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The Pulaskian., 1921-07-07

Sunday morning and Christian En- deavor and church at night.
 Miss Mildred Brown of Fourche Dam spent Monday and Tuesday night the guest of Miss Wietsche Hoekstra, while attending the short course here.
 Miss Helen Udey has returned to her home at Alexander, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Ted Thomas.
 Mrs. J. A. Crow called on Miss Natalie Smith Sunday evening.
 Mrs. T. D. Jacks is able to return home after a serious illness at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wright.
 ] Misses Erma Dixon and Verna Gather have returned home from a visit with friends and relatives at Philadelphia.
 l Miss Wietsche Hoekstra is spend ing several weeks at Jacksonville with relatives and friends.
 Miss Ida Hoekstra spent Sunday with Miss Erma Thomas.
 Mir. and Mrs. Dawson King of Lit tie Rock spent several days last week with their brother and sister, Mir. Geo. Pye and family, and MT. and Mrs. Issaic Pye, Mrs. Mary Pye Crook and little son, Mack. ] On the 18th, Both and 27th of this month the Radcliff Chautauqua of ] Washington, D. C., will be at the Sweet Home Community Clubhouse Everyone is invited to come. Per formances afternoon and evening.
The Pulaskian., 1921-07-07
MT. PLEASANT.

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 The meeting will start at Mt. Pleasant the fourth Sunday in July and at Shiloh the third Sunday in August. These two churches need your prayers and presence. Every body come, as we need your help in every possible way.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charlie Earles of North Little Rock have been visiting relatives in this neighborhood for the last few days.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roy Hammons and children of Zion Hill visited his brother and wife Mir. and Mrs. Leith Hammons, the 4th.
The Pulaskian., 1921-07-07

Fl Dorado-The Mother Goose Store was opened here, being a con fectionery operated under a patented system similar to the Piggly Wiggly.
The Pulaskian., 1921-07-07
Pulaski Heights News

Moses and W. I. Sitlington: the com mittee to ascertain probable costs, Mir. Blaisdell, Mir. Rice and W. C. flight, and the committee to interview county and city, Aldermen Chrisp and Bradley, R. C. Hebron, L. C. Newham and J. E. Hyatt.
 Born-To Mir. and Mrs. Guy Lu- neau, 803 Van Buren street, July 2, son.
 Born-To Mir. and Mrs. Nathan A. Adler, 5l9 North Cedar street, June Is, a son.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fay Curtis and fam fly left Tuesday for a motor trip to Bella Vista, Ark, for a short stay.
 Mrs. Charles F. Martin and two sons of Ponca City, Okla, are in the city visiting relatives and are guests of Mir. and Mrs. C. E. Short, 509 North Spruce street.
 1HeI6 dIe SeNeldl SlIldlA paving districts on the Heights and there is now a movement to pave Prospect avenue throughout. As the Pulaski Heights district is the largest single residential district in the city and there being need of a good deal of paving to be done, if not to be done right away, will be later-T. J. Park CT has suggested that the property owners of a district extending from as far east as Woodrow and as far west as the St. Mary's convent get to- gether and see if some plan can be devised whereby a satisfactory kind of paving could be selected and all of this work be done at the same time.
The Pulaskian., 1921-07-07
DEATHS.
Reu. Edt0ard Sternberg.

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
FOUR DAYS IN
WaICHTOP PAY 1920
INCOME TAX LEvlES

Only four days, mo- including sun
day. remain for the payment Of tn
come taxes, according to Emil Rum
reich, internal revenue collector for
this district. who. with hts stan Of
assistants, has entered onto the last
lap for the routine grind OF figuring
up incomes. business and proees-
sionel man. AbeFer and clerk. q BY
one. have been fling into the internal
revenue ONCE in the fedArsl building
seeking advice and AID IN hlling out
the puzzlinE blanks.
Those who fail to make returns be-
fore next Tuesday night win b sub
ject to a penalty for delinquency. The
majority Of people subject to tho tax
are expected to make their payments
in time, however.
Collector Rumeich has provided
facilities for handling returns ex-
pediently and as q result there has
beer very little congestion in the local
once. Many payments have heer
made here and the force engaged IL
handling the returns has been kept
busy aiding taxpayers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
Committee Organized 10.
Make Report On Schools
Say. This Is Fact A.eer-
tanned Through lnvestiga-
tion Conducted In United
States.

