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The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
Calls North Prejudiced.

To the Editor, The Washington heraio'
have been greatly interested IN
some of the several letters appear
ing in The Herald's Open Court.
Mr.. II. f. Barnett in his letter
Of the 18th wants the South TO seno
to the seat Of Government those VINO
understand her best traditions, and
refers tn the threatened face slap
ping" incident as an example OF the
fact that the best traditions Of the
South are not upheld by her repre-
sentatives at the seat OF government
have been north Of the Mason
Dixon line for quite awhile ana
Rave found a woeful degree OF ignor-
ance prevailing among vast major
ity Of Northern people upon any sub
ject conserving the South and its
people. Why is this? Is the his
tory Of that section not fairly taught
in northern schools? Has the old
falsehood of injustice to the negro
in the South really found lodgment
in an intelligent northern mind? Do
some of our northern brethren really
wish to see the old reconstruction
DAYS of the south revived? Then let's
persevere in our agitation and con-
tinue to tell the Southern people how
to run their affairs, how to punish
criminals and what kind of represen-
tatives to send to Washington. The
members of the Senate from South
ern States well represent their tradi-
tons and while I for one, do not
admire an undue exposurs Of temper
on any public occasion. are thsrS not
two sides to this face siapping' In
cident?
The CONGRESSMAN referred to by
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
TO IRELAND.

Lift your bowed head in joy. free
sovereign state,
Unclaimed. unfettered. ireland thou
art free
Free as the waves of thy own Gaze
lie Sea,
Exalted and elate. thou'lt stand
In thy old majesty on our white
shore
Calling My children. come We home
again:
The holy Joy of freedom without
stain,
Won through puissant pain.
Ii ours. and ye are born anew free
men"
Gomez Gaze through happy tears At
the wide ports
Now all thine own,
Where fleets OF merchants vexsel.
Soon viii come billowing home
To fishing cove and shore.
To hearthstone FIRE. ami busy
towns gay roar
Home to your warm sweet
Our birthrirhts ancient rest
Your Celtic children all are turning
home again.
In body some. in heart. and mind.
and brain.
So ,. near we. we Sc. tn. 'hinins Sc.
So near we touch tns shamrock in
thy hand
Fer We are homo in seul-ser
space. nor sea
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

" / HE IDEA is growing that child should not
work until he is I6 years old If he never
works until then he never will learn to work at
all"
In these words Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, expressed a hard-boiled philosophy that
will gain more or less favor among old-fashoned
Americans and good deal of dsfavor among the
new-fsshioned. He was speaking of the child labor
employed by Cuban sugar planters.
The whole question of child labor, as the
Senator evidently believes, lies under a heap of
misunderstanding. From the days when Mrs
Brownings imprisoned lyrics woke the conscience
American legislation has been passed to protect
children, child labor has been subject on which
much sentimentality has been wasted.
The child deserves of society an opportunity
for schooling. 1t deserves living conditions under
which good health be preserved. 1t deserves
some time, and not too much, for play.
Any efforts to protect children from work.
evil rather than good There is truth indeed in
the North Dakota Senator's assertion that the
child who does not learn to work before il is
Io never will work at all Work in humans is an
acquired and not natural tendency Poor Father
Adam must have been the most disconsoIate man
who ever lived, when, evidently in middle life to
judge from the pictures of him, he was obliged to
quit the lollng Of Eden and shed the sweat of
his brow to obtain fig leaves for garments
and figs for the kitchen.
That all child labor is evil meets certain denial
in the history of Americas great men. There is
a good deal of agitation to change the facts of
history nowadays. Some advanced thinkers want
to throw down the old idols who have filed so
many pages of history books. But we are
not at all convinced that the propaganda which
filled our American history text book at the four
schoolhouse was entirely unfortunate
Among the facts that this propaganda impressed
minds that most of the and women
who made their mark in the world got their start
by rising before daybreak winter mornings
breaking the ice from the wash bowl, cleaning up
the stables, and then tramping five miles to
school.
We are not at all convinced yet that the
farmers on the school board were nsidious agents
seeking protect their interests. True enough
they worked the boys and girls hard. And most of
them thankful today.
Work Cuban plantation, with plenty of
free air and sunshine, may not be so hard on the
Cuban children after all. They will be better men
and women for it, maybe. OF course when child
labor becomes question of long hours in dusty
factory there is argument 1t can spell only
evil for the future of the race.
But there is a difference. And Senator Nc
Cumber, who appears to be an apostle of hard
work. evidently appreciates the difference.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

