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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-06
STATE CHURCH BARRED.

Paris, April -(Havas. 1--The com
mission on constitution Of the German
national assembly has adopted a clause
STIMULATING that there shall be no state
church, a dispatch from Weimar says
Sunday is maintained as legal holiday
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-06
BATTLE WITH SPARTACANS.

Stuttgart, April "a battle between
400 Spartacans and government troops
occurred last night southeast Of Stutt-
CART The Spartacans who had dug
tranches on the hill between Wangen and
Gaisburg placed machine guns in posi-
ton. The government troops bombarded
the trenches with artillery
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-06
OIL PROBLEMS TO COME
BEFORE MEXICAN CONGRESS

Mexico City. April 5-Petroleum prob
lens will be taken up by the extraor-
dinary session of the Mexican congress
which will convene May 1. President Car
rama today told newspaper correspon-
dents.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-04-06

London, April 5.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. s.l-Leon Trotzky, boil
sheyk minister OF war, has ordered
the Russian Baltic fleet to put to
sea and attack the allies. threaten
ing to have all the crews shot If they
disohey the order, says the Mail.
The allied forces. principally British
and Russian, operating In the Sredn
Mekhrenga sector, delivered a crushing
defeat Thursday afternoon, to a large
boisheyik attacking party.
The enemy charged the allied block
houses and the piles of bolshevik dead
lying near them this morning Indicated
the severity of the enemy's losses.
In addition, the allied troops captured
nearly 100 prisoners. including boil
sherik battalion commander and his ad-
jutant.
In the Bolshoia Ozerki sector Ameri-
can patrols continue to harrass the enc
my The allied guns are still heavily
shelling the town.
Boisheviki Drawing Back.
The holsheviki apparently are with
drawing some troops from Bolshoia
Ozerki, south Of Archangel. where patrol
activity favorable to the allies occurred
Friday. One patrol encountered boil
shevik outpost and captured seven and
killed twenty.
East of Obozerskaia. Is miles cast of
Bolshoia 0zerki. the enemy concentrat-
ed 4 considerable number of troops, but
Mekhrenga, west of the Dvina the allies
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Ancient Church still In IIsa.

A little church two hundred and.
eighteen years old is still used as
place OF worship. 1t stands near the
York river in Yorktown, Va. Erected
in 100 by the English colonists, iii
stood undisturbed for more than 100
years. In 1914 1t was partly burned
by a landing force from British naval
vessels in the York river 1t was re-
built in 1925 just as it stands today.
The bell was cast in England In 1928
and was presented to the church by
Queen Anne The original communion
service is still in use. This old church
stands on historic ground. 1t was here
that was fought the closing battIe OF
the War of the Revolution by which
American and French troops forced
the surrender Of the British under
CORVALLIS, winning American free
dom.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Copyright. 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
SVndicate1

Jack Marlboro ran his fingers over
the twelve shirts placed on the coun-
ter before him, and then produced a
roll OF bills. "I'll take the whole
Dozen" he announced to the weary
looking clerk. There won't be an
other bargain like this for years."
The clerk was too surprised to an
swer, but as Jack was starting away
he ventured to suggest the purchase
of something else.
mo, thanks" Jack smiled, 1--WE got
everything else. I have socks enough
to last me for six years and under
clothes for just as long-to say moth
Ing of ties and suits of clothes. There
is not an article of wearing apparel
that | will need for years to come that
haven't got stored away. l believe
In preparedness.
This war is going to knock prices
sky high and / have figured I have
saved hundreds of dollars on what /
have purchased and packed away. In
two years time we poor beggars who
have TO stay home won't be able to
buy shirts like these l have just
bought for $40 apiece"
The dress goods counter was on the
way out. As Jack was hurrylng past
it a light hand was placed on his
shoulder. He looked up to meet the
smiling gaze Of Jessie Evidge, the
jewelers. daughter.
Jessie had been an old school-days
friend, and had just returned from
college. She had not changed much,
Jack thought, as he took the graceful
ly preferred hand.
II was going to ask your assistance
with my parcels" Jessie laughed. be-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
HAVE SUFFERED FOR ITALY
Remarkable Fact That Her Two Great
Poets Should Be Injured In the
Same Manner.

