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with straw. But 1t seemed to me that
ne thought just as we'll before he got
MS brains as he did afterward."
DO you expect me to believe all that
ruobish about the Land of OFT" in
auired Billina, who seemed a little cross
perhaps because bugs were scarce.
What rubbish % asked the child. who
was now finishing her nuts and raisins.
Why, your impossible stories about
man who Is alive, and a scarecrow who
can think" "
They are all there" said Dorothy.
for have seen them"
y don't believe IT," cried the hen.
with a toss of her head.
That's cause you're so ign'rant,"
replied the girl. who was a little Of
in the Land of o." remarked Tx
tok, turning toward them, "any-t thing Is
fairy country"
There, Biliina! what did I say?"
cried Dorothy. And then she turned
Tiktok?" ~"
NO; but I have heard about It." said
the copper man. For It Ia only sep
a-ra.ted from this Lana of Ev by a
Dorothy clspped her hands together
I'm so glad of that she exclaimed,
1T makes me quite happy TO be So
near my old friends, The scarecrow
told you OF, Billina, is the King OF
Pardon me, He is not the kins
Dorothy.
II know" said Tiktok, but there
was q revolution in the Land of OF
and the scare-crow was de-posed b,
a soldier wo-wan named General jim.
! Jur. And then Jin-jur was de-poset
by a little girl name OZ-ma. who wa,
the rightful heir to the throne anC
stncw rules the land under the it'll,
That is news to me-" said Dorothy
thoughtfully. But s-pose lots o
1 things have happened since left tn,
Land Of Or. | wonder what has be
come OF the Scsrecrow, and OF the Til
/ WoodInan, and the Cowardly Lion. AM
l wonder who this girl Ozma is, for
never heard Of her before"
g But Ttktok did not reply to this. II
had turned around again to resume hi
r thinking.
p back into the pail, so as not TO b
wasteful of good things. and the vel
low hen forgot her dignity far enoug
o to pick up all of the scattered crumbs
8 which she ate rather greedily, althoug
she had so lately pretended to despis
the things that Dorothy preferred a
food.
BY this time Tiktok approached ther
with his stiff bow.
u BE kind enough to fol-low me-" h
said, land | will lead YOU away fr6s
here to the town OF Evna, where 70
will be more COM for ia Bile. and ais
will protect you from the Wheel
ers''
IAN right" answered Dorothy prompt
is ly. I'm ready"
Heads of Langwidere," You ask, "Wh
is Langwidereg" wen, she Is tn
ID Princess who rules In the Land OF f.
a We shall take o with us to the Lar
OF Ev but be prepared for a little e,
citement with the Wheelers. Tik-tc
Il proves they are harmless, however. ar
he our journey is bound to be a delight
he one,
ne ' Copyright by L, Frank Baum for Il
George Matthew Advance Service.)
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a PARTY ISSUE

Senator ~Brandegee, of Connecticut, was unfortunate in his
comparison OF the presidents conferences with members OF the
senate with the tactics of a lawyer who hampers with a jury,
1t is amazing that partisanship can be carried to the extent
that a man holding the high office of senator, a position that
should carry with it at least the idea OF average intelligence,
would be so indecorous as to suggest such a comparison.
AS Senator Williams aptly said, treaties are made by the
president with the advice and consent of the senate, and there is
no reason why the president should not consult with the senators
as often and as freely as he wishes.
The senators who are most violently assailing him for con
suhing the members of that body are the ones who attacked
him because he did not take the senate into his confidence before
the peace conference began.
It is apparent that nothing Mr., Wilson can do will meet the
approval OF the Republicans. They refuse to commit them
selves to a policy until the president takes a position, and ther
they are uniformly opposed to whatever he does.
The Republicans cannot oppose the treaty and at the sam,
time make a reservation that it is not a political issue. The,
must stand or fall by the success or failure of the treaty. The,
cannot escape responsibility for failure to ratify the treaty, and
it succeeds it will be over the protest of the party leaders.
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Dorothy Ope MS the Dinner Pail

