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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
Demoralized Transportation Facilities
Not Lack ofFood Cause Want in Russia

London, Dec. 31.-(CorrespOndence
of the Associated Press -Demoral-
lied transportation, not lack of food,
is responsible for the famine condi-
tons in Russian cities and towns, ac-
cording to Leslie Urquhart, capital
list with large metallurg4cal interests
in Siberia. Mr.. Urquhart, who recent
ly returned from Russia, has been ap-
pointed by the British government to
assist in the revival of Siberia's eco
nomis life.
Considering the depreciation of the
ruble, he told a representative of The
Associated Press, food prices in Sibe-
ria are practically normal. In West
ern Siberia, he said, there is so much
food on hand that a considerable sur
plus could be sent into other parts of
Russia, and the same applies, he un-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

derstood, to Southeastern Russia and
to the Ukraine.
Broadly speaking, it can be said
that in the country as a whole there is
no shortage of food, and although the
large towns of north and central Rus
STA are starving there is plenty of
food in the villages. The difficulty of
transport, due to the disorganization
of the railways, the industrial strikes
and risings which brought about the
flooding of the Donetz coal mines and
the decrease in the supply Of fuel to
less than 25 per cent of normal pro-
duction, civil wall in the country and
economic chaos generally are all rea-
sons for the state bordering on famine
ir the towns.
"Ekibastous, the greatest wheat pro-
ducing province in Siberia, with large
stocks of wheat lying less than 100
miles away, is living from hand to
mouth as it is practically impossible
to transport the wheat for lack of
strap iron with which to make tires
for wagon wheels.
"The continual increase in the indus
trial and manufacturing towns has
raised the cost of iron, steel, clothing,
boots and other essentials of every
thing indeed that the peasant wears
and uses-and the peasant represents
IS per cent Of the population of the
country-to 20 and even so times their
normal value. The town workers, or
Is per cent of the population, how
ever, would not permit the soviet gov
eminent to raise the maximum prices
fixed for food. This one-sided legisla-
ton not unnaturally incensed the pea
SAINT. While he had to pay 20 and so
times the normal price for all essen
tial commodities produced by the in
dustrial workers in the towns, he re-
ceived only about double the normal
prewar prices for his own labor.
"Therefore the peasant sits tight on
his graiA. He refuses to sell wheat
to the Bolsheviki at the requisition
price of l 1-2 cents a pound when he
can sell it at SO cents a pound or even
more. When it can be got, bread to-
day in Petrograd or Moscow is 16 ru-
bles or more a pound. The peasant is
willing to barter his food for cloth,
steel, textiles and other necessaries,
but the industrial workers have ruined
industry, Nothing is being produced
there is nothing to barter with. The
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
ERS OF INTEREST WILL
Be TAKEN UP AND DISPOSED OF
DON'T FAIL TO Be PRESENT

peasants have large accumulations of
paper money, but this is of no value
for they can buy nothing with it.
Meanwhile the peasants are boarding
their produce.
"In "a sense then the peasant is mas
ter of the situation. He has the food,
the townspeople have not. The Bolshe-
wiki have tried with varying success
to take wheat and other produce by
force to feed the proletariat of the
towns, but neither the Germans in the
Ukraine, as they have found to their
cost, nor the workmen in the towns
can get food from the Russian peasant
if he does not choose to let them have
it,"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
a Fat Chance.

a Fat Chance.
Mrs. FlatbushLTm taking a prepa'
ration to put flesh on me.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Did your doctor
recommend it.
"Yes, he did"
"And does he think it will make you
stout?"
"Well, he says I've got fat chance"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

Since the foregoing statement was
made it has been announced that the
allied nations have made arrange
ments to take over the operation of
the trans-Siberian and Chinese East
ern railways with John F. Stevens, the
American engineer, in charge of their
operation.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

Like Her Father.
Mrs. Bacon-Did you know that
Miss Church, the nurse, has been made
an anesthetist at the hospitab?
Mrs. Egbert-You mean our preach
ers daughter?
"The same"
81 thought she would take after her
father"
"How so?"
Putting people to Sleep"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
That Kind of a Wife.

That Kind of a Wife.
Yeast-Hello, old mani Glad to see
you home!
msonbeak-Really?
Yes. We've missed you at the
club"
We'll, l missed the club"
Suppose you heard from your wife
every day while you were away?"
mo; but now I'm home expect to
hear from her every night"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

Life would not be worth the living.
worth the pain and struggle, were it
not for JOY, the JOY Of loving and being
loved.-F. L. Ogden.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
The Kind.

81 want man who can make good
speeches about natural gas"
81 suppose, then, you want one who
can make Illuminating speeches"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

Suhurbs-It is simply great to wake
up in the morning and hear the leaves
whispering outside of your window.
Cityman-It is all right to hear the
leaves whisper, but never could stand
hearing the grass mown.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
No Need for Anxiety.

