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(Copyright 1013.)
One by one, as leaves fall In
autumn, great men and women die,
and survivors record or invent
"last words."
You -who read this will reach
your hour and say your last word.
What would you like to be ABLE
to say?
.Rehearsed here are some wen
known last words. Reading them
may help to select your farewell
message.
Good words for the citizens
sow would be a 'paraphrase of the
words of Alexander the Great when
h refused to surprise Darius the
Persian King in a night attack.
"Oh klepto tea nikea," said he,
which in Greek means, "I will not
steal the victory."
The American able to say at the
last, "I bought my full share of
'Victory bonds" has the right to
aid, "Ou klepto," etc. He helps
his country to pay f pr the victory,
h does not steal it
Read the following "last words"
to your small boy or girl and ask
which the young person admires
Most. Young minds feed on the
words- tf the dead, as young trees
c dead forests.
Michael 'Angelo, one of the
world's Ave greatest geniuses, ex
pressed his last thought in words
written on the representation of
an old map. sitting before an hour
glass "1 am still learning."
There is ncomfort to every old
"When Michael Angelo saw that
Raphael was making his figures on
a mural decoration too small, he
mounted the scaffold, drew a large
head showing how the thing should
be done, and left "I criticize by
creation, not by finding fault," said
he. Professional critics theatrical,
.musical, literary and political
might bear that in mind.
Frederick the Great, whose
example recently led a less able
Hohenaollern astray, said at
about midnight on August 17,
1786; talking' in French, Avhich
was his affectation, "We are over
the mountains, we shall go better
now."
The Prussia that he built and
his successor Wilhelm pulled
down, may- also be able to say if
the peace thing' goes through and
Ebert establishes his Republic,
"We are over the mountains (of
war autocracy and Bohenzollern
ism), "wa shall go better now."
'Beethoven, another of the
world's fifegreatestrsaid,! close
my -eyes with the -bunted con
sciousness, that I havy3efjL one
shying tirack upon ihe earth'
Happy the few who ean saythat
truly.
Typical of the modesty of real
genius was Beethoven's question
addressed, when he- was dying, to
one of his pupils, ''Is it not true
that I have some talent, after
all?" He doubted himself at the
last. Yet the shining track that
he left upon the world will last
for centuries, .as it has lasted
already for a hundred years.
Napoleon's last words indicate a
mind disordered, and going back
to battle: "Army head! France!
France!" There is more value for
the world in his words to O'Meara,
the Irish doctor at St. Helena,
"None but myself ever did me any
harm.
The allies talk of sending the
former Kaiser to that island.
What will his last words be, there
or elsewhere?
Daniel Webster, a good fighter,
as he died, said, "I still live." The
words that he wrote to be en
graved upon his tomb, included
these, "Lord, I believe: help thou
mine unbelief and "the Sermon
on the Mount cannot be a merely
human production."
Schiller set a cood dying ex
ample to all poets and all hus
bands who think too much about
themselves, too little about faith
ful women. Schiller died, looking
with a calm smile at his wife,
saying, "Dear, eood one."
Not many of the ereat, when
dying1, have improved on that.
Schlegel's last word was
"But ." and nobody knows
what else he was eoine to criticize.
Marie Theresa met death as
bravely as she had met the Prus
sian kimr. She said, when they
wanted her to take a drug at the
last, "No. Death is too near; he
must not steal upon me; I will
meet him awake."
The bravest of all, perhaps, was
the Roman woman Arria. Her
husband, ordered to kill himself,
lacked courage.
She stabbed herself to death and
handed him the dagger, saying
calmly, "Paetus, it is not painful."
There arc plenty of women with
that courage, but they don't get
credit for it. Some of them swal
low bichloride of mercury and get
three lines in the police news.
Goethe, dying, said, "More light,''
and in his works left light for
many generations. He stands
fourth among the writers of tbc
world.
Mohammed said, "Yes, I come;
among the glorious associates of
Paradise." And he believed it He
Would be surprised to hear, wher
ever be may have gone, that Bol
shevism is boing preached in Mo
hammedan temples in Turkey,
where the Soviet Muezzin, in his
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ONLY SDCTH
OF LOAN SOLD;
AMPAIGN IS
THIRD OVER
People Best Buyers
The Anericu people, baylnc
bonds lndlxidBally, have parckaced
early erea-eight of all trar
boada leased by jlp Government.
