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New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

peared as the leader of the RAPIDLY
crystallizing movement of popular dis
content. Townley, formerly a prosper
Gus fax grower, had been ruined by .
sudden glut in the market. Embittered
by his failure, he became a member of
the Socialist party of North Dakota.
but quit it in disgust because of its
rigid dogmatism and lack Of practical
common sense. In collaboration with
few friends he worked out plan of
organization and action, which was ad-
mirably calculated to appeal to the
farmers in their present state Of feel
ing.
The league required equal dues Of all
its members. The dues were first fixed
at the sum Of $3.50 a year, and were
later raised to SIG, collected biennially
lhe original program of the league in
Guided state ownership of terminal ele-
vators, -four mills, packing houses and
cold storage plants, state inspection of
grain and grain dockage, exemption of
farm Improvements from taxation.
state hail insurance on the acreage tax
basis and rural credit banks operated
az cost. Advocated by skillful and en-.
thusiastic organizers, the project met
with warm reception from the North
Dakota farmers
At its first political test OF strength,
in 1885, the league captured the Repub
lican primaries, elected it's farmer can
didate for Governor. Lynn J. Frazier,
and also elected a majority Of the
lower house of the Legislature. As
only half of the Senators were elected
in this year, the league was unable to
secure full control of the upper house
until 1918, when it made another prac-
tically clean sweep of the elective Of
fees.
Mr.. Gaston's judgment Of the work
ings of the league in power Is ex-
pressed in the following sentences:
THE Legislature of 1919 met In Bis
marck to make of North Dakota a
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Strong Novel With an Old Theme
Mrs. Humphry Ward, in "Harvest,' Creates In
tense Tale Out of Wonan's Tragic Secret

TT is difficult to read some of the
late Mrs. Humphry Wards more
recent novels without feeling that
her best work was done in "Robert
Elsmere" This was not due to any
deterioration Of the authors technique.
but rather to the fact that Mrs. Ward
In "Robert Elsmere" hit upon a theme
which was most admirably calculated to
display her powers, for the author gem
orally gives the impression 4 of being
more interested in problems thansin per-
,onalities. Her characters are always
most convincingly and vividly described
when they are wrestling with some con-
crete moral or intellectual problem.
In one Of her very latest novels, "Har-
vest" (Dodd Mead, Mrs Ward achieves
the intensity, the warm human interest
Of "Robert Elsmere." The story drags
. little for perhaps a hundred pages,
while the author fills in her background
Of an English farming community in
the last months of the war. But then,
~ the mysterious tragedy of Rachel
Hendersons past life is more and more
clearly foreshadowed, the plot gains
steadily in its exciting quality, and there
are passages of genuine dramatic power
before the unexpected and tragic climax
The strength and appeal of the
novel depend very largely upon the
puritanical atmosphere which the au-
thor infuses into it's pages. Judged by
the fairly lax canons Of ordinary world
iy living, Rachel Henderson has not
committed any very appalling sin. Aft
er divorcing brutal and unfaithful
husband, she yielded momentarily to
the seductive pity of young artist
who sincerely sympathized with her
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
The Far1ners' Revolt
Sympathetic Description of the Nonpartisan
League and Its Activities

NOR many years the farmers of
II the Middle West have lasored
Il under number Of real and
fancied grievances. Their early
expression Of discomfort. Greenbackism,
Populism, the Grange movement, etc.
collapsed without producing any tanei !.
Bile results through lack of cohesion
and effective organization. But in the
recently organized Nonpartisan League
the farmers have forged a potent and
practical political weapon for the i'm
provement Of their economic status.
In "The Nonpartisan League" (Har-
court, Brace e. Howe), Herbert E, Gas
ton, who was connected for three wears
with the leagues publications. gives
the first comprehensive account of the
organization and its activities. The
authors tone is sympathetic, without
being extensively propaga ndist. He de-
scrlbes the conditions which brought
about the formation of the league in
North Dakota in 1915. The farmers.
who constitute an overwhelming ma
jority Of the states population. were
mulcted both by the millers Of Mime
apolls and St. Paul and by local bank
ers and merchants. They were forced
to depend upon the estimates Of Mime
apolis and St. Paul millers in the grad
ing and weighing Of their grain, and
they were often obliged to contract
loans upon hard and usurious terms.
Their first demand was modest
enough. They merely requested a state
owned grain elevator, which would as
sure them a better price and fairer
treatment for their grain. This sug-
gestion was contemptuously rejected
by the state Legislature, one of whose
members is said to have advised the
farmer delegation to Ego home and slop
the hogs" They went home and COM
menced to do some rather hard think
ing about the forces which controlled
the government Of the state.
At this juncture A. C. Townley ap-
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
1arves Approaches the Mark Set by Robert Esnerev

