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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Five Minutes With Congress

-~HE Indian appropriation bill has passed
both houses and now waits the sigma
ture Of President Wilson.
II Il
The $3.50, 000, 900 bill for the use of tho rail-
road administration in conducting the railroads
has passed both houses and is ready for the
President to sign
The bill restoring the rate-making power
of the Interstate Commerce Commission has
passed the Senate.
The bill to permit American shipyards to
the Senate.
The Knox resolution proposing that the
league of nations covenant and the peace treaty
be separated has been favorably reported to the
Senate by the foreign relations committee. Its
supporters are planning to bring it up in the
Senate Tuesday. Supporters of the President
will do their utmost to prevent favorable action
on it.
The bill creating commission to acquire
and maintain an American cemetery in France
for interment of Americans who fell in the war
has passed the Senate.
X X X
The bill to apportion captured German can
non among the states on pro rata basis Of the
states representation in the military service has
passed the Senate.
X X X X
The Senate committee agriculture has
added rider to the agricultural bill repeating
the daylight saving law next October.
The Esch bill to repeal the daylight saving
law is programmed for consideration in the House
Immediately following the Navy appropriation
bill, probably Tuesday Wednesday. The
committee interstate and foreign commerce
is about evenly divided on this BILL and major
ity and minority reports have been filed follow
ing hearings. vigorous fight on the floor is
anticipated. The bill does not attempt to re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Kaiser's Insanity Manifest.

The kaiser was and is insane. It has
been correctly averred that only hu-
NOR and sympathy keep one sane, and
William II long since SO far forgot
his sense Of humor as to preclude the
possibility of seeing himself as others
saw him. before humor was changed
to horror. He had so far lost his fac
ulty for sympathy as to be unable To
grasp the point of view of any nation
or person except the German. And
the German people, following their
overload with the amaurotic eyes of
the hysterical hypnoid, seeing only
what he was told to see. doing only
what he was told to do, have been in
the desperate position of a hypnotic
subject under the control Of a criminal
maniac.
1t is easier to explain their ex-
cesses so, kinder to believe this true
For the one hope for their eventual
attainment to healthful sanity lies in
the fact that he who held their minds
in control has abdicated that power.
with AL its attendant debasing ap
purrenances. The civilized nations OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

instructions that no part OF the appropriations
be expended for real estate or the constructor
Of any camps or cantonments without
authorization from Congress-
of the seven big supply bills. which will prob
ably be reported by the middle of the week.
will make large reductions from the estimates
furnished by the government departments and
from the bill it passed in the last session Of
Congress. Hearings were held on this bill.
Asking a half million dollars to make
lentless hunt for radicals and bomb-plotters.
Attorney General Palmer appeared before the
appropriations committee Friday and urged
that the government must weed out this dis
turbing and dangerous element
After restoring the half and half plan of
appropriating for the District. the Senate COM
mittee appropriations has ordered the bill
reported to the Senate 1t carries approximate
ly 100000 more than the bill which passed
the House.
X X X X
Hearings chemical and dye interests are
to start tomorrow before the ways and means
committee the Longworth bill, which pro-
vides for licensing imports The American
Dyes Institute and the Chemical Foundation
which has taken over the enemy-owned patents
seized by the custodian of alien property, are
supporting this measure Alien Property Gus
todian Garvan will testify regarding the need
for protection Of the domestic industry against
Germany's plans to dump" vast quantity of
dyes and chemicals.
X X X y
The potash and chemical and optical glass
interests closed their arguments before the
ways and means committee during the week.
The potash producers are seeking a licensing
system. supported by the bureau of mines and
the geological survey. The chemical glass
people asking ad valorem tax of 60 per
cent on imports, increasing from As per cent
and abolition of the duty-free provisions in the
present law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

