Policeman hope SO.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15
W0MAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Winona, MIMI suffered for more
than year from nervousness, and was

30 O60 j COulO nO6
rest at nigh t.
would lie awake and
get so nervous !
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com.
pound and thought
! would try it. My
nervousness soon
left me. I eleep
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15
What is Castoria

Tuition. Will Be Free. q
"She says she's going to give sing
Ing lessons" "She'd have to. No
body'd ever nay her for them"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15

uutllOrlZeu ny Tile SCuCe.
Bismarck Complications of a semi
sensational nature have arisen regard
ing the tenure Of office of the police
magistrate Of this city, through the
claim of Charles +. Bleckreid, magis-
trate elected two years ago, that his
election is good for term of four
years. Provisions of the city charter
are not entirely clear us to the length
of the term of this officer, 1t is claim
ed, but common opinion held that the
term lasted but for two years. Judge
Bleckreid was not candidate for re-
election this year, but when =. H.
Howell claimed the right to succeed
him on. the strength of the vote by
which he was elected to the position
this spring, Bleckreid refused to va
cate unless compelled by the courts.
Mountain.-A few well worn books
printed in the Icelandic language and
belonging to local residents and the
public library here, are believed to
have furnished the initial inspiration
which sent the famous young explorer
valhjalmur Stefansson out in search of
the north pole. Stefansson attended
school here as boy of sixteen and
afterwards was student of the uni
versity at Grand Forks. He was an
inveterate reader. and from earliest
school days seemed fascinated with
titles of Iceland!c history an dexplora.
] 'tiona In the far north.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
The Deadlock in Railroad Buyina

If the government should Immediately
undertake the expenditure Of a billion
dollars fer betterments and improve
ments on the railroads, there is no ques-
tion that it would act, at the. moment,
as a very strong stimulus to business
all over the country. The new Director
General, Mr.. Hines, has already made a
step toward such programme. In the
statement given out on Wednesday it
was intimated that he would immedi-
, ately ask Congress for at least half "a
billion dollars, all of which was to 20
directly for this purpose, and not for
covering any arrearages or deficits. This
is a>highly creditable beginning.
The facts appear to be that when the
government took over the railroads and
called for estimates as to the expendi-
lures Immediately necessary the total
reported by the roads exceeded $780,
100000. This estimate was sharply re-
vised to below billion, but later in the
year it appeared that this revision had
been too drastic, and on last December
81 the total amount of work authorized
stood at $1,277 000,O00 Of this sum
considerably less than half was actually
expended during the year, leaving a
total Of nearly S700000,000 unexpended
The Director General now estimates
that the minimum requirements for this
year will be an additional $3.50, ,OO0, 900,
so that the total of recommended cx-
penditures now stands at somewhat
more than the figure named in the be-
ginning, that is to say, billion dollars.
There has been serious deadlock be-
tween some of the larger companies and
the railway administration over the
question of heavy purchases at present
prices. Some of the larger roads, feeling
that their present equipment is ade-
quate and that their main lines are in
fairly good condition, stoutly resisted
what they Atermed Director McAdoo's
proposal to saddle them with purchases
they had not authorized Under the
law there was no way to compel them
to accept this new equipment, and there
was further hesitation even on the
part Of the railway administration to
40 ahead with orders under these corr
ditions.
The plain facts appear to be, that the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
Amending the Armistice

