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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Doesn't Fear Bolsheviki

He wandered into the room at the
Biltmore, where Mrs. Sheridan, as
sisted by her secretary, was receiving
representatives of magazines and
newspapers, and pleasantly remind
ed her that he was in the mood for
a romp. Reminded by his mother
that she was snow working won1-
an" who was here to talk about Rus
sia, he smiled, but didn't seem i'm
pressed. Something was said about
the Bolsheviki, and Mrs. Sheridan,
drawing the boy to her knee, ex-
planned that the word had no terrors
for him.
Hes not afraid Of the Bolsheyiki
any more than l am" she said.
With the boy standing beside her
the resemblance between the two
was even more pronounced, and, in
a curious way, emphasized, too, Mrs,
Sheridan's youthfulness. She doesn't
look like a woman who would vol
unfairly go in quest of hardships,
and she is decidedly different from
what one came to expect from read
ing her recent articles on Russia,
Her full lips, large blue eyes and
soft, rich coloring seemed to stamp
her as of the languorous rather than
the energetic type, but an entirely
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
MRS. SHERIDAN in
A'4 a0orkjmg costume stand
ing beside the LeNine bust,
a0hich she has Just completed
the girls, was the last to marry an

the girls, was the last to marry and
is, as already said, Lady Leslie.
Now the ancient family tradition
has been reversed, and the descend
ants of Leonard Jerome, instead of
going across the Atlantic to win tri-
umphs in Englanu, are returning
Iacross the ocean to capture senti-
ment in the United States.
say descendants, for Mrs. Sheri-
dan is accompanied on her American
tour by her son, Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, five years old, who, on
his fathers side, is the great-great-
great-grandson of the author of The
School for Scandal, and direct
descendant, too, of the Tom Sheri-
dan who was a famous enemy of DR..
Johnson's. Incidentally, he is also a
descendant of John Lothrop Motley.
If it is true that the descendants
of the Jeromes on the feminine side
have been particularly favored by
fortune, something must be granted,
too, in this respect, to this young
ster. Bearing a remarkable resem-
hlance to his mother, he has also in
herited some of her charm of man
ner and self-possession.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
People VIII Decide

Every country has the kind Of
government it deserves" said Mrs.
Sheridan, the interview again de-
veloping fatal weakness for what
is going on in Russia. "If there is
any good in it it will come out.
What mean is, you cannot go on
giving MILLIONS of people a kind of
government they do not want. If
the Russian people Go rot want the
Soviet it will GO"
Mrs. Sheridan said she did not
know how long she would remain in
the United States.
''It depends on you," she laughed.
IF you are good TO me l shall re-
main for some time. should like 10
see that wonderful California have
heard so much about. If you are not
good to me''--
What them"
IF you are not good to me-" she
concluded, 81 shall go back to my
daughter in England"
And there the interview ended.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Memorial to Ann Rutledge
Continued from page ope)

Continued from, page ome)
Is that he experienced an exagger-
ated attack of cold feet.
At about this time Joshua Speed.
who had gone to Kentucky, fell in
love with girl down there and be-
came engaged. He soon wrote Lin
coin complaining that he, too, was
undergoing qualms Of morbid con-
scientiousness. He thought he didn't
love the girl enough to marry her.
The Situation Reversed
With the former situation re-
versed Lincoln became the comforter
He urged Speed to go ahead and
marry the girl. Speed finally did
and after few weeks wrote Lincoln
Of his complete happiness.
ut cannot be told how it thrills
me with JOY" he wrote Speed, "tc
hear you say that you are far
happier than you ever expected te
be- That much / know is enough
know you too we'll to suppose you,
expectations were not at least some.
times extravagant, and if the reality
exceeds them all, ! say''Enough, dear
Lord!'
"You know with what sleeples:
vigilance / have watched you evel
since the commencement of your
affair"
/ Encouraged by the success of hi.
friend, Lincoln contrived an "acci
dental" meeting with Mary Todd ane
relieved his mind Of nightmare o5
| indecision.
Mary was still willing to MARI,
him, but experience had suggested
to her the inadvisability Of settin,
an exact date. 1t was far bette
policy, thought Mary, TO let th'
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Wouldn't Talk Politics


