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I>r. Frank Crane Says: Thrrr U A Uvbrrikrr Within ^ ou The grei*. awb'eiker gree-d Of t ur>e mrf. break laws brcail-c* of other passions, >u> h a.* I'Af, revtr.ge. vanity and tr.e hk? But g r ee-U break- the a a twenty 11 me- to wr.tr? arty it her feeling break* ;t ofc. e The mainspring of ewry bu'fl*r? and pick jex-Wet * career ..? greed The> wart "dougn" and the) war.: quick. He rice the blackjack ar.d the hr?-ak.rig and er:'.f,ng Old people are waited fj.r with :nnpatience ar.d rot wa'ted ,r. w;*h !ov-_\ because of greed. Many ar. unhappy marriage ha- its cause in greed. Families are separated on account pf it and ancient grudges were founded. Laws are paseed at its instigation. The passage of a passport law and of an income tax law had no foundations in justice, but took place simply because there were occasions of graft. The money could have been raised in a much better way by simple processes of justice. (dreed was equally behind the activities of Robin Hood of yore and the modern legislator. The principle Upon which they acted is the same. They took money from those who had it as an excuse that they were protecting those who had it not. The gist of all opposition to the prohibition law is greed. Bootleggers do not exist so much because people have an unholy appetite for liquor as because of the immen-e profits there are in the clandestine bus't nes -. A barber was recently arrested in New York for -having a man on Sunda) He < ould no' resist the temp tii* !<>r. to make fifteen cents, notwithstanding it involved the violation of the law. . All law- wll be broken to an extent where t h?*i e an attempt to run counter to ar .i qui*tor> :n<t:nct of the individual. We have laws against theft, arson minder and the like, and have ha i them for '.o, these thousand- ot yeai s. But the) are all as steadily broken a- the law aga.nst alcoholic liquors. Wherever you find a predominance of greed, you find lawbreaking. tireed is the chief f ui ante-m :.il vices, nnd rink- fir*: a- our ow breaker. Seawalls of Kngland aie being p:o tected and acres of land reclaimed from the sen, through the planting of rut gra<s. It not only catches mud. but :- valuable a- a pasturngw ell. M. W Moffitt. cattle rancher r: a Reno, \c, , has given the St. F'rancihott! . : Sav Francisco, an order f >r a pia'e ?t tu-i to U- delivered a' hi- lar.t'h by airplane on Sept. IG. 1 In order *-pe ified that the plane he t <j'J.;n.si with electric heater- t kee p the food warm. Maicu- I.e<?w. oiie .?f the o.utiti v S leading theatre al men. died at hihonit at (Ileri Cuve, N Y.. Sunday nigh*, after a period of il! health. He made a fortune of millions out of popular pr ed theatres and mewing picture show GENERAL NEWS NOTES ! A man who -*.d (row Ut Wc?t and refused to give hi* name, wav arrr>m.<J as a tuapicioua charas , t?-r a*. Y^rk Village, Me. He refused . V. leave the next day when given hi* j freedom and tne jui'.t-r had to use forte to get rid of h.rn. He liked the feed Charles Burknalur, White Cloud,! Ran . banker, has jw i olonien of bee*,' ,?::d hr ?e!U all of the honey to rail ' road dining car- Tne annual output i? about e.gnt ton*. I Three men were killed al Birrning-J ham. Aia., Saturday n.ght w he^n the! automobile in which they were riding j trashed into an empty box car. A fourth man wa* pr /bably fatally injured. A large crowd attended the lawn pa rt > Saturday r..gni at the game lodge in Rapid i it>, S. I)., to bid farrwell to President and Mrs. Coolidge. who are prepartng to break amp r.ext Fr.day for their return j VS ash.ngton Ar eff >rt to obta.n the r.ornination of Mr?. \V oodrow VS ilson for the rice presiden >, will be made by the Hemocr attc women >i Iowa. As the result of ar: open .