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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
The Irony Of Fate

In East st. Louis lives a moth
er and father whose son was
wounded fatally and died in
France. He had been dutiful
son and taken out war insurance
to the limit of his income as a
soldier. The war department
sent $3.50 for the first Install
ment of the insurance to the
father and a few days after
notified him that there would
be no more payments on account
of the insurance because the
war department failed to find
the papers indicating the enlist
ment of the son. The young
mans name was Valentine and
he paid what is ironically called
the supreme sacrifice for his
country. Patriotism at a dis
count unless the papers are pre-
served.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Telephone Rate Raise

Missouri and Indiana are re-
sisting the heavy increase of
tolls by telephone lines. The
government is supposed to have
taken control of telegraph and
telephone companies, and P. M.
Gen'l. Burleson has authorized a
heavy increase in charges which
will be resisted every way posi-
BILE, even to the disuse of phones.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Irish independence

Ireland has had no intimation
from England as TO her indepen-
dence being granted, so far, and
Erin has proceeded as tho she
were independent, holding cleo
tons, naming delegates to the
Peace Conference and otherwise
taking the reins.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Amendment Which AbOlishes
Liquor

Section | After one year
from the ratification of this arti-
Gle, the. manufacture, sale or
transportation of Intoxicating
liquors within, the importation
thereof from the United States
and all territory subject to the
jurisdiction thereof for beverage
purposes are hereby prohibited
Section 2. The congress
and several states have the con-
current power to enforce this
article by appropriate legis-
lation.
Section 8. The article shall
be imperative unless it shall
have been ratified as an amend,
ment to the constitution by the
legislatures of the several states
as provided by the constitution
within seven years of the date
of submission hereof to the
states by Congress-" This is
the amendment adopted by con,
gress December IS, 1917.
The amplifed amendment we
will publish later. No restric-
tion except for beverage pur-
poses.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

transmitted it to the contending
factions in Russia with the re-
quest for an immediate answer,
The unqualified assurance to
Russians of whatever faction,
contained in the article drawn
by President Wilson and trans
mitted to Russia is that the sin
gle object of the associated pow
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

powers at Princes Isand, Sea of
Marmora, not later than Febru-
ary Is and safety of delegates is
guaranteed and every facility
for their trip assured, a condi-
ton precedent being that a truce
of war,be entered and observed
in Russia during the stay of
Russian delegates to the council.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Salisbury

w p Palr,or Columbia was
baro Tuesday
Dnnn ara gisitors Of tho CanitoI
this weak
the home of Fred HAYES have
pneumonia.
C,...1 49, ,
got out one car load Of porkers
Monday.
Judge Herriro and wife of
Brunswick were here a short
time Monday.
Rev Mandy aIad his ,eo,Iar
anno;rtnen- here cnrdsv morn.
ing and evening.
Fred VI gtoLar # Clifton Hm
wgs over Monday Iook;ng afrer
business matters
7 Y Fleet and wife boro both
bean m the rrrr+, rst b,+
neither K danoeronsI,, II
Mrs Eva Dunn returned to
after a brief business visit
j. w. Luck, L. b. johnson
and others went to the Capitol
tuesday afternoon on business.
Mrs. ALE GalIemore and dau-
ghter returned Sunday after
noon from delightful visit to
Fayette'
F. B. McCurry and w, F.
! Evans have sold their ten acre
farm just south OF town to John
Hartte'
Mrs. Bion McCurry fell down
the cellar steps one day last
week and received MANY painful
bruises. She slipped on an ap-
pie peeIing'
Mrs Annie NcCaugbev of
Kansas Civ was here tho fret of
the week looking after business
matters in connection with her
mothers estate
T F Leach of SbannondaIe
sold Iots < and G bIk % r. r
w Rotkin for S2OOO The nron-
artv is occunied hv Col Jobn
eoendre who rms tba Farmers
elevator,
acre farm north of TOWN to w
20. Draper far S,5OOO and will
give possession March This
is q fine tract Of land and worth
the money
o"lS '"o '"iic'u"'eS Luz IoWn-
sup U,'i'T!' ~ 1"i' d. W. Da.ley
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

DR.. ]. T. Dewey is feeling
better but confined 10 bed.
John Stephenson is getting
along nicely with his case of
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mackay of
St. Louis came to see his uncle
DR.. j. L. Dewey this week.
About so new cases of flu in
town.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Presbyterian Church