Again she laughed, this time hold
ing up a pleading hand.
please don't ask me that" she
begged. What if I were to say no ?
They'd hear about it, of course, in
Russia, and they were very nice to
me over there, and they wouldn't like
it. don't want to talk on the polit-
ical side of Russia"
Mrs. Sheridan apparently could
not bear the thought of turning
down entirely the representative of
an American newspaper who had
come to interview her, for again she
relented.
"I'll say this" she said with sud
den energy; "I'll say that every
country has the right to choose its
own form of government. I think
that no other country should inter
fere.
GAS to Russia, who can tell what
is going to come from what is going
on there? Who can tell? They are
trying an experiment which is one
of the most interesting undertaken
in thousands Of years. Why not
wait and see what comes of it?"
"You mean we should recognize
the Soviet government"
Mrs. Sheridan saw that the inter
view was approaching dangerously
the forbidden topic of politics and
she shook her head.
II can't tell your government what
to do"
well, should any of the Allies
recognize it?"
81 don't want to talk about that, y
she said. "But Russia has had peace
for month. Let US see what she
will do with this peace. Let us see
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
By Arnold Prince

II AME follows some families as
persistently as it avoids
others. Certainly it has been
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
how they work out their problems
without interference"
Was Courteouslv Treated


Mrs. Sheridan was frankly re-
lieved when the talk drifted from the
duty Of other nations toward Rus
sia and she was asked to give her
impressions of the Soviet leaders as
individuals and what she intended
to do in the United States.
Wherever she went in Russia, she
said, she was courteously treated and
she had welcomed the opportunity
of meeting the Soviet leaders and
learning their psychology. 1t was
this psychological phase of the ad-
venture that had appealed to her
most strongly. She wanted to know
what these men were like rather
than to inquire into the wisdom of
their plans. What they were doing
was interesting, tremendously inter
esting, and she wanted 20 know the
kind of men they were.
"As to their sincerity there can
be no question" she said. "That
much everybody must concede.
Lenine, Trotzky, all are sincere But
as to the wisdom of what they are
attempting, well-that is something
about which l do not care to express
myself"
But as Mrs. Sheridan turned from
the subject of Russia to other po-
Iitical problems less dangerous to
discuss it was plain that either be-
fore going on her psychological
mission" or afterward sha had brok-
Ell away decidedly from the tradi-
tions of the class to which By birth
and social right she belongs. She is
not what she calls a Socialist, but
she believes in Everybody having a
fair start"
Believes in Fair Stars
At least at the beginning of life
they should be as equal as possible,
was the way she put it. The war
had brought about social changes in
Europe which would never entirely
be eradicated. A new age, marked
by new thinking, new feelings, new
social movements, was at hand. AS
for herself, she stood with all her
strength for this new equality. She
wanted every one to have the same
chances in matters Of health and ed
ucation.
Tea was brought in just then from
the hotel dining room, and the Irish
maid in Mrs. Sheridan's employ, a
pretty young woman with quiet man
ners, took her place at the table with
her mistress as a matter Of course.
So did her secretary and a young
woman representing a Socialist
newspaper.
Apparently In her home life Mrs.
Sheridan put in practice her views
on equality.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

different impression developed as she
talked.
Mrs. Sheridan believes in wom-
ems rights, and in their duty, when
ever possible, to contribute finan-
cially to the support of the home.
She is modern in every way, even to
the extent of wearing her hair
bobbed..
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

