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THE PRESIDENT AT AR1.1XGTOX
Speaking oil the eve of the the conference on :ivnis limitation, Presi-j
dent Harding at Arlington, voicing the sentiments of the American people'
paid tribute to the nameless soldier whose body body was that day commit-1
ted to the earth. He prayed that no such sacrifice shall be asked again. He 1
lauded the heroism -A the American manhood, summoned to duty In a for-|
tlgn land In defense of American principles, and expressed tys hope that a j
.rule may be established throughout the world under which reason and
righteousness shall prevail.
"There mast be, there shall be. the commanding voice of a conscious
civilisation against armed warfare," declared the President. Yet he spoke
"not as a pacifist fearing war. but as oue who loves justice and hates war."
From this thought, so eloquently expressed by the chief magistrate of
the nation, there Is no dissent. It is not an impossible aspiration, though
many difficulties lie ahead. On the morrow a meeting began of men to dis
cuss means of lessening the causes of war and temptations to conflict, to
consider ways of lightening the heavy burdens of competitive preparations
for armed strife. The President will specifically address them in the open
ing hour, directing their thoughts to the great task that rests upon them.
They were all present that day at Arlington, within the sound of his voice,
as he expressed the hopes of the men and women of America that the sac
tiflce symbolized in the body of the unknown soldier may never be exacted
again. May they, as representatives of the great powers, heed these words j
and apply them to the work they are here to do. as delegates of humanity.
In condensed power of expression, in stirring appeal to the loftiest sen
timents, this utterance of President Harding ranks with tho great exam
ples of American eloquence The occasion was inspiring, and the leader
of the people, accepting greatly the role of the speaker for them, has voic
ed their thoughts and hopes and beliefs in terms that will be ever rt»mem
bered. Their prayer is that his words nuiy lend to peace and world under
standing and security for the rights and liberties of mankind, for whleti the
unknown soldier gave his life.—Exchange.
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The redactions announced by the transcontinental lines show appre
ciation by the railroads that the high rates are blocking prosperity. It his
been proved that some traffic simply will not move at the high rates; if it'
can be got to move it will bring needed revenue to the railroads, stimulate
trade and industry, and eventually bring lower prices
It la noteworthy that the reductions were not made in compliance with
orders from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Some are voluntary
and others in response to petitions of shippers. Also It is not a horizontal
qeduction; each kind of goods Is treated on its merits.
These reductions are made to meet competition of water shipment
through the Panama canal. The railroads seem to have learned the lesson
taught them by the California fruit growers, who. when freight rates be
came exorbitant, shipped their fruit east through the canal. The lower
canal rates, however, benefit only the territory reached directily by water,
the east coast. With the rail rates reduced the middle west also will bene
fit from Panama canal competition.
. (This lowering of freight rates is a practical showing of one of the
great benefits that will come to the middle west from the great lakes-St.
Lawrence waterway. It will do for the heart of the continent what the
Panama canal has done for the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards—provide a
means of transportation which the railroads must meet In competition. If
the waterways served no purpose beyond regulating freight rates it would
be worth while.—Milwaukee Journal (independent.)
LABOR'S XE»" KRA
Empty coffers and 70,000,000 lost working (lays arc a monument toj
the baleful influence of the extremists, who stole from the workers their f
allegiance to their legitimate leaders, and thon betrayed them by import
ing political motives into their disputes, and robbing them of public sym
pathy. The hotheads have now been consigned to cold storage, and the
real fathers of trade unionism are preparing the way to a brighter future, i
The point of the strike weapon has been blunted and the blade broken, and ,
the leaders of labor have realized that a new era must be inaugurated.—'
London Dally Express.
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PRESIDENT PRO TF.M ) »
During President Wilson's illness, it was generally understood that
Mr. Tumulty was actually conducting the work of the Chief Executive, but
it remained for his recently published letters to disclose to what a large
extent he was directing the affairs of the government before the Presi
dent broke down In health.
To And out how closely and painstakingly his paper is read, an editor j
has to step on someone's foot occasional^. A paper might boos for 999!
years and never hear one word of commentSation, l)ut let It rub the fur the
wrong way, and wow!—what a howl is raised,! The people who Bay they
do not read the papers are Just plain liars. / ;
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* ^THE VALLEY of GIANTS',
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~~~ COPVBISHT, PV PETER B. KYMt
Remembering tfie vegetables he had
Jettisoned. Scraccs knew he could not
afford to accept that price. Tni
through." he bluffed—and his bluff
worked.
"Taken. Captain Scrapes. Write out
an agreement and I'll sign It."
