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up war activities huvo Increased tho
number of supporters of the admin
istration and have done much to put
the presidential campaign in the
background.
The main significance In ' the
Roosevelt phenomena today Is the
fact that the republican party Is be
ginning tu function us a nartv of op
position, and Is looking to him for
leadership.. Whatever leadership is
exercised In the republican party
will be exercised by Theodoro Rooso
velt and Whatever candidate is cho
sen In 1920 will be. chosen by Roose
velt's ndvico and consent.
lkwcrlptlre
"They sent the marine reporter in
the absence ot the society editor to
TO BE CANDIDATE
wrlto up the wedding of tho heiress
to a foreign nobleman, and lipw do
you suppose he bended It?" , Vv
"How?" s '';
" Tied Up to Her Peer." " ;'-.
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MTCPFOTtD MATL TRTBTTNK MKDFOKT). ORF.fJOX. TUESDAY, JULY flO, mis
AMSTERDAM, July 31. Cults of
all kinds, most of them based on sex
'liol degeneracy, are flourishing In
Germany. The latest scandal of this
hind to be exposed Is that of an or
ganization which professes to get let
ters from Heaven written by German
soldiers who have died In battle,
seeking to corrupt an already demor
alized soldiery. v ;
One of these published In the
"Volksfreund" of Brunswick reads
as follows:
VDear parents, brothers and sisters:
' . "This letter 1 am writing to you
from Heaven. Wihen I was still liv
ing on earth I often wrote you from
the trenches, "Things are ull right.'
Now, however, I see that things were
not all right.
'j, "Every day I thank the sweet
Mother of Clod on my knees for hav
ing allowed the .fatal bullet to pierce
lay bosom so that I could bo trans
planted to this .lovely place. Ah!
you Bhould have witnessed the fervor
with which the Holy Virgin embrac
ed me on my arrivaK after 1 had told
'Lor what doughty blows I had struck ,
for Germany.
"All the same, I am rather con-
rented about you. 'Many a rumor Is ,
circulating around the throne of '
Mary which the sweet Mother . of
Cod does not like it all. Nor do they
please us soldiers here either. Wo !
hear that some of you are whining :
and murmuring because you are not
getting as much bread to eat as for-'
merly. Worse thai) that, the angels
.tell us that down below on earth j
there are many who still revej in lux
uries and Indulge in unmentionable
excesses. " .',
;' "Here In Uleaven the angels and
saints call such people traitors to the
fatherland, who are drawing the
wrath of God on the land. ! !
', ": '"My dear parents, 1 spoke to the
Virgin about you, and told her howl
good yon were.' She kissed me pas
sionately and called me a .dutiful
son. This is written to you in Heav-'
en by your son and brother." . ,
V SL JUUANELTlN6E.i ?5i
JULIAN ELTlNGEzn.
The Countess Chatming
CpammountQikhuv
AIRPLANE FRIGHTENS"
v SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES
S1EEL TRUST RAISES
WAGES 10 PER CENT
NEW YORK, July 30. The Unit
ed States Steel corporation today de- j
clared Its usual quarterly dividend of (
1 Vt per cent, usual extra dividend of '
three per cent, on the common stork, '
together with the regular . 1 per
cent on the preferred.
Total earnings of the United Stales
Steel corporation for the quarter j
ended June 30 last were $02,557,-!
391 compared with fr6,'9Cl,424 at j
the close of the previous quarter, ac- !
"cording to the quarterly report. j
These figures were reached after'
appropriating for Income and war !
profit taxes, the sum of $90,71 6,2.r0. 1
- Net Income for the quarter totalled '
$r.2,399,493, compared with $48,- j
449,817 the previous quarter. Stir- I
plus amounted to $19,017,375 com-'
pared with $15,032,600. the previous
quarter.
The allowance for taxes included
$58,716,250 for the current quaiter
on the basis of exisffng tax laws airl
$32,000,000 on account of additional
taxes which may be chargeable tor
the first six months Under proposed
legislation.1""' -" '-'
GERMANS COUNT
WITH THE AMERICAN ARM If
ON THE AISNE-M ARNE FRONT,
July 30. ('By the Associated Press.)
Brought to an American dressing
station on the banks of the Ourcq,
a wounded German captain kept re
peating, "one, two three," monoton
ously. Inquiry to n nurse elicited
this explanation:
"Oh, all those German officers do
that."
"You see" said the nurse, who was
administering ether, preliminary to
an operation upon the German offi
cer, "an average person talks when
under the anaesthetic. It Is llko talk
ing In your sleep. The Germans know
this and every officer we get goes
under the ether while counting. The
result is that Instead of talking and j
giving Information., they keep right
oo counting." ")
COST OF WAR TO
' '! LONDON, July HO. A Jnlinnnnes
liurjr dispatch says Mujor Miller rc
. ceotly mudo tin 800-mile airplane
fliplit over Swaziland which threw
1'I0,000 natives-into a panic. The na
tives hid in the brush or scuttled for
their kraals. "Vhite man," said one,
"can have Swaziland now. Only thins;
he' cannot do is raise the dead, and
that will come in time."
