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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31

He Requested Of the Pullman Con-
duetor.
with his daughter. Dorne looked up
az him.
You are the train SonductorT' he
asked.
sYes. sir" Connery replied.
Dorne fumbled In his inner pocket
and brought out a card-case, which
he opened. and produced a card. Con-
merry. CHANGING at the card while the
other still held IT, saw that II was
President Jarvis visiting card. with
the presidents name In engraved
block letters: across its top was writ
ten briefly In Jarvis familiar hand.
This Is the passenger; and below,
Il was signed with the same scrawl
OF initials which had been on the note
Connery had received that morning
III. r. J."
Connery's hand shook as. while try
ing 10 recover himself. he took the
card and looked at Il more closely.
and he felt within him the sinking
sensation which follows an escape
from danger. He saw that his too
ready and too assured assumption
that Eaton was the man 20 whom Jar
Wis note had referred. had almost led
him into the sort OF mistake which Is
objectionable In a trusted" man; he
had come within IN ace. he realized
of speaking 10 Eaton and so betray-
1 ing the presence on the train OF a
traveller whose journey HIS superiors
were trying TO keep secret.
you need. Of course. hold the train
no longer" Dorne said 70 Connery.
"Yes. sir; I received word from Mr..
Jarvis about you. Mr.. Dorne. / shall
I follow his instructions fully"
AS he went forward again after the
train was under way. Connery tried
| 20 recollect how II was that he had
been led into such mistake. and de-
Tending himself. he laid II all to old
Sammy. But old Sammy was not
often mistaken In his identifcations
/ n Eaton was not the person for whom
the train was held. might he be some
I one else Of Importance Now ms ne
Il
/ studied Eaton. he could not Imagine
what had made him accept this pas
/ senger as a person OF great position
| II was only when he passed Eaton a
+! third time. half an hour later, when
l the train had long left Seattle, that
! the half-shaped hazards and guesses
! about the passenger suddenly sprang
4 into form. Allowing for change OF
slothes and a different way OF brush
Ing his hair. Eaton was exactly the
l man whom Warden had expected al
MS house and who had come there
and waited while Warden. away In bis
! car. was killed.
Connery was walking back through
| he train. ahSent-mlnded In trying q
seclde whether he could be at ell sure
OF this: and trying 70 decide what hs
should do II he felt sure, when Mr.
Dome stopped him.
/ Conductor. do you happen e
know" he questioned. "who the young
man Is who took Section Three In the
I car forwardf'
Connery gasped; but the question
put 10 him the imposs'hility OF MS
being sure OF any recognition from tho
| description. "He gave his name OF
his ticket as Philip ID. Eaton. SIR,
| Connery replied
as that eli you know about himT
"Yes, sir"
If YOU find out anything about MIN
Z f.r r,.a a~r,nss. - Dorm hafp
yes sir" Coraery determined u
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31
Enormous Cost Of the World War.

An estimate made In behalf Of thu
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace shows that the cost Of the
World war exceeded ss35.O0O. COO. 900.
This amount Is equal 10 the combined
wealth Of the United States. France
and Great Britain when tie war began.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31

The average man would rather blow
his own horn than listen 10 a band
concert.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31
ONE OF BRAvEST LEGION MEN
Lieut.. Col. Joseph Thompson, Past
Commander Of Pennsylvania De-
partment, Wears Medal.

Lieut. Col Joseph H. Thompson.
past commander OF the Pennsylvania
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31
CHECKS LEGION MEMS CARDS
Miss Florence n. Meade, Supervisor Of
Library Bureau, Busy With Force
Of Twenty Girls

These are busy days for Miss Flo
renee TT. Meade OF Chicago, supervisor
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31
WOMAN so ILL
could NOT WORK
Gained Strength, Weight and Now
Doing Own Work, BY Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Iiarion. Ind was all rundown.
nervous and bent over. could hardly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31

Physicians won't even give thar pa
tients hope without pay.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31
"They know you. One Is fol
lowing. Leave train Instantly

no BE coNTINuED)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-31

Copy for This Department supplied ~
the American Legion News Sersice.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

Patrician black satin, one-strap
pump, beaded strap, baby
French heel-$1O.00 value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

