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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-04
~Thackeray's feelings"

Thackeray's feelings"
NY dear fellow!" beamed Rush
croft, seizing the others hand. zone
frequently reads in books about 1t
coming like this, at first sight, but,
damme, / never dreamed that 1t ever
really happened. Count on me! She
ought to leave the stage, the dear
child. No more fitted to it than an
Easter lily. Her place is in the home,
the"
Good Lord, l ana not thinking of
-" And Barnes, aghast, stopped be-
fore hurting out the words that leap
ed to his lips. 81 mean to say this is
a proposition that may also affect
your excellent companions, Bacon and
Dillingford. as well as yourself"
AT twelve-thirty sharp Barnes came
down from his room freshly shaved
and brushed, to find not only Mr..
Rushcroft and Miss Thackeray await
ing him in the office, but the Messrs.
Dillingford and Bacon as well.
Il took the liberty, old fellow" said
Rushcroft, addressing Barnes, "of
asking my excellent co-workers to
join us in our repast."
OSllSuLSu " nave you VIII us,
gentlemen" said Barnes affably.
The sole topic of conversation for
the first half hour was the mysterious
Staying of their fellow dodgers. Mr..
Rushcroft complained bitterly of the
o outrageous, high-handed action of
the coroner and sheriff in imposing
upon him and his company the same
restrictions that had been applied to
Barnes. They YER not to leave the
county until the authorities gave the
word. One would have thought, to
hear the stars indignant Iamenta-
lions, that he and his party were in a
position to depart when they pleased.
1t would have been difficult to i'm
agine that he was not actually rolling
in money instead of being absolutely
penniless.
Barnes had been immersed in his
own thoughts for some time. A slight
frown, as of reflection, darkened his
eyes. Suddenly-perhaps r1mpclitely
he interrupted Mr.. Rushcroft's flow
of eloquence.
Have you any objection, Mr.. Rush
croft, to a more or less personal ques-
ton concerning your own private
er-misfortune?" he asked, leaning
forward.
For a moment one could have hearC
a pin drop. Mr.. Rushcroft evidently
held his breath. There could be nc
mistake about that.
Its rather delicate, but would yot
mind telling me just how much you
were stuck up for by the-er-was II
a writ Of attachment"
1T was" said the star. "A writ
of inquisition, you might as we'll sub.
stitute. The act of a polluted, impe.
cunious, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES shall
say? Well, l will be as simple a.
possible-hotel keeper. Ninety-sever
dollars and forty cents. For that
pitiful amount he subjected me to
We'll, that isn't so bad" said
Barnes, vastly relieved. He was
covertly watching Miss Thackeray's
| half-averted face as he ventured tc
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-04
CHAPTER vi.
Charity Begins Far From Home, and
a Stroll In the Wildwood Follows.

Mr.. Rushcroft was furious W hen he
arose at eleven o'clock on the morn
ing after the double murder, having
slept like a top through all Of the
commotion. He doomed all over the
place, vocal castigations falling right
and left on the guilty and the innC-
cent without distinction.
81 don't see how you managed 10
sleep through it" Barnes broke in.
"You must have an unusually clear
conscience, Mr.. R%ishcroft."
II haven't any conscience at all,
sir" roared the star. Il had an un-
usually full stomach, that's what was
the matter with me. I take oath now
sir, never to eat again as long as !
live. A man who cannot govern his
beastly appetite ought to defy it. il
nothing else"
" gather from that remark that
you omitted breakfast this morning"
breakfast, sir? In Gods name, ]
implore you not to refer to anything
so disgusting as stewed prunes and
bacon at a time like this. NY mind
is"
How about luncheon? Will you
join me at twelve-thirty? ?"
That's quite another matter" said
Mr.. Rushcroft readily. Luncheon is
an esthetic tribute to the physical in
telligence of man, If you know what
/ mean. I shall be delighted to join
you. Twelve-thirty. did you say?"
ut would give me great pleasure II
your daughter would also grace the
festal board. l think it is too bad
that she has to go about in the gown
she wears, Mr.. Rushcroft," said
Barnes. She's much too splendid for
that. / have a proposition I'd like tc
make to you later on. l cannot make
it, however, without consulting Miss
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-04
GREEN FANCY"
Continued from last week.

