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Entered at postofflce at Washington as second clasa mail matter Foreign Advertising Representatives PAUL BLOCK 95 Madison Avenue New York Century Building Chicago Little Building Boston 1311 Kresge Building Detroit Thursday November 11 1930 1 The Public First9 AFTER the costly experience of thii country with government control and operation of the railroads as a war measure it is not anticipated that any serious movement will be set in motion in the near future looking to government ownership of these utilities While it is true that the action of the government in taking oVer the railroads and managing them during the war cannot be described accurately as an experiment in government ownership yfet it served to warn many people with leanings toward public ownership of the problems wThich must be met in the event that the Ignited States should take title to the transportation lines Their ytearnings along this path of idealism have been cured by a contemplation of the bill of expense which they and their fellow citizens must pay If however there should develop an insistent demand upon Congress to undertake the purchase of the railroads it would be well to consider carefully the recommendations contained in the report of a committee of the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners in session in this city This report declares that private ownership and operation with public regulation is the only just and honest manner of conducting the public utility business of this cpuntry and that the question of private ownership with regulation as against public ownership without regulation should no longer be considered by intelligent investigators as an open question No vote was taken upon the report but the fact that it was ordered printed in the face of a single objection is taken as an indication that it expresses in a general way the sentiment of the organization It must be remembered that the men who compose this association are Sltate and Federal officials who deal with the regulation of public utilities and who have had the best opportunities to study the economic questions involved Their judgment is based upon facts as evolved from practical experience and not upon theories Their viewpoint is that of the public interest No doubt the Plumb plan will reappear when the new Congress meets but it is not likely to receive any more consideration than it did in this Congress Senators and representatives will be more inclined to show their real attitude toward this Utopian dream than iprmerly because the bugaboo of labors vengeance at the polls was robbed of its fearsome qualities at the recent election Congressmen cjan now come down off their tiptoes and may speak in audible tones when opposing subjects proposed by the chieftains of organized labor Government ownership is not likely to receive encouragement in the new Congress because the party to be in power is traditionally opposed to that theory of economics and further because experience hjas shown to the satisfaction of all unprejudiced students that private control and operation under government regulation is the best policy Jr dealing with utilities The Cummins Esch law is a step in the right direction It has defects which need correction and which will be remedied without doubt and as the policy develops it will need amendment in various phases But the law is built upon a sound basis and in the end will prove of very great benefit to the public as wjell as to the railroads and their employes The public is the paymaster and the chief party at interest Whatever injures the public must be abolished whether it strikes at owner oj employe The owner can sell out and the employe can quit his job blit the public cannot sell or quit No possible combination of circumstances can make the interests of owners and employes or both combined paramount to the interest of the public Hence the time is coming when owners if they fail to operate their lines will be thrown ojit of control and employes if they combine to hold up traffic by spikes will be taken in hand by the law For Ex Service Men Senator Borah announces that at the opening of the next session of Congress he will introduce a bill to provide for helping veterans of the world war to acquire farms or suburban homes This statement will serve to emphasize the dbt of gratitude which the nation owes to the men who responded to the call of diity a debt which should and will be paid Former Secretary Lane had some admirable ideas along the line of land grants and home building for the service men which failed to be enacted into law It Is probable however that the pre pcraderance of sentiment among members of Congress is in favor of grants of this character The armistice was signed two years ago today and Congress has taken no Btep toward exhibiting substantial gratitude to tfco nations fighting men This islno unreasonable delay and imposes no hardship upon the former service men as a rule as they have generally been able to find well paying jobs However it is prpbable that legislation for recognition oftbeir services would have been well under way if not actually enacted by this time