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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
IT, WIZ AND HOW OF NATIONAL BOARDS FILM CENSORSHIP
T q Effective and Efficient Work Done by the Board
in the Way Of Improving the Standard MOVES ou0mteo
to American Audiences - Last Year 45O,OOOOOO
Feet of Film Were Inspected and Over 4,OOO,-
900 Feet Barred from the Market.

wrought on the film product of the last
four years?
And how. by common reason. can
body of people. without a vestiee OF legal
authority. exert the kind of pressure on
a huge business which. according to the
Mayor of New York cannot constitu-
tionally be exerted by any arm of govern
ment?'
Now. let us examine the factors OF TINS
subject First, we must recognize that
motion pictures are form OF dramdt'c
art. and that drama is laden win mora
or immoral possibilities. All the subject
matter of regular drama can be seen III
motion pictures-all the literature, ro-
nance. political struggle and social prop
lens of the day. And this new kind oil
drama pours out i'm ceaseless HOOD 10
huge audience. nearly all of whom are
unsophsticated and new to the thea're'
They are the formative elements OF AMER
lea. Motion pictures are forming theh'
This circumstance alone makes the mo
ton picture public responsibility ana
necessitates social guidance.
Second. we have this remarkable con-
dition: The theatre man. who EXHIBITS
motion pictures. does not choose his own
programme. Even the supply house which
furnishes the programme does not choose
its own stock This fact stands as a
wall between public taste and pubic
opinion on the one hand, and the motion
picture supply on the other. The Ola
principle, that the audience VIII censor
its own entertainment. breaks down IN
the case of the motion picture show. THIS
is vital point and we must dwell on II
moment The fact is that the puonc
does censor its motion pictures by the
old method of supply and demand, out
only in way to compel the motion pict-
ure to appeal TO low common denomina-
tor of public taste. When the same pct
ure must satisfy both the highbrow OF
Boston and the ranchman OF Arizona IL
is plain that we will get the basic human
values and verites. but not the varied
forms of beauty and interest which va
rietV Of culture makes possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

moud laboriously concealed i'm pill box
Botn because his face is smooth
shaver and by reason of the lighting
qualities Of his jaw aforesaid Mr.
Folks countenance. as the reader may
confirm by looking al his photograph, is
the type now so much to the front in the
administration at Washington.
Although II student. he is erect His
love Of books has not prompted him to
neglect the lessons in physical culture
so earnestly learned during his football
and rowing days AZ Yale.
lie was well put together to start
with and IS still in training And IL calls
for an athletic young man 10 cope with
the hosts of sleepless sleeper-trunk and
falls heeled smugglers that attack this
port every year.
Mr.. Folks hair is just turning gray
but he has the complexion OF a man
who. even in mid-winter. has somehow
found way for the sun to tan him
His eye looks through one, but If one
ls innocent of wrong no more serious
than the kind committed by an inter-
. viewer who means no harm the result Is
decidedly pleasant to the person thus
bored.
There is an Irresistible twinkle i'm Mr.
Folks eyes which il would perhaps be
best to say nothing about. else the willy
smuggling army might count on il to
help them. and this would lead only TO
disappointment lie enjoys a joke and
knows how to make one, but 1t is not
too much To say that the best comedian
on earth would he as Hamlet to Mr. Polk
if caught short changing Uncle Sam.
Being lawyer. Mr.. Polk believes in
enforcing the law. Laws may be unpopu-
lar. but his knowledge OF the history Of
mankind proves To his satisfaction that.
If this be true, here and now, the situa-
ton. after all, possesses nothing that is
new.
lie has met Mr.. Loeb on one or two oc-
casons. and is therefore only slightly
acquainted with his competent predeces-
sor. However, he. along with all stu
dents OF contemporaneous history. has
not been able to overlook what Mr.. Loeb
has been doing to smugglers and under
valuers.
Another glance at Mr. Folks jaw. and
one Is positive that so long as the law
says smuggling is a crime Mr. Polk Will
view smuggling as no better and no worse
than making counterfeit money or moon
shine whiskey. And this Notwithstanding
the fact that smuggling used to be con-
sdered' respectable like the African slave
trade.
The collectorship. as has been pointed
out, Is no longer place for a dummy, or
favorite or "A political advance agent.
Rather /, is an opportunity for New
York business man OF probty. experience
and wide acquaintance with the larger
problems of commerce and industry.
Mr.. Polk will be at the head Of nineteen
hundred men. charged with the collection
annually of over s2OO,OOoO0O. and called
upon to decide almost daily questions in
yolving the life or death of some business
or Industry. lie will collect about two
thirds of the revenue of the government.
In point OF influence. responsibility and
opportunity Mr.. Polk will rank with
Cabinet officer. SO. In the category OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
BEYOND THE PHILOSOPHER.

