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New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
Get Out and Stay Ous'

"The government should get out OF
the shipping business AS soon as Dos
sible and stay out" is the dictum of
Chairman Payne of the Shipping
Board. Thus again is there expert
opinion adverse to government own
ership and operation of complicated
business. A national merchant fleet
was justifiabie in time of war butts
too costly and inelastie for peace
purposes.
Mr.. Payne says thai UP to Jure
20, 1919, the governments shipping
operations, not allowing, i. would
seem, for capital charaes or 5onrec-
alton, netted a profit o. Sls6 100000.
with $165,000,000 NOR SIN owed
the board by the War Dapart
and the Food Administratio 1t
at present there is little or no pro6t
in operation. Shipping rates have
fallen, and close figuring and indi-
vidual initiative are now needed,
and the government cannot do busi-
ness in flexible enough way. But
Mr.. Payne is positive that private
owners can operate at a profit, in
competition with foreign fleets.
This Judgment may be little over
sanguine. But both from the politi-
cal and the economic points of view
it is desirable to leave nothing un-
done to enlist the individual owner
and operator in the experiment Of
maintaining first-class American
merchant marine. Our shipping is
handicapped in the matter of build
ing cost, but this handicap may be
reduced or overcome by standardized
construction on large scale. The
La Toilette seamen's act imposes
unnecessary burdens on American
ships. We are late, too, in entering
the lists as competitor for the
worlds ocean-carrying trade. But
the venture is worth while, and at
the present stage of national prog
ress the time is ripe for it.
Possibly individual effort will have
to be helped for long time by gov
ernment aid. That is an experience
which the other leading maritime
nations have gone through. And un-
doubtedly policy Of government as
sistance is preferable to naked gov
eminent effort to create and operate
merchant marine. The risk is less
in case Of failure. Success, if it
comes, will rest on broader foun-
dation.
1t will take some years for the
Shipping Board to dispose Of the ves-
sells it owns or is building. More
than 1890 ships are still to be
finished and put in commission. The
transition to individual ownership
and operation will be gradual. But
the governments ultimate with
drawal from the shipping business
should be accepted as fixed conclu-
sion and made the basis of any new
shipping legislation which Congress
has in mind.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
Poland and the BoLsheuists
BY Franz H. Sin7onds.

question of "self- elf-dctermination" really
explains the Polish question. The
thing that lies at the bottom of this
is the clash between the British and
French schemes for the future, for the
new Europe, that is so much dis
cussed nowadays. The French, realiz-
ing that American aid is unlikely and
that British support can only be had if
France frankly consents to lay aside
all the natural aspirations of a great
power, are seeking to achieve a Eu-
ropean system of alliances which will
iortify them against Germany and
abolish their dependence upon Britain.
Our Sympathy With Poland
Poland itself is entitled to every pos
sible consideration; the 25,000,o00 Poles
must constitute potent factor in the
new Europe, but it is inevitable that
this new Poland will have to face two
grave dangers, the one Russian, the
other German. If the new state is not
provided with fencible frontiers, at
least on the Russian side, a new parti-
ton and new series Of Europcan
wars are wellnigh inevitable.
American sympathy with Poland
ought to be far keener than it is. but
American knowledge of the Polish
question unhappily comes from sources
most interested in prejudicing the
American mind against the Poles. This
IS true Of the Germans. the Bol-
shevlsts and OF the British, all three
OF whom are for quite different reasons
unfriendly to the Polish state. At
Paris the direct interposition of Llovd
George cost Poland those frontiers
which even President Wilson was will
ing to concede, and since that Tina
British influence and British publica-
tions have been steadily hostile to th.
Poles.
4 Great Liberation
Now, the question Of the extent r.
which America wishes to art !, r,rono
Is obviously problematicel, but certainly
there can be no desire on the part Of
the Americans to be used in the Polish
matter, to be over-persuaded to reach
decision and exert any influence
detrimental to Poland, with no accu-
rate recognition o. the fact that Poland
has unhappily become mere pawn in
the game Of Anglo French foreign
policies.
Poland has peculiar claims unon
american sympathy, Poland,s liberia
ton Is one of the great facts of Tho
recent war, and we should be slow in
sacrihcing Poland by our attitude
when the sacrifice will result merely
IN the victory Of one set of profas.
sional politicians over another and If
the strengthening of one foreign policy
at the cost of another.
Where it is possible to guarante. po.
land against Bolshevist attacks. IL NAV
be equally possible and wise to AK tho
limits of the eastern extension Of ter
rltory occupied by the Poles. But irs+
now the agitation in this direction f.-
too patiently suggests unconcern with
the tate OF Poland and complete con-
centration upon nationalistic and in
ternat'onalistic aims, which ought not
TO be overlooked by Americans
seopy1'saf' 1920. Mcclure Newsp,na-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
Entangling Alliances
(Frorn The pro,sd