action taken by public service COM
missions through courts. There Is a
well defined demand by the big tele-
phone and telegraph systems OF the
country to have their rates supervised
by a federal commission in the flu
|ture-both interstate and intrastate-
istead of being left to the supervision
of the state and municipal commits
sions. There is no time. however. for
Congress to handle such a complex
question in the rush to enact legis-
lation providing for the return Of the
wires to the owners. which has been
demanded by the public. The COM
pany oficials admit that themselves.
They will seek such legislation later
They insist that they are harassed
and their business made exceedingly
difficult by being subject to SO many
different commissions.
Opposes Federal Control.
Charles e. Elmquist, president Of
the National Association of Railway
and Utilities Commissioners. takes a
very different view Of the situation
from the wire officials. He strongly
opposes any control by the federal
government over intrastate rates and
Is opposed to legislation at this time
extending the government made rates
for intrastate business. More than
two-thirds Of the states have been in
volved in litigation to estop the gov
eminent, through the Postmaster
General, from increasing the local or
intrastate rates. The Supreme Court
of the United States. in a recent de-
cesion. however. held that the gov
eminent rates were legal.
When he appeared before the Sem
ate committee Mr.. Elmquist insist
larly the Bell system, were making
poor mouth when. as matter of
fact, they had been making large
sums Of money during the past years.
with huge surpluses laid up for rainy
days. and that II there was any loss.
it was during government operation,
and the government had been seeing
to it that the companies got their
dividends paid regularly He urged
owners without any so-called reme-
dial>legislation.
The government operation Of the
telegraph and telephone wires un-
doubleday has given the cause of
government ownership of public util-
tiles a black eye in this country. The
people are led" up on government
operation for one cause or another.
1t. does not appear to suit the Ameri-
ideas. In fact. government owner
ship and operation of big concerns
such as the railways. the telephones
and telegraph wires seem to work
well only where a socialist or a sub
ject IL concerned. The ordinary Amer
lean citizen. SO far, Is neither one nor
the other.
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Beyond Lure Of Alps.

Mary Roberts Rinehart. writing of
Glacier National Park says:
Throw off the impedimenta of civil
1.zation. Go out to the west-throw
cut your chest. The Alps have never
aeld this lure for me. Perhaps it is
because these mountains are my own
lin my own country. Cities CALL
lave heard them. But there is no voice
T. all the world so insistent to me as
fhe wordless call of these mountains"
And America is going out of doors
81 throwing out its chest. The move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Machine Not Quite Complete.

AoSAAAO ANOt 0u4IC SOA4p1StSs
Heinie turned himself into a beau
tifully efficient machine, which would
have been ali right if he could have
done a complete job and severed his
mechanically efficient body from his
brain. But he could not do that; his
brain. such as it was. stayed with
him. Flabby from disuse. the torpid
organ became a, potential breeding
place for such stimuli as the overload
In whose favor he had performed
mental abdication chose to implant
therein. Germany degenerated into a
nation of hypnotic subjects under
control Of small group Of dangerous
monoman1acs. The eventual madness
of the sixty-odd million subjects was
assured.
Into the plastic. enfeebled minds of
his subjects the kaiser and his i'm
mediate advisers. LISTING for world
power. adroitly instilled personal sub
manias. Militarism, kultur, pan-Ger-
manism. the Divine mission of the
Kaiser. the religion of Krupp. the pol
icy of blood and iron, were effective
ly planted. 1nsidiously the mania of
persecution and the craze for war
were worked up land when the hyp-
noids of the kaiser's diseased will
were in proper state of complete
subjectivity the kaiser played his
trump card and the world war was
upon us. The subsequent demoniac
conduct of Germany as a nation may
be taken as the manifestation of
minds actually disfntegrating. the in
credible atrocities IS the elimination
of collective insanity.
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BIG Job TO UNTANCLE
BADLY TANGLED WIRES
Continued from First Paee)

