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The Washington times., 1920-12-01
BY EARLE c. REEVES,
International Neyya Service.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-Seventy thou
sand British soldiers and military
policemen have been massed in Ire
land to crush terrorism.
Heavy re-inforcements Of both
troops and auxiliary police have
been sent to all parts Of Ireland
since the latest campaign of violence
broke out week ago Sunday. The
troops are equipped with light ar
tillery, machine guns, tanks and ar
mored cars in addition to small
arms.
MARTIAL LAW LIKELY.
II conditions continue to grow
worse the Government may declare
martial law.
While no formal blockade of Ire
land has been proclaimed, the navy
is keeping vigilant watch and all the
Irish coasts are patrolled continuous
ly by strong forces of small naval
boats.
The main object OF the British
naval patrol is to prevent gun-run-
ming and the filibustering of muni-
tions. In view of the steadily in
creasing arsenals of the Sim Feiners.
government officials are becoming
convinced that arms and ammunition
are being obtained in the United
States. 1t is believed that the war
supplies are brought secretly from
America to Scottish ports and re-
shipped on small coasting vessels
which trade with the Donegal section.
OTHER SUPPLIES SEIZED.
other supplies of arms and muni-
tions are collected from the British
military in raids and forays. In the
ambuscadc of two police lorrics at
Kilpichael, when fifteen black and
tan cadets were shot to death, all the
arms and ammunition were removed
by the attackers.
1t was reported from Dublin today
that the Sim Feiners in ireland had
called in all the munitions from the
various secret arscnals. This indi-
Gated that the Irish volunteers had
begun to mobilize, or at least were
preparing to meet some move on the
part of the British authorities at
Dublin.
British military authorities ara
taking extra precautions to meet an
attack on "A big scale as result Of
the Sim Feiners' new activities.
Threats have been made against
some of the London newspapers. The
Offices OF lnt llTltS, lpdliN hdII anu
Morning Post were under police
guard today.
IRISH SHIPS SEARCHED.
Officials of the Irish office explain
ed that while no official blockade Of
Ireland had been declared the navy
is empowered and actually is search
ing oil ships suspected OF carrying
contrabands into Irish harbors.
NJ
only q small amount of munitions ls
reaching Ireland from outside sources
at this time. II was pointed out that
stores of arms and ammunition had
been accommodating in Ireland for
nearly six years through raids, sciZ-
ures and smuggling.
Much of this accumulation was
used up in the recent activities ~
Sim Fein raids was chiefly to rein
force the arsenals. Many of the arms
captured from the Sim Fciners were
antiquateG weapons.
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TEXT OF MESSAGE.

The text of President Wilson's
cablegram to President Hymans fol
lows:
| have' the honor to acknowledge
your cabled message, setting forth
the resolution adopted by the as
sembly of the League of Nations,
requesting the council of the League
to arrive at an understanding with
the governments, with view to en-
trusting a power with the task Of
taking necessary measures to stop
the hostilities in Armenia.
You offer to the United states the
opportunity of undertaking the hu-
manitarian task OF using its good
offices to end the present tragedy
being enacted in Armenia, and you
assure me that your proposal in
wolves no repetition Of the invita-
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BRITAIN APPEALED TO AMERICA FOR RE

In this extremity the British government appealed to
the United States for relief representing that the situation
which started in financial panic threatened to develop
no revolt that would sweep every vestge of British
authority in India
Thereupon President Wilson, against the advice of
many Congressional leaders, rushed through Congress bill
now known the Ptman act 1t provided for the melting
down of $35000OO0O in American silver dollars and the
sale of the bullion abroad at the fixed price of ST
Of this amount 207,000,000 ounces were sold to the
British government for in India. The remainder went
to France and other European countries. The price OF
silver at that time we'll above the fixed price OF ST.
and ultimately reached around $1.35 per ounce
The Pman act provides that the $35OOOOOOO in silver
should replaced by purchases from American producers
at the same price of 81 In the meantime, the
was quoted in the open market at 65 cents Never
theles the Government is required by law to pay 81 per
ounce until the purchase of 35000OOO is complete
SILVER HoARDs sECRETED IN FAR EAST.
In practically all Oriental countries silver is the basis
Of currency and during the nearly all the silver in
circulation quickly disappeared INTO secret huhS places
or the bazars of jewelers..
So acute did the situation become before the United
States generously solved the difficulty by pouring millions
of dollars silver into the lap of Great Britain that COM
merca transactions reduced barter because
wanted to accept the deprecated paper money that was
the only currency available.
Officials close to the President when questioned
cernng the silver policy of the Government especially the
Indian transaction admitted the huge cost to this Govern
ment but declared that the summary action of President
Wilson entirely justified by the critical position In
which our ally, Great Britain, at the time placed
They pointed out that nothing less drastic than the
Pttman act could have saved Great Britain from complete
coapsc and n series of colonial rcvos that would have
wrecked her empire.
II was admitted that the Pitman act carries no pro-
vision bv which the United States can be compensated for
beneficial and timely action on behalf OF Great Britain
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AID
IS UNOFFICIAL
Wilson, Accepting Mediatorship,
Specifies That Offices Must
Be Purely Personal.

