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Show THE BULLETIN Bruekart'B Wa$hington Digest Two Great National Policies Line Up Queer Combinations ADVENTURERS' CLUB HELLO EVERYBODY:and know, boys girls, Old Lady Adventure is the most democratic female in the world. She doesn't confine her attentions to any particular class of people, but visits her favors on all alike. Why, kings and queens have had adventures, and so have doctors, lawyers, cab drivers and preachers. Today I've got a yarn from & dentist Dr. Robert Lentz of Danville, 111. This adventure happened to Doc along about the summer of 1912, and in those days he was living in Williamson county, near Wolf Creek, III. That's down near the Ozark ridges and in 1912 there was some pretty lonely country- in that - neighborhood. Doc knew, because he used to ride through some of it pretty regularly. He was courting a girl who lived about five miles from his home and he used to ride out there on horseback, along a winding road that wai almost impassable in places because of the thick growth on either side. That road led down into a place known as Big Grassy Creek bottom, and that bottom was midway between his home and his girl's house. There was ford across the creek, and near the ford, an old tumbledown church that hadn't been used for upwards of SO years. Woman Burned to Death in Bygone Days. Near the church was an old chimney all that waa left of a house that people told strange stories about According to one tale a woman had been burned to death when that house took fire. There was something eerie about the eld church and the eld chimney. Dee used to feel shivery when he passed them riding home at two o'clock In the moraine. But one night he made the mistake of going Into that church, and then- -It was one dark night when Doc was coming back from a date. It had started to rain just after he left a thin drizzle- - at first But as he rode along, he heard the rumble of thunder and the rain began coming down harder. He had reached the 'bottom then, and the By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.- -It has been often stabilization fund, also an emergenaid that politics makes strange bed- cy proposition. There is $2,000,000,-00- 0 fellows. It does that many times. in that fund and it la managed Seldom, if ever, however, has there by the treasury which seeks, by purbeen more unfamiliar faces extend- chase or sale of foreign currencies, ing beyond the same bed linen as to maintain some even relationship occurred recently in congress. The between American and foreign monpolitical bed served as a temporary ey. It has worked welL It will be resting place for most of the Repub- continued, without a doubt and it licans, a flock of certainly should be. As a piece of Democrats and a sizable collec- constructive money machinery, it tion of "yes" men from the New shines like the millions of dollars of Deal camp. It was such a ludi- unneeded and useless silver that has crous combination that my memory been purchased by subsidy paybarkened back to the legend of the ments. The stabilization fund Is the Kansas wheat fields where it has thing that prevents Wall Street specbeen said that owls, prairie dogs and ulation in currencies, not the Presirattle snakes nest together below dent's power to devalue the dollar. But because Mr. Roosevelt Insisted ground. Two great national policies, breast on all of the powers being continued fed and clothed by the New Deal, beyond June SO, of this year, the were the Issues thst brought about whole thing went smash. Thus was the strange alignment of politicians. necessitated new legislation to get One question was whether President even the good parts of the program. Roosevelt should be allowed to keep his "emergency" power to tinker Rootevelt Takes Command with the currency and to buy silver, Of Situation: Program Flops Mention ought to be made of how both domestic and foreign, at prices that provided a subsidy for silver the whole program crashed, or was producers. The other question in- tossed out. When the Republicans volved this nation's position in its and the Democrats and New Dealrelations with other powers com- ers from silver states made their monly referred to as "neutrality" deal, it appeared that Mr. Roosevelt would be satisfied to continue to legislation. It ought to be noted, in passing, buy silver from American producers that the queer and somewhat hu- and to operate the stabilization fund. morous combination of conservative But he wasn't He rushed to Washand radical political warriors deliv- ington from his Hyde Park, N. Y.. ered a series of uppercuts to the estate and took command. The bill point of Mr. Roosevelt's political which the senate had subjected to chin. They did it several times. emasculation under the Mr. Roosevelt did not like it He combination originated in the squawked about the obstructionist house. It has to be sent back to tactics, which was what they were. the house, therefore, to have the But his shrill cry about the tac- amendments considered. That tics was predicated upon argument meant a conference between special quite as silly as the political align- delegations from the house and the ment which brought about the tem- senate, and here was where Mr. Roosevelt got