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New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
Clemenceau's Comments on
Wilson'S War Message

"He spoEe, while the entire standing Con
gress accompanied his words with unanimous
applause, and he retired in the solemn sim
plicity of a great and courteous bow. No
stage setting after the German fashion. No
gaudy trimmings, no trunapets, no swords
clinking on the fagstones No goose step, no
fiamboyant eagle or Wagnerian helmets. Moth
ing but man delegated by his fellow citi-
zens, who has come to display before all his
full consciousness in his duties toward his
country and who, submitting himself to the
public judgment, has come to say in his forum:
81 desired peace by every honorable means
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

eighty thousand. That accursed 'Gnagna'!
Why had he been inspired to see the phantom?
I'm fury, the proprietor took an axe him
self, one morning when there was high wind.
and walked toward the tree But his old
mother stopped him.
No, she begged, don't touch itr
But if it crushes us?'
Don't touch it! Let the dead alone and
trust to Gods mercy.
The pine was spared. The old mother
went to say her prayers under it every eve
ming. Strangers from the city came to see
the pine. They took photographs of it and
the newspapers printed articles about it.
sort of pilgrimage was established. The sick
came to rub their sores against the trunk.
aOne day when there was no wind the
tree collapsed, all of itself. There was a fear
full crash. But in falling it did not touch the
house. 1t did not knock loose single shinple
And what did they find in the ground. among
tha roots? A buried treasure. An earthen not
in which were gold and silver pieces of the time
OF Louis XVI. Fifteen thousand francs. some
said. Others said thirty or fifty thousand
Doubtless, during the Revolution, an ancestor
had buried his hoard there and then planted
pine tree to mark the spot.
@You must not tell the people down there
that the 'Gnagna' was deceived. For every.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
HIS Visit Is One
Of Friendship Only

Ever since his first visit to America Cen
cnceau has been an admirer of this country.
He misses no opportunity to render homag;
to its institutions. He is a sincere frenl
even when he deplores our present assitud
in keeping aloof from what are erroneous
called European affairs. His visit is one
friendship only. No diplomatic puzzle \ !
be solved--a simple heart-to-heart talk T
the people. Clemenceau remembers ]
previous trip to America. He has no ofa
mission, he comes to us as private CHE
of France. He will visit the place yhsI
he taught French in girls college. MI
for our visitor.
As for the man:
Born in the Vendee, the most resehdzT
department of France, he is an ardent +
publican, polemist whose pen dipped u
acid. q fighter who viii sacrifia gsuuns
popularity in the defense OF a iIA cause
a man whose hat has been in the Tng owe
fifty years, a strategist who never uads'
estimates an opponent, heart full Of CO..
passion for the under dog, q master mn
who, at the age of seventy-sever. fliled eSs'
poilu's heart with confidence and hope,
man who faced open bombardment on q
battlefield without fear, but who cried u
a child when the Chamber of Deputies at th4
memorable session of November IL acclaHss
him as the Father of Victory.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

Well, even ii The whole man is swallowed
up forever in the darkness of earth, if every
sensation, every thought, every conscious fac
ulty is forever blotted out, if the biological
laws have irrevocably succumbed to the eternal
mechanical law, if in infinite space all the
stars stand extinguished and immobile in
stupid equilibrium, awaiting nothing, not even
chance; it the universe is dead, yet one thing
at least cannot be suppressed 1t is that we
have lived, it is that we have suffered, il is
that we have desired, it is that we have loved.
1t by all impossibiity eternity has said it's
first and last word about u.s. if we are the
great miracle that never had been and never
will be again, at least we shall have been that
miracle of consciousness and will, sprung from
the obscure earthly matter to oppose for one
instant Of changing life the dull imnlutability
of the eternal absolute"
During his ten years of political inactivity
Ciemenceau devoted his time to literary work
He was not only the learned sociologst or the
profound philosopher as in "La Melee Sociale"
and lie Grand Pam" but his activity wanted
other forms, and he became a novelist in "T4es
Plus Forts" ("The Strongest'') and short
story writer in eau Pied Du Sinai" cat the
Foot of Sinai') Composed of half dozen
short stories, that book gives a lnasterly de-
scription of Baron Noise, without any partial
ity Indicative Of race antipathy.
Baron Noise is the son of converted Jew.
Like his father, he boards up wealth. He is
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

