Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-27
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The United States chamber Of COM
merce has asked its membership through
out the country to vote on the proposals
that antitrust legislation be revised by
congress to meet post war conditions.
and standards of business conduct be
established by the government and adj
ministered by a supervisory body.
In a study Of influenza the London
Times calls it a Cough mixture dis
ease" and says: 1--WE are fairly certain
it is spread by contact of man with man.
and we ave grounds for supposing that
epidemics could be controlled by the use
army rid itself of disease by setting
groups of workers to attack each disease
which threatened it. BY that means ty-
phoid fever. bilharziosis. tetanus. trench
fever. trench foot, and many other condi-
ions were overcome or ~elucidated in
four years. We shall have to do the
same at home. h kind OF research.
properly equipped and paid. would prob
ably rid us OF measles, scarlet fever. and
even tuberculosis in two decades. always
provided that administrative action fol-
lowed the acquisition Of new knowledge.
1t is simply a question OF public action.
II the public is determined enough, 1t
can be rid of disease"
Colorado Italians protested to Gov.
Oliver H. Shoup against the acceptance
by the state Of an oil painting of former
Gov. Julius c. Gunter. because the flag
of Italy was omitted from q group OF
allied flags on tho governors desk.
Many of the delegates to the new Ger
man parliament removed their coats with
the air of men about to undertake q task
demanding great physical as well as men,
tai exertion. Some Of the delegates.
obviously unused to taking part in public
easy, responding to the roll cali snappily
and shrilly. says a cable from weimar.
Tho whereabouts of the body of Rosa
Luxembourg. chief lieutenant Of the late
DR.. Karl Liebknecht. leader of the Spar
tacan forces. continues to be the most
puzzling feature of the tragedy which
brought to a temporary halt all Sparta
can and bolshevist activities In Germany.
Jules vedrines, the French aviator, won
a prize OF 25.0OO francs Sunday for being
the first airman to land ON the roof Of a
house during a flight. He performed the
feat by landing on tine roof of the Gal
leries Lafayette, a large department
store In Paris.
The district attorney of New York
city has received a request from Column
bia University for the brain of Jacques
Lebaudy for purposes Of dissection. The
Columbia authorities believe it would
1t is said that many Scotch lassies are
invoking h aid Of m old Scotch law
which says hat. II you make love to
a lass. YOU have virtually married her.
Many Of the girls are bringing witnesses
who overheard the lovemaking.
Germans in Treves nave telegraphed
messages Of sympathy and coincidence to
| the former kaiser IN Holland. The Ameri-
| can censors here allowed the kilograms
| to pass. but the intelligence section took
the names Of the sende1s for purposes
Of investigation.
King Nicholas (M%ontenegro) says he
has been sravely disappointed in man
respects in his faith In the allies. There
are two parties in Montenegro. one favor.
ing full annexation by Serbia and the
other supporting King Nicholas. A Nom
tenegrin assembly early last December
declared King Nicholas deposed and IT.
self in favor Of a union with Serbia. The
king replied by saying that the action
Of the national assembly was Illegal.
Later the Montenegrin cabinet restKned
and the government supporting. the king
at present Is only a Temporary one.
h Merchants Association has pro-
tested against the cable censorship. Con-
fusion in business circles and. in in
StANCo6 Ine SnuItlNB GOWN OF factories
will result II regulations are not modified
soon. they say. One member reports that
for three months the average time for
the transmission of cables from New York
to Cape Town and back has been Is days.
Several thousand American troops are
auartered here and many Of the shops
have been doing an excellent business,
says a message from Trier, Russia.
American spoken here" was the word
ing Of a sign which appeared recently in
a Trier postcard store. Another sign, in
perfectly good Engltsh. read: Shoes
repaired here while you wait-brng POUR
] own leather"
The American Red Cross hopital 1t
Neuilly. organized In The fjsst week Of
September. lS14. BY several prominent
Americans. including william X. Wander
bIlt. ii Vanderbilt. Robass Bacon and
Mr.. Bacon. Wa closed last week. The
Hospital has beenr one IS tAo most con.
spicsous establishments IN cassns for the
typxa9s4:dustag the vas,ltss work draw
Hl6 l~entkustastic PRAISE fsoa .ths French
pssDls.