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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-22
He Equalization.

Vincent was afraid Of chickens, and
cnc Gay as he WAS going to the neigh
bor's ie hc'itued before path where
the cinders. After standing there u
feN moments waiting for them TO gel
away III returned, saying: There was
n wooster Oh the sldewall, end he was
fwaid of me, so | com'd back
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-22

a little over a year ago. His father
ut one time was prominent lawyer
of this town. Mr. Meacham is connect
ed with a department store in Baker
city and this is his first visit East in
Is years.
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ACT NO. 2ss.

Prohibiting the running at large of
dogs; levying license tax on dogs, and
providing for the collection of such tax.
and the issuance of license tax tags;
prescribing the procedure to be OBJ
served when dog is found running at
large; providing for the killing of unli-
censed, dangerous, and vicious dogs; re-
quiring police juries to provide dog
pounds; prescribing penalties for the
violation of the provision of this Act;
and repeating all laws inconsistent here
with.
Section l.. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to suffer or permit
any dog or dogs in his possession, or
kept by him, about his premises, to run
at large on any unenclosed land, or
trespass upon any enclosed or unen-
closed lands of another.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC.. That the Secretary of State shall
prepare and deliver to the criminal
sheriff of the parish of Orleans and to
the sheriff of each of the other parish
es of the state, consecutively num-
bered substantial, aluminium or brass
license tax tags, bearing the calendar
year, the name of the parish, and the
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consecutive number, which shall be de-
livered by such officers to any citizens
Of the parish of the State of Louisiana
who may apply therefor and pay q fee
of one ($1.00) dollar for each license
tax tag, IN the case of q male dog, or
two ($2. 0O) dollars in case of female
dog, which tags will be fastened on the
collars worn by the dog owned or kept
by such citizen, and for which fee such
officer shall issue receipt showing
and the year and number of the license
tax tag. Such officer shall also keep
a record book showing the name and
address of each citizen to whom such
license tax tags are issued, the number
of such license tax tag so issued and the
year thereof, and shall receive twenty
FIVE (25c) cents for each license tax tag
so issued; provided that such fees re-
tanned by such officers shall not be put
into the sheriff's salary fund, but shall
be compensation to him in addition to
his salary.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc,
That any citizen may, and the sheriff,
constable, or other police officers of any
parish, ward or municipality, shall
seize any dog found uneccompanied by
its owner or keeper and running at
large on any road, street or other pub
lie place, or trespassing on any prem
ises other than the premises of the
owner. If such dog is wearing a COLI
lar bearing such license tax tag, it
shall be impounded and the citizen or
officer 80 seizing and impounded said
dog shall Immediately thereafter by
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able pounds for dog. seized under the

able pounds for dogs seized under the
provisions of this act.
Section S. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That nothing in this sact shall be con-
strued to prevent any citizen of this
state from lawfully hunting with dog
or dogs, provided said dog or dogs be
accompanied by the owner or keeper.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That all license taxes on dogs are due
on the first day of January of each
year, and must be paid within thirty
days after the first day of each year;
provided that as soon as dog becomes
six months of age it shall be liable to
the license tax for the year in which
it reaches such age.
Section z. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That any person violating any provi-
sion of this act or failing or neglecting
to perform any duty imposed by it,
shall be liable in prosecution before
the district court or any other court of
competent jurisdiction to fine of not
less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars
and not more than one hundred ($lOO)
dollars and the cost of prosecution, or
to imprisonment in the parish jail for
not more than thirty days, or to both
fine and imprisonment at the discretion
of the court; and any person who shall
remove from any dog q collar bearing
license tag as provided for in this act,
or shall alter or remove any such IL
cense tag from dog properly regis
tered as herein provided for, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall be fined not to exceed one
hundred ($100. 00) dollars and the cost
of the prosecution, or be imprisoned in
the parish jail not more than thirty
days, or shall be both fined and impris-
oned. at the discretion of the court.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, ETC..
That all money received from the sale
of license tax tags, except the amount
paid for said tags by the secretary of
state, and the twenty-five (25c) cents
fee paid to the party or parties regis
tered and issuing said tags. shall be
paid into the state treasury to the
credit Of the general fund.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That all acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUp,
Speaker of House of Representatives
: FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July IL. 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary OF State.
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TRY This for Sour Stomach.

