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New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Church Board
Clashes With
DR.. Straton
Pastor of Calvary Baptist
ard Trustees at Odds
Over Formers Plan for
Meeting Reported Deficit
Some Favor Resignation
Anonymous Writer Charges
Effort Is Being Made to
Force the Minister Out

Controversy in Calvary Baptist
Church between the pastor, the Rev. DR..
John Roach Straton, and several mem
bers Of the board of trustees became
public yesterday A deficit and the
demand of DR.. Straton for mortgage
on church property are the causes of
the dispute.
An anonymous letter received by the
trustees yesterday attacked William H.
Trabue. chairman Of the board, and de-
clared that he wanted to force DR..
Straton out. Mr.. Trabue was not to be
found, but another member said that
the letter writer had distorted facts to
such an extent as to make the whole
epistle q falsehood.
Some Members Dissatisfied
So far as he knew, he said, there
was no movement aroot to force DR..
Straton out. He added that several
members Of the board thought the pas
tor had not been q complete success
and they would be relieved if no should
resign.
The letter and it's allegations were
news to DR.. Straton, too. He charac-
tterized the document, which was care
iessly written, as "conglomeration." ."
"There is division Of opinion" said
the clergyman, "but that has only to
do d vgit With policy; know nothing about
and am certain that it will be settled
In business-like and Christian way
at the meeting Wednesday night"
The property on which DR.. Straton
wants mortgage placed to meet OBJ
legations Of the church and to extend
its work is that formerly occupied by
the Collegiate Church in Thirty-third
Street. The Collegiate Church was
consolidated with Calvary in 1918.
According to the trustee who said
that DR.. Straton's resignation would be
"a relief" the. church has been piling
Notes amounting to $4,000 are due, he
said, and the $4,000 year pace set
by DR.. Straton had run up deficit Of
$4,000 besides. He declared the trus-
tees thought that if DR.. Straton wanted
to extend the work of the church he
ought to raise the funds for the pur-
pose. Other clergymen did it, the trus-
tee added.
Pastors Sermons Criticized
"No one is trying to put DR.. Straton
OUT" he said, "although, to be frank,
many in the congregation would be re-
lieved to see him go. One reason is
that they do not like his point Of view
in his sermons. AS to that anonymous
communication, it is deliberate effort
to make trouble"
Excerpts from the letter follow:
"The church seeks to place a mort
gage for about 100000 to meet it's float
ing Indebtedness that it has run be-
hind under the present mismanagement
Of the board of trustees, upon a piece
Of property on the north side of fhir-
ty-third Street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, opposite the Pennsyl-
vania Terminal. This, the trustees
opposed, hoping to increase the in
debtedness and embarrass and freeze
the minister out.
"The trustees seek by. organize d
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
U. S. May Sell 5 Million
Barrels Flour to Europe
House Resolution Offered as
Substitute for $5O,OOO,OOO
Oorr pronoon1

WASHINGTON, March "a resolu-
tion authorizing the United States
Grain Corporation to sell 100000 bar
rels Of soft wheat flour to needy Euro
pean countries on credit was approved
to-day by the House Ways and Means
Committee. 1t will be offered as
substitute for the Treasury Depart
ment proposal that loans Of $50,O00,0 900
be made to Austria, Poland and Ar
menia for food relief.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
l5-Year Fire Put Out

SHENANDOAH, Pa, March 6-An.
nouncement was made to-day thst off.
cials believed the fire which has RACED
in the underground workings at The
Girard Mamouth Colliery. at Raven
Run, Pa, for fifteen years. is now
under control.
In short time the burning area will
be opened up and hundreds of thou.
sands Of tons of anthracite will BE-
reclaim ed
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Two Y.M.C.A. Workers, Slain
by Bandits in Turkey. Buried

WASHINGTON, March 6-The State
Department was advised to-day from
Turkey that the bodies of James Perry
and Frank S. johnson, American Y. M.
c. A. workers, killed by bandits last
month, had been identified and were
buried yesterday in the American
cemetery in the Aintab College yard.
Full military honors were accorded by
the French authorities at Aintab.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Swiss Vote on League Nav If

