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New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Indian Sky
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THE old squaw
Is one
With sthe old stone behind her.
Both have squatted there
Ask mesa
Or mountain how long?
Tho bowl she holds
Clay shawl Of her art,
Clay ritual Of her faith
IL ono
With the thought Of the past,
And one with the now.
Though dim, a little old. strange.
Tho earth holds her h,
As she holds tho bowl t
AK kiva
Or shrine how much longer.
No titan,
No destroyer,
No future thought,
Can part
Earth and this woman,
Woman and bowl:
The same shawl
Wraps them around.
ALFRED KREYMBOR0.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
No DisIoynl Speech

No disloyal speech is charged against
any Of tho five Socialist Assemblymen.
The o2ly overt act charged against
them is their membership In the So
cialist party, which party is condemned
for pacifist resolutions passed by 1t in
1917, taking an attitude similar to that
taken by men who throughout the war
sat in the British House Of Commons
and the French Chamber Of Deputies,
and by labored argument that be-
cause the Socialist party declared its
adherence and solidarity with the rcvo-
lutionary forces Of Soviet Russia and
pledged itself to the furtheranes Of tho
international Socialist revolution Il
has infercntially Endorsed the princi-
pies Of the Communist international,
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

t'on : to the wisdom Of the ages. AS
lor wars, they seem to. be still with
U.S. and, with all due Difference to
the -pacifst, seem likely to remain
Tor some, time to come in one form
or another. "The good fight is
still on. -
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Sonnet

A1O10lSI
fFyons The Nsss Sta<sss,anj
DOZENS, when all Nfe's tutelars Is
donA
And you, my golden trumps4s, shake
tho air,
When all my days are funsraled IN one.
And hope and love lie buried with
despair;
When from these battlsAslds fair cities
And golden crops shine on che shat
tered coil,
And over heets Of sunksn merchandise
Great ships 60 riding hons with
richer spoil;
Let strong storms, beating down the
wounded dark,
Swallow the land whore once my Mfe
was played,
And livid lightning lay the heaven stark
Over tho ruin where my grave is laid;
And let my spirit fare ths thunder
through.
Singing alsul 70 sassA allve a ~
EDWARD l. DAWSON.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
A Choice of Evils

From Tho Phaadelphia PressJ
There would be more sense in the
scheme to create Bolshevik government
in Mexico If the existing government in
Mexico was not about a. bad ~ any.
thing could be. Those who think Il can
be made any worse are obviously doomed
to disappointment.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Hymns and the Revolution


ary type of mind to see no good in
the past and. to be irritated by it's
typical expressions and to insist
upon, therefore, not only new deal
but new pack Of cards. There was
once revolution that was evolution
ary in aim, spirit and results-our
own American Revolution, that ran
its Anglo-Saxon course wifi q mini
mum Of violencey q maximum Ic4 self
control, and produced as its first
'truit new government that MAS,
essentially a natural evolution out
|of the colonial governments and the
home government that had gone be-
fore. But that is not the way of
most revolutions; and it is not the
way Of the usual revolutionary mind.
especially that Of the present
nrauveness now illuminating parlors
and boudoirs devoted to the New
Unrest.
1t is new pack Of hymns that q
writer in Tho Dial (of recent scar
let memory, now ostensibly drab and
literary once more) demands. All
the historic hymns are held up to
scorn for preposterous references to
kings and wars and armor and ban
ners. How anachronistic are these
rnonarchical and brutal metaphors
in these days Of democracy and
pacifism-not to say soviets and the
Bolshevistic brotherhood "When
we finish making the world safe for
democracy" says this author; "can
we not invade our traditional heaven
and dethrone the hierarchical aris-
tocracy Of thst kingdom7" Give US
a heaven which is likewise q demo-
cratic state, swept clear Of "scep-
tered pomp and triumphant might"
and inconsistent "armies Of tho ran
somed saints:
"such anachronisms derived from
ancient tribal rituals and medieval
dreams Of empire may be in part the
cause Of the rift between orthodox.
religion and daily life to-day. The
younger generation can be but little
impressed by such obsolesesnt con-
ceptions. whether presented Is SYM
boil or substance Of reality, which
serve only to separate tho Church
from the State as they know it,"
No one will care to quarrel with
any. one who has set her heart on be-
ing so utterly modern, omniscient
and unfettered~-the fapper age Of
philosophy ia normal and rather Ell
gaNng. But it does seem as If a
magazine might save it's wood-pulp
and printers ink for more mature
matter. It might be very amusing
to tear up the book Of the past and
start fresh without any symbols or
substances earlier than Messrs. L.
nine and Trotzky; but, alas! it can
not be carried out, for one thing,
human nature being the inherited
continuity that it is; and, for an
other, raw dull and unutterably
yapid background would be the re-
suit while it lasted. Witness the
vspid absurdities Of the artificial
world created for time by the
French ~Reds" Of the Revolution.
Az q matter Of fact We need and
ought to be thankful f6r every bit Of
color and thought and symbol Of our
past. Not all Of 1t ls true. But
neither is ali that we believe to-day
true. We shall doubtless produce
nsw and dspsocrstie hymns, thsrs Il
one bsaud1ul ons. - . matter Of
fact, ."Lord. Saw Thy People"
That should b. our small eontribu-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Tho Sn,oot Precedent

