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' .** country to thank America for; I past ..help and to a-sk for American! -gGOd-\d.ll-for the future. It is tell ing, Americans that the Irish Free ! State which is just coming into' existence includes all for which Jrishmen have striven, for 750 - :years.; -Jamex M. Sullivan, legal ad- i . vsser of- the commission, said in a recent interviews "Ireland will have her own gov ernment,. Iri^h courts, Irish schools where the rish language will be taugh;u Jrish literature?everything we've r'ought for. .. "Thv only thing that can stand j in the way is civil war. That will ? give* England a pretext for fresh \ CiiLer'tremv. We musn't throw \ ItS^^hat has cost us so ,much. ! ^Atwcrica can help by giving the: Irish .Free State her moral support! refusing financial aid to the' ?ew who oppose the will of the vast j jaajority." PrBLiC COURTESY. A crowd of giggling schoolgirls: and Their callow escorts invaded a Chicago theater the other night a nd disturbed a performance of j Walter Hampden's "Romeo- and i 3uW:C With their giggles, guffaws! and conversation. Mr. Hampden stood it as long! as.:he -could, then rung down the; curtain in the middle of the act,! stepped to the footlights and told; Tpose silly kids what he thought j?-theroY'in blunt, modern prose, i He added that any of them who ! didnt like the show or couldn't be- 1 have themselves properly might' ?ft to the box-ofhee, get their mon- i ?y, ?trd go home?that what he , wanted was not their money but'1 ' their attention. He^got it. too. with a rousing clvfapgr The net was started overs Citea^Aa? there was no more dis- j ttt^p&JSpi.. Which seem* to indi <at??^&iai there is hope even for j flapperp," male and female, and tbS^there might be a rgenf ral im provexnent in the manWrs of aud iences if actors and speakers were .more insistent on crowd-eourtesv. COXSTRt CTIVK STATESMAN SHIP. . _ By --no statesman anywhere,] jxh'Ii^s. -has the world's need of! the-isjffiir been so felicitously ex-j pressed as by Lloyd C.eorge in his | adgfrrggj" at the opening ?ofc* the Ge-1 ttooL "Conference. He " urged tbc} mctly group of diplomats and ex- j p??^ to set to work "ne?. i:> a spir- | it "of greedy vigilance over selfish interests, but with a common desire to do the best to restore the world to its normal condition of health aad vigor." Thix might be done, despite its duScuitiee.^he suggested, if the men 'present would adopt a con structive attitude rather than a critical?one, and measure the sttc eei?s of *he conference by the good they achieved, not by the good they prevented. . 'We must not roll howlders i:v fre*t-of' the plow. Let- us think more of what can be accomplished than of what can be restricted." "Public opinion in various coun tries isf" concentrated on various things, ahd it is not easy to recon cHe'th*se divergent opinions, even wrien they are not conflicting. Rut, he added: "Public opinion Is not a rigid fact, like the Alps or the Appen ines. it is amenable to guidance, to direction, to the appeal of rea son and conscience; and I feel con fident that in every way it will yield a good deal to an appeal made to its mind and heart by the com mon statesmanship of Europe. It can be taught that the good of an other country .is not necessarily an e.yil for its own : on the Contrary, that which benefits all iands must necessarily be best for its own." Is this not The real solution for whatever international problems nre at all o;.'r<We of solution? Too much has been made, of the preju dices, animosities and doubts exist ing in tlie public mind in every country, with regard to other coun tries, it is probably no exagger ation ro say Th?u most t>f this pop ular hostility exists in people's minds because it was implanted there by public leaders, and eon-, tinues there because it is still fed by inflammatory utterances- of public men. It Kas been proved, more than once in recent years, that the masses wiil Vise to unexpected heights ?if liberality and idealism, when.public leadership appeals to \ their highest qualities rather than ? their lowest. This might be true j even now, in a. world seemingly; given over to 'suspicion and short- ; sighted selfishness, if statesmen j could cuake a bold, strong, clear ap- J peal to the masses as they did dur- j ing the war. : . * : The-only possible solvent for this j mutually destructive insistence on j potty local and national interest, j a-s against the