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The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Professor George p. Baker Has Made
Contemporary Drama a Living Thine

In the now famous "47 Workshop" Pro-
fessor Baker has done more for Harvard
students than to instill into them a pro-
found appreciate ton of the drama of the ages.
He has made of contemporary drama a
living thing and has sent many young play
wrights out into the playmaking world with
understanding of the traditions of the past
and the enthusiasm to break these tradi-
tons IL the inspiration of the present makes
the break necessary. Even such harsh
critics as George Jean Nathan admit that
Eugene O'Neill knows how to write, and
Eugene O'Neill studied under Professor
Baker at Harvard University
The five plays offered In Modern Amer
lean Plays" were selected by Prof. Baker be-
cause they we're eminently successful when
produced, are among the American plays
according to his standards, that are worthy
of revival and show the variety essential in
any collection. The plays selected are "As
Man Thinks" by Augustus Thomas; THE
Return Of Peter Grimm" by David Belasco:
Romance" by Edward Sheldon THE I'm
chastened Woman" by Louis Kaufman
Anspacher and Pilots and Playwrights." by
Edward Massey.
If one reads plays simply for diversion
any criticism of them is unnecessary But
Prof. Baker offers them not only for their
intrinsic interest but also as a connecting
link between the past and the present and
as proof that modern American dramatsts
have endeavored to keep pace to some extent
with the thinking of the American people
That play is amusing is no reason why
1t should not be criticism of life at the
same time.
Prof. Baker suggests "As a Man Thinks"
as one conservatives response to the plea
for the complete emotional freedom for
woman The play shows one woman's rather
pathetic attempt to adopt a single standard
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

of course, such rapid mentality will soon
pass away the evil curing itself But it will
stop the publishing of any worth while books
of any kind. And even If they allow public
libraries, as the Bolshevists get hold Of them
they win become things of the past-mere
Stag heaps"
Pausing to wonder over a country with
no new books to buy. and no authors to write
them, Edison allowed that also outside this
great reference library he had a few more
books at home. at Glenmont, high up on the
Orange Mountain near by. He plays no
games indoors and takes no hand OF cards
with the family around him, but settles
back with his book and pokes quiet fun at
their need Of other amusement than that Of
the printed page or the handy phonograph.
1t must be borne in mind that in addition
to a naturally studious mind and a prefer
naturally active hunger for facts and data,
Edison has long endured a growing deafness
that in itself would encourage reading. Be-
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Reviewed by ELEANOR HAYDEN.

TN city that lists. in something crypt
cally called a metropolitan Guide. !"
1.-THE Emperor Jones" as a comedy"
and "The Bat" as a drama" any considera-
ton of comedy and drama is bound to pro-
woke discussion. Plays and playmaking will
continue to interest as long conflicting
forces of emotion or character or idea can
be presented upon the stage and as long as
the diverting foibles of humanity can be
turned into tragedy. comedy or farce to in
trigue, entertain and amuse playgoers. AS
a sort of backward glance to indicate. per-
chance, where some intelligent and percep-
tive audiences were trained to insure the
success Of such plays as Jane Clegg" and
Beyond the Horizon" George p. Baker
professor of dramatic literature Harvard
University, offers this selection of Modern
american Plays"-a volume to be placed on
ones book shelves beside Chief Contem-
porary Dramatists" as a script or perhaps
an epilogue to that volume.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Reviewed by JOSEPH F. GOULD.
.ERENCE MAcswINEY left behind

