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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Clerks on the Pay Roll.

The Republicans in control Of the
house of representatives have passed
the report of the clerical committee
loading down the pay roll of the house
with 201 clerks and other employees.
Following the program outlined at
the caucus the Is negroes brought to
the capital were placed on the state
payroll at $3.50 per day.
1t was originally planned that they
should be janitors, but Parker Est.
Louis) created such a stir that the
colored men were put on the pay roll
as assistant doorkeepers.
The report of the committee pro-
vides for % d~oorkeepers.
1t is sale that part of the negroes
who will receive $3.50 per day will
be used in sweeping and cleaning the
legislative committee rooms.
The statutes provide that the com
mission or the permanent seat of gov
eminent shall also employ eight extra
ianitors during a session of the legis-
lature. These men, who are all white,
have been employed and will receive
81 per day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
GERMANY must PAY
Boche Entitled to No More Gym
pathy Than Any Criminal.
WRECKED CITIES AND LIVES
Many Girls In Lille Are Mothers of
Babes Whose Fathers Are Ger.
mans-Punlshment Cannot
Be Too Severe.
By WRIGHT a. PATERSON.

When a robber breaks into your
house and steals that which he can
carry away and then destroys that
which he cannot steal, you expect that
when caught he will be punished both
for what he stole and for what he de-
stroyed.
So 1t is with Germany.
The German army, acting under the
orders of the German government,
stole everything it could carry away in
the invaded sections Of Belgium and
France, and what 1t could not carry
away Il destroyed.
/ was in the city of Lille very short
~ after the retreating Germans had
evacuated it. Before the war Lille
had been one of the busiest and most
prosperous manufacturing towns in all
of Europe. Its great factories, pro-
ducing linens, cottons, velvets, ribbons
and wooden goods, had patrons all over
the world, and it's sugar and chemical
plants supplied much of France with
these products.
For four years, during the German
occupation, the factories of Lille had
been idle. They are idle today. and
they will be idle for many months to
come. The reason is that Germany
stole the machinery from all of these
factories, or in the very few cases
where actual theft was not possible or
profitable, they destroyed the machin-
cry. The people of Lille told me that
this theft of machinery had been car
ried to such lengths that the Huns
even invaded the homes of the people
and took from them their sewing ma
chimes.
Germans Fathers Of Their Babes.
The German army looted this beau
tiful French city of more than 200,-
600 population. It stole not alone the
machinery from it's factories and its
homes, but even its people. French
mothers told me of how 5000 young
girls of twenty-five years of age and
under had been carried away at one
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

world, but the boche is entitled to
just the same degree of sympathy that
the world accords to any other Grim
inal. We feed and clothe the Grim
inal that he may live to expiate his
crime, and we will feed and clothe the
German people that they may live to
expiate their crime, and that after
they have done that they may again
be entitled to the place in the worlds
civilization that only those who are
cleansed may occupy. Germany is en-
titled to nothing more than this, and
this is fair play.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

be acceptable to the Republicans o,
the house. because il provides for
equal representation of Democrats and
Republicans in the convention. Prev
lit is a Democrat.
Several other bills for constitutional
convention have been drafted but the
Republican majority will fight them
on the ground that they do not pro-
vide for proper representation Of the
Republicans.
This bill provides for the holding
Of a special election on Aug. IL to vote
on the question of whether the con
vention shall be held for the purpose
of revising and amending the present
constitution. The bill then provides
that if a majority of the voters favor
holding the convention, two delegates
shall be chosen from each of the "a
senatorial districts Of the state. The
two delegates are to be of opposite
political faith.
Under the bill the governor Of the
state is directed to appoint a constitu-
tional convention of three members
Immediately following the election II
the majority vote is In favor of the
convention.
1t will be the duty of the commits
sion to gather information and ddta
for the use of the delegates. An ap-
preparation of SIS, 900 for the expenses
Of the commission and necessary
printing is provided.
The bill also provides an a%ppropria-
ton Of $4,000 for the expense of the
convention, which shall be held here
on the tenth Tuesday following the
special election.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Fire Marshal Law.