big, universal inter- ! *st. is good-will. TThy not preacij that? And act it? m m ? A TJSSSOX TO EUROPE. ' * * '?'"' t White the Allies and their friends j were debating how far the Genoa j conference should go with regard; to Germany and. Russia, Germany ; and Russia acted for themselves, j They.now have a treaty of which! the most impressive provisions are j these: First, the two countries forego j all war claims against each other, j cancelling alike their mutual dam ages and debts. Second, they adopt a policy of ] business co-operation, by which i each country is to enjoy.full busi-l ness privileges in the other country, and both are %o function virtually as one economic system. Official recognition of the Soviet j government is highly regarded hyj Lenine, no doubt, but of less im- j portance than the facts mentioned. ? This separate, action is naturally] regarded by the allies as an act of i bad faith, tending to subvert thej purposes of the general conference, j It is that, no doubt.. Duplicity is j added to arrogance and obstruc- j tion. Xet there is in it. such pol- j icy as may do the allies themselves j some good if they will heed the plain lesson before it is too late, j Suppose alI Europe, as repre- j senfed at Genoa, would consent to i do for itself what the big fraction ! represented by Russia' and Ger-| many has done. That is to say, j suppose ail Europe agreed upon a j plan of economic co-operation, and all the late belligerents agreed to a general cancellation of war debts, except for such basic reparations by Germany as disinterested neu- j trals might pronounce just *nd ; possible. Is there any other way to ac- j coniplish the reconstruction that; Lloyd George aims, at? And is j there any other way to keep Ger- j many and Russia from strength- j ening the bonds of a dangerous I combination against the rest of Eu- i rope ? A TRIUMPH FOR DECENCY Commendation is the order of the day for the refusal of the J Motion Picturers* and Distributors' Association to release the Arbuckle films. The fact that the actor in question was acquitted of murder does not prove, with the majority of the people, that it is desirable that he should be permitted to capitalize his malodorous fame. Vague tales of orgies in circles far removed from their own qtiiet lives naturally attract the attention of good people just as detective or mystery stories do. They have a kind of curious and academic in terest in anything so indifferent. The tales come veiled in a sort of romantic glow. People will follow with breathless delight the detec tives of ?;-?on into scenes and sit uations they would not go within miles of in real life. ' But when one of these vague rumors suddenly crystallizes into a matter-of-fact news story of an unpleasant orgy of drunkenness and disgusting disregard for the ordinary decencies and privacies of life, followed by a sinister death, the case it* different. Tin- same mental interest which keeps them tense over the fiction crime makes them read the news stories of the real one. The difference is in the moral attitude. In the book, that is passive, because the author is {roins: to see that the crime is pun ished and that virtue prevails, in real life they take the judgment upon themselves. Therefore ihe\ wanted to. read about the Arbuckle Rappe affair) and did so. And therefore they want to sec virtue prevail. So. as they have only t? profound disgust for the whole nasty business, they have a pro found respect for the decision that Arhuckle and his hackers will not he permitted, to make money put of ir. It is the fii*st de< -ision of any public*irnport-ance to be issued.since Mr. Hays took a leader's place in the film world. Jt is a satisfactory decision. CU1.T1VATJX? GOOD W1IX It was a timely warning that Secretary of State Hughes gave, the other day. in addressing the Daughters o? the Ann-ricar. devo lution?not a- warning t-o the Daughters themselves, but a ser mon sent pyer their heads to a large and persistent sc. of Ameri can trouble-makers who sometimes Operate under a mask of patrio tism. . He said: "In the field of international af fairs recklessness of statement is especially injurious to the interests of the country. Some editors and public men write and speak as though what they said of foreign peoples and their governments Could not he seen or heard beyond the th ree - m i 1 e 1 i m i t, "The first duty of a people that cesjres peace is to Cultivate good will, and