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*ttV^*\'WJJ PAGE FOUR THE PRINCETON UNION By MRS. K. C. DUNN Subscription Price $1.5* OUce: First Street, East of Court House G. I. STAPLES Business Manager THOS. H. PEOWSE Editor .il^^^l sirSS^' "Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right but our Country, right or wrong." Al sr=alf The democrats have no reason to fear" a steam roller at the San Francis co convention. The party's hearse will take its place. St. Paul Dispatch: There is one thing about the Townley conventions. Being composed of Townley, their de cisions are unanimous. It is. a pity, but the pictures of Mr. Wilson published in the dailies would incline one to the belief that his illness has transformed him into a doddering old man. What has become of Bill Taft's league to enforce peace and. further more, what has become of the miishy souled pacifist who conceived the crazy .idea Candidates who run on an anti tobacco platform will surely be de feated as it will be impossible for them to consistently hand out cam paign cigars. "Bank clerks will pose for movies," says a headline in the St. Paul Dis patch. This should prove a delightful diversion when compared with posing for bandits. One would naturally suppose that Mr. Bryan would learn by experience, but the fact that he covets the demo cratic presidential nomination is suf ficient proof that he has not done so. "Great quantities of arms have been discovered in Germany by allied offi- cers," says a Pans cablegram. Did the allies expect to firtd Hindenburg's big army equipped with broomsticks It is reported that it cost Hank Ford $5,000,000 to contest Newberry's elec tion Had the noted tinsmith added that sum to the millions he spent in the campaign results might have been different. One difference between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Townley is that the Nebras kan failed to put across his issue of 16 to 1, while the other has had no difficulty whatsoever in engineering his scheme of 16 for nothing. Louisiana reports that the red-eyed boll weevil has made its appearance in that state. It is not expected, however, that it will assume the menacing pro portions of the red-eyed bowl evil which has been driven from the coun try. Senator Nelson has introduced a resolution providing for an amend ment to the constitution making stock dividends taxable. As these dividends actually constitute income we can see no reason why they should not be taxed. for some reason not clearly apparent the government's campaign against alien reds has virtually ceased, and radicals in custody have been released instead of deported, as planned. There seems to be something rotten in Wash ington. Debs has accepted the socialist nom ination for president, and it cannot be said that he has not fully qualified. As he is now behind the bars of a fed eral prison, however, he will not be enabled to make a personal campaign. Tis well. National Republican: The strange thing about the democratic fight on prohibition is that it wasn't started un til after the prohibition amendment had been adopted. The approach of a national campaign seems to act as a powerful stimulant. am not willing to trust to the counsel of diplomats the working out of the salvation of the world from the things which it has suffered," says Professor Wilson. Of course not. His ambition is to settle the whole matter as president of the league of nations an office he will never hold. Colonel Harvey: The announcement of the secretary of the treasury that positively no more loans will be made by the United States to the allied powers followed close upon the state ment that France and Great Britain would pay of $500,000,000 of their in- debtedness to us by the first of next October. The two items go well to gether. It seems quite safe to assume that those two countries, at least, need no further loans from us. The senate committee investigating near east affairs very properly turned down the proposition to permit the use of American troops to administer a mandate in Armenia. Instead the committee favored the sending of a warship to Armenia and the landing of marines to protect Americans as well as the 'supplying of Armenians with munitions. Sufficient of our boys have lost their lives in Europe without unnecessarily sending more to be slaughtered- New York has put its daylight sav ing law into effect by turning the hands of its clocks one hour ahead,but trains will run on solar time schedule as before, which is bound to badly mix things up. A fool congress is re sponsible for this aftermath of the crazy daylight saving lawnow re pealed. You can never tell what a democratic congress will do, and it is surprising that when in power it did not pass laws to regulate the sun, moon and stars. Champ Clark, in tentatively agree ing to become a candidate for presi dent, wrote his Georgia admirers that the