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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
DAYS WHEN ALL
HATED EVERYBODY

On both trips. too. there were days
when everybody hated everybody
clso. Other times. with n smooth sea
and fresh wind. and a little barber.
shop harmony:
- sailor. a sailor. a sailors life
for me-
No 800 reward offered on the Tor.
raine for Hpotting a submarine. no
AN out on deck" orders. no boat
drin. And no dances, concerts or
theatricaiy on the Gramnian.
when the Lorraine finally landed
at Havre. after an is.day trip. includ.
ing six days coaling at the Azores
islands. they took care Of our bag
gage for 81 In cents or 20 cents in
francs
But when We left the Grampin n.
we were asked 20 take care OF our
own baggage. all we could staEger
under. and 10 snap into ~" also.
France once more. Paris ahead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
GRAMPISS FOOD
NOT LIKE IORRAINT-Y

Hut on The trafnnihnf
breakfast. wh-olman's Jeff rnist~n.
boiled. with SUM snuce and weak cot.
fee. lunch. r,rwed ovsralis and inner
tubes. with Stun pudding and very
weak coffee. dinner. the right init.
ten. fried. with sium dressing. ex.
hausted coffee.
There were similar Incidents. Of
course. on the two trips on the Tor
rains happened 10 address a pom.
pous man with brnaH buttons;
Say. steward
but / am not ~ stcward-' he ex.
ploded. His neck sweli.d and got
red. Il am ~ pursair'T
"Ali right. pursor. old top" taid I.
trying 10 DO genial.
Nor am 70 old top Bahr' he
sputtcred. and len.
Likewise. on tho Grampinn. ono
midnight. I hailed ono OF the guards
as Buddy" This was an error. II
seems h, was not my buddy. lie
showed me of the deck
Thruout the lief motif % the waves
on both trips could be heard the
same plaintivc cry;
Find an island. sink the ship or
let mo de"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

the quick and perfect
cleaning by running the
Hoover over the rug -
beating, sweeping and
cleaning in one opera
ton, lifting the nap and
Frightening the colors
and the great popa,-
larity Of the Hoover is
easily understood.
The accomplishments
of this very efficient
Electric Vacuum Clean
er are demonstrated
daily in our Electrical
Goods Section, T II f.
ID 0 w N S T A ] r S
STORE.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
TIE GREEKS INITIATE Us

From the returns that are received
from the Old World, It is plain to be
seen that the Greeks have initiated
the United States and followed in our
footsteps. for at the very first oppor-
tunity they have Overwhelmingly re-
pudiated Venlzelos. their great war
leader. as Americans repudiated Will
son.
From the viewpoint OF democratic
vision and purpose, Venizelos and
Wilson were the outstanding figures
Of the great war. 1t was they. above
all others, that gave to the cause Of
the allied and associated powers"
that moral grandeur which sanctified
and ennobled 1t and inspired the will
to victory. They believed with all
their souls that it was a war for de-
mocracy and liberty and humanity.
They saw in it something more than
gigantic and wicked contest to de-
termine which group OF powers could
mass the most lives and the most
steel most quickly at critical points
and so determine where the superior
ity in material resources and military
genius lay. They saw. in the side to
which they were devoted. a tremen-
dous, determined effort to rid man
kind OF a primal curse--an effort TO
sweep forever from the seats of power
over human destiny autocracy and Its
military trappings. They dreamed
the splendid dream that by banishinE
| despotism from the earth the whole
world could be made democratic. aud
that with democracy would come
brotherhood and with brotherhood
peace and good will.
Alike. with the victory won and
with the opportunity at hand to real
ize upon 1t. they are rejected by their
fellow countrymen.
Today Germany the head and front
of the late enemy powers. rejoices in
the downfall of Venizelos as but yes.
terday it hailed the overthrow oi
Wilson and shook hands across the
seas" with Harding.
Truly the optlmist. in these after
the-war days. has trouble to keep the
smile on his face and the song OF
hope a-humming in his heart.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
TO SKIN THE CONSUMER OF
SUGAR

