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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12

Continuation of Chapter XXX-The Deportation
Of the Unemployed
| uNHOREOVER, if the Belgian has to complain of
Iu this state of affairs, let him address his COM
rlains to England. She is the great criminal. She by
her policy of isolation has brought about this
stricted measure"
Every Belgian workman sets free German
orkmau who will become an additional soldier for
he German army 1t is this fact in all its nakedness
that dominates the situSton. The author of the letter
himself feels this garing fact, for he writes: "The
measure has no connection whatever with the conduct
Of the war properly so called" It has, therefore,
necton with the war improperly called. What does
this mean except that the Belgian workman does not
indeed bear arms, but frees the hands of the Ger
mans who will take up arms. The Belgian worker is
constrained to cooperate indirectly. This is in pal
pable contradiction with the spirit Of The Hague
yenon Again the lack Of work is not the fault of the
Belgian workman of England; it is an effect Of
the German occupation and its regime.
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Cardinal Mercier s Story

1oelud;ns his correspondence with tho German
.ntborties in Belgium during the war, 1914 to
1918. edited by Professor Fernand Mayence of
Louvsin University and translated by the Bene-
d;ct;ne Monks of St. Augustnes, Ramssate,
England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12

After the penalty of death. savery--deporta-
ton--is the heaviest punishment known to the penal
code.
Belgium, that has done you any harm has
she deserved at your hands this treatment calling to
heaven for vengeance?
Sir, recalled at the outset your whole utterance
81 have come to Belgium with mission to heal the
country's wounds"
Two years ago the made for DEATH pi,lage
and contagration was that it was Perhaps for
party whom charity too kindly excused, it was the
ntoxication of opening victories Today it is war no
longer 1t is frgid calculations deliberate destruc-
ton, the empire of force right the abasement
of human nature challenge to humanity. 1t lies with
your Excellency to stop these cries of conscience
revolt.
Receive, sir, the homage of our sincere esteem
(Sgned) d. J. CARDINAL MERCER,
Archbishop of Malines
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
Tools and Machines Seized

The occupying power has taken possession of
considerable supplies of raw materials destined for
our national industry it has seized and sent off to
Germany the tools, the machines and metals of our
workshops and factories. The very possibility of
tiOna work being thus eliminated there remained for
the workman but alternative: to work for the
German empire either here in Germany, or to re-
main idle. Some tens Of thousands of workmen under
the pressure Of fear famine agreed, under
stant for the most part, to work for the foreigner;
but four hundred thousand workmen preferred to give
themselves to idIeness with all its attendant pr
raOns rather than to do ill-service to their
try. They lived in poverty with the help of slender
assistance allowed them by the national committee of
help and almentaton, under the control of the pro-
tectins ministers Of Spain, America and Holland.
Calm and sef-respectng, they bore without, murmur
their painful lot. Nowhere there any rising
sign Of rising; master and workmen awaited with
patience the end of our protracted trial
Nevertheless communal administrations and pri-
Nc initiative endeavored to lessen the undeniable
inconvenience of unemployment. But the occupying
power paralyzed all their efforts. The national COM
Mhtee endcaVored to organize a course of technical
instruction for the benefit of the unemployed. This
scheme of instruction, characterized by tender
gard for tn" workman's respect, wished to take
nm by the hand, to enlarge his capacity for work
and thus prepare the way for the country resurrec
oor' Who thwarted this noble enterprise, the plan of
which had been carefully thought out by the great
captains of industry? Who? Why the power in occu-
patron Nevertheless the communes did their best to
initiate works of practical utility to be carried out
Oy the unemployed. These the Governor General
would not permit without his previous sanction. a
sanction which he generally refused I am told that
me Governor General in not few cases graciously
gave MS permission for works of this kind with the
Express stipulation that the unemployed should not
be engaged on them
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VOn Kissing DOdges Issue

