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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23


~ we are to have a conference
~ of London. Such is the an
nouncement nos coming from
Europe. This new conference will
have vital interest for Americans be
cause it will deal with the Turkish
problem, deliberately placed at one
side in Paris. pending the outcome of
the debate in the United States Sen
ate over the league of nations phases
of the treaty of Versailles.
At Paris Europe derived from the
American representatives the clear
impression. that the United States
was prepared to fake one and pos
sibly two mandates-that is. that, IN
accordance with the provisions of the
league of nations, we are willing to
undertake the responsibility of pro-
tectins and developing countries alike
incapable of self-defense or indie
pendent existence.
Europe understood this to be the
clear and prevailing opinion in Amer
lea and accepted it as assured that
the United States would assume the
mandates for Constantinople and for
Armenia. Neither the President nor
Col. House indicated anything but
approval of such a course, while both
pointed out that the actual decision.
in the matter of mandates; would have
to await the decision of the United
States Senate.
Surprise to Europe.
The opposition which has developed
in the United States to the league of
nations covenant, as adopted in Paris,
took the European world by surprise.
It had never counted upon effective OPP
position, it had conducted it's negotia-
tons with the assurance that, even
though there might be superficial politi-
cal objection, the country at large would
support the President and the President
would have no difficulty in overwhelm-
ing political opposition by direct ap-
peal to the people themselves. At the
beginning of June, when l left Paris.
the opposition to the President in the
United States was regarded by all
Europe and representatives at Paris as
quite negligible.
That the President favored an Ameri-
can mandate, that he looked with SYM
pathy upon two mandates. those of Con-
stantinople and Armenia, was well
known in Paris. and no disguise was
made of this fact by his associates, no.
tably Col House. Neither the Presi-
dent nor Col. House could commit the
United States to the acceptance of a
mandate and neither. of course. under
took any such promise. but what Europe
gathered was that if the President won
in the matter Of the treaty and victory
was assured after possible delay Incl
dent to an appeal to the American peo-
pie. then America would participate in
the settlement Of the Turkish problem.
But pending the American decision
it was inevitable that the Turkish
problem should be postponed. The
result has been that any general set
Element has been postponed. But. in
the absence of any general solution,
many partial arrangements have been
made and practically the whole of
the seacoast, together with the So
called Arabic provinces of Turkey.
has been occupied by European ma
lions. Moreover, save in the cases
of Constantinople and Armenia. these
occupations have begun to assume a
more or less permanent character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
Factory Production Vital.

Next comes protest against the
policy of organized labor in Urging
greater production on the farms While
deliberately restricting the output of
the factories and encouraging less ened
individual effort. We contend.'N the
resolutions recite, that production N
the factories is second in Importance
only to production on the farms. and
that the obligation of labor to society
is not less than that of the farmer"
The resolutions "deplore the calling
of strikes in times like these for any
reason other than grave emergency"
They oppose the unioniZation of police
officers or any other officials or en-
ployes in public service; view with
diSfavor and alarm the growing tend
ency toward idlenesS among all
classes of people; voice a vigorous
protest against the wide margin be-
tween prices paid the producer and
those charged the consumer: condemn
profteering, particularly in the neces-
stiles of life, and oppose further gov
eminent operation of railroads.
The resolutions embrace substantial
ly declaration of principles upon
which the farm congress declares its
intention of going before the country
with two detectives: First, attracting to
its ranks as many farmers as possible
who believe in these principles: second
to urge their adoption by the other farm
organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
In Far Different Status.

Thus, at the moment when it ap-
pears. at least specifically. to be the
view of the American people that no
mandate be accepted by them, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
Farmers Thoroughly Awake.

A statement from the headquarters
of the farm congress in Kansas City
points out that these resolutions were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.

