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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21

PAST the house after an hour at the
movies he was startled by an exclama-
ton of amazement from her.
Look. Ward!" she cried. grabbing
his arm. Look at the side window,
under the shade! There's a light In
the house-the people must have
moved in"
"Sure. enough" Ward was evil
IDENTIFY puzzled. That's queer. for
was noticing the place as l came home
to supper, and there was not a sign
of life about It." }-
"Ha'nts-must be-" Adele laughed
softly. "Or the mystery. Wen watch
and see what wen see."
All was as usual about the house as
Ward went back and forth to his work
the following day, as also when Adele
went In town for shopping in the after
noon. But that night. when the inter-
ested couple walked down purposely
to see what they could see, the CLEAN
Of light was once more visible. Adele.
nearly bursting with curiosity, imag-
lined every possible solution Of the
mystery" ably seconded by her hus-
band.
Three days passed. Still no signs
Of life about the place by daylight
but the steady light far into the night.
as Adele and Ward took pains to as
certain. That third evening Adele
reached the limit Of endurance.
"rt's our house." she said. 'weve
adopted It even II It does belong to
someone else. I won't have burglars
and thieves and-and- maybe small
pox patients desecrating that nice
dining room-if It 10 the dining room.
Come. Ward. we'll 20 very softly. but
we'll have peek under that window
shade Il it's the last act Of ouF young
.liveA"
Ward hesitated and looked up and
down the street All was Quiet-not
4 soul In sisht Curiosity u not q,
trait belonging exclusively to women.
Adele WIS tip-toeing up the walk and
b followed her around Into the shad-
on u the syrinsa busA. then close y
ths wall until they reached the win-
dow-whars ths tanning light was.
4 place where hit nay shine doss
~ necessarily nsanI "a epsning largo
suoukk Do Ioek within. 80 WarN and
Ado scon eeend 4 tiny glimpse ,oe
psllshsd wfndpwleltl 40 IN thas ~
War6ed thelr 61betA
80 ~ - Aaaens -. AAeea sfSreaA
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
House With the
Green Door
BY HELEN WAITE MUNRO

l N00VOSSD00SSSsSS>90SSS
&c. 1880. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
ITO think that It should be sold just
as we were getting together enough
money to buy 1t ourselves!" Adele
Preston looked ruefully at the little
white house with the green door
oestled cozily among the budding trees
and shrubbery.
1T is a shamei" her husband re-
sponded. Its been on the market
over two years. and we've planned
and figured on 1t until 1t sure seemed
like our own. Mr.. Larkin. the real es-
tate man. says lawyer bought 1t for
a client whose name he would not
give-seems to be something mystert-
Gus about it."
Think Of some perfectly dreadful
family occupying that big living room
Il know it's big, though I've never
been in it-and somebody else's baby
having sand pile In our back yard I"
Adele sighed as they turned to walk
the remaining distance to the fiat
which was their present home. I'm
going to watch, anyway, and see what
kind of people they are, Ward. You
must notice as you go by to work
whether they've come or not"
The days went by, however. and the
new owners of the little house did not
appear and take possession. The
shades remained closely drawn. the
grass on the lawn grew to waving
heights and the green door remained
baffiingly closed. The careful watch.
ing of Adele and Ward Preston was In
vain until one evening some time later
Is the two walked slowly homeward
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
DRAWING BY SENSE OF TOUCH
One Of the Greatest Of Tests Of the
influence Of Thought on
the Senses.

For one who can draw It Is not 20
difficult to look at an object and de.
pict 1t on paper. But to draw by the
sense Of touch instead of the sense
Of sight is apparently not so easy; II
Is good test Of the !, influence of
thought on the senses, says the Popu.
lar Science Monthly.
In demonstration of mental draw.
ing" the artist was blindfolded. In
structed to feel certain objects and
then to draw them. The result was
curious. A wooden toy representing
a woodpecker was taken for a model
Of a piece Of machinery, and so drawn
after a cursory examination. After a
more careful examination by the sense
Of touch alone. the artist made an al.
most perfect drawing Of the real Oh.
ject. He actually drew the toy wood.
pecker upside down. and did not know,
until be saw Il, what It was that he
had drawn.
The artist ran his hands lightly over
q cloth-covered facs, feeling the feat.
ures. Again the mind tried to jump
10 conclusions The srtist afncisd the
concealed face to b that Of some one
known 70 himself. Aftsf his fingers
had thoroughly exploited the contour
Of the -faee hs was able to make Q
more truthful ldSaineltion representing
what be bad seem witA his sense Of
tonch.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
Hardlnq's RooseveItisnn.

