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The Washington times., 1920-12-11
NJ Financial Problem Big Obstacle in Home Building

taken their lands. and the Landlords
combined as defenders for their own
protection.
1.-THE tensntry without protection
from the law, says Field, combined
for their own protection. and called
themselves Hearts OF steel In
petition addressed TO LordTownshend,
the viceroy. they represented thst
they were grooming under oppression.
and having no other possible way OF
redress. were forced TO Join them
selves together TO resist; that In con
sequence OF their lands being overie,'
they were reduced TO poverty and oisr
tress, and by rising meant no more
than 10 have their lands. that they
might live thereon and procure neces-
saries of life for themselves and their
starving families.
TURNED OUT 10 GET PENNY
MORE. ..
'And some tenants. refusing TO pay
the extravagant rent demanded py
their landlords, were turned out ana
their land given TO other tenants VINO
would promise any rent
"in lrelaDd, the custom OF auction
ing leases Of farms over the head OF
the outgoing tenant was CALLED cant
ing and Swift described the land
lords as 'canting' their own lands
upon short leases and Sacrificing
their Oldest tedants for a penny an
acre advance. This practice Oh aD-
sentee landlords having no direct
human relations with their tenants
forced rents unnaturally high with
an effort not similar to that giving
rise to the present laws in New
York.
ia Maryland, before the revolution,
much of the valuable property In Bal
timore county was leased for periods
OF ninety-nine years with the privi-
lege of renewal, IL exercised within
the ninety-nine years, in perpetuity.
In Banks VS.. Haskie, 40 Nd. 2O7, II
appeared that the tenant had been
guilty Of laches in failing to renew
the lease. and that five months AFTER
an action OF election had been
brought by the landlord he Med
bill in equity "a little more than
three years and nine months AFTER
the expiration of the original terms)
to enforce his right Of redemption.
without any legislative enactment,
the Supreme Court ofiMaryland neld
in the year 1876. the right OF the
tenantIto renew, basfng Its decision
on old country presidents.
"Parnell, speaking at Ennis on Sep
TENDER 19.1SS0. told the people to
punish a man for taking farm from
which another had been evicted by
isolating him from his kind as IL he
were q leper Of old This advice was
at once taken and its scope largely
extended For refusing to receive
rents at figures which the community
believed equitable. Captain Boycott.
Lord Ernes' agent at Mayo. was Sc
verely 'boycotted,' the name of this
victim being given to the new system
of ostracism. His servants were
forced to leave him, his crops were
left unsaved and even the post ana
telegraph were interfered with
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
BLUE LAW" AGITATION
OPPOSED BY LEGION MEN

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-"Blue law"
agitation is not meeting favor among
members of the American Legion, at
cording to expressions of protest re-
ccived in letters at national head
quarters and by the American Legion
Weekly. A number of strong pro-
tests have been addressed to Lenuei
Bodies, national adjutant. who is now
in New York. urging that the legion
take a positive stand" particularly
against those who would ban that
old friend of the soldier, the cigarette
Mr.. Bolles today denied the legion
contemplated any official action in
the matter.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
PINNED UNDER BOULDER
TRAPPER SAVES HIMSELF

wHEATLAND, Wyo.. Dec. H.
Walter Murphy, trapper. dislodged a
boulder when he leaped across
brook in Fletcher Park, near here,
the large rock breaking. his leg and
pinning him under its weight.
Murphy labored several hours chip
ping away pieces of the boulder with
his hunters axe before he succeeded
in liberating himself.
With his leg broken he crawled
nearly a mile through deep snow and
over a rocky trail to his cabin, where
he fell exhausted at the door.
Murphy suffered much from ex-
posture but will recover.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
LIQUOR PEDDLED OPENLY
BY MAINE BOOTLECCERS

HOULT TON. Me, Dec. 1I.-Thc
liquor trade has grown to such pro-
portions here that charges are being
openly made that those in authority
are not enforcing the law. 1t Is
claimed that conditions are so bad in
certain sections of this town that 1t is
not safe for women. and girls to be
out alone after dark. Judge Archi-
bald's court is crowded daily by de-
PENDANTS accused of violating the
VoIstead act.
Prohibition advocates claim liquor
is being peddled in a most open man
ner. There Is also evidence of rum
across the border. .
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
Financial Assistance Needed