the only cure for intem perate statement is the resentment of an intelligent community. "Le.t it be understood that those who indulge in diatribes against foreign peoples and their govern ments, who hold them up to ridi cule, who impute to them base mo tives and asperse their honor are enemies first of their own country and as such deserve universal cen sure." If any irresponsible speak--;* or writer continues to commit the sort of offense criticised by Secretary Hjighes, and especially if he pro fesses to do it in the name of "lOc. per com Americanism." he should be brought to his senses. This parti cularly is no time for international slander and abuse. Most of the evils from which the world is suf fering today are the result of cul tivating ill will among nations and races, when it is just as easy and immensely more profitable to cub tivate good wilL Harding to Attend Editorial Assn. St. Paul. Minn., April 17.?Presi dent Harding has indicated that if congress adjourns by July 1 he will participate in the ?'th annual con vention of the National Editorial Association at Missoirkt, Mont. Definite dates for the convention have been Jixed as July 19 to 22 according to Ii. C Hetaling. secre tary of the association. "J am shaping all my plans to ward attending the convention," the president is quoted by Mr. Het aling as saying, "and the only pos sible contingency that could pre vent my going would be congress continuing in session until the middle of July. I expect congress will adjourn about July I, how ever." Special trains will leave Chicago the evening of Sunday. July it, tak ing the party westward and par ticipating in the semi-centennial of the opening of Yellowstone Nation al park, according to Mr. {-Totaling. Later Glacier National Park will be traversed^ Secretary of the Interior Fall probably will be a member of the party. The itinerary of the special trains contemplate stops at Me dora, N. D.. where a tribute will be paid to the late Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt in the erection of a monument with suitable core monies. Numerous other stops will be at Montana towns as well as St. Paul and Minneapolis. A daily newspaper will he pub lished on the convention train while a complete printing otlice. including type casting machine (lintoype) and a press will be in stalled in the baggage car and a copy of this publication will be mailed each day to every daily pa per in the United States. The convention will receive a special message from E. E. Bro dle, president of . the association, who now is Crdted States minister to Siam. He will cable greetings. A LEGAL PUZZLE Spa Han burg. April 21.?A rather unusual case canie up before the recorder here this morning. Ed. Tobias had been convicted in recorder's court and sentenced to pay $100 or to servo ?,>i days. t'p iori the defendant appealing he was released upon $200 bond, double the amount of the fine. The time for the appeal expired this morn ing and Hie case was called. "When th.c ease was called. A. E. 'Hill, counsel for ihe defendant, said he did not have the man in court, but that two 'policemen might be sent for him. lie said that it would be necessary to send two policemen for him. When he gave the address it was the cemetery. The man had been dead two weeks. Demand was made of .1. }l. Hill, chief of police, for a return of the bond, but he refused to return it. claiming that the man had not been brought to conn as required by the bond. The question arises whether the city can be made- *o return the bond when the defendant dies pending an appeal, or it the appeal was aban doned. Attorneys present at court claimed that the supreme court bad ruled in a ease of this kind thai the bond should be returned. I'ntil he uets further orders Chief Hill wi*i te-t turn over the bond. CANARIES Whose Primitive People Have a WMsttih? Language ? "Airplane travel is causing' a i itremendous boom in oceanic real] [estate. Mid-ocean islands became j ?more important with their use a& icoaling stations, rhen cable lines j rescued other land dots, such as j Yap. from obscurity. The Azores ; 1 figured as a halfway station in the r j first trans-Atlantic flight. Now the j j Canaries, where Columbus halted j on his voyage of discovery, end the j first leg of the IJshon-to-Rio do | i.Janeiro trip <>f Portuguese ;>ir- j ! men." : i With this introduction the Na- i , tiOjjal Geographic Society issues! : from its Washington. D. C. head- i [quarters the following bulletin on j ? the Canaries: ?"If you will picture seven arti- j' [cles a juggler has just thrown in to the air. and imagine these seven [articles to be a pear, a shoulder ' of mutton, two golf balls, the brok- j ?en off end of a putting iron, and a ! jlady's spring hat with the visor i ; down and a feather in the back \ :?you will have a fair idea of one j ?of the most interesting island* [groups the world. Had Churches in Caves "Interesting, that is. whether you { [are looking for the people with at ? whistling language or the ar- j j boreal curiosity known as the drag- I Jon-tree, whether you chosoe to j {hunt for the archecdogical traces ! j of aborigines who worshipped in I caves or to mingle with the vivaCi- j j ous crowds in the Calle del Castil- ] Id of an evening when the band! j plays. j "The highest moutain rising from ] j the Atlantic Ocean is to be found ?on Teneriffe; a volcano crater on I I Palma is so large that its weather I ?'conditions vary from "those of the; .surrounding country. This crater. : -Cran Caldera, is four miles in di- j jameter and in much of its area isj I between 12 and 13 times as deep' ias the Washington Monument. The ; (natives will tell you that a mighty 1 upheaval in Palma pitched the; j mountain mass over to Teneriffe. ! and in proof point to the mighty cavity left on Palma. j Plutarch's Geography Good ! "Plutarch's geographical com ; ment about the Canaries need not | ibe revised. He said. "Rain seldom j jfalls there, and then falls mod-! j erately: while they have usually j isoft breezes which scatter such rich ! j dews, that the soil is not only good 1 I for sowing and: planting, hut spon- \ itaneously produces the most ex cellent fruits: and those in such j abundance that the inhabitants have only to indulge themselves in j the enjoyment of ease and leisure, j The air is always pleasant and salubrious, through The happy temperature of the seasons, and i their insensible transition into each ? other." i ??The most remarkable and least ! 'studied phenomenon of the Ca-.j; ? naries js the whistling . language j of natives of Comera. The towns-j folk do not know the whistling; vocabulary, and their reports- of ; lange of expression the mountain ! ; notes of varying intensity and j [folk attain by using four or five [ : length, may readily be exaggerated. I That such a language does exist.! developed beyond the stage of -sig-.j j nals. is attested by travelers. It is] j extremely useful in this little island I of big distances and high moun- j : tains, where cattle raising is the i principal industry. Here. too. some j I of the natives dwell in eaves, as j I did the Guanohes. whose blood still j j flows in veins of the natives, ; i though the pure type became ex-j tinct after the Spanish conquest i [early in the fifteenth century. Where Columbus Halted j "On Comera. also, is the village ', j of San Sebastian where Columbus.' provisioned his voyage to the un- [ ; known West, and there still stands) the chureii which he attended tot j pray for the success of his quest, i Few travelers visit the hill encir cled, red-roofed, isolated little vil- j j l?ge whence Columbus departed?j j September 7. 14 02. I "The Phoenician traders prob- i ?ably knew the Canaries, then the ? i 'Fortunate Islands. Homer's' allu- I sinn to the 'habitations of the blest* j j is thought to have referred to them. ! jLegend clusters about them. My-' ! thioally they were the home of the liesporides. scenes of Herculean ad- j j ventures, and the visible traces i.f the bist Continent ol Atlantis. "In 1^22 they constitute a health : resort of note, are populated by [some 500.060 people, export food-; stuffs, fruits, vegetables, sugar and j I wine, and have an important wire- j less station. Telephones have been j strung where" roads are yet un- j j known and goats, mules and camels I [are the only common carriers thar | the mountains will allow. The com-] bitted area of the islands is about; equal to that of Corsica. They are administered as a part of Spain." ?; It's hard to tell what would hap- j pen to this little planet of ours if j goiter "Babe" Ruth should happen to swing too low and strike the' earth with his club. Half the people are busv inven ting remedies for the world's.' troubles. The rest are kept busy; inventing antidotes for the reme- j d ies. The number of people in the I United States who cannot speak j English is less than two millions. ? This includes train callers. rf the average man can't think | of anything else to fret about, he'll] worry because the zebra's stripes! are on crooked. As ihe thermometer climbs, the average man finds it increasingly difficult to get excited .