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The Washington times., 1921-08-17
Congress Listening to the
Mere Taxpayer

Wise observers of Washington life say that a new
influence is making itself felt here in the Nations Capital
Whenever Congress tackles the tariff, the .
revenue, hotels fill up and the anterooms of the
Capitol hronged by who hope to profit The wool
lobby and the hide lobby, the patriotic gentlemen who
seek to apply the lesson of the dyes taught in the
for their surprising profit, poter, spinners and
weavers-all are there
One striking phenomenon of the Washington of today
is the rapid increase in the number of law firms
Lawyers thrive and multiply. Many former
bers of Congress, often ELAINE ducks who hated to
spond the invitation of their constituents to home
Their business is with the departments with the
Congress they adorned To this that
cession, to avert this that obligation to extract
thing from the Government for the profit of their clients
is their occupation.
But today everyone feels influence not exerted dur
ing the generation past in Washington but strong
that it cannot be ignored.
This is the TAXPAYER
In the decade before the Federal taxes were so
light that there no inclination to attack governmental
expenditures During the there orgy of
pendture in which stopped to count the cost.
The nation is determined that the Job is done
and that waste shall stop.
While there lobbyists nor any law firms en-
poyed to represent the taxpayer the Taxpayers complaint
has been thoroughly imprinted upon the Congressional
consciousness
And it is high time. Business is taxed to death The
commercial and industrial world is suffering depression
almost unexamped in commercial history Our saliva
ton must be worked out by ourselves Only the rigid
elimination of waste, the active encouragement produc
on and the restoration of credit bring back bust
activity.
If Congress is responsive to the demands of the tan
payer and there hopeful signs that it will be- the
fruit of this sessions activities will be speedy revival
of business.
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
To Beat the LalU's DeIaYs

NHICAGO'S business circles are
interested in the showing
~ made by the voluntary "Trade
Court" established under authority
of the Illinois Arbitrations and
Awards Act. This court is new. 1t
represents the invisible third party
the public-in every trade dispute.
1t may be appealed by joint agree
ment in writing by the parties to
any such quarrel. 1t is not compul-
sorry, but its findings are final as to
questions of fact when both parties
have referred their case to it.
1t prunes a cause of mere dilatory
technicalities, and eliminates the de-
lays and contipuances consequent
upon crowded court dockets. 1t
materially reduces counsel fees as
well, because in the first place it
does away with questions of proceed
ure for the consideration of which
counsel must necessarily charge,
while, in the second place, fixed
schedule of fees for services is pro-
vided to which counsel must con-
form, and which is graded accord
ing to the amount in controversy.
The litigant who goes into this
court can tell in advance with rea-
sonable accuracy just what his
costs are going to be.
Thus far the court has functioned
with celebrity and to the satisfaction
of those appealing to it. Besides
greatly expediting the causes
brought before it it has relieved the
overcrowded dockets of the State
courts.
The laws delays are scandal in
Chicago as everywhere else and this
cooperative effort to end them is
wise move.
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
The English GOUern
Themselves

n ROM the Norhcffe fight with Lloyd George you learn
that the English people govern themselves. North
ciffe, misquoted, made to say for publication:
The King ordered Lloyd George to terminate the Irish
difficulty saying Il cannot have my people killed in that
way.'''
Immediately the King of England denies that he ever
said it. He does this because the PEOPLE of England
wouldn't ALLOW him to say that, anything else that
would indicate his belief that power resides in HIM The
English keep king convenient figurehead pay him
good salary and give him few palaces, while they
themselves And they really DO govern themselves to
say nothing about governing several hundred millions
of others.
A labor member of Parliament, representing real
workngmen not labor faker told the English government
that he glad hear that the King had denied the
statement attributed to him. because he did not want to
think that the King would do unconstitutional thing
Over there, the King is not allowed to express
opinion public question, such the Irish massacres
whereas here the greater part of the time have in
visible government that governs US quite completely and
very easily Its chiefs live in banking houses its fighting
marsha corporation lawyers, its soldiers dollars
locked up in banks, eating drinking dying
Its humble servants often individuals that the people
put in office to protect their interests.
The English people to amazing extent actually
GOVERN THEMSELVES. We ought to send over and
find how they do it. Their king doesn't govern them any
bother them any than your verform appendix
governs bothers you.
We must find comfort in the fact that are doing
necessary experimenting We got rid of king and had
the verifom appendix cut out but have yet got
rid of the invisible government that in when the
King of England went out
Here in this free glorious republic elect President
every four years. Or rather few of the important people
pick out each side that they would like for
President. Then the people vote for him, slap their
chests proudly, and the few that picked him
country However, least have the framework of self
government, and eventually shall fill it in. There is
fort in at
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. s. Paten; Once
BY X. c. B.

