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The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-05-25
DEPARTING EMPLOYE At MOHRLAND
PRESENTED WITH VALUABLE TICKER

Correspondence The sun.
NoHRI.AND, Utah. MAY iS.-Pos-
utbiy II may. or may not have been re-
ported 10 YOU. az the enjoyable time
spent by the Mcfarland folks Tuesday
evening. the 18th inst. at the amure-
ment hall In honor 1T Louis -. Sher.
flick, before his departure from Mohr-
land. lie had filled the position OF
mine foreman at the Castle Valley
Coal compnny'H Mohrlnnd mino-for
about two yearH-Huccenufully and
satisfactorily Co all parties concerned,
hut handed In his resignation Co ter
inmate his service ON the 18th inst.
TO take up some other more pruiit-
able occupation somewhere In Colo
RADIO. There was large reprcsentatvi"
gathering together ~ all ages and
both sexes of the people of Muhrluud
AZ the amusement hall Tor the pur-
pose OF paying due respects to an
esteemed neiEhhor, friend ana oiii-
cial that was about to leave the l"'
caiity
The entertainment opened up with
a Grand. interesting and exciting dis
piay ct moving pictures, followed 10y
lovely. thrilling strains ot insirumen-
tai music, accompanied 10y some
smart and clever dancing, performed
hy the young folk of both sexes. Then
an interval for speaking several
urrrons Hpoke-Master Mechanic Mil
Ter, Head Electrician Mck""n, Ihom-
al J. Northey and others aa Co MIR.
Sherfick's splendid. excellent and
GOOD qualities rarely "a be met with
N the ordinary man.
Presented With Watch.
AIR. sherfick was then presented
With a beautiful, serviceahle and vat
liable gold watch and gold chain,
worth a hundred dollars. bearing the
'oliowing inscription. Prom the
Rows of Mohrland o. l.. -. Sherlock,
May IS, 1911" Mr., Sherfick then
addressed the audience, expressing
sratitude. appreciation and thanks
for the great honor conferred upon
him, and the costly and beautiful GIT
he boys had given him that night
Then after the presentation cere-
mony was over, music and dancing
vas again INDUCED In and continued
np 90 midnight, when the party made
break and dispersed. each person
uletIy retiring 10 his or her pr ate
,ome, everyone very much pleased
With the pleasure and happiness theS
rad experienced at l., %, sherfick'
arewell party
Address Of a. ,. Northey.
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and Gentle
nen-I was not educated for an ora
or. nor endowed by nature with grea'
,loauence, therefore I do not Zee
lutte able 90 address this assembly
onlght. and l am not going 70 mak'
long speech. for I think there ar'
,ere. more able and competent per
ons for that purpose, but ths lev
words that I am goingSto say In REFER
nee 10 our noble and esteemed
riend. and guest Of this party. an'
,yening MIR. l.. .. sherfick, are tina
think he Is really worthy ana de
crying OF honor. praise, and a pres
mt from the people of Mohrland' DE
ause 1 believe and know him 10 b'
good man. a man that practices IN
great and grand principles OF truth
honesty, and justice, which ] trust W
win ali try 20 emulate, and follow nj
Inc and beautiful example. lie wa
,ourteously respectful. civil ana con
siderate towards all. and everybody
that was In his charge. care, and con
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troll \ thorough. real. sincere friend
o. old axe in their declining years
with always Kind sympathetic word
a. cheer up an old mans dropping
heart and spirits ana fading aud
waning hopes. and inspire the old
mans soul with consolation ana COM
font
T. loss tn Momiand.
It's loss To- the public. aud com
munity of Mohrland Co have such a
person depart from among them. hut
u viii be "A profitable gain to the place
and people where he win next make
his residence and settle down
amongst and associate with think
MIR, Sherfick has got a bright and
brilliant future In front Of him. and
hope that he viii seize and grasp at
all good opportunities, and let no ben
eficiai chances, like the sunbeams
pass him by. hut make the best use
OF his time ana talents, not only for
his own sake. but also for the sake
of his fellow men. whom Is bound and
sure Ia benefit from any ana every
good mans works and deeds, he
| lieve he viii succeed and prosper In
an his undertakings, and I am sur,
he viii never do better than | wish
him 20 do, Tor he has all my besI
blessings 1 hope he will always Dc
we'll la fact. I am confident that h'
win do wen. for all good people al
ways do well. and MIR, sherfick h oE'
of the best OF good people. wish yot
! all that are here tonight many pleas
ant and happy days-peaceful and re
poseful nlghts--and with this mucl
said / will now cease talking and re
tire 20 the rear, for some other NOR
capable speaker. 60 take my place,
l thank you all. ladies and gentlemen
for your kind attention
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New-York tribune., 1917-10-14