There is one case in tho Federal
Congress which Is = precedent: The
Reed Smoot case in the Senate. The
right Of Senator Smoot to take his
seat In tho Senate was challenged on
tho ground that he was Mormon and
that tho loyalty which by oath he had
pledged to the Mormon Church pre-
vented loyal service to the government
Of the United States In accordance with
the constitutional oath which he had
to take before entering upon the per-
formance Of his Senatorial duties. Did
the Senate suspend him7 The late
Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts on
March s, 1903, before the newly elected
Senators, including Senator Smoot, had
been called for the administration Of
the oath, made the statement on be-
half Of Senator Burrows Of Michigan,
who was chairman Of the Committss on
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

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b pW your msnsy back upon request. No red taN.
NJ ssIhsiisB We make $500 promptly II the
,lysftiese dsss nst.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

ganized, and on the same day, by
action with respect to Russia, the
Suprame Council, another directing
body, hung Grape OH the following
parts Of the covenant:
ARTICLE XII
Any var or threat, whether imme-
diatsly affecting any Of the members
Of the league or not, Is declared a
matter Of concern to the whole
league, and the league shall take any
action that may be deemed wise and
efectual to safeguard the peace of
! nations.
ARTICLE XVII
In the event Of dispute between
member Of the league and state
which is not a member Of the league
=. the state or states not
members Of the league shall be in
svited to accept the obligations Of
Z membership In the league for the
purposes of such dispute, on such
conditions as the council shall deem
just. y such Invitation is accepted
Sthe provisions Of Articles XII to XVI,
sinclusive, shall be applied with such
modifacattpps "a smay be deemed nee
.sasary by the council. # state so
invited shsll refuse to accept the
obligations Of membership in the
lAssue for the purposes Of such dis
sute, and shall resort to war against
anember OF the league, the provi-
sions " Article XVI shall be appli-
cable as against the state taking such
setion.
Articles XII to XIV relate to arbi-
hat proceedings to prevent and settle
wars or threatened wars; Article
XVI provides for an automatic boy
sots Of any nation that persists in re-
using to accept the adjudication Of
he league.
Now it appears ~ that Russia,
ust 1 league member, IL at war with
Poland and Rumania, league men,
bHs; (2) that Russia has not been
summoned = to appear at the bar Of the
fssrs. she having clearly indicated
hat she would not respond If sum-
mined; (3) that, instead Of taking
aeps toward proclaiming a general
aioekade, the nations that control the
is!sus council announce a material
aedtdcation Of the partial blockade
which has been maintained and
Rassia is then to be assisted to OBJ
sln supplies which will be useful to
- In waging war against Poland
- Rumania and such other nations
= shs chooses to fight.
The Tribune, in view Of this rec
90 respectfully submits to its read
g the queries: What has become Of
ne League and the obligations its
aembers have assumed? Is it func-
eaning? Will it function next week
Hthe United States adheres? Final
Eh the league is one to prevent
Mf and TO enforce peace, is it pos
aels to conceive Of a stronger de-
md for action than is presented
= the case Of Russia, frankly inn
M1sligtic under it's new autocracy
81 openly engaged, in 'v'ide-fung
MeSnpt TO rule by the sword?
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
WINTER MOON

