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The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-19
FUTILE PUNISHMENT

Recently the Associated Press dis
patches told of raid of police Off
GERS upon an /. w. w. rendezvous at
Weirton, w. Va, in which 157 "reds"
were bagged.
In the quarters raided half ton of
inflammatory and anarchistic "itera-
ture" was found, and on one of the
walls was a conspicuous placard in the
Finish language reading; ''The peoples
flag is red; my blood runs red; hoist
up the red flag on a pole, and let us
live or die under it,"
The authorities gave 80 of the cap
nearly all of them Firms and al
most without exception unable to read
or write English-''the option of kis-
sing the American flag or going TO
jail"
All, of course. elected to kiss the
flag; and after that formality was
executed, the undersirables, says the
report, ''were then driven out of town
by police and deputies"
Then remaining seven, ringleaders,
were likewise forced to desecrate the
banner of freedom and democracy by
kissing it, and then "taken to the coun-
ty jail at New Cumberland, where
they will be held pending investiga-
tion by Federal authorities"
Kissing the flag as Washington
or as Molly Pitcher would kiss some
thing; but as foreign anarchist
would kiss it, under compulsion or to
escape Jail, it means nothing except
the profaining of sacred emblem.
Having gone through the mock and
purely physical progress of touching
the flag with their unclean lips. those
$50 "red" enemies of the American
banner are now again at liberty to
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continue their conspiracies and intri-
CUES against it.
What is the sense of that?
They have not been punished for
their offense against society and the
flag assuming an offense had been
committed, else their arrest would not
have been justifiable- because kissing
the flag was in their case and under
such circumstances entirely meaning
less, save as an easy and painless
means of escaping from prediaca
ment.
1t would have been better had thew
been locked up and made to undergo
course of punishment that would have
left lasting impression.
The American flag means too much
to justify its being put to such a use
Ia use which amounts TO nothing short
of abuse of its purity and the sacred
principles symbolized by it.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-19

lated to turn rosy youth to dodded-old
age than, for instance, to get a death
item and weather predictions mixed
so that the darn thing comes out in the
paper Mrs. VIM. Williams died last
night. She. has gone where it is 116
degrees in the shade and with rising
temperature tomorrow" well-we'd
like TO know what it is. Maybe you
think it is pleasant to walk down the
street and hear SOME grinning idiot
with a head like a German pancake
and brain like an added egg holding
up the sheet to caustic criticism and
the editor to constituencies scorn.
Maybe you think it is nice to hear
some member Of the vacuum family
remark that the editor must make up
his paper with a shovel, or some Pin
head Percy wonder why the editor
doesn't learn TO set type. No doubt
you think it is excrutiatingly delicious
when an item announcing that Miss
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-19

Merry Merryvale is led to the altar
and it gets into the paper as sled by
the halter" Funny, isn't it? Yes, it
is. 1t depends on the point of view.
Some people may think that para
lyzed man with the itch is the height of
the ridiculous, but what about it? We
are all apt TO make mistakes. Don't
forget that. What would you think
if the editor put some of your mis-
takes into the paper? Remember
when who shaves himself.
came to church with fine patch Of
whiskers on his chin which he had
overlooked? And when Miss
let the shoe string on her switch hang
down her back? And how Elder
caught the tail Of his coat over the
neck Of the bottle in his hind pocket
and went down the street showing that
sometimes the strongest in the faith
are the weakest in the flesh? But we
have no intention Of telling these
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altogether too many careless and reck-
less drivers who imagine that the high
ways are made exclusively for their
personal use. As in the above acci-
dent, Mr.. Kerschstein claims his car
was well to the right of the road, and
apparently his contentious are right,
or he would have been unable to Sc
cure damages without litigation
Springfield Advance.
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things. AS an editor we wouldn't be
much Of hairpin If we were bent that
way. Just remember, though, that We
are al prone to error, and the next
time you see something in the paper
which you regard as sure sign OF
the editor feebleminde edness, just say
the devil did it, and by heck, we'll
back you up.
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NO WONDER HE COULDN'T

The old man was applying at the
eye hospital for some spectacles, and
the doctor was making a test of his
eyes.
A card was fixed on the wall 4
little distance away from where the
old man was sitting, and the doctor
asked him.
"Can you read that, my MANI"
"No, SIR" said the old man, Il
can't"
The doctor told him to go nearer.
'Well, can you read it now?"
Again the old man replied: "No,
sir"
The doctor angrily pulled him for
ward till his nose almost touched the
placard.
"Well, can you read it now"
'No, sir" said the old man, sad4
ly, shaking his head "You see, sir,
| never learnt to read!"
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There isn't much difference be-
tween being "half baked" and real
"nuts." ."-Ex.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-19