NE cannot fully judge the capabilities
of woman applicant for position
when almost half her face is obscured
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

who was watching him from the doorstep.
The matter is that cannot cut down this
pine
why not?'
You see very well. There is some one who
prevents me--sonle one who stands between
me and the tree
Are you crazy? would see him if any
body were there
Don't you see him, master%
No. don't see anything. There is nobody
there. Take up your AK
The workman took up his AK again and
was about to WELD it. But again he recoiled.
No, no, and noi' he said, throwing down
his tool. swear to you that there is some
body there. Not living person. perhaps
see the pine through him, But it is some one,
all the same Why, it is the man in the recep-
tion room; the soldier whose portrait have
seen in your house. I swear that he is there
and that he forbids me to touch this pine tree.
And by the living God will not touch it! Not
for hundreds, nor for thousands! Get another
carpenter if you want to-
"The sGnagna' made the sign OF the cross
put his ak on his shoulder and went away,
THE next day the proprietor went to see the
head carpenter and asked him for another
man. But the story had spread Everybody
had heard that there was ghost guarding the
pine, and no workman in the country was
willing to touch the tree. People came to see
it. No one could distinguish the phantom,
which had shown itself to the sGnagna.' But
what did that prove? It must be there, all the
same The simple minded see things more
clearly than others do Besides, the third day
after dog howled himself to death under the
pine tree. 1t was clear. The ghost was there.
1t guarded the tree. But woe to him who
should dare TO touch its 1t would surely fall
cn the axnan and kill him, or, at least. an evil
spell would be cast upon him
SO It was impossible to find anywhere in
the legion man courageous enough to at
tack the pine. The proprietor was extremely
annoyed. He was not rich. The tree could
fall on his house at the first gale and de-
niolish it, fattening it out like pancake.
Before the war fifteen or twenty thousand
francs would have been enough to rebuild it
Withs But now il might take fifty or even
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

~ NE cannot fully judge the capabilities
N v of a woman applicant for position
" when almost half her face is obscured
by hat briln any more than they can
really Judge picture partly concealed by
drapery. This is the way in which Mrs Rose
Martin, director of employment for women at
one Of the largest down-town banks, sums up
the reasons why she has adopted the practice
of asking girls and women applying for posi-
tions to remove their hats upon entrance to her
office,
Her department, Mrs. Martin explained to
me, has upon an average Of fifty applicants
each weekday, ranging In age from sixteen
to sixty. FROM these applicants she must
make selections for the various positions that
are vacant among the banks women en-
ployees, numbering between sixteen hundred
and seventeen hundred typistss bookkeepers,
stenographers, secretaries and file clerks.
The order "Hats off, please!' has been IN
vogue at the bank for three years. It is the
opinion Of Mrs. Martin that it has helped her
materially to select applicants for positions for
which they are best fitted. It also, she said,
has its amusing side.
! arrived at the bank soon after the luncheon
hour, when the line of applicants is longest. /
was told Mrs. Martin was busy, and that I
would have to so in line and wait my turn to
see her.
Ahead of me we're girls and women in ali
sorts of costumes and hats, big and little, all
eager to have try at q bank position.
At one side of the large Office many men
applicants were also being interviewed, each
taking off his hat upon entrance as a matter
Of course.
However, the majority of the women ac-
cepted the order in many different spirits
Entering Mrs. Martins Office with me were
six girls. Some Of the group wore large hats
and others had ON small ones. Several had
bobbed hair.
When the first one, who wore large velvet
shat, was told to remove it she favored the
guard with stare and kept it on. The inter-
view with her was short and she departed in
huff.
The next girl had bobbed hair aud a sports
hat pulled down over one eye,
Sure, will take OFF my hat she told the
guard
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