veritable Utopia or to wreak dire ruin
upon the state.
These were prophecies. Tho ac-
complishment is perhaps neither. If
Utopia IS not yet completely perfect, it
is certainly true that ruin has. not ar
rived. Business goes on in the state as
usual. Those whose prophecies were
most dire have not yet moved out.
Farm lands and business property are
still worth as much as before the
league came into being. Indeed, the
normal increases in value have taken
place"
There really seems to be very little
to Justify the Mortified or exultant
characterization Of the state govern
nent of North Dakota as "a soviet of
farmers" Far from attempting to
bring about the naturalization of the
land, the tendency of league legisla-
ton has been to make private owner
ship of farm property easier and more
profitable. 1t is true that the league.
under Townley's leadership, has been
aggressive and masterful, and has per-
haps laid itself open to the charge of
bossism. But it is we'll known fact
that reform" organizations are ordi-
narily unable to cope effectively with
corrupt political machines simply be-
cause their members will not take the
trouble to organize and fight consist
emily and vigorously for their princi-
Piles. The league is free from this de-
feet. Moreover, there is nothing dicta-
torial or undemocratc about the North =,
Dakota electoral laws. The league
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
New Loeb Publications

Ia these days, when Greek and Lstin
are rapidly being supplanted in our COL
issss By courses In bricklaying and
BOND salesmanship, the value of such
work as the Loeb Classical Library
great and unmistakahle. Only a
awadling aad fas. disappearing mi
ssF'ty Of Americans are still able to
rad Homer and vcrgil. Demosthones
And Cicero in the original But the
sasaxht and spirit Of the great classic
sasncfS are measurabIy preserved in
As excellent tYsnslations Of the library.
tnree new volumes recently published
~ tais edition by C. p. Putnam's Sons
are the second volume Of Horner's
oeysssy," translated by Augustus r.
Ausfay. professor Of Greek s.. Leland
stanford Junior University. the eighth
Volume o4 Platareh's "Livss," trans
.sssd by Bernadotte Perrin, and the
suss volume Of Marcus Cornelius
kssnss. trsnslstsd by &. Hsines.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

! suffering. Then she left Caraa. Inv
England, determined to begin life anaw
But she falls in love with an American
oihcer whose moral ideals are of the
strictest New England pattern. and a
Tram OF condolences opens up the
alarming possibility that her secret
may be discovered. Besides the dan
ger that her lover may turn away from
her. Rachel is confronted with the like
lihood OF malicious gossip among her
nelghbors. AS the author SAYS:
"once give an Enlish countryside rea-
son to suspect scandal, and it will
pluck it bare in time, with a slow and
secret persistence"
In her description OF Rachers des-
perate internal struggle between the
fear that her lover may not forgive and
the consciousness that she could never
be happy if she married him with the
secret still between them, Mrs. Ward
rises to heights Of keen psychological in
sight and sympathy, and into an end
ing that promises to be conventionally
| happy she introduces, by sudden twist
of imagination, an element of weird and
unforeseen tragedy.
Harvest" will certainly take rank
among Mrs. Wards most successful
novels. About the only fault that the
most censorious critic could find with its
plot is that it leans a trife too heavily
upon remarkable condolences for its ef-
fects. The characters are natural and
we'll drawn, the action is rapid and en-
crossing. the setting true and convinc-
ing The publication of the novel at
this time emphasizes the sense Of loss
which American readers felt upon learn
ing OF Mrs. Wards recent death.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Titian's Elegy

