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NATIONAL PROHIBITION SEEMS NEAR
Unless something occurs to change the minds of sena­
tors and representatives, offlv the veto of President Wil­
son will prevent the adoption of national prohibition for
the period of the war at least, and there is a likely chance
that should the President disapprove of the legislation, it
will be passed “ over his head.”
War time prohibition may be brought about by the
passage of the agricultural bill, now pending in congres,
one section of which provides “ that after June 30, 1919,
until the conclusion of the present war * * * it shall be
unlawful to sell for beverage purposes, except for export,
any distilled spirits. * * * After three months from the
approval of this act until the conclusion of the present war
no grain, cereal or other food product shall be used in the
manufacture or production of beer or other intoxicating
malt liquors” and none may be imported. A heavy fine
and imprisonment penalty »lausV is attached.
Meanwhile a constitutional amendment, providing for
national prohibition, is pending and is submitted to the
legislatures of the states. The score thus far stands 12 to
2 in favor of prohibition. Nearly all state legislatures
meet in January of next year. There is an advantage in
favor of affirmative action for the reason that when an
amendment lias once been ratified it cannot be rescinded
while if rejected it' may be reconsidered at any time and
approved.
WHAT THIS “ GOIN OVER THE TOP” MEANS
(By Henry J. Allen.)
A new colored trooper said to his veteranized friend in
the ranks:
“ Sam, what do this ’yere ‘goin-over-the-top’ m ean/”
“ It, means,” said Sam, “ jest the same thing as good
morning’, God.”
FOLKS AND FOIBLES
(By Claude Callan.)
Mrs. Applecrab has found that she can break her hus­
band of almost any bad habit. Her people objected to
her marrying him because he smoked cigarettes, but soon
after they married he quit smoking cigarettes and be­
gan smokng a pipe. Then she kept after him about the
pipe until he quit it and began chewing. I t took her a
long time tt> break him from the chewing habit, but he
quit at last. He has gone back to eigaretes.
JELLY, JUICES AND JAM
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE ANSWER/
A high school student answered an examination ques­
tion to the effect that “ the liver is one of the infernal or­
gans of the body.”
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HU COULD READ WRITING
An Ohio man opened a store and the first time he re­
ceived a typewritten letter, wrote in reply: “ You don’t
need to write mono reading. 1 can read writing.”
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AFFECTED BY THE HEAT
(Electrical Experimenter.)
A fellow crazy with the heat propounded this: “ Two
Americans fell out of an airship; what nationality were
they when they came down/” We let the poor nut rave
,and presently he gave the answer: “ One came down a
Russian and the other landed on the telegraph wires and
came down a Pole.”
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A PLAUSIBLE CONTENTION
Certain pool ball proprietors in the East assert that in­
stead of being nuisances, as alleged, their places provide
gathering places for a lot of fellows who would be nui­
sances anywhere else.
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HOW THE CHURCH INVARIABLY LOSES OUT
Jasper Tightwad says'that tin* one-tenth of his crop
which he was going to give to the church has been ruined
bv the dry weather.
THE KII) WAS RIGHT UP TO DATE
The first words of an Idaho baby, according to the
proud father, were: “ Hey, dad, have‘they captured the
kaiser yet.”
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COUSIN LUCY AT THE PICNIC
(By Claude Callan.)
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When Cousin Lucy goes to a picnic she wears her
flimest dres so she can spend the day frying to keep it
down.
O! Say can,you hear the good news from France? Up
with the flag!
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GERMANY THE KAISER’S “PERSONAL MATTER 99
Pom m es des E ta ts U n is ! Pom m es des E ta fs U n is !
A m erican a p p le s ! A m erican ap p le s! T h a t Is w hat Is In th e box on th e
w indow s i l l ; th a t is w h a t Is going Into th e o u tstre tc h e d h an d s of th e se w ar-
o rp h a n s a t Toul, n e a r o u r T oul secto r, o v e r there.
