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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

the greatest agency IN the country
for combating the disloyalty which
can fhrfve only -where there is lack OF
understanding. Of the eundam entail in
situations OF the country. These stu.
dents are using the textbooks Of the
bureau OF naturalization because OF
the wealth Of information needed by
all citizens contained III IL.
The native-bcrn students in these
classes are also demanding certificates
OF graduation, which will show tina,
they have had the energy and in
dustry to repair the lack Of adequate
equipment IN their. early lives. 1t i.
probable also that the certificates will
soon be presented to declarants who
have satisfactorily completed the citi-
zenship course ..as we'll rs petitioners
1t Is being universally recognized that
there II no reAson why, in a country
where man IL required to furnish
evidence Of his being properly quail
ned before he can be allowed to pre-
scribe pill for = poodle dog, he
should not be required to prepare
himself before he can take part in
making the laws which govern over
one hundred million human beings
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
NEW GUINEA: DIVIDED THREE WAYS

Washington, d. c. May 18.--"New
Guinea, had IL determined Its sover-
eign powers itself. might be said to
have played both ends against the
middle with a vengeance: for II was
divided among England, Germany.
and neutral Holland" says bulletin
from the National Geographic
society.
This island. the largest in the
world, il Australia be ranked as A
continent, and ir many respects the
most primitive. furnishes one of the
perplexing colonial problems before
the peace conference"
Conditions in New Guinea, In the
period before the war, are described
in the following bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic society. based on a
communication from Thomas Bar
bour:
New Guinea. the last great area
remaining in the tropics which Is still
almost completely unknown, has a
peculiar charm for the naturalist.
Lying between the Equator and
Queensland Australia, It's length il
about 1.4so mites and its maximum
breadth is 430 miles. It's area Is
greater than that Of Borneo. being
about 500, square miles. Politi-
carly II IL divided into three parts.
The lower costs bordering Torres
straits from Eritish Papua as II Is
now called. The eastern coast as far
as $40 degrees 81 minutes east longf-
tude. with q considerable hinterland,
goes to make Up Kaiser wilhelms
land. or German New Guinea. In
both Of these districts there are 4
considerable number OF white settle
ments and mission stations; and min
ing and copra farming are carried on.
The great western region OF Papua
is Dutch an ! 1t Il Of this region that
We are dealing especially.
TT IL this very absence Of white
folk which Efves this land an added
interest. for here the native may be
seen in his primitive simplicity With
such \ bewilderiug variety Of human
types among The I'apuan tribes. each
speaking its own language the
ethnoloRfst has great held, one
which Is certainly unexcelled
I'm coming to PapuA from MaiasiA
II Is the sudden contrast in the peo-
PIE which makes the most startling
impression on ones mind. The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
LET THE SOLDIERS DECIDE

It has been suggested that the de-
selves, which probably Ia tho best
plan They know that we want to sea
them: we feel sure that they are will
tng to obfige At the same time We
would Hike them to feal entirely free
to DO ~ they themselves think best
wsu welcome them gladly. wheth er
they come IN regiments or sfngly.
And We DON'T want to stage n big show
ut the expense Of their we'll being,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

| Malay, grave. reserved, and dixnified.
is as unlike his New Gufnean neigh.
Dor as Chinaman 10 unlike Eufo-
pean. Th.ee islanders are Z happy.
boisterous lot until some little think
ofrends them. whom they ~ once be-
come sullen and treachcrous; but 10
we had M occasion to cross them, -.
got along admirably.
The pure I'aruan II very datR
,, brown. usually a weii-built. thick -set
man 81 medium, height Occasional.
individuals are @een who are sligifA
short. and who have strongly .rnark.
ed Negritns characterIstics. a Theee
probably represent survivals. Of tfie
very earliest human inhabitants *.
/ the region, A were tbs Ncgrftos Ii
the Philippines Out on the Facif~
coast toward German territory the
human type II markedly different
| Here in VARYING degrees we met
people who have characteftrtics II
other island groers to the eastwArd.
for there probably has been accf-.
dental combinations along this SHORE.
From WAX II IL a short journey
tn .Tohi island. another Of he KreOr
which Hes In the mouth of Geelvfnt
bay. The reople here very little IN
appearance from the other Papua ~
OF the region. hut their manners ana
c"~toms differ much from Village u
village. Indeed. while this island r.
hardly larger than Long leland. New
York. eleven mutually unintelliRfti~
lan~uaEes are spoken on 81. Many
feuds exist. and when our hhip came
to anchor IL Pom BAY. canoes a.
tracted by the smoke ana which haA
come from neixhhoring harbofw ala.
~ srerd The ni-ht even cic0e To TIRE
shfpa hAeAuaA tn efp orrSaUn yS<D vepe
afraid OF the people Of Pom.
The rai6tnR canoes OF Pom were
enormous affairs, with bows Aecorat-
ed with fretwcrk Carving, IN elaborate
designs. and with wocden heads which
were made 70 look like real onsa. by
having enormous maps made ~ eaas-
owarv feathers stuck to them" ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
OVER THE TOP

