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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
col. WISE Is RIGHT
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch. J

Colonel Wise Is entirely rlght.
Everybody knows the part we played
in the war and will give us due credit.
All the praise should come from
others Il is as disgusting to bear
a nation Dragging about it's achieve
mentS as it is to listen To an indi
vidual telling what a mighty man he
is T.et us, as a nation and as indi-
Viduals, try to do our whole duty in
peace and in war. But the praise and
applause should come from others.
Many of the older ones among us re-
member Blind Tom, the famous negro
piano-piayer who always applauded
himself furiousiy at the end of each
piece he played. Tom had a good ex-
cuse for his self-approVal, which
most of those who are Dragging
about Americas winning the war
totally lack
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
INST ALL CLOCK IN
WILLIAMSBURG BELFTSs'

Especial to The Richmond VirginianD
Williamsburg, Va. April 29.-The
helfry of the main building Of Will
liam and Mary college. which is part
Of the structure designed by Sir
Christopher Wren in 1872. has been
beautified by the installation of
large clock the gift Of Christ church,
Norfolk, through Robert NJ. Hughes.
Of that city-a vestrYman of the
church and rector Of William and
Mary.
The timepiece serves a long felt
need on the campus and at the same
time adds considerably to the quaint
beauty of the tower on the main
building
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
70 MORE ADDED To
Bic !. N. {. 4. LIST

Seventy-six members were secured
Yesterday in the fourth day Of the
membership drive at the Central
Young Mems Christian association.
the Reds leading in the work for
tho day. with twentv-six. the Whites
and Blue tying with twenty-five
each, General Mckee and the Blue
forces are still leading with a com :
Portable margin to start the last
DAYS work slowing total Of one
hundred and fortt sin against one
hundred and twelve for the Reds
and one hundred and hfteen for tho
Whites. Red team number two,
Captain Thomas Nj Gibson, and
White team number one. Captain a,
Il. Bcltieid tied for first honors for
the day, with nine each.
Speakers at tho rally Of workers
last night were w : Dunuing. for
mcrly a captain in the White divis-
ion. and regarded by membership
workers as the most efficient cam
paingnor ever connected with Cen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
j. 5. CIRCUIT
COURT Of APPEALS
asr Ea rGued !.

case Sargued.
No 175a-Standard Oil company. ~
New Jersey, appellant, VS. The United
states of America, ct al. 8ppellees. Ap-
peal from the district court at Bait
more, Md
No. 176o-Raymond Concrete Pile
company. appellant, VS. Standard OIL
company Of New Jersey Of al. appel
lees Appeal from the district court
at Baltimore Md Causes argued TO-
eother on the question for insurance
by Cleatus Heating, of New York. 70"
the Standard Oil company, Martin Con.
boy Of New York, and William l. Mar
bury. Of Baltimore. Nd. for the Ray
mond Concrete Pile company, and sub
mitted.
Cleatus Heating was on motion duly
admitted to practice in this court ,aftSr
taking and subscribing the usual oath.
The court having finished up the ar
gument docket there VII he no fur
Their cases argued at the present term.
The rest of the term Will be devote
to conference sessions
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
BUYING SOLDIER VOTES
(CoXingtDn (irginian.1

A Republican congress is going to
offer TO the soldiers who served in the
war big sum of money. Do the
soldiers want it Have they clam
ored for il? No, ii is gratuteus and
is given for votes. There is no doubt
in our minds but that the soldiers
will re4oudiate the offer and will vote
as they think is for the best interest
of the country II we have not in
the soldiers patriotic element in
our population, certainly we have not
~ +--.-,.-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
Newport News.

Summary: o-base hits--Arragon,
Smith. Champagne, Noonan Three
base hit-Gooch, Stolen hases-Stuart.
Daughton Sacrifice hits Stuart,
Brannigan, Double plays---Arragon TO
stuart to Poole; McWhorter to stuart
to Poole. Left on bases-Richmond {
Newport News. 5. Bases on balls--Of
>: off Bacon. Hits--Of
Whortor. in four innings Struck
ont--Ry Racon. 6. by Jollin. L.. Time
of same-One hour and forty minutes
Umpire--Orth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
Law and Equity Ends Monday.