New York, March stems Of thou
sands Of school children housed in fire
traps and hundreds Of thousands OF
them either on half-time or In make
buildings II the condition in 429
cities Of the United States az disclosed
in a report made public today.
The report WAS issued by the ma
tionai committee for chamber Of com
merce cooperation with the public
schools on a. survey conducted by the
American city bureau.
The committee was organized in
February. 1920, to inquire into school
conditions. It's executive committee
is headed by George D. Strayer of
Teachers College, Columbia univer-
sity. New York.
clearly that there are tens Of thou-
insanitary, dangerous buildings" says
Mr.. Strsyer in his Introduction to the
report. Many Of these structures are
best classified ~ fire-traps."
Data From 40 Cities.
\ Data. was received from 429 cities.
The report says: These facts. OBJ
les reporting, show that in these cities
even excluding those housed in an
nexes where conditions may be nor
NAL, there are more than 463,0O0
children who are either on nalf-tine
because Of lack Of building space or
are housed in %portables. rented
buildings, attics, Easements or corri-
doris. It would require ar average of
two %3o-roonl buildings in each of
these cities to properly house these
groups Of children alone"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
Tens 0f Thousands Of School
Children Housed IN Fire Traps

The report sets forth atatisticAuy
the inAAequaAy Of playground space.
ut 10 clear that in many ciHss chn-'
dren are now housed in buildings IN
which there iss less space on the play
ground than ID supplied in the claR.
rooms in which, they ara TAUGHT" Mys
Mr.. Strayer In the introaucttop.lt&
Three million nix hundred thou
sand children are represented in this
report on pl~aysrouRds," 4 is stated,
and the study diselosss that ene;half
Zach a playground less than SIT by SIX
no playground at all.
space" says the report, "prsseAtsons
Of the serious problems. confronting
those who are interested in the Hsl-
fare of American school children.
Whatever the cost. adequate play
ground space should be provided for
those school buildings already erect
ed in congested districts. Public sen-
! tinent must become so strong that 1t
will be considered q hreaehysof trupt
school building on 2 site that will not
afford adequate playground SPACE fol
al the pupils housed in the building
f1vo "a O0t FHeP44oM =
On the subject of fire hazard IL
schools, the report states: Only 5R
OF the total number Of buildings a.,
Of the types Of construction usual.
called firepreof. Only . small mum,
Der have f~ireproofing elements t.
lessen the fire hazard to the children
At least 25R of the two poorest type:
OF buildings are Of two OF mere stories
and do not have a fire escape. Thirty
nine per e n Of these two types arr
without fire extinguishers, and les
than 1919 of them have automati,
sprinkler equipment in any part O.
the buildings. Only 11M have auto
matte fire alarms. Such facts Al
these demonstrate the existence of
real enace to the children of thea
cities" One-half of present-da!
schools were built prior to 1897.
The report directs attention to eth.
large number of children between tn,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10

declarations, held at wheaton, MINI.
on the 18th Of February. were ap-
proved by the North Dakota fedora
ton, and will FORM basis tor
working out q solution Of the farm 10.
Dor problem in the state. It VA sus-
gssted at this meeting that during the
rush season farm lahorers be paid by
the hour instead Of by the day, and
that local labor be utilized SO far as
possible.
There are no indications Of a short
aSe Of farm labor In this county, 80
tar, Mr.. Morris said today, and the
situation from that ansle looks en-
couraginS, he claims.
Letters which Mr.. Morris 10 send
ing out today to farmers throughout
the county. urge them to attend
the meeting on March H.. and
to take In active part in the Discus
Stons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
FARM LABOR TO
n. Be DISCUSSED
Ia; SEEt SStf
Agent Calls Meeting
Of County Farmers For
March II.