alarming n was the presentation OF
thee facts 70 congress and tfrs kw-
making bodies Of the states eha4 de-
teruined thsm to taxa drastScs and
quick action
oid laws Eovrrnfnx xVventxnle
dfseases wcre rvvfved. or extended to
Include ths highly cSurnzunicahls
vphirh ard gonorrhsa- MIrious Il
ApaaKs. vur~ approprAsAsA NV and
'neee efnsrtf~s msasuzss wsx~ ounsfa-
sred urgent IN mxny shsha- 6sns II
tbs moro progressive cournousvea2shs
h~ve svcn made v~nursd dsse>ss I
nar to handling food Medical osr-
ttfseAtes ~<e reQutrud - a-@nltfioax4n
10 securs . marriage license. Pub9sc
housea OF prosenut1un hz~s psacf1n>uy
osen CLOSED III over the Unrtsd ss1tea
Fra cafntes for the txesfmsnt Of tho
diseasss are meeting With IN almost
unprecedented support
AnyuDe who can road me signs II
FVhs t1m@ mnst realfne now that any
ournun4ty witch calls ft>eff proxrss-
nfvs cannot longer pAru,fs chM nenAcs
70 public health to stalk unhr1d1ed
through society. n n not . reform
movement ~ va understand rsfnrms
today, but a better hsaleh crusa<A.
being worked out tntartigsntfy along
the same scientific lines ~ the work
In making yellow fewer. smallpox and
the plague extremely remote.
Those who are ignorant and can't
comprehend the crying necessity for
cleaning ND vsnereAl diseases must Be-
tauxht Those who ar~ capable At
comprehension. bat ~t1n hs0s behind
an ANTICIPATED modesty and prudery
must get out Of ths way and lot the
work 60 on
+ The tfme to begin Ia todxy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

" 4A> Weather was too hot for pa
danr last Friday. and several mis-
n4daA psrpons aided In the unooang
u our soldier visitors by rushing out
twAenever they stopped with guam
sSaf4se az iee-w~ter, which made = bad
ks&we ,ton worse though the intent ton
eNas ccmnen<s able.
q Hinder the circumstances we feel
|14et We ought not TO insist on furtn
snarades earnestly m we would Ike TO
80 III our returning men tn UNIFORM
boforo they dishenA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
had AT Mr.. Robinson's once 624
MadiaOn avenue

had at Mr.. Robinson's once 624
Madison avenue
A report showing the work OF the
mayors committee on rent proffteer-
ing was sent yesterday by Nathan
Hirsch. chairman Of the committee.
to Senator Charles c. Lockwood.
chairman 1t the joint legislative COM
conditions. The report was compiled
by Assistant Corporation Counsel
Walter 8. Kennedy.
The report gays that since April II.
about 10000 complaints from tenants
have been received by the committee.
OF these IS per cent have been salts
factorily settled,
Mr.. Kennedy said that the report OF
the police department of the number
OF vacant apartments in the city would
be on hand today. with the names and
addresses Of landlords said to be gull
ty Of proh;eering.
The greatest number of complaints.
to the report. emanate from
tenants who have not signed leases but
who. pay their rental from month to
month. Many OF these tenants, the re-
port says. have had their rents in
creased 40 many times that 1t has be-
come practically impossible for them
to pay any more. Concerning the work
I'm many cases dispossess papers
are served on short notice and 1t is
therefore necessary for the lawyers
to appear In court the following morn
ing to take up the cudgels on behalf Of
the tenant. In some instances the petit
lions OF the landlords have been dis
missed for Instances adjournments
have been obtained and the cases re-
ferred for arbitration of the law COM
mittee.
Some Of the complaints have been
found to be baseleM. Others were
found to be extremely we'll founded.
The attorney examined carefully into
every case, and 1t was only when re-
bellious landlords refused to furnish
information that they were sent to the
commissioner Of accounts TO be put
under oath.
The rapid changes in ownership,
based upon arbitrary valuations. with
constant increases Of the purchase
price OF real estate. involving sales
and transfers on fictitious values.
choke the last dollar out OF the tenant
When no other method is left. these
swindlers conspire, by means OF fraud
ulent conveyances to a lessee. who lie
used as the tool to lay on the last
straw that breaks the camel's back.
THE whole question Is a grave one.
and will require careful economic
study, as we'll as detailed scrutiny,
through the agency Of the various
municipal courts. cooperating with
the committee. These and other
means must be used and extraordinary
efforts must be made II the evils al
ready found by the mayors commit
tee are to be remedied."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
THE DECISION OF JUDGE HAND

