Maurice Times (Newspaper) - September 25, 1919, Maurice, Iowa MAURICE IOWA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1919 Oil A Fuel Coal baa been for years the mai pt railroad engines ing and ships but there ar who see its giving wa toott as a niel Kerosene used widely in stoves an used widely for motive en have never been as largely utilized as coal Oil is now accepted as the fue par excellence for navel warships Great is converting its oil burners Secretary Daniels in this country says The United States navy has entered a policy of building battleships cruisers and destroyers Over 200 are now under construct ion The benefits lor war vessels are summarized by Assistant Secretary of Navy for the navy speed and crusing radius the fireroom force 55 per the efficiency of refueling at sea 25 per cent has made it possible to sustain maximum speed for longer periods and gives in speed man sums up its benefit as 25 per cent less per thermal heat unit occupies onethird less room and thas gives more freight space saves labor and affords more room for is cleaner re quiring 75 per cent less painting saves time equipment saving 80 per cent on refueling in port and is not as hard on boilers and is more giving 1 per cent more speed Notice the electric light plant burn pi makes it impossible for me to continue running the motion picture show until such arrangements be made for electric current Farther announcement will be given for dates when I will again start up J L Mieras Manager Attention Citizens A special meeting is hereby called for all the of Maurice to meet tonight at the Opera House at 8 oclock and all who possibly can are requested to be present By order of Citizens Cream Patrons Take Notice Owing to the lack of business at this time of year the Maurice Cream Station was closed today until spring again E C Cole Agent SUMMIT Theatre The One Thing Left im Omaha With A Kick In It To go to Omaha to AkSarBen or any other time and not spend an afternoon or evening at the popular Gayety is to count tHe trip a failure It was long ago decided that as great an institution as AkSarBen is it would not only be less interesting and no where near the great success it is as an annual event were it not for the climax to all the fun and frolic as furnisHed by the Gayety theatre which seems to be the Mecca of every visitor to Omaha The big glorious musical burlesque shows staged at the Gagety twice each day constitute a form of amusement that it is sible to witness in the West rn section of the country and are unlike anything presented in the home town because of the very big ness of the offerings During AkSar Beh parade week the Gayety will present to its thousands of lady and patrons the greatest musi cal attraction it has ever been able to E Coopers famous Girls This big organi of half a hundred people will present a potpourri of fun music and song the like of which you have never seen Gay and glittering cost umes by the hundred pretty girls by he score massive stage settings un til one is bewildered but a portion of the big shows equipment Oa parade days and nights the not rise until after the pageants have passed the Gayety It will be wise to procure seats im mediately upon arrival in Omaha as he crowds desirous of seeing the rosy Roseland be enormous and hundreds will be turned away An effort is being made whereby local ticket agents may sell a ound trip ticket to Omaha including reserved seat at the Gayety thus voiding much annoyance and con True indeed is the trite aying Your most urgent errand o Omaha is to visit the o it is the truth HOW TREASURY GAIN IN VALUE Month DENOMINATION OF 8260 832Q 8340 8380 80 September 8400 November 8440 December January 1 1924 1920 1921 8500 8740 8520 8760 8540 8780 8560 8800 8580 8820 8600 8840 8620 8860 8640 8880 8660 8900 8680 8920 8460 8700 8940 1922 8980 9000 9020 9040 9060 9080 9100 9120 9140 9160 9180 Month 1919 January February 82600 March 82800 April 83000 May 83200 June 83400 July 83600 August 83800 September 84000 October 84200 November 84400 December 84600 January 1 1924 DENOMINATION OF 1923 9220 9240 9260 9280 9300 9320 9340 9360 9380 9400 9420 1920 856VOO 86000 86300 86400 86600 86800 8tOOO 1921 5872 87400 87600 87800 88000 88200 88400 88600 88800 89200 89400 1922 89800 90000 90200 90400 90600 90800 91000 91200 91400 91600 91800 1923 92200 92400 92600 92800 93000 93200 93400 93600 93800 94000 94200 100000 LEADERS IN FORTY STATES OF PARTY RINGING APPEAL OPPOSE TREATY AMENDMENT wear Damaged Sale We have a sale on pur furniture next wesk ginning Thursday Oct 2nd An will be given in next weeks issue Owing to the moving it out some of our furniture was very slightly damaged and all these articles will sold at a bargain Sioux Furniture Co Card of Thanks We wish to extend our thanks to all the ladies and men who so willingly assisted in moving the stock of our building during the fee which threatened destruct ion Also to those who assisted in laving the building from burning Abo wish to thank those who help put the furniture back in the building Sioux Co J E Mieras Mgr 1918 the state of Maine