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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
THEY TURNED AWAY DAzEDLY
Young Couple In Search Of an Apart
ment Run Into Unusual
Landlord.

They were swapping yarns at the
Athletic club the other night and
Frank Garbutt told this one, though
he doesn't vouch for its veracity.
"The young husband touched the
landlords doorbell timidly and his
wife just as timidly sought his hand,
when the door banged open and a
fierce, bewhiskered man confronted
them.
"H-have you an apartment to rentT'
piped the young husband.
slave you any children?" roared
the landlord, running a sinewy hand
through his whiskers.
"No," replied the young husband,
promptly.
"Any dogsT blared the landlord.
"Not one" chirped the young wife.
swell, then" said the landlord tri-
umphantly, "you can't get in here. We
never rent apartments to people who
haven't children or dogs"
The door slammed In their faces
and they turned away dazedly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
Her Ewes to Blame,

Some time ago had my eyes tested.
belladonna being dropped in them to
enlarge the pupils. The eye doctor
assured me I'd be able to see perfectly
provided with pair of dark glasses.
My friend, who was with me, said she
wasn't so sure about 1t. On leaving
the doctors Office we boarded a
crowded car, my friend going to the
front and leaving me to take a vacant
seat In the rear. All of sudden
could see hardly anything, and in
sitting down l sat on young mans
lap. / quickly removed to the vacant
seat beside him amid the filters and
laughing of group of college boys
standing I'm the back entry. My only
relief was in the black glasses l wore,
for knew no one would know me
again without them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
There's a Difference.

"dow can l be successful in life,
Uncle Jim?"
LET me understand you, boy. Do
you want rules for being successful
In life, or do you merely want for
mula for getting rich?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24

They say the high price Of shoes Is
caused by shortage of hides. That's
merely another profiteering skin game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
TAFT INDORSES
WORLD LEAGUE

MINNEAPoLis. Feb. ia cciar.
lng that the ocean IL bond uniting
this nation and tho old world wu.
liam Howard TAFT yesterday heartily
Endorsed Presiden, Wilson's plan for
league Of nations. az the League
% Nations congress here.
Discussing tho conu,itutionality Of
the plan. Mr Taft said.
II We were 20 so into an agree.
rneni 20 send - 900 men and put
them under Marahai Foch az part 81
a great international army. and say
TO Marshal Foeh You can usa our
force IN obedience 20 tho orders 81
tho executive council OF tho league
10 make war against any member OF
the league which IL rccalcitrant'--
that would b. unconstitutional But
We are recommending something
clac. namely; That We shall enter
into an obligation that when force la
needed 20 suppress war. VIC viii fur.
nlHh a."
Henry Van Dyke. former minister
70 tho Netherlands. was another
speaker at the congress lie said.
Tho American interest IL TO end
the war against uE and against all
nations. II IL not yet ended, IL viii
only be interrupted unless We can
get league Of NATIONS. pledged 20
maintain peace"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
PREMIER GEORGE
GIVES PROGRAM

LONDON. Feb i3.-In reply to
demands by the Hon. Rupert GUN.
ness, unionist. asking whether ne
was preparing to exact the utmost
reparntion from Germany. Premier
Lloyd George Wednesday discussed
the general peace situation as fol.
lows.
That the governments election
pledge was complete roparation by
Germany. and must be fulfilled
That Germany had forfeited all
rights 20 her colonies.
That the British government. hay.
ing first appointed a commission.
was I'm advance Of any other govern
mcnt In the matter OF indemnltles
That allied Intervention In Russia
must be dropped
That the league OF nations should
be supported
Hon Guinness said President WI
son was listened 10 with more
superstitious respect than any proph
ct since the days OF Mahomet"
lie contcndcd that eve have had
FAR too much OF the particular pam
ncca which America is supporting
at the conference"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
ARIZONA MINES
CLOSED DOWN.;
HUNDREDS IDLE

