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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-08-21

WILLING TO PAY EXPENSES AND
PROVIDE HOMES AND BET
TER TREATMENT

Memphis. Tenn, Aug. 21.-(speeial
to The Whip )-southern farmers and
captains of industry at a special meet
ing planned a campaign to break the
Mason and Dixon Line and invade the
frigid elimes of the northern states to
induce Colored laborers to return to the
land of the nsilver feeeen and Judge
lynch -
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-08-21

William d. Taylor, who directed the
last thYee Mary Pickforu pictures on her
Aircraft contract and then enlisted in
the British Army has returned 20 Holly
wood after nearly year 3 absence.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-08-21

1t is unusual that a company could
lose scads of money with a star, presum-
ably because of too much salary and
then have a half dozen companies offer
the same star even more money, know
ing of the experience.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-08-21

There probably never has been an elec-
fion.wherc sosttsse attention has been
paid to party Endorsements as the pres
ent one. 1t is possible that the organi-
zation will get busy next week and give
their approval TO certain candidates,
though il is known that in number Of
cases il will be case of hands of on
the part of the organizations. This is
particularly true with the republicans of
the 10Th district, which is considered the
strongest democratic division in the city,
democratic leaders being unable to un-
estand why the republicans should
make such q scramble for nominations
which the democrats believe to be mere
honors. The Thompson forces in this
district are said 20 be badly split.
The republicans in the 2lst district,
particularly in the 1tth ward, are at sea
regarding Endorsements. The city hall
has one avo~ed candidate, Charles s
Rasmussen, employed in the corporation
rnsel S Office. George Lohman, deputy
collector, also considered an admin.
alton man, is supposed 20 have the
ward Endorsement, but when il
.es 10 asking the lsth ward Thompson
leaders 20 support both Lohman and
Rasmussen, the response is said 90 be
somewhat chilly.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-08-21
Outlines New Platform

Il remained, however, for Emmet j.
Scott, secretary of the league and at
present secretary-treasurer of Howard
University, to outline the plans for the
future activities of the league and the
new day which is in store. He began
Continued on Page y
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Whot VIII Happen

likewise the upper and middle
classes of to-day in England VIII prob
ably disappear IN favor Of the 2ris-
tccracy Of labor Of whirh we are now
Witnessing the creation They, IN their
tErn- VIII become exclusive and con-
seryative and Will exploit the public
foz their OWN profit Further, il is
EFely that whan they h2ve consumed
the surplus wealth OF the community
they Will repudia1e the burden of main
2-ining the prole1a1iAt-
This privileged class viii be unab bic
to compete with races who have a
lower standard OF living and whp Will
therefore undersen them in the world
markets Then they Will restrict their
numbers and viii reverse the capita alis-
tic process Of crowding huge popula-
lions into the towns which began with
the industrial revolution of 1850 and
the succeeding years and was initiated
by the plumber Of Bengal The trade
unionist, perhaps Will be allowed to
place only one. son in his union and
accordingly VIII take care to have no
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

more, and the woman industrialist will
further reduce the birth rate by work
ing more and more in factories.
Thus there Will be a progressive de-
crease in every class aud gradually we
may return to the quic,, mainly rural
England Of 1850, in which the growth
o. population was very slow. From the
etgcnic standpoint this consummaticr
Will not be = Misfortune. The English
nan is not naturally town dweler or
q money grubbcr, but a countryman
and an idealist. The ouintcsscntial
inglshman is Raleigh, Drake,
Shakespeare, Milton or Wordsworth.
London may one day be the spiritual
centre of the world when the labor
parties, by destroying capital. have
clsslpated hcr wealth, committed sui
eide and made our dense popula atoms a
thing Of the past
"Rc&ctions my be set up which will
prevent the fnlfilment Of these prcdjc-
tons What is important is that We
should see the direction in which W.
are moving. 1t may even pay some OF
US to learn to think there is so little
competition
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