WELL" began Barnes dryly, "it
would that his place is the only
one in the neighborhood that would
bear robbing. My name is Barnes.
OF course, Mr.. O'Dowd, it is mere
speculation on my part"
But who shot the mann" demanded
the Irishman. He certainly wasn't
winged by anyone from our place.
Why, Lord love you sir, there isn't a
soul at Green Fancy who could shoot
a thief if he say one. This is MIR.
DeSoto, also a guest at Green Fancy.
He will, l think, bear me out in up
setting your theory"
A second man approached, shaking.
his head vigorously. He was a thin,
pale man with a singularly scolastic
face Quite an unprepossessing, un-
sanguinary person, thought Barnes.
"Mr. Curtis chauffeur, / think it
was, said the killing occurred just
above this house." said he, visibly ex-
cited. Green Fancy is at least a
mile from here, isn't it? You don't
shoot burglars a mile from the place
they are planning to rob, do your"
"Ill admit it's a bit out of reason, 81
oolu Dol lNOs Liz 5SNNl1u buoh SOulu
only have been shot by some one who
was lying i nwait for him."
"Bedad," said O'Dowd, "it beats the
devil. There's something big in this
thing, Mr.. Barnes-something a long
shot bigger than any of us suspects"
You'll find that it resolves itself
into a problem for Washington to
solve" said DeSoto darkly. Moth
ing local about it, take my word for
1t. These men were up to some in
ternational devilment. There'll be a
stir in Washington over this, sure as
anything"
What time was it that you heard
the shots up at Green Fancy?" ven
tured Barnes.
Lord love you," cried o'Dowd, 1--WE
didn't hear a sound. Mr.. Curtis, who
has insomnia the worst way, poor
devil, heard them and sent some one
out to see what all the racket was
about. The man, it seems, made such
a devil of a racket when he came
home with the news that the whole
house was up in pajamas and peig-
noirs."
Il think l have a slight acquain-
bohNO Will IuS Cudull6uT, Sdlu
Barnes. HE gave me the most thrill
ling motor ride I've ever experienced.
Cad, I'll never forget It,"
The two men looked at him. plain
ly perplexed.
When was all this?" inquired De
S OTTO.
EARLY last evening. He picked up
your latest guest at the corners and
she insisted in his driving me to the
tavern before the storm broke. I've
been terribly anxious about her. She
must have been caught out in all that
%.frightful-"
What's that you are saying, Mr..
Barnes?" cut in De Soto, frowning.
mo guest arriver at Green Fancy last
I evening, nor was one expected"
Barnes stared. do you mean tc
say that she didn't get there, after
Jall?"
She? A woman, was it?" demand
ed OFDowd. "Bedad, if she said she
was coming to Green Fancy she was
spoofing you. Are You sure it was
old Peter who gave you that jolly
rider"
mo, l am not sure" said Barnes
~uneasily. "She was afoot, having
walked fro mthe station below. l met
The Washington times., 1919-10-15

A Congressional committee on pos
tai salaries, comprising members OF
both houses, viii convene within q
few DAYS to reopen the case OF the
Postman's Salary. The postman,
one Of the most welcome visitors at
anybody's house has a right to ask
for more money as he is grossly un-
derpaid and generally oVerWorked.
This paper has received q statement
Of the case from a committee OF post
men, and as no better presentation
could be made, here It Is:
"I,etter-Carriers have only receiV-
ed a temporary increase OF 25 per
cent in twelve years, while the cost
OF living has increased more than
so per cent in five years. During
the same period the wages Of en-
ployes in private industry were rails
ed as the cost Of living increased.
Mechanics and unskilled labOrers are
paid better than the train employees
in the Postal service.
"The hourly wage scale Of brick
LAYERS and Steamftters is S1O0 an
hour; plumber3' laborers 800 an
hour; hodcarriers, 621s cents an
hour.
"The maximum pay Of letter-car-
riers of the fifth grade is 50 cents
an hour. 1t requires from seven 10
ten years in normal times 70 reach
49, -~s@e. Rsultant from this. Il
The Washington times., 1919-10-15