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noupcement noo coming from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23
BERGER'S NEW BATTLE
TO BE HOLLY FOUGHT
Wisconsin District Which Includes Part
of Milwaukee Has Fusion Ticket
to Oppose Socialist

showing that under some circum.
stances socialists may carry this dis
trict in a contest between two candi-
dates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

DIR. ]. H. Nanzetta, we'll known
Indian doctor of Greenville, who Is
also well known over the state, was
acquitted in the court Of general ses-
sions here Wednesday morning OF
charge of larceny. 1t was alleged that
NanZetta took $100 in bills from the
pocket of n. c. Saterfield, a farmer OF
the Ware Shoals section, during an
auction sale Of horses and mules at
Camp Sewer several weeks ago. Nam
Zetta is reputed to be worth $75,OOO or
more and his attorneys sought to snow
at the trial that the prosecution or
their client was not prosecution but
persecution brought by Sheriff Hen
dirk Rector because Of personal feel
ing against the Indian. ]. Frank Epps
of the local bar, witness for the de-
fense, testified that he heard Sheriff
Rector say at the time that "Nanzet-
IN ought to be run out Of town." and
there was also evidence to the effect
that the lie was passed between the
sheriff ard doctor some time ago. On
the witness stand Sheriff Rector denied
that he had any personal feeling against
DR.. NanZetta, but did admit calling
him a liar in the court house several
weeks ago when NanZetta charged the
sheriff with being drunk. A number OF
the most prominent business and pro-
fessional men of the city were sum-
moned to court by the defendant to
testify as to his good character. Trial
of the case attracted much attention,
due to the fact that the defendant is
well known not only in the city but
throughout the state. He has his lab
oratories located at Sewer station. a
surburb of Greenville. DR.. Nanzetta
has been a resident of Greenville for
five years or more, coming here from
Danville, Va.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

"Glievous as may have been the
parting to her, Germany expected to
lose Alsace and Lorraine if she lost the
wer. But to pay for her capital crimes
against civilization with the Saar VAL
ley area must seem a heavy price. For
in that region, not so large as Rhode
Island, were contained coal fields rat
ed among the richest in Europe. In
this historic area of natural bounty the
earth has bourne grapes for rare old
wines since Roman days. Then the
surface was pierced for its yield of
black treasure, though wooded hills,
crowned with ancient abbeys end cas-
ties, still look down on busy factories
and bustling towns. It was the eastern
Pennsylvania of Germany-only with
the Pittsburgh left out-for Saarbruck-
en-, metropolis of the area, has only
about 10000 population.
mot only was the Saar coal OF in
dustrial importance to Germany, but
some of it was diverted to Italy and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
SKULL OF AFRICAN NEGRO.
Why a Certain Paragraph in the
Peace Treaty.

Germany is to restore within six
months the skull Of the Sultan
Okwawa, formerly in German East
Africa, to his Britannia majesty's gov
eminent"
This sentence from the official sum-
mary of the peace treaty presented to
the Germans at Versailles set off,
cial Washington wondering and
swamped libraries and scientific insti-
tutions in the capital with inquiries u
says bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society.
Among some tribes of Africa, in
cluding German East Africa, skulls of
former rulers, called sultans, are held
in high veneration, and their posses
sion often is of marked political value.
There are numerous tribes Of Ger
man East Africa alone and as many
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