Eat slowly, masticate your food thor
oughly. Eat but little meat and none
at all for supper. If you are still
troubled with sour stomach take one
of Chamberla!n's Tablets before GO
ing to bed. adv.
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pan, says Mr.. BOrah. Ihey re-
main allies. Not, however, in
consistently with the League.
If they did hang together, that
would be only three votes out of
nine. But would they hang to-
gether against America?
The League as proposed is not
a legislative body; it is an organ
ization for the amicable settle
ment of disputes, for the appli-
cation of pressure, if necessary,
to the disciplining of those ma
tons that insist on trying the.
fortunes of war. All its force it
derives from the voluntary ac-
ton of the parties to the League,
bound to such action only by
honor. = = Were the other
parties of the League without
honor America would still be safe
from such injustice because
Americas military and economic
resources are absolutely essential
to the League.
Senator Borah is greatly con-
cerned lest the internationalism
Of the League should prove ident-
zeal with the internationalism of
the BoIsheviki and extreme So
cialists. He is much impressed
by Trotzky's assertion that the
present war signalizes the col
lapse of the national state. "
That was written ten years or
more before the end of the war.
II was a prophecy that came
nearer fulfilment than most.
The Russian national state COL
lapsed, then the Austro- Hungari-
ali, the German. The Rumanian
NATIONAL state is lettering.
What is Senator Borah' s moral?1
That we should recognize the
plain fact that since war as tits
Ewaged to-day is capable of weak
ening the structure of the ma
tional state to the point of COL
lapse, and since war as it will be
waged tomorrow will be infinitely
more destructive, therefore we
who desire to preserve the ma
tional state and restore its sta
bility must stand together for
the prevention of wars? Oh. no.
Senator Borah's moral is, hide
within our own walls and be
American, turn away from the
levees until they actually burst
and let the flood waters work
their havoc until we arrive. =
Oh, Borah, maker of fables
and Incompatible rhetorican!
How nobly would we have met
our emergencies if an easy
chance had placed in the Presi-
dents chair one of our many
statesmen who at heart opposed
the war? How nobly will we
meet them in the future, if we
conceive that to be true to our
selves is to be deaf to the cries
of the millions who must perish
miserabIy unless we throw our
will and our might into the scales
for peace 1.-The New Republic.
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VOL. XII
Arguments Against The League Found
ed On Q Tissue of Fables.