Regular services Sunday. Pas
tor Mathews .has resigned to
takeyeffect in May.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Stock Market.
X. City Wednesday

Top cattle $500. Top hogs
$17.65 and top lambs $l6.l5.
Steady market.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

Miss Edna Huss has been i'll
with the flu for the past week or
Two but is some better now.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

Virgil Williams, who was hon.
orably discharged from the war
service, came home Sunday.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
BOOtleggers Bottled

Sheriff Hurt nabbed four char
ged with bootlegging liquor at
Brunswick Wednesday. Some
are old timers before the court
on such charge. Bill Wiley and
Alex Myers, white. and Grace
Prather, Genoa Cobb, (Scat, for
short) and Cab Turner eulIed
offenders according to complain
ants. They gave bond except
scat who is in the county bastile
where she has lodged before.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

Judge Chas. E. Allen, 81 in
April and as genial and vigorous
as any man in the country at the
age, was in town yesterday on
probate business, Judge Allen
has a grandson in the army hos.
pital corps who has made 9 sew
eral trips across the ocean dur.
ing the war and since and is
going again.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

Bolshevil1 Forces Routed by Allied Army American
Position Viciousy Assaulted by Reds at Ust on the
Waga River.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24
Russia Asked to Peace Farley
O Interference Whatever with The
Governmental Affairs Guaranteed.

President Wilson's Plan and Presentation Thereof
Adopted and Sent to Russian Faction Leaders With
Request for Immediate Reply
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1919-01-24

W. B. Palmer of Columbia was
here Tuesday.
Evening star., 1919-04-06

They did not even laugh at that.
They just looked as IL they under
stood that you missed girls at camp.
Mrs. l.add came over to him and put
her~hand on his arm and said. That's
splendid. Wen all go up to the ball
room and dance" And they did. And
Buzz, who had learned to dance at
places like Kearney's saloon and at
the mill shindigs. glided expertly
about with Joyce Iadd of Madison
avenue. and found himself seated in
a great window seat. talking with her
about Kipling. 1t was like talking to
another fellow almost, only 1t had a
thrill in 1t.
They. all stayed for supper. And
when they left Mrs. Ladd and Joyce
handed them packages. that later
turned out to be cigarettes and choco-
things, and wallet. And when Buzz
opened the wallet and found, with re-
lief. that there was no money i'm ii he
knew that he had met and mingled
with American royalty as Its equal
Three days later he sailed for
France.
Then a new life. Life in drab.
rain-soaked. mud -choked little French
village, sleeping in barns, or stables,
or hen coops. If the French We're "a
gay people. fond Of dancing and light
wines" he'd like to know where it
came III! ANOtHIHS DHl uTlli anu Hluu,
mud and drill. and rain, rain. rain.
And more drill. And then--into it,
Into 1t with both feet. Living in the
trenches. A first terrifying stretch of
this. then back to the rear again.
More mud and drill. Marches so long
and arduous that walking was no longer
walking, but dreadful mechanical
motion. Then back into the trenches.
And, finally, over the top! Very lit
tie memory of what happened after
that. A rush. Tramping over soft
heaps that writhed. Some one yelling
like an Indian. with a voice somehow
like his own. The German trench
reached At them with his bayonet
He did 1t. Into the very trench itself.
A great six-foot German struggling
with slim figure that Buzz somehow
recognized as his lieutenant. Hatton.
A leap at him. like an enraged dog.
"G'wan! Who you shown. you big
slob. you." yelled Buzz. And he
thrust at him-and through him. The
man released his graphing hold Of
Hatton's throat and grunted, and sat
down. And Buzz laughed. And the
two went on, BUZZ behind his lieu
tenant. And then something smote
his thigh, and he too sat down. The
dying German had thrown his last
bomb. and it had struck home.
Buzz Werner would never again do
Evening star., 1919-04-06

