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I daily, a in Vic WaS 1 16 A' THE KANSAS CITY STAR, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1921. AN ACE'S VIEWS ON CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACHER NATURALLY DRAWS COMPARISONS. Marshal, for Instance, Has The for Cigars Much Like Taste Oldfield's, DifBarney fers on Fast Travel, BY CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACHER, Oct.

first time WASHINGTON, old friend Barney Oldfield he I saw my of a motor car chewwas stepping out vigorously on one of his beloved ing cigars. I saw Marshal Foch at The first time a distance, he was likewise stepping out of a motor car, his own staff car--a American made car at that. And great in big regular Barney Oldfield fashion a black, unlighted cigar was gripped between his fine, white teeth. But, alas! the comparison marshal stops. is regret to say that the not I I lover of motor cars as such an ardent would have him.

His grievance, however, as I understand it, is a just one. The faster they go the more he dislikes them, TASTE SIMILAR ON CIGARS. But on cigars his taste and Barney's are very similar, for I am told by many of his companions that an unlighted cigar in his mouth is a aversion of characteristic habit of the marshal. The the generalissimo presents another one of his adfor fast cars is singular and mirable virtues; his constant consideration for the fellow at the bottom of the ladder. On one occasion I saw him protest with indignation as two great staff high- cars went catapulting over the narrow belching clouds of dust into the way, lungs of weary infantrymen as they plodded their way to the trenches.

They Illiwere American doughboys from nois and the marshal visibly was enraged as the lads, sweating in the hot summer sun, were subjected to this further hardship, many of them choking as the gusts of dry, thin clay enveloped them. 50 HE STOPPED SPEEDING. "This will stop," Marshal Foch exclaimed in aggravated tone. "It is bad enough these deprived of motor car privileges; they shall not be subjected to the poison dust and danger of such speeding. I will stop it." And that day bold signs were erected at conspicuous points warning against the reckless practice.

Signs were not enough. They meant about as much to the speeding couriers as do the speed law warnings to the Sunday motorist in America. Right on through the narrow streets of the village they continued to race. The marshal grew very angry, He had stopped the enemy at the Marne when all the ordinary means of resistance had been dissipated, and he would stop the speeding motor cars. The means he employed were just as effective as they were ingenious.

A jagged ditch was dug across the road and another sign was built warning drivers of the ditch. TRAFFIO STRATEGY TRIUMPHED. No sooner was the trap completed than a car came thundering on its way. Several soldiers leaped to safety on the roadside as the chauffeur glanced at the warning sign. A swagger stick tapped him from the rear of the car; the signal to keep on going.

Suddenly the front wheels smashed the heavy car lurched and the occupants, a major general and his all but hurled to death. The traffic strategy of Marshal Foch triumphed dramatically and the word was passed speedily along the line. Dare-devil driving ceased and again the pollu and the doughboy had found in the great Foch a devoted friend. While the marshal may have a dislike for motor cars, I am happy that in the airplane, my other beloved hobby, he was deeply interested. Aircraft is the great weapon with which he believes the next terrible war will be decisively won.

Originally a student of artillery, the marshal has, in later years, been an authority on all weapons of a modern army, It may be owing to my personal prejudice on the subject, but I have reason to feel that he has a very warm spot in his heart for the fighting aeronaut and the value of his weapon. WHY HE'S "FOR" AVIATION. I recall the day Marshal Foch decorated our beloved commander and my predecessor, Raoul Lufberry, Standing at ease before the ceremonies, Captain Coolidge, nephew of the vice-president, pointed to the marshal's boots and remarked: "He's for aviation with both feet." And literally he was. Every time saw him on the other side he wore aviator's boots. Nobody knew why; nobody presumed to ask.

As for uniform his favorite outfit was one of the mysteries of the entire French army, instead of the regulation blue, a peculiar iron gray tunic would always distinguish Marshal Foch, matter how many French officers were in the group. Doing the unexpected seems to be the privilege of all By 80 doing Marshal Foch interested his own soldiers and ultimately defeated the invaders. (Copyright, 1921, by Christy Walsh Syndicate.) DEATH OF C. G. PERRIN.