mere Is very interesting examplo
O. TINS }but only enc out Of hundreds j.
near Norton on She Waiting Street.
whore modern bend right OF the
Roman road looks quite ineNpiioablc
upon the map. until you go 20 the place
ard see what has happened Thcr, you
ind the old cmbaakment st.ll survnln-
IN fragments. with big break where
the culvert originally was and. what is
more, YOU can trace by its 1enost the
tlg pond that was formed in tho DARK
Ages. when the culvert was stopped un.
1t is now an open 'ield.
Not only Is England plotted every
where with network O. Roman roads.
tut general English history turns upon
them to AN cN,cat which is not suiii.
cien'ly emphasized In our textbooks.
'For instance. nearly all the battles
and most o. the great monasttc cstab-
lshmen,s depended upon q Roman read
ioi their site up TO the twelfth cen.
tugY They were the only e.e..s aionz
which considerable forces could move.
and ,rcy we're the natural Passage foy
commerce and Ideas
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

in my opinion. it is that the population
of England is wrongly employed
I'VE have set ourselves TO manufact-
ure goods for export and left others
is quite possible for us to reverse that
process and to set ourselves now TO
grow food upon which we should live,
while the surplus population over those
engaged in growing food-in the
healthy occupation Of growing food -
might we'll be engaged in manufact-
urng for export to those profitable
lands III which Europeans cannot live
and in which raw materials grow
which We want and need for the full
development Of our civilizations
And so | would, Il | might. urge
upon our lecturer 10 think perhaps
once again over what I understand 10
be his main thesis, namely, that tins
increase Of population was possibly
encouraged by tho industrial revolu-
tion but to admit the possibility IS one
thing, though even TO prove 1t in one
instance would not establish II as 4
law without exception; for not in
variably does the needle Of compas IS
point to the Pole
NO one. not a soul. VINO knows the
facts viii disagree with HIM when he
says that there IS modification in the
body Of the state at the present
moment There is a very serious mort
tication, and that modification cannot.
believe me, be cured by anything but
b. the growth of the great emotion
which is stirring the people of this
country, which Is stirring the whole
world at this time, the emotion Of
human bcttermcnt"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

chain is "front" ring. hoop;
poeketbook. Leather" or poke" mon
ey. "kalc,' scratch" dough" "bul
let's "rocks,' dust "daros" and
countless others stamps, "stickers."
\ cannon" is pistol; "rod, " "gat. -
or smoke wagon" revolver; puff" "
gunpowdcr; oil or Soup" nitro
glycerine; "sawdust." dynamite. "Work
ing the rattlers" is stealing on ears.
"rattlers' being slang for cars. spill
railroad terminal; main stem" prin-
cipal street. A "stif" is a corpse. and
cold meat party" is a wake; flying
Jlb, talkative. intoxicated person;
"bloomer," an empty safe: coffin var
nish' bad whisky; daisies" boots:
"kipp. lodging house; pad" bed
"pad-money.' money paid for lodging.
"frisk.' search; "kick7 pocket. kicks"
shoes; "scencry." clothing; "burilcd."
dcfrauded OF his share of the spoils.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

An arrest is fall and money saved
TO secure release after arrest is fall
money To announce he is under
arrest he says he has "brokcn leg
or If locked up in Jail he is I'm the
hospital while an escape is get
away and one who forfeits bail is
"lamster."
His bit is his general word for
his term Of imprisonment; "valcn
tine is short sentence: few" less
than fifteen days; "whop," over fifteen
days but less than month; "drac.o
three months torn; "stretch.' one
year; "finf,' five years; "anchor." stay
Of execution; "lifeboat," pardon: Salt
Greek electric chair topped. hanged
A watch is a super" kettle" "tur-
NIP or any one of numerous terms
while chain is a slang" a gold
one being red slang" and silver
one white slang; watch and
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

nowhere in Europe do they form the
skeleton of the country more thorough
~ than here
"Nou may take any one Of the great
Roman roads and show how the modern
ways, though not coincident with It,
have grown UP from it, You can see
the later track divergng because a
bridge has broken down; or because
travel from general became local and
some place just off the road had to be
VISITED; or because, a causewav not be-
ing maintained. the marsh had to be
crossed in a winding ashton over its
drier patches, or a very frequent case
because in the Dark Ages the culNerts
under the embankmcnts Of the roads
got stopped up, damned the streams
above them, produced lakes or marshcs
and thus in time caused the road to be
undermined and broken
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Where Harold WulEcd