A little white thistle moon
Blown over the cold crags and fen
A little white thistle moon
Blown across the frozen heather
EVELYN SCOT
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

which, the resolution alleges, is pledged
to forcible and violent overthrow of
all organized government.
Not only did Speaker Sweet charge
no disloyal speech and no overt act,
but he did not present the Assembly
and the public with sworn affidavits or
documentary evidence showing that
these five men had been disloyal. So
secret were the preparations that
members had no time to consider
the proposition and gain that clearer
view Of Its injustice and its peril to
representative government which an
opportunity to consider the charge and
examine the precedents would have
given.
The Roberts Case
In the dispatches from Albany there
have been allusions to the exclusion of
the Mormon, Roberts, from the House
Of Representatives as precedent. The
case of Roberts had aroused great in
terest before the Congress to which he
was elected assembled. It was known
that his right to sit would be chal-
lenged. The prima facie case had been
prepared. There was no question about
tho facts. Roberts did not deny them.
Congress had passed a law prohibiting
polygamy in the territories while Utah
was still territory. After the enact
ment Of this legislation and in the face
Of 1t, Roberts took unto himself in the
territory Of Utah one or more plural
wives. He openly defed the law. The
House Of Representatives excluded
him. The case Of the five Socialists is
no parallel. If they were to be ex-
cluded, orderly" procedure required
publicity, required charge Of speech
or overt acts Of disloyalty or open vio-
lation Of law and required proof pre-
sented by the challenger In the form Of
aftldavits or documents. There is far
more reason for the Legislature of
New Jersey to exclude those Of its
members who, according to report, are
seeking, with the Governor elect, to null
AAAJ sAo PAoAAOAIAon @Wen0me1C TO Lhe
Federal Constitution and the legisla-
tion Hereunder than for the New York
Assembly to exclude the Socialists. We
would regard as absurd the suggestion
that the "wet" members of the New
jersey Legislature could be suspended
for their opinions and course. Liquor
has large popularity. Socialism lacks
It.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
TRoPIC MOON

The glowing anvil,
Beaten by the winds:
Star sparks,
Burning and dying in the heavens
The furnace glare
Red
On the polished palm leaves.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
The Assembly Attacked and Defended
Herbert Parsons Cites Pecednts gans Suspension of Socialists
Oer Readers Applaud Act and Debate Problem of "Redv
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of to-day you
print statement issued by Speaker
Sweet defending the suspension Of the
Socialists. In 1t Speaker Sweet says,
"The Assembly has followed the usual
orderly and we'll settled rules and prec-
edents in such cases." That Ia exactly
what tho Assembly has not done.
To deprive . member Of q legislative
body of his seat Is always q serious
matter, for 1t disfranchises his district
while the deprivation continues. 1t is
not sufficient that the member who
challenges the right should be "con-
vinccd" that it Is his duty, a. Speaker
Sweet puts It, to have the mans eliRi-
bilNY and qualifications passed upon
before he Is permitted to participate
IN the deliberations Of the legislative
body. The challenger must have proof
and he must have it then and there in
the form Of aff1davits or documents,
and It must be proof fastening the
charge directly upon the member elect
who is challenged. Said the report of
a committee of the House Of Represent
atives in 1887, time when party pas
sions ran high and accusations of dis
loyalty were many and had q plausi-
bility in the location Of the districts
from which the accused members came:
As in 1867
1--WE believe that in our government
the right of representation is 80 sacred
that no man who has been duly elected
by the legal voters Of his district
should be refused his seat upon the
ground of his personal disloyalty, un-
less 1t Is proved that he has been
guilty Of such open acts Of disloyalty
that he cannot honestly and truly take
the oath prescribed by the act Of 4aly
2, 1862; and further, that the commits
sion Of such acts Of disloyalty to the
government should not be suspected
merely, but should be proved by clear
and satisfactory testimony ::
mere want Of active support Of the gov
ernment or a passive sympathy with
tho rebellion are not sufficient to ex-
clude person regularly elected
acts or speech must have been
so overt and public, and must have
been done or said under such circum-
stances, as fairly to show that they
were actually designed to. and In their
nature tended to, forward tho cause Of
the rebellion"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
GUARANTY

