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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04

Aboard ship one time I heard an
"emancipated" woman declare that
respecting virtue itself "One might
do as one pleased" and 1t was no
body's business" Questioned. sne
at once admitted that she did not
believe in God or in any absolute
standards of right or wrong. she
thought God and the Bible good for
those still in the childhood of the
race! OF course it was easy to
make clear that these new" views
were but the jungle come to town
in city clothes; and that from her
own low standard of selfishness they
were inexpedient and unworkable.
The human race as a whole, in all
lands, has learned that fact. But
the incident shed light on the trend
of the times.
"In vain we call old notions fudge,
And bend our conscience to our deal
ing.
The Ten Commandments will not
bulge, =,
And stealing still continues stealing.
There are some truths and facts as
fixed as the pole star. While we
are busy making over the world, we
None of our vaunted progress mas
taken MS past the cnternal integrities,
have to take these into account
Some of us think so, like the negro
on a sailing boat who was given
the helm and told to steer for the
North Star In a little time he
awakened the skipper. crying. Cap
tain! come gimme another star! Use
done sailed past that one" Puerile
blunderers, who have mismanaged the
craft of life. may think they have
sailed past the immovable standards
Of the Eterpal: but these are the
nersons whose folly fills their world
with sorrow and shame and failure.
Nobody may do as he pleases, un-
less he please to do the will of God.
For behind all and above all and
before all stands the changeless Law
Of the universe. which is God. Boil
shevism does not work in the moral
realm any more than it does in RUS
sia, Life must be kept true to its
center. else the machinery will knt OK
and Jolt and finally collapse.
From Fetch to Nirvana
Jungle -dwellers and oriental phil
osopher and conquering general all
accept the idea of God. 1t may be
but the mid-African's stick. or IT
may be the dreamy-eyed Budchlsts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
GETTING The MAIN idea
Bv WILLIAM T. ELLIS

lessons, to which we look
forward, may, be tabulated here:
/. God.
2. Christ.
8. (Easter.)
4. The Holy Spirit.
5. Man.
6. Sin.
Z. Grace.
8. Repentance.
.. Faith.
10. Obedience.
IL. Prayer.
~. Love.
13. The Church.
IA. Baptism.
is. The Lords supper.
16. Fellowship.
II. Worship.
IS. Evangelism.
10. Missions.
20. Social Responsibility.
81. Temperance.
90. The Kingdom of God.
23. The Future Life.
"a The Bible.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
VIII the Sort Of Bonds of Mamony Which Miss Evas Mother
Has Tied Around Her Fiance Really Make Eva's
Married Life a Happy

Porterfeld declared should be observed
with interest, will become apparent.
Elsewhere on this page is reproduced
in full ian amazing contract" which this
future husband of Elva has had to sign be-
fore Mrs. Diestelhorst would consent even
to the announcement Of her daughters en-
gagement This document is a remark
able example of a fond mothers attempt
to obtain an insurance policy against
Cupid's failure to ,perform those obliga-
tions which she thinks should be part OF
the marriage relation for which she has SO
carefully prepared the rich little Elva.
The future husband who thus is bound
by the tightest cords Cupid can weave
about him, is Monsieur Neuville Neder-
lake, scion of an old and famous Belgian
family, not rich in this worlds goods, but
rich in geneology and in legends OF past
greatness as we'll as in the honor OF vail
ant deeds during the war just closed.
Monsieur Nederlake was something of a
young social idler when the war came, but
he was among the first to answer King
Albert's call to the colors He soon dis
closed that he could stand long watches in
the trenches and heroic dashes with his
company. Several times when worn
out troops came back from daring expedi-
tions againstIthe German Uhlans to tell OF
some unusually heroic feat of their officer,
it was found that that officer was the dash
ing young Nederlake. Twice he was deco
rated with the most coveted medals in the
power Of King Albert to bestow.
Young Nederlake came over to this conn
try on an official mission in advance OF
King Albert. 1t was N New York, at the
fashionable Ritz-Carlton, where the Diestel.
horsts were guests, that little Elva hr
met him. It was love at first sight between
the two young people. The young Belgian
was fascinated, just rs Mrs. Diestelhorst
had planned any suitor for her daughter
hand must be. But would that fascination
last? That is what the mother asked ha'-
self, and that is why she insisted that there
must be even more bonds than those of
love wrapped about Elva's choice.
IL he keeps this contract M. Nederlase
some day will be very rich. Elva will haze
a marriage settlement of s55,000 year
the income from million dollar trust funG
set away for her in her own right. And II
the husband fulfills his contract he will
share with her in her final inheritance. II
he doesn't the Diestelhorst millions will be
left TO Elva alone, so tied up that none but
she can dispose of them or spend them.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
kf"HE girl Of good breeding, good
family and fortune has to fight
for her man against chorus girls

