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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-02-10
SALE
ENDS
FEBRUARY
26TH.

Highly Mercerized Fine White Poplin Soc yd
Heavy Blue Denim, former price, SOC 25c yd
Twenty-Five per cent discount on all Wooden
Dress Goods and Serges during Sale Period.
Ladies' and Misses Ready : to Wear Goods
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-02-10

All Regular Stock Hose, cotton, isles and silks,
cut Is per cent for the Big Sale. Specials:
Lad es' Good Grade Hose, black and brown, pr 1Oc
Black-Ribbed Top Hose, 25c value, pr 15c
Misses Black Ribbed Hose, all sizes, 25c value 12c
Ladies' Mercerized Lisle Hose, white, black and
brown (slightly imperfects) 3 pairs for 81
Ladies' all silk Hose, mahogany and black pr SOC
Infants Wool Hose, asstd colors, Is to, SOC value 15c
Mems Half Hose, black and colors, sale price 10c
Mems Mercerized Hose, fancy colors asstd 15c
Mems Gray Work Socks 10c
Mems Heavy Mixed Work Socks, Csc grade 15c
Mems Extra Fancy Mercerized Lisle Socks, 3 prs 81
Boys Heavy Ribbed Hose, regular 6Oc value pr 35c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-02-10

Infants Brown Vici Kid Shoes, sizes 2to 5, 81. 35~
g &C &C < To II I on
Mems Genuine Vici Kid Blu. staple shape "
Dress Shoe, So 90 value, sale price 4.75
Mems Tan Blu. Dress Shoe, $8.5 so value $50
Dark Tan Dress Shoe English Toe) $50
Munson last, Army Shoe 500
" Outing Bal, sale price $50
RUBBER SHOES-Felt Boots and Rubber
Footwear Of all kinds go at 20 per cent discount dur
ing this sale. This includes the Ball Brand Line, of
which there is none better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-02-10
SHOES

Our entire Shoe Stock offered at 25 per cent dis
count. Just select anypair you want from the cheap
est to the highest grade, at one-fourth less than the
former price.
Here are Some Of the Specials
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-02-10
Glove Specials

Mems Canvas Gloves, sale price 15c pr
Split Horsehide Work Gloves 45c pr
Gauntlet Mule Skin Work Gloves soc pr
Dress Gloves, cape skin, darktan, reg
ular price, $50, special sale price $3.50 pl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
The Britannia Nations

(Front The London Daily Tslcorap9
The Prime Minister recently took tbs
opportunity Of reafirming that full
national status Of the oversee states
which has been asserted in the cove
nant Of the League of Nations AID
which no responsible politician IN these
Islands would dispute for moment.
There is no question Of subordination
or iuferiority; the Britannie nations
are equal partners under the British
crown. Whether that partnership can
be conveniently strengthened by soras
constitutional adjustments is 8 ques-
ton which the. present conferences VIII
not determine. 1t will be fully cccu-
pied with the discussion of important
and definite topics on which joint &C.
ton can be taken under the present
system. A league Of nations which
stood the terrific irnpact of the Word
W r will find no difficulty in working
togethsr for foreign policy and mari
timc defeuse and the other objects thsa
call for cooperation and coordiraticn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Settling Claims Against Mexico