NO. 78O9--
White chrome leather sport OK
fords, plain toe, patent leather
saddle and backstay low, fiat
rubber heel, Red Cross Archtone
make-$9.OO value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

Genuine white buckskin sport
oxford, low rubber heels, black
calfskin saddle and tip, Red
Cross Archtone make-$10.00
value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

NO. 7636--
Patrician black satin pump,
ankle strap, beaded, Louis XIV
heel-$10.OO value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

NO. 1881
Patrician black satin pump, two
straps, beaded, baby French
heel-$1O.OO value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

NO.
Black calfskin, one-strap street
pump, Goodyear welt sewed
soles and one-inch heel (same in
patent leather) 5000 value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

mo. 1896
Taupe suede, one-strap pump,
turned soles, high French heels,
made by the ''Bally" Co., Swift
erland-$12.5O value.
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$3.50 to $3.50
Values

mo. 73O3
Patrician black satin pump,
ankle strap, beaded, high Span
ish heel-$10.00 value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-19

mo. 1887
Grey suede, ankle-strap pump,
grey suede quarter, blue kidskin
vamp, high French heel, "Bally"
Switzerland make-$12.50 value.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
Miss Robertson.

Americas second congresswoman
will leave Congress at the close of this
session and return to her farm in Okla
homa. On this subject, as well as on
other subjects, she expresses herself
with rare good sense. Some of my
friends" she is quoted as saying
have suggested that l ought to be
able to get a good job, lobbying, say,
and have an exmember's privilege to
the floor. But not for me. No, stree.
I'm going home. / don't want any
lame duck job" She says that she is
going back to her farm, which has suf-
fered from neglect during her public
service in Washington. Everybody
with any experience in farming knows
that the farm-owner's personal touch
is needed for farm upkeep. When Miss
Robertson returns to private life she
will take with her the sincere good
wishes of a host of friends-men and
women. The sound common sense of
the second congresswoman has found
appreciation at the capital.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
The World a Diamond.

Base ball is finding new worlds to
conquer. II the progress of the game
keeps up men may speak Of the earth
not as a sphere, but as a diamond, and
with some extension of the radiophone
we may hear the cheers of the Mar
tians as they look on through tele.
scopes at the American game. A mis-
sionary writes that base ball has
caught on at Tunis, and reports have
1t that batters are swatting balls, and
tanning, and bases being run in
other parts Of north Africa. The
teams or leagues of Arabs. Jews.
French and Italians in that part of
the world. Perhaps soon base ball
diamonds will be laid out in the morn.
ing and afternoon shadows of the
pyramids, and these ancient structures
will be converted into grandstands.
Base ball from national game
may become the International game. 1t
is played throughout Canada, where
colleges and cities have their teams.
1t has become popular in Cuba. 1t
has taken foothold in all the oversee
dominions Of the United States. Wher-
ever it has been introduced by Ameri-
can sailors. soldiers or civilians it has
taken hold on the fancy of the people
1t is going game in Japan. and iii
London there is base ball league
The" sport is surely spreading.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

response to the cali for funds, result
Ing in full payment Of the excessive
war indemnity so speedily that Prussia
! was disconnected and disappointed.
Poincare's words pointedly disclose
| the difference between the French re.
action in 1870 and 1871 to the Prussian
| occupation and the German reaction
today to the French occupation. Then
the defeated nation, which had not
been aggressor In the war, paid
promptly. Now the defeated nation,
distinctly the aggressor. after infict-
ing irreparable injury to the occupied
| land. is dodging payment. adopting
every possible expedient to evade the
obligation imposed by a conference of
the powers.
In the Ruhr region today the dead
lock continues. The German workers
are idle, rail lines are stilled, mines
are unproductive. and the occupation
has resulted in little or no result in
payments In kind. The German nation
has gone on strike. Some disorders
have occurred. but not in such a man.
ner as to threaten immediate military
measures.
How long can this continue? The
French are under heavy expense for
the maintenance of the occupational
forces. But the Germans are losing in
far heavier degree in loss of wages
and loss of materials. OF the two the
French have the better Of the situa-
ton. The German government is men,
aced with destruction by reactions, for
the policy adopted by Berlin is not
universally approved, despite the
widely heralded clamorous patriotism.
Behind the French forces is a virtual
ly unanimous national sentiment in
support.
Unless the near eastern situation de-
velops into a war-producing break be-
tween the Turks and the Christian
powers. the Franco-German blockade
is likely eventually to result in a
weakening on the part of the debtor
nation. Poincare's words give no sug-
gestion Of weakening ON his side.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
Picked Blaine Over Conkling
To Hurt of the Latters Vanity