FIRE Marshal Law.
A. l.. Harry, state superintendent Of
insurance has prepared a bill for in
PRODUCTION into the legislature Great
ing the office of state fire marshal, to
detect arson cases. Incidentally, the
proposed bill increases the salary Of
the superintendent from $4,000 to &c.
coo a year.
The effort to be made this year will
be the third trial to provide a fire
marshal for Missouri, the others hav-
ing failed to pass more than one
branch of the legislature. Harry has
compiled statistics showing that in
1917 the fire loss in Missouri was more
than $500, 900, and that a considera-
BILE part of this was due to fires which
were of incendiary origin.
1t is his contention that, through the
activity Of a properly organized force
under a state fire marshal, there would
be more successful prosecutions in ar
son cases; that, therefore, the number
of arson cases would decrease, and as
a consequence, the insurance rates
would be bound to be reduced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
SEE CANADA LANDS
Inspection Of Choice Farm Acres
Will Be Profitable.
Cost Only a Trifie Compared to Pos
sihle Benefit to Be Derived-'Ye
Happy Fields, Unknown TO Noise and
Strife, The Kind Rewarders Of In.
dustriai Life"-John Gay.

There are thousands today looking
for farms to buy, and with the hun
dreds of thousands of acres offered for
sale, there is no lack of opportunities.
But there are all classes of lands, gooo,
bad, and Indifferent, much of each.
The government of the Dominion Of
Canada has no land for sale, but with
In the boundaries of the Dominion
there are unlimited acres of choice
land owned by railway and land CON-
panies and private individuals. 1t
holds no brief for any, nor are any
Of them clients. But it is to the In
terest of the Dominion to have the hum
dreds of thousands Of acres placed n
der cultivation, for every acre thus cul-
tivated adds to the revenue which helps
pay the government of the country. 1t
is with the purpose of setting forth
the agricultural advantages that Can
ada, especially Western Canada, pos
sesses, that attention is drawn to the
fact. The purpose is to place before
the reader truthful statements, and
advise the prospective settler as to
the necessity to investigate and in
spect, leaving to his own deduction the
matter Of his selection. Once he de-
cides, the government will render him
my further information necessary as
to location, prices and value of land,
and assist him in every way possible to
become settled.
The cost of a trip to Western tan
ada, to any portion of the three prov
inces-Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta-specially indicated in this
work, is but a triie compared with the
benefits that a personal inspection may
give. Therefore the advice is to do
so. Low rates on railways will be ar
ranged and every opportunity afforded
for giving the country a thorough and
careful examination. 1t may be that
you wish ar improved farm, all ready
for occupation and cultivation; you
may want raw prairie, which only re-
Quires blowing and the other prepare
ton necessary for a seed bed, leaving
1t to yourself to erect your buildings,
sink your well, prepare your garden,
and ascertain how close you are to
school, church, town and market. You
may wish to go into mixed farming,
combining the raising of stock with the
growing of grain. In this case you
will look out for some shelter from
sun, wind and storm, and want a farm
a portion of which may be cultivated
for grain, and pasture fields connected
with it. You may make this out Of the
open level prairie, but you will do bet
ter to secure a partially wooded lot,
where water and pasture are already
at hand. You may wish to go into the
raising of cattle, or sheep alone; then
you will care less for the open prairie,
but select something that may cost you
less In the more northerly districts.
No matter what you may want, unless
1t be land upon which to grow cotton,
bananas or other tropical or semi-trop-
ical products, your inspection trip will
reveal to you that Western Canada pos
sesses possibilities beyond which any
literature you may read advises YOU
Advertisement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Give Soldiers Jobs.