BERNE, March 6.-The Swiss peo-
pie will vote on Sunday, May 16, on
the question Of whether Switzerland
shall join the league of nations, it was
decided to-day. The extra session Of
Parliament which approved ,Switzer-
lands entry into the league, subject to
a plebiscite, has been adjourned until
April 12.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

conducting was most admirable In every
respect and contributed much to gem
orally finc performance. Az for
Massenet's music the longer it went
on the more 1t made his "Don
Quichottes" and "Cleopatres" seem
like "weak and writhled shrimps."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
STATE SUPREME COURT HOLDS PEOPLE
VOTE ON PRIMARY ELECTION MEASURE

less held up by a certain percentage
of signatures on petitions, the exact
number required now being a moot
ed question among attorneys.
Emergency Treated as Fiction
In reversing Judge Poorman, the
majority opinion of the court held:
CLEARLY the act in question, strip
ped of the superf1uous declaration
of the legislature, contains nothing
to warrant the assumption that it is
necessary for the immediate preser-
walton of either the peace or safety
of the state; or is there anything in
the history of the legislation, the
contemporaneous declarations of the
legislature, the purpose of the act
or the evils sought to be remedied,
showing a fact condition justifying
either the legislature or the court
from withdrawing the act from the
consideration of the people.
"Under u system of government
the people rule, and that rule is by
majority; it is the duty of the min
ority to bow to the edict of the ma
jority in matters of policy and pro-
cedure. To say that the act must
stand without submission to the peo-
pie, out of fear that they will not
accept the amendments, is to over
throw the rule of the majority and
the rule of the minority.
Upholds Emergency Law
1--WE find that the act amending
the primary election law does not
within the purview of the ex-
and is subject to the refer
endum as provided by the constitu-
tional provision; and, therefore, the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
LOWER COURT REVERSED BY
THREE TO TWO DECISION
MEANS TWO PRIMARIES

Helena, Jan. 30.-In a three to
two decision, the state supreme
court eliminated the emergency
clause from the closed primary law
passed by the last extraordinary
session of the state legislature and
reversed the decision of District
Judge w. H. Poorman in the action
brought by Sam Goodman of Helena
to secure a writ of prohibition an
joining Secretary of State G. 7.
Stewart from receiving and filing
referendum petitions to refer the
emergency measure to a vote at The
next general election.
Matthews, Hurry, Cooper
Justice Matthews wrote the opin-
ion and Justices Hurry and Cooper
concurred, Justice Holloway dis
sented and Chief Justice Brantly
concurred in the dissenting opinion.
AS a result of the supreme courts
decision the closed primary law, as
passed by the last legislature, will
be voted on at the next general cleo
ton, as sufficient signatures have
been filed with the secretary of state
to refer the measure to the people.
Meanwhile, It's the Law
The supreme court decision has no
effect on the closed primary law and
the repeal of the presidential prefer
entail law of the last legislature, ex-
cept to permit their reference to the
voters. In the meantime, the closed
primary and repeal laws operate, un-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
BEWARE OF STOCK ART
(The Stars and Stripes(

Many communities are buying war
memorials. Statesmen are on the
road with designs, layouts, and fig
ures.
The well-known psychological
moments are at hand when sales
manship plus demand brings con-
tracts.
Isn't there need for caution? And
especially in the purchase of re-
pleas of monuments, even though
they are from original designs?
1t sounds fine to say original de-
signs, but does it mean anything?
Is the original design of sufficient
worth to justify duplication, tripli-
cation, multiplication?
Who will select the heroic figures
of the World War to be placed in
bronze or stone in civic centers or
to be distributed at main street cor
ners and in parks?
The business of the salesman is to
sell from his catalogue. He takes
what he has and makes the most
of it.
For example, if he had an Eddie
R~ickenbacker piece he would proba-
bly, use his "Where's Who" and take
the first train for Eddie's native
abode.
Yes, Columbus, Ohio, would be a
good place to sell an Eddie Ricken-
hacker.
A Sergt. Alvin York in the hands
of an experienced salesman might
go well most anywhere.
If the sculptor doesn't happen to
be a big Lacquer a little more sales
manship will put over his product
on a patriotic community.
Think what a clever drummer
could do with a good line of gener-
ais statues, regardless of their arts
tic value.
The first wooden Indian was a
good idea, but they got m~onotonous.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
q PLEASANT VIEW u
r "a & q 81 & e 81 8 81 ID = 81 & 6 81 r.

