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THURSDAY EVENING, AUGU,ST 21, 1»1».
THAT BUSS LETTER
When the president presented to the senate the peace
treaty and made his address on that subject he invited
the senate and its committee on foreign relations to call
on him for any information concerning the treaty, say
ing that he would gladly supply anything that he had.
Some little time ago a request was made that Mr. Wil
son transmit to the senate a copy of the protest which
General Bliss was reported to have made to him on be
half of himself. Secretary Lansing, and Mr. White con
cerning the settlement of the Shantung question. The
president replied that for reasons which he set forth he
did not consider the publication of this letter wise, and
it was not given the senate. Because of this there has
been more or less criticism. The presid^pt has been ac
cused of voluntarily offering to do a certain thing and
then flatly refusing to do it. Those who wish to be criti
cal may quite easily convince themselves that this is the
case. In all fairness, however, the facts relating to the
Bliss correspondence ought to be understood. In the
first place the president informed the senate that the
letter written by General Bliss was not a protest against
the Shantung settlement. The Chinese matter was pending
before the conference. Certain methods of settlement
had been suggested and were under discussion. Mr. Wil
son as head of the American delegation asked his col
leagues for an expression of their views on the subject.
He received it in the form of a letter from General Bliss
which was concurred in by other members of the dele
gation. In this, these members took strong ground
against the form of settlement which was then proposed,
and stated their reasons for their position. Subsequently
the plans under consideration were modified.
It is evident that in a communication of this kind
such an expression of personal views was to be expected
as the writer might not have felt at liberty lo make in a
public way, and the president says specifically that the
letter of General Bliss was written in a personal way and
contained reference to foreign governments which it did
not appear to be advisable to make public. What gov
ernments those are is not stated, but it is quite easy to
understand that in & communication of this kind between
members of the same delegation there might easily oc
cur a very frank 'discussion of the attitude and motives
of other governments which if made public would give
great offense and would be the source of much irritation.
The president's offer to lay before the senate all the in
formation that he had must be interpreted in a reasonable
way. It is understood always that certain communica
tions relating to pbblic' matters are Intended to be pri
vate and must be kept private, and it is not reasonable
to assume that a general offer to furnish information is
Intended to cover everything that may have been said or
done.
THE PRINCE OF WALES
The visit of the Prince of Wales to this continent
and his forthcoming visit to the United States bring up
as matters of current interest a good many facts which,
while they have been well known, have almost passed
from the recollection of most of us. One of these is the
manner in which the title, "Prince of Wales," was first
conferred upon the son df an English king. Wales, so the
chronicles tell us, remained for a long time under the
rule of an ancient line of British kings who refused to
yield allegiance to the invading Saxons and their succes-"
sore, the Normans. For several generations the early
Norman kings sought to extend their sway over the little
mountainous kingdom to the west, but it was not until
the time of Edward I. that this was accomplished.. Ed
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ward sent his armies into the Welsh mountains and fin
ally the sturdy little band of defenders were obliged to
yield. When the matter of arranging for the government
of the conquered kingdom was being discussed, Edward
assured the Welsh representatives that he had no inten
tion of depriving them of their own government on the
contrary he declared that h«.,would name as their prince
one who was born in Wales and who could not speak a
word of English. The Welshmen, gratified by this con
cession, agreed to all of Edward's demands, and swore
fealty to him, and to the ruler whom he should name.
The king promptly named as Prince of Wales his infant
•on, Edward, who happened to have been born within
Welsh territory while his mother was accompanying her
husband on his Invasion, and who it was quite sure could
not at that time speak a word of English or of any other
language. Like a good many other tricks of the sort this
had its unpleasant results. The Welshmen, angered by
the manner in which they had been duped, inaugurated
a rebellion which, while not successful, kept Edward
busy during the remainder of his reign.
The title thus conferred as a grim Jest, and repre
senting as it did utter callousness and lack of good faith,
has as a rule been borne since that time by the eldest son
of the British monarch. The unpleasant features which
CARNEGIE HAD
PLENTY LEFT
Estate at Time of Death
Was Several Times Fifty
-Millions.