H,he present term Of the law and
equity court will ond next Monday, &C
cording to order made by Judge
Beverly T Crump, The spring term
OF court will begin Immediately.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
fsItis,s
Ii would be difficult tc

1t would be difficult to
imagine a better oppor-
tunity for profit than the
auction sale of w. Broad
St. business sites on ues
day, May 4, at 5 P, NJ.
Sale conducted by AT
lantic Coast Realty CO.
Adv. .--------4-------..----
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-30
G|NX STILL CHASES

Continued from Page Five}
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
MUST SUBDUE THEIR OWN
SNUDGE!

Led by the old guard Of the senate,
ever since the armistice the gop poll
tlcians have been engaged in manu-
featuring disco a.ent throughout the
United States. They went about It
Systematically. and when they found
that the people were not discontented
they stirred them to discomfort. No
anarchistic agitator ever set out more
deliberately to invent wrongs or to
lncite popular passion without regard
to consequence. Their opportunities,
of course. were very great, because Of
the inevitable economic results Of the
var, and they did their work with
remarkable skill, assuming that Meth
er morality nor deccncy nor honesty
nor patriotism has any place IN party
politics. The election returns are the
final proof OF that skill.
But they themselves will have to
deal with the passions they have in
famed and they will not be able TO
do it by abusing Woodrow Wilson.
Tho American people still have
childlike faith that deep-seated eco
nomic troubles can be remedied by
politics and politicians, and the re-
publican party has been eloquent In
its advocacy OF that doctrine. Row
1t is about to be put to the test. MIR.
Harding will have TO get off the front
porch and begin to deal with the
stern realities OF a problem In which
the United States itself Is only one of
the factors. All his blissful theories
about America First" will count for
nothing in the face of the overwheInl-
ing fact of the prosperity and well
faro of all the other great nations,
and that they will go forward or
backward together.
The republicans are now In a po-
sition in which they must do come
thing more than talk and obstruct
and denounce and view with alarm
and manifest their hatred against
President Wilson. They must subdue
the forces of discomfort that they
have inflamed. They must find
way of making and stabilizing the
peace that they have 80 cunningly
and systematically bedevilled.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
A MUCH WORKED OLD FAKE

The National Dietetic Association
held its annual session in New York
last week. During the course of the
proceedings one OF the speakers In
order to concentrate attention on his
own vapid self. repeated a frequently
uttered and baseless criticism OF
American public policy when he ex-
ploded as follows:
THE government spends millions
annually upon domestic animals and
the preventing of disease among them,
and spends thousands only upon the
children"
Unhappfly there IS much neglect
Of children, and much ignorance is
displayed In their feeding. clothing
and education. But the charge that
the government spends millions pre-
serving the health OF domestic ami
mails and only thousands preserving
tho hoalth of children is a grotesque
mis-statement
The fact Is that every penny spent
for health departments. for the en-
forcement Of sanitary regulations, for
pure foods and drinks and for the
Improvement OF living conditions is
spent for children as we'll as adults
Of the community. The money spent
for the prevention OF disease in brutes
is spent out OF regard for the well
being OF the human family and not
because Of any particular tenderness
for brutes.
We XIII cows affected with tuber-
culosis to protect human beings and
to provide wholesome milk for ba-
bies, not TO protect cows We try to
stamp out hog cholera because we
want bacon and ham and pork, not
because the health OF pigs Is in itself
Of any interest to us. All living con-
ditions generally are taken because
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
GREAT Is OUR CORN CROP