administration and legislative rec ord of the democratic party under the present national administration was "beyond all praise" and that his plat form would be the record of the ad ministration in national and interna tional affairs. If Champ Clark is sin cere in this beliefwhich we doubt he should eliminate the "a" from the middle of his first name and replace it with a "u". So Czar Townley has selected one Dr. Shipstead, whoever jae may be, as the nonpartisan league candidate for governorin fact he selected a full state ticket, but it had the outward ap pearance of being nominated by dele gates in convention assembled. As a matter of form, of course, the conven tion went through the nominating mo tions but Townley was the master mind in the entire procedure. He will find, however, that he cannot lord it over the people of Minnesota like the did those of North Dakota. Something must have gone wrong the ingenious brain of the modiste. None of the spring announcements contains mention of "the new voting gown."Minneapolis Journal. The Union was the first paper in the country to suggest a special crea tion in gowns as well as headgear for our new votersthe women. There should, of course, *be something unique, distinctive and attractive about the costumes which fair femininity wears when exercising the right of franchise. Modistes, awake to the situation. There was a novel strike in Japan recentlythe streetcar men demand ing shorter hours and more pay. How ever the men did not stop work, but merely slowed up their cars to a point where they approached a snail's pace, and refused to go faster even though the populace^ pelted them with decayed fruit and dead cats. The result was that the streetcar company acceded to their demands. Strikes were unknown in Japan until recent years, when the American idea spread to that country. It would now be in order for the Japs to start a nonpartisan league. Bess Wilson, editor of the Redwood Gazette, is dead. She was a woman of noble character who pleaded for kindness to dumb animais and sought to make this world better by her good work. And Bess was a fighter, too a fighter of our country's enemies, of bolshevists, slackers and corrupt poli tics. She was a writer of ability and the press of the state will miss her pointed editorial paragraphsin fact they were missed during her illness. She had more than her share of life's troubles but bore them uncomplaining ly and with cheerfulness. The Union deeply regrets to be called upon to chronicle the death of this kind, chris tian woman. Great Britain has adopted the Amer ican legion idea and it is making ex traordinary progress. At this time there is an indication that the move ment will spread throughout Europe. Sir Edward Woodward is the founder of the British legion. His principles are substantially the same as those of the American legion, but his idea of organization is as wide as the nation. He invites not only former service men and women to come under "his banner, including every important religious or ganization in the country, particularly the Salvation army, the church army anc^the nonconformist churches. His scheme is neither reactionary or mil itaristic. In this organization plan jye scarcely agree with Sir Edward. We belive that the legion should admit only former service men and women to membership, as by taking in other organizations it virtually loses its identity and is very apt to collapse. Josephus Daniels, the landlubber THE PRINCETQN UNION: THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920 i 1 secretary of the navy, is still being raked fore and aft by naval officers. Captain Palmer, wartime chief of the bureau of navagation, declared before the senate committee investigating the navy's conduct of the war, that "pro crastination on the part of Daniels was responsible for a serious shortage of personnel which proved the initial handicap of the navy in the conflict." Many other naval officers, including Admiral Sims, have testified to the samte effect, which goes to show that Josephus is an incapa'olQ, and conse quently unfit man for the position he holds. He bungled up matters during the war to a deplorable extent. From a man who knew virtually nothing of rautical affairs, however, nothing else could have been expected yet, if Jose phus isas other cabinet officers ae declared to bea mere rubber stamp for the president, there are mitigat ing circumstances connected with the case. It makes no difference how often the rewspapers warn the public of wild cat -schemes, gullible gumps continue to bitethey will take bait of any ort offered. Last week a fellow named Long frcm Moju, Fla., stopped off in Minneapolis while o.i his way to California. He was espied by swind lers and persuaded to enter a card game. There he foolishly disclosed that he had $10,000 in his inside pocket, and one of the sharks suggest ed that he invest his money in