For the purpose of discussing the
age problem, and labor conditions
generally. a meeting of Grand Forks
county farmers Is to be held in the
farmers room Al the our house on
March II, according to D. B.. Morris,
county agent.
A representative of the United
states employment bureau will be
present at the meeting to discuss Ia
hor conditions. which are deemed Of
vital interest to farmers at this time.
In connection with the question of
wages, q subject on which there is
q wide range of opinion, according
to Mr.. Norris, there will be nc at
tempt made at this meeting to fix a
wage for farm labor. The subject
will be discussed from its various
angles. with a view to giving farmers
a more thorough understanding of
the situation as it is to be met during
the coming season.
Approve Recommendations.
Recommendations which we're
made at Q joint meeting Of executive
boards from the North Dakota. South
Dakota. and Minnesota farm bureau
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
POISON PEACH
CASE MAY GO
TO JURY TO-DAY

s,o,r Falls. S. D., March 1o:-ot l.
,.r S :; Of evidence by the defense IN
hu.bsnd in the poisoned @ psscnes
e.ss was concluded this toteo a..
ana after a brief interval. CLOSING com M
Hnments Of the attorneys td
menced. The arguments are e1p with
to- continue throushone tn css cay Viii go
The probability . t ma. . %after moo
tn. sam,d is .Ts s%sa the sefense con.
o. ,.s ~ contend that the dead MAJ,
ended his " life while in a
condition.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
Examination. Today
Held AT Postehice

Candidates fon positions "a ste
nographers and typists are taking ex-
aninations today AT the postoffice
under the direction Of Harry Bulge,
secretary Of the Gfnd Forks civil
service examination board.
Applicants successfully passing
these examinations will be eligible for
positions in any department Of the
government and not in the p%ostofice
department only.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
COLD WEATHER Projected.

washington. March ie.-Eolder
weather within the next ssyeFal days
over the northern states from the
Great Lakes westward to tho Rockies
Is indicated by an abnormally high
pressure over Alaska and the far
northwest. said q special forecast is
sued today by the weather bureau,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10

A .Britisf, scientist avs a hole a1f
IN The rround twelve miles deep wonls
Il 5du enough energy to supply re
world. The trouble is it would TAX
ali the energy in the world to ols tis
hole!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10
TO REVISE WAGE. SCALE.

To W1AGTE- SCA14k.
New York, March 1o.-The New
York Central railroad, announced to-
day thst heHnning April 1s wages Of
approximately $4,000. employees. in
virtually all departments. would be
revised. A conference will be held
later to agree on the new scale.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10

In many of thu large cities of China
there are establishments where beg
gars voluntarily submit to having
their eyes taken out and their limbs
broken, in order to excite public COM
jnaiGeYatAon.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

to the core, is a material and moral weapon.
In the first of these two manifestations it in
slsts that great country, always friend of
the United States, and relying upon her
friendship, shall not be occupied in anv wav
and exploited by with standards of living
lower than the American; for Japan and
China, welded into one weapon of conquest.
might in time set the impress of Japanese
mode of life even on the United States. Our
country, the finest type of democracy in ac-
ton that the world has produced cannot view
with unconcern the rapid rise to insolent
strength of people who might challenge the
integrity or the very life of principles long
lived under and approved
Near the close of Osborne's The New
japanese Peril is a single page that summar-
ICES the whole broad question of the Unified
States, Great Britain and Japan In it the
writer, after a restatemcnt of his views as to
the probability of loyal support of the
United States by the "auxiliary members of
the British Empire" in opposing renewal of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, goes on to criti-
cize Balfours expressed belief that the British
government is not ready to abandon what is
called the balance of power" theory of world
poltics. 1t IS quite in order to inquire if
London fears the rapidly accommodating
strength of Washington and seeks in an
alliance with Toxic, dual control of the seas
OF the world to the disadvantage of the United
States II So Ottawa ard Sydney will have
something vigorous to say, an antiphony to the
Irritation and possible dsmay of London.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