TERENCE MAcSWINEY left behind
him collection of thoughts on free
dom which gives us his credo. II
enhances our admiration for his sacrifice.
1t shows that he had the capacity of poet
for enjoying life, and the ability of a clear
thinker to face It, Yet he felt that he served
cause bigger than any individual. His
voluntary death was the expression Of a
deep inner conviction.
There are those who might consider his
sacrifice merely the enthusiasm of youth. He
What then is our claim to freedom? There
are two points Of view. The first we have
when fresh from school, still in our teens.
ready to tilt against every one and every
thing. delighting in saying smart things
and able sometimes to say them-talking
much and boldly of freedom but satisfied IL
the thing sounds bravely. There is the later
point of view. We are no longer boys; we
have come to review the situation and take
a definite stand in life. We have had years
Of experience. keen struggles, not little
bitterness and we are steadied. W. FEEL
heart beat for deeper things. 1t is no longer
sufficient that they sound bravely; they must
ring true"
The freedom for which MacSwiney sought
was very lofty. He had pondered deeply
and read much. Emerson and st. Thomas
Aquinas seem to have been his chief In
terpreters He says. Neither kingdom re-
public nor commune can regenerate us; IL is
in the beautiful mind and a great ideal we
shall find the charter of our freedom: and
this is the philosophy that it 10 most esseu-
tial to preach"
Such a conception of liberty made Mac
Swiney International He felt that the
genius OF England was akin to his own
people. He felt that the independence of
Ireland would make friendship possible be-
tween the two nations He fought without
bitterness. He also realized that his cause
must not be furthered In any unworthy man.
ner He wrote, "If ireland we're to win
freedom by helping directly or Indirectly to
crush another people she would earn the ex-
ecration she has herself poured out on tyr
amy for ages"
Such vision conferred a sense OF re-
sponsibility upon MacSwiney. He knew that
he must follow the CLEAN wherever IL led
He saw the future very clearly when he
wrote. He is called to a grave charge who
is called to resist the majority. But he will
resist. knowing that his victory will lead
them 10 a deeper dream than they had ever
known He will fight for that ideal In OBJ
scurity little heeded-in the open misunder-
stood in humble places. selling every van
tage poirr, never crushed never silent. never
despairing. cheering a few comrades with
hope in the morrow. And should these few
sink in the struggle. the greatness OF the
ideal is proven in the last hour as they fall
their country awakens TO their dream and
he who has inspired and sustained them is
justifed; justified against the whole race he
who once stood alone against them. In he
hour he falls, he Is the savior OF his race"
Macswiney was even more prophetic when
he wrote. "One day the consciousness Of the
country will be electrified by a great sacri-
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

sides which he has the love of books that
shows in the way a volume is handled. and
the furtive casual dipping into unconsecutive
pages. Here is a man who as a boy. with
his mothers help and retaining pretty well
all he read with prodigious memory waded
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
How Much of the Character Is Actor
and How Much Is Part of the Play?

Adroity constructed, the play has been
written to meet either type OF mind one
can believe II one wishes that the lovabe
Peter Grimm, made real and familiar by
David Warfield. upon seeing after his death
the havoc wrought by leaving no written
document. returned to this plane TO see that
his wishes In regard to the people he loved
were carried out One can also believe that
the subconscious mind of the sensitive small
boy, who finally remembered the necessary
details. began to notion without influence
from another sphere. The play offers
basis for either argument, and the avoid
ance OF technical difficulties is mastery.
IL is Impossible to tell how much Of the
character of Peter Grimm is Mr.. Belasco
and how much is Mr. warfield. so complet-
is the rapport between the character writ
ten into the script by one and played into
the minds OF the American public by the
other. AZ an exposition Of "Belasco the
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

MODERN AMERICAN PLAYS. Collected
with introduction by George p. Baker
Harcourt Brace Howe.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
MacSwiney Left a Book on Freedom

PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM BY Terence
MacSwiney. late Lord Mayor Of Cork. e. p.
Duttop a, Co
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
PROCLAMATION SETS
RECALL ELECTION
FRIDAY, OCT. %
The text of the proclamation fol-

