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The spectator., 1920-10-05
IRELAND IS AGAIN
 IN 4 STATE 0F WAR
DISORDERS IN BELFAST RESuM. ED WITH REPRESENTATIONS
 AND REPRISAlS.
DELIBERATELY PLANNEl
Swift Vengeance Is Brought To tha Supposed Assailants of Peace Of- ficcrs-Has a Miraculous
 Escape.

Bclfast.-The Falls district of Bel fast was seething with excitement as a result of the murder of policeman the wounding of two others and the swift vengeance enacted in the killing of three civilians, who were shot aown in rapid succession by bands oi men who visited their homes.
 Before the shooting here have 0c cured in the heat of riotilg but now for the first time deliberately plan ned killings have been carried out. Ihe affair began as Constables Leon ard and Carroll were patrolling the Falls road. When passing public house they heard footsteps behind them. Swinging around, they were confronted by two men armed with revoylers who ordered hands up.
 Simultaneously with the order, fire was opened upon the officers and Leonard fell dead His companion were fired at him. Three ot them missed, the fourth lodging in his thigh Apparently thinking both men dead, the assasins left.
 At about the same time Constables Farrell and Kearin were fired upon in locality about file distant. The assailants sprang upon the policemen unexpectedly. Farrell was shot in the arm and kearn was knocked down, and several shots were fired at him while he was on the ground. Some of the bullets passed through hls cape without touching his body. and he came out of the affair unscratched
 Reprisals came swiftly. Three civil ians. Edward Trodzen. John McFad. den and John Gainor, who lives near the scene of the attacks upon the po- lcemen. were slain in their homes. Different parties visited each house.
 Four men took part in the shooting of I'rodzen, who was a barber. After knocking at the door, they fired. a shot through the barber shop window. Trodzens son opened the door. and the men, wearing fasks, rushed at him, piercing his skull The men i'm mediately left without molesting oth- CT occupants of the house.
 The scene of the second shOoti2g 2 was 100 yards rom the Springfield road barracks. McFadden opened the door when three men knocked. Sever al bullets were fired at him. and he fell dead on the doorsteps.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
RUSSIA ALARMED
 OVER TRADE LOSS
ABSOLUTE COLLAPSE OF ALL TEXTILE INDUSTRIES OF RUS.
 SiA THREATENED.

Paris.-Unless soviet Russia is able 60 import the huge quantities of cot ton now being held in Turkestan there is danger of an absolute collapse of the textile industry in Russia, with the inevitable result that almost 800, ,000 workers will be thrown out of em- ployment.,
 This is the blow which Lenine and Trotzky are most anxious to ward of. as It will have far reaching effect on the morale of the Russian people and undermine the structure of na- ernment has been built. according to French Investigators just returned from the interior of Russia.
 By Sept. 1. 1919. all of the cotton reserve in. Russia had been apportion- ed to the state owned factories. A to- tai of nearly 600 mills were involved in the naturalization process, and these were kept busy for several months preparing cloth to be used in the soviet. army little being available for civilian purchases.
 The government has been able to get small supplies of the Turkish cot ton, but since the development of Gen, Wrangel's opposition and the strength ening of the Ukraine barrier the stocks are said to be reduced to the dangerous limit of less than lo0.00 pounds. barely sufficient to give work in the factories for another three months.
 The Turkish reserve. however, is estimated at 5000 900 pounds, which explains in no small measure the eag- erness of the Moscow officials to main tain the closests possible contact with the Turkish nationalists and the fore ing of a corridor through the Crimea and Armenia through which conveyed cotton shipments may pass.
 The silk industry was also said to be suffering from lack of raw material. Forty-nine industries were nationaliz- ed or these only 25 are functioning at present, the workers in the other factories having been drafted into Trotzky's labor army" for work in the fields and mines.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Christians Oisao~es With eo,ah.

After reading Senator Rornh's dec. 'aration that he would not vote for the League ot Nations If the Saviour of Mankind should ask htm to do so, it is refreshing to turn 10 the resolu- tions passed by the World Christian n conference. recently held at Geneva. indorslpg the league and calling upon an Christian ministers to support it. Is Senator Harding of ,h. same mind ! if not why Is Senator Borah support- Ing himl
The spectator., 1920-10-05
NO INTRODUCTION IS NEEDED
"Speak to the Buddy With the But ton," Slogan Adopted by
 Ohio Post.