Natonl Sanitarium, Marion, Indiana
Dear X. C. B.-When the war started
buddie of mine and / went along with the
rest. He chose the army, ! the navy. Two
years later we were discharged as physically
unfit for future service Then about two
months ago we met here. The Government
gives us few dollars month, a cot and our
board. He hasn't even suit of clothes to
wear in public. have one. If we go to the
city here, we are socially ignored because the
majority of persons think we are of unsound
mind. Some of US are.
We are poor, and always have been, but
long ago, before the war. we had travelled in
many countries and had seen many things.
Now we can never look forward to a home of
our own or anything. And the future looks
dark indeed. We twenty-four years of
age and mentally and physically in poor con-
dition. $50. .'.
When look around me and see so many
that are worse than we are, l often wonder
X. C. B., if there are many people now who
ever think of us. / know you do, but how
many others are there? We like your column
and your human touch that you put in it.
We both thank you. 1.-TWO PALS"
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
Stars and Stripes

We seldom a nose these days
That has reddish CLINT
But what we think unto ourselves:
That chap is worth a mint"
We see where a number of telephone operators
have gone abroad Perhaps that's why they're
SO slow in answering.
Maybe the reason those discredited Chicago
ballplayers cant get into big baseball again is
because the managers afraid they might
delay the game by stopping at each bag and
feeling under II. t..t..0 . Co.,. ,.... -. ,
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
The Stanley
Amendment
rHE Stanley amendment to the

+; m HE Stanley amendment to the
new prohibition enforcement
act provides for fine and I'M
prisonment for officers who search
dwellings without warrant.
Mr.. Volstead is quoted as saying
that this would hinder the enforce
ment law. And a majority in the
House appears to be against the
Stanley amendment.
We do not understand such an at
titude. Every advocate of prohlbl-
ton should favor the Stanley amend
ment. The Eighteenth Amendment
is part of the Constitution. 1t was
the duty of the Congress to pass
enforcing legislation and it is the
duty Of all citizens to obey the en-
forcement laws.
The Fourth Amendment is also
part of the Constitution and it is
the duty of the Congress to provide
enforcing legislation and the duty
of all citizens to respect that amend
ment and obey the enforcement
laws.
The Fourth Amendment reads:
1.-The right Of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses,
papers and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seiz-
ures shall not be violated, and
no warrants shall issue but
upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place
to be searched and the persons
or things to be seized.
Now, we cannot Insist upon the
enforcement of one amendment and
oppose the enforcement of another
amendment and be either reason
able or fair.
Every member of Congress takes
an oath to obey and uphold the
whole Constitution-not to uphold
those parts which please him.
We who demand that the Con-
gress enforce the Eighteenth Amend
F, ment and that all obey the enforce
( ing laws should be first of all to
insist upon only Constitutional and
lawful conduct on the part of en-
forcement officers. Otherwise pro-
hibition will lose ground and many
who hate hquor-sehing will come
to look upon prohibition enforce.
ment as even more lawless and I'M
bearable than the whiskey traffic
itself.
J Let the law be enforced. But let
it be enforced lawfully in every
case and lawlessly in no case.
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
MIR. 3. Baer
BOATLEGGERS.
Copyright. 1891. by star Company.