The amount of brains doesn't count.
It's how you use 'em.-Ex.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

at mas made certain that Germany has
changed her ideas and her purposes and
we nave no assurance that there has been
any change, no sign Of any change and
further, we cannot safely assume that since
Old men are still running new Germany
ne" Germany is anything but an ENLARGED
and camoufagcd edition of the old.
1t IS perfectly impossible in present cir
cumstanccs to put all our confidence in the
league Of nations and retire, leayinr Cor
many more powerful than she was before
the sole gamer in all respects az result
OF this war, since she has devastated France.
compelled Great Britain to mortgage her
"h"nc'al future to America and reduced
the commercial fleets of the world.
But how then are we at Paris TO save tho
war! obviously, in two ways. The cost of
the war must be borne either by the Allies
who defended themselves or by Germany
who attacked them. Germany in fighting
the war drew upon her internal resources
and can rcpudiate her debts; England and
France and Italy We're compelled to borrow
OF America and cannot rcpudiatc their
debts Either the French and British and
Italian people will have to stageer under
the burden Of this debt--and, in the case OF
france, under the added burden incident to
the destruction by the Germans Of French
industrial regions or that burden must be
lifted from Allied shoulders to German. If
the Germans escape, if they can resume the
oid game oil armlng, if French and British
and Italian taxpayers have to shoulder if
'hey VIII be unable even to arm themselves
adequately for self defence 1t is essential
Tor Americans to realize that the question
OIL reparatlon and restitution, even of IN
ocmh'ty' Is not punitive, it is not pro
gramme of plumber of Germany 1t is
merely an effort to save, primarily France,
who has suffered most but England and
Italy as well, from the crushing burden
placed upon them by the necessity of de-
lending themselves against Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

chapel that night with all the benches
taken and mess hall stools brought in under
the arms of the late corners. The men
passed in from their cells in single file,
without any guards on duty en- route
or in the chapel. The thousand sat still
IN their seats buzzing to each other. study
ing their programmes
The movie music that the piano was CIV
ing out under the fingers of former Broad
way musician, stopped. The footlghts went
ON, and Tom O'Brlen. rudy young Irish
man with a tassel of black curls over his
right eye, came in front of the curtain with
John r. Frome, the stage manager of the
company. He has the Irish tongue for say
ing the right thing and he expressed the
cordial thanks of the men to the company
for coming. Mr.. Frome answered simply
and the curtain went up. The audience was
brcathlcssly quiet and alert
When you were little ! spanked YOU"
Ellie Shannon told her big son in the first
act, "and you'll never do that to me-"
The act had to wait moment while
Sing Sing laughed loud at this simple little
mothers joke. Warden Meyer says that
his men wait for a chance to laugh. and
seize 1T before it's hardly around the cor
Nor They'd rather hear joke than have
meal, if the choice were given.
Sing Sing proved itself patriotic during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

from Warden Meyer down to Pete, is
splendid host Pete is the refractory New
Jersey dog. who was sentenced to be shot
Tor numbering pigs and chickens in a whole
sale fashion. He was sent to Sing Sing and
IS now reformed and on the same plane of
honor with the other TRUSTEES Of the place
Supper was served to the company in the
great warden's dining ROOM and while Mr.
Meyer and his family and servants served
their guests Pete lay down in front Of Miss
shannon and guarded her sandwiches and
cake against the avarice Of a small, hungry
canine who was casting bright eyes of appe-
tite at her lap. He was no more careful
OF the comfort Of the guests than was every
other man out there. AS Mr.. Pinkenelli (the
spelling is ours), who is the manager of
the play, said. rather ruefuly, "That err.
chap I've just been talking to is a muir
derer. he told me- but, by George, who ever
saw such gentle murderer" All the cour-
tcsy is not over the tcacups OF the world;
a deal of it is in Sing Sing prison.
But better than that, Sing Sing audi
cnce is an audience THAT follows every line
roars at every Joke, claps at every climax
and wears the curtain out with calls. MIR
Crane compared it to soldier audience.
which, as everybody knows, is the most
appreciative audience in the world.
There were over thousand men in the
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The New
AIignnenfs

10 balance the downfall Of Russia We
have the collapse of Austria; but Auetria
was never one-tenth as important a factor
in the Triple Alliance as Russia was in the
Triple Entente and already we sec tho
Germans Of Austria seeking to unite them
selves with Germany, and it is patent that
some similar alliance will be sought bv the
Hungarians result of changes TO be
made in Hungarian territory through the
liberation of the Slavs and Rumanians.
Thus more than 20,000O00 Of Austrian sub
jects will remain associated with Germany
and it was precisely this element which
supplied the main aid Germany could obtain
from her Hapsburg associate Germany
has thus saved almost half of Austria while
the Allies have not only lost all of Russia
but have seen Russia marching toward
new alignment with Germany.
Now, by contrast, Italy has associated
herself with Great Britain and France. but
before the war Italy was economically. as
we'll as politically, penetrated by Germans
There was no profound bitterness between
the Germans and Italians, even during the
present war, and there exists for tho future
no real basis for Jealousy now that Italy
has achieved refrigeration Of the Austrian
Italian population. Italys present sympa-
thies are Internationally With Grcnt Britain
and France, but Italy's commercial interests
in the future, even more than in the past,
will be with tho Central Powers ms "A result
Of geographical conditions It is possible
10 cxaggcrate the Italian danger, but il is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

