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what it considers news and to dis
regard whatever it believes does
NOT come within that category
In this particular case suit for
damages has been brought against
Chicago newspaper by a man who
was candidate for a political Of
flee on an independent ticket. The
newspaper was charged with hav-
ing printed facsimile Of a portion
Of a specimen ballot showing the
names of other candidates, but omit
ting the names of the Independent
candidates. The aggrieved ex-can-
didate alleged that this omission
was "wilful and malicious and
done with intent to injure' his can
didacy.
In its decision the court said:
The defendant (newspaper) owed
no duty to either the plaintiff or
the public to publish anything
which for any reason 1t did not see
fit 10 publish. The defendant is the
sole judge Of the value of news as
such. A newspaper must remain
free to publish such matters as it
regards as possessing news value
and to refrain from publishing
such matters as 1t may determine
do not possess news value
The language of this decision at
fords newspapers the broadcast pos
sible liberty in the exercise of their
sense of discrimination. Of course
there are certain kinds OF new
which newspapers may publish at
their own peril; slanderous and Ii
be'ous news, for instance. But COM
plant was made not because the
defendant newspaper had publish
ed something Objectionable, but be
cause it had failed to publish some
thing which the plaintiff wanted it
to publish. Hence, while there are
some things which newspaper is
not at liberty to publish, it is made
clear, once more, that there Is
nothing which any newspaper IS
legally bound to publish-eXcept.
OF course, such statements Of its
own business affairs as are provid=
ed for by special statutes.
Nor is it entirely matter CT
news value. The court said that 4
newspaper was not bound to pub
Hsh anything which for any rea-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-22

| ent prediction made to a Paris
correspondent Of the New York
Times who recently visited the oc-
cupied portions Of western Ger
many. This sounds fantastic. Yet it
already embodies the hope of many
/ powerful elements in the German
state 1t may become the set pur-
pose Of all Germans If The Allies
weaken or quarrel among them
selves every time Berlin demands a
modification Of the treaty on the
ground that one clause or another
Of it is unreasonable and cannot be
executed.
The Allies cannot enforce the
treaty If each Of them sets up the
theory that it Is free to judge in a
| particular case whether the proyis-
ion involved is worth enforcing.
Each ratifying power has vested
rights under the treaty which can
not equitably be denied by refus
al on the part Of other powers to
cooperate in compelling German
compliance. There is an agitation
afoot in Great Britain and else
where for a revision" OF the treaty
by the easy method Of letting the
Germans denounce in detail those
provisions which they find least ae-
ceptable.
Such revision By acquiescence
involves bad faith. The only leg!t-
innate way to modify the peace
terms is to obtain the consent of all
me powers affected. France and
Belgium have the largest stake in
strict execution Of the treaty, for
they look to Germany for large ma
terial reparations. They are iusti-
fed in resentlng policy by which
hey would have to shoulder unaid-
Cd the burden OF resisting German
annulments.
The excuse offered by those who
favor revision" by sufferance Is
that the treaty contains many lin
possible conditions" intended to be
modified later. 1t is true that GER
tain questions were passed over 10
the league Of nations for settlement.
The Preparations Commission also
has large powers in the way of de-
termining the extent Of German
contributions and the methods OF
payment. These are official bodies
in which each Major Allied bellig-
erent is represented and can pro
tect itself by an individual veto But
neither the council Of the league of
nations nor the Preparations Com
mission candidate to Germany UNI
Tess the major Allied powers repre-
sented on them act in unity, and
unless they also contribute the
military power 10 enforce decisions
unanimously arrived at.
Moreover, treaty violations like
the expedition into the Ruhr dis
trict and Germany's failure 10 dis
arm cannot be dealt with by any
commission or league created un-
der the treaty. To defeat them the
Allied powers must bring direct
pressure on Berlin, az France re-
Gently did singie-handed in occupy
ing Frankfort. Therefore a concert
based on the acceptance of com
mon duty to enforce the treaty and
prepared to employ military means
is at present the only practical
method OF checking German multi
fication
The Allies have been frittering
away the fruits of victory, Will
they be able now to get together to
compel Germany 10 i've up to peace
terms she accepted?-New York
Tribune (Rep-1
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beforehand that an institution de-
signed to alleyite hard conditions
of employment is an attempt to
interfere with organized labor"
while the Rock Island Argus (Dem.)
feels that THE miners cannot know
that the industrial court will deny
them Justice until there has been a
test case"
Faith in the law itself is freely
expressed by the New York Times
Gnd. DEM which explains that
the Kansas idea is that the first
step toward a triumph Of citizens
over ANY class conspiracy Is to un.
tie citizens on working plan" and
considers that "the idea is worthy
to become an American idea The
Daily Oklahoman (Dem) character
ICES it with the same praise
"Thoroughly American"-and adds
that the fact that it does not OPP
crate against the working man is
ahown by the result of the first
case tried. The verdict being
for the employees and against the
employers"
To the Wichita Beacon Qnd.J
Howats action is proof of the laws
worth, for it declares: THE great
defect in the Kansas Industrial
Court Is that 1t virtually mates
HoHat unnecessary. 1t enables the
miners 10 get justice instead of
strikes and a lot of idle time" The
factor of time and money saved by
.t..fI, to
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-22
A KISS THAT
TIEO UP A RAILROAD