I'm seeking prototype for Colonel
Roosevelt among public men Of the
country. one finds the closest resem.
blance to Aaron Burr. The same am.
billions. the same overbearing disposi.
ton. the same ungovernable temper,
the same ruthlessness In .disregarding
the ties Of friendship. gratitude and
reverence. the same tendency to bully
and browbeat, and. finally, the same
egotism and greed for power and the
same mental tendency generally
From m editorial In Senator Hard
ing's Marion (Ohio) Star during the
presidential campaign Of 1912.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
HARDING Unable to Learn.

Senator Harding is not succeeding
very well in his imitation of McKin.
ley. He has revived the high protec.
tive tariff issue. believing. no doubt,
that he was following In the footsteps
of the one-time leader of the protec-
tive tariff system. but apparently for.
getting that in the last speech McKin-
ley ever made. the day before he was
shot, he announced In effect that the
era Of high protection was past; that
the United States was world power
and must look to the markets Of the
world for her future trade. Mckinley
had learned something, but Harding
hasn't.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
Ys,. She Had sean Il.

The new typist determined to make
good impression upon her chief. She
turned up half an hour early and be
gan tidying up the room. When that
was done she examined her typewriter;
discovered 1t In shocking condition,
found bottle and gave it thorough
oiling. While about It she examined
all the other typewriters in the office
and oiled them too.
There IL nothing. she thought like
making oneself Indispensable
Her chief arrived. he looked around
him with an air Of satisfaction and
crossed to the mantelpiece. Then his
smile changed to q frown.
miles Smith," he said. have you
ssen my cough mixturer
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
Points to pemocratIc victory.

1t IL sign Of Democratic victor,
when men like John NJ. Parker. who
was nominated for vice president BY
the Pr0gressives on the ticket with
Theodore Roosevelt In 1915, and Har-
old n. Ickes. the former Progressive
leader In the central West. and that
grand old philanthropist Nathan
Suaus. who has for many years been
providing the sick and the poor with
pure milk from convenient stations In
New York city. announce themselves
for Coz and Roosevelt. It looks a. u
the srahd rush to the Democratic
standard has begun.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
EAlEK oF THE SECRET SERVICE


The habit, Of deduction which 81
the polite idIer zadig into tr6ubIs Wit
| the king of Babylon. and n loag tim
| afterward amazed tho mat dc
Doctor Watson when applied 81 Dhei
lock Holmes to the solution 6f myl
lteries Of crime y no part of tn ron
tine Of the real detective, ana .psrhap
Captatin Donella, who retiree a III
head Of the federal secret service ii
KENTUCKY to become an Indian.
farmer. never rat up late at night Il
read Swallowed BY Three" Or pat
termed his methods after those OF ths
heroes Of Emile Gaboriau. But II thu
real life detective Ii no wizard he !.
at least q workman whose career Ii
not barren Of industrial results or OF
adventure which would be thrilling to
readers II 1t were illuminated BY the
pen Of. gifted writer, the Louisville
C0uriersJ ournal states.
Criminals are almost always wholly
s0rdid. The gentleman" crook, II the
term gentleman" connotes anything
beyond a clean collar and a we'll
pressed suit Of clothing. doesn't exist,
detectives, agree. The sentimental
porch climber. the chivalrous burglar,
the Raffles whose drawing-room man
ner is eQualed only by his actual re-,
finement Of soul, are "bunk. but many
crimes and many criminals are mys.
tifying and highly interesting. In the
official records of criminals hunted
down in any state and any consider.
able city there is material! for hum
dred best selling stories Of crime.
The life Of the secret service man
Is that Of huntsman whose game is
not always approached easily, does
not always fall at the first shot, and
often fights spiritedly when brought to
bay.
Men who lead dull lives at desks or
behind counters dream Of exciting ad.
venture. Ship captains, deep sea fish,
ermen. veterans Of bloody wars, chas- |
ers Of criminals, want to settle down
Upon farms and raise cows or chick |
Ems. Among them Is Captain Donella,
'redited with having tracked down
1000 counterfeiters.
Unlike the actress, whose exciting I
moments are make-believe. the man |
Who has seen active service knows
What he's about; as a rule, when he
settles down."
Doubtless veteran detective will
make an enthusiastic farmer, a deep
tudent Of the chemical composition
t the soils and balanced rations for
I've stock. Sherlock Holmes of fiction
7ould drug himself to death to avoid
eing bored to death upon a farm. but
1r. Burns of real life doubtless looks
onward to spending his declining
ears as rural proprietor.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
ss.astriaI oilsarcAy In Danger.