Now. was there ever a philosopher so
wise that he could state just what moral
influence anything in particular would
have on a condemnation of people rang
ing from three to eighty years in age, and
representing social traditions and educa-
tional influences, some of them modern
and some ancient some of them natlNe
and some foreign? No philosopher could
even imagine anything which would affect
this variegated mass of humanity, man by
man, in just the same way.
That is what the National Board of
Censorship is trying to do. That is what
all the other censorships, local or nation
al, must try TO do. Is it not absurd on
the very face of it? Yet. though II does
look absurd it is true that the National
Board of Censorship has operated for four
years. with the approval of the public
and the free consent of the film makers.
and that under the influence of the Ma
tional Board the moving picture art has
nuriAed itself and become more and more
educational
Now. let us examine the National Board
of Censorship. The board last year in
spected 100000 feet Of film. 1t kept off
the market 4.12OOO0 feet 1t prevented the
exhibition of films which would have had
a sales value to their producers of siso'OVo.
And this tremendous work was done
wholly by volunteers, this tremendous
loss of profits was cheerfully submitted to
by the manufacturers.
The National Board Is made up as fol-
lows: There is censoring committee OF
about ninety members. drawn from the
settlements. the teaching ranks, the lit
erary and social working groups of New
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

TT IDING gems in a set OF false
teeth and attempting to SNUG
Gle them into this country is
going to be just as much a grievously
humorous misadventure during the ad-
ministration of Frank Lyon Polk, the
proposed new Collector of the Port of
New York. as under William Loeb jr..
whose summary treatment of persons
that have tried to evade inspection has
furnished abundance of droll entertain
ment for their fellow citizens whose
withers have remained unwrung
All the smugglers, their sisters and
their cousins and their aunts are so.
ing to hate Mr.. Polk.
At present he does not appear to pos
sess a single enemy. but there is that
about his jaw, and in the way he looks
at one, and in what he doesn't say that
augurs well for a singularly rich crop
of these valuable aids soon after he
takes Office.
There was that other man who was
also loved for the enemies he had made.
Just give Mr.. Polk time. 1t will not
take long Not that he makes any
threats He doesn't; neither does he ask
any favors. He didn't ask for the job
in the first place
As a man TO interview one finds Mr..
Polk alertly, cordially ready to refrain
from getting mixed up in the picture.
lie is a lawyer. He has been great
many other things for a man who was
not born until 1871. But it is his several
years Of experience as a lawyer down
among the choicest of our skyscrapers
that. perhaps, is of most service to him
during the grim trials of an interview
He knows that there is nothing in the
statutes to compel man TO talk glow
ingly of himself and of his past per-
formances. .be they. football perform
ances in the early COS at Yale, or Class
A achievements as a reformer in the
1905. in New York City.
He is the kind of man who has lived
stories, but vino would never think Of
keeping diary, much less of lecturing
on the subject OF himself And he never
talks about anything, anyway, unless he
has studied it and has something to say.
So, few days ago, before he had re-
ceived definite assurance of his appoint
ment. Mr.. Polk went so far as to re-
mark in response to numerous inquiries
by the newspaper men that If he were
appointed to the important position of
Collector of the Port of New York he
would conduct business administra-
ton. and that efficiency-a thing for
which he acknowledged q very strong
attacbment-would be his ruling pas
sion.
When Mr.. Folks jaws closed imme-
diately following the enunciation Of this |
plank in his platform, at glance 1t
could be seen that IL would be harrow
ing experience for any one to be found
inefficient in the customs service after |
Mr.. Polk is collector.
One would almost prefer being caught |
l.: one OF ar. Folks urbane inspectors |
in tie act OF smuggling an uncut dia-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