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MII,nEn OF rHr Assoo1ArEp prrss

ne Assoclatsd Press Is exclusively entitled 10 tie
a Ter ssplouc2uon Of ell News dispatches credited
mE * pot otherwise credited IN this paper aud
N The ocsl ne "a c. spcn, ,areous ori2in pbiished
isNin.
Al rshs Of republication q al ether matter
Aespin also are reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
A Week of Verse
In Provence
Mistrcl IN tho Maouis

Mistnes in tho Maquis
fF+om TIE Yale Rsv;sr,
ooFED in with creaking pines we l;s
- And SEQ the waters burn and wh;..n
Inc wild seas race the racing sky.
Inc tossing landscape gloom and
tighten.
WITH emerald streak and silver blo.ch
Inc white wind paints the purple sea.
warm In our hollow dune we watch
The honey-orchis nurse the bee
1old 70 tho keel the startled boats
Beat IN on palpitating sail.
While overhead With many throats
The choral forest~hymns the gale.
Meath forest-boughs the tempted air
Hangs hushed as when the Host "a
lifted,
While, flanks astrain and rigging bare.
The last boat to the port has drifted
Noueht left but the lost wind that
On darkening seas and furlinr sails.
And the long light that Beauty lesvcs
Upon her fallen wells.
EDITH WHARTON.
Designs
From The Dfoyj
NIGHT
k'lELDS Of black tulips
And swarms Of gold bee
Drinking their bitter honey
II
NEW MOON
Above the gnarled old tree
Ihat clings to the bleakest side Of ths
mountain,
A torch Of ivory and gold;
And across the sky,
The silver print
OF spirit feet,
Fled from the wonder.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
The Leagues Beginning

On Friday che council of the
eague Of peace was formally or
ganized,. and on the same day, by
action with respect to Russia, the
Suprame Council. another directing
body, hung Grape OH the following
parts Of the covenant:
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

puBscRIPrloN RArES-By MAIL. including
,s,,sss. IN TEE United STATES AND
CANADA.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
ARTICLE XI

any var OF threat. whether imue-
dlatsly affecting any Of the members
Of the league or not, Is declared
matter Of concern to the whole
league, and the league shall take any
action that may be deemed wise and
efectual to safeguard the peace of
nations.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

The results Of the recent plebis-
cite OF the faculties and students of
40 universities and colleges arc re-
fnarkably Instructive.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
HE'D MAKE A. GOOD CENTER RUSH FOR soMEBoDY

'cop.rish,. 1920. New York Tux
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-05-20
INCREASE OF IA MILLION
Higher Valuation in Many Items OF
Personal Property Revealed

Comparison OF the various items
in the assessors report for 1919 and
1920 shows nm increase In valuation
in many and according to Mrs. H.
w King, deputy county clerk. the
total valuation will show about one
and one-half million dollars increase
over last year, when all the property
is accounted for. The Grant town
ship report is not yet In and for the
first time Dickinson county will send
an incomplete report to the state tax
commission. The total increase to
date over last year IS $S24,172.
Horses have decreased S510,041
since 1919 and mules S0,527 The
increase in the value Of farm ma
chinery $2140s1 and automobiles
1910, O03 however more than the de-
crease In horses and mules, showing
that the farmers in Dickinson c0un-
ty are using machine power to re-
place horse power. Hogs show
decrease Of $94, 1856 but sheep show
nm increase of S9797 Grain valua
tion in 1919 was S707, ,009 and In
1920 1t was $1,15S,40 showing q
considerable increase.
Merchandise and stores and eleva-
tors show a valuation $423,28 high
er than in 1919 improvement on
leased ground, including oil ma
chinery and equipment in 1919 was
$171,S25 and this year is $315,072.
Money and mortgages show a de-
crease and banks a slight increase.
Telephones show decrease but
household goods, musical instru-
ments and jewelry show an increase.
The increase OF poultry valuation
over last year amounts to $34,274
and dogs the number OF which has
increased from 2002 to 2053, the in
creased valuation Is $500,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-05-20

