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The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

Rosa Raisa. the world famous dra-
matte soprano. and Giacomo Rimini,
famous Italian baritone, both OF the
Chicago Opera. will be heard for the
first time in Washington at the Ma
tional Theater next Thursday after
noon, April Is. at 4:S0 o'clock, ,un-
der the management of Mrs. Wilson
Greene. ,... !. :
Raisa is acclaimed by the public
and press as the greatest dramatic
soprano in the world Her rise has
been rapid, and all musical wash
/ ington is expectant to hear this
great singer for the first time. Ri
mini came to this country through
Toscanini, the great Italian conduc-
; tor. and his Figaro, last year with
IGalli-Curci was one of the sensa-
/, tionsS of the opera season. These
two great artists make a specially
Of duet singing which is a, novelty
on the concert stage.
Studied with slnrchisis.
Rosa Raisa was born at Biele-
stock in Russian Poland, twenty-five
years ago, and like many another
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most discoureging circumstances. A
dramatic experience of her early lire
wcs her escape from the pogram
that led to the cruel massacre In
Ktey. She and her relatives lived
hidden in q. cellar during that pc
Rod. She fed TO Italy. where she
took up the study of music with
Nine, Marchisio.
Rosa Ralga made her debut AT
Teatre Reggie. the Municipal Opera
House of Parma, italy. in yerdPs
FIRST opera, "Oberto." the occasion
being the centenary celebration of
the great italian composers birth.
1 The program will include:
PART l., -
1-la) "Deh vieni non Tardars
(Nozart5. (b) per Ia Gloria. (Cac-
Icini,, (c) .'D'Anza, Fanciula" tDu-
'ranteh Nine. Rosa Raisa.
Aria, Largo al !. Factotum," :"
Barber Of Seville" (Rossini), Mr.;
Giacomo RiminL
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
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may be written. Nofs that the small lsttsr With
dash above K must not b played.
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relative Of the key Of Major. s.g
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

Lee Shubert announces that L. Fl.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe will end
their present Shakespearean sea-
son with limited return engage
ment in New York at one of the
Shubert theaters this month They
will spend next season in England.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
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Indicated IN the secend sssss then those i
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

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keys that give the most teusie % beginners becauss
four notss sharp-piayed the black keys. This
method Of learning avoids the dIeuty In nndIns the
correct notes
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dash above IT, at the bottom Of the chart 10 directly
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

know them psr1ecty. remembering the letters well
% the ksys ycu should have no dIfeuiy IN playing
simple aecosspantnnents 20 songs sung In Major.
Patience and practice combined will bring wonoerfuI
rssuite IN eny endsaver. and thsss two qualities are
education. 80 &
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The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

As John Barymore's condition Is
evidently one tfat cannot be ma
'terially benefited by Q curtailed rest,
Arthur Hopkins has decided to take
on the production of Richard III"
at the Plymouth Theater until next
autumn.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
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forward Tchaikovsky's most famous
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
MIR.

The address of eX-President Taft OF
the League of Nations at the Methodist
church Thursday night was very in
Structive and very interesting, especial
ly interesting to those who have given
the problem discussed serious thought
and consideration. 1t is quite evident
that Mr.. Taft has studied the peace
covenant, digested it, and understands
its scope, limitations and requirements
quite as well as the men who framed
it, and it is also evident that he be.
lieves in a league and is anxious tC
have one, organized even if he cannot
have it just as he would like it.
His analysis of the covenant, to
gethcr with the senate reservations, is
masterful and convincing to those OF
open minds and bears the stamp of sin
cerity. Mr.. Taft has no enemies tt
punish or friends to reward and takes
a comprehensive and patriotic view OF
the entire. question. He showed that
after all, there is very little funda
mental difference in what Il large ma
jority of the republicans and demo
Gratis of the senate are willing to sub
scribe to, their inability to get together
being due in large measure to pres
sure from the white mousse on the one
hand and on the other a desire to as
sert senatorial prerogatives.
Mr.. Taft thinks the covenant is very
acceptable with the reservations and
he doesn't agree with President Viii.
sons idea that they emasculate it and
render it impotent. He condemns Mr.
Wilson for adhering so stubbornly to
article 10 and declared that the presi.
dent was not justified in demanding to
give the other nation members of the
league more than they are demanding.
Lord Grey has said for Europe that
the nations over there are willing to
accept the United States into the lea
que with the senate reservations and
in the judgment of Mr.. Taft the presi-
dent ought to be willing to recede from
his position of unbending opposition
and acquiesce.
The Freeman-Journal is in hearty
accord with Mr.. Taft's expressed views
upon the important and absorbing
problem under consideration and be-
lieves he voices the judgment of a very
large majority of the people OF the
country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
JOHNSON,S VOTE.