The preceding letter having been returned to the
archbshop's house by the postal authorities because
unstamped, the Cardinal sent it second time to Baron
Won Bissing with the following note
Archbishop's House, Malines
November II, 1916
TO His Excellency Baron Bssing Governor Cen
eral, Brussels
Your EXcellency-The inclosed letter, dated No
vember 10, will reach your EXcellency late, because
1t has been returned to me. it had been posted un-
nnrnI
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
BY MAX STERN
Especial to The Press

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Jim-
mie Phelan, democratic United States
senator from California is playing
host to all the big bugs of the con-
vention at his ranch down the PENN
sula. The senator has spent fortune
fixing his place up like Roman Villa,
and one of the prides of his classic
existance there is the big out-of-door
baths, just like the old Roman sena-
tors used to splash about in. The
senator has been advised not to hang
his toga too far away from the pool
when he takes dip, forAWilliam
Kent's men plan raid OMIT next
November.
The big fence built around the aud
itorium for the democratic convention
isn't going to be a picket fence. An
ordinance in San Francisco against
picketing has dashed the hopes of at
least three groups of women who
planned to storm the place by armies
of pickets, the woman s party, the
women demanding that ttfie blockade
be lifted from Russia, and the Civil
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
ROMAN BATHS FOR DEMO CH|EFTA|NS;
BRYAN COMES FROM MIAMI, FLOR|DA2
Spells Doom HODes Picets DELEGATES Gather
California Climate and Miss Church Entirely Sick
Washington to Hare Much to Say about Democratic Nonee

Liberties League who demand the re-
lease of political prisoners.
California thought that the Eastern
delegates would fill up all the church
pews on Sunday, but they were sadly
disappointed. Of all the great hosts
of visitors the only couple on record
to go to church were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Barnett and they're from
Denver. The rest scattered to the
our winds in autos, picked poppies
went swimming and otherwise wor-
shipped in the open.
The first piece of confederate money
to be passed during the convention
has been discovered A bellhop in
the st. Francis is still hunting for the
Southern delegate who gave it to him
for tip.
Josephus Daniels comes to the con-
vention from Panama in a battleship
This is the first indication that Ad-
miral Sims was going TO be in Sar
Francisco.
! A team that many dem leade,
wishes had stayed at home-Jin7
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
WATERMEL0NS
OUT: RAPIDLY

Up to Monday night, June 21 the
total watermelon shipments had
reached 396 cars against 455 cars to
the same date last year. About half
the shipments went from Westmor-
land, the others being scattered from
Brawley south.
Shipping. will continue heavy until
July in order to get the water melon
crop to patriotic celebrations for July
and after that date it is expected
that there will be gradual falling
off until August l., when the season
will be over.
Prices this year have been satisfac-
tory. AS a matter Of fact the growers
are now getting $32.5c per ton-in
some cases even more where it is
choice crop. This is much better
than the price secured last year and
means that the growers are going to
make good money.
No trouble has been experienced in
getting all the empty cars necessary
for loading and none is expected for
the rest of the season, which as stated
runs little more than a month yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

high schools, where it should properly
| be taught.
AS to your statement concerning
classes of 1000 or more students,
/ would like to point out that while
popular lectures are frequently given
to large audiences vi the Greek
theater, no classes in the university
exceed 100 at one time, this being
the maximum capacity of the auditor
um. While students thus congregate
to hear the lectures of the leading
professors. the instruction is carried
on in subdivisions of the classes into
groups Of 25 or so where each student
is able to receive individual attention
from the professor or preceptor.
In view of the results OF having
such great numbers of students, the
university has established its South
crn Branch at Los Angeles, where
only Monday the summer session was
opened with 100 registrants-chiefly
from this end of the state. Might
not suggest that The Press investi-
gate and give TO the public that reads
its pages not only authentic informa
ton as to the state Of affairs that
exists in Berkeley, but also as to the
eudCavors made to bring the univers
ity almost to the very gates of the
valley? 1t is easy for an editor to be
an iConoclast, but his worth is better
proven in the influence eXerted III the
of growing institutions near
est to him. Would not the whole
Imperial Valley profit moro by know
ing what opportunities are actually
offered TO the young men and women
in its midst by the University in Los
Angeles? Here is an excellent oppor-
tunitv TO learn just where and how
the millions of the peoples money"
are being spent. The university has
nothing to fear from the most search
ing scrutiny; its only foes are those
Of ignorance.
Very truly yours,
W. w. GRAHAM, JR.
P. S. | would welcome the publica-
ton of this letter.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