u am morally certain that Harold
and his men marched along a Roman
road from London to Hastings Plain.
but ] cannot put it down as history be-
cause Roman road is something too
real for hypothesis, and have only
hypothesis to go on. With as good d
ground as have for believing in that
road (though not trace of it has been
found), | could in other departments
OF history, write fat book to take in
all bat the elect. With as good grounds
for the guess, | could convince the will
ing that the Commentaries of Cesar
were not written by Caesar, but by his
tutor, rs indeed some German main
ts.ins. Or that Paradise Lost is a lot
of old Scotch ballads put together by
a committee Of Dons which is what a
most Of men have said about the Had
OF Homer But your Roman road be
ing d tangible and material thing, you
can have none of that sort of nonsense
tackled on TO IL and | am grateful to
i. for that
was asked once, after n pariicu-
latly heavy day in establishing the
winchester Dorchester road, south Of
Bishops Walthnm, Of what practical
use such an effort might be. think
ono can only reply that the recovery Of
Roman roads is Of the same practics
use az any other important piece Of
historical investigation. hnd the prac-
teal usc Of all historical investigation
~ something Ike the practical use OF
rcstoring hlh memory to n man who has
lost IT. True history is the memory tf
society. man liz not himself unless
nc has continuity by memory with his
past, and a nation s not itself if it has
forgotten or misjudgcs liz past. For
instance, an Engishman who thinks
thnt his nation cnme over in bontr
from Germany and that the Roman
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
The Rumor Nonge,'
I AN the Rumor Nonsor

I AN the Rumor Nongor
Borne on tie wind. Of Hadcs from,
nc Balls % BIS Satanic Naic4fy. I
wander amid you credDloaa nlortsls
and spread dis.cnsion
Suspicion and on,y sfc us body
guards. aal / am the worn enemy of
Industrisi Contenf
From North 20 south snd from La,
to West, } carry NY wn spornga to tho
ears o. the workers and rcre ~
hoihsh deieii p the social unrest that
bring sbouf
am the devoted follower o. Ausnss.
and OH how as,e the Truth
deAgh' in tanning the red aan.-
Of anarchy with Tie s,cds OF m.l-
content
Ny propaganda conceived rest
loss minds ard given shape ssd -
by fertile m4g.Hations Ncracify ana
tacis are transer. % mc and Secs
only tae cars o. fhe moicsslonabIs
ssns OF Adam Sometimes ! almost
blush - the case rsth which arouse
tholr suspicion through my airy vspof-
ings. and ana forced 10 admit that
thrill Of pride rams through M from
the tip. % my pointed cars 80 ihe end
OF my ,41l
Nhcucee / Deg.a operations. pro-
duotion immod di4iely slacAcns. Tor mv
imps arc nd,fatlgable p Their cFer's
90 obstruct
After the ufs; injection of ny so,Dm
wiling muscles lose iher pep. and
iro~p replaces the smile e. contcri-
mcnf.
Ny campalgn thus fsf "a fhe world
ma been fsiriy saccessfui ard u f1r
WORKERS who aro possessed ritt CONE
mon sense aid aisdom do nof c>pose
nay methods expect 20 hr dceoiat...
upon my return with tine MEDIA -
Dlsscnsion ard Legion of in'iufh h.
HIS Satanic Majesty. the Aing of nsse..
the las ruling survivor OF tac House
Of Bcol1cbch Spefd ~ 'hc nagaa.ne
Of the Submarine Boa' Corporation.
Ncwarh ship>afd
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
T----><~----

places whore no such explanation fits"
Bat. perhaps. observes The writer.
in conclusion. the most ongrossine
problem Of all the many connected
with Roman roads Is that of their
alignment And We find that
1T contains this contradiction The an
GENTS had some art whereby fwhethcr
by Instruments. or by the method o.
odds and cvcns, which ! have no space
20 explain hcrc) they could drive &
straight line through very great dis
tances indeed. They evidently plotted
out nearly straight line tonly leas-
ng II where ,hcy chose from Canter-
bury to Lambeth. They plotted out scy-
cral dags maichae Of similar
s.raight lac on the great road from
Paris to Ropcn
"Speakiae Nithou, me book. seem
e remember that the nne from lei
cester 20 the crossing Of the Nerc at
iichmarsh Is pretty well straight Yet
there are manv casts ia which one can
zee that ,ney found thcy had made "a
false start. and had 10 begin again.
recufTing the angle 10y us much ~
sometimes three degrees or more
There is IN excellent example Of
this IN the continuation OF the Eds-
ware Road out Of London. Il is e,i.
IDENTIFY making fcr 81 Adams: bot b.
the time II eets 20 Brocklcy Hifi il
looks over the cAampa gn beyond. ind
II has missed ITS mark makes haYr
nmb eastward. like a man taxing one
step sideways, and then starts out
again at an angie of some degrees
north Of the original direction. and
points directly at rs goa
The euess have suggested for
these cases of ree'ihca;lcu is that the
first part of the road was made ho-
fore the soldiers were secure Of The
point at which they were aiming.
Later, when they had been able to cur
raon that point. they found that their
guess OF direction WIS slightly wrong
and rcc,ihcd ii, but did not aud 1t
worth whilo 90 rebuild the Arst section
o. road ia order to save 20 small i,
distance
By the Way to any ono who asks
YOU the modern application of this
hobby, reply thus: London IS full Of
peooic who know Hyde PARK. well.
Hyde Park has FOR its northern boun
daiy the Roman Road to the west. II
rs also tho boundary Of Westminster.
And London holds many thousands who
have heard Of Tyburn. But why did
'Nburn stand there just by the Marble
Arch because it was the Trivia
outside the city where the FIRST branch
IN the main roads is found alwaN Ns
tn" rinec ef execution Tho martin.
dom OF ST raui marked such ste
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