with anxiety of attention born
of the dread of infinite agonies
and disorders for sign from
Washington. And, row the sign
is revealed. Poindexter, Borah
and Reed have spoken. Poin-
dexter and Reed are known as
far as Thibet and Timbuctoo as
mere empty sounds in desert
of inaniIies. But Borah, adver-
tised abroad as one of our great
legal authorities, and orator and
politician of courage and indie
pendence: what does his message
reveal?
A curiously petty man detail
ing an incredibly silly fable de-
signed to evoke cheap laugh at
the expense of a sincere and
generous minded political leader.
= +
But a fable is a fable. What
of the meat of Borah's manifes-
to? Let US examine it in detail.
He says:
I'VE are now proposing the
most radical departure from our
policies hitherto obtaining that
has been proposed at any time
since our government was es-
tablished."
We are. We have heard the
cries of twenty million human
beings miserably perishing in
consequence of the lawlessness
of the policies hitherto obtain
ing here and abroad. =
Because. Borah argues, the
project is a departure from es-
tablished policies, it should at
least be submitted to a referen-
dunn. What are those policies?'
Washington's warning against
entangling alliances. and the
Monroe Doctrine. Were these
ever submitted to a referendum,
or even to a vote of the Senate?
Yet they were bold departures
in their day.
The first threw upon its own
resources our American state, at
that time string of scattered
settlements, everywhere exposed
to invasion by sea. 1t thrust
aside the guarantee of power
full European alliance, although
it was by such an alliance that
the American state had won its
independence.
The Monroe Doctrine was an
even holder departure. By it
we challenged the whole world,
if the world were minded to en-
croach anywhere upon our con-
tinent, and at a time when
Americas military and naval
power weighed very light in the
international scale.
Today we are the chief mill
tary power in the world, but we
have citizens whose knees knock
together in terror at the thought
of our assuming a share of re-
sponsibility. relatively insignifi-
cant in comparison with those
assumed by Washington and
Monroe. ''At least referen-
dunn" On what? On the de-
tails of a treaty? But those are
reserved to the Senate by the
Constitution. On the treaty
making clause of the Constitu-
ton, to enable our negotiators to
bind US forever to the League,
by fundamental law as well as
by honor? The bonds of honor
are sufficient for an honorable
people.
why quit our own land to
stand upon foreign ground?" de-
mands the Senator.
That question would have been
pertinent. if not prudent, when
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should come from Mexico, or
from Mexico and its allies?"
= = Borah and Reed ought
to move an amendment to the
League constitution to exclude
oil disputes from its proper do
main. That might smooth the
waters, miraculously.
Not the Monroe Doctrine, not
t h e honorable principles of
American internationalism, but
the hungry aspirations of a hand
full of American profteers are
prejudice by the provisions MAX
ing American disputes, like all
other disputes, matter of COM
mon concern and common ac-
ton. = y
There was room for Senator
Borah to criticise the basis of
representation in the League
with constructive intent. One
nation, one vote, that is the
basis of representation in the
body of the delegates, and in
the long run it cannot be salts
factory. The greater popula-
tons have more at stake than
the lesser, and tenuous as the
powers of this body of delegates
may be, absolute equality smacks
of unfairness.
One vote in the Executive
Council for each of the five
great Powers and four for the
rest of the world. that will event.
ually be recognized as an undue
concentration of power. Gov
ernments. not peoples, are re-
presented in the League, and
that is a grave weakness. There
is still time for sincere criticism
to affect the constitution of the
League. What is before us is
just adraft, hexible~to- the viii
of the peoples, if that will can
find expression. =
But let anyone who undertakes
to criticize the document as it
stands bear in mind the facts as
they stand. The architects of
the League have to build with
materials they can reply on, and
for the present their chief re-
lance is the five great Powers.
1t was more important to build
compactly than grandiosely.
Out of this compromise with
apparent necessity Senator Borah
erects against England a charge
of duplicity which he wraps de-
Gently in professed admiration
for British diplomacy. Her pos
sessions are guaranteed against
attack from without. Well, what
would we have? The transfer of
British colonies to other imperial
states by war? No; autonomy,
independence in the end, per-
haps; but against this the League
offers no guarantee. Britain
will have everything her own
way in the organization. She
packs the body of delegates with
her colonies; she packs the exec.
utive council with her allies.
Let US consider what modifica.
tons we would propose. To ex.
clude Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa? But are
not these self-governing states
in every realistic sense of the
term? Was England ever abls
to conscript men from them, OF
draw revenues from them? No
their contribution was voluntary
and Canada and Australia pait
more lives for victory than we
To deny those states a vote, along
with Belgium and Portugal, tn,
Czecho-Slovaks and the Pole!
would be as absurd as unjust.
Will England vote them in tn,
Y
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that of European Powers when
we turned the tide of the war.
The settlement is in a peculiar
sense our settlement. Are we to
declare our indifference to main
tenance of the settlement for
which American treasure has
been poured out, American blood
shed?
Not even Senator Boroh could
urge this. Our destinies are in
terwoven in fact. Shall we de-
fine our consequent responsible
ty when action is necessary or
leave the matter to unwritten
law, tardily recognized, tardily
enforced, when the mischief is
almost beyond repair? That is
the real issue.
1.-The ex-President has said
the Monroe Doctrine is covered
and extended to the world. That
was the condition before Mon
roe announced it. The world
was one. Monroe determined to
separate, divide, divorce it." If
this were indeed the purpose of
Monroe, his Doctrine has gone
the way of all history, for our
armies are on the Rhine and our
commissioners in Paris. But
nobody, not even Senator Borah,
can seriously impute to Monroe
a purpose of merely barren divi-
sion.
'The American continents, by
the free and independent condi-
tons which they have assumed
and maintained, are henceforth
not to be considered subjects for
future colonization by any Eu-
ropean Powers. We owe it
therefore to candor and the
amicable relations existing be-
tween the United States and
these Powers (The Powers of
the Holy Alliance, contemplating
a crusade against representative
government to declare that we
should consider any attempt on
their part to extend their system
to any part of this hemisphere
as dangerous to our peace and
safety"
That is the Monroe Doctrine:
wherein lies the purpose of split
ting the world intwo? There is
no such purpose in it even as
amplifed by Polk, our settled
policy. that no future European
colony or dominion shall with
our consent be planted or estab-
lished in any part of the North
American continent"
1t is not the Monroe Doctrine
that will be abrogated through
an agreement with the other
Powers by the terms Of which
any Old World state attempting
aggression upon the American
continents will challenge the
power not only of America but
that of all of other European
states besides. Monroe meant
to guarantee the Americans
against aggression from over
seas; the League adds signatures
to the bond; Borah's constitual
father was not Monroe but the
senile, Jefferson, who wrote
Our first and fundamental max.
'imum should be never to entangle
our selves in the broils of Eu.
rope. Our second, never to suf-
fer Europe to interfere in cross
Atlantic affairs. s."
The American states are guar
anteed against encroachment or
the part of European Powers
under the terms of the proposed
League. But are not the Other
American states also guaranteed
against encroachment on the par
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-05