In four iaraea o Liberty bond,
the 30,600 banks la the country
aare absorbed approximately 53,
000,000,000, -nJOle the "people"
hake bought about $1400,000,000,
according to fi tares given oat al
the Treasury.
One-third of the Victory liberty
loan campaign has passed and less
than one-sixth of the minimum quota
has been subscribed.
Sales today were officially report
ed at $705,623,100. This represents
15.68 per cent of the quota of $4.
500,000,000. -Sales at"th6 close of th&nrstiweek.
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uaongL-iporiajDan .jcampaign -loiaiea
$555,133,000. The fourth loan, how
ever, carried a inurimfea quota of
$6,000,000,000. TKffrir'week,sales
of the fourth issue therefore were
14.25 per cent of the minimum quota.
Increased Interest
Reports from all sources today told
of well-sustained efforts and an In
creasing: Interest. The- outlook gen
erally was said by Treasury officials
to be good, in certain sections of the
Northwest difficulty was being ex
perienced in reaching rural sections
because of local conditions. The same
conditions were said to obtain in the
Cleveland and Minneapolis district,
but war loan directors In each dis
trict expressed confidence that they
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REIDSVILLE, N. C, April 27.
Charred remains of a woman kneeling
in prayr over the burnt bodies of her
three children was the gruesome sight
witnessed by citizens when they en
tered the home of Mrs. Alfred G. Galo
way, in response to an alarm by tele
phone. The woman and her children were!
at home alone yesterday when are
broke out. The mother attempted to
rescue the little ones but was unable
to do so. She telephoned the alarm
and returned. Then the staircase sud
denly burst Into flames, cutting oil
all means of escape.
Frank Allen, his wife, and two
children were burned to death under
similar circumstances Friday morn
ing. It is the belief of citizens of the
community that both fires were of
incendiary origin.
TODAY
dreary call, looks not east toward
Mecca, but northwest toward Pot
rograd, substituting the name of
Trotzky for Mohammed.
Cranmer, archblBhop of Canter
bury, beforo they burned his body
at the stake, held his right hand in
the fire saying: "This hand hath
offended this unworthy hand."
With that hand he had signed a
recantation of his belief.
Napoleon said: "All celebrated
people lose on a close view."
But they are all interesting
when the moment comes for them
to go. Approaching death makes
men think and speak earnestly.
The best last words that anyone
could say can probably not be
said truly by anyone. They
would be:
"I have done the best that I
could to make my life worth while
for other men."
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Watered as second-class matter, at in
poatofflce at Washington, d! C.
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Government agent on guard before one of the entrances to the abandoned silver mine, where Edgar
Morris, Eelf-styled "Jesse James". was belieTCd to have taken refuge after his failure to appear for
trial for shooting Magistrate Bluford Sullivan. The mine is about nineteen miles from Stanardsville,
Va., where the crime--was committed.
. .- By A. CLOYD GILL.
Twelve montlis ago a little ycllowbackcd- book appeared hi the Blue
Virgini
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The portal guide mentions the
rue book in oTiestion contained
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When it fell into the hands of
Several Greene county boys had juMt gone Xo war. They tcere forgotten for the time being.
Only a few people in the mountains could read the book; all could listen as it-whs read or told to them.
Among those who heard witli increasing interest and admiration was Edgar Morris, hist turned twenty
one, a cunning, crafty, fearless product of the mountains.
Edgar envied the James boys. Their liistoru liad a strange fascination for him.
The young mountaineer became a hero worshipper. Jesse James was his hero, his ideal.
The germ of a wild idea found fertile ground in Edgar's brain he would emulate the outlaw, Jesse
James.
HUNT ESCAPED
One of the most extensive man
hunts in the history of Washington
Is in progress today, for Herbert L..
Copeland, negro slayer of three men
two policemen and a deputy sheriff.
The hunt was started shortly after
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
continued throughout the night.
Two hundred police reserves from
the several precincts and a ."core of
headquarters detective., armed with
rifles, scoured the woods In the vi
cinity of Congress Heights last night.
Major Raymond "W. Pullman, Super
intendent of Police, received informa
tion yesterday afternoon that Cope
land was hiding in a deserted shack
in Peneccts woods, extending on the
west side of Nichols avenue from
Portland street to the Anacobtia
river.