The President of Mexico has is
sued an invitation to all nations
whose citizens have claims against
Mexico to enter into a conference
with him as to terms of adjustment.
About this proposal is something
that is reminiscent of Americas sug-
gestion of last fall. Did not Secre-
tary Colby open the way for adjust
ment by suggesting a Mexican
American mixed commission to adj
just claims? And did not President
Obregon reject it? If he had accept
ed could he not have secured recogni-
ton without endangering his own
political strength in Mexico?
But if this latest promise is fol-
lowed by definite acts Mr.. Obregon's
conversion probably has not come too
late. His friends in this country are
still waiting to see his good faith
made clear by his deeds. They real
lie and allow for his domestic en-
barrassments, but some day just
claims must be paid. Surely Mr..
Oregon does not harbor the absurd
delusion of The Nation that to come
to an understanding with the State
Department will inevitably be fol-
lowed by an immediate revolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
A Contrast
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: What a contrast has been pre-
sented between the reception accorded
Mr.. Hardings plan for disarmament
conference and Mr.. Wilson'S announce
ment twoS and one-half years ago that
he would attend the peace conference!
One has met with chorus Of praise
throughout this country and the world !;
the other was met with country wide
disapproval at home and at most a
polite acceptance abroad. Why? Be-
cause there is general confidence in the
spirit and purpose inspiring Mr.. Har-
ding and ir the practical common
sense type. even If the identity has
not yet been determined, Of the men
who will represent this nation in the
conference to be held at Washington
in the autumn.
In the case Of Mr.. Wilson there was
a widespread fear, to Be only too
amply justified by events, that we were
to be represented by an impractical
egocentric, who already had demon
strated that in his opinion facts must
fall before deductive theorisine and
high-sounding phrases. The Paris
conference withered in the moonshine
OF rhetoric. The Washington confer
ence will flower in the sunshine of
sense. LLOYD M HOwT17
New York, July 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Scaling Mount Everest

The elaborate preparations which
are being made for the scaling Of
Mount Everest, that gray pillar of
the Indian sky which has the distinc-
ticn Of being the topn1ost pinnacle
upon the roof of the world, provoke
the query, Cor what good?" Labor
viii be expended, lives will be lost.
Why?
The conventional answer is that
additions will be made to scientific
knowledge. But every one knows
this is not the reason. The true ex-
PLANTATION is in the instinct to crafty
psychological and spiritual aspira-
ticns. He was true philosopher
who defined difficulties as things to
be overcome. IT'S mans high DUTY
to do what nature says he shall rot.
Athrill Of citation ran through In
Vulnerable minds and hearts when it
was announced that both the poles
had at last been reached. There
will be a like feeling over the news
that mems feet have been placed
upon the loftiest elevation on the
globe. Excelsior!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Wore al, Oil Duty P;ncl,es

Increases in the cost IF iii sent
up the price Of Illuminating gas. In
this county consumers are paying
$l.5o for gas instead Of so salts, as
was the case up to a few years ago
The Consolidated Gas Company has
announced a reduction In rates, to GO
into effect this summer. But if a
duty is put on oil and it. affects the
domestic price, as it must in order
to do the domestic oil producers any
good, the price of gas will remain
stationary or mount again.
Increased cost Of oil will be re-
flected in increased cost of asphalt.
Asphalt, according to the chairman
of the technical committee Of the
Prepared Roofing Association, is ssthe
most widely used roofing material in
America" Building materials are
now SO high that building has been
halted over all the country. Accord
ing to the secretary Of the Asphalt
Association of New York, .'more
than 60 per cent Of ali high grads
city pavements in the United States
are of asphalt, and more than 80
per cent of the asphalt used east of
the Rocky Mountain states is derived
from Mexican petroleum" Road
building would be greatly handi-
capped by a duty on imported
crude oil.
President Harding has called Mr..
Fordney's attention to the incom-
patibility of tax on oil with the
governments larger policy" of in
surfing American participation in the
development of foreign oil fields.
But here are other objections to a
duty arising from the need Of break
ing the building deadlock and reduc-
ing the cost Of the facilities and
necessaries Of daily life. Has Mr..
Fordney considered them? An oil
duty could benefit only few thou
sand domestic oil field owners. 1t
would put needless burden on the
rest Of the community.
T. +. ..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Time to Wake Tn

