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New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Thomas, War Objector,
Pressed for Reasons
During Church Forum

Freedom for political prisoners and
conscientious objectors" was the sub
ject of the forum at the Church of the
Messiah, Park Avenue and Thirty
fourth Street. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Evan w. Thomas, who had
been sentenced to twenty years i'm
prisonment in Leavenworth prison as
conscientious objector and afterward
discharged. Other speakers were John
Lovejoy Elliott, Norman Thomas and
Gilbert f. Rowe.
The contrary view was expressed by
speaker under the three minute rule
after the main addresses had been COM
pleted.
II have a conscientious objection to
limiting my remarks to three minutes"
he explained; "but l recognize that
am bound by the orderly rules that
have been laid down for this forum.
The same rule applies to the con-
scientious objector. 1t is as necessary
and proper for him to be bound by the
laws enacted by the government as it is
for the speakers here to abide by the
rules of this meeting. The con-
scientious objector should not be al
lowed to override the will of the people,
conscripton law"
Why Object to Farm Work?
"Why did the conscientious objector
refuse to do farm work and other labor
of a non belligerent character? was
one of the questions asked.
"BecauGe it was the only way we
could register our protest against the
conscription law" was the answer Of
No
military establishment against our will,
and we protested against everything
connected with that establishment"
"How do you propose to bring about
the release of the conscientious OBJ
jectors ?" was another question.
"By bringing pressure to bear on the
War Department, the Department of
Justice, the Cabinet, members of Con-
gress and the President" was the
answer. "Our plan is to arouse public
opinion in behalf of the conscientious
objector, and when the President re-
turns from Paris we plan literally to
lombard him with letters of protest
against the treatment of these
prisoners"
"Did not the conscientious objectors
receive several hundred dollars each
from the government while rendering
no service?" was asked.
"They were kept on the payrolls by
the War Department, because they
were technically soldiers, and before
they could be discharged it was neces-
sary for them to receipt for their pay
checks. Many objectors refused to re-
ccive their pay and were held in prison
as result. Others accepted the mono =.
and donated it to some society for tho
purpose of spreading their views"
"What would be the result if so
large number of conscientious OBJ :
jectors persisted in their course that
the majority of the people could not
enforce their WILL 7" was another ques-
tion.
THAT would lead to the realization
Of their ideals" was The answer. at
would mean that there could be no con-
scription and would in the last analy-
sis mean that there could be no war"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
DR.. George Clarke Co1
Says Working Class Is
Incapable of Governing

Few Of the beauties of life to-day in
America would exist but for the initia-
tive and ability of such men as John
D. Rockefeller according to DR.. George
Clarke Cox, writer on economic sub
jects, who spoke yesterday afternoon
at the West Side Young Mems Chris
tion Association.
At the conclusion Of the speakers
discourse on "Anti-American Infu-
ences" one Of his hearers put this
question: "Have the working classes
sufficient innate ability and common
sense to run the government properly
without the aid of plutocracy and
aristocracy?"
"I do not think so," replied DR.. Cox.
"How many Of the fine things we enjoy
in New York to-day would be here had
it not been for the savings, the keen
ness of mind and farsightedness Of
wealthy men? 2" Those men have done
for the people what the people could
not have done for themselves. How
many centuries do you suppose 1t
would take for the Bolshevik to create
SuCH tulUR d5 DLOOhAyH -
There are three anti-American in
fuences threatening the country to-
day, in DR.. Coxs opinion. One is the
attempt to introduce class conscious
ness into America. There are no
classes, said the speaker, asserting
that the capitalists arc mostly men
who have been laborers.
9TH, second baleful influence" he
continued, "is that Of the immigrant
peoples who come to our shores with
no conception Of our political tradi-
tions, who have not in their minds any
thought of what it means to have
fought for freedom. It is pity to let
them in In large numbers to swamp
American traditions. There arc too
many here already.
"The third influence is the growing
tendency to believe that the proper
government Of the world IL to be had
at tks hands OF the lowest and least
competent class. The rotten thing
about Bolshsvism is that it proposes
to take a classthe worst class and
make 1t rule over others. This Ia an
insanity from which the United States
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Socialists Debate
B0Ishevisn, Before
Radical audience

