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The Lamar register., 1921-09-28
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
TO DISCREDIT ARMAMENT
CONFERENCE SHOWN UP
Explanation of Blunder Only Proves
Case Against Party Press
And Lenders.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Democratic
leaders are experiencing no little en-
barrassment by a piece of publicity
which was issued by the Democratic
national committee. 1t was a thinly
veiled attack upon the conference to
discuss limitation of armaments. If
the Democratic committee expected
this sort of thing to strike u popular
chord, it was quickly disillusioned. No
sooner did it appear in print than a
perfect storm of denunciation broke
over the heads of the committee and
the party.
AS soon as the effect of the publicity
became apparent, the director made a
vain endeavor to set things right by
a statement to the effect that the pub
licity was issued by him purely in an
individual capacity and did not pur-
port in any way to reflect the opinion
of the Democratic national committee
or the leaders of the party.
1t is difficult to state which had the
worse effect, the original piece of pub
licity or the apologetic explanation of
It, because in the explanation it is
said in defense of the publicity that
it did not contain a single fact which
had not already appeared in print,
and furthermore that "these facts
were collated from newspapers in
which they had been published" and
that the opinion expressed in the pub
licity "has been expressed in several
metropolitan papers"
The damaging thing from the Dem
ocratic party's standpoint is that the
defense thus set up is true. Every
thing which the original piece of pub
licity contained had been published
many times in leading Democratic pa
pers. To anyone who is conversant
with what has been appearing in the
Democratic press of the country ever
since President Harding issued the in
vitation for the approaching confer
ence to discuss limitation of arma-
ments, it is perfectly apparent that
there is well organized effort on the
part of the Democratic newspapers so
to discredit the conference in advance
as to insure its failure.
Assisting the Democratic newspa-
pers in this campaign are some special
writers in Washington who syndicate
their articles through the country, un-
der the guise that their comments up
on public affairs in Washington are
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farmers can be made prosperous by
extending unlimited credit to all who
will use it.
''Too many of these men are in Con-
gress, and in official positions in the
agricultural world. One crafty or
lucky man gets rich by going too
heavily in debt where about nine
hundred stand in extreme danger of
becoming bankrupt"
The increase in tax exempt securi-
ties is already crippling productive in
dustry through inability to secure
money. 1t is curtailing the govern
ment's sources of income at an alarm
ing rate. If we plaster the whole
country with easy government mort
cages, large percentage of which
will never be paid, the government
again loses through land it will have
to take over and which would then
pay no taxes
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The Crediteers.

Farm Life" in commenting on the
inflated government credit scheme pro-
posed for agricultural purposes by
swivel chair farmers says:
"They might look around them and
see farmers, and business men as well,
who have been ruined by having too
much credit.
This instinct for initiation by way
of credit is nothing new, Of course.
1t is only working along modern lines.
Forty years ago it was called Green
backism.' 1t may be seen in its ex-
aggerated form today in Russia, where
it takes thousands of dollars lin rubles
at pre-war value) to buy a pair Of
shoes.
"Crediteering, like profiteering, is
always more prevalent in war periods
than at normal times. When prices
are continually going up you can buy
on credit and make money. When
prices are continually going down you
can buy on credit and &c broke. This
is simple, Of course, yet the woods
are full of men who believe, now. that
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second office in the land through his
courageous stand against the coercion
of the organized Boston police. The
same sort of determination evidenced
in that local struggle will be directed
towards any influence that seeks to
force its demands upon the public.
And the same popular support thai
was accorded the Massachusetts au-
thorities in their enforcement of law
and order will be manifest when the
struggle comes between the half mil
lion railway workers and their friends
and the rest of the American public.
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WASHINGTON NOTES
No Coercion.

