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is due TO steady Increase in the amounts
allowed. Uncle Joe"t Cannon shows
how the Civil War veterans are passing
over in this paragraph from his report:
Tho amount recommended Tor l92i
| S2l4, ,020000 is believed by the commit
tee and the Commissioner of Pensions
to be sufficient To pay all pensions under
| existing laws.
Tho number of pensioners upon tho
| rolls on June 80, 1919, was GA, ,427,
which was net decrease during the
year from July /, 1918, of %, ,46S.
Loss by death during this period was
1876 persons, of whom ~ ,703 were
Civil War soldiers; 1927 were widows
of Civil War veterans, and 2,235 were
other pensioners.
NET RBDUcsoN SMALL.
Losses TO the roll by remarriages,
minors attaining the age OF IL, and
other causes, aggregated l,591, so that
the gross loss during the period was $50
752. This loss was partly offset by the
addition of 2S, ,2S4 persons through original
allowances and rcstorations and re-
newals, so that the net loss to the rolls
was S22. i6S
However, it should be said that if
pending legislation affecting pensions Is
enacted al very large addition must be
made to the appropriation proposed IN
this bill The House has passed Il bill
''to revise and equalize rates of pensions
10 certain soldiers, sailors and marines
of the Civil War, 10 certain widows,
former widows, dependent parents and
children Of such soldiers, sailors and ma
rineS, and 10 certain army nurses, an
granting pensions and increases of pen
sions in certain cases. Il Is estimated
during the first year Of its operation this
act would require an additional sum of
S65, 900 900.
The House also has Just passed an
act 70 pension soldiers of the war with
Spain, the Philippine insurreciion and
the China relief expedition It is esti-
mated this would require an additional
sum of $12, 100000.
ANIMAL AVERAGE S345.39
Representative Cannon figures that
the average annual payment to pension
ers is S345.39.
The pension roll spreads from tie
United States TO distant lands where
here and there may be found veteran
of some Of the wars of the United States
There is one Federal pcnsioncr living IN
Algeria, two in Bulgaria, 10 in Russia,
"a in Sweden, one in Egypt, S26 in Eng
land. ] in New Zealand and so on, en-
bracing almost every country in the
world
0f tho States, Ohio harhored the larg-
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est number of pensioners at the close of
the past fiscal year. There were 60, 0O2
in Ohio, 59,072 in Pennsylvania, 1896
in Illinois, 53, 736 in New York and 30,-
GOO in Missouri.
Scattered in Southern States are
many thousands of Federal pensioners
who are now living amidst their foes of
the sixties. The figure show:
Alabama, 2, ,156; Florida, 1888; Georgia
2,l92; Maryland, 9,o32; Mississippi,
2,562; North Carolina, 2,s25; South
Carolina, ,275; Tennessee, IL, 042; Texas,
5,905, Virginia, 1920
A total Of 126 pensioners are living.
in the insular posse essions of the United
States and IN foreign countries there
are 3,747 whose pension checks are mailed
to them
81 WIDOWS o+ 1912 VINTAGE.
The fact that 81 widows Of the vet
Grams of the War of 1912 were living ut
the end Of the past fiscal year indicates
that these old fellows, who fought for the
United States los years ago, married
young women who arc outllying them
many, many Years.
When the Sherwood pension bill was
pending in Congress IA few years ago,
and when other pcrsion increasc bills
have lntermlttently been offered IN Con-
gr,ss, one Of the arguments against
such legislation by opponents Of gem
erous Federal pensions was that they en-
couraged young women to marry aged
veterans and then draw money indef-
ntely from the Government after the
demise of the warrior Of the sixties
One member of Congress referred TO
this class rs "pension brides and "youny
pullets, but Congress by overwhelming
vote decided that an old soldier had q
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Florida Birds, by Charles J Penuoek of
kennett square, Pa All meetings are
open and free 70 the pubic.
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right TO marry If he wanted 10 and that
his widow, so long as she remained un-
married after his death, should have q
monthly allowance in recognition of her
husbands services to his country.
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rn tho rooms Of the society. Tenth and
Van Buren, streets. Monday evening at
=, The program will include Some
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07