A debate on Bolshevism was held
yesterday afternoon in the assembly
hall of the Sth Assembly District
Branch of the Socialist party, at 1872
Second Avenue. .The debaters were
Joseph Shaplen, correspondent re-
Gently returned from Russia, and
Adolph Benevy, principal of the Lin
coin School. Most of the audience
was radically inclined, as was revealed
in the questions put to the speak
ers. The so-called conservatives, or
"Sche eidemann" element, however, also
showed up strongly.
One young girl wanted to know why
Mr.. Shaplen condemned the Bolsheviki
for maintaining themselves in power
by bayonets, while praising the Ma
jority Socialists for successfully count
ering Liebknecht's effort by the same
method.
Mr.. Shaplen replied:
Socialists deplore the use of bay
onets in settling their differences in
time Of revolution. In Russia Lenine
and Trotzky succeeded in imposing
their will upon the majority with bay
onets because they managed to get
SOiiIA VI ~ CliC iilltlOI Ivy NiciulilS CHoSc
bayonets. In Germany the majority
was able to prevent the rule of the
minority because it had access to the
bayonets to which the majority in
Russia did not have access. The So
called 'yellows' have proved to the
left in Germany that they, too, can
fight"
"The working class is tired of the
intcllectuals," said Mr.. Benevy. in re-
ply TO another question. "The working
class refuses to listen to theory and
scientific discussion. They are de
termined to throw off the yoke of
capitalism by whatever means they
may deem it necessary"
"Liebknecht may be dead" shouted
one enthusiast, "but he is very much
alive. The Spartacides have not yet
spoken their final word"
"You ultras," cried another, care
rltras until you get into power. But
you tame down pretty we'll when you
get into power and see what you are
up against. Lenne is the best op-
portunist of all"
"You fellows are trying to break up
the Socialist party" shouted one.
eyes, we will break it up or we will
get you fellows out of it," answered a
"red"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
One-Man Rule of
Nation Is Deplored
BY Chancellor Day
''U. S. Represented at Farley
ON Surmise We Would Be
Pleased at Result He
Declares at Memorial

ALBANY, Feb. 9.-Chancellor Day,
of Syracuse University, at the Legisla-
tive Memorial services for Theodore
Roosevelt here tonight, surprised an
audience that completely filled the
Assembly Chamber when he criticised
the part that President Wilson is TAX
ing in the peace conference.
He said it is impossible for this
country to live by the government Of
one man and that the people of the
United States so far had had nothing
TO do with the peace terms taken over
to France.
"They have just been taken over
arbitrarily" he said, "and presented
on surmisc and guess that we would
be pleased when we got them back"
He declared that if people did not
insist that every man in an executive
position remain loyal to our consti-
tuted bodies they would be simply
opening up the way to the /. w. w.
and the Bolshcvists He expressed the
wish that Roosevelt we're now alive
and over in France, and prophcsied
that the present generation will long
for him TO return "in the spirit and
10 be impersonated in some other brave
udu VINO Wtli oCdHu up DclOTc LuC
country and challenge the right Of any
body to depart from the traditions of
the fathers and the laws that have
been promulgated by the lawmaking
bodies Of this country"
"What has become Of the government
Of the United States of America ?" he
asked Been put in a bag and sent
out to sca?"
II have d notion" he said, "that we
have no business whatever with lot
Of things We are trying to do over
there; the running of new bound
aries for new states to determine the
relationship Of Poland and Czecho-
Sfovakia and Italy and the ugo-Slavs
and the different republics of Germany
and Austria and the indemnity which
shall be paid over to France and Bel
gium and England and Italy.
LET those nations that are related
aestlc their own business; let those
nations who are concerned determine
the things that concern them. After
Our boys have done their magnificent
fighting there was just one thing for
them 10 do, and that was TO fold their
tentg and come home again. After
peace war settled the United States
in It's ConRress could adjust itself and
enter upon the discussion nationally
cooliy and deliberately. with rcgart
70 the league Of nations and rights
on the seas and anything left Of the
fourteen beatitudes."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Bessie Abbott, Noted
Opera Singer, Is Dead
Widow of Waldo Story, Sculp-
tor, Victim of Severe Illness
of Several Months
of Several I

Bessie Abbott (Mrs Waldo Story,
grand opera singer and widow of the
well-known sculptor, died yesterday at
her home, 927 Park Avenue, after an
illness of several months.
Mrs. Story came of a distinguished
Southern family, her father being de-
scendant of Brigadier General Andrew
Pickens, of South Carolina, who served
throughout the Revolution. She was
born in New York City in 1885, studied
abroad for several years and made her
first operate appearance with Jean de
Reszke in Romeo and juliet"
Other operas in which she achieved
great success through her portrayal of
the chief feminine role were "Rigo-
letto," Faust" "La Boheme," "Mign-
on" "Traviata" and MARTA" She was
married to Mr.. Story in 1912. Her hus-
band died in 1915.
For the last few years Mrs. Story
had spent much of her time at her
home in Westbury, Long Island. where
last summer she devoted herself to
getting up entertainments for the men
at the aviation fields.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Rocky Mountain O'Brien,
Irish Traveller, Is Dead
Author of ''Roosevelt's Charges'
Succumbs to Blood
Poisoning