AT the invitation Of the Canadian
government a party of distinguished
Americans will soon inspect the
route of the proposed St. Lawrence
lakes-to-the-sea waterway. On the
junket will go seven Governors, nine
United States Senators, with a due
complement of Congressman, experts
and representatives of many cities.
A foundation is being laid for an
appeal to Congress for part Of the
$250,000,000 which it is proposed to
spend on the work.
In the mean time, withowt any
contribution from the national gov
eminent, the City Of New York is,
at a cost of $4,000, 900, completing
at Stapleton, Staten Island, a big
steamship terminal, while the State
of New York has. spent of it's own
money $4,000, goo on the new Erie
Canal. Yet though it has beer, shown
over and over again that a ship
canal from Lake Ontario to- deep
water at New York can be- con-
structed for less than the st. Law
renee project will cost, and that the
distance will be shorter and the
canal open longer period eacl,
year, it is proposed to use New York
money to improve the St. Lawrence,
and thus to divert the commerce of
New York's ,hinterland.
AS usual, New York is doing Moth
ing about the matter. It would seem
a proper time to wake UP.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15

mankind 10 higher levels. Yet this
quiet scientist, immersed in labora-
Gprr work, went in and out among
his fellow citizens, scarcely seeming
Is know that he had done anything
Great.
The whole human family is heir
to his estate. He gave his epoclal
invention to the race, and because of
him in all lands toll is lighter and
production enlarged, with more lei-
sure and less struggle for mere ex-
istcnce. There are more men and
fewer brothers to the OK. We cele-
brate political, economic and social
leaders. but what do they count when
compared with the ge11iuses of ap.
piled science?
Not only to honor Professor
Crocker but for. the more important
end Of encouraging others to fol-
low in his footsteps a permanent
memorial to him should be reared.
The sweet SAVIOR Of such life Of
usefulness should be preserved in
every possible way. Maybe in time
human assessments will be based on
genuine values and the true type
of supernen come to their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Tino's Lone Hand Offensive

The Greek advance in Asia Minor
seems to be at last under way. Con-
stantine, having refused Allied in
tervention, has felt obliged to make
good his accompanying boast that
he would deal single-handed with
the Kelmalists, who are obstructing
the execution of the Sevres Treaty.
He has set out to capture again the
Anatolian main section of the Con-
stantinople-Bagdad railroad. This
road was seized by the Greeks last
spring, all the way from Ada Bazaar
down to Alum Karahissar. But
Mustapha Kemal's counter offensive
quickly drove them back to their old
line, running from Brusa to a point
below Ushak.
The Greek attack seems to be d.
rected this time at Kutaija, a station
ON the Constantinople- Bagdad road
about half way between Eskishehr
and Alum Karahissar. Constan-
tineis main drive in the spring was
against Eskishehr, whence a branch
line runs from the main line east to
Angora, Kemal's capital. The GEN.
ter of gravity of the Greek opera
ton has shifted toward the south.
This was necessary because of the
strained relations between Tho and
the Allied governments. The Greeks
can no longer safely use Panderma
and other northern sea bases in the
Straits region Their real base is
Smyrna, which lies due west of
Alum Karahissar.
Constantine holds to the view that
the territorial awards to Greece
under the Sevres Treaty can be en-
forced on the battlefield The other
powers which signed the treaty do
not think that they can be enforced,
ard, above all, don't care about
seeing them enforced through a
Greek victory. They consider the
recall of Constantine as equivalent
% a reconciliation by the Greek peu.
pie of the fruits of Venizelos's
craftsmanship. The Allies favor
'evising the treaty. Fron their
'oint tof view, and from that Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
70 tbs Editor Of The Tribune.