by the occupants Meteorological self
recording instruments had been sent up
to height of $4,000 feet by attaching them
TO kites of special construction. The Blue
Hill observatory, near Boston. the
pioneer in this work
Sounding balloons carrying only self
recording meteorological Instruments had
assembled to height of 121 900 feet above
sea level: minimum temperature of 1873
in one ascent. Free pilot balloons, indicat-
ing the direction and velocity of the wind,
had been traced to height of about $4,000
feet. And before our entrance into the war
arplanes had assembled to a height of about
$4,000 feet. But above all observations had
been made of the movements of the clouds
at attitudes extending even beyond the
limits of airplane flight
The variable conditions of weather OBJ
tanning at the ground extend upward for
varying heights; but in determining con-
ditions aloft it is always necessary to know
the air conditions at the ground to serve
as basis for calculations
The air densities and barometric pres
sures decrease with ascent above the
ground with the least interruption of reg
ularity; and the barometer is the most i'm
portant instrument for the aviator, for it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

earth to distance of a mile, two miles
perhaps three miles, move along above the
ground at average velocites of about
twenty-five miles hour. But the move
ment of translation is irregular some
times they dart ahead at express speed of
forty or fifty miles an hour, and at other
times they are held in check and make
almost no advance for day or two
1t is in the southeastern quadrant of
these advancing cyclones that the area Of
greatest cloud and rain fall, local squalls,
thunder storms and tornadoes occurs,
and in which the aviator is most likely to
experience bumps"
Observations of the air conditions at the
ground and chiefly near not much above
sea level had been made at literally thou
sands of places scattered all over the world.
but especially in the United States and
throughout Europe
Our knowledge of the upper air was
chiefly derived through the following
means: Observations made on few
mountain peaks, such as Mount Washing
ton, Pixies Peak, Ben Nevis and Mont Blanc
Under exceptional conditions only was an
altitude of $4,000 feet above sea level ex-
ceeded.
Manned balloons had made ascents to a
height of "a, 500 feet and observations made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

many. 1t is purely and simply question
of whether Germany shall nav for what she
did, or succeed in running those nations who
were her commercial rivals, both bv svs-
tematcally destroying their industrial
machincry and by loading them with colos-
sal debts incurred in defending themselves
against German assault There is a foo
ready tendency in American quarters. hero
Mt least. TO read into the purpose of our
Allies motives and reasons which are NOT
there In very large degree the Germans
wall WIN the war if they make the people
lhey attacked bear the great burden Of it.
ana once more we must remember that we
are still at war with Germany.
IN the second place, We have got TO re-
store the balance Of power in Eurone. de-
stroyed when Germany eliminated Russia
as nation and as a force in the world
Nhless we can replace Russia by some othe.
force of equal strength there will be moth
ing left in Europe capable of opposinr
SO,0O0,000 Germans occupying the centre Of
the continent. united. capable of indefinite
e"ort ana having still open to them the
temptation of world power; in fact, having
~ 0poN " 'helh even more completely than
1T was in 1914, when they took their great
gamble
And this can be done, this new force can
be created only in one way If we shall
create real, strong. national states in Po-
land. IN Bohemia, in Rumania and out of
the southern Slavs, as we'll as>by completing
the uhlhcatlon of the Greeks we shall have
added to the balance against German 40
erosion more than 50,00000O people d.
vlded into four nations, but canable of verv
energetic development, capable of becoming
real national entities, capable at no distant
time OF defending themselves and barring
the German pathway to power.
The German theory in this war ought
never to be forgotten. Germany undertook
at one time to assail western power in order
to mold France at ransom to paw for tho
war and to destroy Russia in the East. make
herself master of the destines of half
score OF minor races extending from the
Gulf of Finland to the Black Sea, by Great
ing states which were incapable of self
maintenance and by melting these several
races against one another the Germans
sought to create condition of chaos ON their
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Actors Good and Bad, Sing Sing Listens to Play