cess has been evident in the con.
tlnuel popularity Of the store and
its increasing trade. He has carried
ON we'll the Ideals of his father
which was to make reliability and
service the watchwords OF the bust
ness.
Little does the modern store, with
its electric sign, marble fountain,
modern show eases, large stock OF
drugs and toilet accessories and all
the equipment OF modern drug es
adjustment, resemble the humble
beginning half century ago. II is
up-to-date and thoroly equipped
equal to any in the state in its abil-
ity to serve its many customers.
The Northcraft store has faith
fully served at least three genera
tions both with quality drugs at fair
prices and with the advice and coun
sci that is part OF an honorable
drug business.
The druggist is called upon 10
serve longer hours and render more
NtiNUf " tue tthNhlhti IMAM ndu
in any other line of business and is
required to occupy the same position
OF intelligence and integrity as does
the surgeon or lawyer. and this so
years Of success in that exacting
field is record of which its manage
ment may justly be proud II realz
es and appreciates that its success
Is dependent on the faith and friend.
ship Of Its customers and it Is its
ambition so 10 conduct the business
In the future. as in the past, that
il may merit the confidence and APP
proval of an ever-increasing number
Of patrons. Abilene congratulates
The Noithcraft store ON rounding out
4 half century so prOsperously
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-05-20
WANTS LAND MOTHER BOUGHT
Barton VS.. BardwelI Up In Court
Other Cases Disposed of.

The case Of Barton vs. Bardwell
for the possession Of land is on trial
in district court The case which
occupied all Of the morning and part
of the afternoon Is an unusual one.
Mr.. Bardwell, the defendant, was
confined IN Nebraska institution
for the insane for II years at the
end Of which time he was restored
to sanity The wife had been named
his guardian during that period and
in that capacity had purchased land
In her own name with the proceeds
of rental from property owned by
her husband. The wife has since
died and now the plaintiff, her son
by a former marriage, claims pos
session of the land whereas the hus-
band claims that they owned 1t as
husband and wife and that after his
wife's decease the property remained
In his possession.
Scott w. Scott was settled with
decree for plaintiff, quieting title.
State VS.. Swift was dismissed
Brassfeld VS.. Brassfield, decree
was granted plaintiff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-05-20
ASKS FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
Daniel Longhoefer Sues Brothers of
Girl He Was Taking Home.

Daniel Longhofer and his wife
have filed suit for $4,000 damages
from Herman Stone and Claude
Stone of Herington. The suit is the
outcome of a trial in the justice court
last week in which Herman Stone
was found guilty Of assault and bat
terry. The Stone brothers had be-
come anxious about their IS year
old sister who had started home in
Mr.. Longhofer's car about Q o'clock
and had not returned at II, accord
ing to the testimony brought out In
the trial before Justice Brann. In
censed at Mr.. LOnghofer who
they thought was driving their sis
ter about the country alone at that
hour, the brothers lay in wait for
the car, jumped on the running
board and attacked Mr.. DOnghofer,
the plaintiT claims.
Mrs. Longhofer, however, was in
the car also and because Of injury
to her health which resulted from
fright she experienced when the
Stone brothers threatened her hus
bands life and for personal injury
which Mr. Longhofer declares he
himself suffered they have sued for
damages. The case will come to
trial in September. The Stone
brothers are well-to-do farmers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-05-20
THOSE WERE GOOD OLD DAYS
Land Has Increased In Value 100
Per Cent in This County.

An Illustration Of the apprecia-
tion In the value OF Kansas land I'm
the last so years may be gained
from record recently produced in
the office Of the state auditor which
shows that on December 14,1S68.
Dudley NJ Steels Of Buchanan coun-
ty, Mo, purchased 104,632.64 acres
Of Kansas school lands for $780,
10000. This was said to have been
a record for a single realty deal In
Kansas up to that time. It was
made on the basis of the standard
government price For school land
S1.20 per acre The original patent
was signed by S. w Veal then au-
ditor Of the state,
The old record was utilized 10 fur
nish some data to clear up the title
for the present owner Of some of
the land, who had lost his patent.
II Is estimated that this same land
which the patent shows was located
in Washington Clay, Dickinson, Re-
public, Cloud and ottawa counties,
now probably would average In value
hundred fold the original price.