GENEVA, Dec. President Will
sons communication to the League
Of Nations accepting the invitation
to serve as mediator between the
Turks and Armenians was received
today and the council Immediately
began to draft reply.
EFFORTS PURELY Personal.
President Wilson made IL clear that
his efforts could only be personal. as
he is not authorized TO use American
military forces for Intervention Sra-
I'll and Spain already have pledged
President Wilson their support.
The council has adopted the mill
tary commissions report asking
America 10 send n representative to
discuss disarmament without COM
hitting the United states to the
League.
The economic committee OF the as
sembly in secret session adopted a
resolution directing the league to
continue it's investigation with the
ultimate view to the pooling OF the
worlds natural resources.
Sir. J. r.. Foster. OF Canada, who
opposed the resolution said it was a
death blow to hopes that the United
states would enter the league.
The resolution was moved by NJ.
Ador Of Switzerland and was sup
ported by Gabriel Hantaux, of
France; Signor Feviario. OF Italy; DR..
Trigger, of sweden and DR.. Vestrepo.
OF Colombia.
EXPLAINS OPPOSITION.
In addition to Sir J. Z. Foster. Mr..
Collins. Of yAustra1ia, and Mr.. Allen, OF
New ZeS snd. opposed the resolution.
Sir j. r. Foster. who led the opposi-
tion, said that countries like the
United States and Canada would
never consent to the League of Ma
tions interfering in their disposition
Of their natural resources.
Even a discussion OF this ques-
tion will alarm the United States and
kill all chance OF America entering
the league" said the Canadian.
Despite the reference to the United
states the members OF the conomic
ommittee favoring the resolution
ssid they were certain it would be
adopted by the assembly. J.
The council has INSTRUCTED the Al
lied commissioners at Constantinople
TO report on the best means of COM
municating with Mustapha kemal
Pasha for preliminary steps in Pres
ident Wilson's mediation.
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WEATHER

Cloudy and ussettiedi
probably oeeasionai rains
tonight and Wednesday.
No change In tempera-
ture. Moderate. variable
winds. Temperature at q
o'clock. Is degrees. Tem-
perature at noon, 40 de-
Erees.
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BRISBANE
Copyright issO.

The International Reform Bu-
reau, which wants birds to stop
singing, flowers to stop blooming
and human beings to sit indoors
and NOPE on Sunday. is actually
taking itself seriously.
The gentlemen need to be told
what the old lady in the English
public house told the bartender
as he put water beside her glass
OF gin: Young man, | have trou-
BILE enough without drinking wa
ter"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly N direct touch with
the public, there il one preparation that
has been very successful IN overcoming
these conditions The mild and healing
influence Of Dr.. Kilmer's SEamp-Roos Is
coon realized. Il stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one Of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, IN
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
% many applicants for insurance are re-
iected il because kidney trouble is %
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose sppliez-
Eioas are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
Mt al drug stores IN bottles of two sizes,
medium and large
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer q Co., BinghaInton, n. Y. for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Ady.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