-witch, part of Southern passenger train No. - piled up against a Big Four train j( loaded toal cars. Saturday, at Pr. rice toil. 111- Three persons were killed and rn >rc than a dozen injured. K. (j. ( line, veteran mail airplane p.lot, flying between Boston and New York, was killed ir. the crash of his plane near Ka-.t W.llington, Conn., on Saturday. Six sacks of mail and express parcels were salvaged from the wreck. About I'm m ning picture shows were closed all of last week in Chicago, because of a strike of union machine operators. The difference between operators and owners were composed Saturday r.tght and business in now going nr. as usual. i holera among the troops is adding difficulties to General Sun ChauanFang' Northeir. army in China, whiih is being opposed by the Nationalists. Saturday's reports from St anghai v-ay that the general lost 20,000 nun in combat during the heavy ' ghl.rg last week. Bodies aM' pi--" i g'i. ep ,rt the vernacuiar papera:ei it i- imp >--ih'.e to burv the dead Patrirk 11 < )'h - dean of ( .".nag lawyer-, died -it cerebral r.nrnrrhagrs Saturday. He was considered one ! the foremost advisers ,,r ' h : r> the C riled States. I'"j:l. i I ighter.ri, Steven Imz< w-b, t \> .. ,t ork, -r. 'jted ti e. Saturoa;.. I :: was no fi'e. bu' his 'I'll' i ti *: seven t y -1 iv? fr on bed. "1 ' t I , lurrnerl a fej-th store u ! "w was killed. Cru! Beek1 a'- '' P o-klyr. also drunk, wanted ' ' ;iM,l I1 ' ng a fourth story vvind,,u hi : !. .ut. breaking both legs and fracturing his skull. Hoctors say he vv. 11 lie. re:: uled ' . a J t t1 . >d - in 1 : , n i. mailt > :?'v a seething 1 i m'ies in - A K-; i A .. flanker," V- Y k. up jr. *' i >;i I. >ndon. o ia:d. WHAT MADE HIM TRAITOR < VV hirh Lead to Treason of Benedict Arnold I VS n > did he do it? Why did thej braves*, and moat dashing general of the American army in trie Revolution suddenly turn traitor, sell out to the enemy, attempt to betray his post flee to tne British lines and accept a commission under George III? asks a1 writer in the Dearborn Independent j Wh^?t can be said in explanation of, his action, what ought to be said, not merely to soften the judgment of, history upon Arnold, but to make clear what the world is constantly doing to make more Arnolds? In the numerous biographies of the traitor there has been placed considerable emphasis upon the high moral and religious character of his mother and upon the fact that he was brought up in a thoroughly Christian arid thoroughly respectable atmosphere. Historians and biogra phers alike have asked the question, j "How could such a mother have such! a son'" Yet it is probably j\p this | very fact that we find beginnings of. the very evil which wrecked a great career and all but lost the American! Revolution. When Arnold was 15 he ran away and joined the colonial troops preparing for the French and Indian war. Ac the intercession of his mother, he wai discharged and brought back. Posterity has thought of the fortunate Mrs. Arnold who thus saved her boy from death on the field of battle. Should we not think of the highspirited boy who has outgrown his mother's apron strings, yet who is humiliated beyond words by being caught and brought back home, like a small child who has been surprised with a jam pot? Might it not have been better if Mrs. Arnold had let the boy go, instead of outraging his dignity and hurting his pride by dragging him back to be laughed at? When the Revolution broke out, Arnold was among the first to volunteer. Although in Connecticut, he and his troop reached the scene o: war within ten days of the battles of Lexington and Concord. He immediately volunteered for the dangerous duty of getting guns and ammunition from old Ford Ticonderoga. He captured the fort and its garrison.' For this he was rewarded by being "investigated." superseded in command by a man who had done n :> fighting, and was allowed to go horr.e without having been reimbursed by the State of Massachusetts for the large amount of money he had spent '-he patriot causfr. Incidentally, i there was no justification for the conduct ,,f the civil authorities responsible. Arnold swallowed .the insult and went to Cambridge, where Washington had now taken command of the army. The new commander-in-chifef saw at once the sterling qualities of Arnold and sent him on a hazardous expedition to Quebec. With an array half-starved and decimated by disease Arnold struggled through the icy woods of Maine and attacked Quebec, which held a larger garrison than his attacking force. Of course he faildd, and was wounded. But his heroism s in this expedition is unparalleled in American military