The additions to the armstice terms
which are to be submitted by Marshal
foch apparently all fall within the scope
of the original armistce conditions and
the general peace conditions, known as
the amended Wilson Fourteen Articles.
They involve no encroachments or added
harshness of which the Germans can
reasonably complain
The insistence on retributon for the
murder and ill-treatment of Allied pris-
oners is form Of reparation 1t is also
the plain right of the victor. Since No
vemb6r II, with the return of the bulk of
the Allied prisoners, mass of testimony
has been secured pointing to the crimi-
nallty Of various German prison camp
officials. These men were torturers or
worse. They deserve punishment for
gross violations of the laws of war. After
the Civil War the United States govern
ment tried and executed Wirz, the head
keeper of the Andersonville prison. The
Allied governments are entitled to pro-
ceed with equal rgor against the German
Wires.
The immediate return of machinery
and goods stolen from France and Bel
gium is another legitimate demand for
restitution. The German General Staff
rified the French and Belgian factories,
mines and other industrial establish
ments.
Hundreds of thousands of German
soldiers, including many officers, took
personal property from shops and dwell
ings This looting was a violation of
the articles Of war. 1t is important that
this machinery and these private belong
ings be returned before they become
valueless.
The transfer of $5OO,O0O,OOO in Ger
man gold from Berlin to Frankfort-on-
the Main is necessary military precau-
ton. The German governments gold
stock must be protected from the Boil
shevists
The unfinished German U-boats are
either to be turned over to the Allies or
destroyed. Article % of the armistice
called for the surrender of all German
submarines. Those on the stocks were
obviously intended to be included. 1t is
also wise extension of this provision to
forbid any further submarine construc-
ton.
The temporary use of all German mer-
chant shipping, now demanded by the
Allies, was not specifically referred to
in the original agreement. But it is
covered by the Allied promise, inserted
in Article 26, as amended, to give con-
sideration to the provisioning of Ger
many during the armistice to the extent
recognized as necessary" Apparently,
some of the food sent to Europe in these
German merchantmen is to 60 into Ger
man territory.
The Allies are not seeking to make the
armistice terms more onerous. They are
merely clarifying and interpreting them.
Germany is helpless. Eut that fact will
not deter the Allies from living honor
ally Up to the ar.,lstice contract.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
Young Men in Politics
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Perhaps the following written by
an officer in the A. E. F., might interest
some of your readers 1t is significant
and suggestive of what the soldier thinks
about after he has finished fighting
Future elections, especially the
coming Presidential, will be of the gravest
significance to our country We have, it
seems to me, the most insoluble problems
to face. We have departed from
our historic aloofness and will no longer
be at liberty to look upon other nations
as OF the world outside Our gigantic COM
merciai enterprises will bring us in rough
contact with other nations, and we seem
destined to become the cvnosure of the
universe. On our actions will depend, for
generations to come, the welbeing of
civilization and humanity These and other
considerations make very plain the crying
need we shall have of the most capable
government
If only they would make it worth while
tor intelligent, well educated young men 10
go into politics! If only thew would es-
tabllsh schools civics and government
which would really teach the lessons that
beginners should learn. They might even
go so far las to require certain reliable
schools or colleges to recommend prornis-
ing graduates for political careers. and then
make acquiescence on the part of the
graduates desirable. Anything-to lift us
out OF the slough into which we have sunk
SO deep"
would not Roosevelt school of politics
pave the way? MABEL NJ. STEVENS.
Mamaroneck, N. Y, Jan. ls, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
of course, that a just and speedy peace

of course, that just and speedy peace
is vital.
While America waits for the coming Of
that peace to make industrial as well as
international issues a little clearer, she
has the decidedly unpleasant sensation
of watching the sea of unemployment
or, as economists say the pool of labor
creep up the rock of industry. A week
ago seven states showed an actual sur
plus of labor-which means unemploy-
ment. Yesterday Secretary of Labor
Wilson sent out a warning to the forty
eight councils Of national defence that
within thirty days there will be dam
gerous overflow in the labor market In
stead of seven rtates twelve now report
unemployment.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17

ships Of that navy. Now if we add 81 and
to 33 (the actual number of dread
noughts) we arrive at your total of 81.
Similarly, we find that Italy has predread-
noughts, which number added to her 5
dreadnoughts gives US your total of IA
We go thus into detail so that you may
understand our perplexity; for it is evil
dent that you had the full data before you
in all their detail, not merely of our own
navy, but of those of our allies; and what
we are asking ourselves, and what the
House Naval Affairs Committee and the
country at large will not understand is
why the Secretary of the Navy should give
the true totals in regard to our own navy
and incorrect totals as to the navies of our
allies
What the American people, naturally
want to know is: If battleship is obsolete
or old in our navy why is its counterpart
not obsolete old in the navies of our
allies? If Italy has ID battleships, France
20 and Great Britain 81, by the same reck-
oning the United States has 80. Why l.r
Secretary, do you thus confuse the issue
by conveying the impression that 16 and
not 80 represents the relative standing of
the United States?
With the exception, possibly, of fc..
of the officers with whom you have sur
rounded yourself at Washington, we find
that there is a practically unanimous con-
victon that the strength of the British
navy is warranted by her island position
and the scattered condition of the British
Empire and that It is sufficient that we
should be a powerful second. Particularly
strong is this conl ction among the officers
Of the battle squadron which you recently
reviewed on its return from cooperation
with the British feet in the North Sea.
If there is any body of expert opinion
that is qualified to judge whether the Brit
ish fleet is a menace to the peace of the
world, it is to be found, surely, among
these American officers, who have spent a
whole year with that fleet in the most in
innate intercourse and cooperation They
frankly express their conviction that the
British navy is regarded both by officers
and civilians of Great britain as purely
protective force, built up and maintained
Tor the sole purpose of keeping open the
trade routes between Great Britain and her
widely scattered colonies.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17