OAR check message dis
I'D covered floating in
empty bottle indicates an
other epic of heroism has
been added TO annals Of
sea. Mysterious feet of
schooners stranded on bar.
There is foam on every
wave.
The Washington times., 1921-08-17

THEY who go down to
Il sea in ships get good
and stewed. Strange, weird
craft are anchored three
miles east OF our independ-
ent thirsts. We've heard
of bootleggers plenty. But
these birds are boatleggers.
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
The March
of EUents
n HE latest authentic reports in
dictate that there are already

ment in America. That there is not
more distress is because the work
ingmen saved a great deal more
during their period of prosperity
than was realized.
1t was only the other day that a
representative of The Times, talk
ing with the president of one of
the three or four largest corporations
in America about business condi-
tons, heard him say:
"The most astonishing thing
to me since the war has been
the ability Of the workingmen
to pay their bills after long
periods Of unemployment"
The Times representative asked
him what that signified. He re-
piled:
"The American workngman
saved his money to far great
or extent than ! believed that
he had saved it,.
Whereupon the representative of
The Times said to him:
do you remember how you
bemoaned the extravaganza of
the American worhngman dur :.
ing the period of high prices?'
And he replied
II do very distinctly remem-
Der it and I am surprised and
delighted to learn that I was
mistaken. For example, there
is one town in which there is
absolutely no other business ex-
cept our business, and that
branch of our business has been
closed for six months, and yet
the storekeepers and merchants
generally depending wholly upon
the trade with our workmen
have been paid their bills
regularly"
Of course, the story of the ex-
travagance of the workingman and
of the lowering of his rate of pro-
duction was propaganda largely, al
though there were some bad in
stances in which the story was true.
The winter is coming on and un-
less things turn for the better, we
are going to have suffering, for the
savings of the workingmen won't
last forever. What is our Govern
ment proposing to do about it!
Vast, undeveloped resources of
the nation await development, which
would yield ten-fold return on the
money and labor invested. Now,
when there is unemployment, is the
time for the Government to func-
ton in this direction.
If the Cape Cod Canal is to be
widened and deepened so that all
craft may pass through it; if the
MiSolooippi uiNcl anu Tie OulO
River are to be widened and deep
ened to make them greater water
ways; if an inland canal is some
day to connect the Atlantic Ocean
and the Gulf Of Mexico; if the arid
deserts of the West are to be con-
verted by irrigation into teeming
acres; if our forest areas, destroyed
by the wanton .wastefulness of Amer
leans, are to be reforested; if, in
short, all these natural resources are
to be developed so that two blades
of grass will grow where one little
one grows now, this is the time to
begin these great undertakings.
Hard times are an anachronism.
anyway. They are evidence of the
improper functioning of our Gov
eminent and our social and economic
systems. They are always prevent
able. The day will come, if we con-
tinue to progress, when hard times
will be looked upon as the plaques
The Washington times., 1921-08-17
THERE is no nimble law

Who wouldn't be thirst
class passenger on floating
Darkroom? Newest boat.
logger was piped off Cape
Hatteras staggering in per-
feet CALM. She Is escorted
by smaller boat, which is
probably maritime free
lunch counter.
OUTLAW craft is describ-
~ ed as having three
masts and two tunnels. All
wrong. One funnel is
enough for any man.
CARDINE shepherds pa
- trolling coast announce
discovery of school of am
phibious suburbanites swim
ming toward rising sun.
They refuse TO be saved.
preferring to remain
thirsty. Those boys want
to be rock-and-ryed I'm
cradle Of deep. Only trou-
BILE with ocean buffet is
when official bouncer
caroms you through swing
ing doors into ocean and
you don't bounce.
TNTE r. NAL revenue
II hounds tried TO get into
radio communication with
boatleggers. but raid failed.
CAPTAIN was tipped off that
police radio was scheduled.
7 EAGUE of Nations guar
IL anteed spreedom OF
sa1s. You are spraintng no
laws when you drink over
international party line. July,
August are good months.
Ocean is calm as barroom
mirror.
WHEN searching party
w finds mans clothes on
beach Il doesn't mean that
he has bolted organization
and committed hari.kari.
Means he has eloped on
three-mile Joy swim 20 boat
leggers.
A MEXICAN boat yards
"A are working surplus
time turning out booze
scows. Boats aren't sea
worthy. Will only paddle
three miles before they get
ooozelogged.
DUT three miles is
I'D enough. - 90 %
The Washington times., 1921-08-17