Tho country about and tributary 10
st. Joscph--the great Platte Purchase
1t is shown is at the present time
turning out a well seasoned and well
ripened crop of corn--in fact the
yield has been a bumper" one, all of
which 1t is a pleasure to record.
There are many sections OF the
country that produce corn, but it is
consid cred quite safe to say that none
equal the crops that are gathered
year by year. within a radius Of $50
miles east. west. north and south OF
the metropolis OF this part OF Mis-
souri,. The drainage in this section is
perfect and the soil adapted to rails.
ing wonderful fields of corn. as well
MS other grain. Very little land in
tho section mentioned is unavailable
for farming purposes. In the geo
graphical center OF this great field OF
agricultural productiveness st. Joseph
Is happily situated.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

fraternity and concord and co-opera-
tlon and even a colder good will have
not como-not yet. Many OF the
councils OF cabinets and congresses
are not councils Of peace. They are
not councils OF new order but OF
the old order. Those old seifishnesscs,
preJudiccs. prides, ambitions are still
here and threatening, in partial
respite from the strifes in which they
Kept us and the awful ciimacteric
struggle into which they plunged US
to hurl us again into the horrible pit
from which we hoped we had finally
escaped.
Armistice day would indeed remain
something for what it looked back
upon. but its prime significance will
be lost II hope and memory do not
remain companions and IL the great
deluge OF blood was not. as We
thought 1t was. terrible and neces-
sary sacrament devoting the people
OF the world, in the nations OF the
world, to nobler conduct and nobler
purposes.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
WILSON Now-AND IN FUTURE

At the present time-just now
when Mr.. Wilson's great party has
just been given a signal defeat-singu-
larry felicitous is the quotation by
Secretary Tumulty OF an earlier say
/ ing OF President Wilson's
Il would rather be defeated in a
| cause that some day will triumph
| than triumph in cause that some
day will be defeated"
All the essential Mr.. Wilson is In
that saying; the high, unselfish pur-
pose, the tranquil courage. the long
provision that sees, beyond temporary
discouragements, obstacles and disas-
tors, the victory OF justice, of right,
the welfare OF the country and the
world. Popular thought may be
slower than Mr.. Wilson's, but that it
will confirm his own on this cardinal
policy OF the league Of nations ne can
have no doubt. The people have not
voted against the league. In a tangle
OF questions and complaints there has
boen no direct expression OF popular
opinion on that. American participa-
tiun in the league must come because
it is necessary TO the peace and the
prosperity OF the United States. Mean
while. Mr.. Wilson suffers for a time
the fate OF Aristidcs.
We Americans have our peculiar
little ways with our great men. We
make heroes OF them. We worship
them passionately. Then we depre-
ciate them. We hate and damn
them. Nothing is harsh enough to
say against them when they are in
office. When the best hated OF them
leave office we begin to discover that
they have again the vivid and noble
qualities that we attributed to them
once and then denied them utterly.
The president, who was lampooned.
derided and denounced as a model OF
all imperfections and misdeeds. is
transformed imperceptibly into the
takes n pride. who becomes VEN
Grated public character. Especially
is this true OF strong and salient per-
sonages. Jackson. Cleveland. Roose-
welt have been adored and burned,
and then adorcd again. SO will 1t be
with Wilson. lie, who has read so
much history and written 1t so WELL
knows the process the flow. the ebb.
and finally the resurgent, unconquer-
able wave Of popular favor.
OF lasting posthumous fame. the
late justice of history, Mr.. Wilson is
sure. The country owes and will pay
him a more immediate obligation.
His countrymen owe him much. They
will not wait for posterity to clamor
into deaf ears what should have been
said by their living voices. II we are
not mistaken, this hour OF apparent
petulauce and ingratitude Is the be-
ginning Of the reaction.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
AIIMISITCE DAY 4 DISiPPOINT-
MENT