of automobiles and estimates his for
tune in 1916 as at least $125,000,000.
In the year 1915 alone the earn
ings Of the Ford Motor company
amounted to more than s5O,0OO,000 OF
in excess Of $500 per cent Of its out
standing capital Stock" said the Tri-
bune plea. Reference to te plain
tiff's wealth and position in the in
dustrial world Is made to show that
his conspicuity and power made him
a proper subject Of newspaper COM
ment.
Based on Editorial.
The meat of the alleged libelous
article was the headline Of an edi-
torial published by the Tribune June
90, 1916, as follows: Ford is an An
archist." The editorial was based on
special dispatch from Detroit, June
q, 1916, and published June % in the
Tribune, to the effect that Ford en-
ployes who enlisted to serve against
Mexico would lose their positions
that their salaries would not be paid
by the Ford company, nor provision
made by the company for their wives
and families.
In the course Of its defense as shown
In its plea the Tribune invites atten-
ton to the fact that although this news
dispatch was published widely in many
other newspapers at the time the Tri-
bune published 1t, no denial came from
Mr.. Ford in the interim before the
publication Of the Tribune editorial
on June 90. On the 25th, however
Ford denied the story and the Tribune
published the denial.
At the time of the alleged libel and
for a considerable period before the
relations Of the United States with
Mexico were strained, foreigners In
Mexico had been murdered, their
properties coniscated or destroyed;
Villa the bandit had raided the Amer
lean town Columbus, N. NJ, and all
Europe was aflame with war.
First Filed in Chicago.
The Tribune was among the lead
ers in urging universal military train
ing and preparedness, while Mr.
Ford was at that time frankly a pac-
ifist Mr.. Ford published whole-pag
advertisements in newspapers setting
forth his views, one Of them the Tri-
bune The Tribune turned the money
-sSS7.O4-received for this advertise
ment over to the navy to be used for
patriotic service.
Mr.. Ford first filed suit in the Fed
eral court in Chicago September 7,
1916, but this was withdrawn and the
suit instituted in the Circuit court OF
Wayne county. To give the state
court Jurisdiction Sam, Max and Henry
Solomon, wholesale newspaper dis
tributers doing business at Detroit
as the Solomon News company, also
were made defendants, they having
distributed the Tribune in Michigan.
Their status in the case Is said to be
purely technical.
| The Tribune was granted change
of venue from Wayne county on al
legations that owing to Mr.. Ford's
prominence there the defendants
could not obtain q fair trial. Mount
Clemens is about II miles from De-
troit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

Transferring opinions.-Gideon Wei
les was called from the editorship of a
country newspaper to be secretary of
the navy in the cabinet Of President
Lincoln. In the parlance Of tie day
he made good" His career in the
public service is often cited in COM
parative way when Josephus Daniels
is mentioned, for Mr.. Daniels, like his
illustrious predecessor, was country
editor before he undertook affairs of
state.
Once upon a time Mr.. Welles took
his pen in hand to give his opinion of
Edwin M. Stanton, the Lincoln secre-
tary of war. This is what he wrote:
HE is by nature sensational;st and
has from the first been filed with pan
les and alarm. He is imprlsive and
not administrative, has quickness, Oft
en- rashness, when he has nothing to
apprehend; he is more violent than
vigorous; more demonstrative than
discriminating; more vain than wise;
is rude, arrogant and domineering to-
ward those in subordinate positions, II
they will permit the rudeness; but
sycophant and dissembler in deport-
ment and language with those he
fears"
Now Louis Seibold of the New York
World takes occasion to place upon the
shoulders of the hapless Burleson the
blame for everything that has hap
pened in any way to discredit the ad-
ministration. 1t blames him for ad-
vising the president to appeal Tor
Democratic congress, regarded by so
many as faux pas and to cap the
climax says he is to blame for the pro-
hibition amendment.
Be it sadly admitted, Burleson is the
handiest goat that could be found
browsing on the White House lawn
Berkshire Eagle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