The railroad shopmen have voted to
strike against the wage cuts ordered
by the Railroad Labor Board, but will
defer action until the decisions of the
Board as to working conditions are
made public. when the time comes, -
declares an official of the blacksmiths'
union, "tie your hats on; we're going
down the line and going all the way"
Apparently that is a warning to the
people that when the strike comes the
strikers will hesitate at nothing to ac-
complish their ends.
The country is ready for the chal-
lenge. Not only are there thousands
of willing workers out of a job, and
anxious to take the places of any
strikers, but other thousands of virile
men stand ready to throw themselves
into a fight against any class of work
ers who seek to attain their purposes
through coercion of suffering public.
That fact was proved in a railroad
strike not many months ago in the
vicinity of New York City. The en-
gines and trains were manned by
young men from the New York offices,
and kept running.
For years the country has been
bluffed into submission by the ar
rogant leaders of railroad brother
hoods. Like certain individuals who
conceive the idea that their services
are so indispensable that their en-
ployer's organization would fall to the
ground if they should suddenly quit,
the rail brotherhoods have convinced
themselves that If they should sud
denly refuse to work our transporta-
ton system would come to a stand
still, and the resulting suffering and
death among innocent people would
speedily bring compliance with their
demands. A Democratic Congress was
bluffed into submission by a strike
threat, and obediently enacted the no
torious Adamson law. The Democratic
administration succumbed to a sue
cession of strike bluffs, and granted
wage increase after increase whenever
the brotherhoods demanded them.
But men of different stripe are in
the saddle at Washington, and they
are backed up in what they do by an
overwhelming majority of public opin-
ion. A feature of the change that took
place on March 4th was the passing
of domination of government by mi
norities, whether they are composed
Of organizations of workers or any
other class of citizens. Vice President
Coolidge gained national recognition
and approval. and won election to the
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The People Still Rule.

With a railroad strike threatened,
some politicians, as well as some So
called labor leaders appear to over
look the fact that though the rail-
roads were returned to private control
the public is still paying the bills
caused by artificial rules, regulations
and wage scales forced on the rail-
roads for political purposes.
In all countries the price of com
modities has been lowered and wages
have been revised downward.
In the United States farm products
are lower in price than for many
years and the price of other neces-
saries of life has been sharply reduc-
ed. Wages Of labor generally have
lowered in consonance with reduced
cost of living. Justice dictates that
all be treated alike.
But railroad labor, which is the high
est paid of all, brazenly says that
changes in wages and working condi-
tions will not be accepted. Not only
does this class of labor propose to re-
tain war wages but also fifty per
cent more for all time after eight
hours.
Not long ago when the shadows of
the great war were gathering on our
horizon this same element with stop
watch in hand forced the passage of
the Adamson law with threats Of n
strike, surrender of governmental
power as humilating to the public as
it was subversive of popular govern
ment. No president or Congress will
ever dare to again put the patience
or tolerance Of the people to such a
test.
The situation has entirely changed
since then. The stop-watch is now be-
ing held by the public, more determin-
ed than the radical labor oligarchy
ever was that exploitation of the pub
lie shall cease.
Strike or no strike the public is de-
termined that wages and working con-
ditions of railroad employees shall be
readjusted downward as in other in
dustry, and that working agreements
which permit railroad employees to
draw pay when not actually working
or fifty per cent more than their pres
ent high rate for all time after eight
hours, shall be cancelled.
The public is watching closely the
attitude of the U. S. Railroad Labor
Board. If this Board takes the neces-
sary action in revising wages and in
eliminating from working agreements
provisions which permitted such abuses
as overtime after the first eight hours
at time and half whether sleeping
or working, the public will sustain it
If it fails, the public will not only
condemn it but very probably wipe i,
out
The people will not be trifled with
either by railroad employees or the
Labor Board. They will not be de-
TERED, as in the days Of the Adam
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son fiasco, by threats of strike. In
the first place there never was n bet
ter time to clean house. The country
is filled with idle men and there will
be plenty to fill all vacancies. In the
second place the people, and not few
agitators, are going to continue to run
this country, for the people are pay
ing the bill.
The Lamar register., 1921-09-28

purely impartial. All of this goes to
show that if the publicity did not speak
by the card,-at least Democratic
minds are running along the same
single track.
The Lamar register., 1921-09-28
Bring Your School Children