20 this Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your recent editorial "In-
solvent Austria" you state that the
former provinces Of Austria, from
which she hsd drawn her food sup
plies. refused to &ssist her in the
spring OF 1919 and 1920, and they cared
Little whether or not. Vienna starved
to death. In this assertion you give
g. wrong impression Of Czecho-slovakia.
Czecho -SIuvakia at that time was in
no position to send any food supplies
to Vienna, for her own people were
suffering greatly for want of food.
May state some of the conditions
which I met with in Prague and
Throughout the republic from Febru.
sry 8, 1918, until May 25, 1927 What
wcre the food conditions in 1919 :?
Bakeries snd butcher shops were
empty. Fats were scarce and ex-
brilliantly high" and at times could
not be bought at any price. Hotels
and restaurants had to observe meat
'SoS eoJo cS"C1ob Jays cdCu WCek.
Certain meats; were to be had only On
doctorsf prescriptions. (This was in
forces as Iatss ss December. 1920 Cot
fee was served without milk and was;
sweeteued not with sugar but with sac
chartue. Bread. was not served at
breakfast, and it was often impossible.
to get it with other meals. Flour was
rssioned. The rye bread which was
obtaiEableg was very soggy, because,
this -four wss sduIterated. Rye bread,
is stiN rstioned and4 below pre-war
standard IN quality.
IL is only within the last three
naetths that white rolls or bread could
be Bought. This was made possible
sitter the Czecho-SIovak government.
bad obtained credit with the English
government for 1900 carloads of wheat.
The reports Of the American Child Re-
Lief Association on its work in Bohemis
and Moravia and the Lady Muriel Paget
Mission work in Slovensko reveal the
the dire distress in which the children
were found.
The Only thing Czecho-Slovakia had
to spare was sugar. She did send some
OF it to Vienna; she could not send
more thsn she Did. for she had no use
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
The Peace Portal

In the Canadian reception of Pres
ident Harding's disarmament pro-
posals is special warmth, and
we'll may there be. For more than
one hundred years, the consequence
of what Samuel Fill well calls ''1he
Sacred Faith Of a Scrap Of Paper"
there has been disarmament on the
Great Lakes and along all the Cana:
dian American border. Disarn1a-
,ment, as all Comedians and Ameri-
cans know, can be made to work.
Where the new Pacific Highway,
which is to extend from, Caiifornia's
southern extremity to Alaska, passes
the Canadian frontier into British
Columbia, Peace Portal is being
built to span the road. Standing
unbarred and undoored, it is to at
test the great fact that peoples can
be neighbors, and not enemies.
The dedication Of the Portal is to
occur on September 8 next, anniver-
sary Of the Battle Of the Marine. It
would be fitting, if distance did not
forbid, for the delegates to the dis
armament conference. whe1, it as
se,nbles in Washington on Arlaistice
Day, to pass in procession through
the gate. Above they would read the
inscription on one face, MAY These
Gates Never Be Closed and on the
other, open for 100 Years." On
the sides they would see The words,
children of Common Mother" and
Brethren Dwelling Together in
Unity" Yes, there is good reason
for Canadians to hope that the dis
armament conference will achieve
something.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
A World Transformer

The fame Of Francis Bacon
Croker, who died in his sixty-frst
year on Saturday last, shines brightly
among those who take an interest
m true valuations. OF Professor
Crocker it may be said without ex-
aggeration that he performed a
vital work in world transformation.
70 Indicate the character of his
services it is enough to say that IN
company with Charles G.. Curtis
and Schuyler s. Wheeler he de-
iveloped the first successful electri-
cal commercial motor. This was in
1885, and his discovery, which eff
fectively harnessed electricity to-
power uses, has permanently helped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15

her sugar in buying food for her own
starving. people--aoax. fats, meat and
milk. She had n sAad her sugar to
the Allies in payment for these things,
as she had neither credit nor gold. She
made her own people go on sugar
ration, which is still in force, and COM
PEELED them to use saccharine in order
to be able to buy food with the sugar
While in Prague in 1919 and 1920
my attention was called to articles in
certain new spapers stating that Czecho-
Slovakia refused to furnish coal to
Vienna, where the people were suffer
ing from the want of it. These ar
ticles never stated that families IN
echoSlovakia were allowed only fifty
pounds Of coal week-that is, if they
could get it---and that factories were
closed or running part time because
there was no coal. Even the sugar
reflneries were not running full time,
because they also were without fuel.
The Czecho-Slovaks did not inten-
tionally withhold coal or food from
Vienna because they were Indifferent
to the cry Of needy people, nor be-
cause they wanted to wreak vengeance
on Vienna, since during the war Vienna
had rsduisitioned nearly all their cattle
and grain and kept them on the verge
Of starvation
The leaders of the Czecho- sIovak
republic have been. conscious from the
very beginning that they cannot follow
in the footsteps of Austria Hungary.
but that they must live in harmony witt,
their neighbors and render Justice to-
all (whatever their language or race)
# they wish to succeed and prosper
as an independent nation. | believe
this statement VIII be proved by care
full study Of their constitution and thu
laws enacted the last two years. Ths
Czecho-Slovaks are a people who love
peace and justice and are generous.
even to their former oppressors.
II there is single nation Of Eu-
rope which has endured privation and
hunger in silence, borne it's burden
and sorrow without whining and has
sought to work out it's own salvation
it is Czecho~Slovakia.
Ell KALLrNA.
Chester. NJ " Ink, 70 ,oo,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Wicked Lloyd George