JEROME. AriE. Feb. 1.-Two uf
tho largest mines in the Jerome dis
trlct closed today In compliance with
Tuesdays announcement that they
would cloac u tho strike Of miners
was not ended b. Thuraiay morning
Trvopa were placed on guard at
tho approaches TO all ~ tho mlnea
Closing ~ tho rmrlters IL expect
I'd 20 follow soon on account % lack
Of ore.
Hundreds Of men were thrown
out Of work by the uc.up. which
mine officials predicted. L. likely to
last from ak 20 eight months.
Distress from unemployment al
ready Ia evident here, Many Of tho
miners are already leaving. bat ox.
prcas little hope OF being able 10 go
cure work elsewhere on account Of
conditions in other copper mining
fields.
IL In Understood the mine owners
feel the present copper prices DO not
warrant continued operations II they
are 20 he faced with labor difficult.
ties. The strike started when some
elements Of the men refused to &C
ocpt a 7S-ccnt daily cut in wages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
COMBAT FORCE,
EBERT STATES

WEtMAR. Feb. i3-in a speech
accepting office Friedrich Ebert.
tho first president Of Germany. Eald
in part.
II win administer my office. not
aa the leader Of a single party. but
I belong to the socialist party aud
cannot forget my origin and train.
.ng The privileges Of birth already
have been eliminated from politics
and arc being eliminated from social
life.
we shall combat domination by
force 20 tho utmost. from whatever
direction It may come We wish 20
found our state only on tho basis OF
right ana our freedom TO shape our
dcsunica ~ home and abroad How.
over harsh may be tho lot threaten.
ing tho German people, we do not
despair Of Germany vital forces.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
DENOUNCE REDS
IN Meeting OF
LABOR COUNCIL
Continued From Page one

council Tor voting extra money FOR
police protection
Opponents of Nauman even kid.
mapped him at one time. Ia order 20
secure sway 81 the general strike
situation he declared Nauman was
rescued after but short imprlHon.
ment and returned 90 the Labor
temple
Asked FOR further details today
concerning his being kidnapped. Nau.
man refused any other Information.
Green In Hiding
Leon Green. alleged Hgitator who
halls from Russia. De- now in hiding
az the result OF the general strike.
accordlnr TO an announcement by
iiulct " Wcila. former president ~
the council Wells asserted that
Green had aroused pa much antaEu.
niam thru charges which were made
against him of trying TO keep tho
hospitals without light. that bis
friends had spirited him away.
Green. aa head ~ the Electrical
Workers union. was prominent iu
the controversy with Mayor Hanson
when it appeared az one time that
the city might be- thrown Into dark,
ness thru the walkout ~ electrical
employees Wells asserted that plot
was on foot 20 have Green arrested
on trumprd up charge by federal
agents and that hia arrest would De
followed hy assassination
Charles ~ Gallant electrical work
or. took Green's place AZ delegate IN
the Central Labor council
Ten men. who have been promi.
ncnt in the formation ~ the Soldiers
and aailora' council have been ar.
rested during the past few days. ae.
rordinE Go claims made nb WeiiH and
other delegates They were booked
on open charges al the police sta
ton and released. ia Hufnr cases on
81 900 bail r. Cassidy. socialist
leader and candidate for the city
council. In hold Ia the city bal on
an open charge.
The ist.of council appointed coun.
Gilman Robert llenkvfh and + a.
Bolton, labor's representative To the
city government. 60 investigate the
arrests - the labor mon
To go Into Politics
Electrical workers presented
resolution 60 the council. asking that
"a per capita tax ~ placed on all
union men In the city go raise a
fund 90 elrct labor mayor Tor Seat.
tie. and thrive councilman After dia.
cunsion the proposal was referred
20 . committee.
Debate on this subject was mixed
with accusations against the present
labor couneilmrn for not having the
city council hold a special mes Ting
to consider the strike situation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
OAKLAND YARDS
CONTRACTS ARE
NOW SUSPENDED

OAKLAND. cal. Feb ~ Con
tracts FOR seven steel ships "a have
been built here have been cancelled
and contracts FOR nix others aus.
pended. Il WAS lcnrncd today The
shipping boards telegram announc.
ing the action gave no reason
The seven contracts cancelled
were for the Moore shipbuildlug Co.
whore a strike 10 In progress.
The six contracts suspended are
held by tho Union Iron works
California yards have within the
past few weeks seen ~ contracts
Tor steel ships either suspended or
cancelled The figure involved %
approximately 1900 600
Whereas some believe the ship.
ping board cancelled the contracts
held by the Moore company be-.
cause OF the strike here. the general
opinion IL that the action comes as
"a result OF tho more extensive
policy developed By the shipping
board Tor building peace time ships
Kecls ~ the steel ships affected
had not been hid General Man.
arcr Picz in Philadelphia recently
announced thru the United Press
that these ships planned 10 win the
war were not suitable FOR peace
time competition
n ia believed the government
plans ships larger and faster and
better built than those called FOR by
these contracts and that IN tho end
the yards viii profit by more vaiua
bio contracts than those suspended
or cancelled
Contracts have been suspended or
cancelled ia yard. Ia Oregon ana
Washington. and u ~ believed the
Same holds true thorc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
Lieut.. Col. Thaw
to San Diego Camp

