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The Washington herald., 1921-11-28
Sees a New Order.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The latest ukase Of one of our
Twentieth Century tyrants, the in
junction against the United Mine
Workers unionizing the West Nir-
ginia coal fields, also forbiddinC
the coal companies to CHECK off"
the miners dues, points the way
and drift of autocracy in this much
over-rated democracy John l..
Lewis, president of the Mine Work
ers Union now has the opportunity
to make good his intentions as eN-
pressed in that stage-play recently
before the miners convention at
Indianapolis when that other "ac-
tor" Gompers was addressing the
delegates, dramatically remarked,
turning to Lewis who was seated
on the platform: in defense of
our rights. l hope to visit you in
prison, John" John nodded, i'm
plying 'right-o, Sam" 1t will
cause some surprise to see either
of those two worthless standing by
their principles long enough to go
to Jail for them, judging by their
past actions.
And yet, one should not be too
hard on these so-called leaders"
They are honest reflections of those
whom they represent; the real
trouble lies with the rank and file
of union labor who keep such
figureheads in positions of such
Importance. And yet there is hope
engendered not SO much by the
Intelligence of the workers as by
the asininity of the ruling class. In
iS ~
maso Campanella comes to mind;
quote line or so: The people Is
beast of muddy brain, that knows
not its own strength and therefore
stands, loaded with wood and
stone" Campanella was Jailed FOR
many years for his "Bolshevism'
or "radicalism'' of those days (Six-
teenth Century,. and like his mod
ern prototype, Debs, stood by his
principles and was Jailed. There
wer ethose in Campanella's day who
comprehended what great truths he
uttered, and they did what his
jailers do in this Twentieth Gen.
tury. jail those who utter their hon.
est convictions. To again quote
Campanella, they. the people "givs
themseleys death and wars, for
peace doled out by kings from their
own store We nowadays have nc
kings" in the sense used by the
poet-no, our kings" have far
more power, in many ways.
To one conversant with the de-
veiopment of society, its slow pro-
gress, there is nothing to feel dis
couraged about in the contemplation
o. the modern wage slaves subser-
Went attitude to such mediocrity
in leadership as they ignorantly
select Slowly the beast Is beins
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aroused however, prodded by the
gosd of the "autocrat" in official
livery, and while those of US who
hope to see it take the constitu-
tional route and choose its own
lawmakers and lawgivers, no sur
prise need be expressed If the an
archy of the present ruling class
gives birth to further anarchy.
Grave doubts are being now ex-
pressed by conservative writers.
sympathetic to the present capital
istic order OF society, as to the
ability of our so-called civiliza-
ton, to much longer continue. Some
OF us have no doubt at all Of its
collapse. especially If those who
have the vision and honesty to point
out the pitfalls, are sent to the
penitentiaries, while these syco-
plants are sent to the halls Of leg
islation and judicial positions. A
few Debs' at the limitation of
armament conference would be
worth a million OF the diplomats
and militarists we behold on the
march thereto.
]. WEBB RICHMAN,
District Sec'y. Socialist Party, Dis.
trlct OF Columbia.
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celved from Washington. Practi-
caiiy no money has been expended
upon them, even the plans are not
finished
Yet Great Britain, for this vir-
Iuous act. is apparently preparing
10 ask Us to stop construction on
a similar number of American
fshting craft which are well on
the way to completion. 1t is a
SLICK piece of canouf1age, and |
am surprised that the newspapers
haven't spotted it,"
Mr. Ferguson, who perhaps. in
thirty years of building battleships,
mas acquired as much information
on this subject in its Worldwide
neid as any man in this country
Is also strongly opposed to scrap
ping the newest ships of the United
staytes or stopping work on those
now nearly completed, while
America retains in service, under
some schemes for disarmament,
several older vessels.
It's folly" he said, "A man
doesn't throw away a new suit of
ciothes and keep an old one: he
doesn't move out of his house into
the woodshed."
On the question of the Limitation
OF size of fighting craft the ship
builder has also decided opinions.
~ you limit the size of capital
SHIPS, then you must limit the size
and effectiveness of their enemies" ("
ne says. TO protect ships of the
line against attack by destroyers
and aircraft they must be heavily
armored. You must have a heavy
ship.
Now. If you let a nation build
as many planes ana submarines as
1t pleases and increase the effec-
tiveness of them, and you do not
allow builders of, capital ships to
nuild them strong enough to resis st
their attack, why, the capital ships
Will be worthless and the nation
which owns the other kind of
fighters will have you by, the
LET us be frank and fair about
this Disarmament business" Mr..
Ferguson concluded, "but let us
make sure the other nations come
clean. too" He said England would
lay off about forty-seven men as q
result Of her order to suspend work
on the four cruisers, while the
United States would put $4,000
men out of work. The Newport
News Shipyard has built some of
the biggest ships in the American
navy, including the Pennsylvania.
Mississippi Maryland ekd West
virEinia.
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the United States Will be member, will result
from this conference. And since there is such an
association, ready to take over and continue the
conference negotiations, why undertake the impos-
sble in organizing another? Every other member
of the conference is member of the league, and
since this government but not this people. has
sworn it will never enter that league by the front
door, this conference may serve very nicely as
back door.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28
MASONS ORGANIZING
CHERRYDALE LODGE

