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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-23
BAR BERGER, BAN PARTY
Attorney for Socialist Sehs Prece-
dent in Decision of House
Committee

Refusal of seat IN Congress to
Victor Berger, milwaukee, Socialist.
is tantamount to refusing any
member of the Socialist party seat,
even though that party casts 1,oOO,-
900 votes, Henry F. Cochems' Ber-
gers attorney, told the House COM
mittee inquiring into Berger's quail
ifcations yesterday.
ellis conduct is consistent with
the policy of his party" he said. If
he is unfit to sit 100000 Socialists
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-23
NEGRO BUS DRIVER HELD
$1,000 Bail Required For Release of
Accused DanvilIe Man

Danville, Va, July 23.-Mayor
Harry Wooding has required a
bond of $1,000 for the release of
David Oliver, negro autobus driv-
er who late Saturday night ran
down ard injured Mr.. and Mrs. H.
f. Vass. Fond was denied the ne
gro for two lays, and, as he has no
funds, he probably will remain i'm
INJURED for two morths, since it will
be fully that time before the injured
woman can testify.
Thomas Mitchell. a policeman,
who saw the accident states that
the negro was speeding his bus with
the apparen. Intention # getting
ahead of the street car in order not
to be held up behind it at the stop
where Mr.. and Mrs. Vass were
standing. The negro denies that
ne was driving fast, and maintains
that Mr.. Wass seized his wife's arm
and dragged hen. back into the path
of the motorear.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-23
THE EX-KAISER
Spend Hasus AIqae: Saying Prayers
And Singing PSALM Tunes

hmersesh, July / 34I aRave
been covered; with. lies; Ie6sered
my generals, beth at the front and
behind the lines, with decorations,
and they, covered me with lies. If
Ihad only been told the truth, I
would have acted differently"
Thus runs the bitter plant of ex-
Kaiser Wilhelm II, according to re-
cent visitors at the castle here. It
amounts almost to monomania they
say, being the burden of all CONVEX
sation he carries on, no matter with
whom.
The former Kaiser's periods Of To-
quacity are followed by outbreaks
Of religious hysteria, during which
he spends hours alone praying and
singing psalms. His crraticlsm
greatly embarrasses even his most
devoted admirers.
The former Emperor has abso-
lutely broken off relations with his
oldest son. former Crown Prince
Frederick William, though the lat
ter corresponds regularly with the
former Empress. No word, how
ever. passes between father and
SON.
Recently secluded castle in
Germany was selected and every
thing was in readiness to receive
the ex-Kaiser,. but it is doubted if
he would jare return and trust
himself with his own people, even
if the Dutch permitted him to re-
turn.
Diplomatic circles at The Hague,
however, are by no means blind to
the possibility that the former
monarch may at some favorable
time endeavor to slip away before
the allied powers and Holland have
reached an agreement On the SUBJ
ject of his delivery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-07-23

are unfit to sit. Mr.. Berger repre-
SCENTS the citizens of his district,
and he, would RETURN again, with as
largesor larger a. vote, even after
thg contest"
Rochsms continued argument on. a
brief submitted to the committee
Tuesday. He held that no exclusion
of a member of Congress can, be
made unless a formal act of Con-
press is passed for the particular
case.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
rRousLE FoR MP. sURLEsoN

Postmaster Burleson is having much
trouble in applying standardized tele-
phone rates over the whole country.
Nearly a dozen states have moved to
enjoin these DEGREES from Washington
and the Immediate consequence Is a
condition of rates as remote as pos
sible from uniformity.
The telephone service anywhere is
largely a service of local character. Its
toll charges have been less matter of
complaint than the quality Of its local
service. It's necessary relation to the
war activities of tho government are
slighter than those of the telegraph
and hardly to be mentioned in compar-
ison to the railroads. But while local
tiles and states would have gladly con-
ceded teleDhon, control to the federal
government under war conditions and
in all obedience to that governments
supreme war powers. what il more
natural than that they would resent ,
war assumption of such control only
after the war emergency has passed.
Perhaps the country may some time
or may now he ready to let It's tele-
phone rvices pass over to the Post
Office Department to he administered
as n permanent policy nv the Local
post office. But there will be serious
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
ADVERTISING THE TOWN.

