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The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27
rHx YRA4ERMAL socyEr1Es

In the progress OF human society
The personal ties come before the
community movements. A man form
deep attachments toward his fam.
lily. before he goes out to push his
home town ahead. Friendship ia
ono OF the most primitive senti-
nienta The hunger Of mans soul
for intimate association with con.
genial personalities. goes to the root
Of his nature
Fraternal societies meet this need
and have existed froin the dawn of
social organization. Men get tired
o. the cold and heartless contacts Of
the business world. and seek some
closer personal tie
1t is not quite normal tor men to
settle down and spend all their
evenings in the home circle, no mat.
ter how deep these affections may
he. A wider fellowship gives varie-
ty aud brightens peoples wits. It
distributes good cheer. The man
who comes home irritated with the
thousand trictions Of work, is re-
Invented by meeting group Of con.
genial fellows at is lodge He re-
turns refreshed and ready for an.
other day Of effort.
The fraternai societies have per
formed a most useful economic ser
vice, III vaIious systems Of ir's-
art.e. and throu,,h exchange Of help
tul service In times OF trouble. The
knowledge that these bodies OF men
stand ready to help In emergencies
and give sympathy and substantial
aid, has had . wonderful sustaining
power in millions OF homes. It has
cheered the widow and eomforted
the fatherless aud ttded over money
difficulties that threatened the sta,
bility Of many sorrowinE house
holds.
In rituals that express noble sen.
tinlents of charity. religion and pat
riotism. these societies have heen .
powerful force working toward good
citizenship. They exercise . re-
straining influence. since men feel
that thsy must live up to the stan
daids Of these associations and
Lrove worthy OF the pledges that
they have taken upon themselves.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27
rwo srors

Ten dollars put into pretty shrub
berry will do more to beautify your
place, than 5000 devoted to costly
improvements executed without
txste.
Prominent among the unemploy.
ed who are having such q miser
able time in the cities. are lot Of
fellows who gave up good country
Jobs last spring and summer.
Many people who In private can
give 100 different reasons for knock.
ing their home town. will never
peep II asked to make suggestions
to q community conference.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27

1t Is good to note that President
Wilson, former President Taft and
President-elect Harding have all
agreed on the injustice and imprOp-
riety OF Henry FOrd's campaign
against the Jews. Swelled to Gran.
iel flatulency by his success in the
business world and undaunted by
the fact that lie made an interna-
tiOnal ass OF himself in the matter
N the famed peace expedition. Ford
assumes to advise the world OF i'm.
pending danger from the Jews
against whom he publishes weekly
Trades in his private newspaper.
We suspect an Interior motive. 1t
may be that he is trying to force
the pawnbrokers to loan more than
six bits on fliver-W Weld County
News.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27
THE COST OF POOH ROADS

The tax payers do not always
realize how much it is cisting them
to keep poor roads in shape 80 they
are just barely passable.
The money slips away In driblets
faster than people think. The same
amount would sometimes 70 long
way toward building hard roads.
In Vermilion county. Illinois, the
county laid out $l,726,406 on dirt
road repairs in 10 years. The people
of that county. realizing at last that
their dirt roads were poor economy
promoted bond issue to give them
1870 miles Of hard roads reaching all
over the county, and got it accept
ed by the voters.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27

II you want to nee firstelass
bout without paying admission Just
hang out a British flag in an Irish
neighborhood.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27
COUNTRY TOWN EssENr1.--s

The impression created by u
Town depends almost more on its
it:ee.s than anything else. You lnya
surround your center b, handsome
ly constructed and finely kent
buildings. But II the streets In that
-enter are allowed to wear down
and become full OF hollows, 80 that
visitors travelling by motor cars
are jounced up and down in miser-
able discomfort, they leave nothing
hut curses behind them. You may
sreet signs at every outlet saying.
Good by. come again. but they will
not soon visit place that lets its
"oads go down.
A poorly kept street in Holly may
not be principally due to our own
people. The constant stream Of
traffic from some distant point to
another distant point may be the
principal element creating wear and
tear. 1t is unjust to have to spend
money to repair defects caused by
travellers and tfucknen who live
long distance away. Yet our own
people may also help use up the
roads in other communities so all
must take some share in the work
OF construction.
Most country places need very
durable payements for the portions
OF their business center that take
the hardest wear Local officials
need the technical advice of the
highway authorities of the county
and state. They must be governed
largely by the experience of other
communities having similar condi-
tions, as to what type of paving
!s most economical considering soil
Is most accessibility and cost Of ma
terials.
And every town will have to fight
to get its fair share of state and
county funds. Any community
whose streets are worn out by long
distance travel, has Il right to look
to the eenters OF wealth, for help
in keeping up surfaces this destroy.
ed by strangers and visitors.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27