sssat4rlai oil6arety In Danger.
10 TIE establishment Of senatorial
govefnfnent Senator Harding a. the
Repubslkan candidate IL committed. Il
u oaie - the few points on which hls
MIND epDeers to b clear. There u na
nlueaa I1nx hls meaning or where HI
plednp lad. Once before there was
Z Rs1alean senatorial ring Ia peWee,
with k1dEich ct ii head, what kin1
u tAk,4 bfll. for instance. would tie
senaS1eI hing With Penross. Lodne
and 6ot b the seats Of powVe.
writo When a1mred In advance of N
Har6hSG apcroyal, Il hs wsrs yEsul-
dent4 SIS )
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
housewives WIN % WsIIto Con-
ssider Pronounoemsnt Of
= Senator Harding
|FlRM FOB HIGHER TARIFF
At the Bidding o. the Big Trusts He
I Stands for On lnefsass In the
X. Price Of Nearly All
Commodities

! Out Of the ''involvements" Of hii
plan for return to ''normalcy." Seha.
tor Harding has had q '.revealment'
that q high protective tariff 10 ah
economic necessity and is a big issue
in the campaign.
The public ia general and the Amer.
lean housewife In particular, strug'
Cling against the high cost Of living,
will be interested to learn that Sena-
tor Harding would like to, add little
more here and there to the cost Of
commodities. by increasing the tariff
taxes on. them. which are always
passed on to the consumer.
From the reposeful arms Of bis
rocking chair the senator had the fol-
lowing to say relating to schedule K,
which Is article 10 Of the Republican
covenant with tariff graft-in other
words, the wool schedule:
Farmers In this country sold their
wool clips for 80 cents a few days
ago. The market Is altered now and
] am informed that In Boston they
are putting wool In storage and are
not quoting any prices. We are hav-
ing practical demonstration Of the
economic necessity Of the protective
tariff"
But Senator Harding stopped short
Of the real facts, as he always does.
which would explain this condition. It
is characteristic of his "involvements"
and "revealments" that they never ex.
plain anything.
Here are the important facts that
Senator Harding did not mention:
The wool industry in this country Is
controlled by the American Wooden
company, commonly known as the
wool trust.
The net profits Of the American
Wooden company for 1917 and 1918
(our two war years) were almost $685.
100000. more than three times its net
profits for The seven preceding years.
It's net profits In 1919 were $780,
600.
The American Wooden company was
indicted recently for profteerlng. It
set up the plea that ''woolen CLOTH is
not wearing apparel" under the Lever
act, which is yet to be determined BY
the Supreme court.
The price Of mems clothes In the
last five years has increased 220.8 per
cent. t
When the prices Of clothes began to
decline because people refused to pay
exorbftant prices. the American Wool
en- company retaliated upon the nom
buying public and the administrator
which had brought about its indict-
nent by closing down all Of its plants
and throwing its employees out OF
work.
These are the facts that explain why
WOOL growers sold their clips recently
or 80 cents and why wool is being
'tored in Boston with no quotations of
,rices. - -
The effect Of a high protective tariff
N wool would be to make every ar
icle Of wooden manufacture cost more
han It does now. A tariff Increase
would have. the same effect upon other
=,
Senator Harding. therefore, is en-.
tiled to the vote Of every man and
woman who would like to make the
Ugh cost Of living still higher.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17
Falling OF in Prisoners.