anything, 1t means that the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone com
pany viii go to the Public Utilities
Commission with an Immediate de-.
mand for still higher rates. 1t seems
10 De an open question whether the
company or the citizens of the Dis
trict will be the first to lay a plea
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion for relief
Like Conditions Elsewhere.
What is true Of the telephone sit
uation in Washington is true in hun
dreds OF other places throughout the
country. When the government took
the wires over. confident predictions
were made that rates would be low
cred and service improved. What
ever might have been the result In
now ever be known-the results dur
ing the last year have been Just the
opposite to what was predicted. Blu.
since the signing Of the armistice last
November. a matter Of six months
now. the situation with regard to
rate increases and service has not
improved.
So far as the companies were con-
cerned during the period of gov
eminent control, they were guaran-
L..
They were financially safe whatever
might have been their dislike to or
ners from the government in regard
TO operations. But once the govern
m emit control law is repealed, the COM
panleS Will again be at the mercy of
the public service commissions, I'M
less Congress by law provides that
the government rates shall maintain
for period of three to six months
during which the entire question of
@ re- ha in fico
rates adjusted. SO as to be reasona bly,
fair TO all concerned.
Nathan c. Kingsbury. vice president
of the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. appearing before the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee. testified that the government I'M
der its contract with the Bell system
was paying per cent on the capital
invested. He said that up to May
I. 1919, Notwithstanding Increases in
lost S9,623.477 through it's contract
with the company-this from August
1, 1918, to May 1. 1919. He told the
committee that the increases in wages
of the Bell system since 1915 had been
So. 000.0 900. its present pay roll being
s175 100000, and in 1915 1t was $780,
100000. The number of employees, he
said, had increased about 80 per cent.
War Extensions Improbable.
The telephone companies. when the
United States entered the war, were
required--or agreed-to make many
extensions of cables and service, SO
as to accommodate the business of
the government. 1t Is said that
some of these extensions. in time of
peace. are not warranted. and that
they will result in a loss to the COM
panies. unless the government makes
compensation for them.
There are some 1000 independent
telephone companies-outside the
Bell system. These. too. have been
under the coptrol of the government
They are seeking the protection of
the federal government for the rate
Increases allowed. Some of them com.
plain that they have been prevented
from putting into effect the rates au-
thorixed by the government. through
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HOW MAD RULER LED
MAD NATION TO RUIN
Continued from First Page.)

Huns set about his purpose of crush
ing Individuality out of his subjects
of appropriating unto himself their
minds as well as their persons. The
German, with his modicum Of intelli-
gence, did not sense the dangers of
the transaction. The sweet promise
of Deutschland uber allies" sounded
fair enough to him. Mental goose
stepping under the kaiser's eye came
easy to Heinie. who never did have
any considerable penchant for indc-
pendence, either mental, moral or
physical. Prof. Munsterberg knew
whereof he spoke when he said: 1.-The
German nation has found itself again,
and its oneness Of mind is symbolized
in the kaiser"
There was sufficient to justify
Heinie's Course to himself AS a COL
lective nation the Germans proceeded
to perform prodigies of productivity
and growth. They went into it
stronger. COLLECTIVELY became an OBJ
session. And an obsession is a land
ing on the stairway of madness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Have Described Resources.
Mexico Rich in Minerals.

Mexico, for instance. when consid-
cred by. the average American. is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
Counter Offensive of July Is.

Finally, July IS. Foch delivered his
great counter offensive. The main blow
was struck by the French Moroccan di-
vision and the LIST and I'd American di-
visions. emerging from the forest of
Villers- Cotterets a dozen miles south of
scissors. Subsidiary attacks were made
by the 26th Division. which advanced
northeast from Belleau wood, and the
5th Division, which was broken up and
intermingled with the French troops.
This counter offensive was ore of the
great successes of the war. In II the
American divisions, and particularly the
1st and I'd. played an extremely brilliant
part. advancing until they crossed the
scissors Chateau Thierry road. and in
company with their French comrades
took positions which made evacuation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

peal the act until October. the time when the
daylight saving period expires. 1t does not
disturb the time zones fixed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission under the law.
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04