Speak to the buddy with the but ton" is the appeal expressed in a resolution passed by the Franklin county council of the American Le- zion in Ohio. This policy has been adopted by many other posts. The resolution follows:
 Whereas, during our service in the World War we greeted each other whenever we met and ate, slept, fought and shot craps together without in- tr0ductiOn: and
 Whereas. in civilian life, we are compelled to remain closer to custom ;
 Be 1t resolved. That the members of the American Legion of Franklin county. O.. shall in the future regard the American Legion emblem as an open introduction between wearers Of same. thereby creating more close knit and friendly organization.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
COX WOULD PUT
 AMERICA FIRST
Democratic Candidate Has True Realization ot Meaning
 of Phrase.
SEES CCUNTRY'S REAL DUTY
Unlike Harding, Whose Appeal 's to SeIflshneos, Cox Would Finish the Task Left as a Trust
 by Those Who Died

The Republican candidate for pres'- dent ts very fond of dwelling on the nbrase .Americi first" made famous by President Wilson, but used Tn different sense from which ie is used by Senator Harding.
 One would naturally think, there- fore. that Senator Harding had a strong affection for Americans first, and if there are any Americaas who are more entitled to he ranked as first than other Americans it is those who have given their lives for their coun- try and for humanity. Many thou- sands of such are sleeping tn France. as we'll as those who rest in our own land.
 Senator Harding has delivered many eulogies of the men who died for the Union In the Civil war he has praised the valor and manhood of the Amert- cans who died to free the peoples of tie Antilles in the Spanish American war. and he has done so not only in years past but in this campaign.
 His speeches in the present cam paign have been noticeaby lacking in tributes or even references to the boys who sleep in France" One would be justified in thinking that he was not aware of the sacrifice American youth made in the war to end war;" or If so that they were mistaken and that silence would be charity. Is It possible that the senator would make a distinction between wars Fought un- der Republican administrations and wars fought under Demo ratio admin ist'atons? We will not entertain such q thought even though we are forced to wonder at his silence on the latter.
 Governor Cox. on the other hand. has rarely delivered a speech without paying tribute to our heroes of the World war. From the depths of his heart he has appealed for justice for these lost ones; he realizes that the task they left unfiniShed-the task of. securing world peace-will he his task as president of ;he United States. and with full and patriotic sense of his solemn obligation ha has stretched ''' Ut hfN Hhiii it StiSt iit Abitl tHty flung with their final strength
 He has said little of America first" In the sense Senator Harding uses II. because he realizes the seltishnesS and the littleness of the phrase that would ignore our obligations to the world: that would wrap ns in Il mantle of fancied security while We were deaf to every call of duty. of humanity. and national honor as well as to our mate rial interests. He knows that the only way that We can truly have an Amer tcn first" is to make her the first of the worlds nations: 10 make her the moral and actual leader of world peace. stability, security and happi- ness: to fulfill her duty at home and abroad.
 How can we have an "Americn first" with stain upon her honor with her pledges unkept; with The word slack err on her escutcheon and a yellow stripe on her flag? How can we have an "Mnerica first" who refuses or falls to keep faith with her own dead7
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Vii, Construct Club House.

Pangburn post. No. 9. of Mt. Ster' ling, Ky. is offering former service men of Montgomery county an oppor- tunity to invest in the construction of a memorial club house in Mt. Sterling any moneys they may receive by way of adjusted compensation from the government. It Is asserted that rent aIs and fees will make the stock a euhsfantial investment.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
What Republican leadsrs Ocs,ra

What Is renily des,red hy th. Re. publican leaders Is to elect unrdinr on no definite pledges whatever tn re- lation fo penee settlement. Mr. Lodge said SD In plain language in his Boston speech. thus:
 Above ail things we should not bind our presidential candidate to any pledge of what he shouli da with the lengue question seven months hence. |"
 Give Harding binnk check. signed In advance by the Ainertcsn I,csH'ls- .ha, Is the propoasl.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Miss NoXeA To Eurone.