The report of the warden of New Castle
County Workhouse, showing falling of
in the number of prisoners of almost 50
per cent, is very gratifying. Prior TO July
/, 1919, there were 507 persons confined In
the prison, but in the intervening fourteen
This is, indeed, most hopeful showing for
the betterment of the community, es-
pecially as the reduction has occurred
during a period when there has been much
more of crime and misdemeanor than at
any previous interval. Had conditions
been normal in that respect, it is hardly
too much to say the reduction IN the num-
Der of prisoners would have brought the
present number OF inmates even lower.
Warden Plummer attributes this de-
crease in the number of prisoners to pro-
hibition, and there can be no doubt of
the correctness of this conclusion. The
reduction of the number of arrests for
drunkenness and for offences attributable
to the influence of liquor could not fail
TO make decided difference in the number
of lawbreakers. A rigid enforcement OF the
prohibition law probably would make
still further difference In the number of
offenders.
In addition to saving to the taxpayers
the large sums of money necessary to the
maintenance of prisoners at the work
house, this reduction Of about two hun
dred in the number of inmates spares that
number the demoralizing influence of
imprisonment, and permits them to en-
gags in useful and profitable employment
instead of being wards of the public. If it
were not for the disturbing increase in
violent crime in our community, despite
the reign of prohibition, the situation thus
presented by the workhouse figures would
be far more encouraging.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17
German Influence Triumphs.

The Republican primaries in Illinois,
on Wednesday. were unusually interesting
and exciting. In Chicago the fight Of the
factions headed, respectively, by Mayor
William Hale Thompson and Governor
Lowden was DO intense that one man was
killed and several badly injured in the
clashes of the opposing forces. OF course
the Thompson faction won, not only in
the city, but throughout the State.
This result, however, proved no sur
prise. Mayor Thompson has long been
notorious for his German sympathies.
He refused TO extend official welcome TO
the brave Marshal Joffre on the occasion
of the latter's visit TO this country to
advance the cause of France during the
dark days of the World War. He has made
his boast that Chicago is greater Ger
man city than Berlin. Also, there is a
large German element in the State out
side of Chicago, and all this hostile foreign
influence backed Thompson in his fight
against Governor Lowden. They won and
the Thompson organization of the Re
publican party is thoroughly German in
sentiment.
The people of Illinois now know what
is before them. and what they will have
to pass upon by their votes at the Novem-
Der election. They must either vote for
Thompson, Germany and the rcpudiation
of all the righteous results Of the World
War victory in which our country took
such conspicuous part, or for Governor
Cox, real patriotism and the League Of
Nations The issue is clear and distinct.
And it will be the same all over the
country-partiotism versus encourage
ment and hope for the German enemy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17
EXPECTATION DISAPPOINTED.

This is what happened % the Ameri-
can sovereign when he attended his first
primary: He went to the place where he
had voted at the last election There, he
was told, the party to which he did not
belong was in command: he would have TO
go to a little shop two blocks away and
around the corner. He went, noticing
with a surprise that later developed into
suspicion that at neither place was there
any outward sign or poster indicative Of
the activities gong on within. Apparently
somebody would be just as wen content
If not many people participated In what
ever the primary did.
Entering the little shop, he found no.
body present except two young men be-
hind railing, with ballot box on one
side and a small pile Of pink ballots one
the other. OF felloW-citizcns assembled
for the selection Of candidates there wa
not one. The selecting all had been done
before, evidcntly-by whom he hadn {
the slightest notion-and all that he was
expected or allowed 70 do was to make
crosses with black pencil before such OF
the names on the ballot as pleased him
best.
Many of the names he never had seen
before, and he noticed with pain that
at most points on the ballot, where he
was told to vote for one or two or three,
precisely that number Of names had been
provided, and he had TO vote for them all
or else leave some unmarked without
having a single reason for doing so. o.
opportunity to make anything even re
sembling a real choice he had none ex-
cept as to the offices of governor and United
States Senator.
He glumly marked crosses as directed,
rs many of them as the instructions let
him mark, and went away, not proudly
conscious OF duty intelligently done, but
convinced that he had been deceived and
foOled-and that thereby the object of
the present primary system had been
attained.
OF course, some part of his disappoint-
ment was due TO his own not very par
donable ignorance, but his experience
and his conclusions therefrom are those
of all people of his very numerous kind
and will be as long as the present system
continues.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17
PRESS COMMENTS
HOW THE WOMEN VOTE.