There is justice in the contention of the real estate
operators of this city that the financial institutions
should do all in their power to assist in building homes,
in order to relieve the housing shortage. One of the
chief for this lies r the fact that the people who
live in the houses the from whom the nanciers
derive their money The suggestion that it is not safe
to put money into home building is without foundation.
The shortage not going to be relieved in few months;
it may not be relieved in few years. In any event,
there is little likelihood of real estate in this city
going back to prices. Labor enters into the cost
of building than 60 per cent and the tendency even
naturally conservative. They should be; but house
decrease For those and other reasons it is only fair
that part of Washngtons money shoald be invested
in real estate.
1t would be a fine thing if the bankers and builders
should be able to get together In this matter Some
months ago at banquet given by the Washington Stock
Exchange to the bankers of Washington this matter
forcbly brought to their notice, but apparently with
little result The managers of financial institutions
naturally conservative. They should be but house
building is civic duty, we'll profit making enter
prise, and for that who engaged in it
entitled to liberal consideration The artificial
conditions brought about by the fast disap
pearng but that does not that the city will
to grow. 1t is growing and will continue to grow,
and each additional house apartment house erected
is asset to the community.
Ten years ago we might have been overbuilt, but
it will require many years supply the demand There
is another phase of the situation which should receive
the serious consideration of all concerned. 1t is the
ation that good housing has to good citizenship 1t
should be the policy in Washington to encourage the
people to own their homes, either houses apart
ments, and the of that policy is proven by the
conservative character of the population This fact
brought to attention during the past week when the
several groups of the purchasers OF apartment houses
the cooperative plan which has been successfully
established in Washington during the past six months,
held their first annual meeting for the election of
board of directors and officers The standard of the
cupancy of such apartment houses operated
the cooperative plan very much higher than the
former occupancy, tenants. The ownership OF the
home is the most effective antdote to Bolshevism and
Anarchy. The who their own homes are not
going to be led asay by soap box orators or the argu
ments of those who would undermine the Government.
They have something at stake and going to support
the constituted authorities and frown down attempts to
destroy law and order Help the people to build or
their homes and we help Washington, and
make real contribution toward perpetuity OF the Re
public, which is the hope of humanity
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
APARTMENTS A NECESSITY.

A New York suburban. developer
was asked IL he believed the construc-
ton of individual homes on an extern
sive scale offered solution OF the
housing shortage. frankly. j do
not" he replied. '"rhe population OF
this city increases too rapidly TO at
tend to keep pace with it through the
construction OF individual dwellings.
Apartment houses are q necessity In
every metropolis, and it is my opinion
that they will multiply in accordance
with the needs Just as soon as zealots
cease their attacks upon apartment
house owners. High rentals in multi
family houses can only be reduced By
one method, and 1t il a real old FAST
toned method, too-the constructio
of more apartments. Constructor
will receive it's greatest impetus when
legislative hindrances to owners and
builders are removed"
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
Own Your
Own Home

The renting situation now agitat-
ing the minds OF the people Of this
and other cities of the country is by
no means new. Conditions almost
identical TO those of today confronted
renters in England, Ireland. Scotland.
Maryland and New York more than
= century ago. In support of the con-
stttutional right OF the New York
State Legislature 10 pass recent anti
rent laws TO curb activities OF land
lords william ID. Guthrie and julius
Henry Cohen, special deputy attorney
generals. have filed u brief with JUS
tice Giegerich, In case against the
People of New York that recites the
story of the relationship of landlords
and tenant.
Emergencies involving the occu-
pancy OF land" the brief recites. "have
arisen and been dealt with in the past,
first by social or communal custom
and then by legislation which con-
verified the customs and legally unen-
forceabie obligations into positive
law. Surely what history has again
and again evolved as the proper
remedy in such cases. namely. the re-
striction of the right arbitrarily to
evict. the recognition of the tenants
right to renew, and the fixing of
rentals by disinterested bodies, cannot
be regarded hs arbitrary now. There
are we'll known historical facts which
constitute the background for and. in
= sense. are fairly the prototypes Of
n,.,S ,,,,. .,~,,,, r,,c.
h@Soo"NiAHD'
From the earliest times the oc-
cupancy of real estate has carried
With a. certain tenant rigbts TIL.
x,ho,. ht.,,- ., a.. aov.,,,r+ -,
tit,. a, "a. IN 20, ..,o,. o. .s..,,.,.a
,,-,,, ,,n,,...,. .. 1910 :, ...
in occupancy. The English copyhoId
tenure starts at a point where there
is nothing but occupancy: when the
villein cultivator of the lords de-
mesne held his land at first at the I'M
fcttered will of the lord, but where
he ultimately reached security of
tnure. The fact that his name was on
the rolls of the manor built him by
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
TWENTY-NINE INDICTED
IN N. Y. BUILDING PROBE