Also a Full Line of Bananas, Huckle-
berries. Oranges, Watermelons,
Peaches, Pears, Pinsapples, at special
prices.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-07

CoDyrgh 1918 By star Company Great Britain Rights Haerrsd
Rsristsrsd L. s. Patent ori-a
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-24
TownIey Fails to
Appear for Trial
Warrant Issued

Jackson. Mimi, June 23-Judge e.
G. Dean late today ordered warrant
for A. C. Townley. president of the Ma
tional Non Partisan league to have
Townley appear in court by Wednesday
noon for his trial on a charge OF con-
spiracy to violate the state disloyalty
law.
1t is Mr.. Townley's business affairs,
said Judge Dean" and no business Is an
excuse" No election campaign is an
eYcuse. His bond of 81 1000 will not be
forfeited IL he appears in court We'd
nesday noon, il it is physically possible
for him to do So
Townley is now campaigning in North
Dakota in support of various measures
passed by the last legislature. on which
a referendum election will be held
Thursday.
Joseph Gilbert, league organizer.
Jointly indicted with Townley. was in
court when the case began mt $3.50 this
afternoon. Arguments began at once
on motions by the defense for separate
trials for Gilbert and Townley which
Judge Dean denied.
Late tonight no word had been re-
ceived from Townley by his attorneys
whether he had been advised Of the
iud9e's decision. His attorneys promised
the court to telefone headquarters of
the league and have word sent to him
at once.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-24
OVER HUNDRED STRIKERS
ARRAIGNED In WINNIPEG
COURT ON RIOT CHARGE