birth. Roosevelt had to fight for his
very breath in his gasping, asthmatic
childhood.
Finally he took a postgraduate
course in physical culture in the wild
West, where the "fOur-eyed tenderfoot"
had to fight the battle of his youth all
over again. in a strange world, with
entirely different standards for meas
uring men.
Roosevelt cut his eye teeth in polit-
fcal leadership in the corrupt ma
chine-run legislature of New York. He
could not have chosen a more thor
ough school for instruction In the hid
den, muddy springs of parties and pol
ttics. His experience at Albany put
realism into his idealism and made
the academic reformer over into the
most intensely practical politician we
have had in the presidency.
He decided at the outset to act in
each office as if it was to be the last
that he ever would get, and for nearly
Is years after he left the legislature,
Roosevelt could not have been
elected to anything in the boss-ridden
state of New York. For long time
he was "shelved" on the civil service
commission at Washington. until re-
form mayor of New York appointed
him on the four-headed police commits
sion: but it was soon single-headed so
far as the public could see, and that
head was full of teeth for police graft
ers and Iawbreakers. At thtrty-eight
the most he could ask of the Repub-
Tcan politicians, with any hope of get
fling il, was the assistant secretaryship
of the navy. The entire administration
sighed with relief when at last he went
off to lead his Rough Riders.
In five months he was back from
Cuba i'm the far more troublesome role
of a popular hero. The New York ma
chine was i'm such sore need of a good
name to pull it through the pending
election that it met him at the wharf
| and humbIy laid at his feet the Repub-
Iicsn nomination for governor. But In
the governorship, he realized the worst
fears of Boss Plat that he harbored,
! as the boss naively wrote him, "yari-
ous altruistic IDEAS" and that he was
"a little loose on the relations OF capt.
tai and labor on trusts and combina'
t,ons and the right CT man
Ia run his own business in his own
way"
The only thing to do with this wild
engine was to turn the switch and
shunt It on to the side track or the
vice presidency. Roosevelt loudly pro-
tested that he wanted TO be reelected
governor. And while Plat was trying
IA push him on TO the national ticket
Mckinley and Hanna Just as earnestly
tried to push him back on to Platt
The Republican national convention
rose up and roared his nomination
ainging him, IN spite OF himself, upon
ne tide that led to fortune.
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A 7 the cracking Of a twig in the
L y still depths Of the Adirondack
mountains Roosevelt turned to see
guide coming out Of the woods with
the unexpected news that McKinley's
condition was worse. Although he
FASTENED to Buffalo, the president had
died IL hours before the vice president
arrived.
At the outset Of Rooseyelt's ad-
ministratfon a fearful citizen begged
the rough rider not to permit his fight
ing spirit to plunge the country into an
international war. what" the pres
ident exclaimed. "a war, and cooped
up here In the White House? Never!'
Many forgot the first half of the
old motto that Roosevelt made his own.
Speak softly and carry a big stick"
No man ever had a simpler faith in
the efficacy of first talking it over"
nan fashion, with an adversary,
whether a senator or an ambassador.
The meddlesome German kaiser was
the earliest TO feel the big stick" to
see if 1t was only stuffed with straw.
Germany and a Tory government Of
England were on the point Of seizing
territory as a security for some claims
against Venezuelan citizens, when
Roosevelt succeeded in dissuading Eng
land from such a step, but he failed
to induce Germany to arbitrate the
matter. Thereupon he told the Ger
man ambassador that unless the Berlin
, government consented TO arbitration
| in ten days, he would send Admiral
/ Dewey to stop the Germans from land
/ ing in Venezuela. The ambassador
/ protesting that the kaiser could not
/ back down now, Roosevelt replied that
/ he was not arguing with him but was
simply telling him what would happen.
| After waiting a week without an
| answer from Berlin, he told the am
bassador that he was going to cut the
| limit to nine days and that unless
! Germany agreed in -4S hours to arbt-
| trate, Dewey would sail. In SO hours
| the ambassador came back with a
message announcing that Germany con-
! sented,
In good time, Roosevelt employed
the influence of his unique position
before the world to bring to an end
the .Russo-Japanese war. Shrewdly
choosing the right moment to step in,
he appealed to the two belligerents
with a common sense and a simple
directness that a friend would use in
bringing together two quarreling neigh
borS. Afterward he steered the peace
conference at Portsmouth against its
will steadily toward peace Of recon
Citation, an impatient Russian declar
ing that his "steel wrist" hammered
out treaty that neither of the power:
wanted at that time and that "the ter
rible American presidential SrenuOst
was capable of locking the conferee:
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into a room and starving them into
submission"
Instead Of starting war. the "big
stick" stopped the only great war that
broke out in the period of Its sway.
While the Roosevelts were its ten
ants, the White House was an eN-
ample and the center OF the simple
family life of America mot q
second-rate palace" the president said,
''but the home of a Self-reSpectfng
American citizen A few months af-
ter graduating at Harvard, Roosevelt
married Miss Alice Hathaway Lee OF
Boston, whom he lad met in his col
lege days. This bride OF his youth
passed from life as her daughter
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth-en-
tered II.
Nearly three years afterward he
sailed from New York, directly follow.
ing an unsuccessful campaign for
mayor to marry a friend and neigh5or
of his childhood. Miss Edith Kermit
Carow, who was sojourning In Europe.
CCsopyriSht. 1saA BY James MorEa0
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
GOVERNORS CHOSEN
| IN LATE ELECTION
sTATE RACES, EXCEPT IN THE
SOLID SOUTH, WON BY
VICTORIOUS PARTY.
rhlrty-four States Elect Chief ExecU
tiyes, Twenty-six Choosing Repub-
licans, Seven Picking Democrats
and One Non-Partlsan.