CHERRYDtLE. Va. Nov. 27.-A
new Masonic lodge will be placed
in Cherrydale. with ceremonies in
cident to institution conducted by
Grand Master John F. Bottimore, Of
Virginia at Fireman's Hall nexl
Thursday evening.
This will make the fourth new
lodge in Cherrydale during the pres
ent year. including a Royal Arch
chapter. Chapter of the Eastern Star.
and a council Of Junior o. u. A M.
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Company, IN ulS-
cussing the fine
points of the bat
tleship West Vir-
Einia, launched
from the ways at
his shipbuilding
plant recently.
"Disarmam e n t
Is a fine thing.
but we should
watch our STEP"
he declared. The
+ o ur cruisers
En- gland will
scrap were not
ordered from the
shipyards until
after invitations
to attend the dis
armament confer
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Letters should be typewrittsn when
ever possible. Communications extremely
difficult to read will not be considered.
No communication signed with fictitious
nam % will be used.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28
WHO'S WHO AT
THE CONFERENCE

There are four principal dele
gates for Italy. The chairman IS
His EXcellency Carlo Schanzer.
several times minister Of justice
and finance. a native Of the former
Austrian city OF Trieste. He is NOT
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ties Of Chairman
Schanzer in the
Italian delegation
is Senator Vito
rio Rolsndi RicCI.
pre- : e mt Italian
Ambassador TO the
United States. who
has not previous
~ served in the
diplomatic serv-
ice. He is a man
Of business abil-
ity. with very
a diplomat and
has not served
Italy as a statCFJ
man. but he Is an
eminent author ity
on finance. Sec
.-v-HE.r Wh -nHnnaT-
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If San Francisco would only compensate
those who want to attend Fatty's trial the un-
employment among the women of that city
would be greatly reduced too.
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Continue Warship
Building-Fergus0n

England is giving nothing and
expects much" declared Homer
Ferguson, president of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
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In all probability lot of blondes who ac-
cept DR.. Stars dictum that their type never
be really beautiful, will go back to bru
netting. ....
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Holland is getting tired of the former
Kaiser. The All Lowest has at last succeeded
in making the whole world tired.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

Lloyd George says the Washington confer
ence is "a rainbow in the sky" It's rainbow
worth chasing.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

A North Carolina negro, 81 years old took
his first bath in the Raleigh Jail the other day.
We suppose the Wake County Jail authorities
will be investigated for cruelty to prisoners
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

Charles Hapsburger goes to Madeira, and
lot OF gumps are envying him for his wine
privileges. They do not know what an afflic-
ton sweet wine like Madeira is to a thirst
trained on Steinschiller and Hooks
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

Both Kentucky and Indiana claip Ser.
9geant Woodhfl, but this is a case where there is
Woodhll glory enough for all the States.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