Winnipeg, June 23.-When the 100 or
more strike demonstrators were arraign-
ed in special session Of the police court
today on charges of riotous assembly,
A were released on 1000 bail each and
the remainder remanded until next week.
T. ]. Murray, counsel for the strike
leaders arrested last week on charges
of seditious conspiracy, announced late
today that their trial probably would be
held next Wednesday.
Federal authorities stated this after
noon that all efforts leading to settle
ment of the general sympathetic strike
have been suspended.
''The riot act has been read and the
federal government has turned its at
tention to maintaining law ard order ID
this city," said Minister of Labor 6. u.
Robertson. -,
.'The preservation of the peace Will
continue until such time as the strike
committee decides to call off the sym
pathetic strike"
The back -to-work movement continued
today with renewed impetus. Railway
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-24

officials reported that a. large number
Of British switchmen and trainmen re
ported for duty but few of them were
not taken back.
Express employees returned to work,
as did small percentage of the striking
metal workers. Other business organlza
tions reported their former employees
were gradually drifting back.
John Grant, returned soldier. was ar
rested today, charged with being one of
the advocates of the silent, massed
narade" in defiance of Mayor Gray's
order. The armored airplane City of
Winnipeg made several flights over the
city today. Northwest mounted police
and soldiers were kept in readiness at
their barracks but the city was calm
under patroling of returned soldier con-
stables.
Investigation Of Saturdays riot was
well under way today and police head
quarters said warrants had been issued
for number of radicals. Mounted police
are said to have captured number of
men who climbed onto fire escapes and
roofs to hurl missiles on the troops
Saturday. {
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-06-24
REJECT PLEA FOR TIME

Paris, June o3.-(By The Associated
ress. )--Germany today requested an ad-
ditional 4S hours within which to make
known its decision relative to the sign
ing Of the peace treaty without the res
ervations refused by the entente.
The request for additional time pleaded
that the change in the government and
the generally disturbed conditions made
it difficult to complete the arrangements.
The communication from the Germans
was received at 3 o'clock this morning.
At 8 o'clock President Wilson and Pre-
mer Clemenceau met with Premier
Lloyd George at the latter's house for
consideration Of the note. The charac-
ter of this communication was not dis
closed, however. until some time later IN
the morning. when announcement was
made that the German request had been
rejected
The decision to refuse the request was
reached after a discussion lasting less
than an hour.
The Germans Last Stand.
The German note read as follows:
ITO his excellency, the president OF
the peace conference, Mr.. Clemenceau.
"Mr. President, the minister for for
eign affairs instructs me to beg the al
lied and associated governments to pro-
long for 4S hours the time limit for an
swering your excellency's note communI-
Gated yesterday evening and likewise the
time limit for answering the note of
June 16, 1919.
ut was only Saturday, after great diff
ficulties, that a new cabinet was formed
which, unlike its predecessor, could come
to agreement to declare its willingness
to sign the treaty as regards nearly all
its provisions. The national assembly
has expressed its confidence in this cab
met by large majority Of votes. The
answer only arrived here just before
midnight, as the direct wire from YER
sailles to Weimar vas out of order. The
governn ent must come into contact anew
with the national assembly in order to
take grieyous decision which is still re-
quired Of it in such manner as it can
only be taken in accordance with demo-
cratic principles and with the interna-
tionaI situation in Germany.
accept Mr.. President, the assurance
of my distinguished consideration.
(Signed) "VON HANIEL."
The following reply was sent after its
approval by the council Of the allied and
associated powers:
"Mr. President: "The allied and asso-
ciated governments beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication Of
June 23.-After full consideration Of
your request they regret that it is not
possible to extend the time already grant.
ed to your excellency to make known
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TORNADO 5
TOLL
IS NOW 65
400 Homes and Business
Buildings Are De-
stroyed.
Many Thot to Be Blown
Into Lake and
Drowned.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, June %.
Telephone Com m u nication
from Fergus Falls and the near
by storm-stricken territory to
other cities in the state was re-
stored late this afternoon, and
over the telephone Adjutant
General w. S. Rhinow gave an
estimate of the dead from SUM-
day evenings tornado.
Work of searching the debris
which marks the sites of nearly
400 homes and stores will be
completed by midnight, General
Rhinow believed and then it may
be ascertained that the present
estimate Of sixty dead will be
increased.
Arrangements are being COM
pleted to drag Lake Alice, a
nearby summer resort. Many
persons at the lake were blown
into the water, it is generally
believed. A large number of the
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