Reports that many employers of Mis-
sohri have declined to re-employ the
returning soldier boys who we're e
listed or called to the colors under the
selective service draft law to help
crush the German empire, has caused
the house to adopt a resolution urg.
ing employers to employ the boys as
they return.
The resolution was introduced by
Frank H. Farris of Phelps county, and
was adopted without discussion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Bill for Sunday Hunting.

An effort will be made by Repre-
sentative Cheney of st. Louis to re-
move from the statute books those
laws that prohibit hunting on the Sab
bath. !
Cheney said there are many persons
in st. Louis and other large cities who
work all week and have no time to
hunt except on Sunday. He asks the
repeal of all laws in conflict with his
scheme.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
any Demand Not Too Great.

I am sure / know the desire of the
American people for fair play in oil
things, including tie settlement with
Germany. They you'd not wish to do
the Germa1 people an injustice in the
demcnd for reparation. AS l rode mile
after mile over the devastated fields
of Belgium and northern France, as l
passed through town after town that
had been destroyed because of a mad
craze for loot and world domination,
I felt that could the American people
but see the things ! was seeing, they
would feel, as I felt, that any demand
that might be made could not be un-
fair. Could they have seen the ruins
of the beautiful cities of Ypres, Ar
mentieres, La Bassee, Peronne, St.
Quentin, Noyon, Lens and many hum
dreds Of others, they, too, would
say with one voice: Germany must
pay"
The boche will appeal, and in fact
is appealing, for the sympathy Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint Of water add / o.. Bay
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound
and u OF. Of glycerine. Any druggist car
put this up or you can mix II at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max!
ing and use come in each box Of BarbC
Compound. IL will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is moi
sticky or greasy, and does not rub Of .Adv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Advancement In China.

The new store Of the Wing On COM
pany which was recently opened in the
principal business th~oroughfare Of
Shanghai, China. is the second large,
modern Chinese department store to
he opened there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

girls with German babies. MONEY vii
not pay for these things, but money
and work can in some small dec zee
pay for the wrecked factories and ru
ined business Of the city of Lille. and
through the payment of this money
and labor the people of Germany viii
learn that might is not right. and that
war for the purpose of gratifying 6
selfish ambition is not profitable.
Why Lille Was Not Destroyed.
The German retreat from Lille came
near the close of the val when the
Germans knew they were beaten and
they would have to pay, and for that
reason the city itself vas not de-
stroyed. But the fact that it was not
destroyed is but another evidence OF
German selfshness rather than Of vlr-
tue.
There are hundreds of cities and
towns that have been destroyed after
being looted as Lille was looted; hun.
dreds of towns where even the mate
rial of which they were built has been
carried away that 1t might be used in
the construction of Notifications be-
hind which the German army might
defend itself and its ill-gotten gains.
For all of these Germany should pay
now, and for generations to come.
No sympathetic pardon board should
sit on Germany's case. No sentiment
alist should have a voice In deciding
her punishment. There is no more,
if as much, reason for leniency in fix
ing the punishment of Germany than
there would be for lenieney in fixing the
punishment Of the ruthless slayer OF
your son or your daughter. Germany
must pay all that the present and fu-
| ture generations al pay, and she will
even then have expiated her crime only
in a small degree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

Don't stay upset! Eat a tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin and instantly your
stomach feels fine. All the indigestion
pain, gases, acidity and misery in the
stomach ends.
Pape's Diapepsin tablets cost little
at any drug store but there is no surer
or quicker stomach relief known. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

Some men do some mighty queer
stunts for the purpose Of keeping their
names before the public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
STOMACH UPSET?
PAPE's DIAPEPslN AT ONCE ENDS
soURNEss, GASES, AcloITY,
INDIGESTION.

Jumps of ~undigested food causing
pain. When your stomach is acid, gas
sy, sour or you have heartburn, flatu-
lence, headache or dyspepsia, here is
instant relief-No waitingl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

Saving time does not mean making
new minutes, but making the most Of
the old ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

A girl who Is truly modest doesn't
feel called upon to blush when there
IL no occasion for 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Annexation Bills.