Now Tiktok,' said Dorothy, "the
first thing to be done is to find a way
for us to escape from these rocks. The
Wheelers are down below, you know,
and threaten to kill us,'
There Is no rea -son to be afraid OF
the Wheel-ers," said Tiktok, the words
coming more slowly than before.
Why not?" she asked,
Because they are ag-g-g-gr-gr-r-'
He gave q sort OF gurgle and stopped
until suddenly he became motionless,
with one arm In the air and the other
held stiffly before him with all the
copper fingers OF the hand spread out
like n fan,
Dear me-" said Dorothy, in a fright.
ensd tone. What can the matter
Hes run down, I suppose" said the
hen, calmly, You couldn't have wound
him UP very tight"
81 didn't know how much TO- wind
him" replied the girl; but I'll try
She ran around the copper man to
take tho key from the peg at the back
OF his neck, hut It was not there.
"lt's gone!' cried Dorothy, in dis
Whats gone" asked BIlIna.
1T probably fell off when he made
that low bow to YOU" returned the
hen, Look around, and see II you
cannot find It again"
Dorothy looked, and the hen helped
her, and by and by the girl discovered
the ciock-key which had ALLEN into a
crack OF the rock,
At once she wound up riktok's voice,
taking care TO give the key as many
turns as II would go around, She found
this quite a task, as you may imagine
Il you have eve tried to wind a clock
49, 49, ..nAhNaa VaoN'S fl~St xynV1a uVS Ff
to assure Dorothy that he would nov
run for at least twenty four hours,
you did not wind me much, at first,
he calmly said, and | told you tina
long STORY about King Ev-ol-do; Sc
II is no wonder that ! ran down
She neXt rewound the action clock
work, and then Rilina advised her q
carry tie key to Tiktok in her pocket
so Il would not get lost again,
And now" said Dorothy, when al
this was accomplished, tell me wha
YOU were going to say about the Wheel
ers"
"why. they are nothing to he fright
end at" said the machine. They tr,
to make folks believe that they ar
very tersri-hle, but as a mat ter o
fact. the Wheel-ers are harmless e-noug
TO amy one hat dares to fight then
They might try to hurt n lit.tle gil
like YOU, perhaps. because they ar
: very miscellaneous. But II | had
club they would run away rs soon a
they saw me-"
"Haven't you a club" asked Doro
|, thy,
| mo" said Tiktok,
And YOU won't find such n thin
! among these rocks, either declared tn
, yellow hen: =,
| girl. :,
and | will try to think OF some oth-'
plan,' said Tiktok,
SO Dorothy rewound his Thought ma
chinery. and while he vas thinkir
: she decided to eat her dinner. he
lima was already peeking away at u
: cracks in the rocks, to find somethir
TO eat, so Dorothy sat down n opent
her tin dinuer-pail.
In (EAe cover she found a small tar
that was full OF very nice lemonade,
. was covered by a cup, which might ais
: when removed, be used 10 drink y
1 Lemonade from. within the pail We
three slices OF turkey, two slices
cold tongue. some lobster salad. 10
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TIME

A special committee of the house is investigating the fit
ness of Victor Berger, of Wisconsin, under sentence of twenty
years in the penitentiary for violation of the espionage act, to
sit as a member Of the congress, 1t is intimated that the investi-
cation may consume several weeks.
Mr., Berger has made numerous speeches and written nuner-
Gus articles since his arrest and conviction, in which he has been
disposed to elaborate upon his offense, rather than to explain or
condone his conduct.
His attitude on the witness stand has been one of iustnica-
ton and defiance. He is at cross purposes with the law and
with the government, and has assumed that all but him and his
few followers are wrong.
The congressional committee is wasting valuable time with
Berger. The court record and the Jury verdict should be suffi.
Client to prevent him from serving as a representative of the great
state of Wisconsin in the national congress, but if that is no
barrier then it is scarcely worth while to conduct an investigation
of the fitness of anyone to have a place in the congress.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Loew's Lyceum.