Mr. MaTkeWiCh, young lawyer and assistant ds1tlcE
attorney Of New York county, talked about judge and
that judges kindness to the street car corporation.
he vas hauled up for contempt Of court although he
didn't talk in court; be apoogssd and was forgiven.
BE did well to apologize You may say in general terms
what The writer Of the Song Of Roland" said about the
death Of Roland One hundred thousand fell the
ground fanting cent mile honH1eS Ombent teTTe paeS)
when they heard that Roland was dead Of Federal
and other judges you might truly say that if Of them
died at least Thousand corporation owners would fell On
ths ground fainting, and for good cause.
But you must not pick out any particular judge and
y the trusts would all faint If he died In the first place
you might be mistaken Some men are not corrupt only
foolish natmalb0n toadies to wealth Besides you can't
prove it, and that is awkward.
Judge Mayer Of New York recently spoke well Of the
duties and responsibilities Of lawyers.
Judge Mayer said very truly that lawyers causing dis
respect for the court attack and undermine the government
All this Is true; and more Is true. II lawyer snCOur-
ages despec for the courts he UndeTmnes government
courts must be respected though occasional
Judge may make it difficult
Judge Mayer undoubtedly would add that TIE JUDGE
who encourages drespeCt for the courts By showing too
great ssrVy to corporations too little respect for the law
and the people, also undeTmines government
Bad judges have had much to do with oVertTOWng
government
Whist Is nssdsd-and we believe that Judge Mayer and
majority Of the other honest judges win d0Ess the state
sns 70 give The people power TO remove judges well
Is power 70 choose judges
Recall Of al public officials including Judges would
make doubtful criticism unnecessary. Il would supply al
tribunal before which all might appear. Some judges
would object to giving the people the right TO remove their
officials Those judges would include men having the
best private reasons for objeCtng.
The Washington times., 1919-10-15
I'll ~

THE sun can be harnessed and
put to work.
Civilization can be made
forever Independent of coal mines,
oil wells and the other sources Of
fuel, which are so rapidly being
exhausted, and which require so
much human labor to convert them
into heat and power.
Methods for hitching the sun to
the machinery Of civilization, for
making it run our factories and
our street cars, light and heat our
homes, have been worked out in
the rough. They have even, to a
limited extent, been applied with
practical success, and patents
have been taken out on them.
Nothing stands in the way Of
this great and necessary develop
ment save the immense inertia of
habit, and the lack Of human faith
in human ability.
This is the substance Of an in
terview with several scientists
who have specialized on problems
Of heat and power. They are con-
servative scientists, occupying pO-
sitions Of high responsibility.
''You cannot quote me-" said
one of them, because if you did
some kind folks would call me .
second Jules Verne, and some who
are not so kind would call me
liar. Ny reputation for conserv-
atism would be seriously injured.
"But you can say that it is pos
sible TO harness the sun, and be
well within the truth. No scien-
tist who has studied the problem
will dispute the statement. l will
90 a good deal further. / am
willing to say that if competent
physicist specializing in heat and
power were given E million dol
lars, a frst-class laboratory and
a corps of competent assistants,
he could within a year perfect a
practical apparatus for convert
inc sun heat directly into either
steam or electricity.
"But it's no use telling the pub
lie this. The public won't believe
It until it sees the thing done, and
maybe it won't believe it then.
The attitude of the average man
toward the new, and therefore in
credible, is illustrated by a story
OFville Wright told me. For
months he flew back and forth be-
tween two trolley lines in Dayton
IN his newly invented aeroplans
without even getting a notice in
the local newspaper. Finally a
reporter was sent to the field. He
saw Wright fly, and wrote q piece
about It, which he turned in TO the
CITY editor. The editor read It
over and tossed It aside.
Tt may be true he said, but
there's no use IN printing It. No
body would believe IL. We would
The Washington times., 1919-10-15
The Posbnan's Salary