-iboui the; threatened coal strike. With Arbuckle il was tine..; times and oiu. - The Arbuckle trials have Ten- ; nyson's well-known brook backed : ? prnpletely off the boards. , To-day's Rest Jokes and Stories A Sea Story. A gtrnboat was entering the mouth of the harbor when she .passed close to a small collier. The officer in command hailed the lat ter. "Ahoy. there! Why are you Hying the black flag'.'" The reply came back: "You'd feejrycr nor let the captain he.-j? you. That's his best shirr hang ing buj to dry." A Keen Ol^rver. "Daddy do the heathen wear clothes?" "Surely. Whatever makes you a sic such a question.?" .'T only wondered'w hy you put a button in the collection plate at church today.'* answered the youngster. Half Oft'. -First friend (pompously). ? "How much do yon think I made today?" Second?''How should 1 know?" First?"Well, how much do you guess?" ' . ' Second?"Oh. about half."' First?"Half of what?" Second?"Why, half of what you say." Mistaken Identity. "I'm afraid 1 insulted the police man- who brought "me this sum mons," said a woman, apologetical ly. "I called hirn some awful names. You see. it was dark, and I took him U my husband." Cmitonioiiist. Robert?"Mother was Robinson ?Crusoe an acrobat?*'' ' Mother?I don't know. Why?" Robert?"Well, this book says that after he had finished his day's work he sat down on his chest." .liffgs: "The most consoling thing about going To the movies is seeing so many women in the pictures- opening their mouths and nor saying a word yon can hear!" ?Exchange. "How do you do stutter, my poor lad! Did you ever go to a stam mering school?" "X-no-no, sir. I dud-dud-do this naturally."?Exchange. ' "Why do they have knots on the oco?h instead of miles?" K "If there were no knots there wouldn't be any tide."?Exchange. An Irish doctor lately sent in his bill to a lady as follows: "To curing your husband till he died." ??Exchange. The taxpayer's top has "Put" printed on all eight sides. Let's have disarmament, also, of the weapons that kill time. Anyhow, there's no traffic jam on the straight and narrow way. Another one of the unsolved mysteries: Why is a paper nap kin? Russia hitched her wagon to a Bolshevik star whose last name is vat ion. The film stars seem to be stag ing most of their melodrama, off screen. That Topeka man who wagered hit- neighbors were honest and left his cellar unlocked found plenty of takers. Thy ruthball season is under way. We used to call it "base ball." you remember. The slang for it is "Ba'he-ball." Some day a race of supermen may he evolved with arms long enough to fit the sleeves that man ufacturers attach to our shirts. In Ireland, after considerable argument, they've at last agreed to argue some more. The comedy "Diana in the Bath," despite its nice, clean title, has made quite a splash, in Paris. The firemen are ahead of the flappers on labor-saving devices. The firemen use reels to roll their hose. Loa ling is the hardest w ork in the world, and Coolidge announces he will not be a candidate for re election. Education is the basis of sanita tion. Teach the hodseflies that life in the open is more healthful?and there you are! Food For Thought. "After July !. 1S21, no loans shall be made where the proceeds are to be used for the purchase of feed." The above is part of an advertise ment published by the First Na tional Dank of Greenwood. .Miss., as told in Printer's Ink. fh an arti cle on Tii?- "Significance of Diversi fied Farming.' Continuing with the statement, the bank announces that "attention is railed m this anouncement 'at this time in order to emphasize the fact that it is the permanent pol icy of this bank. The directors do not assume to dictate the business of the customers of the hank, hut they do take the position thai it is their duty to pass upon the credit worth and financial strength of every borrower of its funds. Ex perience, has demonstrated that especially since the advent of tie boil weevil, that the one crop man is not a desirable credit risk, und therefore no such loans will be taken by this bank." Bankers are practical men and when they say a one-crop farmer not a desirable credit risk this ooes not mean thai rhey are preju diced against the particular crop I he raises. Ir means that experience : has demonstrated to diseriminat I ihg mV-n that the farmer who puts I his time and money into one Crop ian<l purchases his food and feed is ! headed toward 'failure. j "Xinety-oighi per eem of the I liquor now sold in violation of the i prohibition laws is unfit for clriuk i ing."