Reed of Missouri, and Bill Bryan OF
Nebraska.
If the expected platform issues
develop too much of storm, the dems
have a man who can pour oil on the
troubled waters. He is Edward l.
Doheney, multimillionaire delegate
from Los Angeles, and one Of Cali
fornia's Big Four" Doheney controls
more oil than any man in the West
and has large holdings in Mexico pc
troleum. 1t is expected that he'll have
much to say as to the democrats
polisy in Mexico. He's always been
against intervention.
McAdoo's message. cancelling his
hotel reservations at the St. ,Francis
was just as mysterious as his tele-
gram to Jouet Schouse of Kansas.
McAdoo's instructions were to cancel
his hooms, but to hold them for q
friend.
Mack may be the guest of the
aforesaid friend said the wise ones.
Newshounds figured Bryan tried to
slip into San Francisco incog. He
ordered his reservation at the St.
Francis as 'W. J. Bryan. Miami, Fla"
The big social event of the conven-
tion is a tea, given by San Francis
CO society woman for President
Marshall, to which all visiting women
delegates are invited. The society
woman asked that her name be with
held until shortly before the tea.
There is rush for McAdoo votes
by Cox and Palmer but they are un-
able to locate Thomas B. Love of
Texas, who is McAdoo's principal
hacker in the solid South. Love has
sent word he didn't expect to reach
San Francisco until just before the
convention.
1--WE may follow a fixed program
said Chairman Cummings, but I'll
venture the democrats will let the
chaplain write his own prayer
The anti-luxury movement urged
by Hoover didn't worry Col. John P.
Irish, well-known California politician
who showed up at the convention as
usual minus a necktie. Ever since ME
was boy the Colonel has gone tieless.
He had a boil on his neck, and since
then has maintained that ties are a
vanity.
A sick man of Philadelphia swung
the republican convention into line
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
Vox Popult
Calexico, Calf, June 25. 1920.

Calexico, Calif., June 25. 1920.
Editor, Imperial Valley Press,
Ell Centre, California.
Sir:-After careful reading Of your
editorial concerning conditions at the
University of California, cannot
refrain from calling your attention to
certain inaccuracies of statement and
evidences of misinformation which
! it brings to light,
AS a graduate Of the university and
an assistant in one of the departments
Il believe that | am in a position to
speak of conditions al the university
as seen both by those who instruct
and receive instruction. | take no
exception with you as regards the
type of humor that unfortunately
makes its entry into certain of the
student publications, but ! must take
serious exception to your description
of the annual football rally as shame
full" nor can the fraternity "orgies"
Of which you speak be attributed TO
members of the student BODY as .
whole The recent orgy in the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity took
place after the close OF the university.
and its participants were, to the best
of my information with but two or
three exceptions not students of the
university. These We're promptly eX-
pelled by President BarroWs, and the
fraternity is likely to lose its charter
and be closed.
AS to your criticism of the universi-
ty for being too large, no one will
question that; but the blame rests
upon Mr. VIII C. Wood, the state sup
erintendent of schools, for the lower
ing of the requirements for recon-
mendation from high schools to the
university, and the university has
been swamped with students whose
proper place was in junior colleges or
high schools with higher standards of
scholarship. The Academic senate
has made several proposals to limit
the kind Of work open to Freshmen or
other entering students, in order to
allow much of the work now being
given to Freshmen to be taken in the
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
ANT|-JAP PLANK
URGED At FRISCO