is impossible 70 recruit available
men into the postal service.
According to a late report OF the
Bureau Of Statistics of the Depart
ment Of Labor it requires an income
OF y, 800 70 purchase the actual ne
eeSsltles Of life for a family Of i've.
While the great influx Of war
workers with the establishing Of the
many Temporary bureaus necessary
% the successful prosecution Of the
world war imposed triple burdens
upon Letter Carriers the country
over, the brunt OF il all was borne
BY the local mail men.
Exposed To Extremes Of weather,
They are required to report for
duty at such an early hour that they
work half a day before other Gov
ernment employees begin.
Since the Honorable Postmaster
General has declared that the Gov
ernment wishes to be a model en-
plcyer' the time is ripe for putting
this into practice by granting a sub
stantial increase in salaries TO the
Postal workers.
Committee on Publicity, Branch
142 National Association Letter Car
rier,
Chairman, DENIS A LANE
HARRY BARRICA
IOHN NJ BURGEN
The Washington times., 1919-10-15
HASKIN LETTER
HITCH YOUR WAGONTO THE SUN
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Of water one degree centigrade
in million years.
Now this same method could
be used in converting the heat Of
the sun into electric current.
Make a thousand Of those little
thermal batteries, make a lens to
concentrate the sun heat upon
them, provide storage batteries
for storing the heat so that a
supply would be held in reserve
when the sun was not shining,
and you have the essentials Of
the outfit. A patent on such a
'thermO-electric generator was
taken out by the Bureau of
standards.
''The number OF this patent is
LOTT, ,219, and it is under date Of
October %, 1913.
"The making of this electric
generator is really simple. 1t
would have an enormous number
Of very small parts, but that does
not present a real difficulty. A
certain watch factory uses screws
of which $4,000 may be put in a
thimble, while each screw has 24O
threads. Yet these screws are
turned out by machinery IN
enormous quantities at low cost:
The tiny metal elements and
fiIaments for this electric gen
orator would be made with equal
ease. And once the machine was
made, there would be little de-
probation or up-keep charge, and
very little man-pOwer necessary
for its operation.
"The storage Of the electricity,
al a low enough cost to be prac-
ticable, presents more difficulties
Dur it could undoubtedly be work
ed out.
1T seems certain that this
method of producing power would
be far less wasteful than any OF
our present ones. For we are
enormously wasteful Of energy.
DR.. Coblentz measured the heat
given off by firehies from their tiny
tail lights. He found that its
amount was amazingly SMALL and
that it did not perceptibly in
crease when the lights were
FLASHED" In other words, the in
sect produced a very considerable
amount of lights with an amaz-
ingly small expenditure OF heat
or energy.
'The same thing is more strik-
ingIy illustrated by certain deep
sea fishes which carry lanterns
similar to those Of the irehies.
The Washington times., 1919-10-15

Below the depth Of one mile, you
know, the sea is absolutely dark,
so that these creatures have to
generate their own lights. Each
fish is IN effect a little power
plant, converting part Of its power
into light, just as our mechanical
power plants do. But q study Of
these fishes has shown that they
eXpend only one-tWenty-ifth as
much heat or power in producing
a given amount of light as We do
n our power plants. In other
words, nature Is twenty-five times
as efficient In producing light as
we are. believe a man at Prince
ton is now devoting time to a
study Of these deep-sea fishes, in
order to determine how they
produce this light with so little
energy, and one Austrian scientist
is also working on the problem.
But the wonder is that 80 little at
tentiOn should be given a question
Of such vast Importance to hu-
manity.
NO; the conversion Of sun heat
into electricity is not the only
method Of using it. Il may also
be converted into steam. This has
already been done practically.
There is, or recently was, a plant
for generating power in this way
at Pasadena, Cal. II was simple
in principle. A giant lens, twenty
or thirty feet wide, concentrated
the sun heat on a water pipe, con-
verting the water into setam. I
understand the machine was found
to be practicable.
Personally, I believe that the
best method may be the use OF
parabOlic lenses to concentrate
the sun heat upon water pipes.
Imagine a long trough, several
feet deep, lined with aluminium,
having a cross section shaped like
a hairpin with the ends pulled
slightly apart-that is, a para
bola. 1t is a Well-knoWn fact,
applied in making large tele-
scopes, that light rays falling on
this parabOlic lens will all be re-
fected back to one point within
the parabOla. All you have to do
then is to suspend a water pine
at this point In your trough. Bv
making the pipe the right size in
proportion to your lens, you can
concentrate enough heat on IL to
convert the water into steam.
This trough would be only one
unit in series, which would make
up the power plant. Mountain
sides, deserts and other waste
places which receive a large share
of sunlight, would be the sites for
such power plants.
ct all sounds like a dream,
know, and you'll be called a
dreamer il you write Il, but any
thing you write now will be COM
monDlace fact within twenty
Rva years"
The Washington times., 1919-10-15
Answers Congressman johnson