Washington. Miss Clara D. Moves, director of nursing of the American Red Cross. will sail for Eu- rope for a tour of inspection of the nursing activities that are operating under the auspices of the Red Cross nursing service on the continent
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Plane Carries Cannon,

New York.-A new airplane. carry ing onepound cannon in addition to a battery of machine guns of all sizes. and protected with an armor plate of 3S,inch steel has been developed by the army Air Service.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Patrol Doat Is Safe,

New Orleans. Word was received aere that Capt. Dan Rafsey. agent for the Louisiana Department of Conser- ration. and the patrol boat Mayfiower. missing since the gulf coast storm. has been found safe in Grand pass. oif Grand Island.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Disease Hits Korea.

ToRyo.--Fifteen hundred new cases of cholera have been discovered in Ko- req. according to an official statement issued at Seoul. This makes the to. tai number of victims of the disease more than 10000, of whom more than 5000 have died.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
AlIiaator Is niai;aoie.

Nashville, Tenn. - Under a ruling of the Postoffice Department received here an alligator is mailable. The shipment by parcel post of an alliga- tor from Florida to girl in a loca school called forth this ruliIN
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Continue hoatillties.

Paris.-A dispatch from Warsaw says that notwithstanding the decision of the League of Nations Council in the dispute between Lithuanians and the Poles. the Lithuanians are con unuing hostilities.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Pcrishes From Thirst.

Los Angeles.-Patrick H. Porsney died of thirst in Death Valley recently. though wafer was only half a mile from the spot where his body was found Porsney went for a walk and apparently lost his way
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Strike la Postponad.

Seattle.-The strike of 5000 finera employed by the day in the coal mines of Washington has been postponed un' Hl referendum vote can be taken by 'ocal unions.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Explosion Causes Suit.

White Plains. N. Y. J. Milton Smith. as attorney for James O'Brien of Mount Vernon, has filed a suit for $50. .000 against the city of New York for injuries received in the Wall street bomb explosion.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY
New York Organization Opens Houses for Accommodation of Disabled
 Men Undergoing Training.

Ex-solders and sailors are not for gotten by the Stage Women's War Re lief committee which has just opened two new houses at 3S-40 West Forty
 eight street, New York city, where dis abled veterans undergoing vocational training may live with all the com
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Woman Is Decorated q

New York.-Madame de Buyer-Mi. meur~. formerly Miss Daisy Polk of San Francisco. has teen made a cheva- lier of the Legion of Honor in recog milton of her services to France dur iug the war
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Jana To Push Claims.

Honolulu.-Premier Haro of Japan in a governors conference. expressed the conviction that the difference be- tween the United States and Japan will be aMicably and satisfactorily ad iusted.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Iradinn With Mexico.

San Antonio. Texas - American business men are pouring into Mexi co by the hundreds fir order to be- come acquainted with merchants and business methods of that country and to establish trade relations.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
vira Exulos;on Fatal.

McAllen. Tex.--Peter Roe wac in stantly killed at San Juan. near here. when a motor truck tire exploded while he was infating 1t with air.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Irish Town Is Wrecked.

Dublin. Auxiliary police forcee wrecked the town of Ba!briggan. near here. in retaliation for the shooting oi two police officers.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Millerand Is Praised.

Paris-Praise of Alexander Mile and. the new president Of the French republic is the keynote of editorials upon his inauguration printed here. The only discoydant note comtG from Socialist organs and some radica journals.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Ieyques Is Premier.

Paris.-Georges Leygues. minister of marine in the Clemenceau cabinet. has accepted a call to the first premiership under President Millerand's admins tration.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
ecloian Royalty Honorsd.

Rio Janeiro.-Gay crowds 0: mer rymakers marched through the streets of the Brazilian capital in honor of King Albert and Queen Ella abeth of Belgium
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Severe Quake Reco-dse.

Washingtsn.-A severe earthquake was recorded on thes eismograph al Georgetown University. The disturb aance began at 9:4s a. m. and cop unued until about l2:30 D n.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Grain Embarqo Removed.

New Orleans.-The grain embargo put in effect August 9 and renewed August 16 and modified to allow ship ments on permit August 23. has been lifted.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Cholera Killing Many.