OF the country will not wish to extend IT, )
opportunities for pork barrel" legislation
to the vast problem of extending and i'm
proving the railroads and railroad facili
ties. If you have vivid imagination YOU
may be able to approximate a realization
of the efforts which Congressman would
make to get branch railroads built in their
DISTRICTS to get new depot buildings built
in towns large and small and to get \all
those things which might tickle the fancy
of their constituents, and along with this
you can probably also imagine how little
Importance would be attached to the far
greater problem of supplying continuous
appropriations to do the really great things
such as keeping he whole railroad plant
abreast of progress, improving the roadbed,
strengthening bridges, improving rolling
stock, and all those things which do not
tickle the fancy of constituents in par
tlcular congressional district, but which
are indispensable to the adequate handling
of business.
touch upon this matter of government
ownership, not because | believe the bust
ness of the country has any leaning in that
direction, but because the vague assump-
ton that government ownership NAV be a
solution appears sometimes to prevent a
clearcut study of the question as to what
remedies are proper. So long as a vague
notion exists that in any event we can fall
back on government ownership as a rea-
sonably satisfactory solution, that state of
mind will hamper the attainment of a
proper solution. If you can help get the
country to appreciate that falling back en-
government ownership would be like falling
back out of the frying pan into the fire, you
will aid in getting a solution of the prob
lem through the adoption of the best form
of regulation to insure the development of
the railroads under private ownership so
as to serve the public to the best possible
advantage.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
To His Honor the Mavor

You have endured much from Mr..
Hearst. The protests of patriotic Amer
leans against your blunder of placing
hlm on our committee to welcome SOL
diers home only irritated you. The
revelations of Mr.. Hearst's un-Ameri-
canism have not offended you. But is
there not a limit? Does it not begin
when Mr.. Hearst, through his agents,
lies to our wounded soldiers in hospital
IN order to trick them into signing an
Endorsement of himself?
Does not this mean and cheap decep-
tion of soldier wounded in fighting for
his country move you?
Can you defend it?
DO you still support the man who
had it done?
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17

roads, for period OF two year.; and
more, have been skimpcd to the bone, so
far as any betterments are concerned,
and even as to the needed maintenance.
Ihe Roi{roy Age reports that careful
estimate Of experts computes an arrear-
age for maintenance last year OF not
less than $500, 100000. Engines and
cars have been run beyond their natural
term of life and have been bolstered up to
keep them going in almost any fashion.
The present huge expenditures for main
tenance do not represent a higher stand
are due to the huge increase in wages,
the higher cost of materials and also to
the additional repairs needful. This, at
the present time, is not a situation
pleasant to contemplate
The expenditure of billion dollars
this year would represent less than 5
per cent of the present capitalized cost
of the railways. There are those who
hold that buying materials at the pres
ent high level Of prices would be waste
lul. buC VINO can say 10r sure that
prices will fall? Our railway managers
and their boards of directors must wake
up to the possibility that we have, as
distinguished financier phrascd it, moved
up to permanently higher standard
prices. Railway buying normally repre-
sents from 30 to 40 per cent of the
usual steel and iron business, and
prompt decision for large expenditures
now might go far toward ending the
present period Of uncertainty and mac
ton: A due caution in purchases is
quite justihable, but if the effect Of eau
ton were to breed business depression
1t would be extremely unfortunate AS
a matter of public policy the railroad
managers should, if possible, cooperate
with the plans and programme Of tn,
new Director General
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
The Rise of Unemployment

There was only an Ossa and a Pelion
Tor the ancients to pile on each other
rhe gigantic labor problem before the
country this winter starts with the Ossa
OF The end of the most tremendous war
'nvhIstory, which has dislocated industry
nnd commerce to an unprecedented de-
gree To this it adds the Pelion of de-
noolilz'ng three million men. On top of
All this peace piles third factor-immi
grafton. Or is it emigration?
mat third mountain of reimbursement
is rapidly developing into a guessing
contest, with the sky the limit. A week
ago The Tribune's survey of unemploy-
ment possibilities found a good manv
Kew York authorities basing their
optimism on the belief that when peace
is declared we shall see a great exodus
OF foreign born labor to Europe. Thev
conceded, however, that final peace.
freedom to travel and low steamship
rates we're too far off to BRING this
haalthful corrective into the unemplov-
n1ent situation before the crisis of the
winter months was past.
sSow comes John b. Densmore, direc-
Tor OF the Federal Employment Service.
before the House Immigration Commit
leo with the statement that, though in
some cities so or 90 per cent of Amer
ica's alien residents are planning 10 re-
tgfH TO Europe, most" Of the 10000
Austrian prisoners held in Italy are 20
5nggto drift to the United States AZ fast
as toey can TO this it is at least SAFE
10 add that il conditions in Central and
Easkern Europe continue az unsettled as
recent press dispatches indicate the old
habit of seeking political and economic
sanctuary in tae New World isn't going
n bs noticeably abatsd. One rnors sign,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17