had it not been for the insistent demand of certain former service men and organizations for a cash bonus ofgenerous proportions Undoubtedly the proposal of land grants and home building iB the most practical as well as the most appropriate pl4p for expression of the nations gratitude to its fighting men The grants wcjuld result in permanent benefit to the mn would increase the wealth of the nation and would tend to attract thousands from the overcrowded cities to the rufral districts ii That 7 foot tarpon is the only thing that HVdlng lt get away during November Secretary Bakers new army looks almost as impressive on paper as it did in X9 Joey Daniel1 whitewashing crew has arrived in Haiti Nobody will ever advise Bill Bryan to resign the Presidency The amateur cabinet maker is mighty apt to get a mashed thumb The fad of wearing pajamas to tea leaves the breakfast table rather bare Greed is so firmly intrenched in Congress that jits going to be pretty hard to budget The Sinn Fein system of espionage has nothing on that maintained by our next door neighbors It gives an American girl almost as much trouble to get rid of a duke as it does to get one The decision that liquor may be stored for personal use brings the Supreme Court right up to date Wilson might send Harding a bouquet of May I nots to wear on the historic ride dopn the Avenue The army of hopeful and aspiring office seekers will soon be mobilized without the aid of the draft Speaking of art discoveries some new whistlers have just been found on the back seat of an street car Paris reports that in December Mile Sarah Bernhardt will make her annual farewell tour of America The clergyman who interpreted the You know what I mean song correctly left no doubt of his meaning with his choir Theres nothing quite so touching as the solicitude of a Democratic editor for the impending troubles of the Republicans S3 It remains now only ior uie internal revenue bureau to interpret the Supreme Cbart Kentucky mountaineer seising six months in jajl elected by 1000 majority over the Judge who sentenced him Doesnt matter to the American people what they send to a fellow In prison candy flowers or ballots its all one Democratic There men who have been trying to tinker with the wreckage of the Democratic party have made small progress The task is for the political mechanic and thus far the real genius of the party has not tackled the job For one thing it is too soon after the smash up Some parts of the dismantled machine are still hot from the force of the impact It will be well to tarry until things cool off a bit and this policy of watchful waiting it would seem is about the only plan that has been adopted There is no great reason for hopeless discouragement on the part of the Democratic party It can be brought back at least as an effective minority if patience and prudence guide the leaders into whose hands its management will fall It would be unwise to attempfa reorganization of the party at this time and presumably no such attempt is to be made Two or three months hence when the perspective is better it will be possible for the national committee to have a meeting By that time some of the abler minds of the party will have been applied to the business of reorganization and regeneration and it will be possible for Democrats generally to see and think more clearly Then will be the time for the national committee to get down to business to roll up their sleeves brush the old litter off the desks and start anew with no regrets for the past but with the eye fixed upon the future There is need for reorganization and upbuilding in nearly every Northern and Western State Attention must be paid to them on the assumption that the recent Republican landslide was an abnormality It is inconceivable that the Democratic party vill weaken its efforts in Massachusetts for example Despite the huge vote cast there for Senator Harding Boston is a Democratic city and can be saved to the party It will require tact and intelligence but it can be done If the policy of the party when the Republicans come into power is one of alert aggressive but helpful criticism based on national service and not on petty rancor the party will come back If the anvil chorus advice recently uttered is followed and the party becomes addicted to the vice of recrimination and nagging the day of its recovery will be postponed Thewfate of the Democratic party is in the hands of Democrats Theirs is at once an obligation and a privilege mi JPrcJifganiluaon BUILDING OF AUSTRALIAS hereis7iltle wonder Chattfe letd EflTtlhifcJblTAI HASTFNFh The recalcitrant baseball player wants to look out for Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis or the first thing he knows therell be a 29 000 000 fine that will eat up all the worlds series profits In his attitude toward the league Ban Johnson seems to have borrowed some ideas from his brother Hi What appears in November to be a political plum tree often proves on inspection in March to be a persimmon Youve got to give Mr Bryan credit for being consistent in advising President Wilson to resign thats what Bryan did The Antisaloon League wants Harding to buy up all the licker In the country