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The Washington times., 1921-11-13
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~ NE afternoon during the last
" days Of the great war q hand
grenade thrown by some un.
known Hun exploded in front of
Carl Bronner. Of Cincinnati, while
he was standing In a front line
trench waiting for the signal to go
over the top. When Carl recovered
CONSEQUENCES. many days later. he
was blind, had lost his hands. ana
his hearing was much impaired.
In spite Of the obvious and almost
insurmountable handicaps Of his
condition, Carl Bronner Is today one
Of the happiest. most loved and re.
spected students at the school for
the blind at Evergreen. and i. in
fair way of becoming q useful citi.
zen Of this country About a year
ago. as soon as his physical condi-
ton allowed. Carl came to Ever
green and began his studies there.
What he wanted most of all, and
what seemed hardest to accomplish,
was some way Of expressing him
self In writing. He and his teacher,
Miss D. Il. Masbsch. hit upon q
scheme Of using a typewriter that
seemed within tho bounds Of posi-.
hility and set out to make 1t an &C.
complished fact. Boundiess patience
was the chief requisite.
They designed a rack and q bar
with two handles on It and q striker
that could be moved over the key.
board OF a typewriter and ]. X. e.
Diffenderfer, a Baltimore craftsman.
drew up the technical details of tn.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13

KlecskowsId, ''thst sflesia shall be
Polish st Ill costs. The Poles have
. free hand in the matter and d.
roctions to take Sflesia Just when
they think tho opportunity n ripe.
Meantime they havS received quite
satisfsctory assurances Of all the
moral and financial support they
require froli France"
IT think I understand that point.
hut apart from Upper silesia. what
10 going to BE- done about the Wilma
problem?"
t'Thc wilma problem! ! think I
know what you mean, bot you taks
Il from me, Colonel, that there y
no Wilma problem. The Poles win
not only keep wilma, they win take
tho whole Of Lithuania, Letvia and
Esthouis - well. This Greater Po-
lsnd scheme h 10 half measure.
The Memel district ID already in
the hands Of tho Fccani and thsrc
II II going to remain until II IL
turned over to the Poles"
But why. apart from q nations
natural desire to expand, is it de-
sired to make Poland 30 much
greater at the expense of small ma.
tions?"
ut L. q lesson Of the war. A
strong buffer 10 needed between
Germany and Russia II those two
combined. they would present q
menace to the whole world. A
Greater Poland would provide that
buffer. That IL the official rea-
son. But apart from that. you
don't need telling that neither here
in Paris nor in Warsaw is there
any love for Germany"
Surely that explanation won't
80. Paris and Warsaw aud the
whole world know that Bolhssvism
is tottsring. In its present state
1t hasn't the strength to injure
anybody. It IL on tho verge Of
collapse 1t this moment"
80 much the better. Let II COL
lapse ana The Ukraine. too. will
come into the Greater Poland
scheme quicker than We had hoped
for"
This sounds very simple, but
how would you explain 1t to the
worldr"
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apparatus. which was made IN a To-
cal shop.
Meanwhile, before the arrival OF
the machine, Carl had memorized
perfectly the keyboard OF his type
writer from @ to Y, and when the
lons'awaited apparatus finally ar
rived he was ready to begin at once
the using of his patiently gained
knowledge. Here another great diff
ficulty arose. How was he to put
the paper into the machine? OF
course he could get someone to put
it in for him, but that didn't suit
his ideas.
After much practice he has sue
ceeded in becoming expert in put
ting in his own paper. picking up
the sheets, with carbon paper be-
tween them, by means of his lips
and lowering them into the ma.
chine. setting them up to the de-
sired heighth by striking the usual
bent rod at the right end OF the
carriage.
His typewriter would be useless
TO a person with sight who didn't
know tho keyboard perfectly. All
tho keys are covered with black
caps to protect them from injury
by the striker of his apparatus. and
20 give no clue as to what letter
or figure lies beneath them. His
method Ia this: He knows that b,
for instance. Is the sixth letter
from the left end of the boar1 in
the bottom row, and, guided by the
notches on his movable bar, he puts
the striker over b and pushes 1t.
The shift key he works with a
foot pedal, as also the back spacer.
BY means Of this rather crude ar
The Washington times., 1921-11-13

