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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01

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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01

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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01

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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01

.StIssselAtAtl nAs StAls.. by satsste Ais',
ierrs, IN the quaint. deicrtei aud
Gf'en vctimtrd srd i sil'u$iored
sa.gErs r0r urw tinsu~s "ut at~u Try
rewards trem the chamber ot cor,
merrr Ter fnvrttottous results. ihe~"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01

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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1921-04-01
Give Valuable Aid in Campaign
10 Americanize New York's~
East Side immigrants.
SEEK CORRECTION OF EVILS
Harry n. sehlsct. hsad OF the Cor,
mission on Immigration AID. Has
Unique Plan 10 Protect New.
Corners Aoainst Exploitation.

New York - The seriptUral dlctum
that a little child shall lead them
IS being applied l0,o,p fold In Amer
!,-si,,ss;inn OF New iork's east side
immigrants
It's practical demonstration was de-
arlled hs Harry h Sghlsct. head Of
,iiv- rs't't,nls-t4,n ea Its4sslgesnt aid al
Fills island. who has conceived a
unique plan 10 protect nc"t"iners
grum exploitation by their unscrupn'
louS predecessors and radicals
Through IA. downtown chamber OF
,',.s,,sssslHs, aseiAAership NJ lshlehs y
United 10 torvtsn'horn merchants.
bankers anal other business men who
have gulued wealth in this coonlry.
Nv srnlart haS Developed the lJea
If placing zach Immigrant family -~-
frr,h FROM the ,,rwilIetm"nt - e4h.
ctal frl 'ap. aud Tho fantastic New
Natk. .AS,.Ge "a lie cp>redy ~ mn
American or Americantsed, school
sly Ten thousand of such girls
are spending their evenings ana SPAR"
bouts lnfusing their charges With
American IDEAS and the Idments ~
.les 'ys,4fsh ;st.Y..stsY,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
MICE TELL HOW DISEASE
EPIDEMICS SPREAD.

Mice living in miniature model
villages in rooms Of the Rockefeller
Institute in New York are teaching
medical scientists how epidemics Of
disease are spread, and how they run
their course. DIR. Simon Flexner
told the National Academy OF Sci
ences yesterday afternoon that the
facts learned from the mice that are
infected with mouse-typhoid fever
can be applied and used to control
epidemics that attack human beings.
Not only mice. but rabbits that suffer
with a disease called -sniffles- are
used in the tests. II has been found
that IL an epidemic starts and IL
not disturbed. Il will reach . maxi
mum and then subside. But 10 new
mice are introduced into the in
fected communities when the disease
is waning. the latest lot will have
a maximum death rate about .
month later. and at this time some
Of the original lot that escaped the
first epidemic will die. These events
have helped in the study Of the i'm
munity to typhoid which is pro-
duced by incubation by the intro
duction OF killed cultures.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27

trained could do and do bettef Il less total cost
Only politics gives jobs to more persons than are
needed. at higher cost than is necessary.
1t is rather harder to realize that it. also is not
economy to pay . less salary than the work done
is fairly worth. 1t is not economy to build up q
force of efficient loyal employees and then lose most
OF them because they are underpaid Labor turn.
over, which means labor replacement, is every
where recognized as overhead burden and 1t
results from paying employees less than the work
is actually worth. \.
These simple facts of economy are just as
true OF the use Of money, and all values. Saving
money may be waste of values, through deterio-
ration compelling much larger depreciation cost.
1t is cheaper to up-keep property than rebuild
1t. 1t is just true that It is national waste to
save money rather than invest it in useful values.
1t is mighty expensive to stop, or refuse to au-
thorze enterprises and needed projects and there
by create idieness.
This is the absolute waste of human effort.
Statisticans are fond of figuring the value in
money of human lives. This value is IN average
production. If, in the name of economy, the
Federal, State and city governments refuse to tax
the able. to give employment to the idle, how much
human productive effort does this cost? What is
the loss every day to the United States through
the enforced dleness of 100000 persons who want
to work? Every dollar of tax used in their wages
would reappear IN permanent value which IN turn
would produce, or increase other production of
value. ...
After the civil war; when the. country was in
far greater stress than now, the Pacific railways
were built What was the result, but an expansion
of values and of production, bringing overflow
ing national treasury? This is again the time for
like wise investments for road building, waterways
expansion and the pushing of every project which
will employ labor in those forms OF production
which will increase other values and other forms of
production.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
BETTER THAN SCHOOL EXAMS.

