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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

The anti-strike provision of the
cummins railroad bill does not deny
the abstract right of workmen to strike
for the betterment of working condi-
tions It sets up a machinery for the
arbitration OF labor disputes; but it
provides a safeguard for the country
against general strikes which are
pushed to the point of a menace to
the public welfare 1t is recognition
OF the paramount right of the whole
people over the pretended rights of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

4 william r. Hearst is flirting with
the Bolsheviki of the United States.
An editorial in the New York Journal
urges all the elements opposed to the
government, including the recently
fofmed labor party and the Nonparti-
san League, to get together. If they
should follow his suggestion and need
a candidate for the presidency they
know where to find one-one that can
tap a barrel if he feel disposed to
do So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
FAULTY TAXATION.

Among the various causes of the
high cost of living, one of the most
prominent is showing no signs of being
soon abated. That is the excess prof
it's tax. This is taken directly from
the people. by those who pay it to the
government thru the increase in prices
of what they have to sell.
The three factors which, more than
any others. have brought about in this
country the present era of economic
disturbance, declares Otto H. Kahn,
are:
The urgency of the worlds demand
for our raw materials and manufac-
tured articles during, and, tho to a
lesser degree. since the war; initiation;
and faulty taxation.
The worlds demand for our ma
terials and services will slacken surely
but gradually. The cure for initiation
is slow process But the remedy for
faulty taxation, and the resulting relief
to the people can be secured at once,
he continues. whenever it pleases con-
gress and the administration to seek
that remedy and to apply it.
Comparing our income taxation with
that of England, he finds that in that
country taxation starts with incomes
| (for married men) of $725, here with
incomes OF $4,000. The English tax
on the smaller incomes. up to $1,000,
| is, on the average, about six times as
heavy as ours.
On the other hand, our tax in its
L.. e.. -
England. The English maximum tax
alton is 521z per cent, ours is 73 per
cent. That is by far the highest tax
alton existing anywhere in the world.
Even the newly introduced income tax
of Germany does not rise beyond so
per cent.
Our scale of income graduation in
respect of small incomes, says Mr..
Kahn, is juster and wiser than the
English scale and greatly preferable
to it. But our just moderation in re-
spect of taxing small incomes makes
all the more conspicuous the unneces-
sary and harmful extreme to which
we go at the other end of the scale.
| While we thus take away up to
three-quarters of his income, and even
more If we include the operation of
the excess profits tax, from the cap
italist engaged in business or invest
ing his money in supplying funds to
our industries. we at the same time
open wide a door which leads into a
room filled with tax-exempt securities.
AS is well known, all municipal
| bonds, state bonds, farm loan bonds
and unless specifically otherwise pro-
vfded-federal bonds, are free from all
taxation. except inheritance taxation.
There are about fourteen billion dol
ing. apart from partially exempt lib
erty bonds, and more are being Gre
ated all the time.
/ 1t is not feasible, constitutionally,
nor would it be fair, to remove the
tax exemption from such bonds as are
now outstanding. Nor would it be
possible, according to the predominant
opinion of legal authorities, for con-
gress to subject even future issues of
state, municipal and county bonds to
: taxation, unless constitutional
amendment be adopted to that effect.
But there seems little reason to doubt
that the government could collect as
much money as it does, and in much
| less burdensome manner, by removing
the heavy penalties which imposes on
the heavy penalties which it imposes
on successful business
|
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

In the process of making one COM
plete revolution of his orbit every.
four years, William Jennings Bryan
again looms on the Democrat horizon.
The Democrats simply can't lose
Bryan. He is the party's greatest
trouble maker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

small ninorities. In legislating against
strikes by the nations public carriers
the senate was only codifying public
opinion into written law. The indus
trial court bill pending before the
Kansas legislature is drawn along SIM
liar lines and is similarly approved, by
the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

The general trend toward simplified
CITY government continues. Philadel-
phia has returned to the ene-cham-
bered city council. which prevailed
from 1921 to 1926. The twenty-one
members have organized and. with the
exec tie direction of Mayor Moore,
promise to give the city a better gov
eminent than it has enjoyed for many
q tyoa,-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

To the radical. as well as to the or
binary communist agitator says The
Review, the world appears to consist
entirely OF millionaires and proletariat;
but when things begin to look really
serious. the great body that lies be-
tween these extremes will make itself
known plainly enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
MouHon Musings
BY ROY X. MoULTON.
How to Make a Movie Drama.