busy. He directed the porary defeat house delegation, to refuse the senTrade Bring About Some ate amendments, and the senate conference delegation, being headed Strange Combinations While Mr. Roosevelt's argument up by Majority Leader Barkley, anwas as full of holes as a sieve, it other equally fervent New Dealer, strikes me that it probably was less Senator Wagner of New York, and a to be condemned than the action of sometimes New Dealer, Byrnes of some of the members of the senate South Carolina, yielded to the deIn the same series of controversies. mands of the administration. The strangest of combinations That circumstance is not unusual among the politicians evolved from in legislative affairs. But it was a trade between the Republicans thought the senate coalition of Reand the portion of the majority in publicans and silverite senators the senate to which I have referred. would be able to force some sort of Senators from silver producing a compromise. That did not hapstates, some Democrats, some New pen. All of the senators who had Dealers,' and the Republicans made sold their votes for a higher price a deal a very polite description of for silver turned tail and ran. They the transaction. It worked out se left the Republicans holdinc the baa. that the silverite senators gave their Which would have been very bad votes to the Republicans who were for the Republicans, except that all seeking to take away Mr. Roose- of this happened during the day of to June 30, and the powers involved velt's "emergency" power change the value of the dollar. The were to expire at midnight that Republicans also wanted to put an night by limitation in the law itself. end to the administration's purchase The Republicans were pretty sore of silver produced outside of the about the situation. They had the United States. element of time on their side, howIn return for the silverite votes on ever, and so they engaged in "legitithese issues, the Republicans gave mate discussion" of the amendthe silverites their votes to increase ments, of the perfidy of the silverthe price paid for silver mined in ite senators, of Mr. Roosevelt's reathis country. The Republicans gave sons and other things, until "after the silver producers an additional the witching hour of midnight The subsidy of about 13 cents an ounce, whole thing ended on a sour note. or agreed to stand for that much. It was a rotten combination, a Voting Usually Reflects trade that smells. I have long ar- Sentiment of the People So the circumstances as we have gued that silver purchase at prices above the market was typical of a seen fail to do credit either to the great deal of the theory that domi- President or the senate Republicans nates current administration poli- or the senate New Dealers. It was cies, but that senate combination on a pretty low grade of politics, but the basis which we know cannot jus- it disclosed one thing: there is rathtify, nor be Justified by, the desire er large representation in the house and the senate which has lagging to correct unsound policies. There was an old demagogue in confidence In Mr. Roosevelt Now, the senate some years ago who said, pursuing that further. I have noted in a flight of oratory, that "it is the usual voting of house and sensometimes necessary to rise above ate rather reflects the sentiment principle for the party's sake." His throughout the country. soul ought to rest in peace, forever, I think this lack of confidence in because his goal was more than Mr. Roosevelt is further shown by achieved by the rare political trade the long drawn-ou- t battle over what among the senators and by the type powers the President should have in of argument Mr. Roosevelt made in dealing with international problems. demanding retention of his "emer- Mr. Roosevelt has asked for rights that would let him designate "war gency" powers over money. and would permit him to zones," No Attack Made by Anyone order Americans away from Ufem. Upon Stabilization Fund He has sought to obtain legislative While Mr. Roosevelt was only authority to sell arms and munitions temporarily defeated in his pro- if they are sold for cash and cargram for control of the money of the ried away from our shores by boats country, it might be well to review of the purchasing nation. the shallow argument he put up as Some of the he has sought the reasons why the "emergency" seem to me tothings be but reasonable, He powers should be continued. the house has not thought so. and I said, for example, that taking away the senate will have many his control of the dollar and the expect words to say about them also. Then right to subsidize silver was like is so much stalling and maneuver laying up half of the navy's ships ing and efforts to save political face in the navy yards. I do not follow that certain conclusions are ineiicap I will so that analogy, forget about able. I referred to the lack nf con that one. The other argument was fidence in Mr Roosevelt displayed that withdrawal of the power to de- in several ways It is more perhaps value the dollar would place the na- manifest with to the neurespect tion's currency again in the hands th.in in other of the Wall Street gamblers. Mr. trality question it has beenany Indeed, way. giuxiperi Roosevelt said they would