Tests that give a better prophesy
OF the intelligence of a student than
is obtsinsble from inspection OF a
past school record or from an ex-
animation OF the traditional type,
were explained in a paper read at
the National Academy meeting by
Prof. E L. Thorndike, OF Colum-
bia University.
In discussing the application Of
mental tests to the Discrimination
OF higher grades Of intelligence.
Prof. Thorndike showed samples Of
psychological tests useful for ex-
animation OF students in colleges
and engineering schools, and minor
executives in business. He report
ed the results Of Investigations with
these tests at Columbia University
and elsewhere. In general, the cor
relation between score in an sde-
quate group of such tests and score
in academic work is about 50. This
is approximately siN-sevenths as
close a relation as obtains between
one random half of students
academic work. and the other ran
dom half Of IL.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
Observe moderation. In all, the fitting
season is best-Hesiod
II. Street Railways.

THE w. r. & E street car company has I3o
miles of track in the District. The c. T.
Co. has sixty miles of track IN the Dis
triei Their fare are practically the
same That in nutshell tells the whole story. 1t
tells why could operate at a scent fare with
fair profit; why it has always paid per cent dvi-
dend, and why the other cannot maintain good serv-
ice and pay like dividend at cents, or at prob
ably any other fare.
The Capital Traction is the much more ex-
pensive system to build. operate and maintain as it
is all underground trolley. Much of the W. R. &
E. is overhead trolley. Consequently there is but
S2ooo,ooo difference in their fair valuation,
though one has twice the trackage though
allowance must be made for the Capital Traction
owing its own power plant, which the w. R. &
Z. does not
But the evident fact is that one is good invest
ment and the other is bad investment. For the
interest OF the District and its people, this is the one
TACT which is pre-eminent in any merger plan 1t is
the one element that must always be taken into ac-
count if merger is to bring lower fares and that is
the one and only interest the people have in merger
They are not interested in having merger make a
good investment of a bad at their expense.
They are only interested to prevent this
1t is the people whom Congress represents, and
not the street railway companies 1t is the peoples
interests with which Congress should have its chief
concern and not those of the companies 1t was for
the benefit of the people and not Of real estate
spectators, that Congress is supposed to have
granted the franchises acquired by these companies
II a past Congress or Congresses made mistakes and
favored land spectators rather than the people it
is the obligation of this Congress to realize that
those times are not now, and to te-establish the
right balance and the right view.
Another phase OF the question will be given
tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27

NEW YORK, April 26.-An Italian
gangster. done 10 death on an East
Side street, whispered the name of
his assailant to the police on his
deathbed at the hospital ''Squeal-
ing'' is a ruthless defiance of the
gang code and the "squealer" is
invariably found pistoled or knitted
to death afterwards. The law Of
gangdom is the law of the jungle
the strength of the wolf Is the pack
and the strength, Of the pack is the
wolf.
In this particular case the gang
ster learned that he hadn't a chance
from a medical standpoint to live
and, ,avenge his assailant. A sordid
story OF New York's underworld
a story that would be scoffed in fic-
tion-was revealed. The murderer
was the brother of beautiful
young girl who was used by the
slain man as his "gun moll." She
carried his guns to the scenes of
crime and after he had used them
he transferred them back and thus
foiled the police when they search
ed him.
For two years the girl protected
him as he sought his prey on the
boulevards. She moved in good cir
cles and was well educated, but sew
eral nights a week she sought the
compahsionship of trollops and
crooks. She was known in the
opium dens and cellar conclaves of
the underworld.
The police say that such an at
fraction Is not unusual. The flashy,
bold type OF American apache often
appeals to young girls Of gentle
birth and they plunge into the ex-
citement of the underworld, where
they are known as, ~silk sisters"
Eventually they fall afoul of the
police, but in most cases their es-
capades are unrevealed to the pub
lie. They are turned over TO their
amazed parents shern of zest for
high underworld adventure.
In the old days before Chinatown
became q side show for yap wagon
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The desire of law-abiding people
to curbe pistol toting by GRIM
inals in Washington to prevent
crime is a worthy one, but the radi-
cal propaganda of some well-mean-
ing but fanatical people appearing
in newspapers and eliminating in a
bill introduced in Congress to pro-
hibit the possession of any kind OF
firearms in the home, except by Civ
ing q heavy bond and satisfying
some arbitrary police official of hav-
ing a good character, is going too
far. as such a law, IL enacted. would
endanger the liberty and lives of
citizens. A $500 bond is an unrea-
sonable price for a poor man to give
in order to possess a firearm for the
defense of his home.
Law-abiding people generally
agree that carrying concealed
weapons should be prohibited by
law in the District and in the States.
This has been done. Most people
would even be willing for laws 10
restrict the sale of firearms to per-
sons who have no criminal records
and who are not insane or minors.
But to prohibit or impose unreason-
able restrictions upon the purchase
of firearms, and to impose unrea-
sonable restrictions upon the pos
session of firearms, is wrong and
contrary to public policy.
BY the possession of a pistol or a
rife in the house, citizen can pro-
tect his property and life against
intruding burglars and murderers.
Also, with a gun he can quickly be-
come a member of a posse of he can
act alone in capturing and arresting
a disturber of the peace or a GRIM
inal who has just committed a fell
ony.
Furthermore. the abolition or un-
reasonable restriction of firearms in
the home would pevent the pleasure
of going hunting in the mountains,
lakes. and forests. The fact that
the American soldiers in the world
war, notably Sergt. York had learn
ed to shoot well from hunting was
one Of the main contributing fac
tors in winning the war against
Germany.
A law prohibiting or limiting the
ownership and possession of fire.
arms in the home would not be OBJ
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
Shayed, Not Stolen.