arrested five men on charge of murder In each instance it was the wife or sweetheart of the accus ed hat insured his fingers Does this mean that the premier nay walk the political He Wears a Necklace Did you ever hear of a man rng a necklace Well that Is the male Canadian warbler does while onthe female of this attractive bird is only the slightest indication of a necklace says the American For association Washington which is conducting the nationwide bird house building contest among school children The warblers necklace of black spots shows up very strikingly on his olive green and yellowish throat and breast On the back the bird of a slate gray color with the tail more of an olive brown tone This is a very lively bird It is very seldom still for more than a few seconds before it dashes out at some tempting bit to eat It is partial to the wooded banks of streams It usually keeps In underbrush near the ground Say Every Day of Delay PuU World lu imminent Peril of New War New fifty leading Americans republi cans and democrats representing forty different states and every prominent activity have joined la a effort to bring about the of the peace treaty without amend ment and without delay are attached to an address to the Unit ed States senate which was pub lie today through the League to En Peace after It had Wa sent to every member of the senate Tae signers almost without tlon are men and women of if the United States should amend reputation They include treaty for its own purpose and who the daily necessities ol life and the fears of those whose daily wage no longer fills the daily market tasket We beseech the senate to give the land peace and certainty by a ratifica tlon which will not keep us longer la the shadows of possible but give the whole world the light of peace Reservations in the nature of clarifica tions in the meaning of the treaty not Inconsistent with its terms will not re quire the reopening of the with Germany and with our as in the war which we all and each united to win But there Is no possibility of doubt that amendment of the treaty as is now proposed in the senate com oa Foreign Relations would re negotiation and a reopening of questions decided at Months of delay would follow Tae perils of the present would become the deadly dangers of the near future AJU the doubt would aid revolution in this and other lands issues here and else where between capital and labor the conspiracy of and profiteer would all grow and become more peri lous This cannot be The American people cannot after a victorious war permit its government to petition Ger many which has accepted the treaty for its consent to changes in the treaty aent as George W attorney gen eral in the Germany would nave full right to askfor concessions Germany has agreed make no claim In regard A Lawrence to property seized In this oi an amount of seVen lion dollars Our recent foe could ask for a reopening of this issue and of thai Lusitania claims It could raise every question open before hostilities in regard to submarine warfare and the treatment of its nationals in this country All the provisions for our trade in Germany raised by the clauses of the treaty many of them vital to our industries and of Harvard Charles San Francisco president of thePan ama exposition Judge George Cray of Wilmington Del Sam uel Gompers of the Federa tion of Labor Harry A Chicago retiring of the Lect ure Course The first number of the lecture course will be held on Oct 16th The Knox Concert Company Tickets are now being sold by the school children chamber of of the United States Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait president of the National Woman Suffrage Cyrus H K Curtis the publisher President Heber J of mon church and Sparta leader of socialists who supported the war The signers that every day of delay In ratifying the treaty puts the world in peril of war Their statement follows In the senate Washington now that the committee on foreign rela tions has reported the treaty are sharply between diate ratification the treaty of with Germany and With a reassembling of the and a reopening of negotiations would faring delay and uncertainty in the great of the peace No plea cam made Party lines are already Standing at a distance from the in the senate ire for immediate without lay Our land requires it A state oi strain ists itself ia which in have no dent connection with the war are In fact its world is put in Imminent peril sen wars by the lapse of day between as oor allies are being som We be Here and solemnly declare states aad cities in 4 well desire immediate The of war steadied aad the American people Peace will prosperity and prosperity content Delay ia the senate poet ia this period of neither aor war faas ia Tlie our farms as in dye patents dye sup plies and working of the Reparation Commission which su the trade of all with Ger many could all be brought up by Ber Hn for readjustment by pur negotiators acting for the United States alone and no longer associated with other powers or supported by a American army on the Ger man border Peace the peace