body the ghost was reality. 1t was the soul
of the ancestor which appeared. This ancestor
wanted to enrich his great-grandson. That Is
why he prevented the carpenter from touching
the tree. 1t is clear that if the tree had simply
been chopped down or sawed off close to the
ground the treasure would not have been dis.
covered.
That is my story, madame. have told it
to occultists and to doctors. The former said
to me: Yes, it was the soul of the dead man
which revealed itself to the simpleton. IT was
an apparition of the overspirit. 1t is ele-
nentary.' The latter said: It was a simple
halluciation. The 'gnagna,' having seen the
portrait, having known that the ancestor
planted the tree, created the image himself.
1T all passed in his brain. It was a mirage
OF the sublirninal. There is nothing SUPER
natural about it, What do you think OF my
story, madame?'
The mistress of the house remained pensive
for moment j.
What can / think of it?n she answered
Mystery surrounds us. The more we progress
IN science, the more we feel that we know
nothing. Suppose we talk about something
else?r
So they discussed the Nj. sacha Guitry,a
latest creation.
s0pyrishs 1919, Sew Tarx Trisuns 1uss
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
THE GUARDIAN TREE
BY JEAN RAMBEAU
Translated by William L. MCPHERSON

%r-%aEY were talking of spiritualism.
telepathy, apparitions and all those
things which the 100000 dead in the
war have made so painfully popular.
M. D., to whom the mistress of the house put
q question, answered after slight hesitation:
"No, madame. Personally, l. have never
found anything substantial in this class of
phenomena. / have never seen a phantom.
But the last time / went to my home in the
country l heard q story which will interest
you, perhaps, and which everybody down there
believes to be authentic.
'It is the story of guardian tree You
know that in the South of France most houses
have alongside them tree, which serves as
q landmark, as a protector, and,SI might says
almost as a fetish. This tree is sometimes
cypress, sometimes a poplar, sometimes an
oak. But more often it is parasol pinethe
Pinus Pinea of Linnaus, which is also called
the Italian pine or the French pine.
"One of the old houses in my village had
pine of this sort alongside it. It was very
beautiful tree. It was more than a hundred
years old. 1t had been planted, so they said, by
a soldier of the Revolutions gruff old fellow
whose portrait hung in the place of honor in
the reception room of the house.
"In 1915 a frightful cyclone uprooted many
trees in this region. The pine was not uproot-
ed, but 1t was bent out of the perpendicular 1t
was evident that the house was faenaced by
the leaning tree. The least storm might blow
it over on tho roof, smash the tirnbers and de-
anolish the walls. They decided TO cut the pine
down. The village carpenter was sent for. He
examined the tree and made a mark on the
trunk at the point at which the az should be
laid, so that the pine would not fall on the
house Then be went away ard sent hack one
OF his wcrkmel.
"This workman was a sort of simpleton, who
didn't know how TO read or write and who, be-
cause of his mental condition, was known as
the sGnagna. The. 'Gnagna booked at the
trunk, found the mark where he ought 10 be-
gin to cut and raised his AK. But as he WAS
about TO strike he jumped back, his eyes start
ing out Of his head
OH he cried.
ssWhat is the matter! asked the proprietcrs
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
A Ten-Year internal
Devoted to Writing

Clemenceau was liberal contributor to va
rious newspapers. During his ten-year rest
a politician his pen remained active. His
book "La Melee Sociale,' which is collection
of some of his articles, is accompanied by a
preface which is quite the finest confession
of faith one could read, and which placed the
author at once in the front rank Of contempo-
rsry authors. An exquisite sensitiveness
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