: The fact that three of the five vaude-
Vile acts on the bill at Loew's Lyceum
during the first half OF the present
week are devoted to comedy is an in
dication within itself that the manage
ment realizes what the public desires
during the hot weather season. Harry
Gilbert Is a finished dialect singing
comedian. His Irish. Hebrew and
Italian character numbers are register.
ing big hits. P. George, THE Musical
Chef" has an instrumental novelty in
which he plays tunes on almost every
thing to, be found in a kitchen. Dixon
and Gilday also essay comic roles.
John Rice and Beatrice Graham in
songs and dances, and the Anker Trio,
novelty g%ymnasts, complete the vaude-
vile bill.
The story Of "The White Heather"
the film feature, begins In the high
lands Of Scotland. leads through the
London financial district and slums and
has as its climax a thrilling underwater
struggle between the hero and the
william. Maurice Tourneur directed the
picture and Mabel BALM, the we'll
known Paramount-Artcraft star, has
the leading role,
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slices Of bread and butter, a small GUS
tard pie, an orange and nine large
Strawberries. and some nuts and rais-
ins. ~Singularly enough, the nuts in this
dinner pail grew already cracked so that
Dorothy had no trouble in picking out
their meats to eat.
She spread the feast upon the rock
beside her and began her dinner, first
offering some OF It to riktok, who de-
clined because, as he said. he was mere
~ n machine, Aftetwardl she offered
to share with Billlna, but the hen muir
INJURED something about dead things
and said she preferred her bugs and
ants,
DO the lunch. box trees end the din
ner- pail trees belong to the Wheelers?'.
the child asked Tiktek, while engaged
IN eating her meal.
"Of course not" he answered. They
belong to the royal fam-il-y of Ev,
only OF course there is no royal fam
lily Just now because King Ev-ol-dc
jumpcd into the sea and his wife ano
ten children have been ira nsformed BY
the Nome King. So there is no n L
rule the Land OF Ev that | can thinl
OF. Perhaps It is for this reason tina
the Wheel-ers claim the trees for theil
own, and pick the lunch-eons and din
ners 10 eat m-selves. Rut they be
long to the King. and YOU will finC
the roy.sl IS" stamped upon the bot
luU1e VI CN-VI-A tll-ltE ptll'
Dorothy turned the pail over, an
at once discovered the royal mark upoi
It, as Tiktok had said,
Are the Wheelers the only folk
living In the Land OF Ev?' inquired tn
girl
mo; they only in-hab-it a small por
ton Of II lust back OF the woods" re
piled the machine. but they have al
ways been mis- -ehiev-ous and im-per
ti-nent, and my old master, KIM Ev
! Dido, used to carry q whip with him
when he walked out, to keep the crea
} lures in Grader When | was frs
I made the wheStyers tried to run owe
] me, and butt me with their heads; bu
they soon found l was built Of to
I sol-td a ma-ter-a-l FOR them TO In
I nre,"
"You seem very durable said Doro
. thy. who made you?'
z "The firm of Smith & Tinker in I'll
I town OF Ev-na, where the royal hAl
r ace stands" answered Tiktnk.
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Did they make many OF your" asked
the child,
No; | am the only automatic me-
ed replied. 'They were very won
der-ful Inventors. were my makers,
and quite artistic in all they did"
II am sure OF that" said Dorothy,
now" ~
They are both gone" replied the ma
chine. MIR. Smith was an art LIST, as
we'll as an inventor, and he painted
a picture of a river which was so
natural that, as he was reaching
across u to paint some flowers on the
Opposite bank, he fell into the water
and was drowned"
"oh, I'm sorry for that!' exclaimed
the little girl.
Mister Tin kerr continued Tiktok,
rest the end of II against the moon,
while he stood on the highest rung and
picked the lit-tle stars to set in the
points of the kings crown. But wher
he got TO the moon Mister Thinker
found Il such a lovely place that he
de-cid-ed to live there. so ne pulled vi
the ladder after him and We have
newer seen him since
"He must have been a great loss t
this country" said Dorothy, who wa,
by this time eating her custard pie.
Also he is a great loss to me, For /
should get out OF order | do no
know of any one able TO repair me
because | am so com pli-ca-ted. 3o'
have no Idea how fun OF a-ehin
cry | am"
Il can imagine it, said Dorothy
readily,
And now" continued the machine, e
must stop talking and be gin think I'M
again Of a way to es cape rom thi
rock So he turned half way around
In order to thlhk without being dis
turbcd,
1.-The best thinker | ever knew sal
, Dorothy to the yellow hen, was
scarecrow,"
'"Nonsense," snapped Bilins.
at Is truet' declared Dorothy. y
met him in the Land OF Oz, and h
travelled with me to the city of tn
great Wizard OF oE, SO as to get som
hrainA for his head was only stuffe
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Princess,

Vivian Martin comes t. the Princess
theater today only in her new comedy
drama, THE Final Closeup" which Is
ment store girl who wanted her life
to be like those OF the women in the
movies. Things were not breaking right
for her so she took a vacation n be-
fore the cad of the story captures the
matrimonial hit of the season. There
are many amusing situations in this
story which presents Miss Martin in her
happiest mood. Houdini in THE Master
Mystery" will be added.
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U. S. DOCK WORKERS
THREATEN TO STRIKE