The decision OF American (east-
to Cuba, has been n favorable influ-
encG." says the Wall Street Journal.
in reviewing the sugar market. THE
advance in price OF refined sugar to
II cents by the National Sugar COM
pany. and Il. II. Howell & Co, and
tho re-entrance OF tho American
Sugar Refining company into the
market. is taken as an indication that
leading rofiners believe the bottom OF
the sugar decline has been reached
and a period OF greater price stabiIi-
cation Is anticipated"
Herein Is a story. The "financia
aid" given sugar consists OF loans
made to enable Cuban growers TO
withhold their crops from tho mar
kct at a time when prices were fall
ing. It should enable them TO mar
ket their cane in just sufficient guam
tlty to hold the price at IL cents. or
probably force It up a little. instead
Of facing the pre-war price OF and
cents.
At tho time the Cuban growers
were appealing to American bankers
American farmers also were request
ing the east that they be gyen H.
! nancial aid to enable them to hold
back their crop. The financiers turn
ed deaf ears TO farmers' pleas. They
sought public approval by declaring
they would not be a party to such az
attempt to hold up food prices
Eastern financiers involved in the
sugar deal owe both the American
farmer and the consumer an explana'
/ tlOn- g. rt.H
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
TO INCREASE THE SALARY

A movement has already been
started by Republican congressman.
now that the party is in complete
power. to increase the congressional
salary from its present $500 to
SlO.0OO-ur as some more avariclous-
ly inclined would have it Sl2.5OO or
$4,000.
i is extremely probable that the
congressman who would like a raise
have missed their chance. Tho tide
or salaries and wages is now flowing
out instead Of flowing in. because
prices and the cost Of living are com
ing down and not going up. II may
bc that the raise might have been
attempted with better excuse. and sue
cossrulIy. during the war. but perhaps
congressman were deferred then ~
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
THE ANARCHY IN IRELAND

Parties of fifteen or twenty armed
men operating i'm broad daylight and
numbering fourteen court martial Of
ficers in thoir homes; auxiliary police
attacking a football crowd. with or
without provocation in dispute, and
killing many innocent persons; street
assassinations and fires raging in var
ious sections of the city-this is the
tragic picture that we have of the
joint rule of the Irish republic and
the British empire in Dublin.
1t hardly seems possible that any
body in ireland. Sim Feiner or Ul-
sterile. or in Great Britain, from roy
atty down through all the classes can
regard such a situation with anything
but horror and disgust. 1t is the war
fare of savagery. worse than that OF
the jungle. for It is aimless in every
thing except terror. and in that re-
spect 1t is so reciprocal that 1t leads
nowhere and promises nothing but
tho destruction of law liberty. hu-
manity, Ireland itself. Unless reason
has abdlcated on both sides of the
channel. some appeal on behalf OF
civilization ought to be sufficient to
end vendetta shameful to all con-
Cerned.
For conditions that seemingly have
passed beyond comprehension or cure
on present lines the British govern
ment is primarily accountable. 1t
has lost control even OF It's own for
COS. 1t il incapable OF maintaining
order. 1t fails miserably to detect
and punish crime. AS a government
it is as lawless and desperate as the
Sim Fcin elements with which it con-
tends There never was an imperial
breakdown more complete than that
witnessed today In Ireland. When
incapacity reaches such proportions
that it Is provocative only of crime II
is high time for a compromise or a
surrender.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
WE ARE ONE OF THE FREE
NATIONS"

When the first meeting Of the forty
two nations who make up the league
Of nations met at Geneva last week.
those nations. II Warren q. Harding
rs right, committed the following form
OF state suicide:
J. They have surrendered their
sovereignty.
2. They have abandoned their ma
uunaIl,y.
3. They have destroyed their con-
stitGuons.
4. Thcy have given themselves
over TO super government which can
order them INTO war at tho whim Of
an alien council.
That IS what Mr. Harding. during
tho campaign, insisted would happen
10 tho United states If the covenant
Of the league Of nations were ratified
| by the senate. That Is what Senator
Johnson and aII tho battalion of death
senators said would happon. Yet IN
I tho teelh Of all this republican wis
dom, forty-two nations that aro mem
| bcrs Of tho league have Eono about
/ their way. The assembly Of the league
| has been organized. A president has
| been elected. And these nations are
preparing 10 carry out the provisions
/ Of a covenant "tO promote interna-
tonaI cooperation ard to achieve in
/ tcrnational peace and security"
Tho United States was not repre-
| soutod at this historic meeting. be-
cause II Is not q member OF the
league. Neither was Germany, nor
Russia nor Turkey. nor Mexico. nor
/ Austria, nor Hungary, nor Bulgaria
! represented. These. presumably, are
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