Ambitious business communities
play nowadays for outside trade. The
merchants are not willing to spend
their lives just scrambling to get
away a little more home trade from
each other. They want to see the
town become trade center for a
bigger district, SO there shall be
more prosperity for everybody. In
these days of automobiles, trade can
be drawn long distance, frequently
from larger towns.
To grow as a trade center, town
must get a reputation as live busi-
ness place, with hustling merchants.
The most feasible method of Gre
ating that reputation, is to support
your local newspaper in the effort it
is constantly making to boost the
town, and to give the paper such a
volume of advertising that the town
looks like a real trade center. The
public in the outlying country gets
the significance of such sheet. You
never see a paper full of advertising
in a dead town. And when the mer-
chants do advertise, you can't help
feeling that 1t is a place with life
and enterprising business, that the
stores are anxious to please and work.
ing hard to serve the public. You
feel the merchants must be skillful
buyers and systematic managers with
a large volume of business. SO that
they can afford to give bottom prices.
Merchants who participate in this
kind of effort by advertising in The
Independent get results in two ways.
First. They attract buyers inter-
ested by their announcements of spe-
cific offerings.
Second. They give nearby towns
and the outlying country the idea that
Delta is a hustling, live-wire place,
where the merchants are playing the
game. The spreading of that impress
sion is sure to draw new trade that
will swell the entire business of the
place and make all property here
more valuable.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
FEAR HAS ITS USES

: This sinful old world would be a
q great place to live if we all loved
each other and nobody was afraid of
anybody else," remarked the theor-
etical person.
"Unhuh, maybe" said justice Hank
Brown, who is not much on philosophy
but sure is a great hog raiser.
"Yes sir, consider it the curse of the
world that men bring fear into 1t. The
man who causes any living thing to
fear him has much to answer for" The
philosopher was really going strong.
well, dunno" said the squire.
Sometimes fear is a handy thing to
have around the place"
81 injected a little righteous re-
ipect, foundationed on hickory club,
into my end of the community today"
"Yes sir. had fresh young pig
that has been getting fresher and
fresher for the past three months"
"He has been roofing up gates and
breaking through fences and gener-
ally living without fear.
81 have been treating him with con-
sideration, and herding him back into
his pen, an mailing on boards quite
regularly until today, when I started
to drive him he charged me, and run
me on top of the manure pile.
His young soul had never had a
bit of fear to soil it, but figured that
so long as it was my farm. and was
there first and hoped to be there for
some time to come that maybe we
would have to reason things out a bit.
$50 l hunted up heavy wagon
spoke and approached that boar and
when he charged me the next time l
damned him behind the ear and be-
fore he got up damned him again,
and when he arose he picked up his
legs and went for his pen squealins
fear all over the township"
"Of course a mad animal must he
controlled but was thinking of men
when spoke" said the philosopher.
We'll, reckon a mad Bolsheviki
needs a club about as much as mad
oar" concluded the squire, and there
was no further argument.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Ao. GOVT. CONTROL woaks

Government railroad control is now
coming into the limelight more and
more. Our Mr.. McAdoO stood from
!. nder when he realized he had bitten
off more than he could chew. From
dividend paying private enterprises
the railroads are becoming liability
of the country. The latest figures on
the deficit since the great railroad sys-
tenn of the United States was placed
under the control of Mr.. McAdoo is
$515, 200, 900. Where the end will be
nobody knows. Peoria is getting a
taste of what it means
For instance, the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific used to work twenty
two engines in the local yards. Now
there are six. The Toledo, Peoria &
Western shops since 1870 have been
in operation. They are to be closed
and Of the 200 men employed there the
expert mechanics, younger in age, are
to be given jobs in other shops. Pre-
sumably they will crowd out older
men. At any rate their going is forced
upon them and the city will lose an
almighty fine lot of citizens. That
they own their homes here, for the
most part, and that it means forced
sales and removal of families or else
the breaking up of homes, is imma-
terial, for the college professors rum
ming things now figure the machinery
of the shops is obsolete and in the in
terest of economy and efficiency the
work is to be transferred to West
Burlington. Ia And the older men and
laborers are left jobless. The economy
and efficiency that thus increases the
army of idle men in the county is
rotten.
And the extraordinary fac. OF trying
to convert the railroad system into a
vast political machine-for that is
what it means-is only eqnaled by the
Significance of the fact that while
wages have been advanced there is
more dissatisfac with wage condi-
tions than ever before. The telegraph
operator may be receiving twice what
he did before the war, but he is lis
satisfied because the car 'kno :ker
about the station, at rougher work and
of a lower grade, is getting more than
he. The car inspector IS dissatisfied
because the brakeman gets 4 bigger
pay check, and the trainn"n are I'm
happy, because If the g,vcrnment
hadn't taken control. they might thru
their powerful unions, be getting even
more than they do now.-Penrfa. tIl.)
Star.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
The "coo1IEy