Flashing bank book instead OF
roll is now considered the correct
thing. A closed book doesn't dis.
close the smsllness Of ones wad
The Holly chieftain., 1921-01-27

Sal. Ssais a. on.sa..in sa.s
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
MAN MEETS SISTER
HEHADNOT KNOWN
Story of Couple United by
Detectives Reads Like
Tale of Fiction.

CHICAGO, Marcn 25.-HarryHarn-
mond. resident of Lake Bluff, Ill.
never knew he had a sister until
today and the sister. Lucille. four
years his senior. had thought for
thirty years her brother died in
childhood. Their finding OF eacn
other sounds like a page from a
book of fiction.
Twenty-nine years ago Harry
Hammond, or Harry Frazier, his
real name before adoption, was
placed in an orphans home at Dan
vile. Ill. His sister remained with
her father. her mother having died.
few weeks after Harry had been
placed in the asylum he was taken
out by a woman, but she failed to
adopt him and he was sent to the
Van Ardale Nursery near Chicago.
from which place he was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hammond, of
Waukegan. Soon thereafter the
Van Ardale Nursery was moved and
its name changed. This baked
search by the father Of the boy.
When Harry was %. his adopted
father died, but did not tell him the
secret of his birth. year ago IN
NSN anu ieit HeT estate 10
Harry and his sister, provided he
could be founl Today detectives
discovered him. There was a joy
Gus reunion at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Lucille Paxton, of this
city, who is married and has two
children. Mrs. Paxton has been
hostess to the jolly Tar Club in
waukegan frequently and probably
passed her brother mary times on
the street.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
LEGION PROTESTS
FAVOR FOR DEBS
Georgia Department Urges No
Clemency for Socialist
Leader.
BY Briss.

ATLANTA. Ga. March 25.-Pro-
testing against the liberty given
Eugene V. Debs. Socialist leader. in
allowing him to go to Washington,
where he interviewed Attorney Gem
eral Harry L. Daugherty. yesterday.
a message was sent today by Comdr.
A. l.. Henson, of the Georgia depart
ment of the American Legion, to w.
Galbraith, national president OF the
organization.
The message voices the protest of
the merican Legion in Georgia
against allowing Debs any liberty
or .clemency whatever. and asked
that the American Legion as a
whole make such a protest.
Dees returned to Atlanta at 1l:@O
o'clock. Warden Zerbst met him at
the station.
Debs declared that he enjoyed the
trip and appreciated the courtesies
he received.
Warden Zerbst grasped the former
Presidential candidate by the hand
and welcomed him back home
Carrying with him the papers in
the Debs case. Attorney General
Daugherty left last night for his
home in Columbus. Ohio. No action
is expected on the matter Of a par
don for the former Socialist candi-
date for President until next
week, at the earliest.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
MENACED !.
BYIDLE MILLION;
NUMBER GROWING
Government Is Spending
Huge Sums, But Solu-
tion Is Will-o'-Wisp.