a double shufie on sehroeder's drug
store corner. Hospital days. IIospi-
tai nights. Wheel chair. Clutches.
Home
It was May once more when Buzz
Werner's train came into the little
Buzz. spick and span in his uni
form. looked down rather nervously
and yet with a certain pride, at his
left leg. When he sat down you
couldn't tell which was the real one.
AS the train pulled In at the Chippe-
town proper there was old Bart Ochs-
ner ringing the bell for dinner at the
junction eathouse. Well. for the love
OF Mike! wouldn't that make you
laugh? Ringing that bell. just like
always. as If nothing had happened
in the last year!
Buzz leaned against the window to
see There was some commotion in
the train. and some one spoke his
name. Buzz turned. and there stood
Old Man Hatton. and a lot of others.
ana he seemed to be making a speech,
ana KIND OF crying. though that
couldn't be possible. And his father
was there. very clean and shaved and
queer. Buzz caught words about brav-
cry. and Chippewa's pride. and he was
fussed to death. and glad when the
train pulled into the Chippewa sta
ton.
But there the commotion was worse
than ever. There was n band, playing
away like mad. Buzzs great hands,
grown very white. were fidgeting at
his uniform buttons. and at the stripe
on his sleeve. and the medal on his
breast. They wouldn't let him carry
a thing, and when he came out on the
car platform to descend there went up
great sound that was half roar and
half scream. Buzz Werner was the
hrst of Chippewa's men to come back
After that 1T was rather hazy. There
was his mother. His sister Minnie,
too. He even saw the Kearney girl,
with her loose red mouth and her silly
eyes. and she was as strange woma n
to him. He was in Hatton's glittering
automobile. being driven down Grand
avenue. There were speeches and a
dinner, and later. when he was allowed
to go home. rather white, a steady
stream a people kept pouring in and
out OF the house all day. That night,
when he limped up the stairs to his
hot little room under the roof, he was
dazed. spent. and not so very happy.
Next morning, though, he felt more
himself and inclined to joke. And then
there was talk with Old Man Hat
ton-a talk that left Buzz somewhat
numb. and the family breathless.
visitors again all that afternoon.
After supper he carried water for
Evening star., 1919-04-06

one of the great war measures of
America. So far. however. little has
been said about 1t. No law in history
was ever SO generous or more spon-
taneous. Ten billion dollars. or, to
state the sum in another way, 10000
million dollars, was. by Congress,
placed at the service of the countries
at war with Germany. Its use, OF
course, was to be confined to military
purposes.
are military. Under the head so de-
scribed came food purchased in the
United States for workers In munition
factories The American people said
to Great Britain and the other allies:
Here is ten billion dollars. Use 1t in
the markets OF the United States for
purchasing metals, chemicals, food
clothing, shoes, cotton. guns, powder.
oil, locomotives. railroad cars and so
on"
The loans were granted in the form
of credits. Their details were ar
ranged by Albert Rathbone, an as
sistant secretary of the Treasury. in
charge of what is known as the for
eign loan bureau. France. for exam
pie. asked for credit Of 100000, 900.
The authorized representative Of that
country, in making the request, would
state to Mr.. Rathbone how the money
would be spent, and the application
would be analyzed by Mr.. Rathbone
exactly as a banker would analyze the
application of merchant or a manu-
facturer who desired to borrow fifty
or a hundred thousand dollars.
Satisfied that the credit came within
the law, Mr.. Rathbone would recon-
mend it's extension to the Secretary
Of the Treasury, who, In turn, would
carry 1t to the President for his ap-
proval. Once the credit was granted
i was entered on the books of the
Treasury. and France, from time to
time. in the person of its authorized
representative, would obtain, through
Mr. Rathbone, such drafts as were re-
qulred.
When the credit was exhausted an
other. In similar fashion. would be
negotiated. At all stages Mr.. Rath-
bone would know how France pur
posed to spend the money and to
whom it would be paid. Up to March
%. this year as has been shown.
France had borrowed nearly two and
a half billion dollars from the United
States government
Loans to other countries were made
Evening star., 1919-04-06