OUTLAW craft is describ-
" ed as having three
masts and two tunnels. All
wrong. One funnel is
enough for any man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12
EX-WHEE[|NG
RABBI ACTS IN
THE CEREMONY

Wheeling friends OF Rajb! Morris Lag
nrnn were interested 10 learn that this
former Wheeling man took prominent
nr.icial part IN In" ceremonies i"i III"
l<nknown American Soldier y"S'"r'LaE al
Arlington cemetery.
Rahb! I.aIarou. now 4 Chaplain ~ 'h'
United States army reserve corps. S"rN-
ed the Wheeling Hebrew congrcEaN ton
some fv+ wears ago. being the prahcccS-
sor ~ Rahh! silver. From WhrehhH II"
went 10 baltimore. serving unit! the out
hr.,L Of the world war as pastor Of Mad
!son aVenu" templ".
During the WAT be served rs an active
rharla In with the troops at camp Mer-
rttt New Jersey His wife IL dauRh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis HorkheiIier
at Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12
A TELEPHONE HOLIDAY

Tie local manager Of the {. ana l.
T"lrrh"i.c Company. +. Il. Cunning re-
,rIvrd instructions from the Headquar-
,ris II tn. ,.unlany in Washington. that
hrmiS::r" lay from Yesterday ana mere
after. VIII lie observed as holiday IN
=, .."'hnur" with IN" national procIafna-
ti"u.
with ia" exception "f several opera
tors and l!nem"n left TO handle emer-
R"n"y cases. yesterday Was observed as
a holiday in thu local office and Armls-
tirc lay uilI bn 50 observed in tho fu-
tUrc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12

Send The Children Here!
You can safely trust fit out your growing boys ana
prs in the very shoes sweaters they should have We
will see to it that they receive the 300 reduction the same as
grown-up do.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12
A Sweeping 20 Day Stock Sale at Average Cost!

NOTHING BUT OUR REGULAR STOCKS OF HIGH
~ QUALITY WARES WILL BE OFFERED, YET FULLY
s25 600 90 WORTH OF THE VERY SHOES RUBBER
GOODS MEMS FURNISHINGS, WOOL sWEATERs
ovERALLs, HOSIERY, ETC, MOST WANTED FOR NOW
AND LATER WILL. BE EMBRACED IN THIS SToRE.w1DE
SALE WITH EXTRA SALES HELP WE PROMISE YOU
OUR VERY BEST SERVICE. COME AS EARLY IN THE
DAY AND AS EARLY IN THE WEEK. AS YOU CAM
ZONE FOR YOUR DRESS SHOES, WORK SHOES, ATH.
- LETIC SHOES, CHILDRENs PLAY, SCHOOL AND
DRESS SHOES, RUBBERs MEMS AND BOYS FURNISH
MOS rTc AT NEW LOW CUT PRICES YOU WILL, VEL.
COME AND APPRECIATE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12

r AVING PLANNED TO BUILD AN ENTIRELY NEW
II DvERY MODERN STORE ON THE SITE WE NOW
OCCUPY AT ELM GROVE WE HAVE DETERMINED TO
REDUCE TO THE UTTERMosT OUR ENTIRE FALL AND
WINTER STOCKS OF SHOES, RUBBERS, MEMS FOR,
N1sHINGs WooI. SWEATERS OVERALLS HOSIERY,
ETC TN ORDER TO AVOID STORAGE, CARRIAGE CON
FUSION AND DELAY WHEN THE CONTRACTORS BEGIN
WORK
beginning TUESDAY, NOVEMBER TO- WE INVITE
ID OUR FRIENDS, PATRONS AND GENERAL PUbllc
TO COME SHARE IN THE MOST IMPORTANT SALE EVER
PLANNED FOR THE OUTFIT PIKE D1sTR1CT-AN
EVENT LONG TO RE REMEMBERED BY YOU AND BY US
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12
MOOSE CELEBRATE