With the agreement In his pocket.
Scraggs. followed hy Gllmey, left the
cabin. "One hundred each to you an'
Mac If you'll stay aboard the Chesa
peake. steer her. an' help the Maggie
out with what sail you can get »n
her." Scraggs promised.
"Take a long, mnnln' Jump at your
self, Scraggsy. old sorrowful. The he^:
me an' Mac'll do Is to help you cock
blll the anchor, an' that'll cost you
ten bucks for each of us—In advance."
The artful fellow realized that Scrag**
knew nothing whatever about a sailing
ship and would have to depend up>>n
The Squarehead for the informa'.lon
he required.
"All right. Iteres your money
Scraggs n'pMort and handed Mr. Gib
ney twenty dollar*. He and Nells
Haltorsen then won I forward, got out I
the steel towing cable, and fastened a
tight rope to Hit- end of It. The skiff
tloutnl i>:T tie ship at the end of the
painter, so The Squarehead hauled A
In. climbed down into the skiff, and
made the Held rope fa*t to a thwart:
then. with Captain Scraggs pa vine out
the hawser, Nells hem manfully to the
oars and started to tow ihe steel cable
back to the Maggie. Half way there,
the weight of the ••able draining be
hind slowed The Squarehead up - i '
eventually stopped him. Exerting all
his strength he pulled and pulled, but
the sole result of his efforts was to
wear himself out. seeing which the
Maggie's navigating officer set the lit
tle steamer In toward the perspiring
Nells, while Captain Scruggs. Git.: e>
and MeGulTey cheered lustily.
Suddenly an oar snapped. Instantly
Nells unshipped the remaining ear,
sprang t«» the stem, and attempted by
sculling, to keep the skiTs head up to
the waves. But the weight of the
cable whirled the little craft around,
a wave rolled in over her counter, and
half-tilled her; the succeeding wave j
completed the .lob and rolled the si.iff
over and The Squarehead whs forced
Wn Forced to Swim Back to th«
Chesapeake.
to swim back to the Chesapeake. He i
climbed op the Jacob's ladder to face
a storm of abuse from Captain Scraggs. |
The cable was hauled back aboard j
with difficulty, owing to the submerged
skiff at the end of It. Captain Scrnggs ;
and The Squarehead leaned over the
Chesapeake's rail and tugged furious
ly. when the wreck came al#ngsMe. but :
all of their strength was unequal to '
the task of righting the little craft by
hauling up on the light rope attached
to her thwart.
Tor ten dollars more each me an'
Mnc'll tall on to that rope an' do our
best to right the skiff. After ^he's |
righted, ril ball her out. borrow new
oars from this here bark, an' help Nells
row back to the Maggie with the
cable," Mr. Gibney volunteered. "Cash
In adv *nce, as per usual."
"You're a pair of highway robber*,
but I'll take you." Soratgs ulmost
wailed, and paid out the money;
whereupon Gibney and MoGuffey
"tailed" on to the rope and with rau
cous cries hauled away. As a result
of their efforts, thf thwart came away
with the rope and the quartet sat down
with exceeding abruptness on the hard
pine deck of the Chesapeake.
"1 had an idee that ill wart would
pull loose," Mr. Gibney remarked.
"Well, what're you goln' to do nowT"
"1 ain't licked yet—not by a jugful."
Scrapes snapped. "Halvorsen, haul
down that signal halyard from tile mn
xenmast, take one end of It In your
teeth, an' swim back to the Maps'*
with It. We'll fasten • heavier line
to the cable, an' haul the cable aboard
with the Maggie's winch."
"You say ;hat so nice. Scraggsy, old
hopeful, I'm tempted to think you can
whistle It. Neils, he's only askln' you
to risk your life overboard for nothing.
'Tnin't in the shlpplo' articles that a 1
seaman's got to do that. If he wants j
a swimmln' exhibition make him pay
lor It—through the no«e. An' If I
was you, I'd Dud out how much o° thli
two thousand dollars towage he's gotn"
to distribute to his crew. I'ers'nlly .
I'd gei mine In advance."
"Adelbert P. Glbney." Captain
Scruggs hissed. "There's such a thing
as drlvin' a man to distraction. Hal
vorsen. are you with mo 7"
"Ave bane—for saxty dollars. Hay
bane worth a month's pay for take
dat swim."
"You dirty Scoweglan Ingrate. Well,
you don't get no sixty dollars from me.