/ The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
Whereas, petitions have been fill
ed in this office, signed by at least
80 percent of the qualified electors
who voted at the preceding election
for the office of governor in the
state, demanding the recall of Covers
nor Lynn J. Frazier, Attorney Gener-
al William Lemke and Commission
er of Agriculture and labor, John N.
Hagan, now, therefore in accordance
with Article 33 of amendments to the
state constitution, I, Thomas Hall,
secretary of state of the State Of
North Dakota, do proclaim and call
a special election to be held in each
precinct in the state, on Friday, Oct.
28, 1921. Other candidates for each
office may be nominated in the man
ner as is provided by law in primary
election. Otherwise, said election
shall be conducted the same as a
general election.
'There will also be submitted to
the electors for their approval or
rejection, at said election, the fol-
lowing proposed constitutional a.
mendments and initiated laws:
Constitutional amendments - l.,
Debt limit bond issues-2, Compensa-
tion of members of the legislature;
3, County officials.
Initiated measures 1, Nonpart-
isan elections 2, Partisan elections;
8, Public repositories; Industrial
commission; S. Rural credits; g.,
Bank of North Dakota.
y, SIN testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
great seal of the state, this sixteen
tn day of September, 1921.
Thomas Hall.
6 ''Secretary of State"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
FARMER CHOKED TO
DEATH UNDER CAR
SOUTH OF MANDAN
Companion c Is Pinned Be-
meath Body Of Dead Man
For Three Hours But Will
Recover; Dead Man Leaves
Wife and Four Children.

Mandan, Sept. 21.-John Swan
berg, was choked. to death when
pinned beneath an automobile in
which he was riding from Mandan to
his farm home with Alfred Nord, a
mail stage driver running from this
city to Barnes. Both men were
pinned beneath the car, Nord's head
being under Swanberg's chest and
Nord was forced to listen to the
heart beats of Swanberg become
fainter and fainter and finally stop.
Nord then tainted.
The children returning from
school found the overturned car two
and one-half hours after the acci-
dent happened and it was another
half hour before help could be sum-
moned. Swanberg, who was 35
years old, is survived by widow and
four children. He has operated a
400-acre farm twenty miles south
west of Mandan. Nord will recover.
He was severely bruised and terribly
shaken by his horrible experience.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
THOUSAND KILLED
IN EXPLOSION IN
GERMAN FACTORY
Eight Hundred Workmen in
Chemical Laboratory where
First Explosion Occurred
Reported Killed Entire
Town Of Oppu Wiped Out
- Property Damage Heavy

Paris, Sept. .21.- One thousand
persons are reported to have been
killed and several thousand others
injured at Oppau, near Frankenthal,
in Rhine Palatinate, thru explosions
in a chemical products plan. accord
ing to a Mayence message to the
The town of Oppau itself was en-
tirely destroyed by the explosion, the
advices state.
The force of the shocks were felt
for distance of nearly l 5 miles a.
round. In Mannheim one person
was gilled and about SO injured.
The disaster appears to have been
one of the most terrible in the his
tory of industrial catasthrope.
The first explosion occurred when
the shifts were being changed at u
As a. nj. in laboratory where 500
men were working All of these are
reported. killed
This explosion was followed by a
rapid succession Of ,iothters, which
rendered assistance to the first VIC
Tins impossible.
The conclusions were so terrific
that they were felt in this city some
35 miles from the scene, while at
Mannheim 1S miles away, almost
every window was shattered and sew
eral persons were killed and sc 9TH
ers injured.
Shock Felt Forty Miles
Some persons were killed at Lud-
wigshafen across the Rhine from
Mannheim. Many roofs were blown
off houses and all the windows in the
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22