Wo are most free to state that the
observance Of Armistice Day in St.
Joseph and vicinity was a distinct
disappointment TO us-for It IS not
what two years ago we supposed that
it would be.
At that time 1t seemed to US that
the date OF November II would be
one Of the greatest In human annals.
Perhaps It Is actually so and a few
years hence will be revealed to be
such, but it does not yet bear the
significance which we attached to It
on the first Armistice day and which
we then supposed it would bear
henceforth forever.
We acclaimed it and rcjoiced in It
then as marking a great ending and
great beginning, as being epochaI.
That was the word used the world
over. An old order had passed. A
new order had been ushered in. We
celebrated II with quite as much OF
a look forward as a look backward
Mankind. and especially that large
part of It that had been Included in
the nations at war was In a delirium
OF hope for the future. This imprcs-
sion Of the events Of the time created
an unprecedented popular solemnity,
gladncss and exultation. It put hun
dreds Of thousands in tears. 1t sont
the habitually more devout IN whole
masses to the affairs OF the sanctuar-
les to give thanks to God. Humanity
! suddenly lifted from a vale Of torture
to a mountain top. beheld a vision
that blessed and beckoned.
But men in masses. men as Ameri-
! cans, as Englishmen. as Frenchmen
as Italians, as Europeans. men under
this special denomination and that OF
nationality. creed and race have been
unable to sustain the emotions and
the inspirations under which they felt
humanity had been reborn. A reac-
ton has occurred which can be de-
scribod as nothing less than awful
The world Is not at peace. The war
that was believed to have ended war
has not ended war-not yet Human
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
SAM THE COOK

"One Of the candidates on the Re-
publican ticket who was successful
In Jackson county at the recent elec-
tion has asked one of the civic or
ganlzations in Kansas City to appoint
committees to draft bills for legisla-
tion they may desire to suggest to
him and they will try to do some-
thing to improve conditions gener-
ally. One OF the things proposed is
d municipal court to han|'~
business now handled In Justice Of
peace courts. lne LARGE A..V"
our justice OF peace system has be-
come obnoxious in all our cities. A
bill for a municipal court was intro
duced in our last legislature by Hon.
w. w. Watkins of this county which
was very meritorious and >-.aid have
| saved this county thousands OF doll
lars had it been passed: but because
OF the fact that some of our own
representatives opposed it the bill got
no further than a recommendation
by the House judiciary committee.
No argument could be- made against
it except when based upon a false
representation of what the proposed
court would do and what It would
cost. etc. The source of opposition
came from our justices OF the peace.
These gentlemen were apprehensive
that this court would take them fees
they had been collecting and thus cut
off their comfortable income and of
course they were very earnest In
their efforts to prejudice the people
against it Statements were made
by them and their friends that the
proposed court would cost Buchanan
county $4,000 a year. They thought
Of course nobody would stop to think
that the four justices OF Washington
Township alone had been drawing
out OF the county treasury about
$4,000 a year In fees in criminal
costs alone. and that the fees col
lected by them in civil cases added
to this would probably run up to
about $4,000 all together. The pro-
posed court would have cost the
county in salaries total - $500
a year and no costs in criminal cases
would have been drawn out OF the
county treasury at ALL and so that
the county would have saved In the
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
So the People May Know

is this: II Professor Chancellor's
charges are false. why hasn't he been
arrested or prosecuted? No move
has been made to molest Professor
Chancellor in any way. One big Ohio
paper attacked him editorially Satur-
day and today he comes back by su-
ing that paper for 100000 libel.
What does it all mean? II Professor
Chancellor has issued a false state
ment regarding "Harding's family
tree" he should now be in Jail. Why
is it that no move has been made to
prosecute him ?-Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

One of the results OF Tuesdays
election which should cause Missouri
republicans to blush with shame Is
the defeat OF Champ Clark. one Of
the greatest statesmen that ever
stood in the American congress. by
r. w. Hukreide. who was one of the
chief "beneficiarles" OF the Lowden
campaign fund in this state. 1t is
unbelievable that citizens who have
the best interests Of the country at
heart would lend their support to such
a man as a member OF the American
congress.-BrunSwic Brunswicker.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
Must Hide II for an Advance

Claus A. Spreckles. the boss sugar
man. says the price OF sugar must
go back to pre-war figures. That
there is surplus OF million and a
quarter tons and the country cannot
absorb this at present high prices.
How would you feel carrying home
twenty pounds of sugar for a dollar.
instead Of in the vest pocket as we
have done for two or three years7
Sugar may soon become so plentiful
that car loads OF It will not be hid in
out OF the way places to prevent It
getting on the market-Moberly
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