Jack says if don't marry him he
will blow his brains out"
Don't worry. That would be a
physical impossibility."
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
The Preferred Sort.

"What do you think of the circu-
lar letter sent out to it's patrons by
the accused corporatiOn?"
81 think the public would prefer a
square deal" y.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

1.-THE men interested in pushing that
enterprise wanted Jones to go into it
blind"
"Well?"
'He couldn't see it." ....
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

First Hobo-The woman of that
house made big hit with me.
Second HOBBY her personality?
First H.-No; with her rolling pin.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
Not That WAY.

Patience-Is your brother writing
stories now?
Patrice-Oh, yes.
"How are they going"
Like hot cakes"
what? You don't mean to tell me
that anyone is swallowing them?"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
Naturally.

"why don't you make a fierce re-
ply to that mans impudent question:"
II am afraid reply in this case
wouldn't answer"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
One Proof.

"Do you believe in heredity?"
mo; a fellow doesn't have to be
crusty because his father was a
baker,"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
His Own Fault.

Mans hair turns gray before woman's
That's known in every cline.
The explanations easy, for
He wears his all the time.
Punch Bowl.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
"Hou Latin"

Hog Latin" generally called Dog
Latin, is simply bad Latin. The
French call 1t Kitchen Latin.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28

Get her a Vacuum Cleaner and she
will meet you with a smile when you
come home in the evening-for she
won't be dead tired.
The prices are reasonable. Gail and
let US demonstrate to you how they
work.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-28
DOING HIS BIT
BY LAURA J. MUM.

FSO00Oo0SS0oOOS Q Q Q 9
NCopyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
A BOOK OR A HOE?

They are still talking about Sub
stitutes for the saloon" an;1 writer
in the Providence Journal suggests a
bookcase" even naming authors
who might serve in lieu of popular in
toxicants, as follows: mellow Old
Cocktail-Epictetus; Dry Martini-H.
l.. Meneken; Whiskey Sour--Theo-
dore Dresser; Sherry Cobbler--Booth
Harrington; Absinthe Frappe-Nietz-
sche; Tom and Jerry-W. J.. Jacobs;
Port Wine-Joseph Conrad; Pink
Lemonade-R. W. Chambers; Matted
Milk-Harold Bell Wright"
Because of its touch of humor this
may amuse even though it excite but
a mild interest. What it overlooks is
the fact that literary persons have
usually taken intoxicants in order to
relax and rest tired brain, and that
there are times when even the lighG-
est of literature will have the opposite
of the desired effect. The man with
tired head, if he is wise, will chose
a hoe rather than a book. If he will
dig among flowers or vegetables until
he is physically tired and covered with
perspiration, then take a bath and
change his linen, he will be conscious
of a great freshness of feeling and
find that his tired brain is sufficient
ly rested to take up it's work again
with renewed vigor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08

Potsdam and Berlin became as much
home to the future British sover-
eign as Windsor or London. The ve-
ry system and habitudes, the parents
and instructor adopted to instiH leu
ton impulse and tendencies, brought
about precisely the opposite results,
since it was while visiting his sister,
the bride of the Prussian Crown
Prince, Frederick, that the British
prince met the daughter of the Dam
ish Crown Prince, Christian, afterward
King of Denmark.
Though German, Prince Christian
was a Dane of Danes. His daughter,
Alexandra, had no love for the Prus-
SLAMS even then, but she was to be-
come almost vindictively hostile to the
Hohenzollern house after Bismarck
had torn the Schleswig- Holstein duen-
les from her fatherland. Into this at
mosphere the British prince entered
with all his heart.
By fateful chance, after his first
meeting with the Princess Alexandra,
he met her again in Lille and then the
final decision as to the marriage was
reached in the year 1868. From that
| hour to the Potsdam necromancers
fred marked" the British heir as fu-
ture enemy, parsonage to be watch
ed.
When, a year later, the Austro-
Prussian invasion of Denmark began
Bismarck's stupendous campaign for
world empire, the Prince Of Wales was
forced by his mothers tenacious OPP
position to Britain's intervention to
save Denmark, to give no expression
that might be construed as unneutral.
Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, in
private, wrote to the Tuileries that
the Prince of Wales was seething with
wrath at Britain's pusillanimous atti-
tude, in permitting the Potsdam court
to break through all European trea-
ties and truncate the Danish kingdom.
And this disclosure of the princes I'M
wavering attitude during all these
years, revealed in the diplomatic ar
chives, that fell into Bismarck's hands
in the Rouher mansion, brought about
the first determined hostility of Bis
marck to Britain, which envenomed
the attitude of the war lord in urging
the vaterland to look upon Britain as
the cause of the carnage let loose in
1914.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
A Travelling Mans Experience