- dsc4ston Of Federal Judge Hand
I - Holman hrswery caee that ns
- PROHIBITION act applies only to
- fAax - IN facs intoxicating does
ik elvo IA nrswsss . legal right tn
- and san SIS per cant beer.
S.A1y han She decixton n = victory
seka& they consider n the first ssep
~ tho removal OF all legal bar
lo against the manufacture Of the
powsF Drvv. A decision to The
R That Its per cent beer Is not
eaf4ng. now that they have q
nat the Act applies to inton-
- heer only, would undoubtedly
III the courts granting them
1uuct1on sought against the Dis
Atiornsy restraining him from
g1ing with the manufacture and
Aeer Of this alcoholic strength.
headers are OF the opinion that
Yawording OF the act all beer re-
o ~ alcoholics content In pro-
This point win unquestion-
decided by the Supreme
III the United States
- ether point OF what consti-
AnxicAtang beer General coun-
oeIer Of the Anti-saloon League
~ that each court or jury
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

9.ha achievement ~ now completed
EDOn which the navy ccntered intense
S1Bor4n through many weeks of pre-
nrnf3eu and days Of vigilance An
An eraeaa heavier -than-atr nyfng rrrA~
&9s.4r,n h>a ,uanned the distance be-
1BeAnn The United States and England
~ Nv OF continental Europe.
Yghn NEXT step win be 4 nonstop
ll1nnf clear AcroeA AS matters stand.
Amsrieans hAle fair chance .
Snnw that honor also. not BY any
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
READ ARRIVES IN ENGLAND BY AIR

hars-hratned dash on = venture but
by tina same persistence and patient
caution which brought the initial sue
cezs
Other afr pilots with carefully
grooYned machines Gre waiting for a
favorable opportunity TO try their
fortunes. While we wish them nfc-
cess VIE look confidently for the besl
results from the painstaling car~ and
scientific skill which our navy flerr
have put into practice with such sigma
succeA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

r~A~> s~wxw>~ zen l4xed tU4G
! 49,, -
1900 Aoss
evo medicine IN America hr''"FS was
- q the way 70 realization
v -. roa, for which the Dn4tsA
ruh,,c hcarh service has bean
$3.50. a~~4.,.s.rm and pubic ssn-
- s,r4nrArrt b SUPPORT a nnAah
- for tne eradication az wsnereAl
a.a h>en attained
-. Ian. are snforcinx new
- 49, ~ ne control and treaA-
= unsr,aa dassasen Thirty
.pnrovr4~Ned hrxS runs sf
=. n h mad IN thts work or
spty. rvsnty-three stztes within
-. psr,pA havs abandoned Old hvw
n an>ut 49, and uniform ones sug-
~ the public health esrv4cs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

First Scout-What are you reading ?
Second Scout---A tale Of buriad treas
ure.
First Scout---Wasting your tina on
fiction.
second Scout~-No, this is expert ad :
yice on how to plant po<atoes.-Boys'
IAfs Tag -JunA. ----.e.si- .~.t--- = :. !
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

Passenger (wfth newspaper1--Afe
you an internationaiist?
His seat sharer--No. slP-oas Tn a.
anti when II comes to that WHY
even a nickefs too much for = ribs.
on their old cArs!---RuhAlo Express. y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

BLANKS says he never paid doc.
tors bill In his life
Exceptionally healthy, en- -
No; exceptionally poor pay.
ton Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
Tear-nle.