A measure that promises tc occupy
considerable time in the deliberations
of the solons is a bill providing for the
extension of the boundaries of the city
Of st. Louis, SO that the metropolis
may not lose the rank of fourth city
st. Louis county representatives are
opposed to the bill, mainly on account
of the higher taxes that will follow its
adoption.
A Standpatter.
Though five years old, she wept and
cried,
Her mother and aunties quite defied.
Il won't veal rompers, like Cousin
Ned
| want real dresses!" she holly said.
Il want real dresses. like yours and
aunts'.
| never can mother my dolls in pants."
Distance lends enchantment &
To the view"
Exceptions. though-of pay dsy
'Tisn't true.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
Plans for New constitution.


Representative J.. Allen Prewitt of
Jackson county has introduced in the
house a bill providing for the holding
of a n~on-partisan constitutional con-
vention in this city next October. He
said he believed the measure world
THE INFORM TRAIT.
Sweet Nell, whose age is two times
two,
One day upon my knee will COG
Love words, hold up her lips to kiss.
Next day she is a frigid miss.
Girls must be born men to perpiex
And tease and tantalize and vex,
Because Nell's grown-up sister, May,
Doth also treat me that same way.
Terrell Love Holiday.
I NM.aM tH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30
H INFORM TRAIT.
It's up 70 You.

II you don't life your bed don't lie
In 1t. Get up and make 1t again.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-30

be opened there.
Evening star., 1919-05-08

and have to adjust our affairs to new
requirements.
Some of the new questions are clear
ly non political, and should be dealt
with as such Presumably, they will
be. They grow out of war questions,
which were. and were recognized as,
non political, and received non -politi-
cal treatment. Hence, what they have
bequeathed should be disposed of in
the same spirit.
At the same time everybody is aware
of the fact that great political con-
test impends, and that both parties are
girding for it. Next year full control
of the government, legislative and
executive, will be the prize sought.
So that such questions as are political
and there are many of that kind
will be dealt with in a political spirit,
and with regard to their value as ma
terial for use in next years national
platforms.
But Congress is Congress, charged
with duties that no other department
of the government can perform; and
now that it is on the eve of function
ing, the people, at time of grave con-
eern, will breathe the easier for the
Presidents announcement
Evening star., 1919-05-08
Time Given for a Reply.

According to the speech of Premier
of peace to the German delegates,
maximum period of fifteen days is al
lowed for consideration of the terms
by the enemy representatives and the
presentation of written observations
by them. Upon the receipt of the
German rejoinder the supreme coun-
Gil will answer in writing and de-
termine the period within which the
final action must be taken by the Ger
man delegation. If the Germans take
the full length of time permitted it
may be that the 1st of June will have
come before the issue is finally joined
by definite refusal to sign the treaty
or by acceptance of the terms. The
allies are not likely to take long in
responding to the German reply, which
may be assumed as demurrer to some
of the terms, if not to all of them,
nor are they likely to grant an ex-
tended cime for acceptance or rejec-
ton, inasmuch as more than Il fort
night is now given for a full study
and consideration of the treaty.
Although the German delegates
have gone to Versailles as plenipo-
tentiaries, with full power to act, they
have the right, of course, to refer the
questions involved in the treaty to
Berlin for instructions. 1t is not for,
the allies to pass upon the mode by
which the German delegates reach
their decision, whether in exercise Of
their initial powers or through sup
Elementary guidance given in the
light of the terms themselves The
fact of importance is that those who
now represent Germany at Paris or
their successors, should there be a
change in personnel, are accepted as
having the power to sign when the
time comes for final decision, and
that their signature will be binding
upon Germany.
Evening star., 1919-05-08
Make the Quota Today!