Listen to the wedding bells ring
ing in the air.
Mrs. G. r. Nail of Nickwall visit
ed at VIM. Bakers Thursday.
Lee Burch was a Wolf Point visi,
tor Thursday.
L. J. Duffy is busy hauling hay
these days.
Asa Turner hauled two loads of
coal from the Watson mine the fore
part of the week.
Mrs. Thomas Moxness left for
eastern South Dakota, to join her
husband, where they will make their
future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Good and VIM.
Good made a trip to Wolf Point the
latter part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cant spent Sun
day at Mrs. Molly Taliaferro's.
j. j. Beller was a caller at R. c..
Hodges the fore part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harmon,
Mrs. Mollie T~aliaferro, MI. and Mrs.
E. H. Taliaferro and daughter Ruth,
Miss Mary T~aliaferro, Otto Radke,
George Good, w. F. Good, and Mr..
and Mrs. W. S. Good and sons, were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Lint
ner Sunday.
Don't forget the Federal Loan
meeting at the Pleasant View school
house Saturday, February 14th.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05

judgment of the lower court is re.
versed; the writ of prohibition is
set aside and the cause is remandec
with direction to dismiss the pro.
ceeding."
In his dissenting opinion, to which
Chief Justice Brantly concurred,
Justice Holloway held that while it
is incumbent upon the court to main
tain the referendum amendment with
vigor, "the referendum amendment
is not all-inclusive." He held the
emergency laws "a vital part of the
constitution and to give full force
and meaning to the exception is a
duty as imperative as any other i'm
posed upon this court. Whether the
act in question comes within the ex-
ject to the referendum, depends up
on the answer to two questions: G)
Does the subject matter Of the act
bear any relationship to the public
peace and safety? and (2) Did there
exist such an emergency as rendered
it necessary that the act be effective
Immediately? The first is a question
Of law, the second a question of fact.
The first involves the essential ele-
ment of an exercise of legislative
power, the second involves the exer-
else of legislative discretion.
Orderly Administrator a Test
"Neither reason nor authority sup
ports the view that the terms public
peace health and safety have to
do with extraordinary occurrences
arising out of public calamity, such
as instruction, pestilence, invasion
or rebellion"
Justice Holloway further pointed
out that in the legislative history of
Montana the term public peace has
been used as synonymous with good
order in society; to denote quiet and
freedom from agitation or disturb
Public safety mea public
security and relates to matters af-
feetlng the stability and orderly and
efficient administration of govern
ment and the general welfare of the
people as indicated"
Justice Holloway also said that if
a reasonable doubt existed as to an
emergency, the court should not
the legislative will. He fur
Their said: "It cannot be said that
the act in question bears no reason
able relationship to the public peace
or safety, and the effect of the ma
jority opinion is to render the ex-
to the referendum amend
a. dead letter."
He held that there is no authority
conferred on the courts to consider
evidence to impeach the legislatures
findings.
In closing his dissenting opinion,
Holloway said:
~"Conceding for the sake of afgu-
that in this instance the court
may consider extraneous matters, it
IS, to say the least, a most extraor-
binary proceeding to determine the
controversy upon a portion of the
evidence only"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05
Periodic Bilious Attacks

Persons subject to periodic bilious
attacks will observe that their APP
petite fails them just before an at
tack. That is, they do not really
crave food but eat because it is meal
time. If they will eat only a light
meal and no meat, then take two of
Chamberlain's Tablets the attack
may be avoided.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05

Counting it only in dollars and
cents, how much did that last cold
cost you? A man may not always
stop work when he has a cold, but
perhaps it would be better if he did.
1t takes about ten days to get COM
pletely rid Of a cold under the usual
treatment. That time can be much
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05

shortened by taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and proper care of
yourself, in fact, a bottle of this en-
edy in the house is a mighty good in
vestment during the winter and
spring months.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-05