your correspondent is a man who Is
trying to expose terrible and dis
graceful wrong and cruelties prac-
tieed by repuisive class of army
ofhcers during the war Should the
General Star be allowed to intimi-
date, harrass and bulIdoze this man
either by words. actions or looks? II
the writer has never seen an insult
hurled by a look. he certainly has
failed to have dealings with a certain
class Of people. This writer was q
Captain in the army and he as well
as many others, knows the type OF
oficer who practiced these cruelties
on helpless conscripted soldiers and
this writer thinks that IL Is the duty
of every oppressed ex-soldier who
knows OF these cruelties land there
are thousands) to help this fear
less and sincere man to bring them 10
the attention of the country
Let's have done with Northern
hatred and prsjudice against the good
people OF tie South. Let's allow them
TO run their own affairs. They have
succeeded admirably so far.
J. Z. GOODWIN.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

lumba belongs to- the nation and not merely to
the property owners here. He said any city would
welcome the chance to have the government take
charge of its affairs because Of the great financial
benefit.
But we want VOTE the suffrage advocates
elamored "We arc not Hottcntots Although we
measure up to higher general standard Of
patriotism, intelligence and wealth than any other
community of like size in the United States we
are denied the privilege of sharing in own
government. Surely the Constitution did not i'm
tend this"
The Jones bill would amend the Constitution
so as to authorize Congress to cnfranchisc the
voters of the National Capital The Capper bill
would provide elections for representation in
Congress and Board of Education. District Com
missioners and Utilities Commission, while the
Poindexter bill would provide an election for a
delegate in the House of Representatives. Some
of the speakers at the hearings which are to be
concluded shortly after the holidays. favored the
Constitutional amendment ultimately providing
Statehood, while others favored any step toward
ultimate sefgovernment that Congress felt generous
enough to take. The prospect that suffrage bill
will be favoraby reported and passed before the
present session is seems much brighter be-
cause of the lack of opposition and the pressure
that is being brought to bear by business and
citizens generally.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

country in November. 1918. to take
command of a division Al Camp
Pike after more than a years serv-
ice overseas.
General Bundy was born in New
Castle, Ind. in 1861. He was -rad-
uated from the United States Mill
tary Academy in 1883 and was A.
signed TO the Twelfth Infantry. HI.
first campaign was agRint the Sioux
Indians in South Dakota in 1905.
He remained on frontier duty untG
the outbreak of the spanish Anne
lean war In 1898. AS captain. he
took an active part in the battle Of
FL Csney and in the siege OF santa
go.
Since the Spanish american war
General Bundy has served In the
Philippines and on the MeN car
border. advancing by promotion u"-
I'll at the outbreak OF the war VITA
Germany he was serving as PERISH
ing's sdjutant general. with the
rank Of colonel His frontier Ok
perience and service in the Philip
Pines won for him the rank of brig
adler general when the formation
of the A. L. r took place. On bes
ing assigned TO command the Seq
ond Division he took IL TO the front
in the Troycn and Toulson sectors
Of the st. Mihiei salient.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Blanton, "Gompers forced through
with strike threat. His next move
was to demand a bonus for all gov
eminent employees receiving less
than $4,000 a year. This went over,
but the Boland amendment requir-
ing an eight-hour, instead Of a
seven-hour day, was vetoed by
President Wilson, again faced with
q strike.
. Then there was the bill growing
out of General Crowder's Work or
Fight slogan. Gompers defeated
this, and $4,000 1S-year-old boys
were drafted into the service.
"Gompers backed the Big Four
brotherhoods in forcing William
McAdoo, then director general Of
railroads, to give railway employees
an annual wage increase of $751;
900, 900. Walker D. Hines. succeed
ing McAdoo, was coerced into
authorizing a further increase of
$4,000. 600, and other awards
brought the total to $1,000. ooo, 900.
"And all this before the United
states Railroad Labor Board was
created Then while the board was
considering a demand for a further
increase, the Big Four. supported
by Samuel Gompers. issued another
strike threat. And 1t brought q
$500. o0o. 600 wage award from the
board. II 10 only this lAst-and
half OF that-which has been can
celled by recent wage reductions OF
railway employees"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