.Ddy By Day
impressions:
hMC0eMsmty,e
A

NEW YORK, Nov. 81. A page
from the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Walked betimes, pretty well
at ease, my labors being finished to
my full content. Came a fellow to
tell me, with much inwardness, Of
his growing fondness for a cinema
lady. albeit he hath a wife, and I
gave MIN raking over. and he left
in a high pet.
To. the bootmaker's for slippers
OF shiny leather against my resolve
10 take up dancing again, and then
TO the Waldorf to see Sir Spencer
Penrose. who told me Of the beau
Ties OF Colorado Springs anw of his
great Inn, the Broadmoor. and in
vited me to visit there, which in
tend So to do.
by coach ITO H. Webster's, and
nnding him out frolicked with his
dog and tore hole in the carpet.
leaving with no word, and the poor
brute VIII be blamed, which is a
pity. Heard this day that r. Davis
mas returned to his late post with
Mr.. Munsey's magazine
Dlned alone and served by a
surly fellow with gouty fingers,
theh nome and read some poems by
smelly, very brave, and late with
my wife to a midnight show and
saw there F. Crowninshield, Vim
cent Astor. c. B. Dillingham;, Sailing
baruch' Jules Brulatour, Norman
Trevor and Marilyn Miller danced
with me. So home early in the
morning and to bed.
Those who live can-to-mouth
existence in the cheaper restau-
rants see a double silver lining in
the cloud. Last week an extra
cracker was added to the package
that is served with the bowl Of
milk.
The heart-breaking final re-
hearsal has it's poignant moments
OF pathos. 1t Is the zero hour for
many who have worked through
the long weeks of rehearsing with
out pay. The call-boy taps on the
dressing room door with a message.
The envelope carries a slip reading.
our act withdrawn tonight"
There is much hysteria. for nerves
are at the cracking point by this
time. Physicians are always on
hand at fnal rehearsals. The di-
rector must bear the brunt, al
though it is not always his fault.
The producer sometimes orders the
dismissal. At a rehearsal / attend
ed the other night two young girls
twin sisters-received their with
drawal notice at 2 a. m. They were
taken out of the theater in a dead
faint.
In the golden days when the
world was young the apex of my
musical taste was reached in Vic
tor Herbert's stirring March of
the Toys" 1t has been ever since
my favorite tune, and l thrill to 1t
like boy to the cry: Hold your
horses, here comes the elephants"
Herbert told me the other day that
re wrote this inspiring march on
the back of a theater program one
night while Babes in Toyland"
was in the hrst throes of creation.
He misplaced the program. and 1t
was not until a week later that the
refrain came back to him. This
march and Sousa's 'On to Victory"
another old favorite-were played
by military band the other day,
and l followed it from the Central
Park plaza to Madison Square. And
there the band halted to enter a
hall where a birth control meeting
was in progress. 1t seemed to me
almost a sacrilege.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-28
CheEc,uAd;
Notes
mdConmeW
Hl4am8
MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is. 1874.

Physics Club. Bureau of stanaarA.
this afternoon. 4:30 o'clock. -Thd
Temperature and Other condi1
tions Of the Free Air" by DR.. WI
J. Humphreys. OF the Weather
Bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FOREST SERVICE ENDANGERED.

One OF the great constructive achievements of President
Roosevelt is in danger serious attack the United
States Forest Service will be in the from Wash
ngton In the House the Curry Bill CHR 5964) in the Sem
ate the King Bill IS 2740) and the New Bill (S 23S2 pro-
vide for transferring the Forest Service whole part
from the Department of Agriculture the Department OF
the Interior Hearings have been held and will shortly be
continued
In the Department of Agriculture where they now,
the Forest Service and the National Forests safe and
well managed that Except for certain special nerests they
have the unanimous support of the Nation Their pur
pose grow and they belong naturally in the Depart
men which has to do with growing all including tree
crops from the SOIL Forestry part of agriculture and
is recognized the world around
The anterior Department is the real estate agent OF the
Government 1t the business real estate agent to
crops forest farm AS matter of fact when the
Interior Department had charge of the National Forests,
ago. they badly handled that President Roose
welt forced upon their transfer the Depart
ment of Agriculture The modern progress of forestry
America dates from that change
The Forest Service has little business with the Depart
ment of the Interior and what it has rapidly diminishing
1t has many business with the other Bureaus of
the Department of Agriculture and that business rapidly
increasing 1t is in constant and intimate cooperation with
every branch of the Department where it is now.
The Department of Agriculture has much forest work
twenty million woodos farms than in all the remain
ing public domain of which the Interior Department has
charge If the Forest Service transferred the Depart
of Agriculture would be compelled build up similar
organization thus leading duplication in the Govern
ment service instead of less. e.=s=
Forestry is doing admirably where it is There is not
sound of kind for the proposed transfer It
neither good administration good business good poll
tics to undo Roosevelt's work fl
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
GREAT DOUBLE BILL
AT PALACE THEATER