provisions has loaned less than $3,-
100000 and failed to sell real estate
bonds. This law provides for TAX
the Bank of North Dakota and au<
thorizes and orders the Rural Cred
its board, in charge Of the Rural
Credits system to restore to current
use the original appropriation for
the real estate bond issue and the
100000 0that has been tied up in
thirty year loans. The Rural Cred
it's Board will consist of the Secre-
tary of State, State Treasurer and
the Commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor, until the next legislative as
sembly cOnvenes, WhereupOn the
governor will appoint three men,
with the consent of the senate, one
from each congressional district who
together with the state treasurer and
commissioner Of agriculture and la
.bor, will thereafter be the Rural
Credits Board.
Bank of North Dakota Law
A law which provides for the dis
continuing of the depository func-
tions of the Bank of North Dakota
and the adjusting and winding up OF
its relations with other banks, firms
and individuals as quickly as possi-
BILE consistent with the best interests
of the state and it's people. This law
creates board of trustees to put the
law into operation, which board is
authorized and instructed to use as
much of the proceeds of the sale of
refunding bonds of the state, in a
sum not exceeding five millions dol,
lars as may be needed to restore i'm
mediately to every school board,
township board, county, city and viii
lage board all funds which each Of
these have had tied up in the Bank
of North Dakota. Also to pay back
to the general fund Of the state the
balance of the appropriation that
was made for the establishment of
the Bank of North Dakota. ~.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
ADVISES CAUTION IN
ACCEPTING HAIL LOSS
CLAIM ASSIGNMENTS

Bismarck, IN. d., Sept. 20 (Spec-
ial-Caution in accepting assign
ments Of hail insurance claims is adj
vised by Martin S. Hagen, manager
of the department. ss.
lett is provided that the hail tax
is to be deducted from the hail in
demnity before warrants in payment
are issued he said in a statement.
Tits therefore a wise policy for the
banks and others who are accepting
assignments of hail indemnity not
to give. credit to the full amount as
shown on the copy Of proof Of loss
blank in claimants possession, be-
fore warrants are issued. !"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
INJUNCTION
. .HMADE PERMANENT; LAW
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Judge Cofey Holds Tax Commissioner Law Unconstitutional
Because 1t lnterferes With Local Self Government
Defective Protection by Notice to Taxpayer
Of Case Attorneys Arguments Review Stua-
ton. .~s .

out due notice.
The tax assessor under the law
can make the assessment at any time
and at any amount. He may make
the assessment too high or not high
enough. The government should be
the last agency to deprive man of
property without notice. Decisions
of courts sustaining this principle
were read, all to the effect that no
person shall be deprived of property
without due process of law, which
gave him safeguards and protection
for his natural rights. No citizen had
received notice of the acts of the spe-
cial assessor or of the meeting of the
board of equalization. The attorney
claimed that there was no assessment
by the tax assessor; that the tax
rolls originally made were mutilated,
changed, and this was assumed to be
a re-assessment of the city of James
town, and the same was certified to
the county auditor as an actual reas-
sessment. Any unknown person
from Bismarck might with equal au-
thority send an emissary here to re-
vamp the original assessment on a
pretended exercise of the taxing pow
ers. The people of jamestown have
a fundamental right to say who is
their assessor. 1t is the right of
local taxation, right handed down
from the very foundation of our state
and federal government. We have
the first opportunity to equalize the
assessment and under the law as
heretofore exercised, the opportunity
to object, A. central power now as
sumes to dictate to- communities in q
different manner and litigation be-
gins. @ st
Attorney Aylmer's Points
z Attorney A. w. Aylmer took part
in the argument as representing a
number of taxpayers, and called at
tention to the duties Of the boards of
equalization which meet in q dual
capacity. The county board equaliz-
es the assessment of the townships
and cities, and the city board reviews
the classes of property, and also
equalizes complaints of the individ-
uls. The county board equalizes
taxation as between districts, and
also individuals in unorganized tax
ing districts. The county board has
nothing to do with raising or lower
ing or leyying the tax In Jamestown.
II at any time a special assessor can
assume to change the assessment and
the levy in the city, 1t might and
probably would affect the bonded
debt. Attorney Aylmer claimed that
the tax commissioner law was faulty
IN that respect sys 5455 d !. .ss554: 6
Attorney CFum's Claim
During the proceed dinEs Assistant
Attorney General Crum said that the;
state had no obJec lion Is the city and
other ,taxpSyers intervening and shsst
VI Co,ntinped e J; ~ ]. II; r assSssS
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22