If he wont it might get a thousand others to take the job The hermitwho ate all the raw material for Halloween lanterns in a Missouri county was a lineal descendant of Peter Peter Pumpkin eater Whats the use of adding 50 new members to the House under the 1920 census The Republicans dont need em and the Democrats couldnt get em The time is so short for the unusual number of Democratic lame ducks they will have to do a right smart lot of hobbling toward the White House The Democrats who are talking of nominating Underwood in 1924 probably feel that something should be done to hold the pivotal State of Alabama in line SEES OCEAN CROSSED IN DAY Inventor of Fokker Planes Predicts Big Advance in Flying New York Nov 10 A Fokker inventor and builder of war time combat airplanes arrived here today from Rotterdam on the steamer Noordam The Fokker was the swiftest pursuit plane used by German air fighters on the western front Mr Fokker who said that as a Hollander he had taken no personal part in Germanys war operations over the allied lines predicted rapid advances in the art of flying in the near future Within the next five or ten years he said people will be able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in less than a day and in much more comfort than in travel by steamer The development of directional wireless he added would enable pilots to fly by night and in murky weather as well as on clear days The most needed improvement in aviation for the present he said was construction of flying machines capable of landing on and taking off from small areas such as the roofs of buildings BATTLESHIP INDIANA TARGET One of Destroyers of Cerveras Fleet Used to Test Huge Sheels The battleship Indiana which took part in the destruction of Cerveras fleet at Santiago 22 years ago became the target yesterday for the 14 inch rifles of the su perdreadnought Oklahoma The firing took place at Tangier Sound Chesapeake Bay with both ships at anchor the purpose of the test being to determine the effect of the huge 14 lnch projectiles upon IS inch armor on the old battleship The Indiana wnich when built in 1S95 at a cost of 3 000000 was the pride of the navy was placed out of commission some years ago but during the world war was resurrected from the tomb of dead ships to I serve as a training ship Spurred on by the Prince of Wales humorous remarks about Canberra being a city of foundation stones the people of Australia are at length waking np to the necessity of hastening the establishment of the federal government In this new metropolis of the commonwealth The plans of the city the work of an American architect of the name of Walter Griffin of Boston were accepted some fifteen or eighteen years ago The foundation stones for the various cathedrals courts of justice and other public buildings have all been laid with befitting ceremony In June last the Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of the capitol on the summit of a hill dominating the entire site of the metropolis But bo far Canberra is as the prince laughingly remarked nothing but a city of foundation stones On National Nerves This has got on the nerves of the Australians They fully appreciate the justice of this remark of their future ruler and public sentiment throughout the continent is bringing pressure to bear upon the federal government to abandon the procrastination which has hitherto characterized its attitude in connection with the transfer of the federal capital to Canberra At the present moment the seat of the federal government is divided between Melbourne and Sydney where public buildings that belong by right to the states of New South Wales and Victoria have been commandeered for federal use at the cost of a considerable amount of friction and inconvenience Both Sydney and Melbourne are anxious to have the federal government move It has ceased to be welcome In either city and since there is a strong majority in the federal parliament which in deference to the pressure of its constituents favors a very early move to Canberra the work of erecting the various buildings on the already existing foundation atones is now well under way The new metropolis which is destined to become the political and social center of Australia is in the midst of some 900 square miles of territory in New South Wales and is remarkable for the extraordinary purity of the air and the equable nature ot the climate having heretofore been looked upon as a health station Loyal to Duchess Lady Norah Spencer Churchills marriage at the end of this month in the Chapel Royal St James to Francis Bradley Birt of Birtsmoreton Court in Worcestershire serves to recall the fact that when her brother the present Duke of Marlborough agreed to disagree with his American wife the former Consuelo Vanderbilt and a separation took place all of the dukes family save Lady Norah and his mother the then Marchioness of Blandford took sides with him and showed a considerable amount of ill will toward the duchess It was a case of that clannishnes for which the great houses in England are so widely known Lady Norah however declined to join them in this attitude and both she and her mother while avoiding any display of