Michigan. the automobile center. con-
ditions are almost equally uufavor-
ablo, but although there are degrees
in tho effects of the readjuslment, one
Of its phases Is common to all Soc
tions-namcly the pronounced in
clnations on the part OF the public 10
confine purchases to needs OF the
moment.
That people are practicing self
denial is commendable. Certainly no
one wished for an indefinite prolonsa-
tion OF the extravaganza witnessed
last year. But there is as much dan
ger in penuriousncss as in extrava-
gance.
The dangers are twofold: First.
that over -abstention in purchasing
will compel factories to suspend op-
erations, owing to lack OF demand
for their products, thus throwing
more workers out of employment and
making the unemployment problem
acute. and. second, that it will react
on prices, for If production should
be heavily curtalled a great rise in
prices would surely follow when peo-
pie at last began to buy the things
the purchasing of which is postponed.
Those who are advising people to
buy only absolute necessaries are thus
not giving wise counsel. 1t is true
that If every one buys as little as
possible prices will go lower, but it
| Is also true that If that should happen
a good many OF us wouldn't have the
! money to buy even the necessarics,
/ and in the end all of us would pay
the piper later by another advance in
the cost of living.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

tho free nations" that Mr. Harding
talks about They have not sacrificed
their sovereignty. They have not bar
tered away their independence. They
are not in the clutches Of an "alian
council"
Yet in spite OF these lncalculablc
advantages. Germany is dcsirous OF
Joining tho league and is kept out
only by tho determination OF the
French government that Germany
must not be admitted until tho qucs-
tion Of reparations is settled. Bull
caria and Austria have applied for
membership. Hungary has finally
signed the treaty Of peace and is
ready To join. Mexico would gladly
become a member.
Thus the number Of the really free
nations. the nations that are engaged
in defending their sacred sovereignty
and their constitutional integrity at
all costs, is reduced to three--the
United States, Russia and Turkey.
Turkey does not count for much. and
so the unterrifiod champions OF un-
diluted nationalism are Mr.. Harding.
MIR. Benlne and Mr.. Trotzky. with
their various Hiram Johnsons and
Henry Cabot Lodges and William
Randolph IIearsts.
That is the society OF nations that
! the American people voted them
selves into November 2. That is the
company they will keep Indefinitely
| II the Harding campaign promises
are redeemed. That Is the association
Of nations to which republican policy
Is directed. It is the distinction OF
the United States today that 1t is the
! only civilized nation that is unrepre-
| scntcd at Geneva by reason OF its own
voluntary action. II this country can
! be proud of that record it can be
| proud OF anything.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
1T Is THE WILSON LEAGUE

All during the recent political cam
paign the republican stump speakers
with numbering thousands were in
structed to refer to the league OF ma
tions as the Wilson league. Rcpubu-
can newspapers likewise followed
these Instructions. 1t was the theory
OF the republican managers that IL
tho league could be presented merely
as the work of Mr.. Wilson it would
be pcrpctually damned not only
throughout the United States but
throughout the world.
Not being a republican senator or
I republican candidate or a republic
can editor, the assembly Of the league
Of nations itself perccives no disabil-
ty in being a Wilson league. on the
contrary, it gratefully acknowledges
its debts To the president. In the res
olutions that the delegates at Geneva
unanimously adopted and that have
been sent to the white House by
President Hymans, the assembly
recognizes that you have done per-
haps more than ary other man to lay
the foundations OF the league" What
the republicans intended to be term
gr rapro4ch is accepted by the league
itself as a badge Of distinction.
Tho league Of nations Is indeed the
Wilson league. Except for President
Wilson there would have been no
Iaaruo. Tho nations ignoring the
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
IT Is \ HEROIC JOB