1t was a large, fve-story stone place
and Buzz supposed 1t was a fiat. of
course. He stood off and surveyed It,
Then he ascended the steps and rang
me bell. They must have been watt
ing Tor him. The door was opened by
"A large. amiable-looking, middle ged
man. who said: well, we'll! Come in
come In. my boy" great deal as the
folks in Chippewa, Wis, might have
SAID 1t. The stout old party also said
ne was glad to see him. and Buzz be-
lieved 1t. He went into a great. bright
nreplace-very cheerful. There were
not lot of people in the room. Just
a mlddle-aged woman In q soft kind
or dress. who came to him without
any fuss, and the first thing he knew
ne felt acquainted. Within the next
bers of the family seemed to ooze in,
unnoticeable. And a tall. black haired
girl. who made you think of girls In
the movies. only her eyes were diff
ferent. And then, with a little rush. a
girl about his own age. or maybe
younger--he couldn't tell-who came
right up to him and put out her hand
and gave him grip with her hard lit
tie fist. Just like boy, and said, I'm
Joyce Ladd."
pleased to meetcha." mumbled Buzz.
And then he found himself talking to
Nor quite easily.
Then four other men in uniform
came In, and 1t turned out that three
OF them were privates like himself,
and the other a sergeant. Their awk-
ward entrance made him feel more
than ever at ease. and ten minutes
later they were all talking like mad.
and laughing and joking as If they
had known these people for years.
They all went In to dinner. Buzz got
panicky when he thought OF the
knives and forks. but that turned out
all right. too. because they brought
these as you needed them. And be-
sides. the things they gave you to eat
weren't much different from the
things you had for Sunday or Thanks
giving dinner at home. and were
cooked the way his mother would
have cooked -them-even better, per-
haps. And lots of it.
After dinner Mrs. Ladd said: what
would you boys like to do? Would
you like to drive around the city and
see New York? Or would you like to
go to a matinee or picture show? Or
do you want to stay here? Some of
Joyce's girl friends are coming in a
little later"
And Buzz found himself saying: &
I'd kind Of rather stay and talk with
the girls" Buzz. the tough guy. then
blushed like a shy schoolboy.
Evening star., 1919-04-06

the garden. against his mothers out
ragged protests. "What'n folk think"
she said. you carry water for me-"
Afterward he took his smart visored
cap off the hook and limped down
town, and ieggins and uniform very
spick and span. At the corner OF
Grand and Outagamie, in front of
Schroeders drug store. stood what
was left of the gang, and some new
members who had come during the
year that had passed. He knew them
all.
They greeted him at first with
mixture OF shyness and resentment.
They eyed his leg. his uniform. and
the metal and ribbon thing that hung
at his breast Bing and Red were
there. Casey was gone. Finally Red
said:
"G'wan. Buzz. give us your spiel
about how you saved young Hatton-
the smp."
who says he's a simp?" inquired
look about his jaw.
well, anyway, the papers was full
of how you was hero. Say. Is that
right that old Hatton's goin' to send
you to college? Huh? Je's!"
'Yeh." chorused the others. 60 on.
Buzz Tell u.s."
Red put his question: Tell us
about the fightin', Buzz. Is 1t like
they say?'
1t was Buzz Werner's great mo.
ment. He had pictured 1t thousand
times in his mind as he lay in the wet,
cold trenches as he plodded the mud
dy French roads, as he reclined in a
wheel chair in the hospital garden.
He had them in the hollow of his
hand. His eye frightened. He looked
at the faces so eagerly fixed on his
utterance.
Buzz opened his lips and the words
he used were the words he might
have used year before, as to choice.
"Ah. there's nothin' to tell A guy
didn't have no time to be scafrt
Everything kind Of come at once. and
you got yours. or either you didn't
That's all there was to it. Je's. it was
fierce!
They waited. Nothing more. "Yeh.
but tell us"
And suddenly Buzz turned away,
The little group about him fell back
respectfully. Something in his face.
perhaps. A quietness; a new dignity.
S'long, boys" he said. And limped
OF toward home.
And in that moment Buzz. the bully,
the braggart, vanished forever And
In his place-head high, chest up, eyes
clear-limped Ernest Werner. the
man.
Copyright. 1919, by Mcclure syndicats.)
Evening star., 1919-04-06