fTHE girl Of good breeding, good
family and fortune has to fight
= for her man against chorus girls,
cabaret dancers, actresses, singers, ad-
venturesses, vampires and coquettes. The
only way she can overcome these compel.
ftors Is to beat them at their own game.
girl who can dance a little more dar-
ingly than another girl will touch the mod
ern mans heart good deal quicker than
the girl who merely knows history and
algebra, and the girl who can fiirt her way
to many conquests has better chance OF
making an agreeable selection Of mate
than the young woman who bushes when
a strange man speaks to her. My daugh-
ter Elva is being educated upon this
theory"
Two years ago, Mrs. A. G. Diestelhorst,
wife of the millionaire oil magnate, of
Kansas City, Missouri, made this remark
able statement to Probate Court Judge
Edward E. Porterfeld, who brought the
wealthy mother into court to ask why her
daughter Eva, then fifteen years old, was
not learning history and geography and
spelling, but had, instead, four private
tutors to teach her dancing, music, paint
ing, flirting and coquetry.
Despite the orders Of school authorities,
who are very strict in Missouri Mrs.
Diestelhorst had refused to send little
Elva, a very beautiful child, either to a
public or accredited private school,
Judge Porterfeld sat aghast as Mrs.
Diestelhorst, defending the course of
study" she had prescribed for her daugh-'
ter, looked him squarely In the eye and
made the above statement.
81 may not be the Judge of this court,
few years from now, when this little girl
becomes Of manageable age and sets out
TO find her mate,'" Judge Porterfeld re-
marked, but those who are interested in
the outcome OF this extraordinary educa-
tion Miss Diestelhorst Is being given ought
to inform the court then in session in this
room. what the results by that time are
Of this interesting experiment. Then the
mother may be declared justified or fool
ish, as the case may be, and an object
lesson be put before other mothers"
Two years have passed since that scene
In court
The little heiress, Elva, has found her
mate, and soon the results, which Judge
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
Empl lhlsbnm/ /MhA9lpp ID

Miss Elva Diestelhorst,
Whose Mother Has En-
deavored to Put an In
surance Policy on Her
Marital Happiness.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

THAT HE WILL permit his
wife to set aside during each day
at least three hours, should she
so desire, for devotion to dancing,
music or social pastimes, accord
ing to her own desires without
interference or supervision by
him, and without question or re-
proof, this custom to continue
during the continuance of the
marriage relation.
THE SAID M. Melville Neder-
lake agrees also, in this respect.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

allow his wife to absent herself from his copanonship
for at least two months of each year purpose of
hing her family, her relatives friends wherever they
be- for such other social undertakings
she elect to without question reproof from
him.
FOURTH: THAT HE WILL PERMIT his wife, during the
continuance of the marriage relation select and
of all to be admitted into his home and the home
OF his wife as mutual friends acquaintance
AND THAT HIS FRIENDSHIP and regard shall not be
extended to persons other than blood ela
ves who not acceptable friends acquantances to
his wife.
FIFTH: THAT HE WILL in way seek prevent his wife
from the fullest enjoyment of her delight in all forms of
interpretive dancing the theatre and social amusement
AND THAT HE WILL further, in such as ne may be
able SO to do her wish increase and her
social grace and personal attractiveness.
SIXTH: THAT HE WILL at all times believe faithful
trusting wife to be the greatest gift his God may besow
upon him. and will accord her the respect admra
Service Inc
The Washington times., 1919-11-09