Now York, Aug. 21.—Although,An
drew garnegie, steel magnate fehd
'philanthropist, declared durirfg his
lifetime that be expected to give away
hie huge fortune and "dKi a. pauper,"
bis estate to he disposed of by: a will
Which will.he filed for probate next
week was. "several times H0.OO4.AOft,"
It fM learned 'from an authoritative
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It was stated that a will of ap
proximately 4,500 words, drawn by
Mr. Carnegie himself, and which was'
generally believed to be his last will,
had been superceded by a brief docu
ment of 2,000 Words, drawn by EMihu
Root
The decision of Mr. Carnegie to re
voke the original will' on Which he
had expended much time and thought
and which bequeathed a large part of
his estate to his daughter, Margaret,
was said to have resulted from her
marriage to Ensign Roswell Miller
several months ago. Mr. Carnegie
settled a large
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rng" Tii ®h«Uld the high cost of living k«ep
«»PM»"iof mouiitlpg for twenty or thirty miv
brought the eta to- perhaps even the movie actors would
IBM that ths estate was larger, [strlkc for higher wagos.
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led to the creatiOtt. Of, the title have been forgotten, and
the Welsh people today are proud of the fact that the
future head of the British empire Is kndwn as the Prince
of Wales.
FaimiG THE WORLD
During the war it was Impressed on us that because
the United States was the one country of considerable
size which had a surplus of food, it was the duty of this
country to feed the world, apd that task was undertaken
with great earnestness and performed with gratifying
success. Of course we did not literally feed the world,
but we did supply to a considerable number of its in
habitants such amounts of food in addition to their own
supply as enabled them to bridge over the space between
a moderate sufficiency and starvation.
Except in certain cases thlA was not fbne gratu
itously. It was not done at all by the producers and
handlers of food as a body. Food in various forms was
produced by Individuals and sbld by them, and In most
cases the original producers did not know whether their
products were to be shipped abroad or consumed at
home, nor did they interest themselves in this feature.
They were producing food as a business, and, most prop
erly, they demanded and received the current, price for it.
Most of the food that was shipped abroad was sold
to foreign individuals or foreign governments. Part of
it was paid for in cash. A very large proportion was
sold on credit, and the loans made for the purpose of
enabling foreigners to buy our food products constituted
an Important element in making this the largest holder
of credit in the world.
There were donations, amounting to many millions.
But, aside from the relatively small government appro
priations, to which all taxpayers contribute on an equal
basis, these gifts were made through the voluntary gen
erosity of Individuals. In this way, through various
agencies, such as the Red Cross and the various relief
associations, freewill offerings made by individuals all
over the country were used for the purchase of food for
the starving, as well as other things for the needy.
In part these contributions were made for the pur
po'se of aiding in the winning of the war. It was as
necessary for the success of our military operations that
our associates across the seas should be fed as that they
should be armed. But in addition to this there was the
humane desire to aid the distressed, without regard to
the military aspects of the case.
The military aims have been accomplished, and it
is no longer necessary to provide food for others in order
that battles may be
-won.
But there remain the objects
which persist in peace no less than in war, the commer
cial and the humanitarian. America is, and for some
time will remain, the chief storehouse of food for a con
siderable part of the world's population. Several million
of our people are engaged In the business of producing
and preparing food, and it is decidedly to the Interest of
£he entire country that their market should be as wide
and as easy of access as possible.
And as for those whose needs are to be supplied
regardless of commercial considerations, where food is
insufficient their hunger is as acute as when armies were
devastating their homes, and the sam« humane consid
erations which prompted much of the relief work of the
past must impel us to continue that work wherever the
need is apparent.
Regardless of the fact that peace is practically an
accomplished fact, and that it will soon be proclaimed
in due form, it will be "our business,. for some time to
come, to aid in feeding a good many million people, with
out money and without price.