Gabrielle D'Annunzio and Sem Benz
ELI, Italy's two most famous modern
poets and dramatists, each has lost
the sight of one eye in the war.
A literary rivalry that existed be-
tween the two men before the war
was carried by both into the field of
patriotic endeavor. Fate has seen
to 1t that neither has surpassed the
other in personal injuries and sacri-I
fees.
Although both were beyond military
age, D'Annunzio being over fifty when
the war broke out, both volunteered
for active service. D'Annunzio, who
several years before the war had had
a trial flight in an airplane with Glen
Curtiss, chose aviation, while Benelli
chose the navy.
D'Annunzio received his injury to,
the eye in a violent landing of his arr
plane, the force Of the shock all but
driving the eyeball from the socket.
Benefit received his injuries while
aboard an italian torpedo boat that
was bombarding Pola.
D'Annunzio has been known in the
United States for years. Benelli's
best known work in America per-
haps is his poetical drama LA Cena
dele Beffe."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
GOOD SAMARITAN OF EUROPE
Switzerland Surely Has Earned Right
to That Title From War-Stricken
Nations Surrounding Her.

Since the battle of Morgarten in
1915 Switzerland has blazed the trail
toward human freedom as the "Good
Samaritan" of war-stricken Europe,
says Frederick Dossenbach in Ameri-
can Review of Reviews.
The Helvetian republic was born
at the end of the thirteenth century,
through q desire for emancipation from
autocratic despotism, when she scrap
heaped the divine right of kings The
very pact (known as the "Vow Of
Grutli") which the ancient federates
swore to on that quiet spot, the Grutli,
on the classic lake of Lucerne on the
first day of August, 1901, embodied the
great principle of "the right of those
who submit to authority to have a
voice in their own governments"
There the old Swiss proclaimed self
of the Hapsburgs.
Since those early struggles Switz-
erland fought fiercely and unfalter-
fngly to maintain her liberty and
independence until following the Ma
poleonic wars At the congress of
Paris In 1915 the European powers
France, Great Britain, Russia, Portu-
gal, Prussia and Austria-formally
and authenticity acknowledged that
the perpetual neutrality and inviola-
billy Of Switzerland and its independ-
ence from all foreign influence are in
the best interests of the policy Of the
whole of Europe"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
A Flipped
Coin
07
BY HARRY LOCKWOOD
Copyright, 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)

The scene opens with our brave
bachelor hero alone in his bachelor
apartmeat-two rooms and bath In Hill
tons "one-apartment hotel"
He was wondering If 1t would be bet
ter to ask the girl who appealed most
to him as possible wife to marry him
and break 1t to her that she was also
expected to be a stenographer, or
whether it would be better to look up
a good stenographer and having select
ed her for her merits in this capacity
take a chance on the proposition of
making her his wife. There were two
ways of approaching the situation.
The unalterable facts In the case
were that in his work in one of Hill
tons recently created war industries
his efficiency was decidedly curtailed
because he had no stenographer, and
that after having used every means he
could think of he had not been able
to find young woman in town capable
Of taking the job who was not already
employed or any conceivable room
where a girl from out of town might
be housed. Bradley had gone over pos
sible rooms with a fine-tooth comb.
There were simply none to be had
Bradley had come six months before
when the boom in Hilton was just
starting, and he had been fortunate
enough to get what at other times
would have been regarded as a rather
bad buy" In the way Of an apartment.
1t had two rooms, and much as Brad
ley disliked the idea Of sharing his
sanctum with male stenographer, he
had considered the proposition of get
ting young man to take the Job and
allowing him to sleep on cot in his
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

MIN in the small reception ro5iT town-
stairs.
I've COME" she said with finallty.
Il thought it over and over and when
1t occurred to me that probably if you
didn't persuade me to be your secre-
tary, you'd persuade some good ste
nographer to be your wife, / just
couldn't go through the strain of a
regular wedding.
And so-here am. l have been
studying stenography this winter. l
didn't tell you, but really wanted to
do some sort of war work. 1t was
just because was peeved because
you'd never asked me before that !
said what l did"
BY dint of much persuasion Brad
ford found accommodations for Molly
for the night in the little hotel, and
the next afternoon after his days work
at the office was over he took unto
himself the bride of his heart and ac-
quired stenographer.
Molly never knew that at nine that
MONDAY morning he met Maud CASTOR
and told her what he felt was the best
advice he could give her. He said
that she would never cease regretting
having left her uncle, that the war
would soon be over and then inflated
salaries in Hilton would be a thing of
the past, and that she would be a
very sweet, sensible girl If she hurried
back to the home town on the next
train.
Whereupon Maud sighed with relief.
Il was afraid you'd found job for
me" she said, "and I'm homesick al
ready. Suppose you never tell any one
about meeting me?"
And having exacted a similar prom
Use from Maud, Bradford hurried on
his way.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

