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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Pat Finally Scored.

A Dublin jarvey was conducting an
Australian around the city. When the
Australian saw Nelson's pillar he asked
what that was and received the answer
that it was the tallest monument in
Dublin.
"Hunph!" said the Australian, with
a show of contempt, "why down under
we can get cigars that are longer than
that.
All went we'll, however, until they
passed six horses drawing lorry on
which was an immense piece of iron
for one of the buildings in Sackville
street. On being asked what it was
for Pat said:
ooh, you see, some people down here
are building a little house for them
selves, and that's the kitchen poker"
Silence reigned afterward.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
A Rare bird

The white-headed stork, one of the
most interesting and valuable possess
sions of the London Geological society.
is dead. 1t Was native of the Up-
per or White Nile, and so far as is
known the only living specimen of
this remarkable bird in Europe. As
long ago as 1860 the then British vice
consul at Khartoum-M Mr.. Petherick.
himself an indefatigable naturalist
brought two specimens to London. and
these were the first ever seen alive
in Britain. After an interval of many
years the present sirdar-Sir Reginald
Wingate- presented to the society the
specimen which has just died, and
which was a familiar object in the vi
entity Of his palace at Khartoum. Wis.
itors to the garden in Regents park
will recall the rather melancholy,
looking bird in the aviary adjoining
the southern entrance. For long ne
RODS it remained almost motionless,
save for the twinkle of an extra mo.
bile eye.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
journalistic Atmosphere.

$50 this is an editorial sanctum?'
said the fair visitor
Eyes, ma'am,' replied the editor of
the Chiggersville Daily Truth.
Dear me! 1t certainly does need a
thorough cleaning"
"These old newspapers scraps of
copy, cigar stubs. pipes, tobacco, ashes,
sour paste pots and this battered fur
A woman with broom and a buster
would soon convert this peaceful re-
treat into chamber or horrors Dir
mingham Age-Herald
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Detecting Pretended Deafness.

In cases where there is hysterical
and imagined deafness, or plain simu-
lation, the following ingenuity is pre-
scribed: The patient is made to sing
with piano accompaniment. Then
the pianist changes the key (from
One-half to one tone or more), and if
the singer is not really deaf he is car
ried along by his singing and changes
to the key given by the piano. BY play
Ing in varying strength one may by
this means estimate the degree of all
ment in a subject having an incom-
plete deafness
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Miuht Have Thouoht of That.


Sylvia was often lonely, and express
ed wish that she could have little
sister to play with. Her mother told
her that if she would be good little
girl perhaps her wish might be graft
fed. One day her father came home
and took mother away-for visit, he
said. The next day he said to his lit
tie daughter: "What do you think
mothers going to bring you when she
comes home?"
Sylvia didn't guess right, so her
father told her: 1.-Two little brothers,
Sylvia; twins
ooh, daddy, why didn't muvver have
one of them girl, as long as she
bought two of 'em?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

A few cents buys tiny bottle OF
the magic Freezone at any drug store.
Apply u few drops of Freezone upon a
tender, aching corn or a callus. In
stantly that troublesome corn or callus
stops hurting, then shortly you lift it
out, root and all, without any pain,
soreness or irritation. These little bot
ties of Freezone contain just enough to
lid the feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, corn between the toes and the
calluses on bottom of feet. So easy!
So simple. Why wait? No humbugl
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Not the RIGHT Time

A certain man was angry one night
and began to swear in the presence of
his wife. The latter, thinking she
might shame him into quitting, de.
cided to initiate him and swore fer.
wildly, using the same oaths that he
did. BE looked at her in amazement
for few minutes and then remarked,
"Well, you have the same words but
you haven't got the right tune
Exchange.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Two Of a Kind.

Mrs. Hardlyfe-W What does your
husband do. Mrs. Gaeburd?
Mrs.. Gaeburd - He's a dramatic
critic. He sits at the theater in
nice easy seat and criticizes the play.
What about yours?
Mrs. Hardlyfe-Oh, he's rheumatic
critic. He sits at home in nice easy
chair, nurses his rheumatism and crit
iciZeS me.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Glasses for Appearance sake.

miss Bessie, If you are going to,
town today, wish you would buy my
sister, who lives in the north, a pair
of glasses" Why, Annie" replied the
young lady addressed, Il could not get
your sister a pair of glasses. She
must have her sight tested SO that the
glasses may be suitable" "Oh," said
Annie reassuringly, she wrote me that
What fits my nose fits her nose r. &
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Sound Family.