that policy, the process of the oXocu-
ton Of 100000 is an unpleasant one.
and so although | am responsible for
putting IN the government ideas as
regards reconstruction, am afraid |
cannot urge upon them the main thesis
OF our lecturer this evening. Maugh-
tcr) have no doubt that if VIC did
cut the population down to 5000 600
things would be much casier-but arc
we quite sure this island is over
populated?
I'VE have only to so sixty miles
from where we arc now to meet people
VINO have never seen railway train.
to meet people who have merely
heard of London, to meet pcoplc
who have never seen any self-pro-
PEELED vehicle. England is undcvcloped.
uncolonizcd England is land of IN
finite wealth, lying ready to tho hands
of those who viii develop the re
sources of this country which were left
lying Idle at the time when the indus
trial revolution started. There arc
parts of the country which have never
moved from that time u this. There
is little doubt there is none that
within the boundaries Of England l
do not say Britain lest should offend
the subtle senses of our lecturer
1000 can be grown to support the 40
ooo'ooo-odd inhabitants. 1t is not that
the population of England is TOO great;
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Fust Stops

Another fascinating problem. ac-
cordine to Mr.. Belloc, is the way
IN which vestigcs of the roads dis
appear. for no apparent causes
And this, it seems. is true on the
Continent as we'll as in Britain. To
quote further:
YOU are following prominent ridge
which has survived the new work Of
man and the elements for nearly two
thousand years. All Of sudden on
exactly the same soil. without culnva-
uon to explain 1t. or ancient habitation.
or anything, there comes complete gap.
The road suddenly ceases to be. Across
many such gaps yod can be certain that
the line was continued because YOU re-
cover 1t again after short interval.
But what on earth destroyed the en-
bankment. dHd ITS Foundations, IN be
tween Near "A turnpike one can cN-
plain 1t by tho general destruction of
sections Of road which went on for tho
sake OF material when the turnpikc
roads were being made murder TO
the lover of Romay roads. Even then
,he Foundation should remain. or as at
Southorpcj hollow where 1t has been
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
No Hard Feeling

u am no pcssimist. he assured
them IN conclusion. (Chcers. }
There are, he knew. wears of diff
iiculty ahead of us for readiust-
ment. and VIC know that in our own
lives the future is full Of uncertain
ty.' Still he was no pessimist. On
tho other hand, he said. he would
not have the lecturer or YOU believe
that he had not enjoyed and profted
by the lecture. | have" he ended.
Learned great deal this evening
from it.
So there was no hard feeling.
And the way was gracefully paved
tor Sir Bernard Mallet's secondng
Of the vote Of thanks Sir Bernard
The Reglstrar-Cencral, felt much
The same as Sir Auckland did about
the evenings having taught HIM
great deal. All the same. he
could not help adding land it is this
sentence which brings the report to
a conclusionl
81 am not able TO look upon the
loss OF population with quite the same
cquanimity as our distinguished lcct
urer. At any rate, we can say tins.
that oar population in 1914 was suf-
hclent to Withstand the threat o.
German domination
Which in d way brought the areu-
ment right back to Dean lngc ;
pcroration.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Slang Of the Underwo orld