"Within five minutes after receiving
the information, a score of Headquar
ters, detectives were being srnt to
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IN TELEPHONE RATE
CHICAGO, April 27. Postmaster
General Burleson's changes in tele
phone rates will not be effective In
Illinois, according to a Federal court
ruling here today.
Federal Judge Landis issued an or
der restraining the Postmaster Gen
eral from putting increased rates into
effect. An order restraining the State
Public Utilities Commission from in
terfering with the rates was dis
solved. Judge L.andift held that Burleson's
rate-making power was a wartime
power only, and it's employment now
would be an infringement of the
State's police power.
SLAYER IN M
FORESIS
COURTBANSCHANGE
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1919.
rauroadstfcGreene county.
countff as uuwwQ4opulatioh:ofl,937.
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a lurid account of tlie escapaaes and
the- mountain fdlk, it'ereated a- furore.
Becomes Leader of Teronsts. t
One bright morning last spring,
Greene county awoke to find it had
in its midst Jesse James, the second,
for that was the title Edgar Morris
1 chose to use.
"I am Jes3e James, the second," he
boasted. "I'm going to do everything
he did and more. I'm going to shoot
myself if anybody tries to arrest
me."
The older men looked serious and
prophesied trouble; the younger. ele
ment had nothing but admiration for
the would-be outlaw. They bad
yearned for a leader. One had risen)
up among them.
Jesse James the second, began his
reign of terror nearly one year ago.
His fame spread until any report
of outlawry suggested the name of
Edgar Morris, whether he was impli
cated or noL
But the self-styled outlaw was
doomed to disappointment his plans
often miscarried.
There was a minister in Bacon
Hollow.
The Rev. O. II. Willard was in
charge of the Dunkard Mission which
struggled with the powers of sin.
When the minister exhorted, Mor
ris raved; when the minister remon
strated, Morris threatened.
Jesse James, the second, finding
that the mission was a stumbling
block to his progress to outdo the
original Jesse James, determined to
put the mission out of business.
Here again he over-estimated his
powers, for the Rev. Mr. V'illard is
a man that doc3 not know the fear
or man.
TI10 Treacher's Storj.
In narrating the story of how Mor
ris essayed tho role of Jesse James
the second, the minister told of how
Morris had tried to run him out of
the mountains. Here is his story as
tie told it to this writer on the court
house green at Stanardsville:
"It is hard work, this running a
mission In th mountains. PMgar Mor
ris and his pals made it harder. We
had trouble with thorn, even before
he got that crazy Jesse James idea
in his head.
"One evening last June while we
were holding services at tho little
church up In the mountains Edgar and
his gang showed up. They hurled
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SCAPAFLOW. Scotland, April 27.
"America and Great Britain will al
ways remain united," declared Jose
phu8 Daniels, American Secretary of
the Navy in a luncheon speech on
board the former German warship
Kestrel.
Secretary Daniels and his staff in
spected the surrendered German fleet
off this port yesterday.
Following a luncheon a number of
speeches were made on the Kestrel.
Admiral Prendcrgast, of the Brit
ish navy, paid high tribute to the aid
given bo ungrudgingly to the allies
by the United States during the war.
Secretary Daniels in his reply spoke
of the pleasure it gave him to review
the remains of the German fleet
"some of the mightiest vessels in the
world held by only three British
drifters."
The surrender of the German fleet,
said Mr. Daniels, destroyed any hope
for honorable traditions for the de
feated navy.
The American statesman visited the
Kirkwall cathedral yesterday and af
terward dined as the guest of Ad
miral Sir Roger Keycs on the dread
naught Lion.
TO LIFE IN PRISON
MT. PLEASANT. Mich., April 2T.
Judge Hart, of the Circuit Court, sen
tenced Mrs. Inez Johnson, convicted
of the murder of Beatrice Epler, six
teen years old, of Alma, Mich.. Sep
tember 4, 1017, to serve the remainder
of her life at hard labor in the De
troit House of Correction.
Mrs. Johnson protested her inno
cence to the. court before sentence
was passed.
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WOWN
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PRODUCERSTO
SELL ILK TO
DEALERS ON
SUDINGSCALE
Milk will be sold to Washington
distributors on the basis of a sliding
scale of prices during the summer,
fall, and winter months, the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Producers'
Association announced today.
Details of the new schedule were
worked out at a meeting of the as
sociation in the District building yes
terday.