Of Poland and q great personal
friend Of Denowski and Paderewski.
He writes pretty regularly for two
Of the leading papers In Warsaw
and 10 noted for his extreme anti
Semitic views. I should Judge him
TO be about thirty-six and his most
noticeable point 10 his extremely ef-
Terminate manner.
His knowledge Of the policy Of the
papers of tho world is truly amax.
Ing. and his emphatic declaration
that the London Observer In the pub
hcation most hated by his country
men IL worth going a long way to
hear.
throughout dinner was again
bombarded with questions, but II
was Necessary this time to be much
more careful since Kobylinski pos.
sossod all the acuteness which his
friend Zalewski lacked. His ques-
tions. however, were on rather DIFF
fsrsnt lines to those which were
pushed at me during tho afternoon.
''Kobyiinski seems to have the
Jews on the brain and was per.
petually inquiring a. to the strength
Of the anti,Jewish movement In
Great Britain. told him quite
candidly that did not think the
average Englishman had anything
more than q very passing interest
In the whole question.
But" he said. surely the anti
Semitic movement In Great Britain
10 growing hourly? That is my in
formation. anyway"
Then I am afraid your informa-
ton IL wrong" told him.
= He was disappointed and said
20.
II am afraid" he told me, that
some Of these tales of the anti
Jewish movement are exaggerated,
but you would find it difficult to
convince the Pole on that point.
His hatred Of the Jews Is very
much all there"
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
BY COL. CASIMIR PuENAS,
Famous Scotland ,Yord Investigator.

In the first place tho doubt az
to my innocence led to q most In.
formative cross -examination, and
the fear of my ignorance was re.
sponsible for an authoritative lee
ture which gave me the most com
prehensive survey of the whole
plot which had so far come my
way.
At the conclusion Of my visit to
the headquarters OF the Polish
press agency in the Avenue Mon
,taigne. on the eighteenth OF July,
was ordered by Prof. zalewski.
one OF the directors Of the agency,
to meet him at the Cafe Reyence
at s:45 on the following morning
and to bring with me the several
copies prepared for me Of the state
ment drawn up in London for the
consumption of the French press.
Zalewski. q very well spoken
man, treated me with great kind
ness and was undoubtedly a sin.
cere supporter Of the Polish cause.
although. since he was not partic-
ularly shrewd and displayed no
great business acumen, 1t is open
to question whether his efforts to-
forward the plot cid not in fact
do more to retard 1t.
Our first call on the nineteenth
was at the offices Of the Journal
des Debats. where was intro
duced to the editor in order that
I could give tho first Of my proof
interviews.
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PflsudsH, Foch and BRAND

We walked on across the Point
Royale to q very small cafe with
in a short distance of the Ouai
d'Orsay.
Dinner paSsed quite uneventful-
ly. but IT was as we sat over cof-
fee that the real business began.
There were very few people
about at the time and. although
we were quit out of earshot. Kleex-
. kowski drew his chair nearer to
me and in a very quiet voice be-
gan:
Look here. Colonel, n you are
going on with this business II is
necessary that you should under
stand exactly how things are flxed.
You may have heard rumors and
learned some part Of the truth here
and in London. but both in fair.
ness to yourself and because II will
help you in the job you have
taken on, am going to explain
the whole thing. II you want to
ask any questions. don't hesitate.
and IL ever you begin to wonder
whether I am certain Of what I am
telling you. remember that in addi-
ton to being the official inter
viewer at the Asence Polonaise de
Presse I am still a captain in the
French Military Intelligence.
Now the first thing We are con-
cerned with Is the visit of Pilsudsli.
/ suppose you know the agree
ment which was reached at that
timer"
Yes. know there was a-secret
pact to which Pfsudsld was .
party but don't exactly know
with whom Il was made"
Tho three concerned were Pr
sudslki. Foch and BRAND
decided to fish for . oonfirrna-
ton and elaboration Of Zalswsld's
statement.
well. Captain Reczkowski.- I
asked. what exactly does that
agreement provide for? In the
main. OF course, understand II
clearly, but one hears conflicting
opinions as to the Details"
1T provides. first ef an" said
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MARSHAL FOCH.