Patrick O'Brien, who as Rocky
Mountain O'Brien was widely known
as writer, traveller and ad-
vocate of Irish independence, died
Saturday of blood poisoning at St
Mary's Hospital, Jamaica, Queens.
He was born in Bantry. County Cork,
Ireland, sixty-eight years ago. His
home was st 424A Hart Street, Brook
lyn.
He is said to have been one of the
first of the O'Briens to cross the
Roc':y Mountains and his early travels
in the West gave him the nickname
that stuck through his life. Until
the late war broke out he used to make
annual visits to Ireland. One OF his
best known poems, Roosevelt 5
Charge" was written in 1898 after the
battle of San Juan Hill. He was con
tli0ating editor to many Irish pub
lications and belonged to numerous
Irish societies. For many years he
had been a travelling salesman for a
woollen goods firm in this city. Five
sons and three daughters survive
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Church Forum Discusses
Immigration Question

The proposed shutting off of all i'm
last night at the forum of the Lenox
Avenue Unitarian Church, 121st Street
and Lenox Avenue, where the Rev.
William l.. Sullivan spoke on "Chang-
ing Policies on immigration"
The speaker said his Interpretation
of the immigration problem would be
the establishment of n percentage test.
BY this, he said, the government could
form schedule each year of the per-
centngc Of the previous years immi-
grants who could be admitted, after
careful consideration Of economic and
social conditions brought about by
previous immigration.
"Ia it not the purpose of the pro-
posed law to shut out ideals ratl.er
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
George Gordon Battle
Explains Ain, of Forum,

Because of the death of his father
in-law, in Chicago, DR.. Royal S. Cope
land, Health Commissioner, was un-
able to deliver his scheduled address
at the Church of the Ascension Forum
last night. George Gordon Battle ap-
peared in his place and spoke on Com
munity Councils"
The councils. he said, were extern
sions of the Council of National De-
fence, and were being sromed all over
the city as permanent local bodies to
take up and discuss problems of the
day. He urged members of the Forum
to affiliate with these organizations.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10

than men and womenG" he was asked.
al do not think so," the speaker re-
piled.
Mr.. Sullivan was also asked whether
the government was not trying to shut
out labor, but would still allow NOV
ing picture stars and stock exchange
gamblers to enter. He replied that
this was not the purpose of the pro-
posed law.
why not let any one come in who
wants to and establish two-hour day,
so that all would have work 2" was
another query propounded.
"1f people in general want that sys-
tenn, can see no objection to it," Mr..
Sullivan replied.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
ENGAGEMENTS

BERMAN-ARKIN- and Mrs. Morris
Arkin announce the betrothal of their
daughter Anita TO Mr. Louis Berman. of
Boston, Mass. Reception February Is at
the Hotel Astor at p. m.
BROWN-CHASE-Mr Amanda A. Chase.
OF f4o West End av., announces the en-
gagement of her daughter. Paula. to DR..
benjamin Brown, of Philadelphia At
nome Sunday afternoon. February 1e =
GOODMAN -GORDoN-Mr. and Mrs. Fl.
Gordon. of 317 West 93d st. announce the
engagement of their daughter. Helen O., to
Mr. Harold King Goodman.
kATZ-ALDERMAN.M and Mrs. 6 AL
derman. $40 West 18TH St, announce the
engagement of their daughter. Eta, to Mr.
Leopold II. Katz, Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
OBITUARY NOTES

MICHAEL ]. DEADY, aged thirty
four, manager of one of the Liggett
drug stores here, died Saturday at his
home in Westerly, r. l. He was a
member of the B. P. o. E. and other
fraternal orders.
EDWARD A. PRATT, a cigar manu-
facturer, died of apoplexy Saturday at
his home in Norwich, Conn. He was
fifty years old.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
MARRIAGES
sCHERMERHoRN- -FTTEsIrN-on

SCHERMERHORN- -FUEsLEIN-on satr-
day February S, 1919. at St Thomas's
Church, by the Rev Ernest w. Stires.
D. D.. Elsa -Carla, daughter of Mr. and
MRS; Paul Fueslein, to Philip Grim Scher-
Stevens Schermerhorn.
ULMAN-LANGER-O Thursday. February
O. 1919. by the Rev Edward Lissman.
hutn' daughter of Mr.. and Mrs o. LANCER.
to Harry r. Ulnan.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Beeknan 5000
BIRTHS