'Tro" The Providence Journop
me Adrlatic question is a striking
example Of what George Washington
naa IN mind when he said in the fare
well address, which was read and an
piauded in Congress the day before the
resident dispatched his latest note.
is must be unwise in us to implicate
ourselves in the ordinary vicissitudes
OF European politics"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

Non scquitur No. ae1 From the
World: "Had SAKE lived in the pres
ent day he would undoubtedly have be-
come column conductor for daily pa-
per and amassed great wealth."
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

The hounds Of spring may be, a.
advertised, on winters treces.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

But they appear to be muzzled.
r. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

Ivory exoxtoses may be found on the
flat bones Of the skull or in the audi
tory meatus growing from the petrous
bone, or causing unilateral exophthal-
mos If springing from the orbital plate
OF the frontal bone or the walls of the
frontal sinus.--Page 671, 'Index of Diff
ferential Diagnosis" Herbert French.
editor
The source, Chiro notes; Of the far
famed osseous dome.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

Gambling Lossea
SIR The Supreme Court, let It be known
mas not reversed the Treasury's ruling that
losses incurred by insidious chewing gum slot
machines are not deductibIe from net in
come in calculating the income tax
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

Those who cannot keep from men
tioning Kipling when they say "But
that's another story" are the same
lads who have to add Strange to say"
when they say ~ saw something funny
in Life the other day."
New-York tribune., 1920-03-13

The New York verce, as revealed In
voise, is shown In Mrs. NJ. E. Roesch's
couplet, in the Evening Mail:
Twas she who brought them into the
world,
And she's to blame il their morals
are spoiled.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
PATRIOTIC BODIES
PLAN MEMORIAL

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov pa
definite plan for the preservation OF
the old statehouse in Little Hook, by
making it the state headquarters or
Nhe American Legion, the United
Confederate veterans, the G.. A. X.
the. Arkansas Pioneer society ana
kindred organizations, will be pre-
scented to the next legislature, accord
ing to Horace Chamberlin, chairman
OF the legislative committee OF the
department of Arkansas of the Amer
lean Legion.
The pians have not yet taken def
mite form, Mr.. Cnamherlin said, but
the general idea will be to ask the
legislature to turn over to the legion
and other organizations. the building
and grounds, with an appropriation
large enough to allow the restoration
of tie outside lines of the building,
and the repair of the interior of the
structure Authority for slight re-
modelling of the interior OF the build
ing ,win be asked, he said, to pro-
vide suitable headquarters for the
various organizations and auditor
iums in which their meetings may be
held, as we'll as authority to beautify
the grounds
1t also has been suggested. although
the suggestions have not been taken
IN formally that the state historical
museum be removed from the new
capitol building to the old statehouse,
and that the plans for remodeling the
interior provide for a dOTmitOrN in
which Confederate veterans, or vet
Grams Of the world war, who are in
Little Rock without means, may be
cared for over night
Tentative plans for making the old
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
7,O54 MILES Of
ARKANSAS ROADS
BUILT SINCE 1917
Progress Under General High
way Laws and Special Acts
Reviewed in Commission
Report.