of the world ii delayed until ratification comes And any amendment postpones peace Germany and England alone of the principal powers have ratified The other principals necessarily await our action and powerful we are today In the worlds affairs of war on more than a The score of fighting are continued by any needless delay Let sen ate give the world peace by ratifica tion without amendment ETCH the amendment for which most can be said in retard to will secure nothing which cannot be gained H China backed by the powerful advo cacy of the States addresses to the for and meeting just cl linos created by the be nations China after eighty years of treaties aad spoiled rights by which ail the great powers hare profited directly or ia directly has for the first time ia thic and treaty the aad to aad the of tae economic ia of are her protected ay a leaf ef For Beauty beauty of tone and design of this wonderful convince you that The Highest Class Talk ing Machine in the World is the THE 6 It plays ALL MAKES of disc records perfectly without extra attachments and is the first phonograph to do so Sonora has an exquisite loveliness of tone and ap which will win your delighted approval Just the model you want is here Sioux Furniture Go be remembered that tne regarding Shantung was made upon statement by Japan that she will re turn the territory to China and there fore upon that condition compliance with which promise tha league caa re quire The peace of the present and the righteousness of the future can be best secured by the ratification of the nant and treaty without amendment Let the senate take no action that give any party to the treaty and espe Germany ground fon Ing that the ratification of the States complete that changes requiring a of con ference and negotiations have beea made In Among the signers in Iowa ka and South Dakota are Iowa George W Clarke J H T Main President Iowa College E T Meredith Editor Successful Farming Wallace M Short Mayor of Sioux City Lafayette Young exU fi Senator Nebraska Norris Brown C N Dietz Lumber Merchant Gould Dietz Lumber Merchant W A Fraser Sovereign Commander Woodmen of thei World Jeremiah J Harty Archbishop Edward P Smith Mayor of Omaha Homer C Stuntz Bishop G W Wattles Banker South Dakota Willis C Cook Member National Rafl ways Commission Cpe Isaac Crawford and exU S Senator OGorman Falls Mrs John H Pyle Dakota Equal Suffrage Society H K Warren President Yankton Bishop of Sioux For the last sis months ending March 31 1919 the Salvation Army has given away in the state of Iowa fences milk and to 1321 people 437 of food 9708 pairs of shoes and clothing 200900 pounds of coal It gave meals to 4230 persons and lodging to 451 It gave 226 men employment and railroad tickets and transportation to 19 If the Salvation Army Home Service drive is successful it will be able to do twice as much for the poor and needy in the coming sis months Will you help FOR SOLDIERS MESSAGES The Salvation Army has spent more than in sending telegrams to the soldiers families notifying them of their arrival in New York city The Western Union has recently shown a keen interest in the arrival of soldiers Solicitors for the company board every incoming ship In search of business If the doughboy says he has no cash to 3ay for the message he is told that it is all right we will take care of that SLater the soldier learns to his chagrin the news of his arrival has telegraphed to the home folks Tha Salvation Army makes no charges The Alout p in about an hour the bluck smith shop to gutted light plant was AU de had nj insurance OB the plant and total loss Stellenwerf carried insurance the blacksmith shop which is about half its value The origination of the fire is not known but supposed to have been caused from a pile of coal in the light plant that had slackened and caused spontaneous combustion The damage is estimated at about ime it looked rather bad for nearly the whole block but by the vigorous of the citizens the fire was held back from other build ings except what damage it did do to the roof of the furniture store A pile of shingles caught fire in the lumber yard but was soon put out Every body women men and the children pitched in to help move all of the furniture out of the f store in the street No w Maurice is in complete dark ness and everyone had to hustle yes for lamps I was hungry and ye gave mo to eat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was la population for ail the banks and ye came unto me How A Town Grows Recently a Philadelphia bank in endeavoring to stimulate local en by causing the public to have a more appreciative viewpoint and a more substantial realization of the material support which should te given them printed the following about the doubling of troits population Whether or not you agree with all he stands lor it is tine that one man doubled the population of a city of 300000 Henry Ford did that for Detroit The town is the center of the auto industry of the worid It makes the most ears and employs the most men What a terrific in ad Ford has been for De troit since he has doubted the