81 New York. Thirty states elect.
IN governors on November 2, twenty
six choosing Republicans. seven pick
ing Democrats and one returning its
Nonpartisan league candidate.
NJ The Democratic governors were
elected in the old South with the ex-
ception of New Mexico.
~ Eight candidates were reelected, six
of those undertaking second term be
ing Republicans, one Democrat and
the other, Lynn ]. Frazier, Nonpartisan
deaguer of North Dakota In addition
to those selected Tuesday, Maine on
September 13 elected Republican.
The list of governors follows:
ArizOna-T. E. Campbell, Republi.
can, reelected.
Arkansas-Thomas G. McRae, Demo
,crat.
Colorado-Oliyer II. Shoup, Repub-
lican, reelected.
onneeticut-Eyerett ]. Lake, Re
publican.
Delaware william D. Denney Jr,
Republican
Florida-Cary Hardee, Democrat.
Georgia-T. w. Hardwick, Democrat.
Idaho-David w. Davis, Republican,
reelected.
IllinOis-Len Small, Republican.
Indiana--W. T. McCray, Republican.
Lowa--N. e. Kendall, Republican.
Kansas-Henry Allen, Republican,
reelected.
Massachusetts-Ch 81. Cox
Republican.
Michigan-Alexander ]. Groesbeck,
Republican.
Minnesota. A. o. Preuse, Repub-
1ican.
Missouri-James Hyde, Republican.
Montana. NJ. Dixon, Republican.
Nebraska-S. r. McKelyie, Repub-
lican, reelected.
New Hampshire-o. N. Brown, Re
publican.
New Mexico-R. II. Hanna, Demo
crat.
New York-Nathan L. Miller, Repub-
Iican.
North Carolina-C. Morrison, Demo
crat. -
North Dakota-L. J. Frazier, Non
partisan, reelected.
Ohio-Harry L. Davis, Republican.
Rhode Island-E. J. San Souci, Re
publican.
South Carolina-R. A. Cooper, Demo
crat, reelected.
South Dakota-R. E. McMaster, Re
publican.
Tennessee 4. Taylor, Republi-
can.
Texas-Pat Neff, Democrat.
Utah-Charles r. Mabey, Republi
can.
circumstances Hardness, Republi
can.
Neutrality-suspicious. F. Hart, Repub'
Iican, reelected.
West Virginia-E. F. Morgan, Repub-
lican.
wisconsin-James G. Blaine, Repub
.ican.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Will Rheumatism Again
Bind You Hand and Foot?

Il you had Rheumatism last year
and treated only the pains Of the
disease by rubbing with hniments
and lotions, you can be sure that
soon again you viii be in the shack
les OF this relentless foe. You may
get some slight temporary relief
from the pains OF the disease by
the use Of these local remedies, but
Rheumatism is too real and relent-
less q disease to be rubbed away.
So many cases Of Rheumatism
come frpm q tiny germ IN the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

THEODORE ROOSEVELT was the
l. most popular of all our presi-
dents. With the exception of Lincoln,
his was the raciest, the most interest
ing character that we have had in
the presidency.
Yet he was born apart from the null
dtude whom he led and he might have
lived and died a stranger to the masses
Of his countrymen but for one thing /:
He had not the health to enjoy the
life of ease which opened to him at his
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

blood, that you should try q rem
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
The Chief Need.