7 OST-s464S666 placed in the Treasury of
l. the United States by the District Of Column
bs. The only person who had possible ac-
cess to this fund Uncle Sam, in whose custody
it placed. So complete the confidence in
his probity and honesty that no bond was re-
quired. The last accounting made by him of this
money was June 20 of last year,>at which time he
reported follows:
THE revenues derived from taxation and other
wise within the District of Columbia belong to the
United States to be used for purposes of local gov
ernment in said District. The account with the
District of Columbia is kept as personal account
between the United States and the District of Co.
lumbia and all revenues received shall be treated
payments account and credited to the Dis
trict such"
But Uncle Sam is now contending that since
he the District, this money is his. This
might have shadow of fairness, if in fact he did
the District But the real situation is that he
has such ownership He owns only those por-
tions to which he holds deeds. When he wants
any more, he has to pay for it. The value of his
holdings is around so per cent of the total.
He has the management of all the property, but
tbe ownership of only that half His contract is
as stated above, that all moneys collected taxes
belong to him as a trust to be received and ac-
counted for by him and used in the District for its
benefit. He further contracted at that time that
for every dollar contributed by the other prop
erty owners, he would add another dollar, and the
total should be expended for the benefit of the
District as whole.
The people of the District who, with the conf
dence of children in their parent handed over this
money to Uncle Sam, still believe in his honesty
and integrity. They believe he will use this money
he pledged himself in writing to it, and
that he will add like sum, he promised to do.
If he private individual he could be sued
and the total of over 100000 recovered for the
uses specified. If he ordinary banker, he
would have to pay quit business. But he rep
resents the honesty of the people of the United
States and they will hardly consent to be tagged as
exponents of frenzied finance.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
Open C6urt Letter to The HeralA,
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served and could not be enforced.
People regard the protection of
their lives and property as of more
Importance than the observance of
an obnoxious law. The police have
no legal authority to search a house
to see IL firearms are there without
search warrant issued on good
probable cause by a court judge.
The Constitution of the United
States prohibits unreasona BILE
searches and seizures amendment
INO One reason why the people of
the United States declared their in
dependence of Great Britain was
because their homes were subject to
search by arbitrary power. Are we
to go backward? Never!
Such a law, IL enacted. would be
Illegal and unconstitutional. In
Presser VS.. Illinois, 1l6 L. S. 252 the
court said that 'the anne dment
means that the right to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed by
Congress. The object of the clause
is for the perpetuation OF free gov
ernment, and il is based on the idea
that the people cannot be effectively
oppressed and enslaved who are not
first disarmed."
NVlu lhc en-
tire body of free citizens capable Of
bearing arms, irrespective of wheth-
er organized in formal companies.
This was the meaning OF the word
at the time the Constitution was
adopted, for there was little or no
regularly organized militia. The
Minute Men of the Revolution were
an example. Laws of Congress and
of the States also define militia sim
ilsrly.
Stimson in his book. State and
Federal Constitution" says the right
to bear arms was inherent in the
English people. This right is ex-
pressed in every constitutional doc
ument in American History as well
as in all State constitutions. No
State has q law prohibiting or limit
ing the possession OF firearms such
as is proposed now for the District
Of Columbia.
The act of Congress of July Is,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27