Sioux City Journal: Although it Is
repeating much that was said in The
Journal a few days ago in anticipation
Of the possible stand Of president on the
treaty as the party issue, 1t must be
kept in mind that ratification Of the
presidents position has been rejected
by the voters Of both the republican
and the democratic parties. The vote
given Senator Johnson in the light Of
new evidence, is an unqualified
reputation Of the presidents position.
Because the California senator has re-
ceived large votes in the industrial cen,
tiers and in states like North Dakota,
Montana and Idaho, where socialism is
widespread, it has been assumed that
his strength lies more in his adherence
to radical policies than In his OppOs!i'
ton to the peace treaty and the league
of nations. But Mondays editions OF
the public press carried news stories
from the socialist convention in session
in New York in which that party as
lserts that President Wilson's fourteen
points were those of the socialists and
THAT they not only had proclaimed and
promulgated them before the president
Ibid, but are still adhering to them,
though the president had abandoned
them.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
HOME FOLKS TRUST THEM.

What the people who know him best
think of him has considerable influence
upon people regarding a public man OF
national reputation, and it is a pretty
good index too. Perhaps no two men
before the American people have been
more %viciously attacked during the past
year than Senators Lodge and Johnson.
1t has been a favorite passtime with
political opponents of these men and OF
apologists of the president, to denounce
them as demagogues and hypocrlte
playing politics and venting per-
sonal spleen in their opposition to the
league covenant as promulgated by the
Versailles conference, and it has been
freely prophesied that they would be
rebuked by the people the very first
time the people had the opportunity.
Well, the voters Of California, the home
state of Senator Johnson, and those OF
Massachusetts,, the home state OF Sen
ator Lodge, have had the chance and
instead of rebuking their senators the
people who know them best gave them
rousing endorsements at the polls.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
THE nREaMER.

Sioux City Journal: II the president
were in touch with public sentiment I;
il he were responsive to public opinion,
he would comprehend now that he is
tying a milestone about the neck of his
party in forcing it to indOrse his posi-
ton as the campaign issue. 1t not only
puts the democrats on the defensive,
but it forces them to meet all degrees
of opposition from mild reservations
to specific rejection. Moreover, a hint
of partisan bitterness and animosity
is worked into his telegram IN his
direct attack on the senate. There is
no doubt about his retention of his
|idealisms which were written into the
covenant. He appeals to his party
not the majority party, as he calls it,
but the minority party-to redeem the
presidents pledges to the world. That
is intended for idealism, but it savors
much of an appeal to the nation to
elect a demOcatric congress as an en-
drosement of the nations policies dur
ing the war. Mr.. Wilson is a dreamer
rather than a docr, a visionary rather
than a vitalizcr, a self assertive rather
than an executive. He mistoOk the UNI
versal war sentiment for personal APP
probation. And the trouble Is that he
has not changed his nature or discov-
cred his error.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

There is little or no force to the third
term objection. Roosevelt a a can
didate for a third term, and al ahead
of Taft in every state in the union eX-
cept two.-State Line Democrat.
But Roosevelt was not a candidate
for a consecutive third term. He had
been II of office four years and what
ever objection might attach to a con-
tinuous holding of the office for more
than eight years did not attach to his
1912 candidacy, yet the democrats
made the most of the situation and
never let the voters forget for a mo-
ment that Roosevelt should not be
granted a third term. For itself the
has seen seri-
Gus objection to Il third term of an
elective officer. If a man proves such
a good official that the people want him
to serve three or four or five terms
they ought to have the opportunity Of
clecting him. If the third term buga-
boo is all that could be urged against
Wilson he ought to be reelected with
out question.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

to work in earnest and arc now doing
all they can to make up for the short
age OF production. 1t is reported that
Germany is getting back to normal con-
ditiOn as fast as any of them and many
Thoughtful men in the United States are
fearful lest Germany will come out
ahead of this country in reconstruction
and in getting back to pre-war condi-
lions. This u%nfavorable condition here
is due to numerous strikes and to the
shorter hours devoted to productive
industry. No nation can hope to keep
up with the procession for trade and
commerce throughout the world if the
people will not work and produce. We
can sell only our surplus abroad and
the smaller that surplus the smaller
our trade, and we cannot sell at all
if other countries can supply the needs
OF the world ut prices lower than our
exporters must have. Short hours OF
service may seem fine for a time, but
eventually a people can have no more
than they produce and if they do not
produce enough to supply needs some
body must go without the necessaries
of life. This nation is confronted by
a situation that is far more important
than the needs of the present hour.
There is another day coming. We
ought to get ready for whatever it may
bring.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
THE REASON.