LONDON. March Is. - According
10 hgures issued by the ministry of
labor, there are 1.143,3O0 registered
unemployed in Britain = and they
are still climbing.
The unemployed barometer has
taken several big jumps during the
isst Few months. AT the middle of
october the number of men and
women registered at the employ
ment exchanges was $50, 900; by
the middle of November IL was
$4,000; by the middle of December
oS2'0O0: by the middle of January.
$4,000, and now they are well over
the million mark.
Many More Not Registered.
These figures do not take into ac-
count the thousands of unempIoyed
VINO have not registered at the gov
ernment bureau. II these were in
ciuded. IT is estimated that the
number would be swelled to a mil
hon and a quarter. Nor are they
inclusive Of the people working on
systematic short time, estimated at
100000. The latter are chiefly made
made up of cotton operatives and
government employees at dockyards.
etc.
Optimistic oficiaIs Of the minis
try OF labor believe the peak has
been reached. but the labor mem
bers OF Parliament lean to the be-
lief that the situation will be de-
cidedly worse before the turn is
reached. Realizing this the gov
ernment Is graphing with the prob
lem with the primary object of
stemming the tide.
Look After Vets First.
So far, the government has been
chiefly concerned in efforts to absorb
tens OF thousands of former service
men into the industrial fabric by
propaganda and appeals to employ
ers. The unexpected avalanche of
unemployment Of all classes. how
ever. has made II imperative TO Gre
ate state-aided schemes These
were explained by the minister of
labor. Dr. Mcnamara
According to Dr. Mcnamara. al
least 10000 men have been found
employment on public works. The
expenditures authorized for these
schemes is practically 100000. 900
Donate Immense Fund.
In addition TO that, and in the di-
rection of mitigating hardship. an
amendment to the unemployment
insurance act has added 10000 to
the 100000 persons insured. A
further extension of the out-of-
work donation to former service
men has been granted. Involving an
additional expenditure Of So. 900. 900.
making in all, since the armistice,
S200. .000. 900 to former service men,
and $4,000, 900. out-of-work dona-
tion for civilians during the FIRST
year after the armistice.
One of the chief bones of conten-
tion between the government and
the trades unions is the persistent
refusal of the builders to permit
dilution of skilled labor by employ
ment of unskil.ed former service
service men. There is not an un-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
PETTY THIEVES
HAVE GOOD DAY

Automobiles. accessories. jeweIrv.
clothing and various other articles
were included in the loot taken bv
thieves in this city yesterday, ac-
corcing TO reports received at DO
lice headquarters. The total amount
OF the thefts reported yesterday ex-
ceeds $4,000.
Among the more valuable theftS
were Chevrolet auto. bearing Dis
trict license tag 3o-5s7. stolen from
a garage In the rear OF 3eOe r
street northwest. reported by John
Harmon. 1917 Thirty-fourth street:
Packard auto stolen from Four
teenth street and PenhsyIvanis ave-
nue.. reported by Percy B. ScanneII.
lsll l. street northwest: gold ring
set with two diamonds valued =,
$500, reported stolen from 1895
Meridian street. according to Mrs.
Bertha Amers
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
High Divorce Cost
In Illinois May Be
Aid to Misrnated

CHICAGO. March 25.-Persons
contemplating securing q divorce In
Illinois viii have to move quickly.
or discover that this luxury has
Joined everything yeise In the wild
aviation of prices. The Illinois bar
association proposed TO jump the
price from SIS to s135. plus per
diem CHARGES. and this may have
the effect Of holding together many
homes that could be shatered at a
cost of SIS, but cannot stand the
sl35 plus gan.
This. of course, is the minimum.
For wealthy people the charge will
be ''all the trafic will stand"
In addition TO the doubling Of
fees for serving In divorce cases.
the attorneys propose to double up
their charges for defending per-
sons charged with felonIes. The
retaining fee In these cases will be
s135. plus the per diem charges,
usually from $3.50 to s2so q day
during the actual trial.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
VERSATILE BARBER
WOULD Be MAYOR
Accomplishments Qualify Him
For Almost Any
Job.