pA you would like to hear few
words from me. Well. like it In the
Army. 1t is the life for me. you bet
t,a am feeling great. How are you
Ma Werner wasted an entire morn.
Ing showing it around the neighbor-
nood, and she read and reread it until
II was almost pulp
SIX months of this. Buzz was an
lnteiiigent machine, composed of
Steei. cord and iron. l think he had
1orgotten that the Kearney girl had
over existed. One day, after three
months OF camp life the man in the
Qext cot had thrown him a volume
~ kipiing. Buzz fingered 1t disin-
t!erestedly. Until that moment Kip.
ing mad not existed for Buzz Werner.
after that moment he dominated his
leisure hours. The Y. M. c. A. hut
nad many battered volumes Of this
writer. Buzz read them all.
- Ihe week before Thanksgiving
Hu.s found himself on his way to
New York For some reason unex-
planned to him he was separated from
HIS company In one Of the great
fhake-ups performed for the good of
S9e Army. He never saw them again.
t1e was sent straiht to a New York
camp When he beheld his new lieu
tenant his limbs became fluid, and
his heart leaped into his throat and
2ulged. 1t was young Hatton-Harry
Hatton-whose aristocratic nose he
had punched six months before, in
the Hatton pulp and paper mill.
ana even as he stared young Hat
ton fxed him with his eye. and then
came over to him and sald TITS all
right. Werner"
Buzz Werner could only salute with
awkward respect, while with one
great gulp his heart slid back into
normal place. He had not thought
shouldered.
He no more thought of telling the
Qther men that he had once knock ed
this man down than he thought of
Knocking him down again.
The day before Thanksgiving Buzz
was told he might have a holiday.
Also he was given an address and a
telephone number in New York city
ana told that II he so desired he might
call at that address and receive a
bountiful Thanksgiving dinner. They
were expecting him there. That the
telephone exchange was Murray Hill
and the street Madison avenue meant
nothing to Buzz He made tho short
trip to New York. foundered about
the city. found every one willing and
eager to help him find the address on
the slip. and brought UP finally in
front OF the house on Madison avenue.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
BY JAMES b. MORROW.

was exciting news that found IT'S
way into all the inhabited places
Of the earth-found its way by
telegraph, by letter, by courier
and by signals. possibly. -
The United States was lending
money. millions of it. even billions OF
II, to almost any nation needing cash.
And up rose Immediately all who
GOULD walk and talk or make signs.
They rose by commissions and In
eroups and took ships, when possible.
bound toward humanitys treasury.
Desert men and mountain men
white, yellow and black. Bearded
men and men with hair long or short.
That which occurred internationally
would have occurred locally had a
village bank anywhere In the United
States hung sign I'm Its window TO
the same effect, Come one and come
all and the rush would have been
prodigious
Uncle Sam, money lender. won the
war. This can be said. with the
qualification customary in similar
phrases. Some Americans say that
wheat won the war. Steel, declare
others. And coal has its glorihers.
Wheat plus coal, plus steel plus
ships. plus men conquered the Prus-
clans. And plus other things
money, for example. The whole story
Of money. however. never can be told.
because II never will be known.
In 1t, actually. is every human be-
ing on this continent. The school
hnV hio nanniaa for Gt nlna
fought with the soldiers in the
trenches And so on. not omitting
the little girl who knit or the widow.
old and alone. the cost Of whose slen-
der living was doubled and then dou-
bled again.
This is an old story. 1t is true. but
its modest voice is unheard In the
cheers that are worthily given to
flashing bayonets and booming guns.
Money rode with the cavalry and
marched with the infantry-the dol
lars of the rich and the dimes OF the
poor.
And so came the nations. when the
word was carried abroad. all asking
for money from, In their eyes. at least.
the richest and kindest people In the
world. 1t was given-nearly nine bill
lions Of 1t, up to March %. just past:
Furthermore. 1t will not be withheld
so long as the war remains unsettled and
there Is need Of 1t for military purposes
by those other nations that helped to
save civilization from being wrecked
by the Huns.
Not all Of the nations were honored In
their demands. Tragedy would have
become o comedy In some aspects II
that had been SO. Nor would there have
been funds enough to go around, limit
less, In the view of some peoples, as are
the riches of Uncle Sam. In all. eleven
loans have been made. And here they
Evening star., 1919-04-06

Every penny Of this great total--nearly
nine billion dollars-came out Of the
pockets of the people OF the United
States, either as taxes or as loans to
the government Besides, IL must be
remembered, the people OF the United
States have been paying their own ex-
penses OF the war.
Wheat alone did not defeat the Huns
Nor coal, Nor steel. France alone did
not stop and turn back the Germans
Nor Great Britain, Nor italy. Nor
Evening star., 1919-04-06

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