the "Chicago-Minneapolis airship line," which he described as a corporation paying "unheard of profits." Long invested $5,000 in jstock and shortly thereafter the promoters disappeared and left the victim a sadder but wiser man. Upon investigation he discov ered that the "unheard of profits" claim was a reality and that the first two words were also applicable to the airship line. He proceeded to Cali fornia with only heIf of his roll while designing rascals were spending the other half. It is poor policy to buy a pig in a sack and too late to protest when you find you have been swindled. Investigate first, brethren, and keep an eye open for hot air line and other wildcat promoters. Central Europe in Hopeless Muddle. Central Europe appears to be in an other and more acute crisis than ever. Germany is in the midst of civil war. Hungary has refused to sign the peace terms and is seeking a way to regain the territory lost by defeat. Jugo-Slavia has refused to acknowl edge the pact of London and is arming more thoroughly than at any time dur ing the nine years' war. D'Annunzio still sits in Fiume. There are strikes in nearly all the coal producing re gions, thwarting anything approach ing return to industry and normal con ditions. Food reserves are failing before there is any prospect of obtaining new crops. Trade is at a standstill be cause no one will risk his funds during these uncertain times. People who have goods will not sell. Local money is not wanted because it is feared that the government may openly declare the bankruptcy which really exists. Foreign money is re fused because it might fall in relation to the local money. Transportation's uncertain, slow and full of risks. There is, in a word, little daylight pieicing the dark clouds. We have a large an'd complete stock of field and garden seedthe best quality obtainable. Gramer Hardware Co. 15-lc uuiuiuumiHMtitttutiiuuiitmnniiimtiui)tmtlWiuiiiiiiiiiiiii** For the Easter Bride Three sets of beautiful decorated 1 dinnerware to choose from. The Blue Bird The Rose Panel and 1 The Gold Border I 33-Piece Dinner Set 71% I Large Bath Towel f%f|f* Large Mixing Bowl OC* I for OOC I Glass Tumblers, E A I per dozen wvw Castile Toilet Soapv 1 fif* I 2 Qt. Pitcher QK| 17 Qt. Tin Dish Pan A Eg*. I Have you heard the Universal i Phonograph? It will surely please I you. Plays any record without 1 special attachment. THE BAZAAR H", ~rr LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS The quotations hereunder are those prevailing on Thursday morning at the time of going to press: POTATOES. ^Triumphs $4.50 $4.80 Burbanks $5.60 $5.75 Ohios $5.50 $5.60 Cobblers $5.60 $5.75 Kings $5.50 $5.60 Russets $5.75 $5.90 (Per 100 lbs.) GRAIN. WheatNo. 1 $2.70 WheatNo. 2 $2.66 WheatNo. 3 $2.60 WheatNo. 4 $2.40 WheatNo. 5 $2.30 Flax $4.16 $4.24 Rye $1.58 $1452 Oats '78fc 82c Barley $1.251@ $1.37 (These prices are subject to change at any time*.) LIVE STOCK. Fat Beeves, per lb 6c 8c .dives, per lb 10c 12c Hogs, per cwt $11.00 $14.00 Sheop, per lb 6c 15c Hens, per lb 15c 23c mssii El MiaiajailililigHg^ Thejiewv -r~,.,, .-?ii gBpmffflfflfrft^wat C. M. MORTENSON 1 NEW THINGS IN SHIRTS Many new patterns and fabrics for spring. You ought to see them. They're good values at $1.50 up Vf" IIMMMlMUli illlllliMllMiii urn Copyright Hart Srhaffner& Marx jr% 2l^S^ ^3,.JM^MWMA MB f#TOW!l*"fWiW! For Your Benefit Tportraiture. ttMMJMM!ltaM^^ HERE must be progress in all things, even in THE BUTLER SUPER-POWER LAMP is the latest development in Artificial Lighting for the Portrait Studio* There is only one grade of daylight EQUAL to the BUTLER SUPER-POWER LAMP, and thatps front 9 a. m. to 3 JK m. with clear sky in the summer time. We have installed one of these lights and are forever independent of light condi- tions. It's a Sure thing at the Melin Company Stop and think what that means you can't possibly make a mis- take. No matter what you buy here, you get what you feel is good value for your money or you get your money back. Ready with Spring Suits from Hart Schaffner & Marx Palmquist Photo Studios "Quality Photographs" PRINCETON AND MILACA At Princeton every Friday and Saturday. Sittings on Friday evenings by appointment. models in coats are longer, more slender, broad shouldered, high chested, with square notched lapels, indouble breasted types slender, snug shouldered single breasted types. In all these great simplicity of design is the ruling note. New colors and weaves. Young men's lively styles. A large and complete line of men's hoisery, belts, underwear, nightwear, collars, handkerchiefs, gloves, etc. Men's Dress and Work Shoes $5.00 and up The Gordon Hats and Caps for Spring Are Here% Alfre Meli Co Thlet Hom*e^^of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes. Princeton, Minn. SPRING NECKWEAR The spring colorings certainly show in the new neckwear we have here all styles, all shades at 50c up i*- ?s