hostility toward the duke continued to remain on terms of unaltered affection with his American wife and showed themselves with her everywhere Won Influential Support This was not without considerable advantage to the duchess in the somewhat difficult period which confronted herasthe time of the parting of the ways from her husband for not only did the constant companionship of Lady Norah and of her mother protect the duchess from much malignant gossip but it also won for her the support of the huge and influential clan of the Hamiltons headed by the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn a clan which is perhaps the most influential in English society and to which the duchess mother in law belongs as a daughter of the first Duke of Abercorn This lady since the marriage of her grandson the young Marquis of Blandford to Lady Alexandra Cadogan has dropped her style of Har chioness of Blandford and has resumed her original name and title of Lady Al bcrtha Hamilton Neither Lady Norah nor her future husband are any longer in the first blush of youth for Lady Norah is 45 years of age while her fiance who is today quite a rich mn is in the neighborhood of 50 and spent nearly a quarter of a century in the civil service of India most of the time as a magistrate Wblle there he did a considerable amount of exploration of the regions north of the Himalayas He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has several books of travel and novelB to his record He returned from India on his fathers death and hla own inheritance of the family honors and estates which include the lordship of the manors of Birtsmoreton and of Berrow Has American Blood Lord Southampton who has recently been Belling his extensive real estate holdings in the St Pancras district of London has a mixture of American blood with that of the royal house of England in his veins He is the head of a junior branch of the ducal house of Grafton founded by Henry Fitzroy natural son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers Duchess of Cleveland Lord Augustus Fitzroy son of the second Duke of Grafton and a great grandson therefore of the Merrie Monarch married Elizabeth Cosby daughter of Col William Cosby of New York of which city he was some time governor By this union Lord Augustus had two sons the eldest of whom became the third Duke of Grafton while the younger Lieut Gen Charles Fitzroy was raised to the peerage as Lord Southampton The Rt Hon Henry Fitzroy son of the second Lord Southampton was the first mem ber of the European aristocracy to wed a Rothschild marrying in 1839 Hannah sister of Baron Rothschild The third Lord Southampton married Catherine Nugent and she was one of the favorite ladles in waiting of Queen Victoria The present Lord Southampton is her son and by his marriage to Lady Hilda daughter of the Marquis of Zetland he has a couple of daughters and a boy who wHl in due course inherit his peerage aJUl estates MABQUISH HE FONTENOY RETURN NO LOOT TO LOUVAIN Germans Fall to Restore Treasures to University library New York Nov 10 Germany has not yet restored a single book or manuscript of the collection carried off or burned during the sack of the historic library of Lou vain the rector Ladeuze today informed the national committee of the United States for the restoration of the University of Louvain The value of the stolen treasures whose return was pledged by the treaty of Ver sallies may be fixed by the Germans at 5600000 francs he said in a letter WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY To the Unknown Dead Philadelphia Public Ledger The decision of the British government to rebnry an unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey on Armistice day followed by the action of the French government which will place at rest its unknown soldier typifying Le Soldat Francala in the Pantheon in Pajia gives honor where Honor is due and lifts the Incident into those realms of national sentiment that have an everliving and increasing effect Monuments to large groups of soldiers who were swept into the nameless heaps of the common dead of great battlefields have been erected again and again And the cairns and the tumuli of the past dot many a field and are the objects of affectionate curiosity and religious mystery to many a people the world over But this mutual agreement to recognize in some way the youth that fought in its almost abstract relationship of type and symbol through the selection of one of those who fell with none to record his heroism or pass along his actual memory to those who were of kith and kin and of his own familiar circle in the flesh is something different from all the past honors to unknown heroes who met their fate but failed of individual fame Another Phase of the Prohibition Law Baltimore Sun The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the latest prohibition case is technically a construction of the meaning of the Volstead act and not a denial of its legality It is not inconsistent with its previous affirmation of the constitutionality of this legislation Nevertheless it extracts one of its teeth As yet it is Impossible to define precisely the limits of the decision or the