This condition. this need, brought about
the National Board of Censorship almost
before any of it's founders realized what
was happening. Wnen the New York
picture men in March. 1909. came TO the
Peoples Institute and asked that citi-
zens' committee be formed TO advise them
regarding films, none of the organizations
which responded dreamed that this local
committee would become national board
with plenary powers in less than three
months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
THE BOARDS coWoRKERs.

The work was notionalIzed on the initia-
tive of the big manufacturers, and ii is
these manufacturers who now desire that
the work be done. II the national board
were disbanded tomorrow some Ind OF
substitute for 1t "a substitute which in
the nature Of things would have 10 be
efficenU would be evolved.
Note that any censorship which thus
rests on economic need must necessarily
be honest and efficient. The trade sub
mits to censorship in order to restrain
manufacturer Y. He must not only he
restrained. but public opinion must be
substantially satisfied with the quality OF
the pictures Unless the national board
does its work we'll manufactures y be-
comes numerous at once. and everybody
pays the bill II the national board does
anything to forfeit public confidence then
everybody pays the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

blame Then the hlm manufactures
thirty FIVE or more In number. are de-
nounccd. though only one Is TO blame.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
 WILL MEET TONIGHT
Secretary Will Be Chosen By the Young Mems Organization, Which
 Has Big Membership.

The second meeting of the Young Mems Progressive League will be held tonight in the assembly. room of the Chamber of Commerce, and it is urged upon every man who is in terested in the development of Pine Bluff and Jefferson county to be pres ent.
 The meeting will be presided over by President Knox and further plans and new ideas will be before the meeting. The selection of a per- maneat secretary will probarly come up tonight. as the Board of Cover nors, at their meeting Wednesday decided to call this question up be- fore a regular meeting of the body. A number of Hive wires" have been mentioned for this place. any one of whom would prove good man if se- lected.
 The campaign for membership has gone steadily and merrily on since the last meeting, with the result that over 200 names have been added, and it is very probable that large number will become members at to- nights meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
GREETS HIS MOTHER AFTER FORTY YEARS James Phillip Carlson, of Pine Bluff, Returns to Old
 Home Unexpectedly. LEFT WITH A CIRCUS Has Been Around the World Several Times and Had Outgr0wn
 Mothers Memory.
LEFT WITH A CIRCUS

Webster. Mass. July 24.-James Phillip Carlson, of Pine Bluff Ark, who ran away from his home in Webster, Massachusetts, forty years ago with a circus and never returned East, today greeted his mother, Mrs. Mary Carlson, after the long absence. Carlson was given up as dead until he walked into his old home this morn ing, threw his arms around his mOth- CTS neck and wept. He had changed so completely since boyhood that his mother hardly knew him and it was some time before he convinced her that he was her long lost son.
 Since leaving Webster, Carlson has been around the world several times. For the past eleven years he has lived in Arkansas, spending most of his time in Pine Bluff.
 The Carlson home is the scene of a happy gathering and reunion and on tomorrow big family dinner will be given the wandering boy" at which all of the members of the Carlson family will be present The Carlson family lives in a palatial home on North Main street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
State Guard Ordered Or Duty in Strike District of
 Three Counties.
STRIKERS ON PARADE
Two Thousand Deputies in Addition to Troops Are on Scene But Force
 Inadequate for District.