BLOCk-To MIR. and Mrs. Arthur A. Block
!nee Ida Block, 1918 President St. Brook
lyn. son. February 4. 1919.
GOLDBERG-Mr. and Mrs Irving CoISh~rc
OF l6l West l0Sth St. wish to announce
the arrival of baby girl, February g.
1919.
LORCH-Mr and Mrs. Adolf Lorch. of 500
West 142d st. announce the birth of
girl. February s.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Friars Club Gives Dinner 10
$50 Soldiers From FosnifaI

The Friars Club acted ss host at
dinner in its monaste.. last night to
$50 soldiers from tho GrD tl.a,ion hos
pital in ~ cid GTeenhut Store build
ing. George NJ. Nohan wss master OF
orcmonies The Hebrew Orphan ASy-
ium band of Forty pieces furnished the
music. An entertainment followed the
dinner
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
CHARLES ROTHERY

Charles Rothery, eighty-three years
old, retired file manufacturer, died
unexpectedly on Saturday at the home
of his daughters, Misses Lena and
Nellie Rothery, Carmel, Putnam Coun-
ty, N. Y. Mr.. Rothery before his re-
tlrcmont operated file factories in
Beacon and Troy, n Y, and Paterson,
n. j. Four sons. two daughters and a
sister survive him. The funeral will be
at p. m. to- morrow
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10

matter of common knowledge those
statements are quite within the realm
of possibility"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10

won't suffer as long as we have enough
Ole Hansons to hit them on the head"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
CEMETERIES

THE w0oDLAwN CEMETERY.
S3d st. BY Harlem Train and Inv rr,,tn.
Lots OF small size for sale @s
ONCE. 20 East 2sd st.. N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Birth, Engagement. Marriage. Death
snd In Memoriam Notices may be
telephoned to The Tribune any tims
up TO midnight for insertion In the next
days paper. Just call
Beekman 5000
and send the notice as you wish It in.
serted. Bill for same will be mailed to
you later. The notice will reach over
100000 readers daily.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-18

Manicure sets at hran's.--adv.
Mrs. D. N. Mcqueen and Mrs. c.
c. Carleton went to Tampa Monday
to do their Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Chas. Johnson, who has been
visiting kinfolk here, returned to her
home at Boca Grande Saturday.
w. H. Walters paid a brief BUSH
ness visit to Lakeland last Thurs
day.
Box stationery--from the cheap
est that is good to the best that is
made-at Cochran's. - adv.
Mrs. Ada Perrett, after a weeks
visit to her sister, Mrs. Tom Bell, re-
turned on Monday to her home in
Tampa.
Hon. Frank Cooper and party, in
Guiding Leslie and Frank Cooper,
Bruce knight, of Tampa, Dick Coop
er and colored cook, returned Sat
urday night from six-days hunting
trip. They killed a deer and four
turkeys.
Coe Allen, accompanied by his mo-
Their, Mrs. r. M. Cooper, went up to
Arcadia, Monday, to undergo an OPP
Grafton, in a sanitarium, for apend-
icitis, with which he was suddenly
taken that day. Many friends trust
that he will have a speedy recovery.
Give that boy an Ingersoll watch
and get it at Cochran s.-adv.
Jesse S. Troll of st. Clairsville,
Ohio, is a recent arrival. He came
down to Boca Grande on Tuesday of
last week and, after giving attention
to some matters in this city, went
down to Bokeelia for a winters So
journ, having been preceded to that
point by Mrs. Troll.
Nothing more appreciated or in
better taste for Christmas presents
than fine stationery. Get it at
Cochran s.-adv.
Frank Marvin, of Fort Myers, ar
rived Monday to assist in building
the H. w. Smith store and hotel.
Mr.. Marvin was employed at Fort
Myers until recently, when material
gave out and it seems that it is i'm
possible to get lumber as fast as
needed.
Fine cut glass at Cochran's What
better for Christmas present?-adv.
]. w. Brady and son, Richard, OF
Hudson, Florida, came in Thursday
to look after some town lots here
which the former bought % years
ago and had never seen before, al.
though he had been paying taxes or
them all that time. He finally found
where they ought to be-they werv
in somebody's addition out west o.
town.
Fine perfumery and toilet water!
for mi7adi at Tochran's - adv.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-18
TOWN TOPICSOF WEEK
The Important Happenings of Punta Gorda and
Vicinity Briefly Told
shaving sets at Cochran's.-ady.