A pples to th e se ch ild ren ap p a re n tly brought back the days b efo re th e w a r
w hen th ey w ere like o th e r y oungsters. E very apple In th e w hole 75 boxes sen t
to th e o rp h an ag e from th e A m erican R ed C ross seem ed possessed of m ag ic: sad
little faces ra d ia te d c o n te n t; spindly little legs began to skip.
T h ese a re th e m any children w ho w ere g a th ered into th e refu g e a t Toul
from caves and shell holes an d ru in s buck of th e old F ren ch lines, w h ile they
w ere o ften u n d e r fire, an d som etim es g assed—and they n ev er could be m ade to
w e a r th e ir gas m ask s w hen th e o ld er people w ere uw ay, a s they w ere all duy,
w orking In th e fields o r th e m unition factories.
W hen th e A m erican R ed C ross a n d th e A m erican F u n d fo r F ren ch
W ounded, a t- tb e re q u e s t o f M onsieur M irm nn, th e fam ous p refect of th e d is­
tric t, sen t doctors 'and n u rse s to ta k e care of them , th ey found th e ir m inds
uud bodies in frig h tfu l w ays from th e u n sp eak ab le things they had seen an d
been living th rough. Som e of them w ere like w ild things. Some of them will
n e v er have all th e ir m en tal fa c u ltie s; y et th e m inds of even th e se m ost tra g ic
o n es a re becom ing c le a re r, an d all of th e em ac iated little bodies a re ro unding
out.
T h e A m erican R ed C ross h a s m ade th e b a rra c k s \a(jere th e y live all cozy
und p re tty in s id e ; It h a s p u t sw ings and teeter-b o ard s on th e playgrounds, and
p rovided good m ilk a n d b re a d an d vegetables an d eggs. O ne of th e lu te st tr e a ts
w as th e O regon upples.
FINDS HE IS
P U IS FROWNS SOLDIER
PALLBEARER TO BROTHER
ON WAR GENIUS
Prefect Stops Baccarat Games
in Bomb-Proof Cellars.
PROMOTER UNDER SUSPICION
N a r r o w -M in d e d P o lic e O fficial P re ­
t e n d * to T h i n k G a m e N o t E n t ir e ly
In n o c e n t— A r is t id e B a rb o t in P ro te s t *
T h a t H e I s a M u c h M is u n d e r st o o d
P h ila n t h r o p is t — P o lic e B u tt In o n
A l l H i s Sc h e m e s.
Learns Identity When Chaplain
Reads Name During Funeral
Services in France.
O ne of th e m ost p a th e tic in sta n c e s
of th e w ar, so f a r as A m erica Is con­
cerned, occu rred In a little cem etery
to th e re a r of th e P icard y fro ijt re ­
cently when an A m erican so ld ier a c t­
ing as a p a llb e a re r a t th e fu n eral of
several A m erican dead discovered his
own b ro th er, Jo sep h Ash, am ong th e
dead. T he b ro th ers, m em bers of d if­
fe re n t com panies, had m et only the
day before a t th e fro n t. Jo sep h re ­
m ained th e re an d w as m o rtally
w ounded th a t jilg h t, dying soon a fte r­
w ard. I lls b ro th e r w as o rd ered to
th e re a r lin es w ith a p a rty o f wood-
choppers.
T h e w oodchoppers w ere w orking
n e a r th e cem etery a t th e tim e o f th e
fu n e ra l an d th e chaplain ask ed them
to be p allb earers. In th e m idst of
th e services th e ch ap lain read th e
nam e of Jo sep h Ash. T h e b rother,
w ho stood w ith b ared head in th e
sm all group o f so ld ie r m ourners,
reeled fo rw ard , h is eyes filled w ith
ten rs, and he exclaim ed, “My b ro th e r I
Oh, my b ro th e r.”
T he ch ap lain , n o t u n d erstan d in g ,
stepped up and placed h is arm aro u n d
th e young m an ’s shoulder, saytDg,
“ W e a re all b ro th e rs, my 'boy.” T he
soldier looked a t th e coffin a n d shook
h is head.