The political elements in Londor
who are able to keep in subsection
their admiration for Lloyd George
were apparently thrown into g
frenzy over the prospective success
of his Irish policy. Now this attack
is followed by convulsions oyer the
intination that perhaps Mr.. George
will come to America in the autumn
as delegate to the disarmament
conference.
Particularly infamed ever the i'm
pudence Of the British Premier is
the active gentleman who is head of
the Northcliffe press. 1t appears
that Mr. George, after winning an
irritating victory in the British coal
strike, has no right, absolutely no
right at all, to be successful in his
wicked maneuvers concerning Ire
land and to follow through by com
ing to Washington. 1t appears that
he is utterly Enthusiastically and that
the whole world knows it.
The man has audaciously en-
tangled De Valera in a conference,
to the Neglect of the Irish settlement
proposal that the Northcliffe press
prepared at great expense and labor.
With the wound inflicted by this cir
cunlstance still raw, it is not strange
that there is an outbreak against his
fiendish design to visit America, to
baaboozle President Harding and to
come back with the repute of a
prince of peace.
Americans are partisans neither
for nor against Mr.. George. But
they recall that the last time his
enemies asked for a test vote the
House of Commons gave him, if
memories are not faulty, an in
creased majority. They don't like to
think that the British Parliament
confides in a shady person, and has
continued to confde for nearly seven
years. So, in their dull way, they may
ascribe the renewed onslaught to
bruised pride or to some other hu-
man but not altogether noble quail
ity. No lively fears are entertained
on this side that Messrs. Harding
and Hughes will be soft clay in a
master PETERS hands, and back
fires here against Mr.. George are
not likely to spread far.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Old King Coal

The mystery Of coal is one Of the
fixities of American life. The old
monarch continues steadily to veil
his purposes. Whether he will sill
our bins in the fall at a moderate
price or whether he will withhold
from us his favors Isl equally UNI
known.
A coal combine plot is charged to
exist in Jersey City. Price fixing ia
asserted, and corners in coal are
reported. Senator Frelinshuysen
looms dindly in the distance, with his
committee on i1,forrnation, like some
misty figure. of righteousness. Peri
odical' scares Of "no COAL" acconapa
MED by Light showers Of SCOT and
falling slate, sweep over our house
holders, relieved by optimistic state
naents that ALPS well on the Lacka-
wanna.
Whether to put our coal in now or
wait until later, when the price may
be higher; whether to believe thst
our coal dealer is an angel Of good
ness and. subject to the same laws
as ourselves, whether all the people
in the coal business are guardian
angels or horned devils-no occult
secrets were ever more impenetrable
than these: Old King Coal who fur
nishes SO much Light for the world
at large, utterly fails to shed airy on
his own recondite policies.
Whatsoever the. coal buyer elects to
do, it is reasonably certain that this
year, as in others, he will guess
wrong. It he mortgages his future
to fill his cellar. prices may
be expected to go down. If he
decides to postpone purchases, he
will doubtless wish he hadn't.
King Coats bureau Of current sta
tistics finds out what the majority
has done. and then proceeds to do.
thc contrary and to prove, as he