"The Death Of Titian," by Hugo Won
Hofmanstahl (Four Seas), is a glow
ing tribute to the great painter by one
of the best known modern German
lyric poets. After a formal, stately
prologue, Titian's pupils, one after an
other, pronounce their eulogies upon
the master, who is lying on his death
bed. The work is compressed within
twenty pages; and consequently It's
emotional intensity is not weakened by
undue prolongation and repetition.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
I'HE late Mrs. Hmphry Ward avhose "Harvest" ranks
= 2Olth the best Of her earlier 2Uork
Army Mental Tests

The psychological tests used in the
army during the war are pre-
sented to the public by Majors Clar-
ence S. Yoakum and Robert NJ. Yerkes
in their "Army Mental Tests" (Holt),
along with a short discussion of the
results obtained from their applica-
tion. The royalties on this handy vol
ume will go for the support of psyche
logical Investigations under the direc
tion Of the National Research Council
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
HARRY F. MARKS

DISTINCTIVE BOOK BARGAINS
historic STYLES IN FURNITURE, by
tory with text Of furniture from the
Fourteenth Century to the Colonial Period
A delightful book superbly illustrated and
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ARABIAN NIGHTS, Sir Richard F. Bur
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New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

Nay Sinclair, the English novelist;
william Lyon Phelps, professor Of lit
erssure al Yale University, and Wilson
foiiett, the distinguished critic for
The Atlantic Monthly" and other lit
srary magazines, have Joined the ranks
o' enthussastic admirers of "Miss Lulu
oett, the new novel by Zona Gale.
MISS Sinclair says: Miss Gale Is to be
congratulated on her power Of doing 30
much In 30 little space" Professor
fheips adds: IAN admirable novel; q
notable example Of realistic art" Mr..
fosiett sums up: Miss Lulu Bett' is
Without Naw. The book In eloquent
With condemnation.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Books Received

Verse
PRISONER OF PENToNvILLH. BY
Red Band" Published by @. p. Put
nanls Sons New York.
The experiences and remorse Of a
man in prison described in long mar
rative poem, with a foreword by Joseph
Fort Newton, D. D.
Fiction
COME-oN CHARLEY. BY Thomas Addi-
son. Published BY the Bobba-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis.
The story of a man who had q gay
time on imaginary millions.
TIE JANUARY GIRL BY Joslyn Gray.
New York
A tale of city girls struggle against
prejudice in country town, by the au-
thor of Rosemary Greenaway."
by g. p Putnams Sons. New York.
The: story of an Irish girl who runs
away from an unloving stepfather, joins
a theatrical troupe and finally meets
love and happiness.
Spiritualism
PSYCHICAL MISCELLANEA by ]. Ar
thur Hill Published by Harcourt. Brace
e. Howe. New York.
has given twelve years to the study
of psychical phenomena: The author
believes that spiritualism offers strong
proof of the reality Of Immortality.
THE MENACE OF sPIRITUALISM. BY
Elliott O'Donnen Published by Fred
ericA A. Stokes Company, New York.
The author of this book processes
faith in ghosts, but warns against the
fraud and imposture which he sees in
the manifestations of many profess
sional mediums. The work is provided
with an Introduction by Father Bernard
Vaughn, S. j.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE N-Cs. BY
g & snd
Commander A. c. Read Published by
doubleday. Page & Co.. New York.
The complete story Of the building
and flying of these seaplanes that
crossed the ocean.
THE STORY OF THE ENGINE. BY W.
L. Decker Published by Charles Scrfb-
ners Sons New York.
This book, which is profusely Illus
trated with diagrams and drawings,
traces the development of the engine
from Watts beginnings to the modern
Liberty motor.
oPspoEruNy1T1Es IN ENGINEEHINe: yt,,; 4 Il By
& Brothers New York.
A study of the present-day openings
in the theoretical and practical branches
of the engineering profession.
Hailock Published by Tho American
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A complete encyclopedia on the prin-
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MOTOR QUERY ENCYCLOPEDIA. Pub
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A book Of ready reference, answering
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biles and their workings.
Miscellaneous
r "REMINISCENCES OF A BOY IN BLUE
by G. p. Putnams Sons New York.
The recollections of Union soldier
who fought in the Civil War from
1862 to 1865.
COMMON SENSE AND LABOR BY Sam.
uel Crowther.. Published by Doubleday
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A discussion of the labor problem
and suggestions for it's solution OF the
OASIS OF square oeai ior l0oor ana
capital alike.
LEADER OF MEN BY Robert Gordon
Anderson. Published by @. p. Puenam's
Sons. New York.
A glowing tribute to the late Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt.
WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL Hy the
Rev. Canon Vaughn. Published by Set.
wyn T. Elount. London.
A description of the monuments and
Of this famous edifice.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Babylonian Texts