Bridget the maid. appeared at the
door with a somewhat rueful EXPIRES
sion.
What do we need for dinner, Bird
get?" asked the lady Of the house.
a new set Of dishes, num-" was the
prompt response. "Tve just trfpped
over the edge of the rug in the hall"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
GREEKS SELECT NEW KING.
Younger Brother of Alexander Ele-
waited to the Throne.

Athens. - Prince Paul, younger
brother of the late King Alexander
was proclaimed king by the Greek par
lament Friday evening. Earlier IN
the session Admiral p. Coundouriotis
was elected regent. Prince Paul was
born in this city December 1, 1901, and
is unmarried. Since his father, former
King Constantine, left Greece, Prince
Paul has been with him in Switzer-
land.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Catarrh

CatarTh is q local disease greatly fnfiu-
eHced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is q
Tonic and Blood Purifier. BY cleansing
the blood and building up the System,
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do its work
An Druggists. Circulars free.
T. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Snort hunters Are EIayed.

Omaha.-Dr. H. j. Clifford of Omaha
told delegates attending the annual
convention of the American Humane
association here Wednesday that 1.-The
lstinct to kill, which is the basis Of
all hunting for sport, is relic Of the
stone age"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

DON'T Seem to Mind.
did you hear about that railroad
fagman who resigned because people
were no longer friendly?T
YES Traffic policemen seem to Be
made Of steiner stuff"
why soy
'You would think they'd resign for
the same reason, but they never do."-
Birmingham Age-HeF4ld.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Scion Of Enolish Noble Murdered,

New York.-Leeds Waugh Waters,
believed by the police to have been a
member OF titled English family. was
found dead on Wednesday with his
bead cut and bruised. In room in the
Plymouth hotel.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

Convicted of Ruth cruaer's Murder.
Bologna, Italy.-Alfred Cocehi, on
trial here fcr the murder of Ruth
Cruger in New York City in February
1917, was found guilty on four charges.
Coccht was sentenced to q years inn
prisonment.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Shave With cuticura Scar

And double your razor efficiency as
wen as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
sliEy soap, no germs, no waste, no
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaying,
bathing and ampOoing.-AdY.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Lake Washes up Two Bodies.

Chieago.-The moaning gray waters
of wintry Lake Michigan washed up
tragedy Monday when the bodies OF
Mrs, Laura Foss, % years of age, and
her five-year-old daughter came ashore
at the foot of winona street.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
FIVE MINUTE CHATS ABOUT
OUR PRESIDENTS
~.-. By JAMES MORGAN
THE STRENUOUS LIFE

1a5s-oct. 81, Theodore Rooss-
welt born In New York
city.
fseo-Graduated from Harvard.
1es24-Member of New York
legislature.
1s84-6-A ranchman at Medora,
N. D.
1e8e-95-Member of national civil
service commission.
fse5-z-Member of New York DO
lice commission.
1ee7-s-Assistant Secretary of
the navy.
1see-coIonel Of the Rouah
Riders In Cuba.
1ee9-190o - Governor Of New
York.
1eoo-Elected Vice President.
1eo1-Sept. IA took the oath In
Buffalo as the twenty-fifth
president, aged forty-two.
1eo4-NoVember, elected presi-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
prys pefeated n Scotland.

London.-The drys suffered smash
ing defeat in the Scottish prohibition
election. About half of the coo areas
In Scotland voted and only about
twenty of the small county areas went
dry.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12
Wors. Than outriunt Lie.

Many a man who would shrink from
a false statement will give a false
color-which is still more unfair, be-
cause more difficult to correct.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-11-12

Imagination Stagaers.
why did they separateI"
Nobody knows"
How dreadful"
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THE BIG STICK

1soS-February 8, Roosevelt In
dueed Great Britain and
Germany to arbitrate with
Venezuela. November, the
Panama revolution.
lsoo-may IL, brought Russia
and Japan to agree to dis
euss peace. August %,
the peace of Portsmouth.
1so6-RooseveIt awarded the
Nobel peace prize.
1s1s-January 6, death of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, aged sixty.