Society Of Natural History.
A regular meeting Of the Society ofj
Natural History Of Delaware will be held
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WHITE REINSKIN oXFoRDS

An IDEAL Sports Shoe with imitation
wing tip. White welt and heel. We
are Very conservative in saying that
at this price i IS value deserving your
attention.
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Put one of olfr Couch HansnocKs
on your porch or lawn and be
ready for the warm Weather Com
plete Titb chains ready ID hang
priced from
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effect Of this agency, national in the
scope of its operations and public in
its character, can be realized Inc
transportation system, with the rail
roads operated with relations between
them thus possible of establishment, will
give results now difficult to estimate.
THE basic necessities in connection
with consultations may be briefly stat
ed ms follows:
First. The arrangement of railroads
into competitive systems sufficient IN
number to insure the development of
agricultural, mining and industrial pur-
suits in the interest of commerce.
Second. That there shall be sutfi %
cicnt arteries and feeders to provide
for the movement of traffic along nat
ural and economic lines, laid out to
bring under development the unoccu :
pied lands, the improvement of which
is dependent upon opportunities ofered
TO reward initiative which is essential
to promote development and enterprise
likely to be defeated through desire for
too great concentration.
Third. That coal and coal -carrylns
railroads and the other essentials TO
railroad operation shall not be concen
trated. but brought. IL possible, into the
various systems. that each consolidated
system may sustain itself through the
elements to promote economy in oper,, =,
alton; that the port and other terminal
facilities be distributed in such rcln
ton to the respective systems and to
traffic as to obtain the least cost to the
producer and the purchaser in the
movement and distribution of com
mcrce, both export and domestic. with
view of preventing port and terminal
congestion and fair and economical
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out carrying surplus equipment either
IN engine power or cars. This would
institute great saving in the capital
expenditure for equipment of the rail
roads of the country.
Consider for n moment the pos
Sibilities of this corporation. The com
mission using 500. 200 600 from the
excess earnings or transportation fund
can secure in normal times 5000, ,000.-
600 to $3.50. .0OO. 900 additional through
the sale of notes or other obligations Of
the corporation. This would purchase
$500 900 900 to $3.50. 200 900 Of equip
ment. After securing equipment for
normal requirements. further amounts
from the transportation fund could be
used to retire from time to time the
corporation obligations then outstand-
ing So you would gradually bring the
charge to the railroads for the use of
the equipment to nominal figure.
thus working toward reduction in
railroad rates. This fund thus ex-
pended and used would provide the best
insurance the business interests of the
country could have. for equipment
would always be supplied to meet the
demands Of the country at the least
cost possible. The immense saving to
be made can hardly be overcstimatcd.
Large Savings Possible
"Thc corporation would become an
important factor to be considered in
connection with consultations. There
would surely result through this agency
very large savings to the properties TO
be consolidated, hence certain ulti-
mate reduction in railroad rates. Less
concentration will likely result il be-
fore deciding on Il very limited number
of new consolidated systems the full
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t"rStatr Commerce Commission to. be
uSrd through it, certain powers in the
employment of which it was believed
"a" best results at the lowest cost would
Do secured in the interest Of the shin
pcrs and the public through the rail
roads OF tho country ns whole.
I'VE asked that all or part of the
excess earnings or transportation fund
referred to. and under the control Of
IN" commission. be employed for the
purchase of equipment to be leased hy
this public corporation to the railroads
at nominal rental. the cost of such
equipment not to be capitalized for rate.
making. Assume that 500. 900 900
may be- the amount Of this fund accu-
mulatcd yearly under normal condi-
ti0ns. This money could be utilized
for the direct purchase of equipment
using IT all--or II could be employed
as margin in selling the corporation s
securities or obligations and thus OBJ
tHin double or treble the equipment it
could secure if used directly in purchase.
Ample Equipment Provided For
This equipment, utilized through
this corporation by the commission in
conjunction with the power which has
been given the commission to divert OK
listing equipment, would give to such
u corporation and the commission a
foating volume of equipment subject
to order from one railroad to another
or from one section of the country TO
another to meet the demands of business
ac all tines
"A railroad under these conditions
would be required to own equipment to
meet its normal requirements only, Sc
curing its pulIiDmcnt for SpaSonnl 20
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URGES PUBLIC BODY.
OWNING RAIL STOCK
Warfield Proposes National Cor
portation Which Would
Lease Equipment
WOULD RUN WITH NO PROFIT