must purchase majority Of such supplies in
Japan; that when foreign capital is used to
oulio railways in China Japanese managers
must be employed and traffic rates be fixed
SO as to give Japanese commodities an ad
vantage over foreign goods; that supplies used
IN railways and other utilities in China must
Dc purchased in Japan through Japanese
nfms; that Japanese goods entering China
shall be given preferential custom rates: that
Sapanese shall have the right to own lands
ana reside In all parts of China and not be
SUBJECT to China's law; that Japanese must be
heads of police in important Chinese cities.
that China shall not lease any of her own
territories without first consulting japan: that
no contracts to build naval bases or harbor
works in China shall be permitted without f;rsr
obtaining the consent of Japan; that japan
must be consulted when China desires to
change her fiscal systems"
One of the objects of the Anolo-Janare,.
alliance is phrased as follows: "The preser-
Vation oil the common interests of all powers
IN emma by insuring the independence and
integrity of the Chinese Empire and the prin-
clple OF equal opportunity for the commerce
and industry of all nations in China" Janan
has deliberately pinned this pronouncement
to her wall blue-pencled all THROUGH. She
has dared to flout it, fer her alliance with
Great Britain has squared her shoulders
But her action and her determination as TO
the future have wrecked one of the two moi,
pillars upon which rests the foreign policv of
the United States, the Hay Doctrine.
1he Hay Doctrine, American and humans
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

When alls been said, we return to our
steady faith in the common sense and feeling
OF klnship of all English-speaking peoples
III the Pacific is to be the theater of struggle
that shall involve two opposing racial units
we believe, with our friend the British nov
elst OF the chat ten days ago, that ENGLAND
and America, brought into a more genial COM
radeshlp through the good offices and the
needs of Canada and her sister dominions
are to unite for the preservation the world
over OF the principles that nerve Anglo-Saxon
action and give virility to the British-Anler-
ican code of fair play.
Walter B. Pitkin, in his book Must We
Fight Japan? reveals the outlook of a student
VINO Is concerned mainly with a danger that
appears to threaten his own country. He does
not choose to consider a greater peril that
may sweep the leading nations of the world
INTO a cataclysm. Where Osborne travels
along broad international lines, he stays at
home on the field of native reactions to a pos
sible economic and nolitical strife at arms
between two countrnS, japan and the United
States. Pitkn avoids any discussion of the
immensely important matter of the delicate
relations between England, the United States
and Japan in the Pacific
Must We Fight Japan? is valuable chiefly
for its intensive study of conditions in the rich
coastal region of California. as shaped bv
japanese there at work competing with Ameri-
can labor. Its author gives portion of his
pages to the present power of Japan in mill
tary armament and potentaity in the field.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
IS MARS THE STAR IN THE EAST?

pect that Westminster and DOWNING Street
have anxious hours over the realization that
England's dominions, rapidly approaching DO
litical maturity, view certain phases of world
conditions and futures from strange angles.
oanaoa ana Australia are nearer to the
United States on the ground of matters Ori
entail than England. There is tinge of ironv
In the picture of mother country pIaving
politics with an alien race whose avowed and
half-hidden policies are inimical to the well
fare OF her children. Canada is bound to look
for trade with the Orient, and Australia. de-
signed to be huge seagoing country, is to
seek outlets for her products on the eastern
ilttoral of Asia. To both free entry to China
is a desideratum
And so we come to the Hay Doctrine prac
tically nulified by the stand of the United
States at Versailles. If operative it would
throw chain across Japan's road to the
heart or CHINA. Japan, ignoring John Hay's
ideal, would write the terms of her own Mon
roe Doctrine on the beaches of the Orient AS
Osborne says, her Interpretation would be
as follows: ''1n China it means that no rail
way can be built, no mines or other natural
resources exploited, except under conditions
dictated by Japan; that no foreign loan can
re made without the consent of Japan being
ilrst obtained and except with Japanese par
tlcipation; that Japan must be consulted in
al important industrial enterprises recurring
foreign capital; that Japanese must be en-
pioyed as political, financial and military ad-
vlsers in China; that China must consult japan
when she wishes to purchase armaments and
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

before he landed the fatal blow, Il gathered
up within myself every inch Of nervous en-
ergy / possessed and told myself I was
much bigger man than I was There you've
got it, Carpenter is going to win because
ne has more imagination than Dempsey. He
is going to think himself to success"
"Well, if you think confidence is all that is
needed to win this bout, my dear, you just
put down your little ten pesos on Dempsey
That lad is nothing if he isn't confident. His
whole camp just whirrs with it, while these
people here act already as though we were
ali attending a funeral'
Will was disgusted underneath because we
had TO go through such rigamarole in order
to get in to see Carpenter You don't lust
pay a dollar, as you do at Dempseys camp
You have to have a special pass And that
isn't easy. 1t demands prestige and power
and patience. And, after that, you have +,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