LITTLE ROCK Ark. Nov. 25.--A
total of 1854 miles of highway were
constructed or provided for under
project agreement during the period
from 1917 to 1920, according to the
biennial report of the state highway
commission now being prepared by
Chairman w. T.. Owen. OF the total,
1904 miles were constructed under
the general road laws of the state,
while the remaining $3.50 miles were
provided for by special acts.
During the four-year period, ac-
cording to the report, 1874 highway
districts were organized in the state,
each of the 10 counties being repre-
sented by one or more projects Ben
ton county, with PA miles of new
highway, leads all other counties
Union county is second with 20C
miles, and Pulaski county third, with
1875 miles.
To build these roads, the report
shows. federal aid was allotted to Ar
kansas in the following amounts:
1917, $50 6S9lO; 1918, $165,SIS20;
1919, $1,O9O.247.99; 1920, $1,596,4S6.09
and 1921, $1,6S5,17S,O9, or TOTAL Of
$4,6l9.92S.47. To meet these allot-
ments the state appropriated during
the period $4l,S559l Loo, bringing ms
total available funds to S5,975,S40,aS
There never has been such an ere
of good roads huilding throughout the
country" Mr.. owen said in his report
and Arkansas is to be commenced
for the forward steps II has taken N
the promotion of highways that vii
double or treble the efficiency OF the
farms, and solve many OF the PROB
lens of marketing the agricultural
products Of the state IL
"Very properly, and without corr
plaint. the greater burden of this
road building is being placed on the
owners of automobiles and motor
trucks. In 1919 the Legislature APP
prOpriated $950,000 from the automo-
bile license fund to meet the re
uhirements of the federal government
for federal aid"
The allotment of the roads FUNDS 10
the various counties, as given in the
report, includes the following: Ben
ton county, $119,95Q: Garland, $So'-
9S7; jefferson. SS3,997; Pulaski, WA
s97: Phillips, $72,757; Sebastian, $54,-
$50. Hampstead, SS7.SSl; Arkansas
$SS.219, and Miller, $4S692,
The department worked under dit
ficulties during the last year, ac-
cording to the report, due to the large
number OF vacancies caused by men
who sought employment in other
states at larger salaries than pro-
yided under Arkansas law. Twenty
vacancies occurred, 1t was said, in
Guiding two first assistant engineers,
eight transitmen, six levelmen, tlVe
craftsmen and one inspector.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
Tri-State News In Brief

NASHVILLE Tenn -parcv Mani Raj
trop. 20, retain coal deaier ~ tbis civ
suffered a fract',ra ~ IN oi sLiiI Iast
gro ana robbed "f shnIif s5o0 in cash
-
MCRORY, Ark.-The senior class of
McCrOrv High school has haen organ.
lied, with Lizzie Bronte president. Hei-
en- Hayes. vice president. Nargie Rae
Johnson, secretary and treas The
Gloss motto is: "Excelsior The rel
CarnatiOn ia the class flower and scar
let and emerald are class coiors
HELENA. Ark.-Col E. S Ready.
who was major in the ordnance corps OF
the United States army stationed at
St Louis, made a 5000 donation 10 the
home of the Richard l.. Kitchens Post
Al, at Helena. of which he is A member
Also the Twentieth Century club At
their meeting last night pledged them
selves to give $500 to this post OF the
-
RIPLEY. Miss The Tippah County
lnterurnomlnational Sunday School as
ISOLATION met Sunday in the Lowery
Memorial Baptist church, in Blue Noun
tain, Practically every Sunday school
IN TIppaha county was represented, and
over I'00O people attended the conven-
ton; which is one of the oldest OF It's
hlnd IN the state. In the absence of
icy; Aloert Connor acted as president,
ana froI. q. u, humphrey, OF Ripley,
acteo as secretary
r,,r,psp,-,,, = ,,
~ EhS bU NJ, rem, me tlrs.
,rt ~! cnurch. whlch mas been
months, Is aboGt completed. EXTENSIVE
i.lli P3'o o nave neen maze, anu u
NJ ", u, Ia Wlth any SsurCn
hae s'''9 a., ''.V ~" a"uIsiVii
ron, t s.tisr "''W 'e'e ~ aLp,e
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET
NEXT YEAR IN P0NT0TOC

PONTOTOC, Miss. Nov. 25.--Thc
annual session Of the Mississippi
Presbyterian synod, which was held
this week in Hattiesburg, voted to
hold it's meeting in this city next
year. The change in meeting place
was due to llr. Y. j. Currie, former
pastor at Hattiesburg, but now presi-
cent OF Chickasaw college here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
DEATHS.