Two hundred aud forty-six neo-
babylonian legal documents and court
records have recently been published as
Volume VI Of the Yale Oriental Series:
babyionian Texts The volume, "Rec-
ords from Erech, Time of Nabonidus," ;"
Is By DR.. Raymond P. Dougherty, and Is
published By the Yale University Press
on the foundation established by the
Kingsley Trust Association (Scroll and
Key Society Of Yale College,. The
main contribution Of this work is addi-
aonal light upon the regulations and
pa1aphernalia Of the temple, with sew
.rai important leases of land and
numerous bailments.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25

M LII opH!uE anu lne UlIuS
w back again, timely publica-
tion is announced this week
by D. Appleton & Co. The title
is "What Bird Is That" and the
author is Frank NJ. Chapman, curator
Of birds at the American Museum of
Natural History. and author Of many
standard volumes on bird life. This
volume is said to be something new in
bird books. The illustrations not only
show the birds in color, but also show
the relative sizes. This is done by
means Of group pictures. Further
more, through this same system of
grouping, the birds are shown in their
proper seasons. These pictures make
it easy for the person who has not
the time to take up the study of birds
seriously to quickly identify any
bird he may have seen. Accompanying
the pictures are descriptions of every
land bird of the eastern United
States, written in the readable fash
ion for which Mr.. Chapman is famous.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Biography Of Patti

The Century Company announces
that in May it will publish the
authorized biography of Adelina Patti
under the title "The Reign of Patti"
Herman Klein, able musical critic and
eminent scholar, knew Nine. Patti inti-
mately and followed her triumphant
career in detail. He planned, and be-
gan collecting material for, this biog-
raphy years ago and has had fullest
cooperation from the diva's family in
obtaining letters, little known photo
graphs, etc. The book is a splendid
tribute to q rare genius. 1t will be
interesting not only to al music
lovers, but also to that great body of
men and women who like to come in
contact with a rich, flaming personality.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
HARRY F. MARKS
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COLLECTION of famou, Car
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exhibition. GUY STONESTREET, 507 5th
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AND MEDICAL MAGAZINES
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New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Book Gossip
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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-03-13