LET MODERATION PREVAIL
There is sound sense in the statement made by At
torney General Palmer that the thing that is fespecially
desirable at this time is the enactment of stringent laws
penalizing real profiteering, rather than the framing of
bills authorizing the president to fix wholesale and re
tail prices of commodities.
What the country needs is immediate action which
will remedy some of the worst of existing abuses. The
shaping of legislation to govern the production and dis
tribution of products is certain to be a long job, and
there are certain things which cannot well be permitted
to wait. There is not likely to be any debate on the
proposition that means should be found to mete out
adequate punishment to all persons who are shown to
be guilty of extortion in handling the necessaries of life.
There may be differences of opinion as to the best way
to achieve the object, but let immediate legislation be
confined to that subject, and there is every reason to
believe that there will be speedy agreement on some
method which will prove reasonably effective. With
the work confined to that issue, no public man would
dare to assume the role of obstructionist.
But let there be undertaken a comprehensive plan
for the regulating of the handling of commodities on
anything like a complete and permanent basis, and the
way is opened for endless debate and interminable delay.
It would be necessary to remove doubt as to the consti
tutional powers of congress in the premises. Constitu
tional problems having been solved, it would be necessary
to decide within what limits action was expedient, how
far the government could go in the matter of regulation
without throttling the legitimate activities of the country.
And, while debate was progressing on these and other
highly important phases of the question, there would be
those whose personal interest lies in preventing action
of any kind who would be constantly planting new stum
bling blocks and discovering fresh material for debate.
Just now the country needs laws against profiteering,
laws with teeth and claws. After those are enacted con
gress may well devote its attention to the consideration
of plans of a more general and more permanent nature.
on his daughter
at the time of her wedding send for
this reason ..is said to have found it
necessary to alter the provlslonis of
the will.
The Home Trust company of New
.Jersey, which was organised by Mr.
Carnegie in 1901 for the purpose of
administering sr fund'set aside by him
for nearly Ml persona to whose in
dividual welfare he had- contributed,
will aW as Maeater of the with
ITALIAN TRADE TO
BREAK ALL RECORDS
aiHStOH'm Ji1-—^rom present ln
dicatlons, American trade with Italy
Oils year may retch the million dollar
»W the Popolo Romano. DUr
ing.tno first three Months of 1(19
American imports into Italy amounted
tb approximately $220,000,000, while
t0
,a"*^**'^J9«',k-If-!~i•
It was
America reached
71* statement shows that
P/®«nt rate Of trade is main
record of commerce be­
tween the two countries will be at
tained. America Is by far the great
ffrmff ™1.i.toi
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P°°r second is
ON** BrH*'ii. with a total of »70,
jrM®' 'or the first three months and
Argentine ne^t with 6S,000,Q00.
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iMMAture was held by
Jelley in district court
nw tonight.
*htf^o*1mlnen. which has been ih
tor ihany #eek«, has been
wttlid. All ths YAfkshlre pits will
rfiulta* work As «odn as practicable.
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GRAND FORKS HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21,1919.
A MAN'S
Tony Adriancfe, a young millionaire,
meets, on a bench in a park a young girl,
evidently in poor circumstances, who
strongly attracts him. He har^rifc to be
already entangled with Lucille Master
son, a married woman, who is planning
to obtain a divorce from her /husband
in order to marry him. His better na
ture revolts from 'the situation but he
sees no alternative to carrying it
through.
Adrlance makes a determined effort to
break with Mrs. Masterson. After a
painful interview with, her he enters the
Masterson nursery by mistake. He finds
there the girl who has so attracted him.
She is Elsie Murray, the nurse of the
Mastersons' little son.
Tony decides that the only way of
getting out of the intolerable situation
in which he has placed himself Is to get
out of town for a year or so. In which
time he hopes to recover his balance.
He meets Elsie again, and learns that
she understands the truth concerning
his break with Mrs. Masterson.