New York. Dec. 1i.--A national pub
He corporation. operated without profit
By the government, owning and leasing
rolling stock to the nations railways.
pas proposed here last night by :. Davies
Warfeld for solution of ono Of the coun
try's most important reconstruction
problems.
Mr.. Wardcd urged carly adoption of
his plan by Congress at dinner at the
Waldorf Astoria given in his honor. as
president Of the National Association Of
Owners of Railroad Securities
Congressman John j Esrh. whose
pane the existing railroad law hears.
warned the diners that ''privatC owner.
ship is now on trial: il 1t fails govern
pent ownership may have to be the only
alternative
With the railways leasing their equip
neut from tho proposed national public
corporation. Mr.. Wnrticld pointed out
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individual systems would not be- Obliged
to carry an oversupply of equipment to
meet seasonal needs. A tremendous
saving would be effected. The plan. he
asserted. would eliminate favoritism
shown shippers. immensely reduce over
head charges aud care for all the Coun-
trr's hauling problems.
Operating Funds From Earnings
Funds for operation of the proposed
corporation would come from railroad
earnings over q per cent, now paid the
Interstate Commerce Commission under
the Esrh cummins law. Mr.. Wnrticld
cited that the corporation could spend
S1OO 600 .WW to buy equipment worth
$3.50 600 600 to- $500 900 900. The bal
ancc could hC met when due with rentals
received from the railroads.
The plan. he asserts. satisfies the de-
maud for "public ownership" and at
the same time forces tho roads to be
self supporting.
Renewed raiIrond stability which
would come as consequence he said.
would revive railroad securities. upon
which the nation prosperity so strong.
~ depends.
Explaining the effort Of the National
Association Of Owners Of Railroad Sc
curitiCS tn aid in II solution Of the rail
road problem. MIR Warfiold said 1--WE
proposed at the first hearing in 1919.
before the committees Of Congress. that
national public corporation BE- organ
lied by act of Congress. which should be
operated without profit. to finance
equipment for the railroads and in that
connection furnish the means through
which the excess earnings or tranSpor-
tation fund could be- used directly in
the interest of the shipper and the pub
lie who pay tn" rates that produce IT,
We asked Congress tn incorporate this
company as corporation or an aSsO-
citation and delegate to il or to the In
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day by Vice Chancellor Lewis in Jersey
City. Earle accused his wife Of mis-.
conduct with Lieutenant Commander
Alexander Charlton, Of the United
States navy, now stationed in Wash,
ington. -
The vice chancellor said he still had
under advisement the question Of ths
custody of the two children.
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distribution of freight to the port ter
minals.
Fourth. That no greater disturbance
of security issues of railroads be made
than circumstances warrant, consistent,
Of course, with the value of the respec-
tive properties which depend upon n
number of considerations, some of
which have been stated"
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KISSES CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

New York Man Gets Decree Because
Navy officer Rugged Wife
New York, Dec. 14.--An absolute
decree of divorce was granted to Theo-
dore l.. Earle. mining engineer,
formerly of Hartsdale. n. Y. ycster-
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
Sabotage Building Association.

Chain lumber companies operating
in North Dakota are engaged in the
task of sabotaging-throwing bolts in
the %threshing machine, as it were
the North Dakota BODYBUILDING asso-
citation which is actively operating in
Fargo and Grand Forks. In several
instances managers of the local lum-
Der yards have approached workmen
and threatened them with the black
list Unless they quit working for the
state. Propagandists have also tried
to stir up discomfort among the
members of the local BODYBUILDING
leagues. w. J. Prater gives as the
reason for this attack by the lumber
interests the fact that the state is
paying from As to so per cent less for
every one Of the 81 items of lumber
it puts into it's homes than the price
being charged by the trust.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08