which the government has adopted, and
which is absolutely necessary for its sue
cessful conduct of the war; and for the
general dissemination throughout this
country Of the proposals of foreign cabal
&C. character so pernicious and inimical
that our government very properly refused
TO give passports to Americans who wished
to participate in its German-directed
transactions. If public agitation against
me development of an adequate military
force to prosecute the war, and in favor
Of yielding to The German proposals OF
peace is not calculated to give aid and
comfort TO our enemies, then again words
Rave lost their meaning. And again, thus
10 give aid and comfort is treason.
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
Echoes of the Mooney Trial

Quilted of the perjury charge, and before
the arrival of the Presidents investigators.
The facts as stated have stirred up the
Eastern editors. Many of these are in
clined to the opinion that Mooney did not
have a fair trial, and that it is especially
important aside from the principles of ao-
stract justice, that there be no internecine
strife at this time, and this view is taken
by "The Boston Herald" which states:
"The reason for this sudden government
activity in behalf OF the MONEYS is the Pres
iGert's proposed sending of labor commi,-
sion to help stabilize Russia. The Presider t
has heard that no American labor commits
sion could carry any influence abroad while
the United States permitted the legalizrd
lynching of labor organizers.
"But for the moment perhaps there i. a
larger aspect than the Mooney case, larger
oven than American liberty. World liberty
- the victory of America in the war-de
pends upon the Industrial peace which Pres.
ident Wilson is striving to establish
More outspoken is "The New York
Globe which expresses its opinion quite
freely that Mooney is "the victim of class
rage acting through crooked agents of the
law"
After reciting the statement of the
Judge that he would have granted retral
if he had known in time Of the Oxman dis
closures, "The Philadelphia Public Ledger"
remarks:
And. IL Mooney should be hanged, it would
seem to most impartial observers that tte
Ranging would be the judicial murder Of al
innocent man. Mooney is not asking for
pardon. but merely for new trial. II should
be granted him"
Of very different temper is "The San
Francisco Argonaut," which first points
out that the President has no legal right
to appoint a commission TO review the
proceedings of a California court, and
that 'if the President thinks he can ac-
complish any good by coddling the nihlists
If Russia and playing up to the anarchists
of the United States he is due for a rude
awakening"
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
Is Every Man Who Obstructs
| To Be Hanged?

Treason must be made odious." But,
then. some will ask, either specifically or
o;singenuously, is every man who goes on
strike against government work, or who
seeks TO obstruct the execution of ma
tional law or the carrying out Of nation
al policy. guilty Of treason? Or is every
man who agitates for the repeal of law
which he considers unjust, or who seeks to
disseminate information of any matter
that is of interest to him, though the gov
ernment does not approve it's every
such man to be hanged as traitor? For
the sake of those VINO ask this specifically
but honestly we must give the answer
which is already perfectly well known to
those who ask intelligently but disingenu-
ously. The answer is, No; and yet again,
No. The striker may be entirely honest
and law abiding, or he may be a brawler
an incendiary, a murderer; but in either
case he may be entirely innocent of trea-
SON The agitator may be prophet OF
wisdom and righteousness or he may be a
jackass and public nuisance; bat in either
case he may be quite free from the taint
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
\ Iothing To Be Feared in the
" Censorship Necessity