The army has taught our boys much
about the little things of life. includ-
ing the cootie
There was time when the cootie
was not mentioned in polite conversa-
tion. That was before the soldier of
war made him famous. The co )ti,
gained much passing fame in other
wars Now the diminutive creature is
a common topic and receives special
mention in interesting accounts by
Yanks in their letters or upon their
return home.
Familiarity does not breed contempt
for the coot'e. according to tie Amer.
ican soldier; rather the soldier has
wholesome respect for the prowess of
his erstwhile bosom companion. For
the cortie has a convincing method
Of making known his presence and af-
lection for the man Of his choice.
An army travels on its stomach: so
loes a cootie. But an army must be
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
MANY OF BEST TALENT ARE
TAKEN BY DREAD INFLUENZA
lMrs. F. R. Stearnsl

In the death of Mrs. Mildred Kemble
the city lost one of its sweetest sing
ers, the social life of the community
has been shaken and the home rob
bed of its most precious asset-a
mother.
In looking backward over the past
six months, one must note the ap-
paling loss of manhood and woman
hood through the terrible plague, and
particularly the gifted entertainers of
the community.
Perhaps no death in our neighbor-
ing town of Montrose brought this
fact home more forcibly than the
death of Mrs Ralph Waldo, a charm
ing entertainer, while at Paonia one
of the sweetest singers was claimed
by the death of Mrs. j. H. Baxter, Jr.
At Hotchkiss a strong character was
lost to the world when Erice S. Bob
bitt closed his eyes in sleep. In our
own city there were no more delight
Marjorie Chiles, Mildred Kemble and
Ina Pollard, all of whom have gone.
There are many others whose re-
moval brought sorrow and left long
ing for music and literary talent, akin
to the longing one feels when the last
strains of a great organ die away at
the close of a magnificent concert
They are gone-a long line of the
best we had in our small towns
and 1t will be years before their plac-
es will be filled. l do not like to
think Of them as dead, but rather that
they have gone ahead to grand
rehearsal where we shall hear them
later. / like to think with Lord
Lytton that:
There is no death. The stars go
down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine for evermore
There is no death! An angel form
Walk DER the earth with solemn
tread;
He bears our best loved things away
And then we call them dead.
He leaves our hearts all desolate:
He plucks our fairest, sweetest
flowers;
Transonated into bliss they now
Adorn immortal bowers"
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

halted to be fed, while the cootie must
be fed to be halted.
Coolies help to develop self-restraint
in those to whom they become attach
ed. Imagine a soldier submitting to
inspection and retaining his military
bearing and composure when one of
his ubiquitous companions begins to
industriously make blood test.
One discharged soldier summed up
his appreciation of the little creature
thus: Gee, T. like good itch once
more-it always felt SO good to
scratch"
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
THE LEAGUE CONSTITUTION

president Wilson would have COM
manded prompter support for his
League of Nations constitution, had
ne had more representative delega-
tion at Paris. The constitution of the
United States government. was drafted
In quite different way. The con.
stitutional convention of II included
representatives of all the colonies but
one, and all points of view. All in.
terests had a chance to be heard Con.
sequently they were able to frame a
document that has stood through three
great wars and revolutionary social
changes.
The delegation to the Paris confer
ence is a body selected on wholly diff
1erent plan. 1t is mostly a one man
affair. reflecting President Wilson's
beliefs. and not representative in its
character
when the proposed constitution was
brought home. it was very typical of
MT. Wilson's processes. 1t had a
vagueness and lack of definite state.
ment characteristic of men of ideal.
istic temperament.
-s-s 10 hCCuCu uOW is Une nar0
headed practical sense and experience
OF experts in government and inter.
national relations. They must see that
all the interests of this country are
given reasonable protection.
The republican senators will form
ulate amendments in good faith. II
will look like very different PROPOSE
tion when they get through.
1t will be for the interest of all tha
nations to have this document drawn
up with the most concise definition
and lucidity Of statement
One reason why the constitution OF
the United States has proved so last
ing was this quality of clear cut def
initeness. The republican senators WI
render great service in clarifying
these vague and doubtful meanings
This will go far to assure the per
manency of any international organ
iZation that may be formed.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
\ FEW OF OUR GOOD su