pefSlSIentIy as IL avoids
others. Certainly it has been
consistently friendly toward the
relatives Of the late Leonard Jerome,
formerly of Palmyra and Rochester,
n. Y, and then of New York City.
The good fortune of the Jerome
family lay in It's charming women.
Il is only necessary to give three
or four examples to prove this. One
Ct Jerome's daughters married
Handsome Jack Leslie, of Ireland,
ana is row Lady Leslie.
Another became Lady Randolph
Caurchiu, who afterward married
and divorced George CORVALLIS
West, and third wed Moreton
Frewen, famous economist and men,
ber Of the British Parliament from
northeast Cork.
4 Famous Mans Daughter
It is q daughter of this world
famous economist, Mrs. Clare Sheri-
dan, who is now in this country
lecturing on her impressions of
Russia and her. experiences in model
ing the busts of Lenine, Trotzky and
ether leaders of the Soviet govern
ment. While she Is here she will
also direct the publication by her
American publishers, Boni & Live
right, of her book, Mayfair to Mos
cow, which supplanted Mrs. AS
quith's Memoirs in popular interest
in England.
As Mrs. Sheridan's mission to the
United States is in many respects
extraordinary (she frankly believes
that this country and all the other
countries of the world should give
Russia a fair chance to work out
her own destiny, although she is
said to be convinced that the ex-
pertinent of Bolshevism ultimately
must faiD, it might be interesting
to trace the rise of the American
side Of her family, which has made
such lasting impression on the
political and social life of at least
two continents.
In the first place, Mrs. Sheridan
Is beautiful, almost too beautiful,
one might think, to have had courage
enough to risk such & venture as
hers into Russia; and, in the next,
her training and social life had not,
apparently, been such as to fit her
for the role she is now carrying.
A Splendid Wedding
Those who witnessed her mar.
riage, in 1910, to the late Captain
Wilfred Sheridan in London (Cap.
tain Sheridan was killed in the war;
have vivid recollection of the fash.
lonable display that attended thai
function. Certainly there was
nothing then to foretell that in {
few years she would forsake hel
luxurious social existence, become
as she calls herself, q working WON
an and return to the land of hel
American forbears with an expla
nation of a problem so dangerous
and so filed with international sig
nihcance as Bolshevik Russia.
The marriage was witnessed By
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphu'
and Crown Princess Margaret o.
sweden, as well as by o host o.
Prominent Englishmen and Ameri
cans, among the latter being ths
late Whitelaw Reid, then American
ambassador, and his embassy staff
one fact in connection with th'
ceremony which has never befort
been printed, and which was known
only to a very few of the bride
most intimate friends, is that th'
ven she wore was the veil Grown
Princess Margaret herself had worl
az her own wedding, some time be
fore.
fIhe Crown Princess was M,
assrsst girl friend" Mrs. Sheridan
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
TNRS. CLARE SHERI-
4'A DAN IN her Russian cap

evoked, for she at once added, with
a laugh:
'No, didn't say the Bolsheviki,
you know. l said Americans and
Russians"
"Will it last, do you think, this
Soviet government" I asked.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
WASHINGTON ;
SIDELIG e e.
VS.. Speaker of the House

that Ii will not be overlooked, l ask
unanimous consent that in the proper
place in the bill the appropriation OF
$4,000 for the speaker of the house
may be changed to $4,000. If that
change Is not made the question of
the speakers salary could not go to
conference, because the house has pro-
vided $4,000 for the speaker.
Mr.. Warren-Mr. President, / think
I ought to say that while the house
may contest that point, at the same
time there is no exact parallel be-
tween the Office of speaker and the Of
fee Of vice president.
Mr.. Fletcher-Mr. President, do
not quite agree with the idea that the
speaker OF the house should receive
the same compensation as the vice
president. There is no doubt of the
Importance of the Office Of speaker of
the house, but / cannot agree that the
position corresponds to that OF vice
president of the United States.
think, therefore, difference should
be recognized in the compensation. ]
cannot, therefore, consent to the re-
quest Of the Utah senator at this time.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
IN DEFENSE OF THE FARMERS
Statement That Agriculturists Turn
Backs on ex-Service Men Is At
tackled by Writers.

A statement that the farmers of this
country gained considerably as q re-
suit of the World war and now turn
their backs on ex-service men has
been challenged by numerous writer's.
The following is good statement
of the. farmers case, as one CORE
spondent outlines it: a4Eg@
Sixty years of my life had rolled
away when this country entered the
war. had four boys and they GER
tainly all wore breeehes, but none of
them claimed exemption. Three Of
them enlisted shortly after war was
declared. The youngest was boy of
eighteen. Myself, one Of the boys,
and my sixteen-year-oh daughter
were left to conduct farm of more
than 800 acres, and we had to work
from 16 to Is hours every day. If we
hired any help we had to pay NUM-
ton plant wages for an eight-hour day,
and if we had any surplus cash, the
Y. NJ. G. A., the Red Cross, Jewish
Welfare Board, Salvation Army and
other meritorious war agencies alb
soIbed it. know that other farmers
In this section were in the same condi-
tion. I also know that the states
which have paid their ex-soldiers
bonuses to date are almost exclusive
ly agricultural"
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
!. S. Needs Fireproof Hall of Records