To the Ben-Mar Hotel where DIR. X
C. Sapero, the well known Eye, Ear
Nose and Throat specialist, will ex-
anime their eyes and yours. Saturday
October 9Th
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task any sinecure since the captive
kicked and struggled as best she
might. making their labor as ordu-
Gus as possible. But finally they
succeeded in getting her thru the
window and into the garden beyond
where one OF the two priests from
the Ju-lur temple directed their steps
towards small barred gateway In
the south wall OF the enclosure.
Immediately beyond this a flight
OF stone stairs led downward toward
the river and at the foot OF the
stairs were moored several canoes.
Pan.sat had indeed been fortunate In
enlisting aid from those who knew
the temple and the palace so well
or otherwise he might never have
escaped from Jalur with his captive.
Placing the woman In the bottom OF
a light canoe Pan.sat entered Il and
took up the paddle. His compnn-
ions unfastened the moorings and
showed the little craft out into the
current of the stream. Their trait.
orous work completed they turned
and retraced their steps toward the
temple. while Pan-set, padding
strongly with the current. moved
rapidly down the river that would
carry him to the Jadbenlul and
A-lur.
The moon had set and the eastern
horizon still gave no hint OF APP
preaching day as a long file Of war
riors wound stealthily thru the
darkness into the city Of A.lur. Then
plans were all laid and there seemed
no likelihood OF their miscarriage. A
messenger had been dispatched 20
Ta-den whose forces lay northwest
Of the city. Tarzan. with a small
contingent, WAS To enter the temple
thru the secret passa geway. the loca-
ton OF which he alone knew, while
Ja.don. with the greater proportion
Of the warriors, was TO attack the
palace gates.
The ape.man. leading his little
band, moved stealthily thru the wind.
Ing alleys Of A-lur. arriving unde-
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Scramble Squirrel hurried UP 10
his house in the maple tree as fast
as his legs could carry him when
Ben Bunny told of the mischief that
whizzy Tornado had done. Nancy
and Nick. however. followed Ben
home TO sec what sort OF a queer
family whizzy had dumped down on
him.
Ben went down bis stairs into his
house under the old oak. and beck.
oned TO the twins 10 follow. "lmag-
inc my feelings" he whispered.
when | came home after the whirl-
wind and found Blossom and the
children gone and these creatures
here In their place.
ben pointed with disgust 10 some.
thing huddlcd up in a far corner Of
his front room. The twins peered
into the darkness curiously. Ben
never kept much light In his house
and IL was difficult to see.
They're green" said Ben. land
they have feathers instead OF fur.
and they won't eat afthinE but flies
and sunflowcr seeds I've searched
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-12

man was fond Of her-Tthat Is, she
steps up on the shoulders of the
men she is fortunate enough or un-
fortunate enough TO meet"
ITS too belittiing." l said TT
isn't true-you-"
Philip Ames interrupted me.
my dear Miss Sorensen. you are
just about to accept position. How
did you get it?' His voice was
tantalizingly smooth.
looked around wildly. I had
sudden impulse TO run away. away
where | should never see Philip
Ames and his meaningful smile.
"Sit STILL" he said. divining my
impulse. His hand was over nina.
firm and cool
Don't make a scene. I'm very
very sorry. little girl"
A voice sounded behind me-
(To BE Continued =
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for sunflower seeds until I'm dizzy.
can't climb the stalks to get 'em.
and ] haven't wings 20 ny. and the
seeds are not ripe enough yet to
fan without being picked SO far
BIN Blackbiri has helped me out.
only he eats nine seeds out of ten
and there aren't many left. The
crazy things won't touch acorns. and
when try 'cm with pine-cones. l
wish you could see them turn up
their noses. only their noses turn
down like pump spouts and they
can't turn 'cm up"
You didn't try us with, sugar"
came two voices suddenly from the
corner. And we like crackers. toor'
Two green heads popped out from
under two green bodies where they'd
been folded up. we like sugar
awfully."
why. they're polly.parrotsr' said
astonished Nancy what are your
names and where did you come
from"
Go BE Continued
Copyright 1891. by Seattle starr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-12
FREckLE-FACE
sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots;
How to Remove Easily