How to Make a Movie Drama.
Take the following ingredients and
mix them thoro1y:
The papers.
One mortgage on the old farm.
One che-ild.
One old mill.
One railroad track.
One villain from New York.
One heroine.
One adventures.
One gray-haired mother.
One gray-haired father.
One honest young harvest hand.
One comic undertaken.
Two revoivers.
One dog barking in distance.
One high cliff
One wind machine.
Five bushels of snow.
Speaking of the income tax, it looks
as tho it is going to be a tight race
between Enrico Caruso, John McCor-
mack and the editor of this column
this year. The experts who have been
at work on our books for several
weeks are optimistic in the beGef that
we will top the other two by several
thousand. Those boys will have to
sing a little harder. that's all.
Ten years ago we fell out of chair
laughing at burlesQue comedian who
chased a policeman off the stage and
returned wearing his uniform. A
friend dragged us to a bursesque show
the other day and we saw the same
scene with the same result. 1t will
always be funny to US. @gz
1t takes a stranger to. New Work
about six months to call "suppertafdin-
ner, and when he goes back home the
people think he's putting on "airs!"
worth of INT belonging to the gov
eminent. oh, for a drink of that
''i''N'
A Seattle lad of fifteen weighs 1876
has never eaten meat in his life. How
big would he have been If he had eat
Ell meat? Quick, Watson, the pencil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

Copy right. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate
Ine.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

It takes stranger to NewssY3or k
about six months to call ''suppertiTqin-
ner, and when he goes back home the
people think he's putting on airs!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

n A Washington COW ate fifty dollars
worth of INT belonging to the gov
eminent. oh, for a drink of that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

A Seattle lad of fifteen weighs 1856
and is six feet three inches tall and
has never eaten meat in his life. How
big would he have been if he had eat
en- meat? Quick, Watson, the pencil
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-14

There is no gift that compare with the IIoos
for the JOY of owning Hoosicr extends throus
out the ycar-cvery day of the year.
Hoosier brings happiness by cutting out the nee
less steps and waste motion of kitchen work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21

sign of a wedding to which there is much
objection.
Ii dog dies under your house. it is a
sign that you will soon move to another
residence
The Indians offered up a small dog when
child lay sick, supposing the dog to be
the cause.
1t is good luck to have a dog return
after it has been driven away.
Ii the pet dog is unhappy its master is
the same
To encounter a mongrel dog is to ex-
pect sickness in the family.
In ancient Persia if one was dying a
dog was brought in to drive away the
waiting demons.
1t is unlucky for dog to pass between
couple who are going to be married, or
between two friends.
If your dog leaves home, as some dogs
have habit of doing, you can make him
stay home by placing a few hairs of the
end of his tail under the steps at the en-
trance to your home,
Ii on entering a strange house a dog
should make much of you, especially if il
should lay its head on your lap, you are
going to meet man who will be a strong
| and faithful friend
1t is good luck to be followed by dog
| if il comes of its own accord.
For a strange dog to track up a newly
scrubbed porch is a sign the family will
move soon.
When you pick out a friend do not
| take the man whose dog never wants
to follow him. Also beware of the man
your dog refuses to make friends with
If a pet dog utters inarticulate sounds
as il trying to speak, You will hear news
Dogs rubbing their noses on the floor is
sign of windy weather.
| The ancient Gauls believed a dog knew
of its masters death, no matter how fal
they were separated
1t is a good sign if dog approaches &
sick person.
For a SLEEPING dog to bark is supposed
q he sign Of impending i'll.
If strange dog follows Won Vaughn!
its tail. you will receive a letter.
| The Southern negroes hate the hound
/ They say it used to be nice sleek watcl
dog. which Adam left to guard the gat,
of Paradise. but it went snuffIing arounC
to find hare or rabbit and let the oil,
devil sneak in Then the Lord said i
should be dog no longer, but a hound
always hunting and always starving; s.
to hear a hound is a bad sign-Chicag
| Tribune.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21
HOW DOGS REVEAL FUTURE.
Super stitions of Southern Negroes
Based on Animals.