Calumet, Michigan, July 24.-The copper country is practically under martial law tonight. Following a day of rioting when 30 persons had been injured, one probably fatally, Cover nor Ferris ordered an entire brigade of the Michigan National Guard dis patched to Upper Michigan. Governor Ferris and staff with other troops will arrive tomorrow.
 Quiet prevails tonight, according to reports from various parts of the dis trict. The strikers contented them selves with marching from shaft to shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mines to see that no men were sent under ground Eighteen thousand under ground men are now idle in three counties, Houghton, Ontonagon and Keweenaw, while 5000 surface, mill and shelter men are idle in Houghton county alone.
 A slight disturbance occurred to- night at the Park Brewery in Han cock, where there is a strike of brew CTS, but nobody was injured. The authorities denied the trouble had any connection with the miners strike.
 Governor Ferris ordered out troops late today, after having been in con- stant communication with Sheriff Crume, of Houghton county. The sheriff declared that, although he had sworn in 2,000 deputies, he was pow erless, owing to the largest district to be guarded. He demanded 2.OOO sol diers. Rioting continued all day Posses sent against rioters were driv- en back by fusillades of stone and in some instances by pistol shots. The authorities in Calumet. Houghton and other cities were helpless to control the mobs of strike sympathizers and miners, who have not responded to the strike call of the Western Federation of miners, and who were battling in the streets.
 Federation officials tonight declare that the only claims so far made on the copper companies were for con- ferences in order to discuss the mems demands. They declare that the men are now striking for this conference and for recognition of their union on ly. It is said, however, that the men also desire a minimum wage of three dollars day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
ELLIOTT NEW HEAD
 OF NEW HAVEN
Meeting of Board of Directors Select
 Northern Pacific Man.

New York, July 24.--Howard FL liott, president of the Northern Pa cific. will be the new head of the New Haven System. That fact has been decided by the committee of six directors of which Theodore N. Vail is chairman and J. P. Morgan, the dominating force. Mr. Elliott will take the management of the New Haven, not as president of the sys- tenn, but as chairman of the board, a new position to be created. For that reason he may not be elected tOmor- row by the board of directors as had been originally planned. Just what line of action is to be followed, will be decided at meeting of the Vail committee, which will be held tomor- row.
 A special meeting of the New Haven directors will be held tomor- row to act on the report of the Vail committee, which will be drafted by the committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
'NO PROGRESS BEING MADE Union Leaders and Railroad Officials B4ore Board
 of Mediators.
ARE STANDING PAT
No Indications of Yielding Their Con- tentions is Shown By Either Side
 and Strike May Yet Come.

New York. July 24.-Charging that the eastern railroads are endeavoring to starve them out by refusing to ar bitrate the wage question. the eighty men represented by A. B. Garretson and w. G. Lee, threatened tonight to break off all negotiations with the Board of Mediation and order a strike immediately.
 At the close of the day, the manag- CTS committee, acting for the rail- roads, and the union leaders were as far apart as they were when President Wilson's mediators came here on Mon day. The employees say they will agree to arbitrate only the wage ques- tion at this time. The railroad offic- ials are equally firm in a demand that their grievances against the unions be considered jointly with the demand for increased pay.
 At conference between the Medi- ators and the union men at the Broadway Central today. w. G. Lee, for the trainmen informed the medi- ators the delay was costing the bIOlilcIHOoQ po,UUU udy uHu lIldl lue total cost of the controversy to date would aggregate $10,000. He estimat- ed that 500 men were remaining away from work in addition to the com mittee here, in order that strike or ders might be transmitted promptly
 Judge William Lea Chambers and the associated mediators were in formed that under no condition would the union make any further conces- sion. This announcement was fol. lowed by the intimation that if the railroad managers do not agree to reasonable arbitration" tomorrow 8 time limit of hours will be fixed by the leaders after which they will strike.
 The Board of Mediators conferred with the committee of managers dur ing the late afternoon, but it was understood that no progress was made. There will be another meet ing between the mediators and the railroad officials tomorrow morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25