The state of New York has 100000
miles Of public highway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

fullness. II IL transiently oppressive,
and in the long run, just tho same,
not unwelcome.
It Is really exhilarAting, this rather
full blown way Of painting landscape
because force Is generally exhilarat-
ing in itself, and then, as it happens.
1t leads to q refreshing breadth of
view. We have been struck by what
1t has done to the work Of Mr.. George
l.. Nelson. There is zest and there
is power in his "Kent Falls" which
he has never in our observation dis.
closed before. There are one or two
unfamiliar names which now assert
themselves altogether By the aid Of the
holder vision to which we refer. We
note, for example, the Dig landscape
by Miss Sophie M. Brannan, the fine
"Sunlit Forest Of Mr. Allen .. Coch-
ran, the sea pictures ~ Mr.. George
P. Ennis and Mr.. Eric Hudson and the
stately winters Night" q forest sub
ject, by Mr.. r. S. Woodward. These
are all distinctly meritorious paint
ings, and they show, as the works Of
such experienced hands as Jonas lie,
Walter Griffin, Harry Mailman and
Gardner Symons also show, how Amer
lean landscape is profting by infu-
slons Of fresh feeling, Of an emotion
peculiarly masculine. The accent is
frequently too harsh. These artists
are so keen upon the truth that they
forget suavity and paint with all their
might 1t is a wholesome redundancy.
1t implies, st all events. that landscape
art is, with us, intensely alive. That,
when all is said, is the one fortifying
reflection with which we leave the
Spring Academy. We leave it with
thoughts Of due number OF ,ndivid-
ual works, thoughts to which VS. will
return in dealing o. later occasion
with tho sculpture and prints. We are
aware also. as we bid the show fare
we'll, Of divers further paintings on
which 1t IS agreeable to pause, paint
ings by Arnlin Hansen, Hugh Breckin-
ridge and Anna Fisher. Richard II
kimbel and Gregory Smith. One last
memory Is charming one, linked with
George Davidson's painting OF "The
River" little picture dirnly recalling
the sentiment Of Ryder and the tone
OF Carpaccio. But 1t Is in the healthy
spirit Of the exhibition as a whole, we
feel, that the Academy has most jus
tilted the generous action Of the Brook
lyn Museum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

Miss Gladys Wiles, in the elegance
which Mr.. De Witt M. Lockman has
communicated to his Portrait Of Miss
W." and we are vaguely aware OF it
again in the excellent PORTRAIT of Mrs.
Edwin r. Campbell" which Mr.. Leon
Knoll sends to the show. Composition
as we'll as capable brushworl has
gone to the making OF "The Critic"
by Mr.. Wayman Adams, one of the
really vitalized canvases among tho
portraits. Yet as we traverse the works
in this category we are seldom arrest
ed by painting with genuine stimulus
in it. A parlous quantity of this por-
traiture is thoroughly respectable
and uninteresting. 1t seems subdued
to the lifeless air Of the studio. For
fresher. moro enkindling atmosphere,
BY which we mean not alone the at
mosphere Of nature, but the at
mosphere Of purely artistic wellboing,
we must go, as year after year we have
to go. out Of doors with the landscape
painters. Looking for any new spirit
that might be working among them
we have identified it as a deepenine
of the tendency to take q larger, ro-
buster view of themes in the open asr.
The tonalists are not as pervasivc as
they once were. Some of them, to be
sure, like Bruce Crane, are happily
as active as ever and as happy in their
results. The landscape which charm,
through its delicacy is still in evidence.
Mr.. Edmund Greacen provides an e1-
ample in his lovely Frozen Marshes":
there is similarly subtle informing"
snow scene, by Miss Ann Crane.
There arc few others. But the DOM
inant mode. a mode which we do not
recall ever seeing SO widespread in
the Academy before, Is mode which
is nothing if not for soidity, weight
and almost raw force. There are q
few painters, notably there is Mr..
Leon Knoll in "Ihe Mountains" who
would seem to have arrived at this
newer conception of landscape through
q theoretical approach. But mostly
we arc conscious OF something more
impulsive, of energy w-reeked upon
landscape as though In mood of art
less emphasis. Nuance goes by the
board and with it lot Of the sensi-
tivcness to atmospheric beauty which
we are sorry to miss. The fierce white
light Of winter is given its full value
or is even overplayed. Tree and
ground forms are stated in terrific
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Good Fortune at
The Brooklyn Museum
By Royal Cortissoz