legitimate deductions that may be made from It Further litigation may be required to ascertain what is in the mind of the court as to certain points apparently open to debate If the court has left the door too far open to suit the radical prohibitionists it is not improbable that we shall see an attempt made in Congress to so amend the Volstead act as to slam the door shut tighter than ever Before that can be done however if it can be done much of the stored private stock of liquor will doubtless have escaped its besiegers and have been removed beyond the reach of the eager prohibition sleuths And additional legislation may only create additional litigation and raise fresh issues for adjudication Deceiving Naval Recruits New York Tribune Two huge fleets will encircle the globe next June according to Mr Daniels Flaming posters announcing this policy are displayed at recruiting stations with the statement that this stupendous armada is aimed to be a spectacle that will impress the world with Americas naval power Mr Daniels cannot commit the next Secretary of the Navy to such a policy but he can embarrass him by putting him in a position where he will seem to have broken a promise to naval recruits Political and other conditions next June may positively forbid this projected cruise There are hundreds of excellent reasons why young Americans should enlist in the navy They get an excellent physical and vocational training The navy itself offers them a wonderful career and should they wish for any reason to return to civil life their naval tralningfits them for success in many trades and professions There is no excuse therefore for deceiving our young men by holding out the lure or promise of a world cruise which may not be carried out Headless and Leaderless Baltimore American What remains of the Democratic party is headless A strong minority party is looked upon as an asset to the country It gives backbone to party government There is no disposition to rejoice over the great majority of the Republicans in Congress except as Indication of the strength of the repudiation by the voters of the Democratic administration Hence what would be true under ordinary conditions is not so impressively under existing conditions the lack of a strong party of the opposition will probably not be a detriment to the country It is the enthronement of the people even more than of the Republican party that has been witnessed This has been given recognition by Senator Harding Hence the party is in no danger of taking the bit between its teeth and running wild The very fact that the Democratic party has been virtually eliminated from the services of the nation for the present will serve to quicken the Republicans to do the will of the people the more conscientiously Swiss Postage Increased Berne Switzerland Nov 10 In accordance with the decision of the international conference of the Postal Union Switzerland has raised the postage on international letters to 40 centimes normally about 8 cents The rate on international postal cards has been increased to 20 centime An Irrepressible Controversy New York Times Marshal Foch is determined it shall be understood that he was not responsible for a treaty that failed to give France the left bank of the Rhine as a defensive frontier No French statesman encouraged him in his demand for a strategic rver line in German territory which would make a war of aggression too hazardous to be undertaken In fact the marshal got the cold shoulder whenever he proposed it and whenever he asked for guarantees to which he believed France was entitled As a soldier he was undoubtedly right in his contentions but the statesmen looked further than he did and wanted no Alsace LorraineLorraine question to breed wars of revenge The Germans would never rest with control of the Rhine taken from them Piaz Heads French Line Paris Nov 10 Dal Piaz administrator director of the Compagnie Generale At lantique the French Line has been appointed president of that line succeeding Gaston de Pellerin de la Touche who died last week KNIGHTS JIEPLY TO CRITIC ki Explain That Organization Has Funds Besides 95000000 Offered New York Nov 10 National headquarters of the Knights of Columbus Issued a statement here today explaining the motives actuating the organizations offer of 5000000 to the American Legion for the erection of a permanent war monument in Washington The statement was in reply to the published declaration of Marvin Sperry national president of the Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion that such use of funds collected by subscription for other purposes would constitute a moral breach of trust and an act of injustice After completing its war work abroad and conducting educational and employment work for the benefit of former soldiers in this country the statement declared the organization still has funds apart from those necessary to maintain its reconstruction work to devote to the soldiers welfare In giving this building to the nation through the American Legion the statement added the knights are providing free to the nation a monument that would otherwise be erected througTi taxation or another of the much dreaded drives THINKS