Tokio.-Fifteen hundred new cases of cholera have been discovered in Korea. The total number of cases is more than 10000. of whom more thar 5000 have died.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Fir, In Illinois Town.

Galesburg. lll.-E"ery building in the business block of Williamsfeld. m.. with the exception of garage. is in asbes as the result of fire Proper tv loss will total over sl00.000.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
hopes of Peace Vanish.

Warsaw.-The peace negotiations between Lithuania and Poland have been broken off. and the Polish dele gatio nhas left Kalwarya and is return ing to Warsaw.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
Clemcnceau To India.

Psrfs.-M Clemcnceau has left Paris for Marseilles. where he win em bark for India to spend several weeks hunting in the Hmalayas.
The spectator., 1920-10-05

forts of home for nominal sum. Miss Chrystal Herne, who Is shown here making curtains for the new resi- dences. is the chairman of the com mttee.
The spectator., 1920-10-05

Q. Three things, he declared, were agreed upon in organizing the Legion. They were:
 That the Legion should be a purely service organization with absolutely no distinction of rank between gen eral and private, admiral and gob.
 That the Legion must be non partisan and must concern itself with policies, not politics.
 That there must be no distinction drawn between branches of service. between those who served overseas and those who waited at home.
 "The American Legion is going to be the biggest stabilizing influence Tn America. in these disturbed times.' he said He cited letter from his fa- ther written in 1918. in which the for mer president predicted that the dan ger in this country lay in the tendency 10 swing from extreme to extreme from radicalism to reaction and vice versa.
 To show that the Legion does not care for politics Mir. Roosevelt pointed out that the first national commander. Colonel Lindsey, was Democrat while l." he said. "am suspected Of being a Republican"
 "The United States army" he con tinued. "was democratizing infiu- ence. contrary to the belief of many He told of many instances in his regi- ment to show the abolition of class distinction in the service.
The spectator., 1920-10-05
AIM IS TO BE OF SERVICE
Theodore Roosevelt Sums Up Princi-
 ples of Legion Before Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.

NWe are service men and service women. That is our aim-to be Of service to this country"
 With those words Theodore Roose-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

Many a farmer left the apples hang
sipg on the trees. Many another took
them to a cider mill. had the juice
pressed out, let it get hard. and tried
to drown his sorrow in it.
Farmer Loses
What does this mean: 1t means
primarily hat the farmer is the first
goat. He is the goat also in wheat.
Wheat that it cost him s2.16 a BUSH
ell to raise. according to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, recently
brought in the market $1.S5 a BUSH
ell. But do you notice that bread Is
any cheaper. or in anything like the
proportion that wheat has declined
in price? You do not.
You, the consumer, are the goat at
one end, and the farmer is the goat
at the other end, as is the laborer.
The farmer is really "a laborer in
most cases, although he is just be.
ginning to realize the fact.S That is,
he has neither the capital nor the
Organization to enable him to hold
out. He must sell the sweat of his
brow day by day, or at least year by
year. in order to live. as does the
working man.
Hence the wholesaler, the jobber,
and the retailer. who have capital
n organization, are able to pass
II the loss in staples to the farmer.
n keep up the price to the con-
sumer. The wholesaler says to the
retailer: II cannot sell you apples
much cheaper this year than last:
the price must be kept up" But to
the farmer he points out that he is
heavily stocked with foodstuffs and
that the people are not buying them.
He does not really need SO many ap-
Piles this year. He offers two dollars
a barrel. and says: Take it or leave
IT," The farmer has to take it. He
has no storage facilities, and no
money. He has to sell, but the
wholesaler does not have to buy. At
least. his need is not nearly so
pressing.
So tho farmer and laborer at one
n lose money. and the consumer at
the other still pays high prices. while
the great organized industry of dis
tribution and manufacture stands
pat.
Nevertheless, it is not happy. IT
Is killing the goose that. laid the
golden egg. II faces a dwindling de-
mand. and it a stimulate demand
only by reducing prices.
So, slowly, with much sweat and
suffering. we get back to what our
Presldent-elect calls "normalcy.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
HUMAN NATURE.