clever Wheeler aroused the boys am
bitions by painting vivid word pio-
ture of how he would some day come
TO Congress.
his recollections of that trip to the
CAPITOL is his meeting with the two
strong men and rivals in the House
in those days-Roscoe Conkling of
New York and James q. Blaine of
Maine.
His father sent in cards to both OF
these representatives, and they came
Ing a seat at the left of the door and
Blaine sitting at the right. Here Is
his story Of the incident:
After looking me over, Mr.. Conk-
anything like your father you u must
be pretty good Judge Of human ma
ture. Now, take q good look at that
gentleman over there Indicating Mr..
Blaine) and then take a good look at
me- size us both up. and then tell US
"I looked at Conkling and saw a
very au5tere man, forbidding in ap-
pearance. Then looked at Blaine
and saw him magnetic, benevolent,
loving. Impulsiyely ! ran to Blaine
lifted me into his lap. I we'll remem-
Der that Conkling did not seem very
well pleased with the result Of his
experiment"
Representative Hustled In mental
retrospectton sees Conkling as a great
orator, a man Of much ability, but
excessively vain, even In little things
The growing rivalry between Conk-
ling and Blaine, and the fact that
Blaine later dictated New York pat
ronage, which resulted in Conkling
and his colleague, Platt, resigning
from the Senate in protest, have fxed
that incident when he first met them
fndelibly In Mr.. Husted's memory.
He frequently finds himself today
'11ising up' his colleagues, choosing
between Them A. he did between,
Conkling and Blaine nearly half q
Evening star., 1923-01-30

making pins: many thousands have to
be turned out before there is one cent
company at winsted, Conn. and has
been for more than a decade. This
concern and one other, in. Detroit.
Mich, are the only concerns In the
country exclusively devoted to pin
manufacture.
Representative Hustled says there il
no other business In the world done
on such narrow margin of profit.
and his long experience in doing such
"close" business has trained him to,
watch closely the little things"
When he was about nine years old
Jimmie l5t Husted ,.. came S to Washing-
Ing the Hayes administration. when
william A. Wheeler OF New York was
vice President He recalls vividly
to-day his sxnitaslcn ten ynsn ne sat
luncheon in the Vice Eresident'a room
IN the cAUltoa and thA yixaciohk an6
Evening star., 1923-01-30
To Urge the Shipping Bill.

Commercial orga MIA tions. under the
leadership of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. are to use
all proper means within their power
70 persuade Congress to enact the ad-
ministratiuu's merchant marine hill
before the March ( adjournment. They
recognize that here Is one of the most
vItally important pieces of construc-
tive legislation presented for con-
s.deration since the war, and that in
calculable injury will result if it is
permitted 10 lie over until the conven.
ing of the new Congress next Decem-
ber
The Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States and its constituent
bodies are not political organizations,
and there is no politics in their advo-
Cacy of the administration shipping
hill. Nor arc these organizations. as
rule. directly interested in the opera
lion of ships. They take a broad. ma
tional view Of the problem, as free
from partisan prejudice as from self
seeking. They are looking to the fu-
lure as we'll as to the present. Not
only do they see a great fleet of mer-
chant ships, built with the peoples
money. IN immediate danger of de-
terioration to the point of worthless
ness, but they foresee a coming time
when possession and operation of
these ships under the American flag
will be an absolute essential to ma
tional prosperity. They know that
sooner or later something must be
done, or an investment of billions of
dollars will be utterly wiped out and
American trade will be left to the not
a all tender mcrcies of trade competi-
tors. And as practical business men
they want that something done now.
when it can be done to best advantage
and at least cost.
If it was a case of creating an
American merchant marine at the ex-
pense Of the taxpayers, the position of
proponents of the bill would not be
so strong. But the fleet has already
been built and paid for by the people,
and under the present. wholly unsatis-
factory conditions constitutes a heavy
drain on the Treasury. The pending
bill proposes to lessen that drain and
eventually to eliminate it. thereby con-
verting into an asset what now is a
liability.
Congress has not failed to heed de-
nlands made upon it by special in
terests, notably in behalf of agricul
ture. With this there is no quarrel. 1t
was right and proper that aid should
be given. But here is a case where
demand is made not in behalf of spe-
cial interests, but in the interest of the
whole people, with the farmer included
as an important sharer in the prospec-
tive benefits. 1t is difficult, under the
circumstances. to know how Congress
could justify failure to bring the meas
IRE to d vote. The present Congress
has taken a. great deal of proper credit
TO itself for the economies it has ef
fected. But the money it has saved by
scrimping will look like chicken feed
IN comparison with the losses which
will result if the ships of the merchant
fleet are permitted to rot at their moor
tngs.
Evening star., 1923-01-30
To Stay Until Paid.