SCALPERS DODGE TAX 4 New York Collector Will Investigate Theater Ticket Profits New York Nov 10 Initiation of an investigation of reports that theater ticket speculators have not reported all their sales and prices charged as required by Federal law was announced today by William Edwards collector of internal revenue Mr Edwards explaining that speculators are required to pay over to the government as luxury tax 50 per cent of their profits when tickets are sold for a profit of more than 50 cents said he had received reliable reports that scalpers had charged as high as 10 to 20 a seat and had made no reports of their sales Collector Edwards appealed to the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington for 500 for use by revenue agents in buying tickets from speculators in search for evidence of illegal ticket trafficking and to theaters asking that all parts of tickets collected at next weeks performances be kept for examination by the government in checking up ticket speculators reports ARMY IS SHORT 70000 MEN 14306 Still on Rhine Strength of National Guard Increases The regular army still is nearly 70000 short of the authorized strength of 280000 officers and men This Is shown by a War Department statement yesterday giving the disposition of the present forces Of the total of 213067 officers and men enrolled 162918 are in the continental United States and 14306 are In the army of occupation on the Rhine in Germany There are 18947 in the Philippines 6927 in Hawaii 5600 in Panama 1493 in Porto Rico 1406 in China 867 in Alaska 101 in France and 5 in England The department announced that during the month of October the enlisted strength of the national guard was increased by 4649 making the total strength on November 1 of 67552 men as compared with an authorized strength of 182830 New York Staie haB the largest national guard organization with 8843 men and Texas is next with approximately 8000 men Pennsylvania is third with 6800 men and Wisconsin next with 5270 men PLAN SAVE PAPER CAMPAIGN Manufacturers Say Lack of Surplus Prevents Price Reduction Chicago Nov 10 Preliminary plans for a paper conservation campaign with Avoid waste and conserve scraps as the slogan were made today at the opening session of the American Paper and Pulp Association convention Complete plans will be announced later Prices on paper are not likely to recede for some time President Sisson of Potsdam told the convention He said the industry was in better condition financially than many other industries but lack of surplus stock would make price reductions impossible He said that America would have to depend on its resources for paper because Canada and Argentina did not have a large enough surplus to supply this country with any great quantity PALMER MAY ANSWER JUDGE Receives Transcript of Indianapolis Court Statements in Coal Controversy Attorney General Palmer intimated last night that he might make reply today to statements made by Federal Judge Anderson at Indianapolis in regard to Mr Palmers connection with the soft coal con spiracy A transcript of Judge Andersons remarks reached the Department of Justice yesterday and the Attorney General indicated that if on examination he found that they justified or demanded an answer he would formulate a reply Mr Palmer was in conference with a number of his aids during the day in connection with the situation that has developed at Indianapolis Dismisses 9512515 Copper Claim A claim against the Federal government brought by the American Smelting and Refining Company to collect 512515 as additional payment on 33069 tons of copper taken by the War Department during the war was dismissed yesterday by the United States Court of Claims The corporation contended that the 23 cent a pound price fixed by the government was insufficient compensation Fifth of Worlds Oil from Mexico Mexicos 1920 production of petroleum will amount to 140000000 barrels or one fifth of the worlds total according to official estimates given out yesterday by the Mexican embassy here This compares with a production of 88000000 barrels in 191 atfd is more than twice as much as was taken from the fields in 1918 and 1917 th statement said Prince of Wales Must Rest London Nov 10 Owing to the severe strain caused by the tours of the Prince of Wales to Canada and Australia he will undertake no official engagements until next year it was announced officially to day HEARD IN CORRIDORS OF WASHINGTON HOTELS v3 zzz Leading Democrats in all parts of the country are already at work rebuilding a party organization from the wreck left by the great Republican landslide said Walter Moore of Birmingham Ala at tho Lafayette The work is being quietly done but the Democrats realize that this year they faced an organization which had been in the course of preparation for the past four years and they propose that the next presidential election shall find them with an organization that has at least the benefit of the same amount of time expended on its upbuilding There is no attempt as yet to select a national leader the efforts to date being confined to gettirfg the various factions in line on strict party principles Such a meeting was held In Washington