speculate aruund Capitol hallways for a couple in currencies and that there would of months that con crew will not net be trade wars again. It was the Journ as as international rnsr long same old story: When you have no are around like flrecrack popping other gnat, jump on Wall Street. ers. That, of course, is an exsiK But it is well just here to point but it is nut exiiKgoratiiin out one phase nf the situation that geration: to say that a considerable numU-resulted largely from the stubborn- of senators and ri'prestMiUiivcs do ness of the President. Throughout not want to lirnve Mr. Roosevelt .01 the battle with the senate over the entirely free hand ir interna: iti.iI monetary bill, there never was an attack by anybody upon the dealing. iRele .Krd b Weaiern Nruxp.ipei Uniim.i - - strange-bedfello- It was a human form of some sort, standing there with arms outstretched. church would afford shelter of a sort. Doe tied his horse to a sapling, and plunged through the underbrush to the door. The church was all but fallen down. It leaned over crazily to one side as if it had been pushed over by some giant hand into a great parallelogram. The windows were out and the floor was partly gone, but guided by Intermittent flashes of lightning, Doc worked his way forward to a point near the rostrum, where the roof was good and the rain didn't come through. The rain didn't show any signs of letting up, so Doc lay down on a front bench to go to sleep. Hunch Makes Him Stay Awake. "I lay there about 15 minutes," be said, "when something caused me to open my eyes and look at the doorway at the other end of the church. Lightning flashed Just then flashed Just enough to enable me to see dimly through the door. Something told me to stay awake and, with sleepy eyes I gawd at that door inspecting it each time the lightning would permit me. "I beard a twig break outside, and could tell that my horse waa uneasy. I felt the hair rise on the back of my neck, and my heart began to beat faster. It seemed that it would be hours before the lightning flashed again to tell me what might be there, and In the meantime I straightened np Just as quietly as I could." And along about then there entered Doc'a mind the thought that this old church might be haunted. There was that old chimney charred remnant of the house in which a woman had burned to death. And as if that wasn't enough. Doe began thinking of the countless people who must have been buried from that old church whose bodies must have lain In their pine coffins before that same rostrum near which he was lying now. Those thoughts were running through Doc's mind then, suddenly, lightning flashed again. And this time Doc saw something in the doorway. It was a human form of some sort standing there with arms outstretched, touching both sides of the door. "Now," says Doc,' "I wanted to make my exit I began to get ready to do so, but how was I going to go about it? The only door was blocked, and the windows wer- - too high up. I waited anxiously for the next flash of lightning. "It came, and my ghostly visitor waa disclosed standing In the doorway looking at me. It was plainly silhouetted and It seemed to be an old woman with matted, twisted hair hanging down to her shoulders, no hat no shoes, and wearing some sort of a sack apron. Lightning Reveals the Thing Coming at Him. "She moved with as little noise as the spirit itself. Could it possibly be a spirit? I couldn't move. How was I going to get out? Was the Thing coming closer? To my disordered imagination, it seemed as if it was. What would it do when it discovered me? Would it block my entrance? Would it take out after me? All those things I anticipated before the next flash of lightning. When it came, the Thing was about two feet closer, coming onward with outstretched arms!" Still there was no sound. The apparition had. advanced noiselessly. In the darkness before the next flash Doc could imagine cold, clammy fingers on his face. "Now," he says, "I decided it was time to move. 1 slipped up slowly, hoping to get past the Thing before the next lightning disclosed me. I reached the position that I thought waa by her aide, and then came another flash. I Jumped, and yelled out loud. She followed suit with a yell equally as intense and made a grab at me. But too late! "Just one jump and I was outside the door, running to my horse and off like a streak. I believe if Tom Mix could have seen me ride he'd have envied me." And what was the Thing that Doc saw in the doorway? Well, the next day Doc heard a report that an aged insane woman had escaped from the Anna asylum not far away. And that was Due's ghost (Released by Western Nrwaouper Union.1 Washington's Teeth Mount Vernon in the mouth of George Washington a pair of false jaws with human teeth on. which were made by my father, and they were made with bone gums- -I think of the elephant's teeth or ivory, and made from moulds of beeswax." ing it as long as the measurement around the bottom ring plus a half inch. Shorten the string and draw the top to fit the top ring allowing for a half inch lap. for NOTE: x Book the Home Decorator, and No. 2, Gifts, Novelties and Embroideries, are now 15 cents each, or both books for 25 cents. 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