He b the curse Of Poland. Franco
had already promised us the whole
Of Upper Silesia before the con-
clusIon of the treaty Of Versailles.
Thanks to the British pine
minister. the plebiscite clause was
introduced into the treaty. or
course. we were stupid to agree. for
we might have guessed what the
result would be.
But no matter. Foch and Pill
sud- have their own arrangements
for the future Of Upper Silesia and
no matter how many pIebiscites or
treaties or decisions by the League
Of Nations or the Supreme Council.
that decision has got 10 stand. The
rest remains with Lloyd George.
but II the Poles must fight-theym
fight"
No orders had reached me as
to what / was to do altar the af.
fair at the offices Of the Journal
des Debats. but on the following
morning I received instruction to
get in touch once more with Paul
Kleczkowski, from whom learned
that ] was to be interviewed by
Professor Pinol. who was busily
engaged in tho preparation Of
new French encyclopaedia and who
desired information from me for
the purpose Of including an article
in the work.
This interview was like all the,
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
Veteran at Evergreen
Hospital is Marvel
Cheeriness-Says Pa
thence OF Woman Who
Teaches Him Has
Been Greatest Help.

pod At the school ana attends tho
occasional dances there, when he
10 . much sought after a. q mart.
ner.
Though he arrived only q little
over > year ago ~ an unknown ut
Evergreen. and though his condi-
ton IL worse than that Of anyone
else at the school. he has become
one Of It's most popular zpsmbers,
recently being elected president of
the Students Welfare Association,
composed Of about fifty active
members-
Carl Bronncr will not be satisfied
to live tho remainder Of his life
without doing something Of benefit
to the world. He intends to study
law until he has mastered that, and
then believes that he win be suffi-
GENTLY expert at his typewriter
to attempt to write a book. He
has a good mind and has had much
experience throughout the world.
and there seems to he no reason
why he should not be able to do
so. The worst OF his troubles.
learning to write. is over. and he
has the example Of Helen Keller
and John Milton to inspire him.
His physical condition is excel
lent. IN spite OF his handicaps, and
he has pleasing personality.
Nearly every other word to his
interviewer was In praise of his
teacher, Miss Masbach. and of her
cheerfulness and patience while
getting him through his difficult
raining.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
Germany MUST Crumble!'

fou sec what her position will
become with the accomplishment Of
the Greater Poland scheme. Crush
ed from the north and south nv
TWO powerful nations, neither Of
which. you must admit. has any
cause to @ove her and both of which
nate her. what chance has she?
She must crumble. Mark nv
words, colonel, two years from TO.
DAY Germany will have fallen "a
pieces. rendered helpless BY he
loss OF her Industrial regions"
I See And what them,
WELL what France likes"
What France likesl Where do
the Poles come in? It seems to m.
that they are going to do all the
dirty work of occupation. They
are to take all the blame for tho
invasion and when the work 4,
done France Is to step in. Before
that. If France is dragged in the
agreement is broken. why do the
Poles stand for this?"
We'll. France is having to bear
the whole cost Of these operations.
The expense Of maintaining troops.
equipment-everything. in fact, has
to come from Paris. The Poles
haven't got . couple Of cents b.
tween them Look at the rate OF
exchange. They know they are
going to Be alright eventually with
the Baltic states. but those posses
sions will be heavily mortgased At
first.
They viii Be Polish rirht
enough. but. all their wealth FOR q
long time will have to DO handed
over to France unti1 the money
which is being advanced today has
been repaid.
Just to Illustrate my point. let
mo ten you that Upper silesia is
already mortgaged to France for
two years--before It Is occupied.
No, Poland can't srumble. She
has got nothing today. and she IL
going to obtain valuable possessions
merely for doing as she is told.
You know, captain. you dismiss
world opinion pretty lightly. but
think you will find II a greater
problem than you imagine"
why should we? welshnen
i've contentedly pnder British rule:
70 do Scotsuuen. Why then shouldn't
Let's or Lithuanians be happy I'm
Ter Polish ruler"
Your comparison Of Wales and
Scotland is all very well. But
what about Ireland?"
Bah! You can't count that. No
'ther nation IN a similar position
would have been half as tolerant
Is Great Britain has been to Ire
and"
My further questions on the
subject OF world opanion turned
TO the United States.
md kleczkowski went on to do
cribe his visit to America on be-
'ah Of Poland; the people there
Who are feared by the French
party and the working of
he organization which has been
In the States with the
'bject Of turning American opinion
n favor Of Poland. This informa-
ion, together with a new and
urious light on the Jewish con.
roversy. I shall reveal in my next
rticle.
THE NTH instsllment Of PIlcnas
bsorblng revelations will be pub
sheI nANf SunA.v T., rv.~ xu-.A
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Kobylinski Anti-Jewish.