the misleading statement of the naval
strength of the Allies which appeared in
the issue of that journal of December ~
1918. In tho table presented you groua the
completed ships under three heads. VIZ
Battleships Older Battleships and 'Obso-
lete Battleships; and, because under tho
first heading, "Battleships," you assign 16
to the United States (this being the nun.
Der OF our completed dreadnoughts ot tho
signing OF the armistice) it is evident that
you lnteEdsthe American people to under-
stand that the numbers assigned nnde~ tho
same heading to the respective navies IF
Great Britain, France md Italy represent
the number of completed dreadnouphts
possessed by those nations.
AS the result OF your treatment of tba
statistics the country is led to believe that
Great Britain has 81 dreadnoueht battle
S'ilps completed, France 20 and Italy ID;
whereas the truth is that Great Britain has
only %, france and Italy 5. So that in
your ehort to convince the taxpayers of
the country and their representatives in
Congress that our navy is inadeouate vou
give the correct figure for the dreadno,obt
strength of the United States navy and
exaggerated figures for the dreadnought
strength Of our allies Your statemsn1
would make them believe the British dread.
nought strength to be about double what
it is and the strength of France and Italv
about treble
Now sir we have profound respect for
the exalted and difficult position which
you occupy in these perilous times: and
war H..
ciuslon that these glaring errors were
merely slip of the pen. SO we sought for
an explanation of 81 being given as the
total of the British dreadnoughts and found
that 1T included the 21 predreadnoughts. or
Older battleships you call them in
your table. and even the 7 obsolete battle-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17
Queries forM. Daniels
An ope', letter to the Secretary from
The Scientific american
IN "rHE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN" of

IN "THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN" of
December %, 1918, we made known the
- very gratifying fact that, with the elm
ination of the German navy, the United
States navy moved up to second place. We
showed also that because our allies lost
many of their capital ships and stopped
work, during the war, upon those they we're
building, navy is so strong second
that it is equal in dreadnought strength to
the next three navieS> those of Japan,
France and Italy combined
Our investigation showed that the United
States possesses 10 dreadnoughts, Japan 8,
France and Italy,5. We found also that,
because of the superior gun power, armor
protection and displacement of our vessels,
our 10 ships were fully match for the
Il ships of the three powers enumerated
Our total of 10 completed United States
dreadnoughts was based on a recent state
mcnt of the Chief Constructor to Con-
gressional committee that we possessed
that number. AS aNmatter of fact the Idaho
is completed, but has not yet had her
trials; and the California and Tennessee
are nearing completion and will be finished
by the summer. 1t is fairly certain that
all three ships will be ready for service bv
the time the peace plenipotentiaries have
affixed their signatures at Versailles
We are addressing this open letter to
you, sir, because we feel that you owe it
to Congress and the American people to
explain why you presented to the House
Naval Affairs Committee, and allowed to
% published " "zhs New York Times"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-17

| believe we can lay aside at the outset
the notion that the business men of this
country want government ownership and
operation of railroads as a means of got
ting adequate and effic1ent rail transport
tation. l believe you instinctvely know
that political railroad management will not
give you good transportation service as
can be obtained under private management
| am sure the more you analyze this quo :
tion the more you will be confirmed in the
view that change from private ownership
to government ownership would be change
to an ndescribable extent for the worse
When You think of what business wants
in the way of railroad service l do not
believe you can find any respect in which
your experience would lead you to think
that government political management
would be as good as private management
Without taking time to discuss the actual
operation Of trains and the handling of
freight and passengers, | call your atten-
tion to the great desire of all business men
to secure prompt answers to propositions
or requests that they make for new facii-
ties or new arrangements. YOU Of course,
experience much delay when you take these
matters up with railroad officers But can
you Imagine the amount of delay that
would be involved if you had to apply to
political or governmental railroad managers
to pass upon your propositions and re-
quests? Anybody who has had to deal with
governmental agencies and who has tried
to get prompt action on any proposition, no
matter how legitimate or urgent, apprec-
ates the difficulty of getting from govern
mcnt officers quick and authoritative re-
sponse on any matter which involves de-
parture from routine methods.
Another matter to which am sure the
business of the country is bitterly opposed
is pork barrel" legislation, whether for
rivers and harbors or public buildings or
other purposes. l am sure the business men