- “T he G erm ans w ill p ay fo r y o u r
blood, Jo e ,” he said, an d th e n It w as
th a t th e ch ap lain and th e o th e rs
aro u n d him und ersto o d and th ey led
him aw ay.
A ristid e B a rb o tin Is In tro u b le ag a in
in P a ris . H e p ro te s ts th a t he Is a
m uch m isu n d ersto o d p h ilan th ro p ist.
I t o c cu rred to th e thoughtful A ris­
tid e th a t th e re m u st be h undreds of
tra v e le rs an d v isito rs in th in s w ho
w ould h av e no sa fe refu g e w hen th e
a la rm w as sounded fo r a n a ir raid. So
he leased , In one of th e principal stre e ts ,
sev eral ex cellent cellurs. H e fu rn ish ed
them lu x u rio u sly and bung out a blue
la n te rn w ith th e device of a siren upon
It. A ny one w ho so desired could ta k e
refu g e In th e se c e lla rs In A s e of a n -a ir
ra id a n d e n tirely w ith o u t charge. E x ­
cept th a t If he w ished th e visitor m ight
buy re fre sh m e n ts o r m ight enjoy Join­
ing In a little gam e of baccarat.
B ut th e police broke It up. A n a r­
row -m inded p refect preten d ed to th lu k
IhAt th e gam e w as n o t entirely Inno­
cent.
Long b efo re th e w n r A ristide, h is
p ity moved by th e sad plight of th e
ov errtch , estab lish ed n san itariu m o r
cu re fo r them . T h e p a tie n ts by paying
a th u m p in g fee ($20 a day) w ere p e r­
m itted to b reak virgin soil, plant p o ta ­
“BIG ST IC K ” FOUND
to es fo r him , c u t wood and to p u t up
som e very handsom e buildings by th e C a p ta in T h i n k s H i s M a s t W ill Be
w ork o f th e ir ow n hands, which c e r­
L a r g e s t Stepped.
tain ly w as good fo r them and good fo r
W hat “C a p t.” Bob M cIntosh say s
him. B u t th e a u th o ritie s stopped th a t w ill be th e longest m a st of th e sam e
beneficent en terp rise.
d ia m e te r stepiu'd In a vessel in th e
U nited S ta te s Is one selected to re­
B a d L u c k S in c e W a r.
Since th e w a r he h a s had equally p lace th e fo re m a st o f th e au x iliary
bad luck. H e s ta rte d a p atrio tic re s­ schoonen M arg aret, w hich w ill be 29
ta u r a n t fo r high class patronage. T h e Inches In d ia m e te r a t th e deck, an d a t
prices w ere high and th e service w as th e top, 106 fe e t above th e deck, th e
ex cellent, b u t m eat, vegetables and d ia m e te r Is to be 28 Inches. T h e ex-
d e sse rts w ere served w ith the utm ost uct len g th of th e m a st from th e “ste p " ,
econom y (so a s to se t an exam ple to will be 129 feet 10 Inches. T h e re w ere
th e low er classes, A ristide pointed o u t). m asts shipped by “C a p ta in ” M cIntosh
T h a t fa ile d In tim e th rough lack of recen tly to S outh A frica th a t w ere 136 |
fe e t long, b u t o f less d iam eter. T h e
su p p o rt from an u n p a trio tic public.
T hen h e s ta rte d a th eater, "T h e fo rem ast now In p lace ab o ard th e M ar­
M oral T h e a te r” he called It. T his re a l­ g a re t h a s a d ia m e te r of 26 in ch es and
ly w as a stro k e o f genius. It w as In­ is th e sam e len g th as th e new one.
ten d ed to show th e public th e sad evils
F o r tw o w eeks a search w as m ade
a tte n d a n t upog gam bling. On th e fo r a stick from w hich th e m ast could
atnge, s e t w ith all th e p arap h ern alia be fash io n ed a n d w hen It w as about
o f th e g am bling house— roulette, bac­ concluded th e only m eans w ould be to
c a ra t, etc.— m any acto rs w ere to be go Into tip ' tim b e r and select one, th e
seen p lay in g fo r high stakes. T he a u ­ specim en now h e re w as found In a log«
dience w as m ade up o f people w ho had ra ft. I t Is a t th e St. Jo h n s dry dock
p asses. T h e pro p ag an d a seem ed to be a t P o rtlan d , O re., and will b e fa sh ­
m eeting w ith g re a t success until som e ioned by hand.