our citizens generally are seri-
ously handicapped in ob aiming
the better things OF life. 1t is a
great pity that every farmer in
this county cannot be compelled
by some kind OF process to go
and i've for a year in county
where they have splendid pixies.
How many of them would come
back 70 Rockcasile? 1t is pass
ing .trange that man does not
understand now that good high
way make for a better citizen
ship, higher education, more
comfort and pleasure, greater
commercial activity and greater
progress in all lines of industry.
With such wonderful benefits.
why is it that our people do not
wake up and absolutely demand
the building of better highways
in this county. Why is it that
they do not respond promptly
and vigorously TO any demand
which will provide better roads |!
Our people should be thankful
that we can build roads by bond
issues; that we can have the roads
in advance of paying for them
and while we are paying for them
we can have them and enjoy
them. We are not so partic ular
as to whether you build them by
taxation, bv convict labor or by
bond issue, but we say brild
them. Until pixies are built
throughout the county, the
county official should require
the county over-seer 10 work the
roads at least twelve days this
Spring and again twelve days in
the Fall in order to get them in
better condition for the winter
travel. By this means it may e
possible that the citizens will be
brought to a realization that We
mean to have better roads and at
the same time be taught the ben
efts of them.
The National Highway Associ
alton has adopted as a part of
their eastern course a great
highway through Rockcastle, but
we are reliably informed that
the Association is getting rest
less and that they are seriously
thinking of taking it out of Rock
castle by reason of the indiffer-
ence of our people and the failure
to do our part in the construc-
tion of the highway through
this county. What a calamity
it would be to lose this great
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04

the entertainments OF the child
They are totally unmindful of
the trings which nature de-
mands of the child.
Rockcastle, by rea-on of Il is
horrible condition, has been
made to suffer Many of her
progressive citizens have be-
come disgusted and left the
county. We had a confession
only d few weeks ago from Peter
SHUTS. We can name host of
others who left for the sa.ne'
reason.
This paper has always adNo
Gated better highways. 1t has
declared at all times that for the
county to improve as it should
We must have better roads. The
people whom good roads would
benefit the most seem to be ab-
solutely asleep They do not
seem to care whether we have
better roads or not. In fact
they seem content to live in the
same cid hollow, in the same
old shack. with the same old
surrou ,dings, wear the same
old clt thes, travel in the same
old wagon or astride the same
old horse. seeing nothing, hear
ing nothing and having nothing.
A few men in this county are
heart and soul for good roads,
but the great majority seem
woefully Indifferent and especial
ly if it will cost them anything
to get them. They need dyna-
mite or some other powerful
explosive to wake them up and
make them work on the high
ways and in addition I % dig down
in their LEANS" to help pay for
the constructions OF pixies. We
must have pixies and pixies we
will have. But when, oh Lord,
when! Every state throughout
the union is thoroughly aroused
over the question of better
roads and the various counties
through the states are spending
money to put their roads in bet
ter condition. What Is Rockcas
tie doing? She is one hundred
and ten years old and vet we
have nothing but ruts, mud holes
and rugged rocks to travel over
Shame on such conduct that
keeps us in ignorance and power
ty.
Our boys get disguised with
such backwardness. Our girls
do not have the right chance and
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY.

The great benefit derived from
the use OF Cham bellain's Cough
Remedy has been gratefully ac-
knowledged by many. Mrs. Ben
jamin F. Blakeney, Decatur, III ,
writes, ,"Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is by far the best medi
cine for colds and coughs we have
ever used IN our family. 1 gave
it to my children when small for
Group and have taken it myself. y
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04
ASLEEP AT THE POST.