Funeral Tomorrow of Oldest Merchant Here on His Retirement. Charles G. Perrin, who, on his retirement from business three or four years ago, was the oldest merchant in active business in Kansas City, died yesterday at his home, 3816. Walnut street. He was 72 years old.

His death followed a long illness. Coming to Kansas City in 1868 from Covington, his birthplace, Mr. Perrin became associated with the late Judge E. L. Martin in the distilling business.

Perrin was successively a charter member in the organization of the Board of Trade, the Kansas City Club, the Blue Hills Club and the old Priests of Pallas. On the death of Gen. Wilson Askew. Mr. Perrin succeeded to the distinction of being the city's oldest business man still active in his business.

Mr. Perrin is survived by Mrs. Perrin and three children: Mrs. Edward P. Pratt, Mrs.

Tracy L. Cockle and Clark Perrin of T. H. Mastin Co. The funeral will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow from the residence of his daughter, Mrs.

Pratt, 100 East Thirty. eighth street. Neck Broken in War; Life Pension. WICHITA, Oct. Alten, formerly of Atchison, now of Wichita, is alive, despite a broken neck he received while in the service in France.

He will receive a pension of $157.50 a month the rest of his life, according to notice received by the veterans' bureau here today. Allen's inJury is unusual in that tie must wear metal brace on his neck to hold up his bead, day and night. Supreme Court Into Bradshaw Suit. JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. -The supreme court today assumed jurisdiction of the suit instituted by James T.

Bradshaw of Kansas City to oust Thomas J. Hedrick as state grain and warehouse commisioner and-issued an order allowing Hedrick twenty days in which to show cause by what authority he holds the office. When the latter makes his return the court will then set the litigation for hearing. Abilene, Postmaster Named. WASHINGTON, Oct.

29. -Postmasters nominated today included Pitt H. Halleck at Abilene, and Thomas J. Darling at Temple, Tex. Want Ads are radiant with chances that may turn to good account.

Perhaps Both. Georgie (ordering dinner for two)Waiter, let me know when it is 11:30. Waiter--The time or the check? HAD 'SQUARE WORLD' PAPER SOUTH DAKOTA MAGAZINE REFUTED THE GLOBE THEORY. Quaint Little Publication Edited by Orlando Ferguson Advanced Many Argaments to Disprove General Belief. MACON, Oct.

who have read the recent stories about Overseer Voliva of Zion, laying down the doctrine that the earth is flat, may be interested to know that in 1896 there was published in South Dakota a quaint little magazine devoted to the advocacy of that theory. Orlando Ferguson was the editor, and his publication was called the Square World. There were several Missouri subscribers. Ferguson went far into the theory. A Macon citizen has a copy of the Square World issued in the free silver campaign of 1896.

These extracts will show Ferguson's reasons for believing the earth is square and flat, and not round, as Columbus and other navigators decided it was: Question to the Editor: Why does the needle of the compass always point north and south? A. The globe philosophers tell US it is the magnetic stone at the poles that draws the needle. I say there is no north pole or south pole, nor loadstone in the north or south, but it is caused from the great bodies of ice north and south which hold the needle north and south, and which magnetize all railroad tracks running north and south. The first time you are on the Illinois Central, or any other road that runs north and a south, whet your knife on its rails and you will find that it will be magnetized enough to pick up a needle. Rails running east and west won't magnetize your knife blade.

ANSWERED "GLOBE THEORISTS." The editor, to his own satisfaction, demolished the "globe theorists," who argue as follows: "1. When a ship goes from port the hull disappears first, and the last seen is the mast and sail. 49 When the earth passes between the sun and moon, its shadow on the moon is circular. Men have been around the world." "The first can be met with philosophy and by experiment with a he said. "Everyone knows that near the surface the vapor rising from the water is very dense and hence hides the hull of the vessel before it does the mast.

"The second does not prove anything except to those who take the shadow for substance. "The third is easy. Suppose you draw a large circle in a room, and that someone carries a light around that circle. Let the circle represent the equator and the light the sun. If you follow the light you are going west and vou will come back to where you started.