1892, Chapter 15s. prohibits the
carrying of dangerous weapons in
the District OF Columbis. except
to repair them or to carry them
home after purchasing. The law
licenses their sale and prohibits
their sale to minors To secretly
carry a weapon a permit is now
necessary. This law is more strin-
gent than many State laws. II il
is properly observed and enforced,
it should be sufficient. il IL is sup
plemented by a restriction on the
sale Of dangerous weapons to GRIM
inals and lunatics. IL firearms are
prohibited or unreasonably re-
stricted from the homes of the citi-
zens OF the District, Washington
will be q criminals Mecca and para
disc. and the work of the police will
be made much harder. Furthermore,
unless every State in the Union
can be induced to pass laws prohib-
iting or restricting the ownership
OF dangerous weapons. q local law
will be useless, for other cities are
near to get them in and the mail
OroeT houses can seno guns mere
More people are injured or killed
by automobiles through accident,
criminal csrelessness. and murder
Gus design than are injured or killed
by firearms in the hands of crimi-
nails. and yet nobody has yet advo-
Gated the abolition of automobiles
or even bonding the owners. Then
why should the use OF firearms any
more than automobiles be prohibited
or unnecessarily restricted when
the good derived from both far out
weighs the bady Congress, / am
sure, will have the good sense not
to pass the proposed firearms bill,
which is a dangerous weapon tend
ing to destroy life. liberty and hap
piness. and which would be q far
greater peril than the peril sought
to be overcome by its enactment
NJ. H. GRIFFIN.
Washington, April is.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
Have Removed the Penalty.

~HILDREN are no longer a hopeless liability
~ in the housing problem of the domestic af-
fairs of New York State. The legislature at its
last session passed law which Will remove from
all apartment houses and tenements the familiar
sign: Children Not Allowed" or more briefly:
mo Children" To refuse Ynta because of chill
dren in a family is now a misdemeanor.
There is natural American antagonism to the
psnalizing of parentage through refusal rent to
those who have children, or by making children an
excuse for excessive rents. But on the other hand
the American parent is largely to blame for this
condition Rental agents have found that children
are often allowed license which adds largely to
deterioration and so to repair bills. Beyond this
children without the out-of-doors in which to get
rid of their surplas of vocal and physical activity
are as bad as-though they could not be worse than
"a strident phonograph playing jazz as neighbor.
But for a that and a that, the New York law
is right and will be met with hearty commendaton
Here in Washington the 'Verboten" sign is not
in evidence Children admitted as freely as
the chiidless to all rented property and on the
whole no one seriously complains that they are
either nuisance, or great detriment to property.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
.Split-Second
Comments
On the News
By ROBERT CULLEN

A motor tourist complains that
It. requires great skill to dodge the
bill boards; even more, however, tC
dodge the board bills.
Germany boasted that the world
would soon forget atrocities. il she
won. And apparently 1t has. any
way.
Reparation: Noun, money paid by
loser who has wrecked the prem
ises. Synonyms: Conversation;
whines.
Our idea of a cynic is man who
looks at Congress and remarks that
In a melting pot the scum rises
to the top.
We have an uneasy feeling that
when Ford has polished of the He
brew he will concentrate his attack
on the home brew.
II that Is what he is waiting for,
we are glad to inform John Bull
that there really is no dignifed way
to drop a hot brick.
Just to keep the record straight
let us record the fact that the Cab
met contains one full beard, three
mustache sets. and three bald heads.
Truth and a hyphen crushed ito
earth will rise again.
A party may have wings but we
haven't noticed any on politicians
Europe's ship is helmless. says an
alarmist Also. fortunately. We
helmless.
One suspects at times that oil and
water will mix about as easily as
oil and diplomacy.
We don't drink" is good gram
mar in Chicago. But 1t Is a very
poor example of veracity.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-27
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tourists, many girls of excellent
reputation made their rendezvous
in the underground dens that hon.
eycombed that section. They start
ed merely in a spirit OF wild sd-
venture, but, unless they were
turned away in time. they became
cons6rts Of crooks and slaves to
drugs and became registered off,
cially as missing persons"
Five young me. holding steady
and responsible jobs, sat down to
dinner at Churchilrs a year ago. 1t
was suggested that on the exact
date a year hence they dine together
again and IL anyone happened to be
absent to send a letter or telegram.
The winds of chance scattered them.
The night for the dinner arrived.
Five messages were received from
the following points: South Africa,
London, Berlin, Vladivostok and the
Argentine. Not one had ever been
more than 500 miles away from
New York before.
Slowed away in a little Second
avenue pawnshop, among furs
pawned by hsggard women and
banjos dustily mute. is a woodcarv-
ing OF the Lords Prayer with the
history Of mans losing hght with
life concealed about IL. 1t was
pswned one bitterly cold evening in
1914.
A shabbily dressed man left the
carving there, saying he had made
IL in prison and that IL took him
nve years to DO Il. Every year the
pawnbroker has received the inter-
est. Once the interest came from
Joliet prison and another time at
Sing Sing.
Then seven years elapsed without
any word from the owner and II
will be sold to the highest bidder
at the Pawnbrokers' Auction Sale
on the Bowery. One thousand dol
lars has been offered by one coll
lector for the work. which Is said
to be = masterpiece Of its kind.