Tear-Kble.
Said the needle to the stocking. TN
run you through and through"
Said the stocking to the needle, TN
be dArned II you do
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01
EGGS

G0GS
EgEs an bringing ~ to 4sc and ar
In big demand.
We are also buyers Of egxs LIE
Us know what you have to cffer.
HAZEIGROvE a 60,
1916 Eaea Cary st.
Richmond. Va.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919.
RELEASED FROM CONTROL.

The President by proclamation has
released the meat packers of the coun-
try from food administration control. |
All restrictions on the margin of profits
are removed. The public is indulging
in no great hopes that the action TAX
en- will result in lower prices for meat
products. The public has satisfied it
self that the meat packers were not
impoverished by government restric
tions on their margin of profits. What
they will do in an open market remains
to be seen. With them an open market
is largely a chimera. 1t does not ex-
list except in the imaginations of per-
sons who still retain undiminished con-
fidence in their fellow citizens, the meat
packers, and ,unshaken trust in their
statements that they are now unwilling
victims of circumstances which block
their philanthropic efforts to bring
about lower prices.
The feeling of Encouragement Is
rather intensified by the example of
| the coal barons, who seem to be unable
to make the market for coal, instead
of the market making them, as might
be wished. Not so very long ago there
was not enough coal mined to go
around. Now there is too much, and
the output has been reduced one half
Consumers are advised to get their coal
now lest they may have to go without
next winter The great demand for
coal coupled with scarcity of supply
made for the high prices of last winter
and the winter before. The smaller de
mand now also makes for the present
high prices and the prospect of still
higher prices.
1t is suspected that the coal produc
ers are making shortage of supply
their rule, and are making it work theil
way every time. The meat packer:
have their cold storage reservoirs fol
the regulation of the supply so as t
have it fit in with high-price mar
ket. The miners are the cold storag,
reservoirs of the coal barons. They eal
regulate the supply by leaving the Goa
there instead of taking it out. 1t ma,
be that conditions are such as to ma k
$l2 or $l3 ton for anthracite coal ant
\ IS cents pound for steak unavoidable
I but doubts about their necessity in tn
minds of the public have not been over
4 come by any presentations that hav
thus far appeared.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
GOOD WORK, GOVERNOR.

The Reformer hastens to extend its
congratulations to Governor Clement
for vetoing the barge terminal meas
ure, which would have foisted 100000
of foolish expense upon the state at a
time when it can ill afford anything
but the closest economy.
The fallacy of the whole proposition
is succinctly explained in the memo
randum accompanying the veto. There
are no barges available for transport
ing freight to Burlington. If there
were it would be impossible for them
to get through the .so-called narrows
of Lake Champlain There is no defin-
lite assurance that this obstacle is to be
removed. And last but not least there
is no immediate prospect of any freight
that could be transported economically
even if there were barges and water
enough to float them What more is
necessary to brand the project as pre-.
posterous?
In defense of his course in voting fol
this measure when there was tie IL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
al Wish | Could Talk"

isn't it better to be kind to dumb
animal who does his part than to bel
IL little bit more stylish? / would like
to ask them how they would like to
have their heads held way back. Yes,
| would like TO ask them that.
"And l would like to. ask masters
never to put frosty bit in a horses
seeing that it was comfortable. How
would they like to have it put in their
mouths when it was half frozen?
II would like to beg masters not to-
sell the horses which have worked sol
lard for them for years and years tol
any old person at all, but as q reward
for their good work to send them to a
farm or to have their lives ended hui
namely.
when our best working days are
over and when we have done our best
it isn't fair to turn us out with any
sort of a master and to lead any sort
Of life which would be Il slow, hor-
rible death for Us.
81 would ask masters never TO kick
a horse, never TO overload one, never
TO cut off the name or tail of horse
so he couldn't get at flies or mosqui-
toes.
81 would like to say that masters
wouldn't like it if mosquito landed
on one of them, not to be able to
drive it away.
81 would like to ask masters to exam
inc the teeth of their horses. They
know what toothache is like, and "A
horses teeth should be kept in good
condition as well as q human beings.
'Oh. | would like TO ask masters to
be kind and good as we are kind and
gentle and good I would like to ask
srownups and children to do what they
could to see that there were humane
societies where they lived and to see
that horses were well looked after and
cared foleand that there We're no cruel
ties
IF anyone should be cruel to a
horse. he should be punished.
"Just because I have such lovely
home | wish all horses had. | wish SO
many things but most of all ! wish foi
the power of speech.
81 wish you had it, said the other
horse, ..but let us hope that some da,
everyone will see that your wishes arr
| but fair and right. and that in thu
meantime everyone does all he or sh.
! can do to see that dumb beasts ar.
rightly treated"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05