Premier Poincare yesterday in Paris
frankly stated the French position in
the Ruhr in terms that cannot be mis-
understood in this country, to which
r1is words were specially addressed
through the American correspondents
TO whom he spoke, or in Germany, to
which indirectly he pointed his OBJ.
servations. He said that France does
not intend to stay in the Ruhr longer
than is required for the collection of
the reparations payments, intimating
that inasmuch as the Ruhr is from a
military point OF view unsatisfactory,
ff the Germans become aggressive the
French might retire from there in
order to strike elsewhere.
This is n plain notice that the
French occupation Of the Ruhr Is
temporary in the event that Germany
notice that France will remain until
payment is made. The premier first
put the matter negatively-"We will
Yemain only until we are paid" This
means the same thing. But he went a
btt further and said: I'VE will do
exactly what the Germans did to us
efter the war of 1870; they remained
Snt1 the last cent was paid" Then
comes a sentence that lies at the bot.
tom Of the whole matter: at know 1t
veIl, for they were in my fathers
house."
Memories Of 1870 are vividly re.
stored by these few words. Many Of
the elder Frenchmen of today recall
the German occupation Of a little more
than fifty years ago, the swarming IN
Of Prussian forces, the occupation Of
4owns and villages, the quartering Of
troops IN dwellings, the administration
of the country by German military
rulers. They remember the swift re-
coveey Of tho French people from tha
shock a. tsaa Asfaat az6 taair thEty
Evening star., 1923-01-30
To the Editor Of The Star.


Can you give me space to reply to the
letter Of my courteous critic, Mr.. Pay
son. in your issue of the 25th instant?
He is correct in saying the empire
had not at the time referred to been
formed; I should have said it was in
process of incubation in the fertile brain
OF Bismarck. He. well aware of the
long existing jealousies and antago-
nisms among the German states. and
to become part of an empire, with
Prussia at it's head, was to bring on a
successful war in which they should all
take part, and, knowing that France
was unprepared. selected her as the
victim, and brought forward a Hohhen-
zoliern prince as a candidate for the
Spanish throne, being certain that
rulers of that house on both her
frontiers.
Exception Is Sited.
The facts as stated from .Ridpatf are
doubtless correct with one exception
and one omission. The exception Is
that the highest French authorities
deny that the guarantee asked for by
the French government through its am
bassador, to the effect that no Hohhen-
zolIern should ever become a candidate
for the Spanish throne, was delivered to
King William in a manner in the slight
est degree discourteous or insulting.
That story was manufactured for Ger
man consumption.
The omission is, that there is no mem
ton of the fact that the dispatch which
the king sent to Bismarck for trans
mission to Paris, which, while decided
in substance, was conciliatory in tone,
admitting of further negotiation, was
wholly changed by him and purposely
given a character which no self-respect-
ing government could accept or this
he subsequently boasted.
Thereupon France, though unprepared
and ayerse to war, did what Bismarck
had forced her to do, and declared what
she regarded as a defensive war, hold
ing her troops within her own bounda-
ries. Germany was the invader. Fac
smile copies of the two dispatches re-
ferred to can be seen in French histo-
ries.
Tells OF German Diplomacy.
In the life and letters of Waltet III.
Page by Hendrick tvolume I. page <02).
referring to some of the German diplo-
matte methods during the war, it was
said:
'Tn properly estimating these ma
neuvers 1t must be borne in mind
that German diplomacy always work
ed underground, and that 1t ap-
preached Its negotiations in a way
that would make the other side ap-
pear as taking the initiative. This
was a phase of German diplomatic
technique with which every European
Evening star., 1923-01-30
Open the Garage Doors!