Have you any ayuncular relatives"
mot a one. There ART no disease
of any kind in our family"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
More NEGOTIABLE.

Experience is a good asset"
I'D much prefer the bank roll l ex-
changed for mine"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
What Did He Mean9

Mrs. Weeds-The last thing my hus-
band did was to kiss me.
Mr.. Widder-Then I suppose he was
ready to die.
A West side phrenologist claims he
can tell what a barrel contains by ex-
amining its head.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

It takes Congress to settle strike.
but an unruly stomach is subdued by
Garfield Tea.-Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

20 Happy Day" sang the laundress
as she hung the snowy wash on the
line. 1t was 'happy day" because
she used Red Cross Ball Blue.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

ANY one man may be hero to girl
If he has the price of box at the
opera.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Matter Of Titles.

"Will yo' have some mo- coffee, gen.
ral?"
Don't call me general Sam; I'm
just plain captain"
But boss, amt you in de army?"
"Of course"
well, Yves got majors an kurnels
ali aroun' here dat amt never seen
no army. You's boun to outrank dem.
sab. Birmingham Age-Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27
Fashionable.

Fashionable.
WAS it q fashionable wedding?'
very. The groom wore his army
uniform
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

For sale, alfalfa SO; sweet clover $40 per
Blu. John Mulhall Sioux City, Iowa.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

1t is usually the forward boy who is
backward at school.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
ID. C. MAIL filler
DIES IN CRASH
Lyman W. Doty Falls Near
Baltimore-Known as
Daring Aviator.

Lyman W. Doty, pilot of mail air
plane No. 32, flying between washing
ton and New York. was killed instant
ly yesterday morning on Catonsville
Field, near Baltimore, when his plane
crashed to the ground and caught fire.
C. I. Stanton. superintendent OF the
Aerial Mail Service. Immediately on
learning of the accident went to the
scene Of the tragedy. He will take
charge Of the body.
According to meagre news of the
accident reaching the Postohice De-
partment late yesterday. Doty's plane
IN which he was making the daily
washington-New York air mail flight
collapsed about five miles west OF
Baltimore.
Only One Witness.
The only witness OF the accident
an employe Of the golf club, says he
sighted the machine apparently ir
trouble in the air. saw 1t descend
abruptly and catch fire as soon as
It reached the ground
An explosion followed instantly. Sin
gled-handed he could offer no help
CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
PLANES TO DIRECT
MISSING BOY HUNT

Hammonton. N. J.. Oct. IL
Search for 3-year-old Billy Dansey.
who has been missing from his
home since last Wednesday, will be
directed from airplanes equipped
with wireless telephones.
The airpIanes will make a careful
survey of the country around Ham,
monton. directing searchers to
places In which the boy might have
fallen or his body been concealed.
The searchers will be under
supervision OF John P. Wilson, chief
of Atlantic County detectives. who
arrived here today. Though every
treacherous hole in the cranberry
bogs and swamps beyond Hammon-
ton. every little stream that mean
ders through the soft. stfmp soil,
and every pathway IN the under
brush is said to have been e1-
amined, the county authorities are
not satisfied.
Wilson said his frst step will be
to question the parents and neigh
bors OF the missing boy, and the
two hunters said to have seen him
In the woods shortly after the
chfld's disappearance. He will then
start his own search, he said.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
HIS SALUTATION
Anglers COURT
"Whoopee," Sings Prisoner, Back
To the Cage" Says Judge
Hardison.

-Whoopee. good morning every
body and the judge" shouted Err
nest L Merchant. a cripple, as he
emerged from the cages in police
court yesterday. I'm right here
with the goods"
Put thataman back in the cage
Judge Hardison commanded. until
he is 1T to be tried"
Mercant is an itinerapt peddler OF
pencils. collar buttons and what
not. He was arrested on Ninth
street for disorderly conduct AS
he was being led back to the cells
the prisoner pronounced a curse on
the Judge. Clerk Howard, and an
the court officials.
Il carry two invisible crosses. one
red and the other black. The red
one brings eternal life. while the
black one brings death and damna-
tion. I give you all the black cross. L"
Yes Baiuff Sam Kendig com
mented, -and the Judge will give
you the doubIe-cross when he get,
you before him again.
When he was arraigned Merchant
called the court "a liar" and Judge
Hardison committed him to the
psychopathic ward of Washington
Asylum Hospital for ten days, 50
his mental condition could be in
quired into. Merchant has been be-
fore the court frequently before.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
STRIKERS ARRESTS
ILLEGAL, is CLAIM