try" They forget the voice Of an
entire people who shouted: Taxa
ton without representation is tyr
amy
With corporations sending their
emissaries to buy their tailor-msde
laws II Is well to know what
corporation stands for in the eyes
Of the law. Lord Coke says: Cor
porations cannot commit trespass
nor be outlawed, nor e0communi-
Gated. for they have no souls" The
most brilliant OF all lawyers sell
their service to corporations simply
to instruct them how to avoid the
spirit and meaning of the law. All
students and lawyers hope some
day to become brilliant enough to
enter the service of one of these
corporations. They cannot become
otherwise than as the spirit OF the
things they represent. they too have
no souls. with the making ana IN
depreciation of the laws left 10 the
guidance of these men vox populi
does not and cannot enter into their
mental acrobatics.
In olden times they shouted:
The king can do no wrong" But
history shows that the game as
now played has the joker and
deuces running wild in the pack
and are just as valuable as the
aces. 1t is not so easy to stack the
cards now. kings are at a heavy dis
count. 1t would be well for some
of these lawyers and Judges not to
stand pat on their han too long.
some doubling Thomas may call
for showdown.
Sarah Bernhardt playing the
part of a mortslly wounded
soldier. his condition brought
about by conditions over which
he had no control ana no voice
in the making of. raises himself in
the arms of nurse and in his last
dying efforts raises his hands and
his voice to heaven and Easps:
Forgive them not oh God, Tor
they know what they are DOING.
Have Care Donald Dare. that
harmless, feeble. decrepit old John
vox Populi does not rise M in his
righteous indignation and murmur-
ing this terrible paraparase give
YOU a kick on your legislative shin
that will make your funny bone
ache for a couple Of hundred years
II space permitted I would cite a
few cases and give the records OF
them for some of these eNplalners
to explain. going back ten years,
before the war in order that IL
might not be blamed for them.
HENRY HARRISON
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
Referendum on the Treaty.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The Constitution OF the United
States provides for a government
by the people The people have re-
Gently elected President. whose per-
son and ONCE I, therefore, deeply re =
spect They elected him in the be-
lief that he had pledged himself 10
keep America free IRON all foreign
alliances and enteaglements. The
treaty with England, Japan and
France seems to many persons 10
break this contract: to be a viola
ton OF the understanding upon which
President Harding was elec,cs. Ncv-
ertheless, the treaty, will probably
pass the Senate. for reasons which
are sufficiently obvious.
The question therefore arises. DO
the people Of the United States want
this treaty. or are they opposed to
It! In common justice they should
be allowed to speak. propose that
the treaty should be put 10 the pop
ular vote. through the referendum.
BERTRAND sHADwELL.
Boston. Mass
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
GOMPERS NATIONAL
MENACE-BLANTON

Thomas l.. Blanton. Representative
from Texas. enlivened the annual
banquet Of the Illinois Manufacturers
Association in Chicago the other
night with spirited attack on Sam
uel Gompers. president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
Representative Blanton. who at
tracted national attention la1e in Oc-
tober. when he narrowly avoided ex-
pulsion from the House in connec-
ton with Objectionable matter
printed in the Congressional Rec
ord. charged that the labor leader.
through legislative domination. is
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
Outlook for Vote Seems Brighter.

TEW members of Congress are inclined to
i seriously oppose the universal demand of
Washington citizens for suffrage. Among hundreds
who have swarmed to the Capitol pleading before
the Senate District Committee for equality with
other taxpayers of the nation there has been only
one vigorous demurrer-a gentleman who said he
represented the unorganized opposition His plea
was the effect that politics create disturbing
influences and corruption that the fight for suffrage
IS propaganda in behalf OF several individual self
seekers and that the District has been farng very
well at the hands of the Federal government
Decentralization \of the public school system
has been pointed to by prosuffragists as one evil,
dence OF the Districts need of change from the
system by which the people here must depend
Upon moods or whims OF Congress.
Senators Jones. Pondexter and Capper who
introduced the three suffrage bills which have been
under consideration, virtually committed to
support some form OF suffrage while Senator Ball.
Chairman OF the conmittce, makes it plain that
he is open to conviction. He wants to be con-
y'noed that change will benefit the people Rather
nsrpiy ne toll the delegations attending the hear-
mgs several weeks that the District OF Co
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