tons in Philadelphia tonight with SEN
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman
of the Foreign Relations committee in
the last senate, is Philadelphia with
a national reputation as a constitutions
al lawyer. For seven years he taught
law in the University of Pennsylvania.
As a jurist, his greatest service has, no
doubt, been in the preparation of di-
gests of federal and Pennsylvania law
In Philadelphia civic affairs he has
used his attachments occasionally for
the benefit of reform movements, Dur
ing the late war he was active in the
preparedness - movement, and served
at the Plattsburg military camps. Now
he is head of the league for tho preser-
walton of American Independ fnde, re-
Gently organized by opponents of the
proposed league of nations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05

The Reformer is at a loss to under
stand the attitude of the state board
of charities toward the case of the
Brattleboro child mentioned in yester-
days issue. Through an arrangement
with the board this child was sent to
Boston for observation, the understand
ing being that if she We're found to be
subnormal provision would be made for
her care. Now, we are told, the board
wants the case dropped because it is
short of funds. In view of the steps al
ready taken it seems to The Reformer
that the obvious duty of the state char.
tiles organization is to see that the
child is placed where she does not be,
come a menace to society. The plea OF
no funds is ridiculous one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
At the Library
League Of Nations.

Speaking of the phrase GA league of
nations H. G. Wells says: CIT must
be confessed that to begin with ii con-
veyed TO most minds rather an aspira-
ton than any detailed content. 1t was
little more than the expression of de-
sire for some organized attempt to end
war III the world; in some manner the
states of the world were to come to-
gether in more or less binding pledge
to substitute law for force in their in
teraction. Within the frame sup
piled by this phrase, however, an enor-l
nous amour. of mental activity has
gone on, and much that was entirely
vague has now been thought out = Va
rious organizations, as well as President
Wilson and other persons, have made
suggestions both before and since the
signing of the armistice, and tenta-
tive draft of a constitution for league
of nations has been prepared and
brought before the peace conference.
ject have been printed One of the
most comprehensive is the league of
nations handbook, edited by Edith NJ.
Phelps This is entirely unprecedented
and is survey of the entire subject.
including the historical background,
the development of the idea to date and
| the movements to advance it. followed
by lengthy quotations from 80 lead
ing writers covering all sides of the
question, and the draft of the pro-
| posed constitution.
Other books in the library are the
following:
| Barclay: New Methods of Adjusting
International Disputes and the Future
Kallen: The Structure of Lasting
Peace. League to Enforce Peace Win
the War for Permanent Peace.
/ Minor: A Republic of Nations.
4 Taylor: A Conclusive Peace
A few of the best magazine article.
are listed below:
The Idea of League of Nations
H. 6 Wells and others. Atlanti,
Monthly, January and February, 1919
League of Free Nations, H. G. Wells
| Saturday Evening Post, Nov. %, 1918
A League Of Nations, Albert Thomas
i Atlantic Monthly, November, 1918.
The New League of Free Nation
Association. Survey, Nov. so, 1918, an,
j, New Republic of same date.
1 The League of Nations and the Mon
roe Doctrine, John H. Latane. World
Work, Feb, 1919.
A League of Nations, Viscount Gre,
of Falloden. Living Age, Nov. %, 1915
The World Covenant, stephen I
Duggan. Survey, Feb. %, 1919.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
Today,s Anniversaries

1Sl9-The Missionary society of the
II. Z. church was organized in
New York city.
1S36-John o 'Brien. who became a
famous actor under the name of
John t. Raymond, born in Buff
falo, \. Y. Died in Evansville,
Ind. April 10, 1887.
lSG5-First National Unitarian conven-
ton met in New York city.
lS69-Daniel Frederick Beakman, the
last surviving soldier of the Re-
volution on the pension list, died
In Cattaraugus county, y. Y,
aged 109 years.
lS70-Mormons in mass meeting in Salt
Lake City protested against the
interference of congress with
polygamy
1SS5-Prince and Princess of Wales
King Edward and Queen Alex
andra) left London on a visit
to Dublin.
lS94-Coxey army, 800 strong
reached Homestead, Pa
l915-United States demanded repara
ticn from Germany for sinking
the William p Frye.
l9l6-British reported severe defeat fol
the Turks below kut-el- Amara.
dollhouse of representatives passed
resolution declaring state of wa
with Germany.