Cedar Falls Record: MI. Brool,llarr
candidate for %seant0r, insists that he
did not get a square deal in Ihe repub'
|lican convention recently held iii Des
MOines.
He says that he was not recognized
n the conventions, that he was not per
United TO address the convention, thai
he was mot permitted the courtesy OF
la hearing"
Now, let's see about that.
In the first place Mr.. BroOkhart was
repudiated by the republicans of his
own county. He was not permitted to
go to the convention as a delegate be.
cause his neighbors and friends are not
in sympathy with his attempt to cap.
~italize the general unrest for his own
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1t was evi.
jdcnt that the delegates did not want to
hear from BroOkhart, in fact his eX.
~istence seemed to concern them very
little.
Taking advantage of the tendency of
every human to insist upon giving
Ievery man a run for his money, Brook.
hart, in the hands of as foxy and as
INSCRIPTIONS a combination Of manipu'
lators the state has ever seen, now
makes the specious plea for a square
deal. The people will not be deceived
|by- it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

Much is being said these days about
the right of labor and capital and agri-
culture to organize, just as though that
right had been attacked. Nobody has
questioned it, but the right of orga-
nizations to stop production of the ne
cessities of life has been denied by
some. Capital is denied the right to
stop the operation Of essential indus
tries in order to force up prices. Rail
road owner must operate the roads.
If they do not the state VIII do it.
What would happen, do you imagine,
if the farmers of the country would
organize and refuse to work for thirty
days during the planting season? Such
Il condition would surely threaten the
life Of the people and there would be
no question of the right OF the govern
ment to step in and run the farms If
it could do it, as the government GER
tainly has the authority to protect
the people from starvation. Whether it
could do it or not is another question.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

Senator Thomas of Colorado demo
crat, said in the senate the other day
in discussing the presidents letter com
|manding the San Francisco convention
to demand ratification Of the peace
league treaty, that IF the democratic
party declares for unconditional ratifi'
cation Of this treaty it will do 81 be.
cause it is determined that it does not
care to live any longer and accepts thai
means of certain dissolution" Con
.tinuing he said II resent this command,
We had IA democratic President III
1896 who became the whole party be-
fore his term expired. He took Occas-
ion to issue IL similar bill Of excom'
munication, which, if accepted, would
have left us worse off than at any time
in our party's history. We did not bow
to the yoke then. We stood for a great
principle. We went down to defeat and
to sixteen years Of exile. History
may repeat itself" 1t is evident form
these observations of Senator Thomas
that he stood by Bryan in 1896 against
Cleveland and that he is ready to
stand by him in 1920 against Wilson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

Down near Anamosa a man by the
name of Frank johnson contracted
last year to sell his farm of 263 acres to
+. Z. Mcnamara and w. 2. COnnery for
$4,000, but now refuses to furnish Il
deed and the matter is in court. The
purchasers sold the farm at an advance
and are now suing Mr.. Johnson on the
contract. There was Il provision in the
contract that if either party failed to
fulfil its stipualtions a forfeit of 49,
.0C0 should be made. MI. Johnson is
willing to pay the forfeit but the pur-
chasers insist they are damaged more
than the sum named in the forfeit.
This is only an achO from the sale of
land ut last years prices and is a case
in point that refutes the prediction that
those who bought land last year, or
many of them, would be glad to sell
it at the same price this year., or even
at a reduction. There has been a mum
Der of cases taken to the courts where
the seller refused to deliver the goods,
bnt $ far as the Freeman-Journal has
not a CASE has appeared in
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
SIGNIFICANT.