of these sultans as there are tribes
1t is apparent that Sultan Okwawa
was O sort of Mohammed or Confuc-
ius among his clansmen, and that
the nation which assumes sovereignty
over the people who reTrele his mem-
ory, and probably worship his skeletal
remains, will be received with great
er friendship If it can restore the pre-
cious talisman.
Furthermore the removal Of the
skull sheds sidelight upon the long
army of German propaganda, reaching
even into darkest Africa in contempla-
ton Of der tag of Prussia's day under
the scorching equatorial sun.
1.-The German government contri.
buted a goodly sum for an expedition
headed by Adolphus Frederick, Duke
|of Mecklenburg, which ostensiblJ
made a scientific study Of the German
protectorate in Africa in 1sO7-OS.
There is a good reason to believe
that the explorers were not wholly
unaware of political advantages and
by way of a tribal coup d'etat tool
away with them the skull which now
has gained much unlocked for public
ity.
1.-The duke wrote a book about his
travels in which he states, in sum.
Imarizing the results Of his expedition
that 1,017 skulls and about 1000 eth
biographical were collected.
"He described visits to various sui
tans.' At one point he digresses from
botany and linguistics to give this naive
comment on German policy: II
is desired to strengthen and enrich the
sultan and persons in authority, and
to increase thereby their interest ir
the continuance of German rule .
At the same time, by steadily controll-
ing and directing the sultan and u.s.
ing his howers. civilizing influences
would be introduced. Thus by de-
grees, and almost imperceptible tc
the sultan himself, he eventually be-
comes nothing less than the executive
instrument of the resident German
governor)'
But Germanys early policy in heI
African colony expansion was mark
ed by no such adroit methods; rath-
er by such disregard Of native GUS
toms and ruthless measures as that
indicated by her removal Of the skull
referred to in the treaty. Karl Peters
one of the first Germans to seek to
such a reign of terror among the ma
tives by inhuman treatment and es-
pecially by wholesale murders Of their
women that the German government
was compelled to remove his COM
mission until the storm Of civilized
protest blew over.
But Peters was soon restored and
other bureaucratic German officials
rudely deposed native rulers, instead
of cooperating with them as did the
British. and thus melted numerous
1906, cost nearly 125,O00 native lives
before the Africans succumbed to the
same sort of terrorism as that insti-
tuted in Belgium in 1914.
THE duke commented on the gen.
erosity of the natives in presenting
gifts but noted that yet the purchase
of ethnographical material met with
obstinate opposition. He explained
that each clan reveres some totem
believing that the spirit of the de-
ceased enters these objects of rever-
ence.
"The totem is just as apt to be an
animal, or part of an animal-the duke
mentions the toad, crested crane, the
leopard and the goat-as q skull. In
cidentally this fact helps explain the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

When Man is a Failure.-The
mere fact that man has failed IT
business or other undertakings does
not mean very much unless we know
what he did after his failure. It's the
man behind the failure that will tel
rcsults-whether it is the end of the
man or just the beginning. If he is
made of the stuff that wins. he vii
come back. No man is n failure unit
he loses heart and gives up trying
There is no such thing as failure il
the man who sets his teeth and re-
fuses to quit.-Office Economist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
GERMANY OF TODAY
What the Treaty Makers Have Done
to the Empire.
DEPRIVED OF MUCH TERRITORY

The Germans Expected to Lose Only
Alsace and Lorraine; But as Things
Now Stand She Will Lose Other Ac-
quisitions That Were of Great I'm
portance to Her Powers.
In connection with the accompany
ing map, prepared by the National
Geographic Society, showing the ter
ritorial losses of Germany, as indicat-
ed in the official summary Of the peace
treaty and in the subsequent official
statement indicating the boundary de-
the Society has issued a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

Switzerland, a sort Of underground
propaganda against the day when
Germany should need their support.
Danzig has been a port Of major i'm
portance since the days when it was
one Of four principal centers Of the
Hanseatic League. Not far. inland is
Marienburg, once the capital Of the
Teutonic Order Of Knights. Formerly
the grain of fertile Silesia and Poland
poured through Danzig, but more re-
Gently the city has been a center Tor
ship building and manufacture OF
munitions.
Ever since the armistice Germany
has carried on an assiduous propagan-
da to keep from losing her rich Posen
and Silesian mining districts. Zinc
iron and potash, the very life blood OF
her vaunted industrial organism, came
from the area adjoining Poland which
Germany now is called upon to forfeit
to that newly created nation so LONG
debarred from this rightful inheritance
Hard coal also came from this region
In considerable quantity.
"By granting plebiscite to Schle-
swig (Which is to be taken successfully
in three areas as indicated on the
map) Germany is likely to lose pro-
vince which has not the industrial i'm
portance Of the Saar or Silesian dis
tricts, but which has naval value re-
lating to both the North and Baltic
seas. Moreover Germany priced this
region because it was so hard to ac-
ouire. No Balkan problem is more
complex, nor did the Alsace-Lorralne
issue cause more irritation than did
the Schleswig- -Holstein question in the
years gone by. One historian remark
ed that only three men ever under
stood the points at issue and one was
dead, another insane and third had
forgotten what it was all about"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From All
the World.