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Extraor-
binary grand jury investigating New
York's building graft scandal. yes
terday afternoon returned indictments
against twenty-nine members of the
cut stone contractors association,
The men were charged with violation
OF the Donnelly antitrust law OF the
State.
The extraordinary grand jury
earlier i'm the day had returned two
other indictments but the names OF
the defendants were not divulged.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
ARGUE WOOL EMBARGO.

The necessity for an embargo on
wool to protect the wool growers
was argued before the House Ways
and Means Committee, yesterday, by
Frank !. Hagenbrath and S. S. Me-
Clurc. officials OF the Wool Growers
Association. ~.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
WIRE SENDS FOUR MESSAGES

NEW YORK, Dec. 1l.-Four telc-
graph messages East and Two
west--wtre transmitted pt noon yes-
terday at tho same time over n single
wire across tho continent between
New York and Seattle, Wash, the
demonstration which marked ,he
opening of the 3.Set miles long tele-
graph wife connecting the two aea-
boards, was made possible through
the development OF n new instrument
perfected by tho Western Union.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11

COLONIAL brick dwelling Of eight rooms and bath,
1909 Decatur street, just completed by Winfield
Preston and being offered for sale by McKeever
ooss feature of its plan is tiled lavatory on the
first floor. F-t
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
University Late In the Game.

The University is unfortunate in
that it did not receive definite news
as to the methods to be used in the
obtaining of the referendum at an
earlier date. The material sent out
to the leaders in the colleges through
out the country, was designed to be
in Their hands by December 9, as is
stated in the communications sent to
those d~ignitaries. Other colleges
have had this information for some
time, and have been educating the
members of their respective schools
IN anticipation of the coming event.
However, the parties in charge of
the affair at this institution state
that they are not in the least pes
simistic of the outcome here.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
DRAMA LEAGUE PUTS
ON CLEVER COMEDY
Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire Is Fourth PLAY
to be Given By Campus
Organization.

Alice-Sit-by-the-fire," by J.. M.
Barrie, the fourth of the series of
Drama League plays was given at
Guild hall last night. The plot of
the play is suggested by the sub
title: "a page from a daughters
diary"
The part of Amy Grey, a sixteen
year old girl who sees life in terms
of the stage, was taken by Mrs.
Bridge who proved herself, thru
her acting, own sister to the far
famed Willy Baxter of Booth Tark-
ington's Seventeen" in her insist
ence on a life of romance in a world
of reality.
Colonel Grey, father of the romatic
child, was very ably enacted by Mr..
Bridge, while Mrs. Rosenberg gave
a clever portrayal of. Alice Grey, his
wife. Kenneth House took the part
of Cosmo Grey, the young son.
The other parts-those of the
nurse, Ginevra, Stephen, Rollo and
Richardson which were taken by Miss
Yates, Miss Matthew, Mr.. Cushman
and Mary Williamson, respectively
did much to show that the drama club
has started the new year with
something more than good resolu-
tiOns.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
SOUTHERN ITINERARY
FOR GLEE CLUB OUT
Advance Manager Darling Returns
With Schedule Including Leading
Towns of South Idaho