?.1. M. Doran. head of indus i trial alcohol division of the pro j nihil ion unit. What we :!)??? interested in is ! finding out where most of this ! oilier tw?> per cent thai is fi1 to flrink i.s located: Condition's Through which busi i ness has passed during the last i vear have caused' all kinds of i r* . i ? I changes and so rapidly it is hard i | to keep up with them. Von no- ? I tice firms going out of business. | : now ones springing up. businesses i ' moving and changing their lock- ? !tioris in their fight for trade and ! ah effort to keep operating ex j pVnses at a minmum: also differ-; | eht businesses changing or adding ; fo the products they sell in keej)- , i ihg pace with the changed busi- ' i ness conditions. | Just recently H. S. Waddell & jOunpany, who for years have been! j dealers in hides, furs.'coat etc.; ( have taken over the local agency I j for Atlas Portland foment, which j product from now on they will: -specialize on and push as their ' ; main asset. The possibilities and the field for the uses of cement is I i almost unlimited and the field lo-, I colly is virgin territory. An adver- ; Jtising campaign just started* in the Item will tell you of its many uses j j with helpful suggestions for the J home owner who is interested in ; j doing the littlt- jobs around his home himself. j Plans and specifications for mal: ling most anything from a flower | ; box to a garage are on file at the ; j office of the above company for the j I use of any who are interested, j gratis. \ Somehow, that Genoa conference I reminds us of an autopsy. Why not settle it by permitting,I 1 to strike on Tuesdays and Fridays? . Some people think "ciga.ro!.'*-j ? must end in '"te." and some mink ? it must end in T. P.. T'ne chief fault of the rising g^-n > oration is that it seems to he up in the air most of the time. About the only moral atmosphere I 'lady jurors have been able to im- I j prove' is that in the" jury room. Prudery is so nearly out of fash- \ : ion that almost everybody knows ; now that "limb" means a part of a tree. And yet we can remember a time ? when old-fashinoed folk complain- ? ed bitterly because young sports : let their horses trot too fast on . Main street. _ Once it was marry in haste and : . repent at leisure, and now it's mar ry in haste and repeat at intervals.; When a man cranks a Ford in; j that jerky way. he's probably i keeping time to the rhythm of ox ? plosive epithets. ? Every time we grasp with dread j to see Lloyd Oeoge slipping, it do- j ; develops that lie is merely reach- j i ihg for a better hold. - Few business groups seem wil- i ling to trim their sails until they] have made one more desperate cf-J fort to trim the government. Life will never be comfortable ' .for the pedestrian until he invents j some kind of disguise that will j make him resemble a tack. There seems to be some kind of j ! law against having an adult party1' without inviting some loud-mouth- ; ? ed fool who thinks he is witty. Other business may be dull, but-j we understand mcsquitos will take ] [advantage of style tendencies to i I open up new territory this season. Some people find it difficult To be- : ' Iieve the world was made in seven ? days. But it must be rememberedjl that Senator Reed wasn't there. When a woman tries to do her., 'own housework with three yelling] ; brats clinging to her skirts, you t] ican't expect her to call it a "ea- -h As the average American reads I of Japan's activitv in Siberia, his onlv reaction is a comfortable re- ? Section that he doesn'i care a darn, u j As we look over the list of those, {classed as the saviors of civili/.a- | ? tion. we can't remember that any;. . of them wore hoods and bed sheets. [ There is a difference of opinion ? concerning the things a young girl ought to know, but an old girl' should know better than to aei as though she doesn't know. Truth isn*. stratiger than fiction when a fisherman starts talking. We need a nation full of tender consciences and calloused hands. The thing seems to be reversed ;i> present. UNDERTAKING THE CHERRY CO. 18 N.Main Street Motor Equipment KELL BRXJNSON Licensed