criminal at heart. in return Duecn
went down the line without so much
as breathing Sans NAME. 81, ,4v,
Luck saw to it that Curly got all
the credit Of frustrating the outlaws in
their attempt on the Flyer and Of cap
turing them afterward. In the story
Of the rescue of, Kate he played up
F%landrau's part in the pursuit at the
expense of the other riders. For Sep
TENDER was at hand and the young
man needed all the prestige he could
get. The district attorney had no
choice but to go on with the case Of
the State versus Flandrau on a charge
Of rustling horses from the Bar Double
M. But public sentiment was almost
a unit in favor of the defendant.
The evidence Of the prosecution vas
not so strong as it had been. All of
his accomplices were dead and one Of
the men implicated had given it out in
his last moments that the young man
was not q party to the crime. The
man who had owned the feed corral
had sold out and gone to Colorado.
The hotel clerk would not swear posi-
lively that the prisoner was the man
he had seer with the other rustlers.
Curly had one important asset no
jury could forget. 1t counted for a
good deal that Alec Flandrau, Billy
Mackenzie, and Luck Cullison were
known to be backing him, but it was
worth much more that his wife of a
week sat beside him in the courtroom.
Every look and motion of the girl-wife
radiated love for the young scamp
who had won her. And since they
were tender-hearted old frontiersmen
they did not intend to spoil her joy.
Moreover, society could afford to take
chances with this young fellow Elan
drau. Long before they left the box
each member of the jury knew that he
was going to vote for acquittal.
1t took the jury only n ballot to
find a verdict of not guilty. The
judge did not attempt to stop the up
roar of glad cheers that shook the
building when the decision was read.
He knew it was not the prisoner so
much they We're cheering as the brave
girl who had sat so pluckily for three
| DAYS beside the husband she had made
q man.
From the courtroom Curly walked
| out under the blue sky of Arizona a
| free man. But he knew that the best
Of his good fortune was that he did not
go alone. For all the rest of their
lives her firm little steps would move
beside him to keep him true and
| steady. He could not go wrong now,
| for he was anchored to a responsibility
| that was a continual JOY and wonder
to him.
(THE END.)
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
SHOW GEMS Of PRINCESS
DEAD FOR $500 YEARS
Finest Collection Of Personal.
Adornments Ever Brought
Out of Egypt.

Jewelry worn by an Egyptian prin-
cess of the twelfth dynasty, 1900
years before the Christian era, was
displayed at the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art. 1t is declared to be the finest
collection of personal adornment ever
brought out of Egypt.
When marauderS entered the tomb
of Princess Sathathoriunut at some
odd moment in the last $500 years,
they took away her mummy and even
the elaborate funeral trappings, but
overlooked a niche containing the won
derfully wrought ornaments she wore
when attending the ancient equivalent
for a first night at the opera.
Prof. w. M. Flinders Petrie, head
OF an English archaeological society,
dug the collection out in 1914 and to-
day 1t looks as bright as If it had
just come from the makers. 1t con-
sists of a gold necklace 1nlaid with a
carnelian, a lapis lazuli and green
1eldspar and another pectoral similar
ly made for King Senuseri III, father
OF the princess; a gold collar of dou-
Dle non neadS, a glrdle Of gold with
rhombic-jeweled heads, a necklace of
amethyst with gold lion-claw pend
ants, armlets and bracelets with gold
bars and beads of gold, carnelian and
turquoise, and parts Of the princess
jewel box made Of ebony with gold
and carved ivory panels.
The jewels are identified as belong
ing to- the princess by her name and
the name Of her father in %cartouches
on the larger pieces.
According to custom, the Cairo mu-
u retained the choice Of the col
lection, a diadem. Since it's purchase
by the museum the collection has been
in a vault in London, stipulation hav-
ing been made that it should remain
there until six months after hostilities
closed.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
COAT CUT R O BACK
London Woman Is Victim of Darlna
Theft.

One of the most daring forms of
stealing furs conceivable has been
practiced recently in the West End,
London, where in broad daylight the
back Of q woman's sable coat, valued
at $4,000, was cut out as it's wearer
was looking into a shop window.
The oma felt herself being
crushed in a crowd by a foreign-look-
Ing man. She tried to shake him off,
but the crowd was too great. On
reaching home she found that almost
the whole back from the shoulders
down had been cleverly cut out with q
very sharp fur knife.
Another woman who had stopped to
look into a shop window had her coat
slit In an attempt to cut away the
back, but she felt the thief breathing
uncomfortably close to her and left
the shop window sooner presumably
than he had expected, thus saving the
garment from being ruined.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
City Taxes Down.