Charles Darling, advance manager
for the University Mems Gee Club,
has returned from southern Idaho
with a complete schedule for the
southern trip for. the club. Darling
reports that he was given a royal re-
ception at every town, and that every
where there is a keen interest shown
over the possibility of hearing the
University singers. The Glee Club
will leave here Sunday, January 25,
and return about February 7, taking
in eleven of the larger towns of the
southern part of the state.
American Legion Helps.
That the fellows will be given a fine
reception wherever they appear is an
assured thing. All the towns in which
they will stop are already laying
plans for the concert and a time" for
the men. In some of the towns on
the itinerary the American Legion has
taken charge of the affair, and are
pushing the appearance of the club
to their utmost. A special program
is being arranged to be given where
ever the Legion has taken charge of
the Clubs concert. In other cases, the
high schools will have charge of the
affair, and in some towns the civic
clubs have taken hold of the thing
with a vim.
Schedule for Tour.
The Glee Club will make it's first ap-
pearance on the trip at Weiser, Oh
Monday, January 26, and will go from
there to Emmett on the 9th, Payette
January %, Caldwell, January 20,
Boise, January 80, Nampa, January
81, Rupert, February 2, Burley, Feb
ruary 3, Twin Falls, February 4, Po-
February 5, and Blackfoot,
February 6. This completes the
southern trip. The men will come
back by way Of Montana, but have not
any towns on this route for
concerts.
1t has been stated by those who
have heard both the University of
Washington Glee Club now making
tour, and the Idaho boys, that
n singing the Idaho group puts the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
ART EXHIBIT A FEATURE
FOR HOUSEK EEPERS' WEEK

A small art exhibit will be one of
the features of Housekeepers' week
at the University, according to Miss
Irene Leiby of the Home Economics
department. Correct and desirable
articles for use in the home will be
shown such as rugs, h~angings and
pottery. There will also be an ex-
hibit of lockwood pottery. Miss
states that this will be for sale.
Everyone knows the lockwood pot
terry but does not have the opportun-
ity of purchasing it as it is handled
only in the larger cities. This offers
an exceptional chance of securing
lockwood pottery according to Miss
Palmer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08

the students and faculty will prove
not only of interest to themselves,
but when consolidated with the views
of the other college communities of
the country, of real enlightenment
to the people of the nation as a
whole.
Continuous publicity will be given
the fact that such a referendum will
be held. Both faculty and students
are urged to study the Treaty. A
mass meeting, to which the entire
student body and faculty will be in
vited, will be held, at which public
men, representing differing points of
view, will be invited to speak.
A committee in charge will be APP
pointed by the President Of the stu
dent body. A similar committee will
be appointed to act for the faculty
and in cooperation with the student
committee. These two committees
will arrange for ballot boxes to be
placed at proper locations with fully
appointed tellers in charge. 1t is
necessary that the canvass be COM
plete, and that every student deposit
his ballot in the box, in order that the
most complete results may be got.
AS soon as the referendum is closed
the tellers in charge will compile the
returns Immediately, and consolidate
the vote for the University as a
whole, arranging the results in a way
the committee in charge shall
deem appropriate. AS soon as, is
possible the returns will be forward
ed to the central committee.
No use of the referendum will be
made beyond the publication of the
returns. The central committee in
sists that no propaganda of any kind
De published, beyond what is neces-
sary on both sides to give the stu
tents and faculty a broad view Of the
ssues to be voted on. 1t is not the
purpose of the referendum to influ-
snce opinion either n way or the
,ther, as>has been stated before, the
promoting the project is
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08