history. Outnumbered ten times, he withdrew his ai my from ( anada and was again superseded .n command. Yet the new commander entrusted him the task of keeping the British out of the United States at the north in 1776. With astonishing ingenuity and skill, he built a fleet on Lake Champlain. hurled it in the face of the great British armament, with troops which outnumbered him ten to one. Although his fleet was entirely wiped out, he saved h.s army. The great British force was so badly battered that instead of continuing its way to New \ ork, it retreated-in haste to Canada. At this time Benedict Arnold was the.senior brigadier general. To reward him for his conduct the oolitiiar.s in the Continental Congress promptly promoted over his head five " brigadiers to major generals) and d.d nothing for the fig t'.ng' gen. a!. Arnold's rage wa? sr.ah.d by Wa-h;:.gun hut ( ingress would do nothing. Arnold threatened t resign. but at W ashmgtoTi's earnest ;-er>ona! icHH.e-t he stayed witti the colors. Or.t should not think less of! Atno.il tor this, for it i- worth krow-j r.g that at this same time a Frencn genera, appeared ?n America, mag -' niticenti; offer.ng his services to I i ongre- . The politicians were thinkj mg of nu.king him a major gf*eral and c hief of artillery. When J the news got around, three of Washington's braves; generals. Nathaniel Greme. John Sullivan and HeViry Knox, all wrote Congress that ;f }he Frenchman was appointed ail three would resign. Moreov^rr?-emf disgruntled brigadier who had beera passed over did resign. Arnold received permission ;o go home in the winter of 1777, bu was rudely interrupted on his holid *> by an invasion of Connecticut itself. A Hastily gathering u force of militia he threw his little array directly across the British line of march, in a terrific fight at Kidgefield, Conn., he opjiu?eu ait enemy four times hi* ^ streng th. Naturally he was defeated,, and tht? ume his horse fell under him, struck by nine bullets. He extracted himself and drew off, secured reinforcements and flung him- I self once more on the British troops who were now retreating toward New York. Only by the most desperate f.ghting did the British force, still much >uperiur in numbers, succeed in escaping from the clutches of the tireless Arnold. For tnis Congress did finally make him a major general ? but with characteristic ill grace it refused to restore his rank above the other five generals. To a soldier this kind of promotion is insulting. Arnold went to Philadelphia to Congress, and found a number against him, in connection with his accounts in the Quenec expedition. He defended himself ably and the charges were demonstrated groundless. Still, Con-1 gress did not restore his rank. In exasperation Arnold presented nis resignation, but on the same day came the news from Washington that the British general, Burgoyne, nad started south from Canada again and that Arnold must be sent to help check him. Again at the request of the commander-in-chief he swallowed his resentment and left for the northern headquarters. When he arrived he was sent off to relieve the beleaguered garrison at Fort Stanwix. Although again outnumbered by the British, yet by a combination of audacity and skill, he soon had that particular British army in full flight. He turned his army and rushed back to the Hudson to join the main northern army now opposing the British army under Burgoyne. Here in September and October of 1777, although Arnold was a subordinate commander, he displayed a resourcefulness and energy in leading the American troops in person, which had much to do with the final American victory. The American commander, Gates, was scarcely on the field of battle at all, while Arnold was badly wounded in the final bat! 