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P r i n t e d a t C h e m a w a , O re g o n , a n d D e v o te d to th e in t e r e s t s o f In d ia n E d u c a tio n
Vol. X X
W e d n e sd a y , M ay 22, 1918
No. 31
HA R SH ER PENALTIES EOR ENEM IES
WHICH ONEP
Congress is slowly but Purely rounding out the legis­
lation heeded to put teeth into the laws to suppress
spies, plotters and obstructors. There was a long
and bitter fight in the senate over the sedition bill but
it was finally passed by a non-partisan vote.
However, the department of justice made it plain
that the existing laws were not Strong enough to secure
convictions in many flagrant cases, Various senators
gave warning that unless the laws were strengthened
and the pro-German agitators were rounded up and
disposed of, lynch law would be resorted to more and
more by the enraged people.
Senator Lodge of Mass, referred to a recent case
Where a man enlisted in our army and then deserted,
taking with him government plans and information,
and though this ihan was practically convicted of be­
ing a';’spy. all that was done was to intern him.
“ That'S what brings lynchings,,” ,he exclaimed.
Senator Fall of N. Mex. declared: “ Treason is be­
ing taught in lodge rooms of this country and I refer
to the I. W. W .”
Senator McCumber of N. Dak. was one of the most
ardent champions of the bill. He asserted that bol­
shevik doc tri n esw ere b^iug Spread throughout the
country and that the labor unions were being used as
agencies for this propaganda. He accused them of
‘‘slacking on the job” , . -and demanding ‘‘more,
still more, always more.” • “ J want unionism to get
rid of the I. W. W. traitors. They have no country,
no policies except those of destruction,” said he,
Senator Borah of Idaho said with regret that .ihpre, is
now no law t,o punish people who eulogize the kaiser,
German “ kulture” and German methods and deeds!.'
The explorer was relatingone of his, terrible ex,-,
perienceS while in the'A frican jungle. “ Suddenly
we found ourselves in the midst of a terrible Con­
flict and at terrible odds! Ten to one.”
“ Were you one of the 10?” asked a friend, listen­
in g .”
‘No, Ell have you understand, sir, that I was one
of the one,” replied the offended one,
A DESERVED TRIBUTE
Col. Arturo Giovanetti, th el Italian airm an, .said on
his return from the Warzone;^“ On the boat one even­
ing a chap was heard to d e c l a r e ‘I tell you, sir, they,
charged like demons. Talk about the Germans, the
English and the1 Americans—bah, nothing at all.
Nothing.at.all, sir, beside the way the French charged!
It staggered me to witness it.’
“ Ah, a Wonderful race, the French,’ said a divine.
Are you referring, sir, to one of the Verdun charges,;
or to the phafges at tjie Chemin des Dames?’
‘ ‘What I ’m referring to ,| the, pther chap replied,. S
the charges of the Paris hotelkeepers.’ ”
UNUSUAL PARAGRAPHS
The Osage Indians of Oklahoma are said to be the
richest people in the world. Large sums? °f money
are paid to them by oil companies for the use of valu­
able lands which they hold. The wealth of the tribe
per capita is estimated at $20,000.
While eating oysters which his daughter had sent
him J. N. Roach,'of Poughkeepsie/1
bit into a
hard substance that nearly j cracke'd his teeth. After
examining the-offending object Roach sent it to New
York jewelers. A few days later he received notice
that it was a pearl worth about $1,000.
Attracted by the crowing of a rooster, a policeman
in Washington, D. C., stopped a colored man who
was hurrying down the street carrying two bags,
Insjdp the. bags, were a nujribpr of chickens, some
alive and some dead, which the negro admitted hav­
ing stolen from a farmer. He was locked up and the
chickens were returned, to theiiyowner.
A cat belongingin Marysville, Pa., ran amuck one
day recently and scratched several dogs. Soon after one
of the dogs, became strangely affected and started off
through the country. While going through a pasture
over 30 miles away it bit ,a cow. An examination
showed that the cow had contracted rabies and several
other, bovines in the neighborhood have, since exhib­
ited similar symptoms.
Believing that most of the badness in boys is due to
their abundant energy and to a natural desire to
“ show off, ” Judge Arnold of the juvenile court in
Chicago recently , instructed policemen oi the city to
pick out the worst boy in each ^neighborhood and hold
him personally responsible for the behavior of other
boys of that locality. In this way his energies will
be turned to upholding the lav? instead of breaking
it,\ the judge says. .