Pittsburg. Oct. Il. - steel strike
leaders today were pressing demands
on the City Council Tor an investi-
cation Of magistrates and police Of
ficials in connection with the al
legged illegal arrest OF strikers.
Some city councilmen promised -
bring the demands before other city
officials. it was said.
Although mill operators claimed
continued desertions from the strik-
ers' ranks. the deadlock apparently
Strikers would not ad-
nit any loss OF strength.
At one large mill in Pittsburg. en-
ployers said, The production rate IL
approaching the highest mark in
the past ten years. At this pIsnt
1.50O foreign-born workmen are said
to have been replaced by Amcri~a-s.
new to tine industss.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
GERMANS VETO
BLOCKADE PLAN
Allied Step to Starve Rus.
sian Soviet Meets With
Disapproval.

Berlin, Oct. H.-Germany will not
approve Of the proposed food block
ade Of Russia as a matter Of princi-
pie. Nor will she actively Join in
that measure except under eompul-
sion.
The government has not taken a
position on the allies note, but that
attitude seems foreshadowed by an
utterance of one Of the ministers
who said:
Having felt the terrible effects of
thesmost brutal and inhumsn meth
DDS of war. namely the hunger block
ade. on. our bodies, we cannot be ex-
pected to Join willingly to infiict the
suffering Of death upon another peo-
pie, against which we, ourselves.
protested as inhuman, though in
vain.
That disapprovaI or refusal on
CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
FIREMEN'S PAY BILL
ACTION DELAYED

Action on legislation to increase the
pay Of fremen probably VIII not be
taken in Congress until December.
It Is likely Congress will adjourn in
the next week or two before the Sub
committee on FTremen's Pay, Norman
J. Gould, chairman. will have time
to investigate. hold hearings, draft the
bill and present 1t.
1t is foregone conclusion that fire.
men win get their increase. The House
District Committee has approved an
increase. .
It rs said that Z5 members Of the
force are receiving R6 a day. The
low private in the police department,
under the prospective new scale, VIII
receive more than a captain of twen-
ty-hve years service in the fire de-
partment. In comparing the two de-
partments it is noted also that fire-
man Is on duty twelve hours a day.
against eight for the policeman.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
Women Trade ENJOYS
On Way to America

Ten women delegated by labor or
ganfzatons Of European countries to
represent them IN the deliberations
OF the First International Congress
Of Working Women. called by the
National Women's Trade Union
League of America to meet in Wash
ington just before the International
Labor Conferences. have already sailed
from European ports.
This group includes i've delegates
from Poland and one from France
who have sailed on the La Touraine,
the French liner, from Hayre; two
from Czechoslovakia, who with an
other French delegate have sailed on
the Rotterdam. and one delegate from
Italy. who has sailed on the Giuseppe
Verdi
The international Congress of Work
ing Women will convene on Tuesday.
October q IN the New National Mu-
o04An-
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
treaty ACTION
DELAY SOUGHT
BY Sen. REED
Would Await Recovery of
President to Get Further
Facts.

Indefinite postponement of action on
the peace treaty. until The President
has told the Senate and the country
all the facts about It. was demanded
in the Senate yesterday by Senator
Reed. of Missouri
The President expects Us to decide
the case without giving US all the
papers in the case" Senator Reed
complained. He insisted that on a
matter of such Importance to the
country the Senate was entitled to
have all the Information requested by
the Foreign Relations Committee.
which the President has declined to
give.
Says Changes Made.
To illustrate his point, Senator
Reed informed the Senate that the
Austrian treaty, which the President
has refused to give to the Senate.
makes important changes IN the
league of nations covenant as con-
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
60 AHEAD AND LEGISLATE
WILSON'S WORD TO CONGRESS
White House Issues a CHALLENGE to the Law
makers Who Are So Busy Gossiping
About His Condition.