- '~<i
Wasesngsea sscsety 81 B~ssseers.
Cosmos Ciuo. TONIGHT e:ib o'clock.
annual meeune Elecnon OF on
GERS TOT we year 1877. Il o. Arm
strohs. OF tne bureau OF CONNER
cAi Dco"o'"'ss. VIII scoress the
Lure OF the
'e'en 'no'oh pictures
srrrxrxox
nrrr 49, srp.oT.
FERROUS eonoiuoh says DR.. q
W. Stratton. director of the Bureau
NJ standard, Of the pep,rtn.,, :,
The fenoamentAi frooole IN the
bureau says T. Leeeer Jones. d.
rector OF the u . Coast and Geo.
oetc survey OF the department OF
commerce.
They say tnis IN ther annual re-
ports JUST issued ano they are talk
ing ABOUT the salaries psio the en-
proves OF tneH puress.
serious cohoItion menuoneo In
~ te IepOe VI inns bu-
s,e n'nout ei-
e be'Neen
ene saaes pau soie n''he ahd tech-
hieai eApe IN ehe government
service ano men ensseeo W similar
~orh TOT inooetri concerns and
eouc~'ionsI ins'i'o.lohs' says d.
rector sus.eon- rms Is real
menace 20 ehe research Nork OF the
government which IN time VIII be
felt by every INDUSTRY and individ-
ual throughout the Country
The men IN the more RESPONSE
hie POSITIONS are among the most
Nsiuabie IN the governments eri-
ploy. ana many nave voluntarily re-
NAMED IN the service from sense
OF patriotic DUTY and AZ large fnan-
cisl sacrifices. On the other hand
a large number have been forced -
accept positions With private rur-
porations schools. and colleges. 49,
though in doing so they real Pc go
the. opportunities for research 81
be far less than in a national irrt1-
tuition"
There should be no need Tor ..- ..
sacrifices. The rovernmcu. ,.--
ford 70 nav and should D.. e. o.
merits a salary on a plane vii, &C.,
which they can car, q, nrI,-,,. -...-
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The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

tnrottllng I n 9
government.
The Representa-
tive cited Comp
ers' war record in
support of his
charge and re-
ferred particular
ly to the labor
chiefs = activities
in disputes in
volving the Big
F ur railway
brotherhoods and
the government.
First, take the
Adamson law, an
atrocious piece
OF legislation"
rofl
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

dou btlCss OF
prove the ap-
pointment
Major General
Bundy vas the
first commander
OF the Second d
vision. L. : A.
my. leading u
from the tine o.
first went to the
front in March
1918. through
the c hat ga u
Thierry offensive,
when he left the
division TO take
command Of an
army corps lie
returned L this
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
The New Ode to Irish Freedom

To the Editor, The Washington. Herald:
Apropos Of the treaty now pend
ing In Dublin; also as an echo OF
the excellent position taken by
Rosa F. Downing in his letter of
December IL, appearing In the Open
Court please ind inclosed the verse
to Ireland
NJ n
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views on Current Events

communicatiens vfn ast - rsturnsl
snisss specific request fer sseA rsesa
Il made and stamps saslsssl.
Lsttsrs should - tyDsvrittsn vhea-
ever possible. cemmunioatisas extremsly
difficult 10 read viii nex b considered.
No eemmsnicstasns dad With Aetitisss
names viii be used
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

President Harding has nominated
Mai. Gen. omar Bundy, the com
ina ndinE officer OF the Americans
at the battle OF Chateau ThieTy,
TO be a major general in the reg
ular army. T-hs senate VIII
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

London reports that 1926 is to be filled
with bad news for everyone-and our mort
gage becomes due in that year. too!
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

An international academy OF beauty where
beauty is to be made science is to be estab-
ished in London. 1t has already been made
art.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Isn't it strange that these women who 60
about killing men because of psychic obsessions
and other mental arrangements, are usually
sane enough to make money writing all about
it for the sensational papers?
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Several cases of escapes of boys from
training schools have been reported. They must
be trying to dodge the coming Christmas pud-
ding
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Now we know why Will Hays had to go
away for rest. He got tired out writing
those snappy suggestions for mailing early
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

lady friend does not understand how it
is possible. with slavery long since abolished to
sell ball player. We wouldn't mind being a
slave worth about $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