Tony aSks Elsie to marry him feeling
that it is his beat chance of happiness! tJiVllj
The couple take a house, In the Pali
sades, and move In. Anthony suddenly
discovers that he loves his wife.
The next morning Andy gets a job
driving a truck. In his own father's fac
tory.
They continue to live happily for sev
eral months.
Then one day when driving his itaotor
truck down Fifth avenue Anthony again
meets Mrs. Masterson.
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
"I want you to take me to tea," she
announced, with her accustomed im
perativeness. "I have things to say
to you. Let your man take your car
home."
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After some thought she consents, and nim, ana. proceeded to her duty of
the^ two are married. service, with, exasperating slowness
And precision. She was a pretty girl,
in a butter-cup-yellow frock and
ruffled white cap and .apron, Adri
ance became conscious of his work
darkened hands, of a collar that
showed a day's accumulated dust, and
other signs that differentiated him
from the usual idle and dainty
patrons Of this place.
"Tou Area bit seedy," Corroborated
upon
the beau-|
tiful woman he had heard the,
tha AthfiK ahaAwhail oV O If 'a
the other- absorbed the perfume shak
en from her daintiness, and could
guess the .effect of Essence Eniverante
upon untutored nostrils. But for all
that, he Could not imagine Russian
Mike obeying the order proposed.
"You see. he isn't my man," he ex
cused himself from compliance.
"Thank you very much, but it is not
possible."
'Then let him wait for you. Real-
'jr. Tony, I think you owe me a little through a swinging door. "Tou are
courtesy.
AdriAnce flushed before the re
buke. He never had seen Lucille
Masterson since 'that rough farewell
of their final quarrel. He had left
her, ..to marry another woman inside
of the next thirty-six hours. He al
ways had been at his weakest with
Mrs. Masterson he slipped now into
his old mistake of temporizing.
"I am not dressed for a tea-room."
he deprecated. "Otherwise, I should
be delighted."
Her eyes glinted. Grasping the
slight cortcession.^ she leaned toward
Adriance's assistant with her brilliant
arrogant sitoile.
"Tou will watch the car for Mr.
Adriance. just a few moments, will
you not?" sh« appealed. "I have
something of importance to say to
him. I should bfe much obliged."
The white-gloved hand slipped for-
ward and left^a bank note in the hairy them, or of tasting the miniature
sandwiches and cakes. Months later,
Adriance was to learn something of
fist. Dazed, Mike vaguely jerked his
cap in'salute, still staring at the wom
an. Neither money nor beauty might
have lured him to an actual breach of
duty, but this was the last trip of
the day and the truck was empty. It
could not matter it the return were
delayed half an hour a belated ferry
boat might lose so much time. More
over, he was not only willing, but
anxious, to do Andy a favor, and the
bill in his clutch assured a glorious
Saturday night.
"Sure," he mumbled, with a grin of
shyness like a colossal child's.
"Come, Tony," directed Mrs. Mas
terson.
Because he saw nothing else to do,
Tony reluctantly swung himself down
to the pavement beside her.
"I can only stay for a word," he
essayed revolt. "It is hardly worth
while to go anywhere. We should
have to go find some place where
these clothes would pas^ and where no
one knew us."
"On the contrary! We must go
where you are so well-known that
your dress does not matter," she con
tradicted him. "The Elizabeth tea
room is just here, and we used to go
there often."
He could think of no objection to
the proposal. Presently he found
himself following his captor into the
prettyi yellow-and-white tea room).
As the Elizabeth affected an Eng
lish atmosphere and had not adopted
the the dansant, the place was not1
overfull. The quaintly-gowned wait
ress greeted them with a murmur of
recognition and led the way to a'
table without a glance at the chaf-!
feur's attire. Mrs. Masterson ordered1
something an order which Adrlance I
seconded without having heard it. He
was recovering his poise, and marvel- I
ling at himself for coming here no!
less than At LUcille for bringing him.