Treason must be made odious." There
fore we regard with profound satisfac-
ton and most buoyant heartening the
Presidents vigorous action against the
/. W. w. and other disloyal troublers Of
the land. We have no fear OF the aboli-
ton of free speech in the suppression Of
soap-box spouters of sedition. The free
com of the press is as dear to us as il is
to the once Honorable Tom Watson, but
We cannot discern its death nor i men,
Jeffersonian" and "The Masses" and other
such prints from the mails. But we are
quite sure that free speech and free press
would quickly go a-glimmering into ever
and gutter editors had their way and the
Hohenzollern Hun were permitted to tri-
umph and 10 extend his doctrine Of leze-
majesty to the United States as in Prus-
sia.
Treason must be made odious." There,
fore, thank God for what has already been
Gone, though late, and let us pray that the
good work will so unSparingly on. Re-
member the definition of treason as given
in our Constitution. 1t is anything which
gives aid and comfort to our enemies. It
is anything which hampers our govern
ment in its prosecution Of the war It is
anything which impairs the efficiency of
our military establishment or deprives it
Of necessary supplies. 1t is also anything
which is designed 70 embarrass our rela-
lions with our allies or to injure them. All
these are acts Of treason, AID upon the
Goers of them we invoke, swift and re-
morseless, the penalty Of traitors. In peace
our liberal laws permit the utmost lati-
tude of speech and action, and the man
who is "agin the government" may be as
true a patriot as the head of the govern
ment himself. But when the nation, back
to the wall, is fighting for life ard for the
life of democracy throughout the world,
'he who is not with us is against u.s."
and he who is against us is our enemy,
whether he be a Uhlan or an I. w. W., a
member of the Reichstag or of the "Peo-
pies Council" The only difference be-
tween them is that the former is an alien
fee, while the latter is domestic traitor.
Treason must be made odiousw
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
Light from Fishes

Long strides are being taken by the bio
logical department Of Princeton Univer-
sity to obtain light without heat. If the
discovery fully realizes its expectations il
will doubtless reyolutionze modern light
ing. Professors Edwin Conklin, Uric
Dahlgren and Edmund y. Harvey are
working on luminous animals in an at
tempt to fathom the cause Of their lumi-
Mostly, which is 80 per cent light. Modern
electric light produces only from per
cent TO 3 per cent light, the rest being
wasted in heat.
Professor Harvey obtained consider
able quantity Of the luminous material
from small fish found in Japan He has
partly analyzed the substance, finding that
Ike the proteids of the living bodies it can
be kept for years by drying it and sealing
It in vacuum tubes. When released
mostened and exposed TO oxygen it will
light into clear, blush phosphorescent
fame.
The substance is very powerful, as il
is still visible when one part Of it is di-
luted in 100000 parts Of water.-The
Electrical Experimenter.
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
l Five Political Eggs All in One Basket

tional party fell from 5,25S,59S in lSlz
to S2O,1S2 in 1916.
An inherent cause Of disruption is seen
nv "Tbe St. Louis Republic" In the incom-
natibility Of the factions, and this paper
also refers to the party as made up OF
Chronic third party men,
"The Wilmington News" remarks:
$50 far. no national political notables have
ettested their allegiance to the ne" move
ment. No members Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives or Of the Senate have been men
,ioned NJ being connected with 1T. Shouio
the new party gain strength It's cher suPpor.
r,iII n,obablv come from the Democrats, just
.s most of the following OF the Progress
sives came from the Republicans But 'he
vast majority Of these Progressiyes have re-
,urned 10 the Republican fold. The remain
der excluding those who became Democrats
may be found in the ranks OF the new party
"The Kansas City Star" foresees it's plat
form as "embodying every element OF po-
litical and economic bosh, conceived by
wild-eyed fanatics" and concludes sarcas-
tically:
"Upon going over the list of the animated
organizations in the new party, one is struck
with surprise that the |. W. ". 90 not hgure
in il. What is the matter with the |. W. ".
Is Il possible that they are too conservative
And il is noticed also that Alexander Berk-
man and Emma Goldman are not hcralded as
organizers. Are the anarchists barred because
they are not bold enough? Plainly the ne"
party is as yet incomplete. However 1t Is
young yet"
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14