In Norfolk, Va, a few days ago a
railroad employee named Brady kiss
ed girl clerk in fun. A timekeeper
named Divers joked Brady about it
and Brady resented the Jest. Then
came another girl and told Brady
that Divers had found fault with
her work and made her cry" In
resentment of the timekeeper's
jest about the kiss administered in
fun, and on account of his harsh
words TO the other young woman,
Brady and his associates demand.
ed Divers discharge.
The Norfolk & Western railway
refused to discharge the timekeep-
er and a strike followed that badly
hampered the system for several
days. The walkout involved 10000
clerks, shopmen and brakemen and
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-22
AM ERICA'S
NAVAL PROGRAM.

THE big naval program amour
/ ced by Mr. Daniels, the Secretary OF
the Navy, strengthens the impress
sion that 1t will be America which
will led competition in ornaments
in the future True, his program
| is conditional on Americas falling
to Tatify the Peace Treaty; the out
look for the ratification is entirely
uncertain and even il the treaty Is
ratified, it seems likely that many
I reservations will be made. All this
| is true but we do not think that the
naval program will be affected
very much. whether the Treaty is
ratified or not.
Even now America is the great
! est naval Power ri the world next
! to Great Brit ain. Indeed America
is far ahead of all other countries,
els was proudly pointed out by Mr..
I Daniels. Il may b. an uncontrolla-
| hle ambition of the present-day
| Americans TO secure the position
of the worlds greatest naval Pow
er. In our view it is an irony Of
fate that America, which took the
lead in advocating the League Of
! Nations and reduction of arma-
ments, should tend tend to evtuce
a chauvinism which is to all i1tents
! and purposes. anachronistic. Let
! It be remembered that President
! Wilson. who regarded himself and
who was regarded by others as the
prime pr0tagonist of the worlds
| peace. sent a secret Telegram to his
country from Paris during the
| Peace Conference, urging the carry
! ing out Of the second naval extern
sion program of America for the
! reason that If 1t miscarlied, 1t
would weaken the position of the
American delegates at the Pooce
! Conference. In view OF this fact,
it Is perhaps foolish to wonder at
the nayalism OF America. The au-
thority of the League OF Nations
has unquestlOnably been lessened
by the on-partioipation OF America;
her navaLsm is factor positively
estrductiye Of that International ar,
rangelneDt.
! II InhIbttI ISL NEY0N4TAAi SOGSSS W
Americans, they are perfectly at lib
erty 10 aopt It, but if they think that
military demons trattens are the
shortest cut to the worlds peace,
they will be c2re@ioasiy mistaken
1t VIII ba 1ac4Ned hat when Mr.
! Churchill taen First Lord OF the
Adminalty proposed a naval hold-
day. this was not accepted BY Ger.
many. and II only led to leenel
competition in naval ornaments
4 similar state OF affairs is now &c
- repeated between America and
the othe~ Powers.
"The Powers were wheedled by
America INTO imposing restrictions
on their own ornaments, but Amer
lea is nov assuming the position o.
an international outlaw. 1t woudc
be interesting to lcern what IS th'
feeling Of the Powers regarding tbs
present attitude ~ America.
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DEMOCRACY RISING
In JAPAN