and the said Mrs A. Destelhorst that the final consent
OF the latter to the conmaion of marriage the
said Elva Diesehorst and the said M Nedeake may be
withheld at the option of the said Mrs Diestehorst
such proofs above referred submitted or are
not accepted by her satisfactory
SECONDS THAT HE WILL at all times after said mar
rage has been entered into and during continuance
epdow his wife with the tender love- the complete trust
the aectionate and gentle sympathy should be
the duty of the husband extend his perfect
marriage relation;
THAT HE WILL BE GUILTY at no time of in6delty
IN THOUGHT OR ACTION, and that he will at all times
conduct himself in such promote the con-
tinued happiness of his wife and love and
fondness for him.
THIRD: That in enforcing those rights which be his as
husband he will neglect allow his wife that free
dom of action in the pursuit of pleasure entertainment
and the choice of mental and physical diversions which
become necessary to her and happiness
and which, in her judgment will preserve her attractive
wife and in the future, mother;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Drastic Action May Be
Taken if Germans Are
Supplying Gas Shells

The situation in the Archangel dis
trict is regarded by military officers
in northern Russia as extremely critical.
Advices to the War Department yes
terday made no reference to an ap-
peal for reinforcements, but it was
said here that inasmuch as this was
a matter for determination by the
complete report had been sent to thai
body, possibly with request FOR ad-
dit:onal support. Reports that the boil
seviki forces were using gas shells
mean this equipment had been sup
piled through German sources, not
withstanding the terms of the armis-
tice, and if this was established as
fact it was intimated that drastic ac-
ton against the Germans would be taken
by Marshal Foch.
Available figures obtained by War
Department officials show that the
British force in the region of the
north is approximately 5000: Ameri-
cans, 1900; French. 1900; loyal Rus
slams under British officers, LEO, and
900 other soldiers of one of the smaller
allied countries.
The exact disposition o. these forces
is not known officially in Washing
ton no report on this having been
made in some weeks. Army officials
said that the body of troops now re-
treating before well armed and re-
inforced bolsheviki was small, being
little more than an advanced post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Irish Independence.
To the Editor of The Star

10 the Edltor OF The star.
Might be allowed to join with Mr.
Hegarty in the protest he .utters in
his letter to The Star regarding oliver
Owen Kuhn's article on the Irish
question? / am sure that every Irish
man or American of Irish descent in
Washington feels. as Mr.. Hegarty
does, that the article was grossly un-
fair to a people who have by a vote
of IS per cent of their number SOL
EMMY proclaimed their right to ma
tfonal independence Why is it that
al this epoch. when all the small ma
lions of Europe are being backed by
the might and prestige of the United
States in their demand for seif-de-
termination, the calumniation of Ire
land and her just claims is allowed to
go on the same as ever Can any
country do more than Ireland has
done to prove to the world that her
right to independence is the para
mount thought in the minds of the
vast majority of her people? The
sense of fairness of the American
people may be relied upon to Judge Mr..
Kuhn's article at its true value.
T. J. MURPHY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
District President Deposed.

: The council at Arnswalde, Brauden-
burg. forcibly deposed the president
of the civil district. The activities of
the opponents of the government find
expression also in many other ways.
In northern Berlin, which is a Sparta
can stronghold, forged military orders
to report to the colors are being sent
to hundreds of men of military age.
The government has formally de-
clared these orders to be forgeries
and that there is no intention of con-
Scripting anybody.
The radical independent organ, Die
Freiheit, has accelerated its cam
paign against the government. To-
day, for instance, it prints an order
minding the soldiers that they must
use their weapons to protect citi-
zens. Die Freiheit took no notice of
the order when it was issued, but
prints il today under the heading:
The Mask Falls" It accompanies
the order with comment on a meet
ing of the safety police. military
force created by former Police Chief
Eichhorn, which was held for the
Dodgers are being distributed in
Berlin by the Red Soldiers Union"
which is a Spartacan military or
ganization, calling on the proletariat
to arm and consolidate.
The press is just beginning to wake
up to the seriousness of the situa-
ton. The Vorwaerts declares that
councils as the possessors of political
power. The Tageblatt says:
1T Will be harder to dethrone the
soldiers and workmen's councils
than il was to dethrone the princes
and kings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
WAR OFFICE ACTION
ST|RS HUN REV0[TS
Soldiers Councils Declare
Government Plays Into
Hands of BoISheviki.
FIGHT TO KEEP POWER