great state papers in point Of time
and probably in the hearts of the
American people. The original is in
the hands of the Department of State
and Is kept in a steel case in the State.
War and Navy building, which adjoins
the White House on the west. The
original of the Constitution is locked
in the same case.
Washington's farewell address Is
not owned by the federal government,
but is kept in the New York Public
library.
The next paper to stand out as a
milepost in the shaping of national
policy is the message to congress by
President Monroe, proclaiming the
Monroe doctrine. The original mes
sage is in the files Of the senate In
the capitol building at Washington.
sThe Gettysburg address of Lincoln,
scrawled in longhand. is in the library
Of congress at Washington. Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation is in the
library of the State department in
Washington. There, too, are all the
treaties entered into by the United
States"
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
SEEKS OWNER OF WAR MEDAL
Opera Singer Redeems Emblem Found
in Window of New York
Pawn Shop.

The sight of a Victory medal in the
window Of q New York pawn shop
moved Lucien Muratore, opera singer
and French soldier during the World
war, to redeem the decoration in hope
that 1t will find its way to its owner
while strolling with my secretary"
NJ. Muratore wrote, II chanced to look
curiously in q window where many odd
articles were displayed. Among them
was this medal. Having served with
the French army in the great war, /
was naturally interested to know how
this medal should come to such q place.
My friends informed me that probably
the veteran had been forced by cir
cumstances to part with 1t for a small
sum. 1t is certain that l should be
greatly distressed to be forced to give
up insignia of reward with which
France has honOred me. With this
feeling, 1 sent my secretary to recover
this medal for me in the hope that I
should be able to return it to the gal
liant soldier who won it"
The medal bears clasps for st. Mi
hiel, Meuse-Argonne and a defensive
sector. 1t will be returned to it's owner
if properly identified.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
John Herrin's Center of Population

This center, less than 300 yards
west of the Monroe county line in
Gwen county, is located on John e.
Herrin's farm of go acres. The owner
OF the farm, sixty-six years old, lives
on the farm with his wife. The Her
rim farm begins in the little town of
Whitehall and extends in a south
westerly direction, there being GO
acres Of blue grass and heavy timber
land In his tract The Bloomington
Spencer pike road passes directly by
the farm and marker has been
erected by a Bloomington newspaper.
A gray-haired, overall-clad farmer
stepped forward when the auctioneer
at the public sale today PACED: "John
Herrin!" 'You own the center Of
population, Mr. Herrin," newspaper
reporter exclaimed. "The govern
ment census experts have just located
the center of population on your
farm"
"Gol darn" was the old farmers re-
ply.
The crowd at the auction gave three
cheers as the Hoosier's face colored
with embarrassment, Then one canny
neighbor asked: "But will it increase
the value of his land?"
Whereupon the auctioneer put up a
pig for sale, and the crowd forgot all
about the center OF population.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
Impeachment of Eleven u. S. Oficia

ELEVEN federal officials have been
L called before impeachment proceed
ings In the history of the United
States. These facts are recalled In
connection with the action taken by
Representative Welty of Ohio against
Federal Judge &. NJ. Landis.
The first, official to be impeached
in the United States was William
Blount, senator from Tennessee, on
July Z, 1897. for conspiring to throw
America into war with Spain for Eng
lands benefit. He was acquitted.
John Pickering, federal judge for
New Hampshire. was impeached March
3, 1903, for drunkenness, and con-
victed.
Samuel Chase, associate justice of
the Supreme court, convicted March
1, 1905, for misconduct at trials.
James Peck, federal judge for Mis-
souri,, acquitted January 81, 1881, Of
charges of tyrannous treatment to
counsel.
West 81. Humphreys, federal judge
for Tennessee, convicted June 26. 1862,
for supporting secession.
Andrew Johnson, President Of the
United States, charged with usurpa-
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
Court Martial Sentences to Be Milder

u EDUCTION in the number of dis
N honorable discharges from the
army and grading down in the sever
ity of court-martial sentences are ex-
pected by the judge advocate gener-
ais department to result from an ex-
ecutive order limiting military peace
time punishment.
A memorandum from the President
attached to the order directs that
maximum punishment and dishonor-
able discharges be imposed only in
aggravated cases. This is expected
to have more effect in reducing penal
ties, it was stated, than the actual or
der which reduces punishments for 81
different offenses under the military
code
The old maximum of Is months
confinement for desertion by men less
than one year in service has been re-
duced to one year, and in cases of
more than six months service from
two and a half years to two years.
The period of absence for which de-
sertion penalties can be imposed is in
creased from 80 to 60 days.
The maximum penalty for fraudu-
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18