VIII T.. Hays, chairman OF the Re
publican national committee. in his
appeal to tho republicans OF the
country and All who aided them" has
It all figured out nicely how the de-
ncit ot "A million and half in the
republican campaign fund is to be
wiped out The "and those who aid
ed them seems to Indicate that he
counts on assistance from some dem
OcratA Perhaps he'll get It. but the
democrats he means may think that
they did enough IN voting the repub-
lican ticket and may be reluctant to
go down in their pockets for a "cOl-
lection" for a show that they sup
posed was paid for.
II will be an interesting Job. There
have been deficits I'm campaign funds
before, but none OF tho full grown size
OF this one, and the method OF meet
ing il win be different from that
heretofore used. Mr.. Hays says that
Of course the easiest way to liquidate
this Indebtedness would be to appeal
to limited number OF generous re-
publicans (including probably men
Identified with Interests that are
much concerned In national lesisla-
tion). who would give substantial
amOuntA But Mr., Hays says the
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

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c,ar.s that Tho marty r,rst be ro,--
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his i,,dorshi,, is ex,,,ry yybgt Is mood
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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

small contribution plan will be sd-
hcrcd TO, being sure that its success
would be Of incstlmablo benefit to fu-
ture party financing.
Heretofore the big fellows have al
ways helped out They did not pre-
tend TO themselves TO be altruistic I'm
doing it. No doubt they would be
glad TO do It this time. but the re-
publican managers, in wholesome
dread Of campaign fund scandals.
want a lot of little chaps instead OF a
few big chaps to take this deficit up.
But there is a big difference between
paying as you ontcr and for game
that is on, and paying in the rush
out OF the gate or after tho game is
all over and the score known. Are
there enough republicans after the
election who have kept a sufficient
degree of enthusiasm to still raise AZ
per cent of the total expenditures?
1t will be interesting to see. And
perhaps that generous Limited mum
Der of generous republicans" may
still get their invitation and their
chance.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
THE BIICNI.NYER AND HIS
WORK

Every newspaper you pick up now
a-days contains notices OF Industrial
plants shutting down-or other plants
reducing the number Of cmploycs-
Of others that are now working only
part time--and Of still others who
are reducing wages.
And right along with these rcduc-
tions, the prices or farm products
have fallen 20 the prc-war level, en-
failing frightful loss TO the farm,r
who raised them on a basis OF war
time costs.
business is sluggish. There Is little
movement in real estate, urban or
rural. Building falls far short of
keeping pace with the demand for
homes 70 live in.
In a word. we are in tho midst ~ a
period Of Industrial depression. ."
Some blame it to President Wilson,
some TO the republican congress. some
to Mr. Harding's election. Some say
It is bocaus" Of taxes, others charge
it 10 closing down Of foreign mar
kets. and yet others assert it is tho
natural reaction from last years
prosperity jambource. Many blame
profiteoring and the profitcers. And
so on AMI $50 forth.
While tho excited debate goes on.
the Associated EmpIoyers Of Indiana
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
WITH CIVILIZATION BROKEN
DOWN

At the present Petrograd Is a city
Of 100000 people, as against the near
ly 100000 OF before the war. or
more than 100000 at the beginning
OF the revolution; a city whose wood
en- houses have all been pulled down
for flrewood. whose streets are full
of holes, whose shops are closed. Poo
pie do not go about in the streets
because there is nowhere TO go. Food
Is scarce, unpalatable and not nour-
ishing: It is rationed adequately by
the government, and these rations
must be supplemented by whatever
can be purchased from Illicit food
traders. with rubles, some 1000 Of
which are worth a dollar. A suit of
clothes which wears out, a dish that
Is broken. cannot be replaced. Moth
ing is plentiful except tea, clgarets
and matches. The death rate has
quadrupled and the birth ratio has
been cut In two. There are no medi-
cines and medical appliances City
life in Russia Is a reversion to the
primitive for which people OF our day
were never prepared.
This civilization which has broken
down and which apparently can
never rise again in its old form, Is In
essentials the civilization which Eur
ope and the Americas know-the CIV
ilization built up by nineteenth CEN
tury industry. Invention and. credit on
basis OF eighteenth century political
and social organization.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
NIaryyiIlc Getting Rusty?