Bear n hand ami we'll drop the ship's
work boa! overboard. 1 guess you '-an
tow a signal halyurd to the Ma .gie,
can't you, Ne'ls?"
minutes the Maggie *i» fa*t to her
prize. "Now wv'll cockbill the an
chor," quoth Captain Scraggs. so Me
Guffey reporting sufficient steam In the
donkey to tuni over tlie windlass, tlie I
anchor was raided and cockbilled. and j
the Muntie hauled a«ay on the hawser ,
lie Instant Captain Scraggs signaled |
his new navigating oflWr that the j
hook was free of the bottom.
"The old plrl don't seem to he mak- |
In" headuat in the right direction," Mc> i
<5u!Tt.> remarked plaintively. after the '
MtiLCio Imd strained at tlie baw«er for j
fi^e minuter Mr. Gihney. standing
by with a hammer in his hand, nodded |
htlirmutlvelv while the skipper of the i
l'hesat>eake. whom Mr. (Jihney had had |
the forethought to carry out on deck !
to watch the operation, synced appre
lensively ashore. Scruggs measured
tl.e distance with his eye to the nesr- j
est fringe of surf and It wss plain that \
he was w ortled.
"Captain Scrapes." the skipper of i
the fhesaiH'Uke called feebly, "Mr.
Gibncy Is right. That craft of yours •
1« unable to tow my ship against thU '
wind. You're losing ground. Inch by j
Inch, and It will be only a mr"»» of •
an hour or two. If you bant ». •
before I'll be In the bren; a |
total loss. You'll bare to j: ->n I
her or let go the anchor until a tug I
arrives."
-
"I d.'n't know it tmng ammi ■ wkuu i
sliip,' Scraggs nuavered.
'1 know it all," Mr. Gibney cut In, [
"but there ain't money enough In th« j
world to induce me to exercise that i
know l.tlge to your profit." He turned I
to the nmster of the Chesapeake. "'For I
one hundred dollars each, MoGuffey ,
an' 1 will s*ll her in for you. sir." ,
•Til not take the risk. Mr. Gibney. .
Cnpraln Scraggs. If you will follow my
Instructions we'll pet some sail on the |
Chesapeake. Take those lines through
the leading blocks to the winch " '
The engineer of the Maggie came up !
on deck and waved his arms wildly. .
"I/egpo." he bawled. Tve blown out I
two tubes. It'll be all 1 can do to pet
home without that tow."
".Tump on that. Scraggsv." quoth Me- j
ttuffey softly and cast his silken en
gineer's cap on the deck at Scraggs' J
feet. The latter's face was ashen as
hi- turned to the skipper of the Chest- [
pcake. "I'm through." he gulped- "HI f
have to cast off. Tour ship's drivlir
on the beach now."
"Oh. say not so. Sorargsy." said I
Mr. Gibney softly, and with a blow ,
of the hammer knocked out the stop- j
per on tbe windlass and let the anchor 1
go down hT the run "Not this v«y- J
ace. at least." The Chesapeake J
rounded with a Jerk and Mr. Olbney ;
took Captain Scraggs gently by the J
arm. "Into the small boat, old ruin." I
he whispered, "and HI row you an' 1
"Die Squarehead hack to the Maggie.
If she drifts ashore with that load
o' garden truck, you might as well
drown yourself."
Car'a'n Scracr* wa« heyonfl word*.
He suffered himself to he taken hark
to the Marde. after whip! kindly
action Mr. Glhney returned to the
ni'>«jiponfce. climbed aboard. and with
the assistance of McOnffey, hauled
the work host up on the deck.
"Now." Mr. filhney lnqolred. aj>- J
prom-hlne the skipper of the Ohes*- :
peake. "whatH yon Rlre tne an' Mae, i
sir. to sail you inT"
'"Ore thonsand dollars," the skipper |
answered weakly.
"Too reinsert to let u* do It for a
hnndrod. Now till co«t yon two thoas- |
and. an' Tm letlln* ymi off cheap «t .
that. Of conrse. yon fin rake a chane#
an' wait nntll word o" yonr predlr»- i
ment sift* info San Francisco an' a i
tnc comes ont for yon. hnt In the mean
time the wind may increase an' wi*h •
the tide at the flood how do yon know ,
your anchor won't drap an' pile too '
no on them rock* to leeward?" _ '
Til pay two ttinnsnwt. Mr. OThner*
WWhont further ado Mr. C.lbncy
webt to the TTR'fet'* <*Mn. WTOte M>t
an agreement. f»rr1«l the sMptwr aft
and got hi« signature to the froth-act.
Then be tucked the skipper Into bed
and (him daahlng oof or deck.
"Come here fl'l ! tnt~* irr r«n to
the Jib halyards." hf bawled to Me
Guffey. and they went forward.