Cities, municipalities, villages and
towns which increased taxes more
than 10 per cent above the maximum
for 1918 must refund the excess to the
taxpayers, according to a unanimous
decision of the supreme court last
week. Acting on Attorney General
Langer's opinion that the tax limit law
did not apply to cities as asubdivis.
Ions" Of a county many of the cities
of the state boosted taxes the limit in
an attempt to discredit the state ad.
m~inistration. In Bowman, for in.
stance, the taxes that should have
been levied We're $4,000 but the I.
v. A. city board levied $4,000. The
question was decided on a case
brought against the city of BismarcR
for Increasing the taxes 30 per cent
over the 1918 limit when the increase
should have l}een pnt 10 per cent.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08

...shout losing an instant the con-
Wet set himself at the climb. His
haste, the swift glances shot behind
him, the appalling dread that made, his
nerves ragged, delayed his speed by
dissipating the singleness of his ener-
gy. His face and hands were torn
with catclaw, his knees bruised by a
slip against a sharp jut Of quartz.
When he reached the top he was
painting and shaken. Before he had
moved a dozen steps a man came out
Of the brush arc seventy-fve yards
away and called to him to surrender.
He flung his rifle to place and fired
twice.
The man staggered and steadied
himself. A shell had jammed and
Blackwell could not throw it out. He
turned to run as the other fired. But
he was too late. He stumbled, tripped
and went down full length. "a
The man that had shot him waited
for him to rise. The convict did not
move. Cautiously the wounded hunt
er came forward, his eyes never lifting
from the inert sprawling figure. Even
now he half expected him to spring up,
life and energy in every tense muscle.
Not till he stood over him, till he saw
the carelessly flung limbs. the uncouth
twist to the neck, could he believe that
so slight IL crook of the finger had sent
swift death across the plateau.
The wounded man felt suddenly
sick. Leaning against a rock, he stead
Voices called to him from the plain be-
low. He answered and presently cir
cled down into the gulch which led to
the open
At the gulch mouth he came on a
little group of people. One glance
told him all he needed to know. Kate
Cullison was crying in the arms of
Curly F1andrau. Sim lltaneously a
ana galloped up. flung himself from
his horse and took the young woman
from her lover.
MY little girl J" he cried in a voice
that rang with love.
AuSh Hdu lOulu HIS eve lamp Indt
was lost.
1t was Curly who first saw the mar
approaching from the gulch. Hello
Cass! Did you get him?"
Fendrick nodded YEARLY. "Yep
He's up there" The sheepman's HAND
swept toward the bluff.
you're wounded?"
SCOT me in the shoulder. Nothing
serious, I judge"
Cullison swung around. "Sure
about that, Cass"' 1t was the first
time for years that he had called the
other by his first name except in
irony.
"Sure."
Lets have a look at the shoulder
After he had done what he could fol
it Luck spoke blufly. "This dashed
feud is off, Cass. You've wiped ths
slate clean. When you killed Black
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
(THE END.)
Bank Going Good.

The monthly statement Of the con.
dition of the Bank Of North Dakota
shows big gains all along the line for
the state institutions. It's various
loans to banks and farmers are now
$5,500,0O0 as compared with $4,S00,000
for last month. Resources are $685.
S42, 776.73. Over three million dollars
of public funds were expended by the
various t~reasurers of school districts
counties, townships, cities and the
state during the month ending June
Is, the statement shows.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-08
ZION REPUBLIC NEAR
Lord RothschiId Says That Jews Are
Nearing Goal.

Two years ago the British govern
ment issued a declaration of policy in
favor of the establishment of a Jewish
national home in Palestine, and a
Zionist meeting has just been held to
celebrate the anniversary. Baron Roth
schild presided and read a letter from
Lord Curzon, the foreign minister, CIV
ing assurance that there had been no
change in the governments policy.
Lord Rothschild said that they were
much nearer their goal than before,
and he felt sure that they would yet
see the establishment of their desired
home, because it was the will of an
overwhelming number of their Jewish
brethren and was the desire Of the
rest Of the world.