'ie of October which sealed the fate I ->f the British army at Saratoga. In the Saratoga campaign Gates ; had not taken pains to be as careful of Arnold's feelings as had Washington, and there had been friction between the two. When^y to this rr " * 1-1 Arnold felt the added insult of G?te%' report slighting the work of his division in the campaign, another factor was added to make Arnold resentful and angry. He was carried home to convalesce in the winter of 1778, and joined Washington again in the spring at Valley Forge. As the British evacuated Philadelphia, Arnold was given the important post of commander of the garrison in the capital city. Here he stayed in the summer of 1778 and the winter of 1779. His wounded leg made, service in the field impossible. The civil and municipal authorities of Philadelphia did a great deal to make trouble for him and the necessary and inevitable conflicts between the military and civil jurisdictions added more fuel to the fire of his wrath against Congress. Finally charges were made against him which resulted in his courtmartial in December of 177'J for exceeding his authority. The courtmartial in the main exonerated him, found him guilty of imprudence. This friction with the Pennsylvania authorities was the last straw which broke the camel's back. He entered into treasonable correspondence with the British commander-in-chief, which ended in his effort to betray West Point and the death of the unfortunate Major Andre. Besides this, as commander at Philadelphia, he was expected to keep up social appearances beyond his means. This was difficult for a general who had already sacrificed a great deal of his personal money in the patriot cause, and whose generosity to the unfortunate family of Gen. Warren had caused, him serious losses. One other element played in causing him to desert the American cause. As a veteran of the French and Indian war he resented bitterly the idea of the alliance between France and the United States which was effected in the winter of 1778. He felt that France had no really disinterested motives. As a New Englander he had been taught to regard the French with horror, for had not these same French been responsible for a hundred years of savage border warfare in New England, in which villages had been burned and men, women a^id children scalped and burned to death? An alliance with France seemed to him the final surrender of hopes for American independence. He preferred British to French domination and so went over to the British side. Feel Tired and Languid? I Wast* Impurities hs the Blood 1 I One Dull and Lisde*?. I DO you wonder why I feel to drowty and out of 1 ort ? Too many feel died, dull and achy. Toodfi the caute is ku?r that permit was^P inipuxitvTtv! remain in the blood und r,ltT , one to feci dull cuid liitlc^Z to have a nagging backtcC I and annoying headache* ftnTy I dizzy epdls. That the ki<w i arc not working right U oftL i thuwn by acanty or bumin! i excretions. Assist the Iddncv. I with Damn'snits. Uaerievtty I where recommend Do?n>V ! {Ask your neighbor! I DOAN'S "Si5 I Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidney, F?*?MMfca?Ca .nuf_L.u.i I Murder Mystery Solved Reidsville, N. Sept. 3.?A day I and a half of back breaking excavi I tion of packed down soil in a dark I basement under a residence hert I shortly before noon day definitly I brought to a head a ten day murder I mystery with the finding of the body I of J. Smith Petty, once an overseer I in a local cotton mill, and who htdfl been missing for about a year. I The gruesome find confirmed % story told to officials by the Her. I Thomas F. Pardu, an evangelist that I Petty had been killed. It landed Ma I Alma Petty Gattling bride of igm; months and daughter of the dead^^l in the county jail on a charge i H murder. She was arrested soont&r * a brief hearing the young VMp was ordered held to the grasjjn I on a charge of first degree Sacco-Vanzetti Trial Coatly?| (New York, Sept. 1.?The attfl. year vain struggle to save Sacco 4* v. Vanzetti from death in the elec&^H chair entailed expenditures more than $360,000, Adino FelioM treasurer and founder of the BostoM defense committee, announced receiitH John Matthews, PresbyteriuH minister of (Glendale, California, whsl 'over preached' while delivering il recent sermon, is the first chord J [employee to apply for state industrilM accident compensation in CaliforoiiM Gesticulating to emphasize his mon, Matthews strained a rauxjH necessitating an operation. ' ( N. C. ARNETT K E A L K 8 1 A I E Loan and tta>itij(? Hank Buildiuj OCR SERVICE INC IX DBS A . 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