neither vicious nor
virtuous, and has no
intimation of good
or evil. He is not
stingy; he spends his
money joylessly. He
knows no stints and
he knows no desires.
He is not an epicure,
having no natural
propensity for that
life; he is no gam
bier, never caring
to win; he is no hun
ter, for the game is
brought to him to
be slaughtered. He
dislikes going to the
theater. He has no
feeling for art. Love
OF mankind is mean
ingless to him. He
dispenses charity by
giving to the Pub
lie Relief Admins
tration part of his
income. He has no
friends; knows only
beggars, parasites,
manufacturers, spec
ulators and great
lords who exploit
him and despise him.
h @ distrusts t h e
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

is exhaled from
this theme where
the great Darwinian
C o n fl i C t lowering
over the world is de-
scribed by a master
hand, as Nh. Ducray
expresses it.
$50 long as living
humanity is subser-
Went to the law of
struggle" wri t e S
Clemenceau, "she
will not allow her
self to be robbed of
her power of dream
ing, which is the
source Of hope and
the origin of force
and action. Let us,
then, dream freely,
and on the solid
foundation OF what
we know or think
we know I; let US bold
ly build the miracu-
lous edifice of our
hope and our de
sire. :"
This other passage.
too. from which we
gather his doubt of
an absolute nothing
ness, should be re-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
Tearing Down Old Elkhorn
Mill South of Richmond;
Landmark For Many Years

BOSTON, Ind, July 28.-The old
Elkhorn mill which for years has been
a landmark in Boston township, is be-
ing torn Down This mill is located
on the Boston and Richmond pike
three miles from Boston and three
miles from Richmond.
The first mill at the falls was erect
ed in 1907 by Jesse Davenport. Later
a saw mill was added, both being run
by water power. The first mill was
rebuilt in 1859 by Addington and
Brown. 1t was then known as "The
Relief Mill" 1t also had a linseed oil
attachment.
In later years it prospered so they
had to have more power and they put
in steam engine The old fashioned
burrs were later removed and put in
a roller mill Then it was called THE
Elkhorn Roller Mill
Railroad Buys Mill
1t was used successfully until 1911
when the C. and o. railroad company
saw that the water right would be a
great advantage to the railroad yards
at Boston, so they purchased the mill
and water right They put great
pumps in and forced the water three
and onc-half miles to Boston. The old
mill was then used as a dwelling place
DR.. w J. Smith, of Richmond, has
purchased the mill and is now having
it torn down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
LEGAL BATTLELIKELY
IN CAMBRIDGE CITY
LIQUOR LAW CASE

A legal contest that promises to
engage outside assistance and to bring
in attorneys for the federal prohibi-
ton forces is in prospect as the re
suit of the arrest late Thursday OF
Charles Close, of Cambridge City, on
charge of violating the liquor law.
Attorneys for Close have filed mo-
ton to set aside service and quash the
search warrant on which Closes house
was entered by officers and three bot
ties of what officers said was intoxi-
eating liquor was found. Motion was
filed in city court Friday. No date
for trial of the case has been set, as
the prosecuting attorney leaves the
city Saturday and federal attorneys
are expected to take up the matter
next week
Request that the confiscated beVer
age taken from his house be returned
is made by Close. His action is based
on the claim that the criminal affidav
it on. which he was arrested cited sew
eral crimes and the state failed to de
tail the crime for which he was to be
held
The defense contends that there is
no law providing for the issuing of g
search warrant allowing officers to en-
ter a mans house On charge that he
has possession of liquor unlawfully.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
AMERICAN DEMAND
BOOSTS ENGLISH COAL

LONDON, July 28.-Tne persistent
American demand. accompanied by in
creased prices and freight rates, con
tinues to be the main feature of the
British coal industry.
The biggest American order at New
castle was for 65 900 tons, made by an
American railroad company, but it is
believed all available supplies for Aug
aust delivery have been taken and that
immediate delivery is impossible.
Canada also is seeking supplies,
while the European demand continues
unabated. German state railroads have
placed a contract for 100000 tons in
northern fields for shipment in Sep,
tember, October and November.
Ship owners are harvesting big
freight rates which in some cases have
reached 16 shillings per ton. 1t was
stated in British shipping circles to-
day that there plenty of idle ships in
| British, Scandinavian ports which will
| be able in a short time to easily beat
any American tonnage that may be
sent across.
| The demand for Welsh coal is in
creasing daily and prices are quickly
reacting accordingly. Best admiralty
coal, which was rs shillings per tor
last week, is now quoted at 35. while
| freight rates have gone up from sever
shillings, six pence to Is shillings anC
in few cases to II shillings per ton
| With the exception of one Welsh dis
/ trict, the miners are nowhere reported
| to be disinclined to continue workins
4 to fill the American demand or dis
j posed to take any action in the in
(! terests of the American strikers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
INDIANA OPERATORS
TO DECIDE ENTRANCE
into COAL PARLEY
CBy Associated Press)