There will be general election
in Japan, and evidently 1t will be an
important election. for the Primo
Minister, in the course Of a formal
proclamation to the nation, says
that nothing less than "the fate OF
the nation" is at stake.
The fight In Japan is clean cut
between the conservatives and the
radicals. The radicals are accused
of all sorts of conspiracy against
the state by Prime Minister Hara
and the ruling powers, but the CEN
trail plank of their platform, unicer'
sal suffrage. is something we have
long mad in America, and 1t has
moot ruined us. We gather from
Hara's statement that the radicals
in addition to demanding univer'
sal suffrage, oppose army eonscrip-
ton.
OF course we are much too Far
from the scene to guess at the re-
suit. Inasmuch as the suffrage il
now sharply restricted in Japan, it
would seem that the conservatives
have the best of it. But evidently
the Prime Minister and his assoei.
ates are troubled There is a rising
democratic spirit in Japan, and, if it
continues to base its fight on the
proposition of universal suffrage, it
will win, either in May, or soon
afterwards. All fights for the ex-
tension of the suffrage win in coun-
tries that are, in any way, self-goy-
erning. And, when 1t Is noted that
the japanese progressives or radi-
Gals, call them what you please,
say that they propose to abolish
military conscription, it viii be
seen that things may so turn out
that Japan will be much less inn
perialistic five years hence than
she is toIay.--I.ouisvijle Post (Ind
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son it did not see fit to publish
San Antonio Light Qnd.)
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AERIAL SERVICE

Daily aerial mail and passenger
service from Pittsburgh to Wheel.
ing, Parkersburg, Huntington and
Charleston, will be started On May
10 by the Gordon Flyers, Inc. It
was announced at Charleston by
Robert Gordon. of Parkersburg, head
of the concern, Lawson planes Of
the giant type and extreme speed
with large carrying capacity, will be
used. The service will be started
next week. Two machines are
expected to be received within two
weeks.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-22
REVISING HE.
TREATY

y German army will enter Paris
within five years. was the confd
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-22
FINANCIAL
MADN IS.

Lord Rothermere warns his Coun
trymen that Great Britain, like the
rest OF Europe, is afflicted with fl
nanctal dementie. SO is this coun-
try.
1t is financial madness for the
United States Government to be
spending money-'spending 1t sew
euteen months after the War--at
the rate of more than seyen billion
of dollars q year. 1t is financial
madness for the United States Gov
eminent to be piling UP deficit at
the rate of between three ard four
billions of dollars q year. 1t is fl
nancial madness for the United
States Government, when it is
pouring three-quarters of a billion
dollars into railroad losses nearly
half billion Of dollars into Ship
ping Board expenditures, and two.
third of a billion of dollars into in
terest on the public ebt, to propose
to pile on top Of such prodigious
0utlays and deficits billions more OF
is~NscrimAnate bonus diattlbutions
and other drains of the national
treasure.
1t lie financial madness for Amer
lean industries. when they are fac
ing intelminable taxes OF stipend
Gus volume, when men will not work
and capital will not flow, to be bor-
rowing billions Of dollars to put into
new construction, reconstruction,
extensions and improvements at
prohibitive costs of interest, pro
hibtive costs of materials, prohib-
tive costs of labor.
1t is financial madness for the
American people, when they are
facing like taxs, facing inordinate
living costs, facing a desperate
struggle to make both ends meet,
to be spending money hike men de-
lirious on all sorts of non essentials,
pleasure, indulgence and follies.
When the only way TO decrease
prices of commodities is to increase
production and the only way to
have money enough to do the ma
tons legitimate work IS to stop
prodigal waste, it is financial NAL
ness and 1t is economic madness
for hundreds Of thousands of work
ers to be necessarily off their Jobs
on strike but for all the public to
go on spending none the less wildly.
The United States Government
must check its mad spending and
pay Up its billions of l. o. US. The
american people must cut off every
penny of waste that can be trim
med from their careless, reckless
spendings and got down to hard
work. If the United States Gov
eminent and the American people
10th together don't slap on the
brakes. then, with all the riches ma
ture has bestowed upon this coun-
try. with all the opulence there is
for its sons to gain by energy, in
dustlT and thrift we shall 90 ca
reening through financial squander
and economic profigacy into disas-
ter as terrific and lasting as fell
upon Europe through wars carnage
and destruction. Sun end n Y.
Herald Gndl.
REVISING TIE
TREATV
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JUDGING WHAT
TO PRINT