is truism that civil rights differ IN peace
and war. If an American citizen to-day
should sell plans Of our harbors and data
concerning our army and navy 10 the
German government, we suppose that even
the pundts of the Peoples Council
would admit that he would be a traitor
according to the prescription Of the Con-
stitution. II he had done so five years
ago. he would have incurred and would
have deserved severe punishment, but 1t
would not have been the punishment OF a
traitor, because we were then friendly
with Germany and there would have been
no "enemies Of the United States" in the
case.
Treason must be made odious." That
is why there are and must be special laws
and regulations for time of war, applying
&c our own citizens, just as there are neu-
tralitv proclamatons and what not detln-
ing the altered status which war makes
IN our relations with foreign nations. That
i why il is eXpedent for all men to re-
TlemDef tnaJ IL WdI We ic III, iA"N PN''
tics" That was the excuse if not alto
gether the Justification of the "allen and
sedition" acts Of more than century ago,
as it was also their partial condemnation.
No rational man can now deny that there
was much provocation for those acts, OF
that there was much good in them, which
We are to-day practising with general ap'
proval. TIER condemnation was three
fold, in that some Of their provisions were
tar too extreme, that they gave too much
autocratic power to the President and
that they were too easily liable to gross
abuse. To these three causes for the re-
action against them we may add two
more. now seen through the perspective
Of history as they were not at the tine
One is that they imposed conditions IN time
of peace which were suitable only for
time of war; and the other, that those
we're the days of the most extreme and
pernicious factionalism ever known in
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
BIZ GEORGE HARVEY
I'm The North American Reviev)

I'm The North American ReUielC)
TIME phrase is Andrew Johnson's; one
of the best remembered sayings OF
N one of the least remembered of our
Presidents. Treason must bemade odous." "
1t is a saying which it is peculiarly peril
nent TO recall at the present time, and which
it will be-thank heaven. we may also say
il has already been and now is-particu-
larly profitable for the President and his
associates to adopt as an aggressive rule
Of action.
Treason must be made odious." What,
then, is the thing against which this right
cous anathema is directed? Says the Con-
stitution of the United States, Article
III, Section 8, Clause /: Treason against
the United States shall consist only
in levying war against them or IN
adhering to their enemies, giving them and
and comfort" That is all; but 1t IS
enough. The clause was purposely draft
eG to permit the largest possible measure
of political freedom, and TO avoid the gross
abuses under which, in some countries,
men were convicted Of treason on the film
siest of pretexts and doomed to the sever
est of punishments. But the fact that 1t
was intended to confine convictions OF
treason to certain specified offences does
not in the slightest degree suggest that
we are to be lenient with those offences.
On the contrary, the more restricted the
grounds are on which man may be con-
vlcted of treason the more rigorous and
inexorable, logically, must be the enforce
ment of the law and the exaction OF It's
penalties upon all within those bounds.
Treason must be made odious.' Note,
then, that treason constitutiohally does
rot consist alone in waging war against
the United States. The offence Is equal
( " great if one simply adheres to the enc
mics of this country. Moreover, that adj
hcrence need not mean joining their army
or their navy. 1t is made perfectly clear
what "adhering" to the enemies of the
United States means or may mean. 1t
means "giving them aid and comfort" A
man who does that is traitor by Con-
stitutional prescription, and he is just as
much a traitor as though he waged open
war against this country.
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
r Tow Does the |. w. w. Measure
l l Up to Treason's Standard?

"Treason must be made odious." Let
US see TO what extent the IL Won't Work"
organization, or whatever 81. w. W. may
be interpreted to mean, measures up to the
constitutional standard of treason. We
need not concern ourselves at present with
the conspiracies with German agents Of
which some of its members are plausibly
suspected. Those things are being inves-
tigated, and before these lines are printed
we shall not be surprised TO see the sus-
picions verified with confirmation strong
as proofs of Holy Writ" 1t is sufficient
for the present purpose TO consider the
acts and purposes Of the !. ". W. which
are known, which are not concealed or de-
MED, which are not only confessed, but
even boasted. Those acts-"overt acts,
in constitutional phrase-comprise the de-
struction of material necessary to the gov
ernment in the waging of the war, the
forcible interference with and hindering
Of works and processes similarly necessary
TO the government for the conduct of war,
and the more or less forcibe obstruction
of the enlistment or conscription of the
soldiers necessary to the government for
the waging of The war. If such perform
ances do not give aid and comfort to the
enemies of the United States, then words
have lost their meaning. And to give such
aid and comfort is treason.
Treason must be made odious." Let us
consider the case of those several times
multiplied Tailors of Tooley Street who
impudently call themselves the Peoples
Council Of America and affect to repre-
sent the American nation. Some of their
proposals are sufficiently platitudinous-
and hebetudinous-to convey antidote
with their bane. Others, however, cannot
thus be dismissed They provide for pub
lie agitation against the military system
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14
TINE explosion OF bomb in Serajevo
set the world afire; two years later