INDIANAPOLIS, July 2S-A decis-
ion as to whether Indiana coal opera
tors will participate in a proposed
four state conference of miners and
operators. for a. discussion looking to
settlement of the coal strike, is ex-
pected to be made at conference
of the Indiana bftuminous coal opera
tors association.
Although the members of the scale
committee have made no statement
that could be taken to indicate what
the decision was expected to be, Gov
ernor McCray said he beliyed the
operators would participate in the four
prosed conference. The governors s
statement was made yesterday after
meeting here with M. L. Gould,
president of the Indiana Bituminous
Coal Operators association and E. D.
Legedons vice-president.
Bound to Agreement
On the heels of the governors an.
nouncement, however, came a joint
statement, issued by A. NJ Ogle, presi
dent of the National Coal association
and P. H. Penna, secretary of the In
diana Bituminous Coal Operators as
sociation, in which they asserted that
the Indiana operators were bound by
an agreement with other operators
associations against negotiating with
the miners on the old central com
petitive district conference plan.
The fact that there may be a differ
ence in opinions among factions oi
Indiana operators apparently had lit
tie effect on the optimistic view ex
pressed by Gov. McCray regarding the
possibility of operators deciding to par
ticipate in the conference. The gov
ernor's statement was issued after 6
conference with the president and
vice-president of the association, who
| it was pointed out by observers of the
situation, are in control of a majority
/ of the tonnage of the state
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
COMMISSIONERS MAY
DECIDE ON HOSPITAL
FOR TUBERCULOSIS
By r.. G. TILToN

Is Wayne county to have a tuber-
culosis hospital, thereby taking advan-
tage of the gift of David and Mary
Esteb? This is the question on which
a decision is expected when the board
OF county commissioners submit its
estimate of expenses for the annual
budget. The estimate will be present
ed to the county council, Sept s.
The 235 acre farm formerly owned
by David and Mary Esteb, and turn
ed over to the county with the under
tanding that the gift was to be used
for a tuberculosis hospital, has been
operated by the county since 1917. 1t
is still being run under that arrange
ment. Meanwhile, plans for the hos
pital have been presented before the
county commissioners but various
causes have operated to delay de
cesion.
The following history of the case
given by John L. Rupe. president ot
the hospital board which was appoint
ed by the county commissioners sums
up the situation.
"Clarissa L. Smith, widow of George
H. Smith, lost three of her four chill
dren from tuberculosis. At this time
tprlor to 1910 there was an agitation
in Wayne county for a tuberculosis
hospital Mrs. Smith conceived tbs
idea of donating this 235-acre farm
with its buildings, as a site for sucf
a hospital
Mrs. Smith had only life interes
in the farm, which went, after hel
death, to Mrs. Mary Esteb. her daugh
ter, and two grandsons living in Tn
ion county The daughter was entire
ly in sympathy with her, but the twt
boys were opposed to the move.
Finally Mrs Smith brought tht
matter before the county board, pre-
senting to it proposal to give tn,
farm to the county, reserving an an
nuity to her daughter and her daugh
ter's husband. David Esteb bough
| out the interest of the two grandsons
] Couny Accepts Farm
"The farm, valued at $4,000, wa
decided to the county. which contract
ed to pay Mr.. and Mrs. Esteb $1,60
per year during their joint lives ant
the life of the survivor, the propert.
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