You may learn something from the
following by W. II. Ireland, a travel
ing salesman of Louisville, Ky. "In
the summer of 1883 / had a severe at
tack of cholera morbus. l gave the
hotel porter fifty cents and told him
to buy me a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy and to
take no substitute. / took a double
dose of it according to the directions
and vert to sleep. At five o'clock the
next morning was called by my or
der and took train for my next stop
ping place, well man." Obtainable
everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
BEVERAGE TAXES ARE DUE

George II. Moore, Collector Of In
ternal Revenue for the First District
of Missouri, has issued the following
statement:
desire to call the attention of any
person who, during the month of Ju-
iy, 1919, has sold any malt or distilled
spirits or any beverages containing
one-half of one per cent of alcohol, or
more, to the fact that they are liable
for special taxes as wholesale or retail
liquor dealers, and should make APP
plication to this office, on form IL, on
or before the last day of July, 1919,
for special stamp to cover such OPP
Grafton.
In this connection, ! also wish to
state that the special tax stamp is
sued, is issued merely as a receipt for
the occupation tax paid, and confers
no rights under any local, State or
Federal law.
However, if liability has been in
Cured by the selling Of such beverag-
es, this special tax stamp must be
taken out and the tax paid. The ap,
plication on form II, duly executed
must be in this office, with remit
lance to cover by money order OF
draft, on or before the last day of Ju
ly, 1919, in order to avoid a penalty
Of 25 per cent. On the first day d
August, 1919, the penalty is assessed
automatically, and the Collector has
no control over it, and no power to re-
NIT the penalty.
For the further information of the
taxpayer, I beg to quote Section 1901
paragraph IL, of the Act of 1918:
Every person carrying on the bus
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
WHY HUNS HATE ENGLAND

Among other "restorations' exacted
in the peace treaty the French Repub-
lie stipulated for the return of the
literary "loot" carried away from the
country seat of Eugene Rouher, for
many a year known as "vice-emperor"
to Napoleon III. Eugene Rouher was
statesman of the early Napoleonic
cast.
When in 1869 the outworn emperor
gave way to the liberal current that
had set in, Rouher relinquished all
control in Parliament and retired to
his country seat.
Within the year the war with PruS-
STA was forced upon France; then fol
lowed the invasion, the successive ov.
erthrowings of whole armies, the last
disaster of all, the surrender of Mac
Mahon's army, with the emperor
During a marauding expedition of q
regiment of Uhlans the country seat
of Rouher was surprised before the
owners could remove either the fam
lily silver or the still more precious
chests of documents that had been sent
to the minister's private residence as
safer than Paris, where revolution
was threatened from the hour adver.
sity fell upon the imperial armies.
A tipsy lieutenant, happening tC
come upon the soldiery at broken
chest, was able to read some of thu
papers it contained, recognized off.
cial documents, and sent word to Bis
marck, who ordered the contents
brought to his quarters. The boxes
contained years of correspondence o.
French ambassadors, secret agents anl
ministers of foreign affairs with al
the cabinents of the Continent, the
halfway contracted alliances between
France and the South German states.
No less a person than the British
Prince Albert Edward, afterwards
King Edward VII, was among thu
characters revealed in the Rouhe
correspondence as scouter of PrussiaJ
craftsmanship.
| BY birth and connections the Prince
of Wales was looked upon as natural
ly sympathetic with teuton policies
especially those of the Hohenzollerl
family, since his sister was the wifi,
Of the Hohenzollern crown prince.
| The son of German father, Primo
Albert Of Saxe-Gotha, consore o
Queen Victoria, who also had strong
tinge of Teuton blood in her veins, tn,
young prince was looked upon as 81
inseparably Teutonic that when he wa
baptized in st. Georges Chapel, Wind
sor, in 1912, four Of the six godparent
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
were Germans, one the King of Prus-
STA. Frederick William ".