'Oh, yes. We have quite a lot
including lie Matin. lie Temps, LIE
Journal. L'Eclair, and. OF course.
the ono we have just left"
Il discovered later that the total
expenditure to secure the support
Of these five papers runs into a
shade over 10000 francs q month";
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
GREATER POLAND HAS
SCHEME TO CONTROL
ALL BALTIC STATES

The Division of Russia Between the New Republic
of Poland and France Was Part of the Intrigue,
Diplomatic Agent Discovers When Leaders
Sought to Make Him Tool of Military Coup.
Possible Seizure Of Germany Part of Plot Ex-
posed-Paris Editors Were Lined Up at Cost
of 100000 Francs Per Month.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
GENERAL MARSHAL
PILSUDSKI.

others. Pinol asked no aues-
tons. but Just accepted my repeti-
ton of the Poles yarn without
comment. Just how much he
knew Of the real facts I can't say.
but 1t isn't likely that a man who
believed me to be on the level
would let me through without
firing off any questions. Klecz-
kowsh was highly delighted at the
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
PMSUDSKI MADE PACT
WITH FRENCH LEADER
F, LONG BEFORE FARLEY

Secret Agreement with Slav General Learned
by Scotland Yard Investigator From ZalewSki
and Confirmed by Captain Kleczkowski, Of the
French Military Intelligence-"Lloyd George
lsthe Curse of Poland" Said Zalewski, Telling
OF Paris Pledge on Eve of Versailles Meet. '
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
ARMIES AND BLIND, HE LEARNS TYPEWRTTING

When German Grenade Wrecked Carl Bronner's
Physical Being Ii Did Not Impair His Mind or
His Courage, and With These Two HE Con-
quered the Impossible IntendS to Write Book.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13

This Is the fourth article of series by Col Cdsi.uir
Pnas Scotland Yards famous Investigator International
affairs for the past t,oentyfi years. From his
vesgaon of the Sesan problem he able by reason
of his retirement, to oive to the World for the first time
amazing revelations of secret diplomacy and international
ntgues By Fpnce to obtain control of Slesa by using
Poland pa,Un Colonel Penas has disclosed how this
gigantic French military plot also invoved all the Balkan
states and how France engaged in double dealing at the
London conference to settle the dispute He
also revealed hoo BRAND by master move out,oit
Lloyd George had the Ssa question put League Of
Notions for decision he France and Poland plot
ting get British and United States loans for Baltic COUP
BY COL. CASIMR PuENAS,
Scotland Imvssigoto1.
finally succeeded alayng the suspicious which
wv directed the officials the Polish legation,
discovered my CONSERVATION, confess,
the Agence Poona
themselves beginning wonder
first reckoned This things worked
to be accidents which
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-23
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State Of Missouri, County of St. Fran
co.'s, SIS.
In the Circuit Court. November
Term, 1921.
Lena Griffin, Plaintiff.
VS..
Fed Griffin, Defendant.
Order of Publication. Action for Di-
vorcc.
New at this day comes the plaintiff
herein by her attorney and files her
re.it:on and affidavit, alleging, among
other things, that defendant, Fred
Griffin, is no. resident Of the State
Of MisGe Iri:
Whe~eupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of this Court, in vacation, that
said defendant be notified by publica-
ton that plaintiff has commenced suit
against defendant in this court, the
object and general nature of which is
action for divorce upon the grounds
Ct non-support and that unless said
defendant be and appear at this court,
at the next term thereof, to be begun
and holden at the court house in the
city of Pennington, in said county, on
the 14tll day Of November next, and
on or before tile last day of said term,
answer and plead to the petition in
said cause, the same will be taken as
confessed, and judgment win be rem
dered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that e.. a
copy. hereof be published, according to
law, in the Pennington Times, a news
paper published in said county of St.
francois for four weeks successfully,
published at least once week, the
last insertion to be at least Is days
before the first day of said next No
vember term of this court.
Order made and entered this 14th
day of Sept, 1921.
A true copy frem the record.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
the Circuit Court of st. Francois
county, this 14th day of Sept. 1921.
]. C. HEIFNER Circuit Clerk.
(SEAL)
Sept. 16, %, 80, Oct. 6.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-23
STRANGER THAN FICTION

Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger or
Mayne Reid would have We'd with
one another to make copy" of the
five Greek brothers of Uniontown
who made so much money shining
shoes in the last fifteen years that
they are about to build hotel costing
81 100000 in the middle of the town.
Bootblacking, or bootlegging-any-
body who has anything to do with the
boot these days seems to be getting
rich. The chief end of man seems to
be no longer the head but the foot.
The story is a rebuke to those who
whine that all the promising claims or
the earth's surface were staked out
before they came along. There is no
more paralyzing fallacy than this.
The chances abound for those with
the will and the wit to seize them.
The tale of the five brothers is a re-
cent instance of al old, old story, and
4 story especially characteristic Of
America, the. land of opportunity for
those who are not afraid of work
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-23
SIDE LIGHTS

This is really so, in this day Of
teaching strict hygiene and teaching
against narcotics and stimulants.
| mean the wind-up of society
DANES life. Must be a society dame,
since she is the wife of q former may
or of great city, and used to many
servants at her beck and call.
| entered the home as a nurse. |
found my patient drinking black cof-
fee at intervals during the night and
four or five times a day for weakness
and nervousness, also whiskey, pre-
scribed by her physician, six times a
day, and also amounts of food five
times day.
The physician seemed to be watch
ing every desire instead of her all
ments and humoring her desires in
stead of reducing her to a normal
way of living.
To be sure, if he talked straight"
he would likely be dismissed from her
patronage as we'll as from that Of
similar patients, and of course, would
have to go with an unlined pocket
book until majority of doctors mus
tered as much courage as he.
! frightened my patient into leav-
ing off the coffee during the night
and her rest Immediately became
much improved. l also surreptitiously
reduced the whiskey but my lady Of
50 years was not to be cheated SO;
while her taste hadn't discovered the
reduction, her reactive powers had and
she began to call for more of her ac-
customed stimulant.
The doctor in charge las been treat
ing this lady for 20 years, and stated
that he and her son, also a physician,
began to give her whiskey as a slim
ulant five drops at dose. until now
it is from two to three teaspoonfuls,
and she insists on them often when
| she has her attacks, and Of course her
ATTACKS" will be sure to come more
frequently as time goes on.
She has learned that if she mad
vertently GU puts too much sugar in
ner coffee that she will get another
cup to dilute it, hence it happens quite
often.
This woman must have the consti-
tuition of Missouri mule to be alive
at this age. let alone being as lively
md full Of mischief as she is, afte"
being "doped" so heavily for SO many
years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-23
FARMER WILL NOW HELP

For several decades cities and
towns have had various forms OF
organizations TO work on economic
and social problems. They have &C.
complished much. Most OF this time
the farmer has been unorganizcd.
His own problems have been neg
lected and he has been in no posi-
ton to aid the townsman. That time
has passed.
American agriculture is now or.
ganized as agriculture never before
in the history OF the world was or.
ganized. Problems peculiar to the
agricultural industry are being at