With the aid of the winch. they
br«i*d the foreyard; then Mi-tJuffey
ran aft and took the wheel while Mr.
Glbnej scuttled forward, eased up Ihe
compressor on the wlndlasa. and per
mitted the anchor chain to pay °"t
rapidly. With the hammer, he knocked
out the pin at the forty-Are fathom
•hackle and leaving the anchor To go
by the board, for It worried him n»
longer, the bark Chesapeake moved
gently off on a west-sou'west course
(hat would keep her three points off
the land. She had sufficient head sail
on now to boW her up.
Mr. Gibney fell upon the main to'
gallan'-s'l leads like a demon, carried
them through the leading block to the
winch head, turned ov.'r the winch and
sheeted home the maln-to'-gsllan'-e'l.
The Chesapeake gathered speed and
Mr. Gibney went aft and srtood beside
Mr. McGuffey. the while he looked
aloft and thrilled to the whine of the
hreete through the rigging. "This l>
sallortiin," he declared. "It sure
beats bumboatln'. Here, blast you.
Bart. You're spillin' the wind out o'
that Jib. First thing you know we'll
have her In Irons an' then the fat will
be In the fire."
He took the wheel from MKluffey.
When he was two miles off the beach
he brought her op Into the wind and
made the wheel fast, a spoke to lee
ward. "Sheet home the fore-to'gal
lan'-sl," he howled and dashed for
ward. "Leggo them buntllnes an'
clewlines, tuj hearties, an' haul home
that sheet."
The ship lay In the wind, shivering.
Mr. Gibney was here, there, every
where. One minute he waj dashing
along the deck with a leading line, the
next he was laying out aloft. He or
dered himself to do a thing and then,
with the pent-up energy of a thousand
devils, he did it. The years of degra
dation as navigating officer of the Mag
gle fell away from him, as he sprang,
agile and half-naked. Into the shrouds;
8 great, hairy demigod or sea-goblin
lie lay out along the yards and sprang
: rom place to place with the old exul
tant thrill of youth and Joy In his
work. A word, a gesture, from Mr.
Gibney, and McGuffey would pounce
on a rope like a bull-dot. With the
fore-royal set, Mr. Glbney ran back to
the wheel and put It hard over. There
being no after sail se; the bark swung
off readily on t* her course, slipping
through the water at a nice eight-knot
speed. Tec miles off *he coast, Mr.
Gibney hung her up In the wind again,
braced his yards with the aid of the
winch and McGuffey. came about and
headed north. At three o'clock she
cleared the lightship and wore around
to come In over the bar. storing east
by south: half-south, for Point Bonlta.
She drew the full advantage of the
wind now and over the har she came,
ramping full through the Gate with
her yards squared, on the last of the
flood tide.
As they parsed Lime point. Mr. Glb
ney prepared to shorten sail and like
a clarion blast his voice rang through
the ship.
{Continue*! on Tuesday)
TRULY OPTjMISM HAS LIMIT
Jo«h Smiler Met Day"* Many Adversi.
ties With a Smile, but There Ar»
Some Thing*:
"Ha. ha. ha laughed ,To*hua Smil
er. "It's Friday. the thirteenth. t;»od
Job I'm not superstitions, otiierwise I
should ho miserable all day tod-iy!"
Smiling happily. J'ish «lr«>;•] -d hl«
colter attid. Nevertheless after half
an hour's search lie found li aeain.
and continued dressing.
"Oh. Josh." said Mrs. Sm 'er at
breakfast, "the pedal hroke off my sew
ing machine yesterday!"
"That's unfortunate," said Smiler.
"But never mind, dear, ril bring you
hack a motor this evening, and youll
he able to rnn th* machine on ihat."
It started to rain Just as Smiler pre
pared to leave the house.
"My umbrella, dear?" be said to his
wife.
"Oh, Josh." she cried. "1 forgot to
tell yon. wmc one stole your umbrella
from the hall yesterday
"Oh. well." answered Smiler, It had
a hole In it, anyway I" And he stepped
out briskly through the shower.
Other llrtle things, which many men
would foolishly have allowed to dis
turb them, did happen to Smiler that
day, but he did not groin Me until re
turning home In the train he pulled
out hts fountain pen to Jot down a
brilliant Idea that had occurred to him.
The pen was empty I
Well. 1 ask yon' Even optimism
has its limits.—Chicago I>ally New*.
It appears that one disadvantage of
overthrowing Lenin and Tn-trky Is
that nobody just mm seem- to want
to take up the res|>onsihllltj "f gov
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