A decision which by no means
blazes a new legal trail, but which
deserves wide publicity because
too many people are prone to forget
the principe upon which it is bas-
ed. was rendered recently by the
APPELLATE Court OF Chicago. AS di-
gested IN the Associated Press re-
port, tie decision upheld the
rig I - q neWspa. % publish
Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-31
OKLAHOMA CITY IS WATCHED TO
 PREVENT RIOTS
Expect Lynching of Negro to Cause Trouble Between
 Blacks and Whites
IAmeciatrd Py<ss Leasea Wire)

(Assscidfed Press Leased Wire)
 OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 30. - Di- rections that all national guard units in Oklahoma City be held in readiness or duty in connection with possible race trouble growing out of the lynch ing of Claude Chandler, a negro, here last night, were issued today by Ad- jutant General C. F. Barnett.
 General Barrett's order followed a day of rumors concerning threatened clashes between whites and negroes as a result of the lynching. Chandler was arrested Saturday following a raid upon an alleged moonshine still near Arcadia, Okla, in which Stanton Weiss, federal prohibition officer, Homer Andrean. deputy sheriff and Charles Chandler father of Claude Chandler, were killed.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-31
BROOKLYN CARS ARE HALTED BY
 STRIKE OF MEN
Walk OF Ride in ImproviSed Vehicles
 Over Big Bridge

NEW YORK. Aug. 3O-With the strike-bound Brooklyn Rapid Transit system able to operate only e two car elevated and subway trains and no surface cars. throngs of Brooklyn ites went home tonight on motor trucks. furniture vans husSes and other vehicles. Other thousands walked across the East River bridge
 Those who were lucky rode in the lnterborough subway. which has one line to Brooklyn
 Nearly a thousand emergency mum icipal busses carried passengers over established routes for five cents.
 City officials announced they were on the trail of bus profitecrs who are charging eXorhitant prices.
 No attempt will be made to run surface cars in Brooklyn tonight R. R. T. officials said tonight
 The public service commission held hearing late today in an effort Co bring about a settlement but did not complete its inquiry. II announced that the chief disagreement iS over arbitration.
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YELLING TO BE SHOOTS RIVAL
 ATUTAHPOLLS
Nominate Their
 Congressman for United States Senator
(hssoci0ted PreSs Leoss6 rviys)


 SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 30.-Cor- gressman M. H. Yelling, of the First Utah District. was nominated by ac- clamation Democratic candidate for United States senator at the Novem- Der elections by the state Democratic convention here today. Congress man Yelling will oppose Senator Reed Shoot renominated by the Re publicans last week.
 T. N. Taylor, of Provo, was nomi- mated for governor on the 9th ballot The platform adopted declares ale glance to and expresses firm belief in the principles of progressive dem- ocracy. for the League of Nations as proposed by President Wilson, adher- ence to the platform adopted by the Democratic national convention and pledges support to Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 The sugar issue, according to Con- gressman Yelling. who delivered the keynote convention speech, will be the weapon of the Democrats in Utah in the campaign. He attacked the sugar interests of the state and charged from that source would come the greatest opposition to a Demo- cratic state victory.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-31
LOWER PRICES
 ARE PREDICTED
l.. $. Chamber.o of Commerce
 Sees No Ground for Any Fear of Panic
(1noeinted Pyru Leased Wir<)

WASHINGTON. Aug. 30, Business and industrial conditions during the remainder Of the calendar year will be marked by definite trend to a somewhat lower level of prices. ac- cording to a semiannual report upon crops and business given out today by the United States chamber of com merce. The committee which prepar- ed the report added the general fi- nancial opinion in the country was that the readjustment would be ac- complished without Financial disor- der or any sudden economic calam- ity."
 Tight money, unrest of labor. loos- ened bonds in some phases of social life, the Russian Polish war and the high cost of necessities. are enum- erated as disturbing business factors but in the opinion of the committee there is no need for the country to become panicky over any of these matters.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-31