The steamer Panama, in rammng one of
the United States destroyers, was apparently
endeavoring to help along the disarmament
plans.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

So Carpenter is to be made an officer of
the O. P F. He has been through all the
chairs of the B. X. O.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

New Orleans undertaken advertises as his
motto: The Golden Rule" Not 4 gold
digger. we hope.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Chicago banking concern advertises
forthcoming product to be known as Eskimo
Pie" Plenty of frosting, of course
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
TIGER CUBS SEPARATED
FROM THEIR MAMMA.

The Siberian tiger cubs - TIE
Zoo are getting big. They are nuH
four months old and they have been
separated from their mother They
now dine on liver and hamburg
steak instead OF mothers milk. ana
they are growing rapidly. A. zen
attraction TO visitors th', still
claim first place.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Fossil remains found in A-Eeu-
tine petroleum deposits support the
theory that the oil is Ct animal orr
gin.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Sulphuric acd is SO important Boo
the Industries as to justify the SAY
ing that the extent OF nation
civilization can be measured boy th-
amount OF sulphuric acid 81 manu-
features.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

Directors Strattsn and
Jones Warn Congress
OF Menace.

WEDNESDAY. DDCEMBER II. 1871
Washsngtss Society Of Esss.eers,
Cosmos Club. tonight Sis O'Clock.
Annual meeting Election Of on
GERS for the year 1912. L o. Arm
strong. OF the Bureau Of CONNER
ciai Economics. will address the
society on The Lure Of the
North" with motion pictures.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21
The Public Schools and the Vote.

. EEPING the public schools out OF politics is a
n theory so basicaly sound that the'most
The Washington herald., 1921-12-21

SS1NHE idea is growing that child should no
L work until he is I6 years old If he neve
works until then he never will learn to work a
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-02-17

of pretty, ain't she?"
"She would he If she didn't cry so
much" responded Doctor Paul.
This gave Tony the opening she
wanted.
"Her boys awful sick, so she saws"
she broke out, chats why she cries.
II he don't go away. he'll die. mebbe."
The lovely gray eyes grew darker
MS they searched his. and Doctor Paul
leaned over and looked keenly at her.
Ibid Cousin Sarah ask you to come
TO me, little glrl?" he questioned in d
kindly Tone
TOnnibel nodded.
"Sie says Doctor John don't like
her boy, and mebbc you'd help her."
said the girl, bushing.
The man considered the red face
moment
"Would it please you to have ME
help her and him?" he then queried.
Il should think you'd be the last per-
son to ask that My brother told me
she's always very unkind, to YOU"
"She don't know any BETTER" re-
piled Tony. "She's never learned
what lovin' awful hard means, And
mebbe she's so worried over her boy
she's got to be horrid to some one"
Paul Pendlehaven laughed, then he
grew grave. perhaps that's it. Now
do you think you could find my cousin
and bring her here?"
TOnnibel looked at him dOubtfully.
"She might make you nervous" she
said obviously.
II don't think So" replied the doc
tor, smiling. "l'm so much better. We
won't speak of this to John, and I
won't get nervous" He made the
last promise because the girls face
was troubled and anxious.
Tonnibel nodded and hurried out.
She knew which room Mrs. Curtis oc-
cupied and sought the other wing of
the house. When she knocked at the
door, woman's voice called low:
"Come int"
Tony stepped inside and, turning,
shut the door before she took sur
vey Of the room. When she did, she
almost tainted. Reggie Brown, the
awful man she had known in the
canalboat days, the man who had
dropped the poison into Paul Pendle-
haven's medicine, was seated very
near Mrs. Curtis, and Katherine was
by the window, wearing very bored
expression.
An exclamation came from each
one of the three as the girl faced
them. looking us if she were ready to
collapse.
you didn't get the money then,
GIRL" demanded Mrs. Curtis, sharply.
'Reggie dear, didn't tell you last
night, but your Cousin John refused
me when 1 asked him for help. and
had to reach Paul through"
Tony's eyes were on Reginald, who
was croucling lower in his chair. Her
! forward, staggering step broke off the
speakers explanation.
| "You want the money for him?" she