1sAs ninsty-fiSth annual exhibition
he National Academy of Design has
h opened and will continue on view
Id May Q at the Brooklyn Museum.
I'll be accessible ON Sundays from Q
in the afternoon. The traveller
BE- Manhattan may take the subway
Iprss to Atlantic Avenue, proceeding
esce by Flatbush Avenue car to
|spect Park and Eastern Parkway.
here the Museum awaits him, or he
5 60 by bus from. Atlantic Avenue
Washington Avenue and the Park
h. If he goes in motor the route
over Manhattan Bridge and thence
kouyh Flatbush Avenue extension
h Flatbush Avenue to the Eastern
|rkway. The prospective visitor who
disposed to groan before these d.
ktions need not really be discour-
led. Let him have his little Joke
Ii then, like the valorous knight in
klery, grid up his loins and wallop a
hrse for the Museum. 1t isn't so
I'D as it looks, and, besides, since
/ Museum and the Academy have
be their best in the interests of tho
bic, it would be Il pity if the public
bill not take little pains to sec
/ show.
he first matter OF interest in tho
'r ng Academy is obvious. Every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

ono familiar with the conditions at
tho Fine Arts Building naturally
wants to know what tho exhibition has
gained by going across the river. It
has gained everything. In tho first
place, of course, greatly increased
space. and then, what is even more
important, better lighting. The pic
lures arc hung on one upper floor In
two long galleries that are broken up
by partitions and divided in the mid
die by rotunda serving admirably
for the placing Of the sculpture. The
cool gray background is In perhaps
too high key to be perfect, and tho
overhead light is possibly a shade too
strong. On the other hand these points
are gratefully overlooked in view Of
the broad Improvement which tho
Academy has obtained. Dinginess has
been exchanged for a certain spruce
vitality. 1t is as though the exhibition
had come up out of the cellarage into
full sunlight. The visitor. like the
exhibitor, may blink for q moment.
but then he adjusts himself to the new
situation with sigh of appreciation
He Is bound to like, too, the convenient
arrangement Of the galleries, set all in
u row. and at one end Of them he finds
q pleasant surprise. There the etchers
and photographers have their chance,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
The Spring Academy in Auspicious Form

Tor the first time, and they have taker
good advantage Of 1t. The Who'll. ef.
feet Is one of revived energy. Thos.
who are interested In tho Academy
owe vote Of thanks to the Muaeun
for Its hospitality and a need Of
sympathy to the Academy itself In It,
unmistakable effort to improve an un-
usual opportunity.
Precisely what the Academy has done
with this opportunity is q subject on
which one must speak with frankness
though with all the good will in the
world. To begin with, it has yielded
little too quickly to the temptation
implicit in all that gorgeous space. It
has accepted between 600 and 700 pic
lures. The sculptures and the black
and-whites run the catalogue up Ia
nearly thousand numbers. There is
no ignoring the fact that the collection
is too big, too crowded. It is not mere
~ that it makes too huddled an en-
sernble. The trouble is that this cheer
full, optimistic policy has let In too
many mediocre paintings. Medocrity
has for years been the bane Of the
Academy exhibitions Whenever that
fond project for huge Salon building
has been revived the one embarrassing
question that has arisen with 1t has
been the question as to whether any
thing would be gained for American art
by giving host Of third-rate painters
more room in which to expose their
commonplace works. Would big
building do anything, for example
toward waking the confirmed absentee
into a sense Of that responsibility
which he ought to recognize when he
IS authorized to write "N. A." after
his name? This show in Brooklyn
brings out once more the indifference
Of certain Academicians. Personalities
are odious, and we have no mind to
draw up list Of the men who might
have strengthened the exhibition Il
they had chosen to do So But it Is per
fectly plain that their absence tells
1t may in some instances be explained
on q friendly hypothesis. The old
hand might assert that the space he
refrains from taking is giving encour-
agement to q younger artist. Never
theless, though this may soothe his
conscience az he exhibits by himself in
some uptown gallery, his philanthropy
doesn't quite cover the case 1t isn't
fair to that public which we have been
urging just now to make the journey
to the Museum. We wonder what would
be thought OF the Philharmonic or any
other Of our orchestras If at every con-
cert q group Of the best trained instru-
nentahsts were to go off on private
tour in order that e number Of aspir-
ing substitutes might have chance tc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
POrtraits and
LANDSCAPES

The head Just cited leads Us TO the
portraits. There are lot Of them
and some Of them, not many, are good.
They. represent, on the whole, the
rather uninspired habit which hand-
caps SO much American portraiture, the
habit Of leaving design TO take care
Of itself. Occasionally the painter
adds a certain pictorial intention to
his sAlllful technique. We sense it in
the snappy Mildred In Costume" by