For twenty years the present
editor of this paper has owned,
controlled and dire cted its course.
During all that time we have
been on the ground and observed
closely what was going on, or
ought to be going on in Rock
castle County. We have grieved
many a time during that long
period at the Indifference of our
people; at their failure to do the
things which would not only
help them. but would greatly
benefit their families and their
neighbors. 1t Is a poor citizen
Indeed that does not strive to
elevate and enrich his own Off
spring. It is a poor father that
does not bend every energy TO
throw the best influence around
his child and to give him a splen-
did education.
But our people seem to be
absolutely indifferent to the
progress of our schools. Appar-
entity they do not care whether
school keeps or not. If their
child gets an education, well
and good. If not, let it go. The
parents seem to think nothing
of providing better surround
ings; they care nothing about
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04

roadway, but there is a possi
bility Of that being done. Ger.
tainly it will be done if our peo
pie dc not wake up and per
form their duty as they should.
This county is dealing with high
class business men in the con.
struction of this great highway
and they will not permit us tc
sleep always. We have slept
too long now.
We give you this information
as a pointer and we ask those
in authority, as well as the citi
zens at large. to take notice.
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04
The following telegram is self

The following telegram is self
explanatory:
Louisville. KY. 4-1-Io
Hon. Cam MullinS.
Judge Rockcastle County Court,
Mt. Vernon, KY.
We are advised by Nathan
Straus and other New York OFF,
cials. that you will lend your val
uabe aid in campaign for desti-
tute starving Jewish war suffer.
ers. If there is no organization
in your county. we look to you
as the leader of that community,
to exercise a true American
duty and collect as much money
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04

We have more than reached the
quota but let's make Rockcastle' s
gift $500. You will not be asked
to give by the com mmittee. but If
you want to give the committee
will gladly re ceive your contribu-
ton. The books close Saturday.
April IL. and ii you want to help
in this great cause for humanity
sake do so before that day.
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04

as you can from April seventh
to eleventh., advising Charles w.
Morris, Louisville, OF your
achievements. This is a call In
humanity's name, which l am
sure you will not and cannot ig-
more.
FRED LEVY,
State Chairman
Mount Vernon signal., 1919-04-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are authorized to announce
HON T. BULLOCK

HON. E. BULLOCK
as csdidate for Representative from
the Seventieth Legislative district, COM
posed Of Rockcastle and Laurel coun-
ties, subject to the action Of the Repub-
licsn party at its primary election on
August 2, 1913.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-14

traitors attributes the present prices
to the fact that people have lost the
cooperation they displayed during
the war and have adopted the
slogan, Every man for himself and
the Devil gets the hindermost."
Farmers proclaim the governments
fixed price for wheat as the source
of all trouble, clamoring for the
$2.26 limit to be removed, in order
that they may sell wheat, some say
at $3.50 a bushel, others say at 81
or S.. Landlords blame it all on
the cost of building materials and
taxes; contractors and manufacture
ers pass the onus on to labor, and
labor throws it back to capital. It's
the old army game Of passing the
buck. Every man dedges the blame
and asserts that every man but him
self is a crook, whereat it becomes
evident even to the most credulous
that some one is lying.
One fact, at least, stands out from
the confusion, namely, that the gov
eminent is proceeding against those
who hoard and against those who
profiteer.
What is Profteeringe
What is prohteering? Technically.
it is taking unreasonable profits. In
practice it has turned out to be
process of playing the coward, stay
ing at home during the war and
stabbing America in the back. The
profiteers have seen their chance
while the eyes of the nation were
focused on the battlefelds of
France, and right we'll have they
seized it. Every energy OF every
American was bent on Staying the
wolf in Europe; we had no time to
stamp on the snake 1t home. There
fore, the snake has been busy. Did
it bother him that America was
struggling With a desperate foe?
Hardly; he had better use for his
time than frivoling it away in his
country's service, Milk for the
baby, bread for the poor, shelter for
the homeless-did these count in the
scales against the profteer's own
gain? Hysterical mothers might
mob stores in New York's tenement
districts pleading for their babies as
they did many times during the win
ter of 1917-1S-6,000,000 American
children, says the Department Of
Labor, are underfed-but it means
cash to the prohteer, good American
dollars. A little blood on them
doesn't lessen their value. Tory
and copperhead pale beside our
modern specimen, outkaisering the
kaiser with his me and my money"
Truly proud they can be of the rec
ord they have written after their
names on the pages of their coun-
try's history.
One or two have been caught al