from the original at the prison press. A
decorative poster, announcing the play and
date, was painted by a prisoner artist and
hung in front of the chapel door ct was
sent afterward down to Mr.. Woods for his
office) The music is furnished by the
Mutual Welfare League. The hall is deco
rated with flags and banners by the prls-
oners, with everything from the Allies
and the Y. NJ. c. A. to the flag of Ireland.'
and back again. The sets and properties
are provided by the entertainment commit
tee, in compliance with the orders received
from the company in advance The war
den's house is always stripped for the PLAYS.
but he says he'd sit on the floor and com
mand his family to, if the shows could not
be given otherwise
Some kind of entertainment is given
every night, usually movies, sometimes
vaudeville, and as often as possible a ole
gltlmate,' so that never a night is the big
hall idle or empty. Jacobs and his COM
mlttee are kept busy in their booking Office.
but their time is we'll spent, for the warden
and the officers of the Mutual Welfare
League look upon the entertainment pro
The men normal and healthy minded. The
narrow cells are fit only for sleep or grim
meditation, and the idea is to keep the men
away from those cells as much as possible
In the daytime they work and at night they
are entertained.
And because the people of the theatre do
60 up to help out on this plan they are
regarded by the leaguers as their best
friends in the world
And believe me- one of them told Miss
Shannon IF anybody ever steals your polls
and comes up here, you can bet he won't
get no welcome from his gang A guys
gotta stop just short of playin' crooked
with actresses, and don't you forget that,
Miss Shannon"
Which puts "actoresses" in a privileged
class, after all.
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IS barred only by mutilated Southern slar-
dom, the league of nations VIII not serve
as barrier The abstract principles writ
ten there will no more appeal to Germans
IN the next decade than abstract doctrines
formulated by the Hague tribunal closed
the pathway through Belgium. We have
then at Paris two very clear duties sui
to perform. We have to make Germany
bear the burden, the financial burden. Of her
last attack, IN order that she may not,
escaping the cost OF the war. be aisle 10
concentrate her remaining resources on
preparation for n new attack upon those
nations staggering under the buiden Of
their debts and incapable Of paying those
debts and matching division with division
and gun with gun along the Rhine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

the war with its 81 900 loens-on cent and
half day pay-and it proved itself
patriotic last Sunday night whenever the
good Amerlcanism of the play, which is a
war play, gave them an opportunity
"Germans, | hate the Germans." Miss
Shannon told her German son in the second
act We never heard T. R. himself pet
more applause than she did after that
speech
Back stage convict carpenters. scene
shutters and committee men did most of the
mechanical work of arranging the stage.
Paul Chapman was there shifting scenery.
and the gentle murderer" of Mr. Pinkenel-
lis acquaintance and many others. Thew
are expert at the work, and few have
vowed to stop stealing and go into the
theatrical business" when their period of
retirement is over. One was addressed the
other night by Mr.. Fromc
you work like a professional" com
monted FYome.
81 am, SIR came the answer.
"Whcrc did you work."
Suburbs, mostly. Second story work. ="
came the calm answer and Mr.. Frome was
left TO mediate the double meaning or
profession"
The production Of plays at Sing Sing.
except for the acting, is largely homespun
Inc programmes are made up and printed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02

hardly possible to cxaggerate it if the con-
ference at Paris fails to give Italy that
Dalmatian prize promised her at the mo-
mont when she came into the war by both
Great Britain and France and exactly this
IS threatened through the influence of
President Wilson,
1t comes down after all to this: That Ger
many has abolished Russia, and not simplv
abolished her, but prepared the way for
future German and economic, political and
perhaps even military performance in that
vast area which was once the RomanoN
Empire. She has saved for her own I'M
fuencc out Of the wreck of Austria frac-
tons which were alone Of very great i'm
portancc She viii have added thousands
OF square miles of territory and six or
seven mllhons OF people to her population
as q result of the unsuccessful war. since
1t is clear now to everybody that a union
OF Austrian Germany with Northern Ger
many IS no longer to be prevented. She has
assured herself population of nearly
So,oo0,00o, almost entirely German. inclos-
ing most of the Bohemian state which. how
ever politically independents must for all
tune be economically dependent upon Ger
'''""E w "NNNHS 20 tNc open markets of the
world.
Now, the only absolute force left in the
lace OF this aggrandzed Germany il France
with population of 80, 900 GOO. with her
industrial regions ruined, with her trans
portation system over all the northern re
gIons Abolished with a colossal debt and
with sacrifice of life alone as conse
quence of the war which exceeds 1000 OO0
lives Obviously, it is beyond the resource.
OF France to hold Germany again. as she did
Tor the greater part Of four years Of war
II Germany shall have a new accession If
milltarstlc and imper lalstic ambition. The
brutal truth is that if Germany has NOT
undergone a change of spirit as a result Of
the war or II Germany is not put out of tho
race Tor ornaments for II considerable
PERIOD OF time, France cannot hold the rate
ms she did before unless Great Britain and
the united States are prepared to guarantee
TO france tho presence on an open frontier
OF considerable armies, which will share
with the French tho cost in life and trcasure
of another German attack
We have to make peace, then, with two
clear facts in mind: That France must he
fortified against Germany until such time MS