SAN DIEGO. Fob. l3.--Liout Col
William Thaw. famous American
ace, Is due here on Saturday. when
he viii assume the duties Of execu.
tive officers at Rockwell field. North
Island, the big army flying school.
Capt. Clyde Balslcy. who. with
Thaw. was a member OF the la Fay.
cite Escadrillo Of the French army
before the United states entered the
war, reported for duty here yostor.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
CONSTRUCTION
AT SWAN LAKE
TO BEGIN SOON

Tho construction of the swan lake
water extension work Ia Co be start.
81 soon, according Go city officials
An impoundlns basin which will
he able Go furnish seattle 81, eco, eoe
Gallons % water pcr day. will he
enc OF the features OF the now strue.
tarc.
The work will take between two
nd three years FOR completion. ae.
cordlng to superintendent Noungs,
20 the water department
Bonds for sS.1eo000 have been
voted for the construction OF the
work and slSo 600 has been temper.
rily loaped FROM the Skagit river
fund 60 the Swan lake project TO
facilitate early construction or the
work
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
TAKE VOTE ON
BUTTE STRIKE

PuTTE. Mont. Feb i3-The In
gin"crH union ~ taking rsforcn.
DUN vote 60 determine what action
20 take In the strike - miners In the
Butte district II the engineers d..
t0r-ninc 60 join IN the walkout. "a
may be- prolonged Tor two weeks
more.
Tho miners are striking 10 protest
che recent cut On wages - 81 day
and are demanding tho abolition Of
The "rusiliuF card" system
There were no street ears uprrat
81 today. and there probably viii b.
no service for tho rcsi % the week
The car mon attempted to run tho
cars Monday. but were threatened
By the striking miners.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13

Planes Smashed

nirplanes Of the transcontlnental air
squadron. now on its way from the
East coast to san Diego. were
smashed in a storm near III Pnso.
Texas. yesterday. according to a tel.
cgram today. from Mai Albert
Smith. commanding the fleet. to
Lieut. Col. Harvey Burwoil, com.
mander OF Rockwell Field
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
beware OF ALI.
FAKE SOLDIERS

Reports reaching the headquar-
tors Of the World War Veterans as
sociation and American Legion Of
Liberty here arc that people are he.
lag victlmiEcd by fake soldiers. SO.
lciting funds for these institutions.
Warning Is issued that no solicita.
ton for funds Is conducted by either
crganixation. The police have been
notified
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
Talk Deportation
in Jerome Region

JEROME. Aria. Feb. ii.-Taik Of
wholesale deportation Of alleged rad
teal agitators from the Jerome min
ing district WAS heard here today.
II followed the arrest OF seven men
connected with the copper miners
strike. late yesterday. by agents OF
The department OF justice. They are
being held for possible deportation
as undesirable citizens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
BRITISH STEAMER SAFE

QUEENSTOWN, Feb t3.-The
British steamship Kwarra. reported
In distress off the Sicily islands. has
arrived safely off the Irish coast, 1t
| was announced today,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
Split Rail Causes
Cable Car Tie-Up

a split rail on a James st. cable
track caused l5-minuto teup Of
Third ave. street car traffic Thurs.
day morning. shortly after 2
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
N. j. Mills Open;
Strikers at Work

TRENTON. y. J.. Feb. iS.--The
textile mills opened their gates To-
day 10 the striking silk workers. The
strike was apparently ended by the
agreement TO refer the workers de
mands TO the national war labor
board for settlement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
NEW STIDENT SOCIETY

A new student society. Calva ct
ossa. for those maJoring in pharma-
cy. was formed at the University OF
Washington yesterday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
ARREST L ~ ~