1ooCo O1l Saullud1S
Naturally anything which has produced
such splendid tributes in prose, in poetry,
and in human devotion as a dog, would
have much folklore accumulated around
it.
Everybody is familiar with the Southern
negro superstition about the dog baying
at the moon being an omen of death and
if it bowls twice and stops it is for man.
if three times, a woman.
Did YOU know if You make a wish on
seeing a spotted dog, and you do not see
it again, you will get your wish?
Ii a girl dislikes dogs, she will never
get good husband.
Ii YOU meet a mastiff, and it makes
friends with you, you will soon meet some
one who will prove fine friend
j is bad luck to give a dog away.
II you step on a dog, there will en-
sue change in your vocation.
Another negro superstition is that a
little white dog is supposed to be mes
senger Of coming evil
Another Interpretation Of the dog howl
ing heavenward is that it foretells a great
fire disaster
In slavery times the negroes thought
that if they wanted to keep dogs from
scenting their tracks, they should 90 to
| the graveyard, get some dirt out of a
grave and rub their feet with it.
1t Is bad luck to meet a barking dog
early in the morning
The lively barking of dogs in Lent is a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21
Benefit in Joy Giving.

When you once get started in Joy
giving it's easy to keep it up. The
fact that you give JOY brings candi-
dates for your magic touch constantly
before you. The returning benefits of
having given joy keep your supplied
with the means OF joy giving. So you
Just direct the ever enlarging stream
that through you ministers to your fell
lows. And your own Joy increases
with each new expression of your good
will. The Joy giving habit grows up
on you and you would be perfectly
miserable without the chance of help.
ing others to happier days. It's real
ioy.-Grit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21
BULDlNGS-OLD ACADEMY (1825); FISK
(1s5D; eNNEY HALL (1s54)

try has been set off into districts. and
third has been contributed. 1t is the
directors that the fund can be obtained
inside the given time limit.
Western Massachusetts has been called
upon to give $4,000 There have been
three pledges of $4,000 each made al
ready. Three of 81 600 each are also
credited to this district as well as many
of lesser amount. making a total of about
$500 and leaving $4,000 to complete the
quota.
The amount for Eastern Massachusetts,
including Worcester, has been set al
$4,000. Here also approximately s35 ,o0G
has been subscribed making the total fo1
Massachusetts, so far received a LITTLE
more than $40. 600.
! New York VIII be asked to contribute
$40 0G0. Lesser amounts are asked from
other sections. These totals are: Con.
necticut. $25, 600; Rhode Island SIS, GEO
Northern New England, $1,000; Chicago
| 81 500 and California. $500.
! Much OF the preliminary work has beer
done by Gaylord w Douglass. headmas
ter of the school. and Rev. Q. B. Chassell
directo of the endowment fund cam
paign. Active work this month is in tn
hands of H. Willis Cutler. 81. of Nortl
VIZ braham. general chairman of tn
funl committee His associates il
charge of the regional districts are
Judge William NJ Prest. "a, Boston
George 3. Young. Sc Montpelier. VT.
George T. Greehalgh. "a. Pawtucket. r
l.; Wilbur E. Mallalxieu. SO. New York
H H Field '73. Chicago; Arthur f
Cal, SO, Pasadena. Cal, and Howard 6
Ballard. 90. Seattle. Wash.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21