Shaving sets at Cochran's.-
Geo. Malkus of Sandusky, O., was
a business visitor here Friday.
Mrs. E. A. Lowe visited Arcadia
on business, Thursday.
Thermos bottles at Cochran's.-
adv.
w. M. Written, member of the city
council and also county commission
er, visited Arcadia on business, Fri
day.
Give the man box of fine cigars,
cigarettes or tobacco, packed in at
tractiye gift boxes. Cochran's.- adv.
Miss Permelia Stranghan and Miss
Jones, accompanied by Mrs. D. D.
Meadows, motored to Arcadia and
back, Monday.
Ingersoll watches-prices at So
SO to Stat Cochran's- What bet
ter gift for man or boy?-adv.
Mr.. McGehee and daughter, Mrs,
Carlson, were visitors to Arcadia
Tuesday, where Mr.. McGehee went
to consult an ccculist.
L. Oliver made business trip to
Nocatee and Arcadia Tuesday for the
purpose of replenishing his stock OF
lumber.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-18
Fine jewelry at Cochran's.- adv.

| liz JC"SAAy 0t ScShi oh NV
Samuel Hobbs is spending several
days at Lake Wales on business.
Mrs. Virginia Havey arrived
Thursday to spend the winter with
her mother, Mrs. James Ritter,
What better for the boy or girl
than kodak? Get it at Cochran's.
adv.
J. o. Matthews left Thursday for
Atlanta and other Georgia points on
an indefinite visit.
Don't forget. Two shows 1T Plaza
Saturday night. First at 6:15; sec
ond at 1880. - adv.
Mrs. Ella Addison was one of the
business callers at the county seat
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Bright and son,
J. T. jr., motored through from
Kalamazoo, Mich, arriving here
Thursday for a winters sojourn.
Don't forget. Two shows at Plaza
Saturday night. First at 6:15; sec
ond at 1880. - adv.
A party of LaBelle citizens passed
through Punta Gorda Tuesday even
ing with the corpse of w. w. Burle-
son, whom they were taking to Gard
ner for burial.
Fruit, candies, CONNECTIONS and
fancy groceries are specialties at R.
M. Rings. (adv.)
The express company having re-
fused shipments of vegetables, local
growers loaded car near the Garlic
ton packing house Tuesday and dis
patched it by freight.
Harrison Davis, Nose Davis and E.
L. Williams, all of Nocatee, passed
through Punta Gorda Sunday on
their way to the Everglades, where
they went to hunt deer.
| Samoset chocolates the candy
par excellent at Cochran's Drug
Store. - adv.
Jas. X. McClelland, after an ex-
tended visit to Lisbon, Eustis and
other points in middle and north
Florida, returned home Wednesday
night of last week.
All kinds of mixed candies, soc
i per pound-at Cochran Drug Co.
adv.
William Beckner Of Philadelphia,
arrived here Monday and is enjoying
a season in this galubrious climate as
a guest at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
III. A. Boyle in Solana.
Twenty different kinds of games
for the kiddies.-at Cochran 's.-adV
Lloyd Davis jr., after a short visit
to his grandmother, Mrs. Clara V.
Davis, and uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Goldstein, returned on
Monday to his home in Arcadia.
Braxton Blount says that those
contemplating marriage will do well
to have the knot tied on February
10Th, and thus save three-fourths oil
the expense of wedding anniversary
presents.
c. L. Vandercock, of Howell, Mich.
igan, known locally as 1.-The shark
catcher" arrived Friday and after
meeting as many as possible of his
many friends here will leave for the
big fish waters. Last year Mr.
Vandercock landed 81 big sharks
IS big catfish, and a total of 149 OF
the big fellows and hopes to do ever
better this season.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-18

Camefs are sold everywhere
in scientifically sealed pack
ages of 20 cigarettes; or fen
packages GOO ciearetfes) in 9
6iassins- paper-coveredcarton
We strongly recommend this
carton for the home or Office
supply or when you travel
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-12-18

Fine perfumery and toilet waters
for mi7adi at Tochran's adv.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-03-12
CITY To INQUIRE
N DELAY OF Street
rail- WAY SERVICE

City Manager Bartlett was m-
fu.ai y..terla, hf Che Ctp Com
mission fo mako inquiry into fh.
IcHt oI ihe Uoh,rr Company ro
turning thc contract Cor resumption
90 street. railway service. It p.
.. I. contract Ass been m N.v
Nmh lHr almost four wr.bs. Wd
uir" are Inclined to fac
HeIpl ample Imy has seen allowed
f.. on. matter
Hu. receipt at information OBJ"
contrast ras b..u En4l work uu
HerIr Immediately pacu- fhr oHu.p-
n.Ht .u condition tor service Norh
5000 lI.n g.u .f Char f#t un ...
E,.H Iou Of fH lHs into tne ou.-
.n. districts ll .E0 ..-r
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-03-12
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