Some one has told this very inter
esting story of a ship that was be-
cllmed The drinking water that they
had on board was exhausted, and the
sailors were nearly dying of thirst
Just as they were about to give up all
hope a sail was spied in the distance
The men. taking a new lease on life
signaled their distress, but to their
horror, instead of veering from its
course to bring them aid, it answered
with these words Lower your buckets
where you are" A frenzy of wrath
seized the thirsty men and they cursed
the captain of the ship who, they sup
posed, had renowned all the tradI-
lions Of the sea, as well as the in
stincts of humanity, in telling them
to drink the salt water.
Then one Of the sailors suggested
that they obey the order, and when he
had lowered the bucket discovered
that the ship was standing In stream
g s-SsssA E2.@sa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
HOW WAR GARDENS HELPED
American Backward Producers" In
creased Food Yield in Degree
That Was Remarkable.

Americas backyard and vacant lot
food producers have come into a
fine harvest. They have increased
the nations wartime food production
and at the same time lessened the
traffic demands on railways by
growing this food near the kitchen
door.
Patriotic gardeners this year cul-
tivated 5,2S5,000 plots, according to
figures made public by the national
war garden commission. We hoed In
1,785,000 more gardens this summer
than we did last year. A combination
Of patriotic call and high cost of liv-
ing did it. The value of the garden
product, estimates the commission,
will be $525. 100000.
There were more gardens this year.
and the average yield was better.
More of us are learning how to grow
things in our back yards and on near
by vacant lots. Let US keep right on
learning more about gardening.
There's health and money In 1t.
Those who did not have one of
those 5.285,000 war gardens missed
much. 1t is not too early for them to
plan on next years garden. More
food in 1919-and as near the kitchen
door as 1t is possible to grow it. That's
fine wartime slogan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Great Men of Small Stature.

Aristotle, who for 1000 years held
sway over the world of thought, was
a slender man, with small eyes and
a shrIll, stammering speech. Athan-
asius, who at the council of Nice was
the most potent spirit, was man Of
very small stature-a dwarf rather
than man, but of almost angelic
beauty of face and expression. Greg
DRY VII, perhaps the mightiest of
the Roman pontiffs, who dethroaed
sovereigns, was diminutive man, and
so were Canute and the great Condo.
Voltaire, the literary autocrat of the
eighteenth century, was one Of the
thlnnest and most spectral of human
beings. Robespierre and Marat, lead
ers Of the French revolution, were far
below the average stature. Robespierre
was only FIVE feet two or three inches,
and Marat less than five feet. Ma
poleon Bonaparte was also a man Of
small stature.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
IN DEsTRoYER's FIRE ROOM
Not an Inviting Lounging Place but
Most Necessary Part Of the
Warshlp.

Descend a manhole In the deck The
cover is closed and secured behind YOU.
door gasketed with rubber and
locked with toggles faces you at the
foot of the ladder. As it opens, comes
a pressure on your ear-drums like the
air-lock of a caisson. 1t is the forced
draft. You thread your way amid
pumps and feed-water heaters and de-
scend still further to the furnace level.
Twenty-Five knots--twenty-e land
miles an hour is good going. You think
of dust, of heat, the clatter Of shovels,
of grimy, sweaty firemen. Instead,
water-tender stands calmly watching
the glow of oil Jets feeding the fur
mace fire. Now and then he casts an
eye to the gauge glasses. His two fire
men give turn to the fuel cock-a
shot of oil to a pump. The vibration
of the hull and the hum Of the blower
are the only sounds. Fresh, cool air
sweeps through in n steady stream
You, have purchased dissolution from
the services burden of coaling ship
but you pay in oil. You smell oil In
the smoke from the tunnels, you
breathe it from the oil-range in the gal-
ley. Your clothes gather it from
stanchions and rails. The destroyer
is not built whose bulkheads will stand
oil-tight in the weaving hull, and the
water tanks are favored with the seep-
age from neighboring fuel compart-
ments. You drink petroleum in the
water and taste it in the soup. The
curry in the lamb "lStlls' 1t, but the
Ice reeks of Mexican crude The but
ter, absorbing. the yapors, tastes like
some queer vaseline. At first your
stomach revolts. You starve yourself
for a trip, grow used to it and come
back with renewed appetite.
The wind draws ahead A short sea
is running with tremendous ground
SWELL Fourteen knots would ease
her, but 25-drilling ahead into it's
cruel work for long, lean hull; no
depth; no beam; lines like jack
knife. The convoy is bowling grace
fully to 1t, just filling her hawse-pipes.
You are submarining= taking spray in
sheets clean over the staeks.-Leslie's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