Wnbraham Academy in Wilbraham.
Mas, for the first time in It's history Oh
more than 100 years as an educational
inst itution, is making an appeal THIS
month to it's alumni and friends OF the
school for a permanent endowment fund
of $3.50. 900 by which it Will carry on It's
work on a broader scale The effort De-
gan June l. Several generous contabu-
tiors have been received already but an
even greater task confronts the Academy
tru tees in attaining the goal hrst-
There is everything to recommend VIII
braham Academy to those VINO nave us
Int, rests at heart. Rich in tradluons.
back ed by a record Of achievement I'M
excelIed by any similar school IN the
country, surrounded by ideals that are
a religion among its student BODY ano
exerting an influence for a greater con-
structive thought ana better citizenship
WI. braham Academy need make no
apc,ogy In seeking ITS permanent, sec
ond century endowment fund of S2s0,OOt
its stands solely upon its merits.
Subscriptions already received from
men and women to whom WilbrahaH
has meant the beg inning of endeavor
are based upon obtaining the full quota
before midnight. June 80. Wilbrahan
Academy will be the center of attention
for every one of its hundreds of alumni
Tor the next few short weeks.
Competent regional directors, all olS
wi braham alumni have volunteered u
serve as committee chairman for thei
res pective districts. Their returns haV
/ bee n encoura ging They know what vii
brnham has done for them.
Quotas have been assigned according
| to the numbers of alumni residing i
the respective sections. The entire coun
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21
DUMMERSTON.

Mrs. Gladys Howe and three children
of Springfield (Vt) came Friday to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Ray.
There was no meeting of the Grange
Tuesday evening, owing to the bad weather
The next meeting will be June %.
The Grange Benefit society will hold its
18th annual strawberry supper and dance
Thursday evening, June "a The usua
supper for that occasion will be served
Mrs. Emma Downs will have charge of The
supper and w. f. Walker of the dancing
Supper will be served from 6 to ant
IL to u p. m. Shows orchestra vii
furnish music. Dancing will begin at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21
WEST DOVER.
Mrs. Jane Howard.

News came Thursday, June II, of the
death Of Mrs Jane Howard, 81, in the
home of her son, John Howard, in Will
mington Her death occurred that morn
ing Mrs Howard was a native of West
Dover, the oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs William Snow. In 1852 she married
Henry Howard, who owned the farm In
Somerset (now a part of Dover now
owned by Wallace Bartlett. Here Mr.
Howard brought his bride and here they
lived to become the parents of three chill
dren, all Of whom died there. They
moved away from that place of sad men,
| cries to the farm in Wilmington which
remained their home as long as they lived.
| To them there were born two other chill
| dren a son, John, who always lived on
| the home farm and a daughter, Grace,
who married Eli Taylor of Monroe, Mass,
and who died a little over a year and a
| half ago.
| Before Mr. Towards death, which took
place several years ago, they celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs.
Howard endeared herself to all who knew
| her. being of quiet habits and genial dis
position She leaves one sister, MIS-. Hor-
ace Fitch of Wilmington, her son, with
whom she lived and eight grandchildren
The burial took place in Mountain View
cemetery here, beside her husband, Sat
urday afternoon
F. H. johnson visited his brother George
johnson, in Readsboro last week.
Mrs Anna Willett is entertaining he
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fl. X VII
son of Readsboro, also cousins, Mr. ant
Mrs Strahan and baby of Turner's Falls
Mass.
At the annual meeting of the Yves
Dover Ladies' Aid society June l6 tn
officers chosen were: President, Mrs, Alt
Quinn; ice-president, Mrs. Mary Allen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21

secretary and treasurer, Mrs Cora Hill;
directors, Mrs. Anna Willett, Mrs Emo
gene Harris, and Mrs. Cora Hill. The next
regular meeting is to be held with Mrs
Quinn June 80.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21

Great Britain now has % peeresses in
their own right OF this number five
are countesses, one is duchess, two are
viscountesses, and the remainder baron
esses
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-21

Between 500 and 900 cities and towns
in the United States are named after
places in Great Britain
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

Mr.. Edward Frankfort noted
Dutch painter. died last month at
Amsterdam. He was buried in the
Jewish cemetery of that city. and
around his grave there gathered a
large number of painters and artists
who had come to pay last tribute
of affection and friendship to their
departed colleague Many words of
regret and farewell were spoken by
them, words of admiration and homage
to man who had occupied worthy
place in the modern Dutch school OF
painting.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

An orchestra in which girls par
ticipate has been one of tine means
tie Zionist Commission used Ia raise
the morale of the Blind Institute ~
Jerusalem Health conditions have
bcen improved. the workshop has been
developed with the aid of the Zionist
Commission which has enabled the
institution to obtain necessary ma
tcrials. and Jerusalem newspapers
especially containing those Zionist
news are being read to the children
daily.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