vices at the churches Thursday. 1t
has been dispensed with this year be-
cause it is so poorly attended. Most
Of the church will have talks on
Thanksgiving at the prayer meetings
Wednesday night, with perhaps a
special song or two.-Nodaway DEM
ocrat- Forum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
BETTER NOT POSTPONE PUR-
CIIASES

II is 20 be noted not only from the
dispatches. but from local sources.
that some sweeping price declines
have taken place with the result that
manufacturing activity Is at a low ebb
in many places and trade generally
is marked by dullness. in striking
contrast to tho frenzied buying of last
winter, The depression is felt every
where. although some districts nat
urally are suffering moro than others.
In New England, where tho hard
hit textile industry Is centered. there
is perhaps more unemployment than
in any other geographical division. In
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
How the Women Repaid Him

The Democratic governor of Ten
nessce refused an engagement to
speak to the suffragists recently in
st. Louis. 1t appears to us he has
a right to be from now on a woman
hater. He went into the breach for
the women when the fight was on in
Tennessee, and through his efforts
the women won and the suffraglst
amendment was ratified. The wom-
en-, however, refused to vote for him
for governor and in a Democratic
state he was defeated for reelection
by the Republican nominee.-Boon-
Vile Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

Hon. Jake Babler. Republican lead
err by grace of his party, says the
charge made by Mrs. MOyer-Wing of
being trapped into supporting sis all
dead and forgotten" and not worth
going into. We are confident Mis-
souri's Republicans would be glad to
forget Jake and Nat and "Liv" and
all the rest of the grating bosses il
they only knew how to do it.-Glas-
cow Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
And All Went Democratic

1t Is given out that one of the first
jobs to be tackled by the incoming
administration will be a restoring of
high protective tariff. We trust
they will try it. We recall that in 1880
the Republicans having over a three
fourths majority in Congress, passed
the Mckinley tariff bill, and the next
congress was Democratic.-Moberly
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

When Judge Allen today takes up
the case of the st. Joseph Gas Com
pany's application for another in
crease in rates-he should pay par
ticular attention to the figures sccur-
ed by the city authorities from other
cities the size of st. Joseph. of the
eight cities but one of them-Mem
phis-has a higher rate than st. JOS
eph, while the other seven all have
decidedly lower rates than this city.
1t is timc to put a stop to the at
tempted cxtortion of the gas company
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

If the allegations made by John
Schmidt in the county jail matter are
true, deputy A. e. Grace should not
only be removed. but punished as
well. If they are not true, Schmidt
should be punished for making false
charges. True or untrue, the fact re-
was uncalled for--and it is not prop.
or procedure to admit women to the
Jail to visit convicts. That last jail
break is a disgrace to the county.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
SAM THE COOK
He DiscOur5es ElOquenuy on Who
Shall Have Charge Of the Pie
Counter line.

'Now lets all get together. demo-
Gratis, republicans, and all the rest
regardless OF politics and vote bonds
sufficient to take over all our public
utilities. the water plant. street rail-
ways and electric lights. telephone.
gas and run them all without the in
centive OF paying dividends, but only
to serve the people at the cost Of the
upkeep of the plants and the expenses
OF operation, and put an end to all
this fighting with corporation owned
continual gouging and robbing of the
people In high rates. In Cleveland.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04
Got What They Voted For

Bill Wages, Rev. Franklin and Snap
Fusselman went to Kansas City the
latter part Of last week with bunch
of cattle and all lost between $500
and $1,000 each on the deal. We are
sure sorry to see good friends of ours
have to "go back to the days of Nc
Kinley" for they voted with the white
mans party.-Milan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

Now that the authorities have the
Council Bluffs mail robbers who stole
millions from the government. in
soak, it is ODE hoped that the pun
ishment meted out to them will be Sc
severe that there will be a halt called
to the promiscuous robberies anl
hcld-ups that are Constantly Occult.
r!ng-an era OF crime seemingly now
to be upon this country.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

paign. by all sorts of misleading and
daily papers Of this city are now con-
demning him because he dismissed the
Kastendick case. Tho widow i3 re-
sponsiblo for ths--for she made a
money settlement with her husbands
slayer, aud after she had the money
she cared no further for prosecution
until designing newspapers brought
tho matter up When the widow ac-
copied tho "atonement money" she
rendered prosecutor owen powerlcss
as the papers well know.