set the world afire; two years later
the explosion of a bomb in San
Francisco produced consequences which
have been heard and needed at Washing
ton, and which have been the basis of al
legged Teutonic intrigue in Russia.
On July %, 1916, during preparedness
rarade in the city of San Francisco, a
bomb, exploded in the middle of the pro-
cession, killed ten and wounded fifty of the
spectators and participants. Thomas ].
Mooney, Warren X. Billings, three other
labor leaders and Moneys wife were ar
rested in connection with this affair and
charged with murder. Since then Billings
has been convicted and sent to the peniten-
tiary for life; Rena Mooney has been
acquitted, and Mooney himself was found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged on May
16 of this year. A stay of execution was
lad pending appeal. since denied, and the
matter has been taken up with the Presi-
dent, who has commissioned the Depart
ulent of Justice to make full report on
the case. So far as related, aside from
the intervention of the President, the case
differs no whit from any ordinary police
court case; but it has become a cause
celebre through the clamor of the labor
unions, backed by the opinions of others,
that Mooney has been unfairly dealt with
and that his conviction and that Of his
fellows was obtained by subornation Of
perjury-in a word, that the whole thing
was a "frame-up"
Color is lent to the allegation OF the
labor leaders by the fact that the trial
Judge wrote a letter to the States Attor-
ney General stating that if certain facts
involving the credibility of the chief wit
ness against Mooney-a cattle dealer,
rather happily named Oxman-had been
sooner disclosed, he himself would have
granted a new trial.
Tho claim of the labor men is that
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14

in that the latter was made up principally
Of members of the Unionist party, together
with some Liberals and but "A sprlnkling
of Radicals. while the American National
marty consists. as one observer has stated,
of nearly all the grouch-bearing elements
of the United States. 1t recalls the old
Peoples party of the '90s to "The Portland
Oregonian," which thus summarizes the
1917 model;
"The platform Of the National party marks
il as a rejuvenated Peoples party, resem-
bling that of the '90s, with free silver ana
the initiative and referendum omitted and
with prohibition and a few other new kinks
added II seems to be sort of pooling OF
issues among advocates OF various isms, no
one of which is strong enough to form
party by itself"
And the paper adds that it is an odd time
"to launch a party founded entirely on
domestic issues
Socialist John Spargo, one Of the lead
ers of the new movement, particularly en-
phasized the claim that "the child Of the
future must be born with an equal chance
-iniouitous dissemination against sex in
the voting franchise must be broken down
excess profits of such corporations as
the steel trust must be applied to paying
the expenses of the war" So far, he
appears to be the leading spirit.
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14

played the tune as you whistled 1t would
not be here to-day" "Discharged!" inter
,upted the well pleased judge. But the
band would" concluded the man in an
undertone. as he hastily retired from the
courtroom.-Lincoln State Journal
He with a tiny one)-Do you like mus
taches? She-I don't know. | never come
in contact with them.-Penn State Froth.
Spike Tuff-Me fodder knew month
before his death when he would die jim
Who told him? Spike Tuff-The Judge
Lamb.
Did you have the eight-hour system on
the farm where you worked? Yes; we
worked eight hours in the forenoon and
eight hours in the afternoon.-Boston
Transcript.
New-York tribune., 1917-10-14

of treason. II all depends upon the pur-
poses and circumstances of the act; and
perhaps more upon the circumstances than
the purposes.
Treason must be made odious.' And
treason is practised chiefly in connection
with war. Indeed, in this country 1t cam
rot be practised otherwise than In connec-
ton with either actual or potential war
Enemies of the United States" are an es-
sential factor Five years ago men might
have gone on strike to paralyze all the
functions of government; they might have
blown up arsenals and sunk the navy; they
might have dissuaded men from entering
the military service, and have persuaded
those in it to desert it; they might have
conducted widespread agitation against
any military system whatever; they might
hrve flooded the country with perniclous
literature. forbidden by the law. In doing
these things they might have been guilty
Of various serious crimes, but the crime
Of treason would not have been. among
them for the simple reason that none Of
these acts, however atrocious and detesta-
bic. would have given aid and comfort to
enemies of the United States. But pre-
c;selv the same acts committed now might
r-operly be adiudged to be treason Of the
rankest kind, because they would give
such aid and comfort.