What could they have to say to each
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other, now? The scented warmth of
the room brought to his realization
the cold in which he had left Mike
to wait, and he was nipped by re
morse.
donfeequence of his educa­
tion among people who never consid
ered that narrowness of convention
which they designated as middleclass,
that Adrlance had no sense of dis
loyalty either to Elsie or Fred Mas
terson. in being here. On the con
trary, the knowledge of his marriage
would have enabled him to welcome
frAnkly either of the two hAd they
chanced to enter And find Him. it
was as If hii Assured position chap
eroned the situation. But, truly mas.
cullne, sine* h£ no Tonger. loved Lu
cille Masterson he detested being'
with her. He resented the jicute dis-1
comfoft he (Ut In her presence.,
•She wis drawing Off her gloves with
a slojrness tnAt iirijtated him as an!
aSMUtlon h« thought the artificial
perfection., of her hands hideous as a'
waxwork. They were~ not really a
good shape, nor smAll, but merely
blanclfled very white and manicured
to a glistening illusion. And he saw
with dUgust thAt she wore
A
ring he
onCt had given her because she made
it plAIn to him thAt the costly gift
WAS
expected. H« knew she hAd lied to
her husbAfid, A». to the giver "TOny"
had been ftArtlAd and hAlf-AWAkened
from his, hAsy content by thAt discov
ery at the tim*. Now he looked at
the bulky pearl set Around with
dlA-
monds And. recalled the modest car
nets ho hAd ftven Elsie.
"I am, iorrar, bat I haven't* long to
stay," he, sUd. "Tou- spoke of some
thing l«np9nii)t to discuss."
"Did I?"
"CertAln»r
She Bim with open curiosity.
."Tou .WAQt to go bACk to thAt
WAgon with til* gorilla of a man?"
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"Art :you stltt very much mArrled,
Tony?" she questioned msllelously.
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His Vyte biased, then chilled. Her
lack of finesse had lid her,to a final
mistake.
"Tou forget that niy #ife Is an un
fashionable woman. I Am Still hap
pily married," he retorted.
"How—romantic
"Very."
"Still, two months, or is it three?
Even Fred and I lasted that long/
You will not mind my saying that yftu
are a bit fickle, Tony. What will you
do when you grow bored? Or do you
believe that you never will Elsie
must have resources that I never sus
pected. Dots she tell you the story
of—Monsieur RaoUl, wais it?"
"She has others more pleasant.
With Mrs. Adriance boredom is not
possible," he controlled his anger to
state. But he felt himself clumsy and
inadequate.
wa®
beside
Mrs. Masterson, watching him #Ith
furtive acuteness. She permitted her
self an iroriic 'smile. "Do you not
think it time you went home, and
changed
He divined an inuendo, a double
entendre in the speech that he did not
comprehend, yet which enraged him.
He wondered if she had brought him
In spite of his exasperation, Adri
ance laughed. He was aware of the
staring admiration which held the big I here for the purpose of forcing this
man beside him intent
contrast between
qU|te cure(j 0f
his present life and
his pasti and talnUnff him
greedy intake of breath with which content or even regret of his mar
with dis-
riage. If so, she had failed. He
merely visited his humiliation on her,
and found her beauty spoiled by her
spitefulness.
"I shall be home in an hour," he
said. "And of course I am anxious
to be there, so you will forgive my
reminding you of whatever we have
to discuss."
"Oh, of course." She paused Until
their attendant fluttered away
aren't you, Tony?
Don't trouble about denying politely,
please. But it is lucky no one really
knew about us—I suppose you have
not told?"
"Mrs. Masterson!"
She hushed the protest, laughing
across the spray of sweet-peas she
had lifted against her smooth red lips.
"Very well, very well! But promise
you never will. Promise, Tony."
"It is not necessary." he replied
stiffly. "But if you think it so, I give
TAii mv wnrH
you my word.
"Never to tell that I thought of
marrying you, whatever may hap
pen?"
"Tes."