The climate here is luscious, very. and even
wintsf days are warm; but my old heart is
SO contrary ! sometimes long to see a storm.
Where / abide the weather wizard provides
the smoothest goods he owns: and yet !
long to hear a blizzard whoop past the house,
with maudlin tones. The tourists come, a
cheerful legion, and visit me a while and
say. This is the finest, grandest region-hers
every days a perfect day!" They dance
around. the joyous friskers, ecstatic over
things they see: and | remark, you bet your
whiskers. this country's good enough for
me-" But when the tourists leave my shanty.
In genial pairs or blocks Of five, j say to
Jane. my s~pinster auntie, Il wish a cyclone
would arrive. oh. for a good old Kansas
twjster. destroying barns, uprooting trees!
oh, for a hot wind that would blister. oh,
for a cold wind that would freeze!' And "
! back where winds are blowing. and
winters white with snow and rime. sons
E~rievous fts i would be throwing. denounc-
Ing such a beastly cline. There is no Bills
for any mortal until he quits this vale of
woe, and enters, through the shining portal.
the land where all the righteous go. And
that bright land-perhaps he'll scan 1t. and
mutter TO his sanity guide, This place
looks cheap beside the planet where | grew
up and loved and died"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
WASTE NOT CRUMBS
By DIR. James I. Vance

1t was a strange command Jesus
gave to the crowd by the sea when
He said: Gather up the fras-
ments." He had just fed i've thou
sand men in a lavish way. Now He
seems to say: "See hat not . crumb
is lost"
What was He after? Surely not
the crumbs. for He is not on the
edge of want. He can make more
bread with words when He has a
hungry crowd to feed.
He has given that crowd by the
lake a glimpse of His resources. He
has tapped the reservoirs of divine
plenty. There in the desert with the
visible food supply reduced to five
barley loaves and two fishes, He has
fed more than five thousand people
until they had all they could eat,
and the ground is covered with what
they have thrown away.
He had only to speak, ard there
and there was plenty to eat. 1t was
a sight to reassure needy people.
They need never fear a famine
again. With a Leader who can
make, food with words, they need
not be careful.
Has the God who was so bounti-
full an hour ago suddenly grown
parsimonious and close-hsted, and
become a tiEht-wad?
No, He was teaching them one of
the most important lessons of life.
Because God is omnipotent, He does
not waste His power. nor work mir
acles to guarantee human shiftless-
ness and in%efiiciency against disas-
ter. We are to make the most out
OF what we are, and do the best
with what we have.
1t is wicked to waste.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Luke McLukc Saws,

AS long as it is red a man is certain to appre-
Ciate a color scheme.
A husband imagines that the reason his wife
doesn't want him to go out at night is because
she won't have any one to fight with.
The o. f. woman who used to try TO make her
husband quit smoking now has a daughter
whose husband is trying to make her quit the
habit.
1t isn't hard to see why a girl isn't ashamed
to go out wearing q knee-high skirt.
This would be a better world II men were as
busy hitting enemies from in front as they are
knocking friends from behind.
A man never decides to begin Reform Work
because he has discovered that he needs re-
forming.
Another thing We can't understand is why
1t Ia natural for most women to act unnatupei.
When a man happens to be a natural dam.
phooL being a natural damphool he is naturally
the last one to find it out.
One things we like about a wife is her ability
to understand things without giving them a
thought. =
Don't imagine that you can avoid a Counting
Stunt by paying attention to a Widow. She'll
expect as much fuss and "oetsy -wootsy" slust
as a sixteen-year,old maiden.
There are two sides to everything. You know
how cranky your wife seems to you, don't you ?
Well, that's just how cranky you seem to her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

There naturally would be . still greater falling
off in travel by trolley with a ten cent fare
much more than there was when the fare went
TO seven cents.
That the Public Service has a serious problem
to solve there is no doubt, but we see no 3usti-
hcation in further gouging the ~long-sufering
public. There 10 reason to believe the situation
could be met by the company itself If it would
get down to brass tacks. conduct a genuine
house cleaning. adopt a ~new>policy toward its
patrons and show It's changed attitude from its
highest officials down that there is to be a new
deal all around.