..mrt political sabotage. The coun-
rs has seen quite enough Of that"
lhc right Of honest criticism. Of OPP
position based on principle. is one
thing. Unfair criticism, opposition
that botrays principle and the COM
mH1 interest in tho name OF party
and -9,".. for the sake Of party. is
quito another. Truly we have had
quite enough Of that. Sabotage is
capable OF destroying governments as
wol as machinery.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

we want TO safeguard human beings,
Infants and adults, and not because
we feel sorry for vermin infested
wheat or plague-stricken cattle.
Abuse OF American governments on
the ground that they do not do as
much for babies as they do for beasts
may be picturesque. but it lacks the
merit OF being based on accurate un-
derstandng or statement OF the facts.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
Even the BIRDS Wcr-o Sorry

The Missouri blackbirds have either
sensed the coming of winter or else
were OF the democratic persuasion and
could not endure the idea of Missouri
going into the republican ranks. SO
left the next day after the election.
They hied themselves TO the solid
south where they can gradually be-
come reconciled to the powers that
be.-Stanberry owl-Headlight.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20

on OF any business till two missing
policemen are returned by tho towns
people. Trade is paralyzed. the banks
and even the bakeries being closed.
and the situation is desperate. All
this is on authority OF the Associated
Press or dispatches printed in Eng
lish newspapers.
These reprisals arc for the murder
OF policemen and soldiers. many OF
whom AaRe been killed. Such MUIR
ders can be neither justified nor ex-
cused. But neither is there any JUS
tificatlon for rsprislls on Innocent
people. The world condemned and
denounced them when practiced by
the Germans in Belgium, and rightly
so. The. burning OF Baibriggan and
Granard is crime OF exactly the
same sort. The people and news
papers OF Misunderstanding the
London Tlmes-and many OF her
public men have condemned these
things, as we'll they might. The ques-
tion raised Is not whether Ireland
shall be independent, or have home
rule. but whether Lloyd Georges
government shall govern humanely
and effectively.
Every act OF retaliation or reprlsal
by the authorities only snrves IN ,n,L n
matters worse, and still further to
embitter the Irish people. The pro-
vocation is great. but the policy Of
rcprisals Is indefenslble.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
THE REPRIsAIs ON THE IRISH

But few days ago Lloyd George.
tho English premier. denied that
there had been any reprisals in Ire
land under the authority OF the gov
ernment. and that no such policy had
been or would be adopted. Here, OF
course. was clear admission that
reprisals on innocent people were
wrong and not to be thought of. Yet
they continue. and are participated In
by officers and agents OF the govern
ment. which. II II is not responsible
for them. is not strong enough to
stop them. Not long ago a whole
-Balbriggan-was destroyed. On
wednesday night last the town OF
Granard was sacked by men in uni
form. There have been similar raids
on the towns OF Mallow and Tubber-
curry. The town OF Trallee Is fas,
approaching starvation because Of a
police order forbidding the carrying
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
Shonld Get n Gnnrnntcc

A group of New York bankers are
arranging TO make a loan of 100 mil
lion dollars TO Cuba to finance the
sugar growers. They should put in
a clause calling for the sale OF the
crop to the United States so that we
would be guaranteed against another
shortage by spectators cornering the
market as they did last ycar.-Glas-
gov Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
Tho Young Man Was Right

While riding on the train from
Kirksville to Noyinger Sunday night
we heard a young man from Novinger
gleefully commenting on tho late
election. He arose in his seat and in
loud. insulting. cocky tone announc-
ed that a town in Illinois with over
900 votes did not give Cox but one
vote. We looked 1t up and found the
young man stated facts. Ths town Is
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
Look Ont for the Raise!

And now the night riders OF the
south have decreed that no gubers be
dug until the price goes up eighty or
one hundred dollars a ton. So the
price OF peanuts and peanut butter
will likely be doubled.-Moberly Dem
ocrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-11-20
And VIII Get Elected

Considering the success OF Mr..
Harding's front porch campaign. the
next candidate for president will
probably spend his summer in a ham
mock, on the theory that the less he
talks. the better his chances OF get
ting elected.-Worth County Times.