THE BRASS HORN HAD
AN EXTRA BIG, LOAD
AMSTERDAM, July III). A Merlin
hand pave a concert ut Werder, a
town near Berlin fumed for its cherry
harvest, the other day. After the
concert the musicians were all arrest
ed for tryinp; to take cherries away
roncenled in their instruments.
TRAINING COURSE FOR
OFFICERS IN MED FORD
Alan Bracklnreed is busy arrang
ing, for a military course in Med
ford under tho auspices of the Uni
versity of Oregon. This will be in
the nature of an officers' training on
the extension plan so that citizens of
Medford mav instruct themselves in
military drill and science without
leaving home. The Idea has proved
to be a very popular one, and a large
enrollment hos already been secured.
F. iNewport, former leader of the
home guards, will probably have
charge of military drill, while the
university will arrange the courses of
study. Meetings will probably be
held two or three times a week.
LONDON, July 30. The largest
appropriation demanded since the be-
i ginning of the war will be submitted
I to the house of -commons Thursday.
' says the Dally Telegraph. The credit
! to be asked will be 700,000,000
! pounds. The previous highest was
j 650,0(10.000 pounds n year ago. The
new appropriation Is required to
.finnnce the war until the end of Oc
, tober. 1
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R0UMANIA EXCHANGES
FOOD FOR CHEMICALS
With Medfnrrt trnftm Is Medrnrrt mud
HKKN'K, July :il. Knumnnin is ne
gotiating with (feminity for the ex
change of chemical preparations and
iitTier medical supplies for its food
crops. Kutire villages are beinir deci
mated by dicusr owin to shortage
of chemicals.
By Gilson Gardner.
WASHINGTON, July 30. The
prominent part played by former
President Roosevelt nl tho recent
New York state convention hus start
ed Inquiries as to whether Roosevelt
Is to figure, again us a candidate. '
It Is my guess that he will rixure
agutn, probably as a republican presi
dential candidate in 1920.
Col. Roosevelt's attitude toward
the presidential situation was set
forth In an Interview I hud. with him
several weeks ago.
At thut time he stated frankly that
he was not Interested in the presiden
tial office, but Is Interested in for
warding certain policies which ho re
gards as Important.
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Tho winning of the war Is, of
course, the first of these.
He believes that It Is no time to
think In political terms. His atti
tude Is best expressed In his own
words delivered at the recent Sara
toga convention, where he said:
"Everything we do now and every
thing we say must help win the war.
The president has said, 'Politics Is
adjourned.' He U certainly right, in
so far as politics is to lie used for
personal ends or party triumph.
"But popular govenment, even In
war, must be carried on by parties.
Party organization or public
opinion may be the best way to
secure needed government action.
Thut is the present case.
"The nation needs tho republican
party to give popular expression to
tin nfflrmutive aggressive war policy.
Its success at the polls In November
will spur the administration to adopt
Vliv. t I 3 J' ll ' 1 Htl II cuiiKi ess win en- y
net legislation to Initiate and carry tt
nn.
"We are not now concerned with
tho national election of 1920. That
may take care of Itself. Its outcome
will depend on circumstances which
one cannot now foresee. Our present
task, as patriots and republicans, Is
to help tho present administration to
organize the potential force of this
country into a knockout blow to
William Hohcnzollorn and his com
pliant German people."
Couldn't Win Today
If the national presidential con
vention wore to be held tomorrow It
1s my belief that Col. Roosevelt would
decline to he a candidate against
Woodrow Wilson. While there has
"been some criticism of the adminis
tration's handling of the war and
war preparations. It Is a fuct recpg
nlzed by all politicians that the coun
try as a whole Is quite solidly behind
President Wilson, and any candidate,
even as popular a one ns Col. Roose
velt, would make poor headway
against Wilson.
The spirit In which tho adminis
tration has taken criticism Is the evi
dent willingness of tho secretary of
"war and others to correct any short
comings which might bo pointed out,
and the strong efforts made to speed
Profits and Prices
Profits may be considered from
two angles:
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2nd As a return to investors.
When profits are small as com
pared with sales, they have little
effect on prices.
Swift & Company's profits are
only a fraction of a cent per
pound on all products sold, and if
eliminated entirely would have
practically no -effect on prices.
Swift & Company paid 10 per
cent dividends to over 20,000 stock
holders out of its 1917 profits. It also
had to build extensions and im
provements out of profits; to finance
large stocks of goods made
necessary by unprecedented re
quirements of the United- States
and Allied Governments; and to
provide protection against the day
of declining markets.
Is it fair to call this profiteering?
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
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