A FEW OF OUR GOOD BUYS
acres. good house. close in. price
3'650.00.
2 IL acres. 4 room house. close in
price $1,000. $3.50 down.
80 acres with good improvements.
$i3.000.00.
100 acres. close In. paid up water
right. good improvements, $145O0.00-
room house. 4 lots. $zOv0.00.
room house with bath. 2 lots. $1,000
room brick, modern except heat,
4 lots, 100000.
Several good stock ranches at the
right price.
Plenty Of money for good farm
loans at 8 per cent
HARRY G. SHAFFER & CO.
Real Estate and Insurance
35v Main st.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
The New Treason.

On his appearance as a witness be
fore the House Post Office Committee
at Washington 1t developed that Ed
ward Reynolds. formerly General
manager Of the Postal Telegraph Co.
had been dismissed by Post Master
General Burleson for refusing to com
DIV with orders issued after the tele-
graphs and telephones had been taken
over by the government
Having made this fact matter OF
record. Chairman Moon proceeded on
a line Of questions indicating his be.
lief that Mr.. Reynolds had been guilty
of. high crimes and misdemeanors
"You were dismissed because you
we're treasonable?" and You were
disloyal to Mr.. Burleson?" he asked,
to which the witness Indignantly re.
sponded in the negative.
We used to think treason against
that rook-ppookJJCv3Yzfo11pasH "
the United States consisted "only In
levying war against them or In ad-
herring to their enemies, giving them
aid and comfort" but the authors in
that clause in the constitution did
not know Albert Sydney Burleson OF
Texas. II they had even suspected
that some day he would come upon
the scene and be in charge Of all the
means of communication. they would
have prescribed the death penalty for
any hirelfng who ventured to question
the Burleson authority.-New YORK
Herald Dem.)
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
BUSINESS LOCALS.
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FOR SALE-Alfalfa hay, delivered.
See II. r. Tyler. 11.16p
FOR SALE-Beans. Mexicans e,i
per lb. Navies nc per ID. Thoroughly
cleaned. Call or write E. Latimer,
North Delta. 1i-12p
SALESMAN WANTED.My company
wants a number Of salesmen tn fill
vacated territory in which our line
has been established. manent bus-
in'ss. this very good position for.
any one engaging ont side work w, r.
Frogue. Delta. Colo. salesman solicitor
for Mcconnon and Co.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Berry selling out.

8. w Berry will hold stock and
genera firm sale at his ranch 6
miles south OF Delta on California
Mesa. four niles west and 2H miles
north OF Olathe. on Friday. March 81.
at 10'a. m. The stock Of
fered includes 20 head Of stock four
mares. well broke; one registered
Shire and Percheron stallion; saddle
horse. saddle pony, young cows with
calves; sows and shoats. Will also sell
some good household goods. black
smith forge. barbed wire. hog wire.
water barrels. corral poles and small
farming articles.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Notice Of Nearing Of Petition to Sell
0>@I H.tA

Notice Of Nearing Of Petition to Sell
Rea! Estate.
State of Colorado. county OF Delta.
ss.-In the County Court
In the matter OF the Estate OF Gavan
ID. Anderson, deceased.-Notice OF
Hearing of Petition to sell Real Estate.
The People OF the State OF Colorado.
to Charles G. Anderson and all per
sons In interest in said estate. Greet
ing.
You are hereby notified that on the
Third day OF March, 1919. william
Wood. administrator OF said estate.
presented to and filed in said Court
his petition for the sale OF certain
real estate belonging to said estate
and situate In the County of Delta and
State OF Colorado more fully described
IN said petition reference to which IL
hereby made.
Your are further notified to appear
and answer or otherwise plead to said
petition in writing on or before the
7th day OF April. 1919. at the hour OF
10 O'Clock In the forenoon, the day
and hour set for the hearing OF said
petition. or on or before the day to
which said hearing may be adjourned
or said petition will be taken for con-
fessed
Given under my hand and the seal
OF said Court nj Delta In the County Of
Delta and State OF Colorado this 5th
day OF March. 1919.
tSEAL) ADAIR J. HOTCHKISS.
Judge and Acting Clerk of the County
Court Of Delta County. Colorado.
First pub. Mar. 4: last Mar. II 1873.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Piano at Sacrifice

We have stored at Delta a high
grade piano. which II taken at once
will be sold at tremendous sacrifice.
II Interested write quick for partic-
ulars to
THE DENVER MUSIC co.
5-11c Denver. Colo.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
aides 90 to Telluride.