w. J, Bryan is not inclined to accept
the suggestion of President Wilson that
the democratic party should endorse
the peace-league treaty, just as it came
from the Versailles conference, and
try to make it the paramount issue OF
the campaign. He intimates that quite
la number of democratic senator's and
members of the lower house have been
following Mr.. Wilson's leadership
against their better judgements and
lin a statement on the recent letter Is
sued by the president the great com
mOner" says:
Broken down in health by the
weight of cares and anXieties such as
have fallen to no other occupant OF
that high office, the chief executive
has been denied the information essen.
|tial to sound judgment and safe leader
Iship."
1t is painfully apparent to those not
blinded by partisan zeal that the presi-
dent has been denied communication, as
Mr.. Bryan intimates, and that nc
lacks Information essential to sound
Judgment and safe leadership Mr.
Wilson seems to be living in the days
when his health gave way and when
Ibis every effort was directed toward
convincing the American people tina
the p~eace-league treaty, as sent by hin
to the senate, vas perfect and that il
Ishould be ratified without alterations
Since that time public opinion has eX
pressed itself as favoring reservations
and it is doubtful if a majority of even
1.-THE presidents own party is now II
Iaccord with him upon that question
However, the peacc-league treaty is
mot the paramount problem before the
country today and were the president
fully informed of conditions he would
surely give more attention to domes
tic affairs and try to turn the ship Of
Estate toward a harbor Of safety.
Mr.. Bryan's statement is very sig
inificant and there is no doubt but thaI
many democrats share his views.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

Colonel BrOokhart is for a bonus for
the "boys" while Senator Cummins, like
the rest in congress, is against giving
the boys a bonus.-Orient Independent.
"Cummins and the rest of congress-
are not against a bonus and the indie.
pendent knows it. 1t is not easy to
work out a plan for n bonus. 1t will
require a vast amount of money and
Ways and means to raise the money
without further damage to the national
credit, is a problem that needs sound
and logical thinking. More bonds
could be issued, but some of the liberty
bonds have deprecated as much as II
per cent and congress doesn't want
them to d%epreciate more. However
congress is for a bonus, regardless OF
politics, and some plan will be worked
out to finance it. Mr.. Brookhart may
be for a bonus, but that question viii
be disposed of before the successor t.
Senator Cummins takes his seat III
1921.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
FUNCTlONLEsS PRESIDENT.

sioux City Journal: The American
people may shut their eyes to the facts,
may hide their heads in the sand like
ostriches. but they cannot shut out the
bald truth that the country needs a
stronger and more aggressive hand in
directing its affairs from the president
ial office. Apologies have. been made
and accepted for the d%elinquencies re-
sulting from the illness of the presi-
dent in the hope that some turn in
affairs would relieve without harsh
methods the difficulties under which
the government labOred. While the
nation has waited in patience, condi-
lions have become worse. 1t is now a
question of whether these conditions
shall be allowed to continue and to
grow worse. OF whether the time for
plain speaking and business action has
arrived. In u word, is ii not time to
determine whether the misfOrtunes of
the president shall become the mis-
fortunes Of the nation, or whether the
nation shall not place its vital in
tercSts, the interests of 110,0OO.O 900 peo-
pie, above the personal interests Of n
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

production is interfcred with and the
cost increased. Finally wages are
again adjusted to meet the increased
cost of producing, then up go prices of
the product to compensate for the
higher wages. 1t is a continual round
and must stop somewhere. Some work
men received more last year than they
earned and are getting more this year
than they are entitled to, because they
do not give an honest days work.
Some producers are charging unfair
profits and adding much more to the
selling price than the additional cost
|of production justifies.. Some work
men are rendering honest service and
giving value received and some pro-
ducers are satisfied with a fair profit.
But the conscientious workman and
producer are being fleeced by the con-
~scienceless mes and just when and how
Ia remedy will be found cannot be guess
led.
More wages means higher prices and
higher prices leans more wages, etc,
ietc.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17

Perhaps the Wilson administration
will undertake to reduce the high cost
Iof living when the white house dis
covers that it is really high. The presi-
dent doesn't seem to have any idea OF
what is going on in this country, his
entire time apparently being devoted
TO foreign affairs and the league OF ma
ltions covenant. He doesn't even know
that the league without reservations is
dead. Will somebody close to tie
president kindly inform him Of the ST.
luation. Were he allowed to read the
newspapers and to keep tab upon
i%events as they transpire he would hard
lily ask his party to deliberately commit
suicide by insisting upon ratification
without a solitary change.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-17
FALLING BEHIND.

1t was not long agO-a very Few
years-that American artisans and
mechanics of various kinds were boast
ing of the fact that they produced
more per day per a than the arti-
sans and mechanics of any other coun-
try. This argument was advanced by
opponents of the principle of protec-
ton who insisted that the larger wage
scale in this country was not due to
the tariff, but rather to the fact that
workmen elere did more than wOrkmen
in foreign countries where wages were
low. There was logic in that position.
However, if reports brought back from
Europe-frOm France, Belgium and
Gcrmany-are to he relied upon,
workers in those countries have gone