Hon. Simon Wolf, of Washington,
u. c., will celebrate his eighty-fourth
birthday on October 2Sth. For more
than half n century Mr.. Wolf has
been a spokesman of American Jewry,
representing in Washington the B'nai
Birth and Union of American Hebrew
Congregations He worked unselfish-
ly in the interests of Jewry and
Judaism. and has made innumerable
friends who will extend their sincere
Fluctuations on his natal day. and
wish him many more years of life, in
health and happiness.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27
WASHINGTON PERMITS ANIERI
CAN RELIEF WORKERS TO GO
TO SOVIET RUSSIA.

Distribution committee is In receipt of
a cable from the Wasln. gton Stale
Department in which permission is
given the Committees workers to car
ry on relief work in Soviet Russia.
DR.. Frank RoSeHblatt, one of the com
mittee's chief workers. who has been
waiting for Wasllilgtoh's consent for
quite some time. Immediately left for
Moscow.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

Congregation Beth Ahabah. Rich
mOnd. Va. has established an En-
dowment Fund" under the laws OF
the State. The income from the prin-
cipal donated or bequeathed to the
fund will be used not for the main
tenance of the congregation, but to
bring a reminder of their faitl, to
Jewish families and individuals who
are out of touch with things Jew
iSh. ~ i-rs :. n ftHF at i
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

The Prize Play Contest of the Baiti-
more Hebrew Congregation Sister
hood, is for members of the Congre-
CATION. For the first and second best
one-act plays constructed about n jew
ish theme, the Sisterhood will award
prizes of S25 and $15 respectively.
These pieces will be acted at the Sis
tcrhood's Clankah celebration.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

The will of Mrs. Lena Frank
Hecht, of Boston, Mass, widow OF tie
late Jacob II. Hccht, former wooi
merchant. has been filed in the Suf-
folk Probate Court. Many jewish
charities and others are remembered
The public requests total SoS''oo. me
National Jewish Hospital is given
900.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

! As a step in fulfillment of its aim,
the Endowment Fuhd has begun to
publish sermons ~ Edward n. Calisli.
7r,lbh of Beth Ahabah Congregation.
which are mailed without cost TO the
recipient, to homes not affiliated with
any Jewish Congregation.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

1t is taken as an indication of an
absence of anti-Semitism IN Spokane,
WASH that non-Jews have contribut-
ed for Jewish Community Center in
that city. The Center building is be-
Temple Emanuel, of which Julius \.
Leibert is rabbi.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27
Interesting Items

Abraham L. Lubarsky. of New York.
a native of Russia where he became
the confidential man of X. w. Wis
sotzsky. the great merchant and jew
ish philanthropist. died. Compelled by
persecution to come to this country
some fifteen years ago. he made his
home in this city and evinced an in
terest in communal affairs. He was
sixty-four years old.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

According to message from II
Times correspondent in Jerusalem,
Jewish immigration has begun with
out incident. and the hundreds arriv-
ing weekly are finding work on Jew
ish farms and in the building of roads.
The authorities have ordered every
official announcement to ne published
in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27
PROF. GOTTHEn TO AID STRASS.
BOURG UNIVERSITY.

Professor Richard Gotthcil, head of
the Department of Srmitics at Col
umbia University. has been invited by
the French authorities to assist in
building up the Semitic Department at
the Strassbourg University. Column
bia has granted Prof. Gottheil the nee
essary leave of absence.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

Max Bruch, famous composer and
orchestra leader. is dead in Berlin. The
composers arrangements of Hebrew
melodies are familiar, and his "kol
.iidre." is frequently played in con
certs. He was eighty-twO years old
He was not Jew.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

The initial issue of The Jewish
Business World" an illustrated. mod
ern business magazine. printed in fid-
dish. will appear this month. The
publication office is in Chicago.
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

Active steps were taken III iasa-
drna. Calf. for the formation Of ~
permanent congregation and religious
school. 1t is to he called Temple
Beth Isrnel
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

After years absence from the con
cert stage. Efrem Zimbalist returns in
a recital at Carnegie Hall, Oct. 81,
The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-27

say little and do much.