Thirty ship carpenters and
caulkers employed on the United States
government docks in Memphis. threaten
10 strike Aug. l, unless they are granted
an increase Of nay from IS cents an
hour to 75 cents an hour. The work.
men, virtually all OF whom are members
OF the local carpenters union, have
signed a petition to Maj. J. II. Hodges,
the war department nag OF the
docks, asking for the increased wage,
They already have the eight-hour day.
TIL government workers declare that
they are entitled TO rs cents an hour,
because workmen doing similar work on
private docks in Memphis are receiving
that sum per hour.
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RIVER LANDS VALUED,

CONWAY, Ark. July 20. (spl.)-val-
uation OF alluvial lands along the Ar
kansas river front In Faulkner county
we're made at an all -day hearing Mon
day between Commissioner Monroe
Smith OF the state a commission and
Assessor Roy Rogers with owners OF
the properties. Mr.. Rogers stated that
commissioner Smith approved the In
held o0t and that substantial gains to
the county in taxes would result from
the move. ~
Assessment Of the river lands is prac-
tically the last work Of the assessor be-
fore the tax books for the year are com =
pleted.
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.TwiceToldTale
JULY 20. 1909.
Ten Years Ago Today In Memphis.

Word was received by Robert Gallo
way. park commissioner, that ]. M.
Dickinson, secretary Of war, would
come TO Memphis TO inspect the caving
in OF the river bank at Riverside park.
Terrific fighting between Moorish
tribesmen and Spanish troops in Mo-
rocco, resulted In over a thousand be
Ing killed and many hundreds being
wounded.
At 7 a. m. the thermometer In the
weather bureau at Memphis registered
30 degrees, which was around the
record for that hour of the day. The
heat and humidity during the DAY
caused much suffering,
At a called session Of the Shelby
county grand jury, many bartenders
were brought before the body, in order
to procure evidence against the bosses
In regard to alleged violations Of the
prohibition laws Of the state.
Patrolman Ira Saint received a re,
ward OF $500 for the arrest Of Samue
Bitter, fugitive from Hutchinson, Kaa.
where he had been convicted Of Grim.
inal assault and murder. Bitter. the sor
OF a banker, acted the big mans SON
of a small community and after mis-.
treating the young wife OF a farmer
fired three bullets into her body. He
had been strutting through the red light
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Moving Pictures
Strand.

Only two more days remain for Mem
phis patrons to see Whom the Gods
Would Destroy" the sensational inter-
national romance and spectacle which
g a four days run at the Strand
lheater Sunday. Whom the Gods
Would Destroy" Is a spectacular no.
nance employing 5000 players and a
list of 20 stars, More than three score
special settings were produced for this
picture and scenes have been taken in
London, Rome, Paris, New York city
and Los Angeles. Most of the picture
cades in Hollywood, Cal, where no en-
trance was permitted during the filminR
OF the picture. A romance Of an Amer.
lean boy and a pretty Belgian girl is
told in the seven reels which carries an
unusual number of thrills.
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SUMMER is on THE JOB.

SUMMER is ON THE JOB.
A. J. Bait of New Jersey. discovered the fst mosquNo ~ DeLore
Yesterday. He hauled out his revolver and shot me Deast, Which, Nv"
ever. limped away carrying the bullet with IT. ,,,.- -. H. Ia.
People supposed they heard the tree toads chTplng ooWn Wy n I
kin's mill last night, but it was only Bud Perkins winning us uonar
watch. He turned his watch ahead on the first o. me ny sccOLu,
ing to law, but the blamed thing won't keep up Win Inc procession
unless he winds it every 10 minutes. nouu
Mis- Esmeralda oldgaTs father has installed a tWo-passenger porch
swing O his front porch and has put up the screens pls a Q!
good nickel cigars on the porch table in plain sight Ihen ne Is Ieportea
to have said: "Esmeraldy, if you don't land one this year you Will
have to go to work"
SOMETIMES.
lin Hanks a quite a famous lad around the old home uwn'
He cornered nearly all there was of HickeyWle renoWHi
When strangers came, upon a trip, they had to look a AIN.
For someone always took them round to have a squnt at jim
OF all the cornfed genuses, for years he took the u
They told him that he should cash in on all the fame Q Won.
Go to the sinful city, Jim, and garner all the dough.
You'll fade them highfalutin' guys. Take our ADVICE. we KNOW
A boy like you has got the edge on every city bloke'
Go to the big town, Jim, and show them how to take a Joke"
And every day for IA years they gave him this advice,
And jim decided be would go when he had found the price
One day he packed the old suitcase to do IS ne was DID
He said he'd show the noisy burg where genius had been hid.
And here's the strangest part of it-he did, the cuss, ne ola!
According to Franklin Roosevelt, the new Republican congress has
reverted to type. Revertng to type is the only way to get into the
papers. Frank knows that.
1t is announced that the AntBaloon league will fgncge the exist,
ence of kitchen stills, Might just as well; not one out of a hundred
will make whisky, anyhow. .r.H
Germaay has N cicuses this summer. 1t is said the Nnenageret
were all eaten up during the war.
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AUTO SQUAD GROWS.