iIcH1S OI iHtofSse Soe"S'SS
the World.
The Geary equal rights" bill, ac-
cording negroes equal rights in hotels,
restaurants and theatres, las been kill
ed by the Pennsylvania legislature py
two to one vote.
Denny Geyer. 35 years old, upset q
lamp while drunk in his homo at
Chambersburg, Pa, last Wednesday
evening, and he'with his three moth
erless boys were burned to death.
Henry J. Heinz, pickle manufactu-
rer. and father Of "57 varieties" died
at Pittsburgh, Pa, last Wednesday,
ased IA years. He was Ill week with
double pneumonia.
The former German liner, the lmpe-
rator. turned over to the United States
under the armistice agreement, sailed
from Brest, France, last Thursday,
with about 1000 soldiers, nurses and
others on board.
Fifty thousand workers affiliated with
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, went on a strike In
New York last Wednesday. Better pay
and working conditions are the de-
mands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
is FORD AN ANARCHIST7

Question is Being Tested in Million
Dollar Libel Suit.
Henry Ford's s1,000,000 libel suit
against the Tribune company Of Chi
!cago, publishers Of the Chicago
Daily Tribune, went to trial al
Mount Celmens, Mich, on Monday of
last week, before Judge James G..
Tucker in the circuit court Of Macomb
county, on change Of venue from
Wayne county, Detroit.
In the pleas counsel for Mr.. Ford
make repeated refer cnce to the Tri-
bune's trade mark, "The Worlds
Greatest Newspaper" while the de-
PENDANTS pleas speak of Mr.. Fotd
as the worlds greatest manufacturer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20
swedenborq's Rules of Life;

Swedenbore's Rules Of lfe-A
reader suggests that we print Sweden
borg's rules of life:
/. Often to read and mediate on the
Word Of God.
: 2. Submit in everything to the will
of Divine Providence.
8. To observe in everything a pro-
priety of behaviour, and to keep the
conscience clear.
4. To discharge with fidelity the
functions of my employment, and the
duties of my office, and to render my
self in all things useful to society.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

Agitation by the grand lodge or
South Carolina Odd Fellows over the
question of discontinuing the support
of the orphan home at Greenville, has
finally resulted in favor Of renwed sup
port.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

DIR. d. D. Wallace, of Spartanburg,
has been elected president Of the state
board Of charities and corrections, to
succeed DR.. George B. Cromer, OF
Newberry. DR.. Wallace Is professor
Of history and economics at Wofrord
college.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

Lloyd Clay, a negro, charged with
criminal assault on young white wo-
man, was lynched and his body burned
at Vicksburg, Miss, last Wednesday
might.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

reverence Of the old time southern
darkey for such tokens as the left
hind leg of a grave yard rabbit caught
on a dark night"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

There are some $500 pieces Of bag
gage in the Lost Baggage Depot at
Hoboken, n. j., the property of over
seas soldiers arriving at that port.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

Seventy-rwo Russian Reds, under
Spartacan leaders, were recently exc
cuted by Wurtemberg troops near
Graefelfng, Germany.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-20

and at the training camps, which will
spring up and bear fruit that will give
the world the first real taste of de-
mocracy.
Middletown transcript., 1919-03-15
NoTtcEro TAXPAYERS
Of
APPaQuIAIMlNk HUNDRED

The taxable residents Of Appoquin'-
milk Hundred, and all persons liable I"
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified tina. the Taxes for the year 1873
are now due. and the undersigned lax
Collector iu, said Hundred. viii be
At rHR OFFICE OF D. r. MALONEY,
In TOWNSEND. DEL.
EVERY SATURDAY.
During MARCH 1919,
From 2 p. M until evening
Tax hills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION : CHAPTER
SO. VOLUME q, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AZ
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on ali take iaid before
the first dav OF October there si'ali he an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day OF l)ecem.
Der there shall ne an abatement ut three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month of December there .bs'i be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first da, Of January there
shall be added nne-ha'f of one p.' certnn
per month until the sane stsl he paid
JOSEPH C. HUTCHINSON.
Collector of Taxes for Appcquinimink
Hundred