Here's a chance, Miss Freckle-facc,
to try a remedy for freckles with the
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Simply get an ounce OF Othine--
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Ind few applications should show
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re sure 10 ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine. as this
strength Is sold under guarantee Of
money back II II fails to remove
es.--Advertisement.
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tected at the building which hid the
entrance 10 the secret passagewny.
This spot being best protected by the
fact that It's existence was unknown
10 others than the priests. was up
guarded To facilitate the passage OF
his little company thru the narrow
winding. uneven tunnel. Tarzan
lighted torch which had been
brought for the purpose and proceed.
ing his warriors, led the way toward
the temple.
That he could accomplish much
once he reached the inner chambers
OF the temple with his little band OF
picked warriors, the apo.nnan was
confident, since an attack at this
point would bring confusion and
CONSERVATION 10 the easily ovcrpow-
cred priests, and permit Tarzan TO
attack the palace forces In the rear
at the same time that Ja.don en-.
gagged them at the palace gates.
while Ta-den and his forces Hwarmcd
the northern walls. Great value had
been placed by Jadon on the moral
effect OF the Dor.ul-Ouio's mysteri.
GUS appearance in the heart OF the
temple, and he had urged Tarzan to
take every advantage Of the old
chieftain's belief that many OF Lu.
don's warriors still wayered I'm their
allegiance between the high priest
and the Dor-ul.Otho. being held to
the former more by the fear which
he engendered in the breasts Of all
his followers than by any love or
loyalty they might feel toward him.
There Is a Pal-ul-donian proverb
setting forth a truth similar to that
contained In the old Scotch adage
that "The best laid schemes o. mice
and men gang aft a.gley.' Freely
translated II might read, "He who
follows the right trail sometimes
reaches the wrong destination" and
such apparently was the fate that
hay In the footsteps of the great
chieftaln OF the north and his god.
like ally.
Continued Tomorrow
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WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
By RUTH AGNES ABELING
CHAPTER VII NEARBY MAKE A SCENE
Copyright 1891 by Seattle star)

He WAS so correct His suit fitted
perfectly. ! could almost under.
stand Lila Amcs' exclamation fol.
lowing his kiss 80 short while
ago.
lie was all attention. marveled
that he could be 20 lightly OFF with
one and on with the other. He was
one OF those womanly-wise heart.
breaking men. who make the girl
they are escorting the girl Of their
lives--for the hour.
He ordered well.
But we were talking OF cotton
flowers" Philip leaned across the
white cover. "If | had classed you
as a cotton flower you would have
been hurt-your sex pride would
have been wounded. And | con.
tend" he went on lightly. that man
can make no more grevious and
blghting error than TO wound femi.
nine sex pride"
you are telling me. then. that
all women. good. bad and Indifferent.
find a certain pride In the belief that
they are "A lurey' ! questioned.
"Pride-yes, or you might say
comfort--insurance.
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Insurance against what?" said /,
fearing that | was treading on thin
ice
Insurance against circumstances.
II you Will. DO you see that blonde
woman in the tremendously smart
black suit AT the window table?" he
broke off abruptly.
Following the line OF his gaze,
saw a woman dining alone at "a
small table. Success was written
from the crown of her chic hat to
the toes of her good-looking pumps.
THAT woman, Miss Sorensen, il
not a cotton flower. And that fact
has been her insurance against
struggle. mediocrity and possible
absolute poverty. She has become
something of figure in the world
because certain man found in
her a mirage.
Horrors. nor He pretended a
beautiful. well-bred shock as my sur
prise at the badness of his philos-
ophy betrayed itself on my face.
''She isn't immoralr' he continued.
but you'll have TO agree that every
woman who attains any sort OF po-
sition Of note does SO because some
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Grandmother sat with Peggy In
her lap and grandmother and
Peggy and David were all looking
at Pcggy's two little feet which
stuck straight out. exactly as II
Peggy were a stff-legged doll
You see the matter was that
Peggy had on some very special
new slippers. little soft white Kid
ballet slippers with shining white
satin ribbons cI1ss. crossing UP TO
the top OF her little pink socks.
Grandmother admired them and
felt them. and then as usual. they
made her think back TO some
thing.
SO she said. Peggy. you are a
very fortunate little girl; you
have a certain kind OF shoes for
play. kind for dress up slippers
and shutters and tennis shoes and
now these beauties just for dane
ing. Not much like the girls in
the early days"
Didn't they have many kinds
OF shoes?' Peggy asked.
Jaw. peg" David said. you
know they just had one pair
apiece. Don't you remember about
Goody And lots OF
stories about what trouble they
had getting any at all?"
YES" grandmother said. ''and
sometimes there were no shoes at
all. moi any. even for girls almost
grown. | know the story of a
girl who hadn't any. Want to
hear it7'
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BEGIN HIRE TO-DAY