She dropped the sweet-peas and sat
in silence for a spAce, h«r gaze dwell
ing on him. Neither of the two made
any pretense of pouring the tea cool
ing in the diminutive pots between
Lucille Masterson's thoughts during
that Interval. He himself thought
of Russian Mike waiting In the motor
truck, ai)d that -he would ftjj/ so lute.,
home that Elsie might be worried! He
had wanted to stop At a shop to buy
a toy bull-dog collar fbr his Christ
mas puppy, but now that must be
postponed. He was amAzed and in
finitely angry at himself for yielding
so easily to Lucille's whim to bring
him. here.
Unconsciously he looked toward her
with open Impatience in his glance.
She responded at once, with a shrug.
"Go. by all means. Pray go, Tony:
Am I keeping you? I am not the kind
of woman who mourns, you know.
Just remember that our episode is not
only closed, but locked, when we meet
again. Good-bye."
"And the important communication
that I was to hear?"
"I have forgotten what I wanted to
say. Good-bye, Tony."
Puzzled and angry, he rose, leav
ing on the table twice the amouitt of
the check, at which he had not look
ed. Mrs. Masterson nodded an ac
knowledgment of his grim salute. Her
eyes had a look of triumph, and as the
girl In yellow ushered him out, Adri-
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tite to the sAndwiches and tea
The east wind had grown stronger
and Its current was thick with whirl
ing particles of snow. Darkness had
come with the s'torni, turning dusk in
to night. Adriance shivered and but
toned his cheap fur coat as he hur
ried across the wet, shining pave
ment. Mike aroused himself with a
grunt when the chauffeur swung up
into the seat beside him.
"Swell dame, Andy!" he comment
ed, staring with heavy curiosity at the
man pushing throttle and spark. "I
guess maybe you're a swell, too, like
a movie show I seen once?"
Adriance stepped down again, to go
forward and crank the motor. He be
gan to glimpse the possible complica
tions if Mike recounted this adventure
among his rr^ates. He wondered, al
so, if Lucille had noticed the .name
on the truck. Altogether, he was in a
vicious enough mood to lie, and he
did so.
"No," he asserted flatly, when he
had regained his eat. "Don't be an
idiot. Mike. 1 used to be employed
by that lady."
"Drive her automobile?"
"Tes."
The explanation was accepted as
satisfactory. An intimate acquaint
ance with the etiquette of intercourse
between mistress and chauffeur was
not one of the examiner's accomplish
ments. But the incident appealed to
Mike as romantic, and for him rom
ance flowed from .one source only.
"She looks like one of them ac
tresses from the movies," he averred,
folding his huge arms comfortably
across his breast. "I guess she is,
maybe? I seen queens like her,
there."
"It is a good way to see them, if
they are like her," observed Adriance
ruefully. -He laughed in spite of
vexation. "Better stick to the movie
gtrls, Michael it's safer! Now stop
talking to me if this brute of a truck
swerves an inch in this slush, some
pretty car is going to feel as if an
elephant had stepped on it."
But the'ill luck of that day wns
over. They.made a fast nip up-town
and just caught a ferry-boat on- tho
point of leaving.
After all. they were not to be no
ticeably late. And since there would
be .no need of explanation. It occurred
to Adriance that he miglt not re
count to Elsie the ta!e of his discom
fiture. He was keenly ashanie.i of 'be
poor role Lucille Masterson had made
him play. She had whistled him to
heel, and he had come with the meek
ness of the well-trained. Shj hal
amused herself with him as long a3
she chose, then dismissed liim. hu
miliated and helpless. He did not
w§i'nt Elsie to picture her husban.l in
that situation, nor to find him still un
able to say no to Mrs. Masterson.
By the time he had walked up the
long hill through a beating snow
storm. he was thoroughly shlllel and
self-disgusted, desirous only of shel
ter and peace. Both met him, when he
pushed open the door of hh house
and stepped into'the warm, bright
room. .When the door closed behind
him. he definitely shut outside the
image of Lucille Masterson.
Higher Rates Must
Follow Increased Costs
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THE CHANGE.