wearing Mexican nat, nef lat person
clad in lawn, arrived at the Allenbys
she found her pet aversion there. But
she looked past Reba without recogni-
ton and requested that a sweet pota-
to pone, ice cream, peach spice cakes
and fried chicken be on the dinner
menu.
SCOT the chocolates, Reba?" whis-
pered Tony, who had been sworn TO
secrecy as they drove to the river to-
gether.
"Sure" Reba displayed five-pound
box.
"Golly-I'll do my partP The boys
grin faded. "Sure you can do yours.
Reba?"
Reba managed to smile in his anx.
ious eyes. "Sure Tony"
At the river Mrs Cloud and Tony
fished from the one somewhat wabbly
little boat while the others sat on
the bank. With sober eyes Reba
watched Mrs Clouds bobbing cork
She set her lips and furtively took
off her sun hat and her canvas shoes.
Presently "Cousin Clarissa" leaned
eagerly over the bow of the boat.
Help me, Tony! I've got a ten
pounderi"
Tony gave a quick leap forward, the
boat capsized and with a wild screech
the fisherlady went overheard
Tony swan toward the bank where
Marian stood OF hr1k
Reba slipped quietly in the water and
swan to the struggling Cousin Clar-
issa. Long before noon the fishing
party drove in the Allenby yard. Mrs.
Cloud. between snorts Of rage, gave a
vigorous and vindictive account of the
accident.
"That young imp, Tony, turned the
boat over, then swan off without look
ing at mel And Marian, for all she
learned to swim at school. just stood
and squealed like stuck pig and
watched me sink I'd have drowned
but for Reba!"
The next day the irate lady wentup
to San Antonio. Three days afterward
messenger boy brought a beautiful
blue silk dress pattern to Reba's
boarding place, with Mrs. Clouds re-
CARDS"
Reba sat down on the floor and
wept. Mrs. Cloud had not been near
her since the fishing, and now she
thought she had paid her debt in full,
doubtless, by making her a present
At this moment there was ring and
Tommy, a triumphant Tommy, came
in.
ooh, Reba" he cried out, 'T'm to
take you tomorrow to visit grandma.
Grandmother wants you to marry me
right away, at her house-not wait
until August oh, ducky," his long
arms caught her up, "of all the lucky
accidents !"
And not even to Tommy did Reba
ever confess that 1t was anything
Al4a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
HEIGHT BRINGS NO TERROR
AIrman Has Feeling of ExhiIaration
and HeaIthfuIness When ain
the Clouds"


Some time ago / was walking in the
country with a friend, when suddenly
we heard a soft hum high overhead,
says writer in a British information
bureau bulletin. 1t took us some time
to find the tiny black speck, which
looked no larger than a gnat, far away
In the blue
"How awful it must be-" my friend
muttered, ito be at that CHASTITY
height" And 1 smiled, as l remem-
bered having once thought that my
self.
AS a fact one has no horror at
height. The higher one is, the less
real does the world beneath seem, the
more stable and safe is the machine
in which one is comfortably sitting.
Height, regarded from a housetop,
may be unpleasant From 10000 feet
1t is delightful.
The pure, sweet air at high attitudes
stimulates, like wine, and the world
beneath stretches away all round to
the misty horizon, and looks like a
gigantic sunlit map. l expected to
feel giddy, if not airsick, when 1 first
went up and was amazed at the feel
ing of steadiness and stability
One has no feeling of giddiness, once
contact with the ground and station
airy objects is broken, but only a SEN
sation of singular health and happi-
ness, and on coming down after a
series of smooth spirals there is an
amazingly strong feeling of wanting
to go up" again and taste once more
the sweet, fresh air and delightful
thrills of the new world.
"But what a dreadful noise the en-
CINE must make" l heard some one
remark the other day.
Apart from the fact that the ears
are covered by warm leather flying
cap there is, on the contrary, some
thing very soothing in the even note of
the motor, and after being in the air
for some time it is rather apt to make
one feel sleepy.
The higher the altitude, the stronger
the feeling of exhilaration seems to
become, and the world is apt to seem
dull and drab when one descends
again to slow plodding over the earth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14