A registration of his or her opinion
> on the Treaty of Peace and the
League of Nations will be asked of
every member of the faculty and
student body of the University on
Tuesday, January 10, as a part of
the nationwide campaign to obtain
a referendum of college sentiment on
those issues.
On January 10, every college and
university will be asked to take a
vote of it's faculty and student body
on the League and Treaty, in which
!. every member Of the college com
nunity will be asked to vote for one
tof several propositions bearing on the
documents.
The referendum is being promoted
by a committee composed of the
leaders in four of the largest colleges
in the east. This committee consists
OF. Frederic P. Benedict, of Columbia;
John M. Harlan of Princeton; Briton
Hadden, of Yale, and Fifield Horkum,
Of Harvard.
The committee is forwarding to
every college and university in the
country general instructions as to
how the vote should be carried on.
The persons in charge Of the pro-
ject int each school are then ex-
pected to arrange these plans to suit
their local conditions. Following is
the approximate program that will be
followed at the University:
Communications from the central
committee, and the conditions which
surround the taking Of the refer
endum will be published in the col
lege paper and on the college bulle-
tin boards.
Is Important Campaign.
The President has been requested
to make, and has issued a statement
certifying his approval of the plan.
1t is his belief that the discussion of
the subject matteri involved cannot
but be helpful. The declaration of
the views,-whatever they are-of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08

doing it merely as a matter for the
benefit and instruction of the country
at large.
Students Represent National Opinion
It is the theory that since the stu
dents and faculties represent the in
tellectual and thinking classes of the
citizens of the country, and are the
easiest faction of the population to
reach in a comparatively short time,
that a sentiment expressed by them
would be approximately the senti-
ment Of the country.
Propositions Voted On.
Following are the propositions on
which each member of the faculty
will be asked to vote. Each voter
will be asked to register himself as
favorable to one of these:
o.. | favor the ratification of
the League and Treaty without
amendments or reservations.
(2). | am opposed to the ratifica-
ton of the League and the Treaty
in any form.
(3). | am in favor of the ratifica-
ton of the League and Treaty in any
form, but only with the specific res
ervations as voted by the majority
of the Senate.
az. | favor any compromise
under reservations which will make
possible the immediate ratification
of the Treaty and League.
(5). I favor the government pro-
ceeding to make peace with Germany
at once, leaving the question of a
league of nations to be settled after
60. favor a compromise of the
reservations of such a character as
will avoid the danger of defeating
ratification while still making clear
that America can only be involved in
war by a declaration of Congress,
that domestic questions and the Mon
Doctrine are entirely outside the
Jurisdiction of the League, that
plural votes Of any member are all
disqualified in the event of a dispute
wherein we are disqualified from
and that on deciding to with
we are to be the judge of
whether our obligations have been
net.
The central committee has the APP
oroval of an advisory committee
composed of leading college educat-
rs in the east. President Hadley, of
Yale is chairman, Presidents Butler,
# Columbia, Lowell, of Harvard, and
1ibben, of Princeton are also serv-
on it.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
Latah County Records.

wednesday, january 7, 1870.
Rel:-J. H. Petrick to E. J.. Pet
rick, R. M. 3-3-15.
w. De j Petrick to J H. Petrick,
$500; 1-25, Juliaetta.
Decree.-Wm. Collard, Est: Chas.
E. Walks, adm, to perform agree
ment with George o. Miller for con
veyance of S. part NhSEA 1895.
(52 Az
R.. M.-Harley E. Noah to First
Trust & Savings Bank, Moscow;
$500; EANWA NEASWA 22-39-4.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
No Great Act of Heroism Required.

If some great act of heroism was
necessary to protect a child from
Group, no mother would hesitate to
protect her offspring, but when it is
only necessary to keep at hand a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and give it as soon as the first
indications of Group appears, there
are many who neglect it. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is within the
reach of all and is prompt and eff
fectual. j
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
PAGE THREE

Seattle organization in the shade.
Sometime after the completion of
the southern trip, the Glee Club will
probably make a our of northern
cities, but this will depend a great
deal on the results of the first s~ojourn
of the organization, which is now prac-
tically assured of success.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
To the Dyspeptic.

Would you not like to feel that your
stomach troubles are over, that you
can eat any kind of food that you
crave? Consider then the fact that
Chamberlain's Tablets have cured
others-why not you. There are
many who have been restored to
health by taking these tablets and
can now eat any kind of food that
thew crave. ]
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
STUDENTS AND FACULTY To
VOTE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS

NATIONWIDE COLLEGE AND UN IVERSITY CONSENSUS OF OPIN-
ION TO BE REGISTERED ON IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL
QUESTIONABLE REPRESENT EDUCATED CLASS ON MA
= TIONAL STAND