During May and June the price to
the dealers will be 32 cents' a gallon.
KuTbJs is a reduction of 1 cents a
-gaiion irom ine proposeu price ox
334 cents a gallon and, dealers .gen
erally agree, will permit the sale of
milk for 14 cents a quart, retail, in
the National Capital.
;Jtunps On July 1.
On July 1 the wholesale price of
milk wil jump to 04 cents a gallon,
according to. the sliding scale. sched
ule. This will probably bring a cor
responding increase in the retail
price. Tbe.3i-cent rata will prevail
throusrb;. Juiv and- August And-' will
: be boosted 'to 36 efcta sS gal)on oni
ftKrough the winter.
fjTha gradual Increase tUrough the
year' u based on the expected in
creased cost of production- as pas
tures dry, and as production of milk
from the herds decrease.
Another important -measure adopt
ed by the producers was a resolution
levying' art "advertising lax" of 50
cents per cow on the dairy herds
owned by tho members of the pro
ducers' association.
"This fund which will amount to
several thousand dollars will be de
voted to an advertising campaign
against the sale of powdered milk
as raw milk In the District," said Y.
E. Booker, jr- secretary of the as
sociation, who presided at the meet
ing. "Drink More MUk" Slogan.
"An effort will also be made,
through the agency of advertising to
prevail upon Washington residents to
drink more milk this summer In
order that the surplus milk supply
may not go to waste.
"The reduction of 1 cents a gal
lon, wholesale, for milk during June
and July was decided upon because
of the protest of Washington dealers
that they would be unable to sell
milk for 14 cents a quart, retail. If
the price were maintained at 33
cents a gallon.
"The price of milk to the consumer
will go up slightly this fall and win
ter, but will not reach, probably, the
hight level attained last winter."
That the American Government
expects the ultimate overthrow of
the Bolshevik regime in Russia was
indicated today when the State De
partment, without comment, issued a
warning to American Interests not to
accept any concessions from the
Trotzky-Lenine authorities.
"Rumors that American interests
have been seeking concessions from
the Bolshevik authorities have been
called to the attention of the Depart
ment of State," the statement ran.
"As the Government of the United
States has never recognized the Bol
shevik regime at Moscow, it Is deem
ed proper to warn American business
men that any concessions from the
Bolshevik authorities probably would
not be recognized as binding on fu
ture Russian governments."
SHECOISTOLIFE,
PARIS, Tex.. April 27. While
relatives of Mrs. R. P. Baker were
making arrangements for her funeral,
following a report from Stratford.
Okla., that she was dead there, a son,
R. H. Baker, received a message hero
from physicians that Mrs. Baker had
"suddenly come to life." The message
said that physicians had pronounced
Mrs. Baker dead, but it was later dis
covered that she was breathing.
WARNS JUBEMS
AGAINST BOLSHEVIKl
BUSTS
UP FUNERAL
WARSHIPS ORDEtED TO
GUARD U.S. INTERESTS
MALY
Orders to Bear Admiral Philip
Andrews, in' command of the
American naval .force In the
Mediterranean, to. look after
American interests at Spalato and
elsewhere in Italy, were sent from
Paris according to State end Navy
Department officials- here.
Admiral Andrews' best ship is
the Olympia, a protected crutaer.
The ether 'members of bis
squadron are seven destroyers and
about a halfrdozen submarine
chasers. Officials, here do not re
gard the orders to Admiral An
drews as indicating there Is- any
immediate necessity of landing
sailors or marines in Italy. The
orders he has are customarily is
sued when there are continued re
ports or rumors, to the effect that
American life and property- Is in
danger in any part of the world.
FOE ENVOYS
COMPLAIN OF
VERSAILLES. April 27. The Ger
mans registered their first kick in
connection with the peace conference
today.
When the vanguard of the enemy
delegation, which arrived here yes
terday, discovered It was figuratively
tethered to its quarters, " German
choler arose.
A ponderous protest was, Imme
diately indicted and duly filed with
the conference. Inasmuch as the al
lies are extremely busy with mat
ters of slightly greater .importance,
no reply has yet been received.
According to the very best infor
mation obtainable it. happened this
way:
Von Kessler, Warburg, and the
others, after breakfasting today,
started to stroll about the park be-
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COPENHAGEN, April 27. One
thousand women and 4.500 men have
been killed by the Bolsheviki in west
ern Russia, it Is alleged in reports
from Riga.