Combining celebration OF Arrnis0os
Day and Of thei thirteenth snnivsr.
saw wheeling Moose held Il big event
Yesterday and last night at their ,, CLUB
rooms, corner Of Fourteenth and water
streets. Addresses and patriotic music
featured the day. while In the evenlns
there were a vaudeville show, speecheh
music and a buffet luncheon. Ten NOM
hers or the lodge gave their lives ID
the w;,r and about zoo others paruci'
pated.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-12

After thirty. the man who has GOOD
boa riding house isn't likely to marry.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

P. A. Thelin, proprietor of the Dun bar roadhouse, is planning a tour of the states with large collection of Alaska pictures, many of them being of the motion picture type. The pictures show Alaska at it's best and will be used by MT Thelin to prove to outsiders that Alaska is not a land of ice and snow.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17
ALASKAN PUT IT OVER
 ON HOLDUP IN FRISCO

About the meanest stunt pulled by q steamboat man since navigation closed last fall, was one put across in San Francisco during the winter by Jules Oliver, says the Nenana News
 He was stopping at a hotel on the south side of Market one evening, being hungry for good steak, asked the clerk where he could find some thing appetizing. 2 The clerk directed him to a place couple of blocks south where they made speciality of steaks and the old-timer set out to find it. He had not gone far when he mo- ticed that the street was not we'll light ed and, at about the same time, he was accosted by well dressed man who addressed some question to him, fol- lowed by the pressure of gun against Jules ribs. Jules promptly produced some small change and informed the highwayman that he was looking for a place to buy a meal within the limits of his modest bankroll. Whereupon the holdup man returned the change and gave Jules a quarter, in addition, to pay for nights lodging. And all the time the willy Alaskan had several hundred dollars secreted about his per son. ill currency and travellers checks.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

Knut Roland has gone to Tenakee Hot Springs for the benefit of his health.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

J. J. Longacre, who arrived at Healy recently from Anchorage, ac- companied by Mrs. Longacre, was in Nenana on business for the commits sion. Both he and Mrs. Longacre are old-timers of the interior, having lived on Cleary creek in the boom days. MT. Longacre will install the new coal washing plant at Eska.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17
NENANA NEWS . TOLD IN SHORT
 PARAGRAPHS

NENANA, May 1.-The fire de- partment was called to the home of Robert E. Burns to extinguish a threatening blaze in the basement, originating at the furnace. The en- tire basement was in flames when the fire was discovered and un- doubtedly would have destroyed the home but for the quick action of MT. Burns, who rushed down stairs with Pyrene extinguisher and held the flames in check until the arrival of the department, with the big chemi- cal. Tha basement was considerably charred and the house filled with smoke, but aside from that the dam age was slight.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

smelter this summer and he ore. diets that the shipment of supplies into the district will be unusually heavy.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

Advices from Hurricane gulch state that Joe Burns has opened his movie show there, using the machine shop for a theater
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

George Hainzinger and Evelyn Wal ters, who were brought to town from Moose creek, were arraigned before Commissioner Reed Heilig on stat utory charge and bound over to the grand jury. Each of the defendants was released on bonds in the sum of $2,00O.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

Shorty Thomas and Charles Nc Gonigle have returned from a stay of several weeks at the popular Circle Hot Springs and report 2 most enjoyable outing.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

"Skoogy Pete" is visitor in tow from the Skoogy gulch.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-17

Jack O'Neill is a recent arrival in town from the coast He spent some time in Anchorage and reports con. siderable activity in the northern di vision.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-19

now also be purchased as a non-perishable
commercial feed, which is sold in large
barrels as semi-sOlid buttermilk. Skim
milk and buttermilk may be fed alone
or mixed with other feeds. but feeders
should observe their fiocks carefully TO
avoid giving too much milk, or bowel
trouble may result This is caused prin-
cipaIly by fowls eating spoiled clabbered
milk remaining from a previous feeding.
For horses, milk may be fed in quanti-
ties up to three or four gallons a day.
and even in clabbered condition it is not
harmful. Horses that have never been
fed milk quickly learn to like it if a little
grain is sprinkled in it. At least as a
temporary measure there is a real oppor-
tunity to improve farm live stock, in addi-
tion to relieving a local milk surplus, by
using skim milk rather literally in proper
combination with other feeds"