OF the store. Jack was on me aIerU
in an instant. Jessie was crying ne
could recognize her voice even in
sob. He was. by her side in an in-
slant.
What's the matter, Jessie?" he
asked sympathetlcaly.
Jessie dried her tears instantly. Il
have just been thinking what an idiot
I am" she said mournfully. 81 have
bought more things than l know what
to do with, and I'm just as foolish as
they've all said l am. Why, l have a
complete green trunk, and there isn't
even prospect of me ever being mar
riedl ! haven't got boy friend who
cares anything for me-"
Haven't your Jack cried out in
delight. Aren't you engaged7"
No. she answered, looking at him
In surprise. 81 haven't had a chance,
cooped up like have been in stupid
college. All the nice boys at home
have become engaged while l was
away"
'"Then You don't include me among
the nice boys" he said disappointedly.
you are engaged" she flashed. ~
picked out the ring for you"
"But that was only part of my pre-
paredness plan," he smiled as he
reached out for her hand. 81 bought
it to have handy when l found the
girl of my Dreams and l have found
her. You are my dream glrl-the only
one who can make me happy as my
wife,"
The humor of it struck Jessie. 81
had better take you while husbands
last" she said roguishly. "This war
is making them scarce, so I had better
have one TO go with my wedding
gown"
I'm not much of a bargain" heI
smiled as he drew her closer.
"You are the dearest bargain in the
world, and | love you" The smile
was replaced with look of sincerity,
and when their lips met he knew she
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
Mine Enemy Goeth
A-Fishing
~
BY 8. 3. HAcKLEY


Syndicate.)
Il did so hope, Reba," observed Mrs.
Kane Allenby, standing on the portico
of the low-built plantation house,
whose walls were fairly crying out for
paint, that your papa could help you
out with your trousseau in August,
but Kane says the cotton won't be any
better than last year, and the interest
is due in September. He thinks we
will have to sell COW. But, dearie"
she laid an affectionate hand on the
graceful shoulder of the tall blond
girl, who was just taking leave-"once
you are married to the Hedworth heir
you can have plenty of pretty clothes.
Oh, Reba. Kane and l are so glad you
won't ever have to endure the priva-
lions we have had these ten years
so gladi"
Reba's eyes grew misty. Ten years
before, when her father had married
Rodney Clouds widow, they were
prosperous. The next year the dread
full boil weevil had struck the cotton
fields. For six months Reba had hoped
to help the hard-pressed parents, but
last week
Thomas Hedworth Sd was the only
kinsman of his grandmother, and old
Arethusa Hedwdrth owned all Thorn
as Hedworth had made In cattle graz
Ing. Old Thomas hadn't got all of it
honestly (heaven only knows how
many another and less powerful cat
tleman he had frightened off the
ranges), but there was big pile of
money, and 1t would all be Tommy's.
His grandmother had told him she
was going to settle 100000 on him
the day of his wedding If he married
to suit her. And Tommy would hand
It all over to Reba-that she knew.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-14
ONLY One Road to Moral Victory.

Psychologists tell US that one of
the great dangers of shipwreck of our
mental and moral forces is the repres-
sion through which most Of us try to
make our peace with the world. We
cannot gain peace while constantly
warning within ourselves. The way to
gain conquest over ourselves is to ex-
press that which is good and let 1t
take the place of that which is marring
our lives.
A great ethical teacher has said that
he has known personally of many cases
where vicious children have been
made over into good citizens by direct
ing the child's thoughts into new chan
nels by supplanting the impure with
the pure.