lent enlistment has been reduced from
one years Imprisonment to six months.
The greatest reduction of maximum
confinement is for assault without
deadly weapons, which was five years,
reduced to one year. The maximum
where weapons are used still is five
years.
The maximum for obtaining, under
false pretenses, money or property val
ued at $50 or more is reduced from
five years to three years.
Since 1890 the President has been
authorized by congress to fix the limit
of military punishment by executive
order.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18

acts at various recreational huts and
hundreds of Montana veterans praise
bin for his efforts In obtaining work
1or them and justice for disabled ex-
service men.
AT the age of eleven, Mr.. Barnett
organized the Abraham Lincoln club
at the Hull House in Chicago and ever
since he has been an organizer in
business and in the affairs of the Le-
giOn. His versatility is indicated by
the fact that he has been vaudeville
artist as well as a successful dealer
In hides and furs. g.
Mr.. Barnett was at first rejected by
the army because Of a bad foot, but
finally was accepted for few months
of service in an American training
camp. He has served as state adju
tant since the organization of the Le-
giOn's Montana department.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
The New Sport Togs

The growing enthusiasm for sport
clothes is not to be wondered at, nor
is it surprising that women have
taken to wearing them on almost all
occasions regardless of the time and
the place, for we have more variety
now in this type Of dress than in any
other. Any inherent love of color OF
which one may be possessed finds ex-
preston in modern outing apparel.
Then, too, there is an almost infinite
variety of materials and styles In
these.
1t is a far cry from the stiff linen
shirtwaist with mannish collar and the
plain linen skirt to an ultra-modern
sport costume, consisting of crepe de
chine skirt and fiowered chintz coat.
One of our best American designers
has just created such a suit, with the
skirt Of beige silk and the jacket of
black chintz gayly fowered in beige,
orange and brown.
The Developments In sport clothes
are tremendously interesting to the fol-
lower of fashions. In the past there
was no type of dress in which we were
more slavishly conventional. Not even
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
Delays cashina Certificates.

Minnesota members of the Ameri-
can Legion are attacking the red tape
and delay by the government in CASH
ing its certificates issued to disabled
veterans to pay their expenses while
travelling to public health and voca-
tional training centers. Because of the
difficulty in cashing the paper, the ex-
service men are now forced to accept
q discount Of ten per cent. Authoriza-
ton by legislation of federal reserve
banks and post offices to pay cash on
presentation Of the certificates Is the
remedy suggested by A n. Vernon,
Legion department commander, in let
tiers to f. w. Galbraith, Jr., National
commander, and to the federal board
for Vocational Education. 1t Is be-
ieved that the Legion will adopt the
suggestion and back legislation to that
end.
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18
Simple Clothes
Worn By Milady

Clothes nowadays are very simple,
it is true, writes a fashion correspond
ent, but the simplicity is a subtle one
which should not be attempted by the
amateur unless she has gift for arts
tic drapery; not the sort Of drapery
that rs at all complicated, but the kind
achieved through very few foids
c4eyerly placed.
Beautiful fabrics play no small part
In the dress of the hour. The plain,
unbroken surfaces of the straight
line frock, which is the favorite of all
models, offer wonderful opportunity
for displaying beautiful material
One frock is an excellent illustration
Of this For it a gorgeous black and
gold brocade was chosen. The mention
Of handsome black and gold brocade
brings with 1t mental picture OF a
stiff, unpliable yet handsome fabric.
Such a picture, however, does not rep
resent this material. 1t is as soft and
plant as chiffon.
The idea Of costume consisting or
coat very much on the lines OF the
robe manteau or coat dress. and a
The Ely miner., 1921-03-18

nURING the last decade the center
- of population continued to move
westward, advancing 9.S miles in that
direction and about one-fifth of a
mile north from Bloomington, Ind,
where it was located by the census
of 1910. The bureau attributed the
westward movement in the last decade
principally to the increase of more
than 100000 in the population Of the
state of California"
Geographically speaking, the bureau
said, the new center of population is
located where the parallel of latitude
80 degrees 10 minutes and 81 seconds
north intersects the meridian Of longi-
tude so degrees 43. minutes and 15
seconds west. This would fix the CEN
ter near the little village Of White
hall, in southern Indiana, approximate
ly 81 miles southwest of Indianapolis.