By the Associated Frcss.
BERLIN. Friday. January 31.-An
order issued by Col. Reinhardt, Prus-
sian minister of war. has aroused
open revolts on the part of soldiers
councils in the German armies. The
council of the 9th Army has declared
that it will not obey the order and
has been informed that the govern
ment will find means to enforce it.
The order of Col. Reinhardt con-
Germs lessening of the authority of
the soldiers councils.
Up to this time the councils of many
or most of the armies have been exer-
cising virtually complete control,
even in matters of command, and the
order was received generally with
dissa abstraction. it being declared by
some that the government was play
ing squarely into the hands of the
bolSheViki.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Departures.

Accumulated excess of temperature
since January l, 1919, II .66.
Excess of temperature since Janu-
airy 1. 1919, -t1.66.
Accumulated excess of preeipita-
ton since January l. 1919, lois.
Excess of precipitation since Janu-
airy 1. 1919, +0.1S.
Temperature same date. last year
Highest, &c; lowest, 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Joined. retreating northward in good
order.
The weather for the two days was
unusually warm. with slight snow
falls today. The winter trails are in
splendid condition for sleighs, and
the relief fro" .the extreme cold is
facilitating tirv- movement of enemy
troops from the southwark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
BOLSHEV|kI MAKE
GAS SHELL ATTACK
This Method of Warfare Is
Used for First Time in
Northern Russia.
AMERICANS FORCED BACK

BY the Associated Press.
ARCHANGEL. February An Off
cial statement on the operations on
the north Russian front. issued today.
says:
"Wednesday and Thursday the boil
sheyiki strongly attacked the posi-
tons at Taresevo. compelling the al
lies to retire northward, and they are
now holding positions twenty miles
north of Taresevo. 1t is reported that
that bolsheviki are using gas shells;
the allies are completely equipped
with anti-gas apparatus.
I'm Murmansk allied patrols consist
ing OF Karelian volunteers have
reached Ondo-ero (Notosero). From
this village the Karelians have been
enabled TO enlist more volunteers"
Shell of German Type.
ARCHANGEL, Friday. January 81
(by the Associated Press) The boil
shevik attack followed lombard
mel and high explosive shells were
used. 1t was the first time that gas
shells had been employed in this
northern Russian warfare. The shells
were of the German type:
1t has been learned that early in
January, in connection with the gen.
eral plan to make the bolsheviki army
a formidable force by early spring,
gas schools were opened at Moscow.
The bolsheviki, whose active forces
in the field from the River Dvina to
the Vologda railroad now are eSti-
mated to number $1,000, brought up
still more artillery yesterday and are
heavily Smelling the new American
position on the Vaga river and also
the position on the Dvina at Tulgas.
The other sectors are comparatively
quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
American Evacuation.

The American evacuation of Tare-
sevo came only after week of fight
ing in this sector. in which the boil
sheviki kept persistently on the Of
fensive after suffering considerable
loss in their first attack, which was
repulsed.
Although attacked at Taresevo from
three sides and greatly outnumbered,
the defenders held on there until yes
.terday, when a flanking column of the
enemy, with guns, proceeded north
westward over a winter road and be-
gan an attack on the village of Cora,
which is on the line of communica-
ton northward between Taresevo and
Srdmakrenga.
The little detachment of British and
Russians at Cora held out until the
American Taresevo force completed
its evacuation. The two forces then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Noske Refuses to Comply.