The Democratic Waterloo in Maine
has been made the subject OF good
many deductions and inferences that are
incapable of proof. One general assurnp-
tion on both sides is that the overwheln-
ing Republican victory was chiefly due
to the new women voters. Democrats
generally seem to concede this, the inn
plication being that male voters stuck
pretty close to old party lines and that
women as such took n stand against the
League Of Nations.
As n matter of fact, the probability
seems to be that far more Republican
than Democratic women were registered,
and that the Republican women were
furnished with superior facilities for get
ting TO the polls. The Republican man
ayers organized Maine from top TO bot
tom. As an exhibit in political eff
cheney, their campaign left nothing to
be desired and nothing to chance. They
had all the money they needed with
which to do this work and they did it
in most thorough fashion.
Testimony before the Senate investi-
gators in Chicago showed that the Re-
publican National Committee had con-
tributed S25,000 to the Maine campaign
before September L. Some correspond
ents state this was followed up with
$4,000 more. As Maine is assurcdiy
Republican State, this suggests the inn
portance which the Republican leaders
attached to the psychological effect OF
great victory here, and makes plausible
the theory that the Republican vote was
more largely registered and cast than
the Democratic II new Democratic
women voters had been registered in
equal proportions, the Republican ma
iorlty might not have been SO large.
In a word, the majority of the women
OF Maine were influenced largely by the
same considerations that influenced male
voters. They voted rather for Republi-
canism than against the League ! fall
the Democratic women had registered
and gotten to the polls most OF them
would probably have voted Their party
predictions rather than wholly in sup
port of the treaty Evidence Of this
humanncss is afforded by the vote for
Senator Wadsworth in the New York
primaries Tuesday. Wadsworth had
been blacklisted by militant sufTragcttes
and by the Antisaloon League, but he
polled vote more than as large as the
total OF his two opponents. Had the
women voters been politically cratic,
and flown the coop" like political Wild
fowl, Wadsworth would have been beat
en-. But the majority Of them evidently
voted like little men. baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-17
JAPANESE BATTING AT MARION.

With his eyes as intent upon the ballot
box as any sand-lotter, Senator Harding
sums up his policy on the question OF
Japanese immigration with the words !;
"The Natiop owes it to the people of
the Pacific Coast TO stand behind lthem IN
necessary measures consistent with our
national honor, to relieve them of their
difficulties
The people of the Pacific Coast owe
something to the nation, but the candidate
did not consider that worth mentioning
1t has been the practice of politicians and
ofice-holders IN that region in their deal
ings with the Japanese to ignore the laws
and treaties OF the United States More
than once Feprisals and possibly war have
been invited by the violence with which
race antagonlsm has found expression In
public utterances and III legislation en-
acted or proposed For 20 years past,
Presidents of the United States have been
compelled one case, hat of Mr..
Roosevelt, with threat of force-agamst
such disregard of national interests.
1t Is in every way proper and desirable
that the nation should stand behind the
people of the Pacific Coast in all rightful
measures, but there never will be true
solution of the Japanese question until the
people OF the Pacific Coast recognize their
responsibility to the Nation. Most of the
difficulties which this problem has pro-
duced are due to the Pacific Coasts
demagogiG habit of acting Independently
of the Government at Washington. Ii
Mr.. Harding does not mean TO encourage
that sort Of thing he should have said
so, votes or no votes-New York World