SACRAMENTO, June Ex-senator
J. NJ. Inman, president of the Cali
fornia Oriental Exclusione League
announces that an effort will be made
by the representatives Of the various
anti Oriental Associations in Califor-
MIA to have the democratic convention
which convenes in San Francisco June
28th, insert an Asiatic exclusion plank
in its platform.
The proposed plank follows:
"In the matter of foreign immigra-
ton we favor the policy Of admission
of a limited number of selected indi-
viduals from assimilable races whose
mental, moral and physical character
istics and whose sympathy with Amer
lean principles would make them de-
sirable material for American citizen
ship.
"We are unalterably opposed to the
admission of those who, for any
reason would prove a menace to our
institutions or threaten the prosper
ity or happiness Of our citizens
whether they be radicals or non-as.
similable peoples whose presence
would create a constantly growing
IeSIeT III OuI Hl'uoC VI PSopio whoSs
standards of living are so much lower
than our own as to place our citizens
at a great disadvantage in economic
competition.
"As to the latter class, when dan
gerous to American labor, we approve
the policy of absolute exclusion al
rigidly as enforced in Canada, Aus
tralia and New Zealand against labor
skilled or unskilled from countries
with standards of living lower thai
! their own"
| In the hope of getting this planl
in the platform, committee from tn,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

p. s. would welcome the pubhca-
ton of this letter.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

The way things are going it looks like
a sick man from Washington is going
to have about as much say-so with
the democrats.
Over 500 college boys and girls
from the University of California and
Stanford University are ushering for
the big show. They were picked from
the political science classes by their
profs who wanted them to see how the
country is being run.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
OFFENSIVE OPENS
(By Associated Press)

SMYRNA, June 24.-The Greek
army has begun it's offensive against
the forces of Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
the Turkish national leader, according
to an official statement issued at the
Greek headquarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
CYCLE TRIALS SUNDAY

(By AssOciated Press) .
STOCKTON, June 24.-The Pacing
Coast Olympic trials for cyclists VIII
be held here Sunday over a 1Oo mile
course.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

anti -Asiatic organizations will appear
before the Resolution Committee of
the convention. Arrangements for
their appearance before the commit
tee have been made.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25

Cowboy screen star and comic writer
who was prevented from attending the
deomcratic national convention by the
death of his youngest son. Imperial
Valley Press readers will remember
with pleasure the highly interesting
sidelights Will Rogers cast upon the
republican convention at Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-06-25
DEMOCRATS PLAN
A SUFFRAGE PLANK
lRv Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO. June 24.-The
officials of the democratic national
convention committee are considering
today what sort of plank for suf-
frage can be included in the plat
form. They.are desirous of doing
everything to complete the ratltlca-
ton and it is only question of what
means should be adopted. The stand
for ratification is assured fore
gone conclusion.
Arthur H. Scott and Miss Inez B
La Madrid, both of El Centro, were
married in San Diego last week and
are now back in this city, where they
will make their future home. Then
host of friends wish them all the
good luck in the world. The bride
groom is the proprietor Of the Palace
billiard parlors.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1920-07-03

CHAS. {. BANKS
JOHN c. UPPER
JOHN NJ. REED. JR.
RALPH H. REEFS
JOSEPH SCHAEFER & SONS
DR.. DELMAR SMITHERS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-02
ANNUAL oFFIcERs' TRAINING
CONFERENCE OF IOWA OPENS
At ASSOCIATION BUILDING.
FIFTY COME TO PLAN
WORK FOR NEXT YEAR
Conference Opens With Dinner at 8
O'clock and Continues Thru Sat-
urday and Sunday - Nationally
Prominent Y. M. G. A. Workers to
Address Gathsring-Ths Program.