you want to see next Saturday, but science
and al that And now comes boxer and
deliberately deprives himself of about $780,
GOO in cash and more than that in advertising
IN order to practice up scientific marvels for
you in private. And you are all furiously in
dlgnant. Men are too illogical for me-"
But it was a sad occasion We stood
around on lonely little hillside, talking in
whispers beside the empty ring, waiting and
waiting for Carpenter to appear. A curious
pail hung over every one. But don't think
there is anything ill-omened in that. It was
just because we all felt we weren't really
wanted, and that made US depressed and ill
at ease.
When Carpenter finally appeared the cen.
eral atmosphere wasn't much better He's
very charming, but not in the least enlvening.
He is far too bored for that. We watched
him throw aside his crepe peignoir and punch
the bag, and shadow box, and 20 two rounds
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

and we confine our attention here to his Chap.
Ter ~ on "Japan's Military Impregnability'
compact statement Of the conditions to be met
II war shall elect to make us the attackers
and not the defenders. Pitkin informs US, in
words italicized, that Japan is a continental
power greater than either Germany Q.
france" His map, a clever scheme in shift
lngs, shows us what our Asiatic coast would
resemble if Japan were situated to our east ID
a position similar to that she occupies of Asia
On this map Florida takes the place Of
oorea, which it resembles in size and stratsgle
bearings. To quote, Like Florida, it almost
wholly dominates the most important seas on
It's continental coast. AS Florida dominates
the Gulf of Mexico, both at Key West ana
along some 500 miles of coast so does Corsa
dominate the Yellow Sea, the chief body q
water for the commerce of North China
Pltkin develops his argument rapidly. Cores
Is shielded against ali attacks by sea by tas
many islands of Japan, from invasion froa
the north by the huge mountain ranges anu
empty plains of Manchuria, wholly under Ens
thumb of Japan. And Corea is Japan's store
house of COAL
To continue with this fapciful but instruo
tive map: Imagine all the territory cav
OF the Mississippi and south of the Ohio InF
tarized by the people of the. fringe of outlylas,
islands. think of this immense continents
tract as being the base of supplies for ~
islanders and well stocked with railroaus
mines, forests and developed harbors. lass
you have a fair picture of modern Japaa
And then, again in italics, Japan t0-csss
combines the military power of old Germas'.'
the naval efficiency of Great Britain ard -
magnificent isolation of the United States
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Continued from page ts0o)

ever. 1t is Japanese peril. Japan has only
to convince Peking that it would pay the Chi
nese nation to become part of her family, and
the world will be brought suddenly face to face
with the fait accompli. Japans first step
would be to place Japanese or pro-Japanese Of
ficials in every position Of influence and to re-
move every Chinaman that should oppose.
Peking's policy would be telegraphed from
Toxic.
such fusion once fact, England could
remain in India, if she minded her own affairs
and did not resent openly the new arrange
meht. There is no doubt that the great powers
wlsh to save China from Japan. England, the
only one that would be likely to take steps in
TINS direction. is checked by her interests in
india. With England out of the game with
the United States maintaining a severe indie
pendence from world affairs, Japan could defy
Uncle Sam and proceed to settle the question
OF the control of the Far East and the Pacific
as the point of the bayonet, If she thought
sharp action necessary
And it really looks as though Toxic has as
k.rations that will lead to the thunder of guns
While she-this is an opinion lately uttered
throWs dust In the eyes of the United States
oy keeping California on tenter hooks over n
socal problem, she creeps down to the southern
fioors OF the Pacific 5000 miles to the Marshall
and caroline islands, and then to the LOYALTY
ana Marquesas clusters, less than 1900 miles
from the eastern coast of Australia. Rest
1855 IN ASIA, sweeping the sea with the binocu-
lars OF her political and economic ambition
she dreams OF becoming the mistress of D
vastly valuable section of the world.
One finds it difficult to fit Great Britain
-
into the mosaic of the West Pacific. We sus.