be expected to file claims complete ready to to be verified by the master.
 One feature of the refund due pa irons of railroads which may develop into something detrimental to the ulti- mate speedy collections of the refunds is the work of collection bureaus op- orAtiug out of St. Louis, Kansas City and other points. These bureaus have visited practically every mer- chant and shipper in the state, ,t iF said, and have, upon an offer made to collect these claims by August 13, on q charge of $15. collected papers from Arkansas merchants and shippers.
 It is not believed these parties in any way represent the railroads, but the master proposes to get out cir cular letter to the merchants and shippers over the state warning them against giving out these claims to anyone. The master handles these without cost
 All claims are to be filed with the master. who. upon verifying them, will on Nov cmbcr 1 ask the court to bring in judgment for this sum. Up on the payment of this judgment the shippers ar patrons of the railroads will be given their refund.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
REFUND MASTER IN
 RATE CASE AT WORK
Judge Wallace Begins Work of Listing Shippers Who Are to Be Repaid
 Freight Rate Money.

Little Rock, July 24.-Judge J. G.. Wallace of Russellville, recently ap- pointed refund master for Arkansas by Judge J. Trieber of the Federal court, arrived in Little Rock Thurs day morning to assume his duties During the morning he was in consul tation with the Arkansas Railroad Commission and local attorneys as to the course to pursue.
 However, it is stated that immedi- atelY upon opening of offices in the old Statehouse a blank form will be gotten out and upon which the claim of each person will be made out for record and presentation to the court. These blanks in the cases where the shippers are unable to figure the rates for themselves will be made out by the refund master. In the case of the larger shippers and those who are members of some freigfft bureau it is stated these freight bureaus will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25

A. J. Wells, chairman of the State central Committee; National Commit teeman w. M. Kavanaugh. Sheriff w G. Hutton of the Pulaski County Gen. tral Committee, T. P. Murrey, secre- tary o1 the State penitentiary board and scores of others.
 Some Reflections
 The triumph of Judge Hays does not mean radical changes in the course of Democracy in Arkansas Practically all the appointments ol the governor have been made-were made by Joe T. Robinson before he resigned to become a United States senator.
 The victory was one in which the Robinson forces in state politics played a part. So did the followers oi the late United States Senator Jeff Davis. The political influences o1 his friends was apparent from the beginning of the campaign.
 Senator Robinson did not come home to take any part in the cam paign. In fact, it was understood that he was hands off"
 Neither did United States Senator James P. Clarke participated person. ally in the contest between Demo- cratic factions. He came home for a few days while the primary campaign was ill action, but stated his mission to Little Rock was a private one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
WALCOTT IS RELEASED
 ON BOND IN THIS CITY

w. B. Walcott, the young Memphis, Tennessee, drug clerk, who was brought back to this city yesterday by Deputy Sheriff c. C. Green to answer an indictment, charging obtaining mo- ney by false pretenses, was released on bond yesterday afternon. The bond was signed by a friend from McGehee, Ark, and a local young man, who has known Walcott for some time. Wal colt, who says he is Mason, declares that he has never been in trouble be- fore and that he would clear himsel:: of the charge at the proper time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
POWDER EXPLODES
 KILLING SEVEN
Ton of Explosive Lets Go and Shatters Windows Three Miles
 Distant.

Montreal. Canada. July 24.-Four men and three girls, employees of the Canadian Explosive Company at Be- loeil, were literally blown to atoms today when ton of gun powder ex- ploded.
 The force of the explosion shattered windows at a distance of three miles from the scene and bricks and debris from the plant were found a mile from the site of the factory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
GRAND JURORS TO
 MEET ON AUGUST 21

Judge Grace announces that the date of reconvening of the Jefferson County grand jury has been changed from September to Thursday, Au- gust 21. This change was made be- cause of the original date coming in conflict with term of court over which Judge Grace is to preside. On August 21 the jury commissioners will meet and select the men who will compose the grand and petit juries at the succeeding term of court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-25
TELLS NICHOLSON
 TO USE DISCRETION

Washington, July 24.-Acting Sec- retary of the Navy Franklin Roose- welt cabled Admiral Nicholson, in command of the Adriatic fleet, to use his discretion in complying with the demands of the Chinese republic that a detachment or marines be sent to Ruling as part of an international guard to protect foreigners. It is believed that Admiral Nicholson will send the marines at once.