A special correspondent yesterday
wired the New York Evening Post as
follows:
"A challenge went forth from the
White House 10 Congress today "a
legislate and thus prove the alleged
disability OF the President to conduct
official business. The plain inference
Of the challenge was that Congress
is proving its own disability by its
failure to enact public Legislation
asked by the President in his last
message to Congress. and the plain
implication was carried that II Con.
gress does not enact this legislation
it should not adjourn nor take recess
OF any kind until IT does act
The rumors and cloakroom rossip
about the Capitol ever since the Pres
ident became Ill and the suggestion
frequently heard that the Presidents
condition was such that he could not
attend to public business now find
an answer in this challenge.
Papers Read to Him.
The President has the leading
newspapers Of the country read to
him every day.
He follows their reading with in
quiries as to the actual facts in the
executive departments and in Con-
gress- He is keeping q finger on
every live issue before the govern
ment today. and he mas determined
that in the face Of the unrest in the
country and the legislative remedies
whtch might - sDpais6 ~ csn<sas
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
ITALY ASKS MANDATE
OVER CITY OF FIUME

Paris. Oct. 14.-Foreign Minister
Tittoni. OF Italy. win arrive here in
a few days, II was reported tonight.
with a new solution Of the Fiume
question based upon the occupa-
uon Of Fiume by italian troops un-
der a mandate that it is to be con-
cupation, the Italians being merely
the executives of such a mandate.
The new plan is said to provide
for the cession to Italy OF voIoska,
maintaining the continuity of the
italian territory with Fiume.
This solution. it is rumored.
would be agreeable to the peace
conference
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
AT WASHINGTON
THEATERS

Shubert- -Garrick-Tea for -
PoIi'-PElor, Bedroom and
Bath"
National--Three Faces East.
Shubert-Belasco - "A Little
Journey"
Cosmos-VaudeviTle and mo-
ton pictures
crandaIPs MetropoIitan-Paul-
inc Frederick m Bonds of
Love.
CrzndaTs Knickerbocker -
Billie Burke in The Mis-
leading Widow"
crandalfs-Gladys Brockwen
In The Sneak-'
Moore's Garden-D. W. Grit
hths production, The Fan
of Babylon"
Moore's Rialto-Houdini In
The Grim Game"
Moore's Srand--Evageline."
B. r. Keith's-Vaudeville.
Loevs Palace-BiI1ie Burke
m Sadie Love"
Loews Coiumbia-Marguerite
Clark m Widow BY Proxy"
Gzyety - Buriesque; Harry
Hastings.
Observation-Disclosures; Mischief
Makers.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
Coal Dealer Is q Caruso.

Meriden, Conn, Oct. Il. Gifted
with what experts declare to be Q
$50. .0o0-a-year voice, Anthony p,
Ponzillo. jr., brother Of Rosa Pom
selle, leading soprano of the Metro
politan Opera House, prefers to re-
main a humble coal man at Meriden.
Conn, to taking up a musical career.
His sister earns $4,000 a year with
her voice. Tony" as everybody
knows him. makes about $40 a week
when business is good
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
Conferees Will Not Settle
Steel Strike, but They
Favor Body to Hear Dis
putes on Appeal, Says
William Allen White.
GOMPERS AFRAID OF
l. W. W., HE ADMITS
Reactionary Employers Try
To Delay Creation Of
Judiciary in Order to De-
stroy Labor and Deal d.
rect With Workers.
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE,

by WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
The Industrial Conference will
not settle the steel strike. But
there is majority in each group
in the conference to put through
a plan for industrial conciIiation.
The majority clearly desires to
adopt this plan at once. That was
the obvious net result of yester-
days conference.
1t took all day to get this fact
out. The rules of the confere nee
which so closely resemble the rules
Of the all-Russian council. and
which give the minority great pow
ers. make IT possible to spend the
whole day reading motions. ad-
journing. discussing the motions in
secret by groups. and coming back
into the conference to record votes,
Debate Opens Late
Only after O'Clock did the open
conference hear any debate upon
the matter which had been before
it all day. The debates In the vari-
Gus group meetings were held be-
hind closed doors. Behind closed
doors in the public group it was
CONTINUED OK PAGE EIE-H
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
International Revolutionists
Scheming Overthrow of
Government, His Warn
ing; Strikes the Forerm-
ner of Movement.
UBMITS RESOLUTION
ASKING PALMER POLICY
Thousands m This Country
Already Suffering from
Situation Designed to
Bring About Repetition
OF European Turmoil.