SEARCY. Ark.AMrs. Nj. II. Hlggs,
aged 81 mother of Mrs. A A Crab
tree. died here. Deceased was born
in Georgia. later went TO Mississippi
and after the Civil war moved TO Jack
son county. Ark. where she resided
until she came to Searcy in 1915 to
make her home with her daughter
Mrs. Crabtree. She is survived by two
children, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, OF
jackson county, and Mrs. A. A. Crap
tree, of Searcy.
PONTOTOC, Miss Mrs. Bette Gar,
ner, aged 81, reputed to be the Oldest
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
SIZE OF PARCELS FIXED.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-New
limitations on the weight and size
of Christmas packages for soldiers
stationed in Germany, Porto Rico and
the Panama canal zone have beef
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

was married to a Clarksvlle lady. niece
of w. W. Barksdale. proprietor of the
Leaf Chronicle. She preceded him to
the grave several years, leaving an only
daughter
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

fixed by the quarteTmasterg general.
Packages for Porto Rico must not
neigh more than SO pounds or have
a combined length and girth of morei
than 81 inches; packages for Panama.
must not exceed 70 inches in length
and girth. and packages for the armyf
in Germany must not weigh moreN
than rs pounds or have combined
length and girth of more than So
inches. F
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

BRISTOL, Tenn.--Of interest here ~
the announcement reaching here OF the
wedding of Miss Margaret Minter to
DR. William NJ. Sexton. a prominent
dentist of this city, The wedding oc-
CURED at Arendtsville, Pa. Rev. d. T.
Koser officiating. After a bridal trip
to points of interest in the East, they
will reside in Bristol
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
ceremony having been solemnized at
the home Of the bride at Houston, Miss.

ceremony having been solemnized at
the home Of the bride at Houston, Miss,
NEwBERN, Tenn.--A wedding Of in
terest was solemnized in the Obion river
district, at Bogota, this county. when
Homer Maynor and Miss Artie Reeves,
both wen-known young people. were
married.
FULTON. Ky.-Clifton Usher and
Miss Eva Byrn. a well-known and pop
ular couple of Mayfield, were married
in this city at the home Of Rev j. s.
Dean. Rev. Dean performed the cere-
mony. They are spending their honey
moon in Southern cities, after which
Icy Will reside in Mayfield.
PINE BLUFF. Ark,--Charles Brehke,
of this city, and Miss Annie Kate
Thornhill. OF Stuttgart were married
at the home of the bride.
PINE BLUFF, Ark.-Miss Mildred
Cathleen Gray and II. X. Calvert were
MARI led at the home of the brides par
cnts, Nj, and Mis-. A. J. Gray by the
Rev j. Il. Merrill. pastor of Beec.'
Street Baptist church.
CLARtSDALE. Miss,-Thos. F. Kelly
OF Memphis. and miss Merza M. over
by. Of this city, We're married here 20
day shortly after O'Clock at the coul :
house. The ceremony was performed
BY Judge Stratton, with only a Few
friends of the principle parties present
CLARKSDALE, Miss. Miss Ines
Facchini and Mike Cappeiletu were
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.-Police are
searching for an unidentified man who
assaulted Miss Sara Bell Hale in 81
Elmo Monday nightS The young lady
was returning to her home in st, Elmo
and had just left the street car when
man grabbed her. She screamed
and fought her assailant until he yns
frightened away. The young lady ran
to nearby house and Just as she en-
tered she tainted
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

SHUBUTA, Miss.--John w. Hargrove,
aged so years died after short illness.
He leaves widow three boys and SIX
girls, Allen s., West Point; Rev. Fl. II.
Clinton and Eugene Hargrove, Shu-
buta; Mrs. j. L. Nettles, Shubuta; Mrs.
Eunice Began Birmingham, Misses
Elma Hargrove Vicksburg; Cena,, Lula
May and Glenda Hargrove, Shubuta.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25
MARRIAGES,