Between fifty and sixty student
secretaries from all Iowa colleges are
in the city today to meet In the
eighteenth annual officers training
conference at the Y. NJ. c. A. which
opens with dinner tonight and ENDS
Sunday night. The purpose OF the
conference Is to plan work for the
coming year, and to sive the student
secretaries an opportunity to hear
national workers Of the association.
The meetings all will be held in the
association building and the men are
guests of the members Of the local.
Y. NJ, C. A. Some Of the prominent
workers OF the country will address
the conference.
Program for Saturday.
The leader Of the conference is II.
II. Fitzgerald. association worker or
Iowa City. who will open the confer
ence at 1850 tonight following dinner
that is TO be served at o'clock. A.
J. Elliott, regional secretary, OF Chi
cago, will talk on Forces in College
Life That Build and Destroy.
George Weber, boys secretary. OF
Des Moines. will lead the devotion.
Saturday mornings meeting that
opens at s: 80 will be devoted to dis
cussions of The Place of the Associ-
alton on the Campus" and the sum-
mary OF the discussion will be by
Carl Compton. Fred Hansen, Sec
rotary at Iowa State College, Ames'
l.,
Saturday afternoon will be given
OYER TO a discussion of the finances
of the association, with Lee j. Gil
lis, who superVises the work of the
association at the Iowa colleges, as
leader Mr. Gillis recently talked TO
the boys bible classes at the Y. NJ.
c. a. Budgets. and pledges by schools
for state and international work. will
be discussed. w. n. Northcott, state
y. NJ. c. a. secretary. will talk on
The Field of Association Service"
At ! o'clock Saturday night will be
held the Geneva banquet" an an
nual event, when plans will be made
for the conference to be held at Lake
Geneva.
Sundays Program.
Sunday morning at o'clock the
conference will be an open forum,
where discussions Aon student COM
mittees of counsel. student conven-
tons and Geneva plans will be dis
cussed. The conference will adjourn
at 1890 Sunday morning for church
service and at 8 o'clock in the after
noon, a school for officers will be
held. Thomas Blaisdeli, of New York
City. interested in student volunteer
movement, and John Dyer. also Of
New York. an industrial leader, in
terested in community work, will be
present and address the conference.
The closing talk will be given by
A. J. Elliott, following which there
will be a fellowship meeting which
will close the conference.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-02
MORE WORKERS OUT.
Line Grew Of Marshall Electric Com.
pany john Strikers.

Line Grew OF marehall EIectrlc Som'
pany john Strikers.
Two line crews In tho employ OF
the Marshall Ilectric Company, COM
prising twelve or fifteen men, today
Joined the strike Of electricians,
bringing the number Of men out to
between thirty and thirty-fivo. The
members of the crew, who have been
engaged on jobs out of the city, came
in Thursday night and this morning
turned in their time. Aside from the
strike OF these line crews there has
been virtually no change in the
strike situation.
No efforts, either on tho part of tho
men or the employers to negotiate,
have been made and apparently both
sides were content to hide their time.
The controversy rests as 1t did when
the strike was called Wednesday
night, the men refusing to consider
any scale under the 81 an hour de-
manded, and the contractors refusing
to consider the demands of the men.
Messages from mayors Of cities Of
Iowa, who are regarded as disinter-
ested, in reply to queries from the
contractors, are said to show that
prevailing scales In other cities are
not as high as those shown by mes
sages Of secretaries Of locals sent in
response to inquiries Of the local I'M
len. ...
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-02
BRIDGE LETTING MONDAY.
Council TO Receive Bids on South
Third Avenue Bridge.

Third Avenue Bridge.
Bids will be received Monday by
the city council on a new bridge to
span Linn creek on South Third ave-
nue.. Indications are that six or eight
contractors, at least, will submit bids.
Three local bidders, two bidding on
their own plans, are expected to COM
pete with one or two contractors
from Des Moines, one or two from
Waterloo, and one from Cedar Rap
ids. The outside bidders, it is belIev-
ed, will bid on g. concrete structure
There is not q sufficient sum in the
bridge fund to pay for the bridge,
but the city may issue Improvement
bonds for the amount necessary. The
bridge fund, on April l, was 81, 1928
and the estimated sum to be derived
from the incoming taxes to be divert
ed to the bridge fund is approximate
ly $1,000. This would give the city
S25,25283 for bridge purposes. No es-
innate has been made of the probable
cost of the new structure.
Plans have been prepared by the
city engineer, but contractors may
submit bids on the city plans or their
own, and may bid On steel or concrete
structures.