BnigR Sorensen breaks her engagement
and decides ITO have her fling married
or single" Her disappointed fiauce d.
reefs her 20 an opportunity for a post
tion MS social secretary TO the rich Mrs
John AmeA sho applies for the place
and meets Philip Ames. the hrothcr-in-
law Of Mrs. John Amca. who Immediately
t,.t.r.afr htt,s.flf Ia
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ofar Seattle -
::3fq !, ]; 3;.{,Rl
BY BLOSSER
BY AHERN
By f1Nbcl C1cIAMdI !.
THE FIRST SHOES MADE IN OLD OREGON

or course they did. 50 she b.
gan:
I'm the year 1874 the long
wagon trains OF settlers had be-
gun TO bring people to the Oregon
country.
starting out with what they
thought was plenty of everything.
people found that they had to
throw away much to tighten tho
load which the oxen drew.
-And clothing wore out and the
constant walking. walking. walk
ing, mile after mile. day after day
for six or seven months. wore
even the coarscst shoes to tatters.
SO that sometimes II happened
that when they reached their
claims they were barefooted
And II was not a fairy coun-
try. no shoes could be had. for not
store or shop was anywhere
around. except the Hudson's Bay
trading post at Fort Vancouver.
Among those shoeless ones
was a young girl OF about Is. and
she was ashamed. and IL she saw
anybody coming toward her she
would sit down and cover her feet
with her full skirts.
zone day a bachelor. who had
taken up land near her fathers
land. saw her walking along
rough trail and he felt so sorry
for her that he wanted to help
her.
$50 he hurried his steps and
came up close behind her.
TO BE Continued
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CHAPTER XIII


As night fell a warrior from the
palace of Ja-lur slipped into the
temple grounds. He made his way
70 where the lesser priests were
Iouartered. His presence aroused no
spicion as II was not unusual for
Warriors TO have business within the
'temple. He came at last to a cham
Der where several priests were con-
Igregated after the evening meal.
The rites and ceremonies OF the sac.
'rifice had been concluded. and there
was nothing more Of a religious ma
fure to make call upon their time
until the rites at sunrise.
Now the warrior knew. as In fact
nearly all Pul-ul-don knew. that
there was no strong bond between
the temple and the palace at Ja.lur.
and that Ja-don only suffered the
presence of the priests and per.
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60 ON WITH STORY

Philip Ames' little car was cir.
cling back toward town Tho sun
was getting higher and I felt quite
ready to eat
But the last time, the last time,
the last time" kept whirlng thru
my brain. | resolved more firmly
than ever that | should never go on
questionable adventure again.
The car stopped In front OF a club
to which | had gone often as the
guest OF my erstwhile fiance. Tom
Bradford.
"We'li eat here" Philip Ames an
nounced. With beautiful speed he
was out Of the car and opening the
door for me. taking me up the
stairs, thru the corridor TO the din.
ing room; handing my wraps TO n
check boy. drawing out my chair.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-09

Capital and extensive educational
facilities for the people were declared
the two primary requirements for the
United States to defend itself.
Neither of these two conditions
can be easily satisfied when govern
ment expenditures reach the disquiet-
ing figure of $4,O00,0O0,000 or more
per annum, and when, roughly, three
quarters of this vast sum is expended
for purposes of military character.
Engineers, more than any other
class, realize how much still needs to
be done to develop the natural re-
sources of this country, and they also
realize that it is by the development
of natural resources in the past that
the United States attained the state
of prosperity and industrial efficiency
which permitted it to raise and equip
an army of nearly 100000 men in
less than IL months and to spend,
without essential embarrassment,