"scratcher"; one who raises money on
forged deeds, title taper hotel beats.
"Darons'; overcoat thief, "Benjamino
or "fogger stiff; thief who steals
from women, "moll buzzer" woman
thief, gum moll'; one who places him
self IN the way Of persons in pursuit
OF his accomphce, "facer"; place
selected to be burglarized, plant"
a prison is the big house" .band
house" or stir; prison keeper,
"screw''; police station, green lights"
Dump or Irish clubhouse"; patrol
wagon, pie wagon; chief Of police.
"buzzard', detective, dick" ''elbow."
fatty or mug; policeman, cop"
bull, "peeler,' or "tinger'; magistrate
"beak'; doctor. "croakcr"; priest or
clergyman, "buck"; lawyer, mouth
piece; lawyer who prepares defcnses
for criminals. but seldom appears in
court, law ghost
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08


~ dicted 10 a hobby which
il would be rather diff
fcult for men Of letters in our
land to pursue 1t would be
difficult for them, at any rate, to
enter vitality into it's devious courses
without crossing the Atlantic. The
hobby isn't, Of course, cricket or
anything SO simple and unpreten-
dous az that. It's Roman roads.
And unless you have actually had
the Roman roads fever you can't
understand how engrossing the busi-
ness really is.
"Let any one catch this fever"
Hllaire Belloc assures US in Land
and Water" "and it will not dcrart
from him while he lives" Belloc, we
discover, has long been a victim. The
publication Of a new book, "Roman
Roads in Britain,' by Thomas Cod
rington, F. G.. S., prompts Mr.. Bel
loc to a public confession and a con-
sldcratlon Of the fascination which
this subject eXcrts on the few. "It
has not" he says, "takcn the i'm
aglnation Of many men; but Of such
few as have been captured by it one
may say that it was for them some
thing Of passion; and as | am one
Of them | know what it feels like. "
Turning from the sensations which
the search for Roman roads pro-
duccs in the disciple to discussion
OF the roads themselves, the writer
says:
"a Roman road has certain marks
ny winch you may know it, and others
by winch It is commonly accompanied
thouXh not always. Outsidc the effect
oY mountainS, or Of any other good
reason for winding (such AZ Il steep
bank), the Roman road runs in straight
sections from point 10 point. II lcavcs
behind 1T, even where it js no longer
IN usc, place names. H. must, where
IL is lost between two points, in
the gap between 4hcm and some more
or leas certain line. It often forms "A
pariah boundary; lcss frequently Ii
county boundary. And these you may
seine At once by their drcctncgy. You
cannot imagine Roman road out Of
nothing. You cannot make it up and
impose IT upon your readers; and yet
thAt lc more tbaB one can aay for the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08


Review he proposed, at this point,
a vote of thanks to Dean Ingc, and
IN the course of the proposal took
occasion to remark that he had, so
far as be was concerned, come here
IN the spirit Of a student, in the
spirit of one who was to learn"
And he added that he had LEARNED
q good DEAL There were, he took
pains to point out, many true
words which fell from the speak
er's lips Those, it seems, which
struck him as quite the trucst we're:
"An government is bad (Here the
report records "laughter.' At any
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

II T MUST have been an occasion
d richly rewarding those fortu-
~ nate enough to be present. The
scene was a certain unnamed hall
IN London or, at any rate, England
somewhere And the assembled com
pany was listening to lecture de-
livered by Dean lnge- The opening
periods were not especially startling.
He discussed the vaunting pride
and o'ertopping ambition of the
German nation prior TO the begin
ming Of the World War; and then
slipped naturally into such phrases
as " race, nationality catchwords
for which men will fight as thew
fought for what they called religion
four hundred years ago" Then he
touched upon population increases
how the war has affected the birth
and death rates--emigration prob
lens And then he launched upon
q project which, no doubt, made his
hearers forget what had preceded.
and sit more and more AMAZINGLY
forward toward the edges of their
chairs This is what the speaker
said:
devices for stlmnlating popula ton,
such as endowment Of parcn In ood, say
ing babies and housing reform, merely
tend to tax thr good stocks out of cx-
iStence for the benefit Of the bad. As
q rule the higher the stage Of civilian
tlon at which both nations and indi-
vlduals have arrived the fewer are
both the births and the deaths which
take place in their midst Thus a
superior race IN conquered country
is generally doomed Nothing fails
Ike success, and the ruling people rule
themselves out