An international revolutionary move
nsnt is brewing IN this country and
Unless immediate measures of sup
PRESTON are taken the government of
Die United States will be srangled in
Is grasp
This warning was sounded IN the
senate yesterday by Senator Miles
Poindexter, Of Washington
The time has come Senator Pom
Iexter said. when II behooves this
rovernment to suppress snarchy and
Iefend itself IL II is to maintain its
Nrl powers. The effects Of fnterna-
ioual propaganda are already mani
lest in America and the time has come
sor the government to act. and act
vigorously, else the government may
ean A government that cannot func-
lion must always fall"
ASKS Paimer's Policy.
Senator Poindextsr introduced .
resolution calling on the Attorney
General for a statement as to his pol
by in handling Boishevists. L W. W.
Igitators and anarchists. Action upon
1 was delayed until today.
The purpose, motives and objects
" the steel strikers at Gary. Ind.
we're clearly revolutionary" Mr..
Poindexter said in support of his
resolution.
presented by the senator from Col
Irado. Mr.. Thomas. that the strik-
irs at Gary are not merely seek
ng to obtain higher wages. or
-
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
CONTINUED ON PAGE THIRTEEN.
TROOPS FROM SIBERIA
HEAR SEN. JOHNSON

Chicago, u, -. .,n;ItOr Hiram
johnson passed through Chicago to-
day. en- route back to Washington.
On his train were three bodies of
American soldiers returning from
Siberia. In hts car were other soldiers
from Siberia, just dismissed from the
army. The Senator told them he
planned fight to bring them all back
from Siberia so soon as the league
OF nations Is disposed of.
Ofhcers and men, agree conditions
In Siberia are heart-oreaking," John
son said. I'VE win not get any real
factS from the Administration. This
government is a strange one. II Is an
autocracy."
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
WASHINCTON:

The President had a restless
day, but was better last night.
Yesterdays lowest tempera-
ture, 81.
Lyman w. Doty, aerial mail
carrier, burned to death when
plane fell at Baltimore.
Women physicians repre-
senting sixteen countries will
arrive here today for visit.
Washingto nhousewives are
using corn sugar and other
sugar substitutes.
Public Utilities Commission
will resume consideration to-
day of the street car fare ques-
ton.
Lohr Foreman, second troll
ley smash victim to die. .Thos.
J. Murphy and M. L. Erner
near death. Q
William M. Bentzel near
death from blow on head al
legged to have been struck with
wrench by Edward Taylor,
negro
Cabinet assumes executive
duties during Presidents H.
ness.
Cancellation court to decide
industrial problems favored by
conference.
Chamber of Commerce, at
its annual meeting, was urged
to help prisoners relief or
ganization.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
pro-Germanism Charge
Rebuked IN Senate

The charge often repeated by ad-
socates OF rhe league Of nations that
opponents of the treaty are animated
" sentiments of pro-Germanism was
officially rebuked in the Senate yester-
tay.
made the statement yesterday and was
ruled out of order by Senator of his
swn party. Senator Ban, Of Delaware.
Who was presiding
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
COL. HOUSE IMPROVED
SAYS HIS PHYSICIAN

New York. Oct. H-The condition of
Col. f. NJ. House is very much i'm
proved. DR.. Albert R Lamb. his phys
ician. announced late today. The i'm
provement is so marked, Or. Lamb
said. that no more bulletins will be
issued. As soon as Col. House is suffi-
cienty rested. it was said, an X-ray
examination will be made 10 determine
the exact nature of his Illness.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
Opposes Paper Money.

Copenhagen, Oct. h-Otto Wells,
Chairman OF the majority Socialist
party in Germany. in a speech st
Luebeck said the time had arrived
when It was Improbable to issue
paper money since the labor and ma
chinery used for that purpose could
be diverted to greater value.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
No Coal, cub His Throat.

Lansdsle. Pa. Oct A-George II.
Hartzell- a farmer near Souderton.
sut his throat in his bedroom this
morning. blaming the high cost of
living for his act. He had no money
% buy coal
The Washington herald., 1919-10-15
New York Must Save.

New York, Oct. 1L-"Retrenchment
IN the cost Of operating the State gov
eminent Is an imperative need" said
Governor Smith today at a meeting
at the Uptown Club. The income
tax next spring win bring in between
Saooaos ana s56oAsn.-