talionu krak0wSkiago akademickie-
go. kt6ry in flagranti, dostawszy sic
do ukrainSkiej niewOli, chwytaf
wszelkie klasyczniejsze Ubjawy zy-
cia i zne,an sic, swietnie uZupeinla
le smutnQ galerye. 81 pGrya magnis
comparate licet, album Mitery przy-
pomina Grottegerowskie najstrasz-
n~iejsze cykle.
PCsel Zamorski, wbrew mniema--
niu p. Daszynskiego Oudai sprawie
usluge, zorganizowawszy pOkaz hal
d~amaczyzny. Szkoda, IL niema analo-
gicznej wystawy 2necan sic Grenz--
schutzu - mowiI mi jeden z posi0w,
kt6ry niedawno byI ma Warmii
G6rnym SlQsku, pc tamtej stronie.
- ~Przejechatem kordon grant
czny bez wielkich trudnoSci. Rewizye
niemieckie So lzejsze anizeli nasze.
DO cd mas ..~neutralni' ~Szmugluiq
wszystko. Prey mnie sChwytano ~
d6wke, kt6ra chciala przemycic
5000 NIX. banknot6w niemieckich
do Prus. Pc drodze W kolei nieustan-
ne wyzywanie Polak6w i provoke
wanie. ZdarzajG sic wypadh i to
czesto opowiada MOI informator
- re do wagCnu wpadaja rzekoml
r%obotnicy, kt6rzy rzekomo z Polski
Swie2o powracali, ably STAG odraze do
niej i przcdstawic kraj jake obraz ne
dzv, n~ieporzadku i ruiny. Do tel
agitacyi SO uzywane takze kobiety.
Me zawsze trafia ia propaganda do
G6rnoSlazak6w. Me Chca wierzyc
tym opowic&ciom ! traktuja ja ME
~przyja&nie.
Tymczasem Niemcy So oszoiomie-
nj. Me chca przypuScit nigdy, ably
~istotnie SlQsk mGgl jdpaSG Cd Prus.
Pewno&C ich jest zdumicwajaca. Je-
dnakze czesto biora do reki gazette
..Weisser Adler" po to, ,.aby sic
prawdy dowiedzie5". Niemcy dia
przeciwdzialania zaczeli wydawat
,.Schwarzer Adler, zapelniony ura-
gowiskami i bajkami 0 Polsce. Sku-
tecznie mu przeciwdziala niem'eckie
pismo polskie. dementujac ma kaz-
dym kroku wiadomoSCi tendencyjnie
Professionalism W spos6b dosadny,
Gala pctworno:c metod postepowa-
MIA Reichswehru. Popiera kazdy
sw6j zarzut dokumentami, tax, re
wladze ME moga mic redakcyi zro-
bis.
Przewlekanic sic okresu przej$cio-
wego. ME o~znaczony termin plebiscy
tn ,nieustanne prze&ladowania 20
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1920-03-13

MORE" - w ktorcm to haslc
streszcza}y sic wszystkie nasze
marzenia i tesknoty, krystalizowa
~ sic wszystkie nasze zablee' l
cele, nasze wysillli i walki. mad
morzc" - z tern hasiem, jake Z
bezwzglednym nakazem trwall-
Smy Z zebami i pie5ciami z~aclsnle
temi, gdy udcrzaf w mas grom 20
gromie, gdy wiara w zwyciestwo
zachodniej koalicyi wydawala sic
nieomal szalehstwem, gdy mic
braklo rozmaitych enkaenowych
Szcrcr6w, kt6rzy szyderczo W
twarz rzucali i wyrzekali sic O
twarcie dzielnicy cafcj pruskicj.
| to .,szalchstwo": odzyskanic
Pomorza - dzieki zmaganiu sig
polskicj polityki ma zachodzie c
.jego wyzwolenie, wykute m}otenl
ciezkiej piracy i zaciek}ego upor''
- stale sic czynem dokonanym.
Gym ten czci dzisiaj spofeczeh-
.stwo Lwowa uroczystem Swietcm,
- Czci dzisiaj drzaca pod Gle
zarem polskich armat i jaszczy'
k6w pomorska ziemie, ktora pre-
trwaia wszystkie burze dziejowe.
wszystkie wysifki przewrotnegc
Iwroga. zmierzajqcego do zerwa--
MIA }qcznoSci jej Z Macicrza
czci dzisiaj lud oPorny, o kt6rc--
90 ducha, milno prob znicprawic-
MIA Smiertclnym jadem nicmczy,
zny, jak fale morskic o skafe roz-
billy sic wszelkie wrogic zapedy
gleboki hold mu oddajc "a to, IL
W piersi zywii zawsze wierna, go
racq, ponad wszystkie mocc po-.
tezniejszq mi4oSc Ojczyzny;
czci dis zotnicrza polskiego
kt6ry niesic sztandary Z OrFc,s
Biaiym mad jasny brzcg morski
ku bursztynowym iajom Ba}tyku.
- vita dis gorQco scrdccznenl
wylanicm uczut wyzwoionycl
Eraci co przctrwali ! doczckali sic
dnia tryumfu, gdy fatum dzicjo,
we skruszyEo kajdany ciclniezcy
i W nagrole bohatcrshicso oporu
dalo i'm tc chwiIc, W ktorych VOL
ne rccc ku nam wvciagnac moga.