attended by possibly a jjcore of Democrats representing widely varied sections and the agreement among these men was that the party must be reorganised alopg party lines with the best available brains of the party as an advisory board leaving the selection of a leader to be worked out later These meetings are being held in many sections One was held In Birmingham recently and at the time we had word that similar meetings had been held in at least twelve States The invasion of the solid South by the Republicans through their capture of Tennessee has awakened the Democracy of that section from what might be termed a smug complacency and the Southern Democrats will be found fighting from now on regardless of their apparent majority And when the next presidential year rolls around I am satisfied that the Republicans will find themselves facing a reorganized party trained through four years to machine like precision which will give the a much different battle at the polls than that put up by the divided Interests of the party at the last election History Written ip Advertisements Future generations will gain more knowledge of the people of today their habits food wearing apparel and amusements from the advertising sections of newspapers and magazines than from any other source said Willard Hoskins of Boston Mass at the Ebbitt The news accounts of today while descriptive enough to the present generation take into account this generations knowledge ol things of today and omit a lot of detail that is found in the advertising sections For instance when an account of an automobile wreck is printed it conveys a perfect picture to the person of today but Just suppose that the same account were to be read 200 years from now and that the automobile in the meantime had become so obsolete as to be a curiosity unknown to that particular person He would be unable to tell what sort of accident were being described until he turned to the advertising section and saw the automobile advertisements illustrated with pictures of the auto And the advertisements picture our clothes foods undergarments amusements and other things which would prove highly enlightening to future generations should any of them be relegated to the background in the meantime Advertising is really a form of news and is in fact one of the most instructive forms in which matters of interest are placed before the people That is why ths various big Btoreu and the large manufac turers employ skilled advertising men to depict their products for the survey of the American people and that is why the average American Is so Well educated along modern lines That also is why 200 years from now that people who want to know the habits and characteristics of the people of today will havo to use the advertising pages at least as an adjunct to the news Armistice Day Extolled Armistice day should take equal rank with the Fourth of July and Decoration day as patriotic national holidays said Walter Greenlee of Columbia at the Raleigh The armistice marked one of the greatest epochs in American history representing the capitulation of one of the most powerful fighting machines on the face of the earth because of the activities of the American soldiers With nearly 2000000 soldiers who went overseas and another 1000000 ready to go it behooves the people to turn out aad honor these boys by observing the day oi victory due to their efforts We cannoi pay too much respect to the boys who sacrificed everything to follow the flag and fight for humanity and the preservation of civilization Armistice day should be a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving and the people should decorate their homes in patriotic colors The boys who were wearing khaki have not forgotten the extravagant phrases of welcome that greeted them on their return They will judge by the interest in their celebration whether the words of praise and welcome were sincere A big celebration will be held at Columbia due to the fact that one of the largest training camps was located there IRISH REPRISAL THREAT HERB British Embassy Receives Message Proposing to Persecute Nationals in The British embassy announced yesterday that it haB taken steps to direct the attention of the State Department to a message recently received by the British chief secretary for Ireland dated New York and threatening reprisals against Englishmen resident in the United States if there are any more reprisals in Ireland on and after November 14 The New York message was sent in the name of the Amalgamated Irish Societies of America and bore the signature of OConnor president At the State Department it was said nothing had been received last night from the embassy in relation to the messac No comment as to the course the Washington government miht pursue was available Reject Black Arrow Bid Rejection of the offer of 1176000 for the 7050 ton steamer Black Arrow made by the Polish American Navigating Company of New York was announced last night by the shipping board No reason was assigned The offer for the Black Ar row and the BS10 ton steamer Orion made by the Oriental Navigating Company has been withdrawn It was stated a vl P8 tt aysM cfcftsE1 3gS gSSk jsggU.