Ladies 90 to Telluride.
Miss Mamie WEIGH and Mrs. Lizzie
Wagner were leaving for Telluride
yesterday morning. The former had
enjoyed a week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alva WEIGH. and the latter
who is nurse. came down to care
for the family OF Walter Wagner all
Of who were afflicted with the popular
epidemic.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Notice Of Adjustmec. Day

Estate OF Marie Bertrand, Deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent them for adjustment to the Coun-
ty Court Of Delta County. Colorado. on
the 2lst day OF April. A. d. 1919.
NICHOLAS BERTRAND,
Administrator Of the Estate OF
Marie Bertrand. deceased.
First pub. Mar. "a. last April 4, 1919
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Mother Of Six Dies.

Mother Of Six Dies.
Death entered the home of William
Griffen Fridey. March and took
away the mother. Mrs. Josephine Grif-
fen. aged 20 years. Death was due to
influenza. She left her husband and
six small children including baby
one day old. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at the Gem
etery, Rev. Klein having charge
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

March 18th, 1919. was adjourned To
first Tuesday in April. being April
LIST, 1919, at the hour OF 10 o'clock In
the Olathe Opera House. Olathe. Colo,
A. C. McCLANAHAN. Pres.
F. f. SPENCER. Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Notice Of AdIu.,mec. p.v.

Estn'r Of Earl o. Bauer, deceased.
All ncrsons having claims against
lid estate are hereby notified to pre-
mt them for adjustment to the Coun.
ty Court OF Delta County. Colorado. IN
the 18th day OF April. A. D.. 1919.
STELLA N. BAUER.
Somerset. Colo. Administratri'
First pub. Mar. ~. last April 4. 1919
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

trouble in trying to exact such q rad
ical change by an exercise of auto
cratic power in the name Of a supreme
public emergency which no longer
exists.-New York World.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Notice Of Adjournment

"0erSe 0' N0Joo'eN
On account OF quarantine regula-
tions and lack Of a quorum. the ad-
journed annual meeting OF the Stock
holders Of The Uncompahgre Valley
Water Users Association called to
meet In Olathe. Colo. on Tuesday,
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

Money to loan. Apply to C. y
Blaine. secretary Delta Savings &
Building Assn. Site
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOR SALE OR TRADE-1s17 Model
Chevrolet car in good condition. See
or write H. L. Senter. Delta. 11-12p
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOR RENT OR SALE-sO acres on
California mesa, 5k miles south of
Delta. w. G. Cook. Delta. 9tfc
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOUND-Pocketbook containing a
sum Of money. Owner may have same
by poving propety and paying for this
ad. Mrs. Hughes, 14s Dodge. lip
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

WANTED-Two or three unfurn-
ished rooms close in. Would like to
be with family who could care for
three children from $3.50 A. NJ. to
$50 P. NJ. through week. Youngest
child years; oldest years. Can
Independent office. II.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

If you want a Job, or want to rent a
farm or sell a goid mine. these COL
umns will assist you. The cost IL
small compared to the results.
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOR SALE-Asparagus roots. Phone
orders now for delivery at planting
time. $f.10 per hundred delivered. w.
NJ. Address, Cedaredge. r1tfc
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14
Seed Potatoes

Choice Early Ohio and Charles
Downing seed potatoes for sale. Rails
ed on Cedar Mesa. For further in
formation address c. o. Pember. Ced-
eredge, Colo. Coop phone 11-O. Eckert
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOR SALE-Buff Orphington eggs
for Matching, $1.5O per setting of Is
eggs from selected pen that will
score 80 or better. Hudon's eggs.
s1.5O per setting Two pullets in this
pen score sc points. This pen is show
stock; excellent laying strain. Coop
phone. AZ L, Cedaredge 11-14c
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

Do not try to quit the tobacco habit.
Let Tobacco Redeemer do 1t. The
craving removed in 4s to 70 hours, Let
me send you free booklet explaining
treatment. Complete cure $3.50.
guaranteed. P. R Corey. Agent. Ola
the. Colo. 10-13p
The Delta independent., 1919-03-14

FOR SALE-Some good horses. w
F.. Blaine, North Delta. 11-12I