CHICAGO. Feb -Twenty.nlne
J. w w. were arrested today. when
tho police rmdcd the organization
headquarters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
A gitators Held in
East Not Connected
With Strike Here

WASHINGTON. Feb i3.-Nonc
Of tho aliens awaiting deportation
nj Ellis island had any connection
with the general strike In Seattle. or
any labor troubles in tho West. An
thony Camlnetti. commissioner OF
immigration. stated today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13

NEW YORK. Feb IA Forty nino
alien aEitators. waiting deportation
at Ellis island. secured writs Of ha.
beas corpus 10 halt return 10 their
homo countries The writs were re.
turnable today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-13
Boys Sweater
Coats $500
Warm Values
In Graz, Maroon and Nary

Sweaters. good three-dollar values
lust the garments for school.
Made with good-sized roll collars and
two pockets.
Sweaters you'll want for your boy
when you see them.
Boys Knockers at $1.25
--Knickers, sturdy garments at low
price.
-25 dozen in all, in sizes to 16 years.
Light and dark gray mixtures in cas-
simeres and tweed materials-many full
lined.
UPPER MAIN FLOOR
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21

as we'll as for himself and for the South.
Certain it is that if he should plunge into the
production of cotton crop which will cost
him above thirty-two cents a pound and for
which he will receive between eighteen and
twenty cents a pound, he will bring calamity
upon himslf and his country and will help to
intrench still more deeply forces which, for
the common good, ought to be destroyed.
The problem which Georgia and her neigh
Dor States now face is not merely one of dol
lars and cents, far-reaching though it is in
that respect, 1t is primarily a problem OF
human interests. farmer who sells cotton
at starvation prices has the heart taken out
of him, and the incentive to progress. A
farmer who plants cotton to the neglect OF
food production and against the teaching of
sound agriculture undermines the opportun1-
ties of his children well as Of himself, and
retards the growth Of his State. Herein lie
the deeper and more compelling reasons for
curtailment of this years cotton acreage.
Material bankruptcy is indeed a misfortune,
but human bankruptcy is a disaster.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
Cnrtailtng acreage.

Whatever doubts may have existed con-
corning the results of the cotton curtail-
ment campaign seem to be removed by the
figures of Regional Director B. L. WincheIl
of the Federal Railroad Administration, in
regard to the fertilizer movement.
The normal movement of commercial
fertilizers in the South during the months of
January, February aud March is, as he points
out, one hundred and sixty thousand carloads
The normal movement up to February 10
is sixty-four thousand carloads But on the
present February 10 the total movement had
not been more than twenty-four thousand
carloads. Hence Director Winchell fears a
congestion caused by sudden increase in
the fertilizer movement that may impose a
demand upon the railroads of this region to
handle a ninety-day movement in thirty
days. He urges the farmers, If they intend
to buy any fertilizer at all, to buy now.
This remarkable state of affairs can
be explained upon only one theory-and
that is the movement now sweeping the
South for drastic curtailment of cotton acre
age. 1t is obvious that the South will not
be able to command a good price for cotton
if she is tempted into producing bumper
crop. The plain. straight logic of the situa-
ton is to curtail cotton, increase food and
feed crops, and be ready to Lold the next
fall crop for satisfactory prices.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
By H. Addington Bruce