ENVOY TO U. S.
DUBLIN, April 27. Dr. McCartan.
a Sinn Fein member of Parliament
has been appointed "ambassador to
ii TTnltPri States from the Irish re
public" it was stated at Sinn Fein
headquarters. Dr. McCartan is meal
cal officer of Omagh.
FLIES 1,250 MILES
WITHOUT A STOP
IN NAVY PLANE
A non-stop flight of 20 hours
and 10 minutes in which 1,250
sea miles were covered was
made by the navy seaplane F-5.
the Navy Department announced
late yesterday. The flight was
made at Hampton Roads with a
crew of four men Lieut. Com
mander H. B. Crow, command
ing, and Ensigns H. S. Souther,
D. Thomas, and R. Irwine. The
plane used two Liberty motors.
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PACT
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MAY IGNORE
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(Correspondent of the I N.S.)
PARIS, April 271 Fresh compli
cations have been added to the Ital
ian situation by the presesce of Ital
ian troops at Rome- withont the ap
proval of the Britfefcior: Irene'
There is a- jfeelin here; however,
that whatever happens' "the troos
must be withdrawn before there are;
any further parleys.
It is- declared in semi-official'
French, circles that the presence of f
the Italian troops in TJame is ir.
violation of the allfed understand'
ingv In this connectioa. it is pointed
out in other circles that if Italy re
fuses to withdraw these troops, it
may iurnish added reasons why
Great Britain and France are released
from the pact of London and will
be in a position to gym a- traatv
with German? alone. withAe Amer:
t 'SeBJatf xai. Salaadra Leave.
. Jtarorf Sisaia, tiit4hcsroref23i
minister and former Premier Salan
dra left-for Eomethla afternoon, accentuating-
the- break caaged by the
departure of Orlando.
The Big Three continued1 their de
liberations; taking- up the reports of
various commissions and also, the Chi-,
nese counter claims that have re
sulted from the Japanese demand for
territorial acquisitions on the Shan
tung peninsula.
There are now two different cur
rents of action toward a, settlement
of the Chino-Jap dispute. In addi
tion to the Big Three President
Wilson, Premier Lloyd George, and
Premier Clemenceau the Chinese and
Japanese delegates are working to
gether for a compromise that will b
satisfactory to the big powers.
Flame Still Moot Question.
Despite the importance of th
Chlno-Japanese dispute, however,
public interest continues to center
upon the Italian situation and es
pecially the disposition of Flume- r
Whether Premier Orlando will act
ually present a compromise proposi
tion to the Italian Parliament oa
Monday or Tuesday is a matter of
speculation entirely, for no one in
an official position would venture an
opinion today.
Baron Sonnino spent several busy
hours before his departure and
neither ho nor his colleagues would
give any information. The Italian
foreign minister conferred at soma
length with both the British and th
Japanese delegates.
The delegations of the small nations
to the Peace Conference are under
stood to be considering a joint pro
test against the action of the Italian
plenipotentiaries In withdrawing.
Presldeat Unchanged.
In the meantime the attitude of
President Wilson remains .unchanged.
News from Italy today told of fur
ther demonstrations. Crowds in some
of the cities marching through the
streets shouting Down with -Aiaer-"
ica." and "Down with England."
Fears were expressed in some quar
ters that, if the temper of the peopled
Increases, the premier may not ba
able to control the situation. The in
dications today w,ere that the demon-
strants were taking matters Into
their own hands at some places ancl
were assuming an attitude of defiance
1 to the whole world.
i whole world. Thus far, how
ever, there has not been any news oc
harm befalling any American. British
or French citizens. If this should hap-
pen, it is admitted that the Italhurt
position at the Peace Conferences
might bo easily jeopardized.
The next move rests with Italy. If
Premier Orlando returns, and it Is
believed in many quarters that h
will, unless public agitation goes be
yond his control, the opinion Is held
that one of several compromises may
be reached. However, if Signor Or
lando returns still insisting upon the.
transfer of Flume to Italy uncondi
tionally It will Intensify further th
awkardness of the situation.
ORLANDO WILL ASK VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE; REFUSAL
MEANS HIS RESIGNATION
PARIS. April 27. The allies, ac
cording to authoritative information
tonight, are preparing to make peace
with Germany without Italy's sig
nature. This attitude was said to he based