FULTON, Ky.-Allison Lambert AMI
Miss Lorraine Foster, of Cairo, ILL.,, were
married in this city, Rev. J. S Deaa
performing the ceremony.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

PONTOTOC, Miss. Miss Inez Me-
paVitt and Roy Dye were married here
They will make their home here after
dTshort honeymoon trip.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

married here at the courthouse. Justice
of the Peace r. +. Stratton, Sr., Of
ficiating. Both of the young people
have lived in this community for a
number Of years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

GLEASON, Tenn.-News has lust
reached here announcing the marriag
Of Robert Duke. Of near here. and Miss
RHh McNeel, of Houston Miss, tne
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

BRISTOL. Tenn.-Funeral services
for Mrs George w. Kunhert, who died
at a local hospital. were held here at
the residence Of Mrs. f. NJ. Kaylor on
Fifth street. Dr. Tilden Scherer, OF
King college. offlciated. Deceased was
81 years old, and leaves three daugh-
tiers and two sons.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

Read News scimitar Wants.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

PADUCAH, KY. - Miss Elizabeth
Ward, 49, a resident of this county for
| a number of years, died at Riverside
hospital where she had been patient
| for several days. Surviving her are
four brothers and two sisters of this
| county,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

woman in Pontotoc county, died here.
She was a member Of the Baptist
church for IS years. She was porn
in South Carolina but had lived here
the greater part of her life.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

f GAINESVILLE. Tenn.-Rufus Woot-
en-, prominent banker and merchant,
Of Lafayette. KY, 20 miles from this
city, died at his home following an ILL
ness Of several months. Mr. Wooten
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

MERIDIAN, Miss Meridian Endorsed
a bond issue OF $4,000 for a munich
pal Ice plant at the special election
Tuesday and voted 100000 bond issue
for the building OF adequate housing
quarters for the Matty Hersee Charity
hospital.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

vile district Tie Holston conference
will be held next October.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

PINE BLUFF. Ark.--Charles Brehke
of this city, and Miss Annie ka.'
Thornhill. OF Stuttgart, were married
at the home of the bride.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

CLARKSDALE, Miss.-Miss ines
Facchini and Mike Cappeiletu were
The Washington times., 1920-04-08
Secret Report on Revolving
Fund" Hints Congress and
People Are Opposed.
NEEDS MORE ATMOSPHERE
America Must Be Educated to
Enthusiasm for Loan, Says
British Financier.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(Interuational News service.)

In Sir George Paish's secret re-
port to the British government pro-
posing the creation Of revolving
fund" Of q billion dollars in the
United States for the reconstruction
Of Europe, three things are mention
ed as essential to the success of his
scheme: :.
I. The cooperation Of the Ameri-
can Government.
2. The cooperation Of the Ameri-
can Congress-; and,
3. The good will of the American
people.
Doubts Success.
The first of these Sir George ex-
pressed himself as believing already
assured. The second and the third.
however. seemed to him to present
certain difficulties. but which might
be overcome IL the nations Of Europe
would go about II the right way. And.
In his opinion the right way y for
tine ora word % stand by the princi-
pies for which the war was fought
The granting of "a generous meas
ure Of home rule for Ireland" is one
of the suggestions he makes to his
own country.
"The entente governments" he said,
"must now adopt a policy of peace
and reconciliation. and carry out not
merely the letter but the spirit of
the fourteen points. Great Britain,
! in particular, should stand firmly and
strongly for the principles for which
the war was fought, and upon which
the peace was supposed to be based
Probably. the grant of a generous
measure of home rule to Ireland
without further delay, would do much
immediate good in proving the sim
cerity OF the British people. But one
such act alone would be useless"
Sir George made 1t plain in his re-
port that nothing short of a real
application of the "principles
upon which the peace was supposed
to be based" would have the desired
effect of keeping the United States
interested in Europe.
."The active assistance OF the Amer
lean Government and Congress is alb
solutely essential" Paish reported
land every reasonable measure must
be taken by the people and the
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