~ OMPASSION inst'nctively goes out to
the hopelessly crippled the paralyzed
and the sick bedridden perhaps for
years. The thought of their perpetual i'm
prisonment indoors moves one to sincere
pity.
But there are other unfortunates leading
shut-in lives who are equally deserving of
compassion and pity, yet receive none-who
often receive instead contempt and scorn
They are the mentally crippled, paralyzed
and bedridden folk, who, possessing full ply
steal power of locomotion, are even more out
of touch with their fellowmen than the ply
sically incapacitated.
We come upon these others in every grade
of society, every vocation Often we can rec
Ognize them instantly by their extreme BASH
fulness, their timidity, their seclusiveness.
No one knows what ideas are in their minds
because they keep their thoughts to them
selves. Reticence is habitual with them
Even their nearest relatives cannot draw con-
fdences from them.
Among strangers they sit in awkward sill
ence or take refuge in book, magazine, or
newspaper. They are likely to be prodigious
readers, and certain to be prodigious think
ers-of unhappy thoughts.
They are most at ease when alone walk
ing in solitude through the city streets or
faring across wastes of open country. Friend
ly advances made to them are chillingly re-
pulsed. They are as inaccessible as locked
And the tragedy of it is that all the while
these poor people are hungering for human
comp partnership. Their loneliness is colossal
They do not isolate themselves from choice
but because of an inner compulsion beyond
their control.
To understand them one must patiently ex-
plore their life histories. Then pity will take
the place Of contemptuous Indifference. They
will not longer be blamed for their taciturnity
and general social incapacity.
For always it will be found that they are
the products of the errors of other people
usually their parents.
When they were little they were not train
ed-as every child should be--to frankness
of expression, vigor of thought and action
smoothness of social intercourse
They were perhaps repressed, perhaps
pampered They were denied the healthy dis
cip1ine of the playground, and kept alto
gether too much by themselves. Tendencies
to brood and worry were not nipped in the
bud.
Thus they were ill prepared to face the
world as it is. Brought into contact with it's
realities-as exemplifed first of all in the
rough give-and-take of school 1ife-they took
refuge within themselves. And ere long the
habit OF sensitive seclusiveness had developed
into ma1ady.
In very truth they are sick people-as sick
as the belridden whose plight stirs us to
quick sympathy. But, except in a certain
small proportion of cases, the sickness of
these psychic 'shut-ins" is not inc:rable.
It's cure, though is seldom easy, and re-
quires expert handling grounded in psyche
logical insight and knowledge. Luckily there
today are specialists we'll trail &c for this
difficult task, and their aid tn mental in
valids will be we'll advised to seek.
Copyright, 1919, by the Associated News
papers)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
THAT CANNY JACK RABBIT
By John Breck
r is fashionable to consider a jack
in the sans intA. lectuaI class

r is fashionable to consider a jack rabbit
In the sans intellectual class as the
mule. So he is--a canny beast whose
IDEAS are too remote from ours to permit easy
Interpretation. Common as he is-and there
are days when you can scarcely step into the
brush without see;ng one flash off-there are
still points about him on which scientists are
haZy. He will live his life in your front door
yard. You may know his form or even watch
him in it through a glass, but the minute you
approach he simply vanishes
Occasionally long immunity may make him
Dold nave seen ore creep among flock of
quail to whom J mad thrown some grain
seeming nonchal9ntly at ease in their COM
pany, scarcely b0thering to flap up his long
ears and hopping about as though he subdued
by effort the energies of those stiIty, speedy
legs of his.
But the goatherd's rabbit possessed the eff
frontery of a very skunk. Having discovered
the ease with which really active dodger
may checkmate cat anC, indeed, discourage
the cat even beyond the urgiugs of hunger or
disappointed rage, he began to studiously
hang around the corral and cage an occasion
al meal of the goats feed.
| expect that was wha. spoiled him. A
rabbit is designed Gy nature to be an amniv-
orous vegetari In He will multiply where a
razorback hog would starve. But this one
learned to be fastidious. After The goat
herds garden was up he developed into a
gourmet He ate until eating lost it's zest
for him-until all he did was to nibble here
and there.
It was this sheer destructiveness which
reused the goathGrd, Hunger might have en-
listed his sympathy. but this plan of leaving
a single toothmark everything in sight
smackeG too much Of impudence. And J.
Rabbit no longer crept about it. He loped
past the kitchen door as unconcernedly as the
cat herself. The goatherd got out his gun
Hes right out there this minute said
his wife, coming in from the we'll with
bucket in each hand.
The goatherd wept craftily out. Not a
thing was in sight. "Where did you say he
was?" he came back to inquire.
Fright in the row of beets." His wife
went to the door herself. "He's there she
said.
you must have sharper eyes than I have
then" But just as her husband appeared;
the rabbit vanished once more. He did not
bolt across the 0poh space; he merely crouch
ed his tawny form into the shade of the rows.
Look here" SAID the woman, whisking off
her apron. 81 believe tina rabbit knows you.
Well, he's not afraid of me-" She offered
the voluminous calico disguise.
1t was the slightest possible concealment.
with long hairy arms dropping below the
sleeves and trouser!egs and brogans appear
ing ridiculously below, while it's wearer NOV
ed self-consciOGgly a newly clipped
sheep. But it satisfied Bunny. He sat up
to peer for the next alluring course in his
leisurely meal