This is victory loan jubilee day. The
hope is that by tonight Washington
will have gone over the top with its
full quota of subscriptions to the fifth
and last loan. That the capital will
subscribe its full allotment this time
as in the past is to be accepted. 1t
has never. failed in any call during
the past two years. 1t will not fail
now.
The banks will remain open late to-
night to receive subscriptions. While
this is not the last opportunity it is
the best chance. Local pride demands
the fulfllment Of this obligation
speedily. Patriotism requires the full
est compliance with the expectations
of the government from this com
,>lnity. The money is needed to com
plete the work Of victory, to pay the
Ills incurred, to discharge the debts
that have arisen from our participa-
ton in the war.
We must finish what we have begun.
Every person who has taken part in
the four loans preceding is obligated
thereby morally to complete the sub
scription. Those four loans were but
installments. The fifth is the last pay
ment.
Evening star., 1919-05-08
An Alliance Against Attack.

AS a supplement to the treaty of
peace it is announced in Paris that
President Wilson has pledged himself
to propose to the Senate Of the United
States and the prime minister of
Great Britain has pledged himself to
propose to his parliament, an engage
ment, subject to the approval Of the
council of the league of nations, "to
come Immediately to the assistance of
France in case of unprovoked attack
by Germany"
This proposal is, of course, not con.
elusive. 1t is merely an expression Of
purposes Upon the two legislative
bodies, the American Senate and the
British parliament. depends the out
come. The agreement would take the
form of treaty, submitted in the
American ease to the Senate for ap-
proval.
This proposed alliance, it will be
observed. is to be subject to approval
by the council of the league of ma.
tions. 1t may, therefore, be consid-
cred as an instrument for the keeping
Of the peace, as regards possible Ger
man attack upon, France. It may be
construed as a weapon placed in the
han6D e3 3-tAe4pai11el lsa,Rue a. ~.
Evening star., 1919-05-08

tions for use against that power which
is even now, in its state of demilitari-
zation, held as suspect of possible as
sault upon neighbor.
Membership in the league of ma
tons, formed for the purpose of keep
ing the peace, will impose upon every
nation the obligation to be ready to
do its part in the restoration of peace
in case war is preeipitated by a vio-
lator of the covenants or a deliberate
aggressor. In the particular ease of
France this projected triple alliance is
but one of the measures that may have
to be outlined and adopted to make for
unity among the powers that have so
lately fought together against a COM
mon enemy.
Evening star., 1919-05-08
German Impudence at Versailles.

If Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau
speaks for Germany in his reply to
Premier Clemenceau at Versailles the
enemy, though admitting military de
feat, is not humbled or contrite. The
whole tone of the chief German dele
gates speech is one of unrepentance
Admitting only German contributory
responsibility for the war, denying
that Germany is alone guilty of the
offense, charging the imperialism in all
the European states with having
chronically poisoned the international
situation, specifically blaming Russian
mobilization, the speaker virtually
narrows the acknowledgment of guilt
to the repetition of the declaration
made in the reichstag at the beginning
of the war that "wrong has been done
to Belgium and that Germany is will
ing to repair it.
Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau in
effect accuses the allies of wrong, de-
claring that it took Germany six weeks
to get the armistice after asking for
it, and six months to learn the con-
ditions of peace. While not excusing,
he condones "crimes in war" He de-
clares that hundreds of thousands of
non-combatants have been killed since
November II by reason of the block
ade, "with cold deliberation.-
"Think of that when you speak of
guilt and punishment" says the Ger
man spokesman. He thus charges the
allies with a counter crime as an off
set, it is plain, to the German guilt and
responsibility.
Of course, this tone is offensive. It
will not advance the German cause nor
secure milder terms. 1t is probably
the result of the characteristic Ger
man reasoning, which throughout the
var manifested itselfsso frequently IN
complete failure to understand the
principfesEof international morality. =
Throughout the speech of the chief
German delegate runs this vein of
impudent defiance, the more obnox-
ious because based upon an initial
acknowledgment of military impo-
tency. 1t is an appeal, not to justice,
but to prejudice, and especially to the
partisanship of the German people.
1t merely goes on the record as indi-
eating that the German delegates do
not accept the German defeat in a
spirit Of remorse