were Germans, one the King of Prus-
STA, Frederick William ~.
Between Britain and France the dip
lomatic lines had been at severe ten
ton for some time, but whimsical
chance, while the French ambassador
was on a visit to the queens favorite
minister, Lord Aberdeen, the two set
| themselves to ameliorating the threat
ching tone of press and public speak
ers, ament the French. In the course
of the conversation, Lord Aberdeen
made use of the expression "entente
cordiale"--that is, cordial under
ing" The phrase captivated both cab
inets, and thereafter by degrees be-
came the basis of all Franco-British
dealings, until 1854 it resulted in the
alliance which united Britain and
France in the war against Russia.
The boy prince grew up in this at
mosphere of paternal hostility to
France, for the prince consort, AL
bert, cherished a rancorous hatred of
everything French, and as Victoria
adored her lord it was taken for
granted that the boy prince would i'm
bibe the destination for everything
French that was the vogue of the
court of st. James. But the young
prince had the entente notion in his
mind.
Napoleon III with his mascinating
consort, Eugenit, in April, 1856, when
the French sovereigns were guests OF
Victoria at Windsor, won the boyish
prince so effectively that when Vic
toria and consort made a return visit
to the Tuileries the little prince be-
came aggressively French in speech
and conduct; in fact, he "picked up"
the French tongue with such ease
that the Partisan adopted" him as
one of their own.
The two children of the queen, the
Princess Victoria, as well as the boy
prince of Wales, took on sympathy
and understanding of the French that
were to bring about perplexing re-
suits from the hour that one married
the heir to the Prussian crown and the
other the Danish Princess Alexandra,
the "sea kings daughter" whose adj
vent aroused British feeling to a de-
mand for war when Bismarck feloniz-
ed the Danish provinces, Schleswig-
Holstein.
The prince consort was determined
that the heir to the throne should be
indoctrinated with German impulses,
the education that finally the world
heard of as "kultur", the insensible
alteration Of divine right, the majesty
Of irresistible power. He was taken
Ito the Continent, lodged in Teuton
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
A Great Remedy

The merits of Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy are well known
and appreciated, but there is OCCASION
ally a man who had no acquaintance
with them and should read the follow
ing by F. H. Dear, hotel man at Du-
puyer, Mont: "Four years ago I used
Chamberlain Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy with such wonderful results
that l have since recommended it to
my friends" Obtainable everywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08

mess of a brewer, distiller, wholesale
liquor dealer, retail liquor dealer,
wholesale dealer in malt liquor, retail
dealer in malt liquor, or manufactur-
er of stills, as defined in section 3244,
as amended, and section 3247 of the
Revised Statutes, in any State, Terri
tory, or District of the United States
contrary to the laws of such State,
Territory, or District, or in any place
therein in which carrying on such
business is prohibited by local or mu-
nicipal law, shall pay, in addition to
all other taxes, special or otherwise,
imposed by existing law or by this
Act. $1,000"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08
ATTENTION TO
PROPERTY OWNERS

We invite you to call at our office
and look over the prices we can offer
you on cyclone, tornado and lightning
insurance. We will also be pleased to
insure your automobile, new or second
hand, in the same company, and at
very low rates.
J. H. ORTEN, Manager,
Tri-County Realty Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08

academies, brought up as if the son
of a Hohenzollern. A Prussian, Ba-
ron Stockner, was entrusted with his
education.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-04
AIDED BROTHERS IN FIELD
How Women IN Civil War Times Went
Aeeut Their Activities In Wess
Of Mercy.

The activities ~ women in war worl
recalls the work OF the women during
the Civil war in q little village OF
New York. William II, Shelton, IN
reminiscent article 10 Century saws
Our village had decided opinion
about the war, and when the ladies
who had played bsttledore and shuttle.
cock wanted 10 do their BIZ Ia Red
Cross way they selected the little red
cannon house SIS the scene of their
activity. The yellow gun carriage
with IFS double TRAN, was wheeled out
upon the grass. It's brass gun actually
pointing south. with the round iron
balls hard BY In the portable chest.
TO make way for, tables and chairs,
Here at fixed intervals the ladies met
to make hayeloeks and pick lint For
the first they brought good cotton drill
ing and for the soft lint they scraped
the Oldest sheets and pillowcaseS II
fine linen from their grandmothers'
wedding chests"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-04
Why w.r.TIm. Diet Wa. Best.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. Hoosier who
became famous as an authority on the
proper food, has been making short
visit to Indiana friends, He says, sc-
cording TO the Indianapolis News;
II regret that the American people
so soon abandoned the restricted diet
enforced by the wartime food admin
istration The use OF white 1our in
stead OF the war mixture is step
Backward so far as the public health
Is concerned The war bread was
more nutritious and in every particular
more to be desired than the bread we
are using today"
Doctor Wiley says his family went
on a war diet before the rest Of the
country and the same diet is being
kept up, even though restrictions have
been, TO a large measure, removed
He also thinks the curtalment Of su
gar was a great thing for the country
and is sorry the sugar bowl has gone
back on the restaurant and hotel
tables.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-04

There Is no more particlef house
wife than Dame Nature. Every sprinr
she puts down a new rresn carpet In
every room " her great house hut
before that she makes all things ready.
for she washes aud scours the rooms
by means Of forces that make ordinary
vacuum cleaners look IKE ehildreR's
TOYS.
Furthermore. SHE shakes the very at
mosphere with furious winds, as .
curtain is shaken 20 rid II OF dust and
germs Then when the strenuous
days Of houseclesnins are over. Ma.
ture turns deeorstor Every week
she paints fresh pictures for US every.
where We move something new aud
beautiful prepared by her hands awaits
Y.