, The majority report of the commits sion, signed by w o. Thompson. pres ident of the Ohio state university. representative of the public. chair man, and w. L. Connell of Scranton. Pa, representing the operators. grant, ed wage increases of 20 and r per cent above the present wage scale The 20 per cent increase was award ed contract miners and the advance of 17 per cent was recommended for company miners, monthly men. min CTS laborers and consideration min CTS.
 Neal J. Ferry of McAdoo. Pa. rep. resenting the miners. whose minority report the workers have endorsed. recommended a minimum wage of six dollars a day for adult day laborers and an increase of 31 per cent for contract workers.
 Break Their Word
 In refusing the request of the min CTS for acceptance of the minority re- port, the president called attention to a resolution adopted by the miners in convention agreeing to accept the findings of such a commission as he appointed
 By all the laws of honor upon which civilization rests" the
 president, in his telegram to the miners added, "the pledge should
 be fulfilled. An intimation that the anthracite coal miners will re- fuse to work under the award be
 cause it does not grant them all
 that they expected. is a reflection
 upon the sincereity of the men Who constitute the backbone of
 the community in which they live"
 The president further told the
 miners that if their communica- tion was intended as threat they could rest assured that the chal-
 lenge would be accepted and that
 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
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paign chest for all purposes.
 MT. Cummings declared he believ- ed this amount was excessive and pointed to the 1916 campaign, saying that he learned in his home state of Connecticut, the Republicans spent $250,000 in that year. He consider ed this was too much for a common wealth of that size.
 "lf you let the state commit
 tees run wild" he said, "you get an accumulated expenditure
 which in itself is an outstanding evidence of corrupt purpose.
 suggest that this is just what is
 going to happen with the Repub-
 Iicans this year."
 Has either party any monop-
 oly in this practice?" asked Sem
 ator Edge.
 "There is no monopoly upon the system" rejoined MT. Cum
 mings, "but there is no doubt
 about the Republican success in that direction"
 Both MT. Hays and MT. Cummings refused to discuss details of their committee financing, asserting that as chairmen they had only general knowledge of such subjects and that the books and records of the commit tee treasurers would have to be re- lied upon in that respect.
 Neither chairman knew of any large indiyidual contributions and Mir Hays was rather positive that the Republican plan to limit indivfd- ual gifts to 5000 was being carried out successfully. He knew of 3S eX-
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HAMILTON - Kennedy, president of
  anthracite  "It much than pected  men today a
  in
  will n September 1. of justice  f a
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REDS TRY TO RALLY

WARSAW, Aug 30.-Bolshevik of ficers taken prisoner by the Poles say that the Polish army will not meet serious resistance uptil it reaches the line running through the railroad points of Wilma, Lida, Bara- novichy. and Luniniets.
 Wireless messages have been sent broadcast to scattered units of the Bolshevik army remaining in Polish territory, asking them 70 try and ral- ly at Minsk. according to a wireless message interrupted by the Polish general staff It Is urged that this reorganization be rushed at all pos sible speed
Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-31
RAILWAYS BEEN OPERATION ON
 OLD BASIS
 TONIGHT
Guarantee of Earnings for Six Months Has Cost |. $.
 $600,000,OO0
ONE MONTH ONLY
 SHOWS A PROFIT
Further Help in Loans to be Made to Keep Roads
 on Their Feet

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O-Rail- roads of the country will begin op- eration on their own resources tomor- row night after having cost the gov ernment approximately $100, 0,000, ,000 monthly for the six months in which their earnings were guaranteed by the transportation act. The carriers will be allowed further aid from the government only through loan from revolving funds.
 Earnings of the roads will fall about $6OO,OOO, 900 below standard re- turns for the period since March 1, according to estimates today by the bureau of railroad economies. Few CT than half a score of lines have produced revenue sufficient to equal operation expenses, which does not include the fixed charges of interest, taxes and dividends. Definite figures on the cost to the government of the earnings guaranteed by the transpor- tation act will not be known for sev- eral months.
 Have Money Coming
 Most of the roads have indicated that they will have money coming to them as result of the guarantee. The treasury has received dozens of certifications for advances under the guarantee within the last ten days