AURORA, ILL.,, March 25.-If d.
versity of. vocation and avocation.
IL excellence in that which he has
attempted, mean anything in this
old world of, smiles and tears. then
Wilson A. Groshans. barber, checker
champion. eugenics expert. and mas
ter scientist, will be the next mayor
of Aurora
Four aspire to the executive Of
fice-the present mayor. Charles A.
Townsend: Col. Charles Greene,
commanding officer of the 129th In
fantry, Thirty-third Division; Fred
B. Streeter and Groshans.
Groshans hesitated to add politics
to his long list of Accomplishments
but upon the insistence of his
friends he announced his candidacy
and in a, statement entitled who
is this man Groshans and what has
he ever done?" he tells why Aurora
should name him mayor.
Briefly he admits he is:
One OF the worlds foremost ex-
ponents of the brain game, check
ers.
Discoverer of the cause of bald
ness. after failure OF the scientific
world in centuries of effort.
Publisher of a monograph on con-
verting non-laying hens into layers.
Writer of more original science
than any man in the State.
Lecturer in Chicago on heredity
and eugenics.
Expert on laws of stock breeding
and the fallacy and purpose of the
popular evolutionary, theory.
Profound student of nature. caus-
ing him to shrink from the rabble.
treason he is not well known).
Owner Of his own home: tax
payer; favors civic betterment: a
friend Of labor, though not an en-
emy to capital.
Although a barber. experiments
with cats dogs, pigeons. rats, chick
ems and canaries.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
PROFESSOR seen
AS SMALLEST MAN
Detroit Dean Says Schools
Take Money Under False
,-r.
Pretenses.

DETROIT. Mich, March 25.-Big
universities are taking money un-
der false pretenses" and "the uni
versity professor is the smallest
man on earth," charged Dean David
Mackenzie, of Detroit Junior Col
iege. a municipal institution. in an
address here.
a The university professor is an in
teilectual miser. not a teacher-he
y the smallest man on EARTH" stated
Dean Mackenzie. "Universfty classes
are 50 big and professors SO. indif-
ferent that there is no PERSONAL re-
lationship.
The university professor, has no
equal for pettiness. He is not a
teacher. He Is merely filling his
position In order to earn his living,
80 that he can go on accumuIating
knowledge. He has no human in
terest in his students. To him they
are automatons."
Dean Mackenzie scored big uni.
versities for branding wholesale
numbers Of students failures. Bril-.
hant minds. he declared. are. stamped
as unsuccessful because big uniyer-
sity professors give them no indi.
yfdual attention.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26

slab. the sealing to be done by
high dignitary of the church. not
yet named. An inscription. the
wording of which is being worked
out, will be placed on the marble
slab.
1t is doubted II in the decora-
tions or services IN the Cathedral
up to the time of the funeral any
recognition Of the death of the
Cardinal can be paid. Solemn rules
and customs which may not be vio-y
lated govern the conduct of all
church services between this time
and Saturday at noon. From that
time on the church enters upon a
sphere Of rejoicing. and as any
tribute of mourning on Easter Sun
day would conflict with this, It is
not thought that the death /of the
Cardinal will be recognized at this
time as It otherwise would have
teen.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
WANT CLEMENCEAU
AS FRENCH PREMIER

~ PARIS. March 25.-"Clemenceau
wrote the peace treaty: let him en-
force 1t"
This became the slogan In the
chamber of senate today when a
IArge number of parliamentarians
neaded by Andre Tardieu began a
Lrong movement 10 bring athe
xiser back to the premiership at
ne first opportunity.
He Is the only Frenchman living
who can handle Lloyd George" said
tardieu today to a friend. with
1emenceau as premier we will
nsve absolute proof that the treaty
~ Versailles can be enforced"
Ciemenceau maintained his cus-
tomary silence. only remarking with
= smile:
Il want to spend the remainder
Of my youth in peace"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
PROTECTION OF DYE
INDUSTRY URGED IN
OF TARIFF
Members of Sub-branch
OF House Committee
Consider Aid.

Members Of the subcommittee Of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee which Is working on the
chemical schedule of the tariff Law
are inclined to the opinion that some
protection Of the dye industry sup
Elemental to Increased rates Of duty
will be found desirable.
The subcommittee is considering
either Incorporating a licensing
provision in the measure or else i'm
posing some sort Of a limited en-
barge.
IneIssed Both Idess.
Representative Longworth. OF Ohio.
author OF the dye bin which was
passed by the House last year but
failed TO be acted upon in the SEN
ate. is head Of the subcommittee
which is handling the schedule. The
original Dongworth bill included
both Increased duties and a licens-
ing system In one of it's later stages
In the Senate the increased duties
were stricken out, leaving only the
licensing system. Opponents Of the
tsHNtDU 30 muGn
trouble that IL has been thought
possible that the permanent tariff
bill would provide for protection
only by increased duties. Repre-
sentative Longworth, however. still
feels that high rates Of duty may
not AFFORD complete protection in the
case Of this particular industry and
some sort of temporary govern
mental control OF imports of dyes
Is desirable while the domestic in
dustry is getting a foothold.
Many Uree Chsnges.
Representative Young. Of North
Dakota who has been authorized by
the Ways and Means Committee to
introduce the emergency tariff bill.
said today that he is being deluged
with requests 20 change Il. Some
want notifications Of items already
in the bill and others want additions
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
men OF FLORADORA
SEXTETTE TORALLY
May Solve Mystery of 'What
Becomes of. Chorus
Men,"