Jealous riv al got Into th e th e a te r one
n ig h t an d m ade an aw ful hubbub n ext
M a r s e ille s P o p u la tio n G ro w *.
day by co m plaining to th e police th a t
M. M arty, p refect of M arseille*, an­
the “a c to rs ” w ere well known men
ah o n t tow n, th a t th e m oney they w ere nounced a t a re cen t public d in n e r In
honor of M. B oulsson, com m issioner }■
u sin g w aa a s real aa th e gnme Itself.
In v ain A ristide p rotested. H is o f m ercan tile m arine, th a t M arseilles,
w hich before th e w a r had a population
place w as closed.
o f 560.000, now h a s 977,000 an d aoon
Now h e d oesn’t know w hat to do
will have 1,000,00a
lug ra te P aris.
for
(Kansas City Star.)
Chancellor Yon Hurtling meant to he reassuring when
lie told the main committee of the Reichstag that the re­
placing of Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann was only a
“ personal m atter.” The chancellor was quite right as to
the fact, the government of Germany is a personal govern­
ment, hut whether the hammering of this ti^uth in is cal­
culated to give confidence to the Reichstag and the Ger­
man people'seems open to question.
The ministers of the empire, the chancellor himself, are
only the personal agents of the kaiser. He appoints them
and they are responsible to him alone. He uses them for
TTis own purposes, keeps them only so long as they serve
his purposes and when their words or their acts, although
spoken or performed at his command, raise opposition or
fail of their objects, lie dismisses them. He uses them
only as feelers for his policies and when the reaction is
unfavorable they are sacrificed. There is little difference
between a German minister of state and a grand vizier of
a Turkish despot.
Bethmann-Hollweg, Micliaelis, Yon Jagovv, Zimmer-
mann, all were replaced as a “ personal m atter” when
their policies, failed of the expected results. If they had
succeeded the success would have been the kaiser’s; when
they failed the failure was their own. It is absurd to sup­
pose that they ever spoke or acted of their own Volition.
Everything that they ever did was discussed and decided
upon in the highest councils, but absolutely must have a
mask of some sort. The kaiser and his Hindenburgs and
Ludendorffs must never appear to have made a mistake or
a fqlse move. When ohe is made it must be a chancellor
or minister who blunders and he must pay with his head.
That the government of Germany was to be a “ per­
sonal m atter” with the present kaiser was made plain by
him from the beginning of his reign. It was upon that
question that he split with Bismarck, the man who made
the empire. It had been the custom of the kaiser’s grand­
father and of his father to receive the reports of ministers
thru the chancellor. Wilhelm ordered that they be made
direct to him. Bismarck objected, whereupon the young
kaiser told him that the change would be made, “ if not by
Bismarck, then by another.” The hour had come which
was to determine what the government of Germany was
to be, a “ personal m atter” with the emperor-kin^ or one
with a show of constitutionally authority. “ Then I am to
understand, your majesty,” said Bismarck, “ that I am
in your way?” “ Yes!” answered the kaiser.
That was the the beginning of the course that has
led Germany to a point where it could he hound by the
kaiser, as it was only the other day, to a military alliance
with Austria, the terms'of which were neither submitted
to nor ratified by any minister, representative body or the
voice of the German people. It was a “ personal m atter”
with the kaiser, just as tliis w ar was a “ personal m atter”
with him. There can be no just or lasting peace in the
world until the government of Germany becomes a per­
sonal matter with the people of Germany.
THE ATTACK ON HENRY FORD
(Washington Times.)
The profiteers of the country hate Ford and lie about
him automatically.
His treatment of his workmen, his building up the idea
that those who do the hard labor should get something is
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