George l.. Vaughan began his duties
torcycle squad Of the central police Of
flee, He was recently appointed to the
police department by G. B. Quinn, COM
missioner. He was assigned to work
with Eddie Lyons, who keeps an eye
or two out for speeders, undimmed
lights and violators of traffic regulat-
ions. while the moon is on the job.
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districts OF Memphis for several days
before word came that he was wanted,
Harry c. Pulliam, president OF the
National league, died of a bullet wound
in the head in a New York hotel. The
suppositlon was that the popular presi-
dent Of the league had shot himself
while temporarily insane or delirious,
He was a Kentuckian and former news
paper nan
Memphis lost to Birmingham by the
score of 8 to 8, with Fritz and O'Leary
working for the locals and Dickson and
Raub for their guests. Memphis had
won 81 games, lost IS &nd held up the
percentage column with 1852.
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Majestic.

Pauline Frederick is delighting her
thousands of admirers In her newest re-
lease, The Fear Woman" which is che
attraction at the Majestic theater for
today and Wednesday. Something en-
1.-THE Fear Woman which reyolyes
about the sudden actions OF a pretty
young woman who broke off her we'd
ding ceremony just as the words were
to- be spoken. Her subsequent flirta-
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MOSS AND FITZHUGH
TO ADDRESS LIONS

The Lions club will be host both to
Louis ]. Moss, president Of the Kiwanis
club, and W. H. FitzHugh, president Of
the Chamber OF Commerce, at the reRu-
lar weekly luncheon at the H6tel
Gayoso Tuesday at 1880 pm. Both
gentlemen will make addresses.
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Charley lows also that GASES of the
orient-that is the alluvial Orient of
Administrative been dried up. His
contemplated contest with Charley
Christopher, ex-champion drunkard OF
West Arkansas, who never let a drum
mer's grip pass through Rogers with
out Inspection, has been Indefinitely
| postponed until another generation.
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Charley lizard. Of Forrest City, scion
Of a noble line lof Arkansans, who ad-
mits he formerly was the champion
drunkard OF East Arkansas before the
reformation of July !, when congress
nailed more than 95 theses on the dool
OF the shrine of Whiskyburg, has re,
| formed, No more, he says, will he sleeI
in Court square and lose his hat ant
| shoes. He has quit "sho nuf," Charley
saw
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Most youths are proud Of their first
long ones, but Charley Cox, the barbe-
cue king traffic officer, radiates pride
in his with the gold stripes down the
legs.
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tons and the pursuit of her by her
sweetheart, afford five reels of I'M
ending complexities such as will delight
the most blase theater-goer.
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YeEditorNods
H. aJClts and Jesfs
HM Slipped Past
RS4The Bl,ae Pencil


At least the striking street a men
are filled with civic patriotism. There
can be no race riots on the cars, when
the cars don't run.
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BLACK SMACK!

With election drawing near, and votes
for women the vogue, will the old-time
politicians campaign include kissing
the pickaninnies?
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FOUNTAIN HEAD OF
~N INSPIRATION DRIED UP.

The Barker Bakery System has
bought 500, 900 worth of ~raisins, &C
cording to report. "Miseratur for max
ers OF homemade Wines"
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Count that day lost
Whose low descending sun
Hears from thy mouth
/ No campaign lie begun.
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"Duds," fighting men tell us, are
dead ones, but no dead one can buy
EN- In Memphis at the prevailing prices.
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Some men get their enjoyment in life
by playing the punch boards, But the
fellow who gets the real fun is the mai
who operates EN-.
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CHAMPION DRUNkARD REFORMS

Our editor says don't write so much
about likker. All right.
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If ever a strike was justified, the
patrons Of the Linden avenue line are
at"
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There must be some reaso why the
doorways are blocked with men, when
the ladies scamper for shelter as II
starts to rain,
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These are days when the job hunter
Is the most frequent visitor at the cam
pAign headquarters.
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The dark front porch Is the greatest
enemy to the trousers' crease.