NEW YORK, March 25.-The male
members of the original FIoradora
sextette will hold a reunion here
next month.
The girls of that famous musical
comedy chorus have been in the
Hmelight so long-there were thou
sands. IL the claims of all are ac-
cepted-that their former partners
have decided to attract a little at
tention to themselves.
Nobody ever heard of a reunion of
chorus men before, so the sextettes
will have accomplished something
startling in theatrical circles by
merely getting together
We don't know yet just what
well do at the reunion, but what
ever it Is will be original" said
Scott Welsh. who is promoting the
event.
Unlike the girls members of the
original members of the original
sextette, who. apparently are as
numerous as the people who came
over in the Mayfiower, there are
only six Of us. So the reunion won't
be difficult to plan"
Besides Welsh, who is now play
Ing with Fred Stone in Tip Top, the
male members OF the original sex
tette were Thomas Herman, George
De Long. Edward Gore, Joseph Colt
and Louis Hooper. Welsh gave up
Job as reporter in Elmira, N. Y,
to join the sextette. He soon left
the show for a part in The Burgo-
master. being succeeded by James
kiernan, brother of Tom. The lat
ter is still playing in vaudeville in
this country and England. Hooper
Is producer of mdsical comedy.
Gore, son of May Robson, the
actress, Is in business in Salt Lake
city Colt is in the electrical sup
ply business in Wilmington, Del. De
Long. a banker in San Francisco.
Is believed to be the most wealthy
of the six.
Margaret Walker. was welsh.s
partner in Floradora. The othes
girls, he said. were Mary Wilson
Daisy Green, Agnes wayburn, Mar
1orie Ralyet. and Vaughn Texsmith
In promoting the reunion. which
will be the first time these men have
got together since 1891, Welsh homes
to satisfy a question that has in
trigped theatep-soers for years
What becomes Of chorus menY"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26

employed bricklayer in the country
and work could Immediately be
found for 100000 men. resulting in
employment being provided for
painters. plumbers, laborers, etc
In the face of these facts the 10000
former service men are forced to
remain idle.
strikes Cause Huge Loss.
The tendency here for some time
has been 10 regard every trade as
a close preserve and in a restricted
market to force up wages by means
Of strikes. Last year alone 2T.0oo.-
600 days OF work were lost owing to
strikes
The Labor party SO far has failed
to suggest a cure for Unemployment.
Leader Clynes of the party declares
il is up to the government to devise
means for maintenance of work.
and that some steps should be taken
to restore International trade.
Whatever the causes the present
crisis is causing widespread misery
in the country. and the out-of-work
donations and other government
doles are generally looked upon as
being merely palliatives.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
State Monopoly Meant
Higher Coffee Prices

ROME. March 25.-Italy's govern
ment monopoly of coffee. one of the
extreme measures adopted during
the war for increasing state reve-
nues, will in all probability soon be
abolished.
At the urgent request of the Na>
tional Association of Italian Cham
bers of Commerce, the ministers OF
finances and of commerce have
taken up a project restoring free
dom Of commerce in coffee.
In order that the state revenues
may not be diminished by the
change the project provides for a
regular import tax on coffee, but the
state will be relieved of the present
difficult and artificial task OF trying
to control the coffee commerce and
market
The monopoly on coffee. which is
similar to the state monopolies ex-
isting in Italy for years on tobacco,
salt and quinine, was put into effect
at the same time as was the mo-
nopoly on electric light bulbs. Since
the inauguration Of the state con-
troll OF coffee in Italy the price OF
the latter had increased from be-
tween four and FIVE times.