Royal c. johnson, Congressman from
south Dakota, and author Of a sour
rilous and unwarranted attack on
the French people represents, I hope,
the State OF South Dakota in the
United states Congress better than
he represents the sentiment OF the
American Third army in his news
paper article.
As the former editor Of the Third
army daily newspaper, the Amaroc
News. I think I am well qualified to
answer the rather audaciOus and
htghly cOlored propaganda issued
from the pen Of this representative
% the American people. fortunately
the representative OF q very small
opinion Of the American army Of oc-
pupation.
one cannot help but become in
censed at the egoisn Of this unwar-
ranted attack. At this time that
any expressions antaEOnistic 20 the
peoples OF any OF the countries who
were our allies in the war can be
construed in no other way, than Rs
pfo-German Or is Mr.. Johnson ap-
pealing 70 the national German vote?
Has be any aspirations for the fu-
ture aspirations OF q national sense2
~ not, what g. the object behind
hig unWarEauted and un8eemly attack,
surely very much out Of place at this
time. with the treaty Of peace still
nuBigued7 Was he requested to at
tack the French pe0ple2 And does he
net know that what he wrote in
volved not the expression OF new
.oplnfons?
I can say without boastinF that I
net more men personally In the
Third American army than any other
nan who went 20 Europe. I lectured
-bn machine gunnery 70 every Infantry
organizatiOu in that army, and dfteen
years as q Newspaper man before en-
fering the military service urged me
% use the tour through the army as
4 method 20 ascertain what the ssuti-
ment Of that great body OF American
ncldierV was concerning many things.
spent days On remote places with
both men and officers sounding out
sentiment with respect to possibIli-
tieE Of the military men who were
regarded a. Presidential timber az the
time. with regard 70 the allegations
which cropped out now and then that
the Third army was pro-German and
respecting several other questions Of
fhe hour.
Naturally at that time the soldier
was pleased with hi8 comfortable
abode in Germany. he could only
realize one thing. that the Germans
gave him better quarters and c0ddled
- him more than the French. But
aid he love the Germans moreG
And later on when he began %
FcEliEe that German small merchants
Ecbbod him iugt as much &c the
EeEch snail merchants and that his
lGG AueEieou merchants rob
I'D hiE -iuEt shout - much - the
Ernch nni German fid together. he
W TG
The Washington times., 1919-10-15

the most, the merchant. who robs
his own, the man who charges those
who fought to protect his porperty a
double price, or the merchant who
robs strangers and foreigners?
/ have seen private soldiers and Of
hcers, too, in Newport News and other
coast towns pay twice as much for
goods as civilians. I remember one
incident in Newport News, where I had
q civilian, 90 into a store for me and
buy a shirt for 50 so that would
not have to pay 50 for the same ar
tiele, as had done the day before.
but Mr.. Johnson, VauntinE himself
as the mouthpiecs OF the American
Lhird army, as expressing the correct
view or the American soldier who was
IN france would have us believe
that this small trademan, who is the
same the world over, who gets as
much as he can and thinks an soI-
diers are better off without money. is
the man by whom the entire French
race should be judged.
While editor OF the Amaror gavzo
which had a circulation Of more than
6O'OOO daily in the American Third
army 1 had occasion TO sound out the
sentiment regarding France ana the
French with the soldiers OF the STbirJ
army. can assure you that the
hearts Of most OF the men, assuredIv
or those men who remained IN Ger
many long enough to know the Ger
mans were with the French. Ask
men who were employed IN the most
ofnce OF the Third army at Coblepz
now many Thousands Of letters were
nlaiiea t,ll. eaeh DAY BY the soldiers Of
that army 70 friends In France.
M Johnson's propaganda will fslI
az seeds In the sand. II updoubtsbI,,
WlH please the pFo-Gsrman popuIa-
Ilon ana make Of the author Of the
article a popular idol Il NAV ret
him some votes. somewhere. {1 fbs
snall German villages OF the United
states, but iH HIS quest he Rsgure5Iv
bellies the sentiment OF the America
Lnlra army, an organization which
was decidedly not pFo-GermaD oTS
therefore prO-FFench.
WILLIAM CORCORAN.
The Washington times., 1919-10-15
Doesn't Wanf g..
The Editor Of THE TINES:

TO the Editor Of THE TINES:
Several letters have appeared IN
your paper Of late concerning A pro-
posed bonus. II is noticeable that the
ones who yelI the loudest for a bonus
are the ones who served the shortest
time. win say for Ex-Private. First
class information that real soldiers
DO not whine about the hardshIps they
endured. ne also refers 70 those who
stayed at home and made big salaries
The only reasons be didn't do likewise
% becauso he failed 20 dodge the draft
enlisted 81 the navy April z, 1917
and was serving on g destroyer Ga the
war zone long before Mr. EE-Private
kiErt Class was drafted. ] hope the
Government turns the bonus nroDo-
g'tlon aqWn. Az EI-gATT0Ri