For its Christmas program, the Pal
ace theater is presenting Sunday and
Monday one of the greatest double
bills ever shown in a film theater.
Thomas Meighan in "A Prince There
Was" and Harold Lloyd in "Never
Weaken" will be seen both days at
each performance.
"A Prince There Was" is character
lied by leading critics as 1.-The best
in all the Meighan roles, embraced in
one. The play is adapted from
George NJ. Cohan's famous play based
on the novel by Darragh Aldrich, EN-
ichanted Hearts" 1t is the story of
a rich young idler, who looked on life
fonly as hunting ground for pleas
ure, till a careless, kindly act for a
struggling girl made him her hero
and the man in him had to make good.
But go see it without further ex-
ploitation of the theme and plot.
Meighan is supported by Mildred
Harris, Charlotte (Peaches) Jackson,
Nigel Barrie, Guy Oliver, Sylvia
Ashton and others just as noted on the
screen.
Never Weaken" ran seven solid
weeks in Los Angeles before it was
taken off, and it is still playing in
New York. 1t is the best comedy pic
ture this best comedian has ever
made, Besides Lloyd there are NIL
'dred Davis, Roy Brooks, Mark Jones
and Charles Stevenson in the picture,
and Hal Roach and Sam Taylor wrote
the story.
The laughs that accompany the
showing of "Never Weaken" will be
energized with spine-tingling thrills,
for in this three-reel comedy Lloyd
performs some amazing stunts on the
iron skeleton of skyscraper in tn,
process Of construction.
Tonight and tomorrow the Palace
is presenting Tom Mix in The
Rough Diamond"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
ROAD DOPE FOR
XMAS MOTORIST

Road pickets and scouts of the Auto
Club of Southern California yester-
day made complete and authentic re-
ports to the Ell Centro office Of the
club regarding roads travelled by val
ley motorists in leaving or coming to
the valley. 1t is entirely possible to
motor to Los Angeles by the Sar
Diego, although some of the roads
may be blocked by continuing rains.
The Potrero route to San Diego is
considered the better, although the
Descanso road will be open today un-
less blocked by more rains. The Po-
trero road will be in good condition
by today, it was reported, and will un-
doubtedly be passable in case of rain.
The Salton Sea road was damaged
by the floods and is impossible to all
classes of cars. 1t will have to be
cleared and repairs made, which will
be done as soon as the water subsidies.
Between San Diego and Los An
geles passenger cars are allowed to
travel, using a temporary bridge al
Torrey Pines, but trucks are forbidden
to cross the bridge. The Coyote Wells
road is all right, although some sane
was washed onto the pavement al
SDOtS
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
WAS BIG SUCCESS

AS such things go, the presentation
of the farce "Signor Pecan," by the
members of the Junior Glass of the
Central Union High School, was a
very creditable affair. In making
comment on dramatic endeavors of the
youngsters, one must take into con-
sideration lack of experience and
training. But class plays by high
school students are not put on for the
edification of their seniors, and the
Youngsters play the characters for
which they are cast, each in his or her
own way, for the enjoyment of their
fellows and from this standpoint "Sig-
nor Pecan" was a splendid success.
Every one of the young actors and
actresses did extraordinarily well
from the viewpoint of juvenile eyes,
and if they were satisfied, who are
US older people to attempt to criti'
cize their efforts?
"Sgnor Pecan" was funny, just as
funny as the Cherry Sisters of two
decades ago were funny, and the
Cherry Sisters played to. crowded
houses in Chicago and on Broadway,
New York, for two seasons.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
COUNTY TEACHERS
CLOSE INSTITUTE