When Egbert Oswald Tomkinson was just a little lad
He used to do a lot of things the neighbors thought was bad
He. broke full many a window pane and ran away from school
And once he stole a neighbor's pie that she'd put out to cooL
His parents said they couldn't do a single thing with him
They'd threaten him with punishment and tortures dire and grim,
But Egbert was a willful boy in search of boyish fun
Who never thought of damage till the damage had been done.
The neighbors sadly shook their heads whenever he ran wild
And vowed they'd never seen before so terrible a child.
His brain was always thinking up new mischief he could do
And mothers called their darlings in when Egbert came in view.
But that was many years ago and Egbert now is grown, I
He has earned a lot of money and his fame is widely known-'
The papers often. print his name with adjectives of praise
And the neighbors now recall with glee his clever childish ways.
This is what present conditions mean in the tele
phone business:
Higher prices for hearly all telephone material—
Increased cost of all labor that goes into telephone
plant and equipment—
Advance wages for telephone employees
Increased traffic making more equipment neces
sary.
The same conditions which have caused higher
prices for all the necessities of life have affected the
telephone industry.
It is impossible for us to hold our rates as low as
we did before the war. We are, however, among the
last to increase rates to meet the higher costs of oper
ations.
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ance saw the other turn with appe-1 your things—I have them all laid out
With a little rush Elsie came to
meet .him, lifting her warm and rosy.*
face for his kiss. The puppy
scrambled across the. floor, uttering
staccato yelps of salute.,
"I've named our house, the girl an
nounced gleefully.- "Tou know, we
have named everything else. Don't
you like Alarlc Cottage?"
"I like the inside of it tonight, all
right. But why Alarlc?"?
"Because It is so early-Gothi#, of
course. Tou must appreciate our
front porch, Anthony. Oh, you are
wet and cold!' Hurry and change
—'and I will feed you, sir."
So the matter passed for that time,
and was forgotten.
Continued in tomorrow's
Evening Herald.
Y. M. C. A. WORKERS
HAD CLOSE CAEL IN
BOLSHEVIK ATTACK
Archangel, Aug. 21.—Two Ameri
can T. M. C. A. men, Howard E.
Merrill of Somerville, Mass., and
Thomas L.- Cotton of Lingle. Wjfco.,
were caught amid heavy shell fire In
a mutiny of Russian troops at Tulgas
on the Dvina river some time ago.
Their experiences have just now been
told.'
Merrill and Cotton who were form
erly Dartmouth college- athletes, were
the only Americans in the village
which was garrisoned by Russian
troops, with a few British officers. The
Russians, fearing that they were
about to be cut off and surrounded by
the Bolsheviki, determined to mutl«y.
They cscorted the two Americans to
a blockhouse which' was under lire
from Russian artillery.
The blockhouse eventually became
too hot for the Russian escorts and
they fled, leaving the Americans to
rtake their escape to Archangel by
rowing 250 miles down the river.
350,600 EMERGENCY
SOLDIERS REMAIN
TO BE DISCHARGE)
Washington, Aug. 20.—Approxim
ately 350,000 emergency soldiers re
mained to be discharged August 13,
the war department today said. Sail
ings from Europe in the first ten days
of this .month totaled 25,000 and it,(is
expected 75,000 more will have em
barked by September 1.
To complete the elisted quota of a
225,000 army, now authorized about
85,000 more enlistments will be
needed.
CO-OPERATIVE WOOL
MILL FOR ALBERTA
Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 21.—Ejec
tion of a co-operative woolen mill
either Edmonton or Calgary was de
cided upon by the wool growers of
Alberta at a recent convention here.
It is expected the mill will absorb
practically all the'wool grown in the
province and Alberta produced 47
per cent of all the wool sold last year
through the Canadian Co-operative
Wool Growers' association.
The sheepmen will receive the cur
rent market price for their wool at
the mill and in addition share in the
profits of the manufactured goods.
All their wool now is shipped to mills
in eastern Canada and 'the Unltqd
States.
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