The first open revolt came from the
soldiers council of the 9Th Army
Corps, which sent delegates to Gustav
Noske, the military commander of
der be rescinded. Herr Noske refused.
Whereupon the delegation informed
him that the order would not be
obeyed in their army. Noske replied
that the government would find means
to enforce it.
The government, it is believed.
however, will have a very busy time
II 1t attempts to enforce the order.
The councils of many army corps. as
we'll as a great number of local couu-
ellis, already have given notice that
the order will not be obeyed
The council at Lubbock, to whom a
colonel was sent by the government
10 discuss the matter. ordered the
colonel to leave the city within TWEEN
ty-four hours. The officers of a
pioneer battalion at HarbUrg resigned
owing to the attitude of the council.
On the day after the publication of
the order two hundred soldiers from
the garrison at Allenstein paraded
the streets with a placard inscribed,
Down with officers" Officers were
stopped in the streets at revolver
points and their shoulder straps torn
of One officer, who resisted, was
stabbed fatally.
Numerous instances of illegal ac-
tions on the part of the councils. apart
from disobedience TO the order of the
war minister, are reported. The SOL
dierS' council at Coburg issued a
warning against enlistment in the
forces designed to protect the eastern
frontier. The workmen's council, at
Steele, Rhenish Prussia, ''forbids the
recruiting of volunteers for any
troops" The council of the 18th Army
Corps, at Dresden, has issued SINH
lar order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Will Discuss Holding Cotton.

Plans for a campaign to urge re-
duction OF acreage and to hold cotton
for 35 cents pound will be discussed
next week at a meeting of members
of the Senate and House from the
southern states. This was decided on
at a conference today called by Sem
ators Smith of South Carolina. Shen-
pard of Texas. Smith of Georgia and
Representative Helm of Alabama and
others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
THE WEATHER.

District of Columbia-Fair today;
tomorrow, Increasing cloudiness and
somewhat warmer; gentle to mod
crate north winds becoming south
east and south tomorrow
Maryland-Fair today: tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and warmer,
probably rain in west portion: gentle
TO moderate north winds becoming
southeast and south tomorrow
Virginia-Fair today; tomorrow, in
creasing cloudiness and warmer, prob
ably rain in west portion; moderate
northeast to southeast winds
West Virginia-Fair,- slightly warm !:
er today; tomorrow, snow or rain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
GUIDE. Flower. Are Beautiful.

Fresh-cut, homegrown flowers ap-
propriate for all occasions. 1914 F.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
PALMISTRY.
ASTRoLoGY.

FRANK THEODORE ALLEN, SCIENTIFIC
Rstrologer director, Astrological Research So
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Yesterdays Temperature.

Midnight, 40; . am. 81: am. "a ::
6 am, So; S am. 80: 10 am, SO; l.
noon, So; pm, IS; pm, 50; q
pm. SO; pm, "a 10 pm. 80. High
est. 80; lowest, 80.
Relative humidity-S am, sc; 2
PM, so; s pm, Al.
Rainfall Is pm. to p.m), 0.
Hours of sunshine, 10.2.
Per cent of possible sunshine, 100.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-04-17

This Crop Was q Failure Because the
Soil Moisture Deeame Exhausted
Just When the Plants Should Have
Begun to Form Ears-PIant siIaoe
Corn Early.
silage varieties will, BY nature. make
ample stalk growth, and because of
early planting will yield more and
ripper grain and make richer and sweet
er ensilage. Early planting supplies
the age necessary for maturatiOn and
reproduction. -.-..
Early Cultivation Warns Soil.
Ensllage crops In the North are
made much more profitable when these
two points are observed:
Judge the crop by It's feeding value
and not by its height or weight, or the
amount of labor necessary to silo It.
Although earlier planting necessi-
tates earlier cultivation, It pays. Ear
" cultivation dries and warns the
soil surface. II 1t remains wet 1t re-
mains cold, and the young corn can
not grow. Stirring causes the surface
to dry rapidly, absorb heat, feel warm
to the hand, and the corn to grow,
while near by, uncultivated soil will
remain cold, with corn ut a standstill.