The county teachers instltTae is
holding it's closing session this after
noon at the Palace theatre, with an
interesting and entertaining porgram
of addresses, lectures, song and music
and exhibits Of class work.
Al the morning session which open
ed with community singing there was
an able address by Prof. Fred M.
Hunter, of Oakland, ana one by Prof.
Charles E. Rugh. There was music
and recitations from the county
schools. The afternoon was devoted
to the various graded schools.
President Jessup, Of the Iowa State
University, was billed for an address
at the afternoon session, but ne was
detained in Los Angeles, and unable
to come. For this reason banquet
which was to have been given him
at the Barbara Worth hotel tonight
by former Iowans, has been called off.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
GUN WE|LOER TO
DEFEND CHARGE
Continued from Page u

body lying on the sidewalk immediate
/ ly after the shooting.
Fred Kerns, manager of Vices
pool room, testified that on the day
previous to the shooting that Vie
came into the pool room in very
much agitated manner and told him
that he had seen Tolbert a short time
before and that Tolbert had threaten
ed to kill him, Vize. Vie had then
handed kerns an automatic pistol and
told him to put it away. That he want
ed it to defend himself with in case
Tolbert attacked him.
Attorney Brown made a strong plea
for bail in behalf of mis- client. The
attorney stated that there was no
argument as to the fact that there
had been a killing, but there were
no facts to show that there had been
a murder. and it was unbelievable
that a man who was an honorable
citizen had changed so as to become
murderer within that short time.
The prosecution cited the law and
stated that there could be no bail
fixd in the case of man charged
with murder in the first degree. JUS
tice Mayfield denied the motion for
bail and held the defendant to answer
and remanded him to the care of the
sheriff.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
BUSY TIME AHEAD
FOR SANTA CLAUSE
Continued from Page Onel

of the family have been disposed of in
generous numbers by every one of the
stores. Musical Instruments, disc ma
chimes, monographs Of all kinds and
variety, pictures, objects of virtu and
art of all kinds, silverware and ewelry,
clothing, wearing apparen of all kinds,
a feast and plethora of beautiful and
stylish and modern, have been on the
long, long lists of gifts for friends and
loved ones.
1t has been wonderholiday trade,
take it by and large, and every mer-
chant in the town has been busy, es-
pecially during this closing week of
the Christmas shopping, and proprie-
tors, managers, clerks and all the
other help in the stores and shops
have been kept going early and late
to satisfy the demands of Santa
Claus.
The big stores which are naturally
looked to for displays of beautiful
holiday gifts had rival this year in
the Holton Power Company. Over in
their main office in Sixth street, Man.
ager E. w. Judy has set up wonder
full Christmas tree, and it is decorated
with right up-to-the-minute bits of
fancy and colorful decorations that
all Christmas trees have, and then it
is loaded down with wealth of useful
and beautiful gifts that will make the
heart of any wife, sweetheart, sister
or mother go pitipat with joy.
These gifts arc electrical devices
and appliances, of course; but every
one of them makes such an appropri-
ate and useful gift that the wonder is
that all of us are not saying merry
Christmas" electrically. There is
every little electric appliance in the
world to make the home a convenient,
time saving and happy one. The big
tree is perched on top of an old-fash-
ioned fireplace, with an electrical
heater in place of the yuletide log; but
there are the same old-fashioned
candy and toy-filled stockings hang
ing from the mantelpiece that you'll
find in every home, and somewhere on
that tree you will find a happy sug-
gestion for your own home.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-12-23
SAFER RAILROADS

Railway accident figures for 1920, compiled by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, show how American rail
roads have wiped their DID, shameful record of slaughter
1t 10 years since the first serious reform effort
made and safety first became familiar motto In this
decade the number of passengers carried has increased A
per yet the actual number of passengers killed per
has dropped from 299 22S The percentage IA
taes therefore almost in half The record for en-
poyees shows similar progress.
Meanwhile fatalities railroad crossings have increased
greatly This points clearly to the automobile traffic the
disturbing factor Nothing but the frequency careless
ness of automobiles in crossing tracks has prevented the rail
roads from making alround Improvement
The comparison is inevitable Automobile traffic must
try just as hard to reform itself railroad traffic has done
1t should no longer be sad the disgrace of motorists that
a train. ~