It is the same in going around the world. You only go around a large circle on top of it. No man has gone around the world or will go." "Globe theorists" are asked to answer this: "Why is it that on the seventy eighth parallel there are reindeer, elk, moose, bear, wolves, squirrels, geese, ducks. gulls and 108 kinds of shrubs and vines, while on the fifty-fourth parallel south there is not a living bird or animal to be found and not a shrub enough to make a toothpick? ADVANCES ARGUMENT OF DISTANCES. "Why is it that there can't be a place found south of the equator that one can sail around the world in less miles than on the equator? Figure the distance on the forty eighth parallel north from Cape Horn to Port Jackson, Mich, and you will find that it is more than' thirty-two hundred miles around, when it should be, according to the globe idea, only about seventeen hundred miles? "Why is it that one can see objects one hundred miles away on the sea, when it would be impossible to see an object of any kind the distance of ten miles on land unless you or the object were elevated sixty-six feet? "Why is it that part of the stars are traveling east, part south, part west and part north, as they do, if the earth were turning over from west toward the east at the rate of 1,042 miles an hour?" Ferguson's most dramatic test was the shooting of a cannon ball straight up in the air.

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10th KANSAS CITY, MO. Four Doors East of New Federal Reserve Bank Bldg. DELAY CITY MEAT PROBE BUT TEST WILL BE MADE AFTER LEGION CONVENTION. Mayor Cowgill Is Determined to Find Out Whether the Big Profit Goes to the Butchers or the Packers. Plans for a test in Kansas City to determine who is making the larger profit on meat, the packer retail butcher, will not be completed until after the American Legion convention.

Mayor have been offered E. Halsell to Cowgill, to whom fifty, head of cattle make such a test, made that announcement yesterday. Most of the mayor's time will be occu. during the three days of the convention. HIGH PRICE FOR STEAK.

"I know a cattle man," the mayor said, "whose wife desired some round steak to grind in making a meat loaf. The butcher charged 50 cents a pound for the steak. "Now I don't know that this is the prevailing price for round steak in the residence section, but I doubt it. But even at a smaller cost it must be remembered that the beef from which the butcher sold round steak at 50 cents a pound probably was sold to the packers at 4 or cents a pound. "What I want to do, and I want to be entirely fair about it, is to find why cattle, which sell on the market here for 4 and cents a pound on the hoof, finally reach the consumer at from 15 cents to 60 and 75 cents a pound according to the cuts.

I want to know who is getting the big end of the profit, land if it is just. The packer contends that he is selling as low as he can. Then the butcher points back to the packer." WILL MAKE FAIR TEST. The mayor intends to make a fair test. When the cattle arrive they will be taken into consideration as having brought the highest price on the market that day.

When they are slaughtered the exact cost of the work, with value of hides and by-products, will be figured on the packer's end of the deal. Following this, it is the object to sell the beef in some residence strict at prevailing prices. It may take several days to dispose of the fifty beeves. The expense of butchers, rent, light, heat, ice for refrigeration and other incidental costs will be taken into consideration. At the close of the test it is the mayor's object to make a comparison between the profits of the packer and the retail butcher.

These will be made public and it will be up to the citizens of Kansas City to find who are the profiteers. 128 BOYS WITH THE COLORS 4 GOLD STAR BOYS Our Honor Roll has a permanent place on the marble walls of Commerce Trust Company Through the Legionnaires in our organization we extend heartiest greetings and warmest welcome to all their buddies. a Trust Ompany Resources Exceed 100 Millions During the great American Lexion National Convention to Peking Cafe for THE this PEKING special event, CAFE, our in order prices to 88 simplify usual. and will quicken serve the this TABLE service eity, D'HOTE DINNER for $1.00 from 10 214 E. 12TH.

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Music at noon and in the evening. DANCING prices FREE. usual, also, and as Opposite All Navy and Marines Assemble for the Parade on Central between 11th and 12th 1 p. m. Tuesday, Nov.

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