Yesterday a Washington man was
asphyxiated in his motor car by the
fumes from his engine, which he had
started in the garage with the doors
closed. Missing for some time. he was
found I'm such condition that resusci.
tation could not be effected by pull.
motor.
Carbon monoxide, which Is Q deadly
gas and the more dangerous because
odorless and therefore undistinguish.
able, is product OF incomplete com.
bustion. A motor engine, started when
cold, does not fully consume the gaso-
line vapor. and thus this noxious sls.
ment results. No snsins should b
stnstsd ztthia Z aandns4 sDaQa. -,
Evening star., 1923-01-30
Writes of Intrigue in Franco-Prussian War.

foreign office had long been familiar
The bringing on of the Franco
German war of 1870 was a conspicu-
Gus example of this cunning and un
scrupulous technique, which has de-
ceived many people down to the pres
ent time.
Perhaps / may add a further word
to my former letter in regard 10 Ger
many's ability to pay for her incalcu-
liable and wanton damage to France.
Our professional pacifists. with an
active pro o-German chorus. who are
Intentionally preaching the scrappine
of our Navy and the disbanding of the
Army. tell US that the economic ad-
vance by leaps and bounds of any
country following their teaching will
be immediate
May Repudiate German Money.
If that be true Germany must nov,
be on the top wake of prosperity,
with overlooking Golfers. AS is we'll
known, there was no devastation on
her, soil. Since the armistice she has
had no navy to support, and her arm%
has been trif1ing expense compared
with the one she formerly supported.
She is said to have no foreign debt TO
pay interest on. her mines and fac.
tories have been running full time.
her people everywhere have been at
work, and all tourists and observers
say general business seems active.
heavy burden of carrying an extrava-
CANT ostentatious imperial establish
ment with numerous family connec-
tions and sycophautic parasites. In
spite of these prosperity producing
conditions infinitely more favorable
than those in stricken, devastated
France, from whom never a whimper
has been heard. she has steadily, ever
since she signed the treaty, shuff1ed
and whined and pleaded inability TO
pay, showing q purpose, If possible, 40
evade 1t altogether. She Is apparently
preparing also to repudiate the enor-
nous paper debt she has created. !
Some Believe Germany.
The pity of it IS that some people in,
England and here seem to believe
what Germany says and are beginning
to talk OF greedy and militaristic
France. In all the years since the
treaty was signed. Germany has made
no practical straightforward, definite
proposal looking to a settlement.
France Is perfectly right in taking
drastic action to bring her to terms,
and whether France succeeds to the
full measure of her desires and de-
serts or not. what she is doing will
bring about some termination of the
long period of uncertainty and sus-
pense from which the whole world is
suffering. Sustaining this view is
recent expression of opinion entitled
to carry the greatest weight from
both military and economic point of
view, by Gen. Dawes, late director OF
the budget. II only Cen Bliss counr
sci had been followed and peace made
in Berlin, the present troubles would
ARCHIBALD HegKENs, I
Evening star., 1923-01-30

gress from the
twenty-ffth New
York district, and
he is daily re-
minded of the in
cident as he en-
ters the House
chamber.
All his life Rep
resentative Hust-
ed has had bred
right into him the
value Of little
things, b 9 c q u s e
besides being a
lawyer, his bust
ness and the busi-
ness of his family
for seventy-hve
vaarS has heen
Evening star., 1923-01-30

pecially in cold weather. To do so is
to invite disaster. at least partial at
fection of the lungs and possibly death
The fate Of Mr.. Watkins yesterday at
the wheel of his machine should serve
as warning to all car users to avoid
this risk, which can be 80 easily avert
cd by full opening Of garage doors
when motors are started.
Evening star., 1923-01-30

How deeply Amba ssador Harvey is
engrossed in his present duties is
shown by the fact that he came home
and went away again without saying
or printing word that might affect
the reorganization plans of the demo-
cratic party.