Embalmer. Night Phone 798-L. Great Comedy Drama, "Friendly *< Enemies," a Chautauqua Feature "Friend1 <? Enemies*" is on of rhe most popular of recent comedy successes Scores of cities throughout the country have alternately laughed and wep; over this irresistible comedy drama whose plot grows out of the conflicfijig coa victions of two life-long friends. A complete production of "Friendly Enemies" will he given at the eominj Redpfii Chautauqua hy a cast of six experienced Broadway actors organize* by William X Keighley, manager of the New York City Producing.Dep^naea* of the Redpath Bureau. This delightful comedy wili he one of the most popular entertainment at tnictioas on the entire Chautauqua program. PAGEANT AND SUPPER AT Episcopal Women Give Elab orate Entertainment and Supper ; The Chita authorities have a9ked ? j the Japanese Military Mission for I permission to enter the Japanet?e ? T>J?H/!T>1?T>'T'0 ? '"forb'uden 7-?ne" in pursuit of the ? K11JMo.Ej.l11 i partisans, hut have been denied.. _ ; Refugees from territory cleared I by the partisans continue to pour <ino Vladivostok. j A traveller just back from Chita (is quoted to the effect that the j general discontent which prevailed The ladies of Ascension Episco-jin that city is gradually subsiding pal church of Hagood will give a!since financial assistance is being pageant, supper and ice cream fes- j rendered by t he Soviet Government rival all combined, at the Rombert j of Russia. Conditions of remunera-., tion for services are also improv ing, which stimulates circulation of There has been a marked imports from Manchuria, jand the bazaar of Chita is. assum ing its normal appearance by de-^ I grees. At the same time the seil-* ! ers of goods find themselves in most j trying circumstances caused, on the . ; one hand, by the close watch es? Vladivostok. March 11? The poll- j rablished over contraband goods tical situation in the Maritime ro_.jand. on the other, by. numberless gion s becoming each day "more taxes .imposed in connectjo.n with r complicated owing in part-to--'the lh* ?atp. of war. The ratchfn^. activities of partisan forces but to j W kept by the authorities on^ greater extent to the financial si:-! smuggled goods is such thai when uation of the government. The gov- | *ver these are found in a ship the ernmetvt has issued an order to high school building next Friday evening, April 2'Stb, at 8 o'clock. Admission 2.", cents and supper 25 I money, cents. The public is cordially in-] rise in cited to attend.?Advertisement. Vladivostok Scat of Contending Par tisan Forces latter is swept of everything'it con tains, including the goods on which duty has been paid, and the spoil" sold in the market, a fact th^t causes considerable fluctuation Of prices. . Women on Demoe*,atie Chtb Ro?s. use all funds for the support of the army. All other claims and allot ments for current needs and for salaries are being refused by the { treasury. I Discord among the nonsoeialists' jroup of the National Assembly and j between the monarchists and the; . _ newly organized faction of Nation-J Columbia. April 24.?In manv of ?l Democrats completes the diffi-1 th(. Benrocratic clubs Of Columb: c?lties confronting the authorities, j Saturday women were elected del Retirement from the presidency | egate to the county convention on of S. Mercbulbff due to illness, and | yfay j some of the leading women the succession to his post Of M. j0f the city are delegates. One Mub Yeremeyeff. was seized upon by the endorsed the bonus: another adopt-? opposition papers as a pretext to I ?u resolutions opposing mud-. start an agitation which, nearly j precipated a political panic. Their, efforts were unavailing however, in the face of Mereouloffs assurance. I issued in a proclamation of Iiis in- j t?-mion to retain the presidency un-: til after the sitting of the Constit uent Conference' ? Partisan troops are occupying! I man, on the Fssuri river, and there ; are reports of lighting between par- i tisans and Reds around HabarovskJ and further along the line slinging in political campaigns; an other voted in favor of free text books. CASH FOR' LOGS?We pay ' the. highest market price for strictly high class ASR> POPLAR and CYPRESS logs delivered by rail or truck to 'pur Sumter band-mill. Write or call for particulars. The* Sumter Hardwood Co.. Sumter, The National Bank of South Carolina Of Sumter, S. C. 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