At the conclusion of arguments in
the injunction case brought by the
Western Electric Co., to restrain
the county commissioners, as board
of equalization from taking any ac-
tion on the re-assessment of the city
of Jamestown by j. B. Burgster
Judge Coffey of the district court an
nounced his decision continuing the
injunction. The injunction having
been made permanent, no further
action will be taken unless there is an
appeal to the supreme court and in
case there is not the entire case OF
the pretended re-assessment of the
city will have a hearing on it's mer-
it's, probably not until the December
term Of court.
The Judge announced that he
would continue the restraining or
der on several grounds. One, on the
general ground based on the belief
that the law is unconstitutional, as
it interferes with local self govern
ment.
Another reason is based on the
fact that the title to the law creating
the tax commissioner is defective: 1t
is stated that this view has been held
by Judge Robinson; and another
ground in which the law is believed
to be unconstitutional, is that in the
matter of assessment and equaliza-
tion the law gives no notice to tax
payers, and no provisions Tor due
process of law guaranteed to every
one as constitutional right.
y If an appeal is taken from the
continuance of the injunction it will
be by the state representing Wallace
the tax Commissioner who will like
ly Intervene.
1t was stated 3 in the proceed
ings that the county board was rep
resented by the states attorney, and
not by the assistant attorney gener-
al, Mr.. Crum and that no request
had been made by the board for any
legal representation on the part of
the state.
Attorney Thorp's Argument
b Attorney Thorp gave lengthy ar
gument on the point that the state
tax commissioners law was defective
and unconstitutional in that, it gave
no notice to the taxpayer and pro-
vided for no protection in the matter
Of assessment and equalization. He
stated that under the law an assess
ments could be made and given to the
county auditor ON q Saturday. The
auditor could submit the same to the
board OF commissioners, which could
act on the assessment the following
Monday, which would give mo- time
for notice to the party B assessed.
A1an q ass,aasa, a, n = 4 4 Nv tl1A
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
FARMER j HAS / BACK BROKEN

stnaley, N. D., Sept. 15,. Iver
Thaug had, his back broken when in
driving into a granary to unload he
was caught between the wagon and
the top Of the door and crushed. He
was on the top Of the load and bent
down to escape the timbers but the
wheels caught on the sill and jam
med the victim against the door top.
Mr.. Thaug was placed ins plaster
cast and there Is q possibility he will
recover. ;S I'll
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22

town were broken at Worms, while
at Oppau itself nothing remains but
ruins.
The shock was felt as far as Frank
fort, more than 40 miles away.
The whole district was envel0ped
in thick smoke, which together with
the cutting of telephone and tele-
graph communication with neighbor-
ing towns, hampered efforts at assis-
tance.
Reports from the scene variously
describe the disaster as due to the
explosion of gas or spirits tank.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
'GfC1)YERNORE PARDONs MAN
SENTENCED TO PEN FOR
HUGGING. AND KISSING
Nathan. Wis Snnf %

sf{ olson, wis. 4 Sept. 20 go
Conditional pardon was grant
ed today by Governor Blaine to B
John Trlesd dali, serving two
years ND Walpun, for put tting
hts arm1 about and kissing !; VI
.Girl Truesda Il /, .. you1g man n
Sds Ntp II return tosss shtsS parents "a
sNorth SpAkota and duct him
VII afs I, Eood < q n ixeiaa fndsrr
5Sioaditi tions, ,of 4 4 \ lsasss B, sIs5
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22

CHRISTINE N. D., Sept. 19(Speca the purpose of
negeny carrying out the and platform promulgated
Devils Lake convention of of the ndepend
forces North Dakota embodied the resolutions and
the constitutional amendment and initiated laws shall first of all
make the appointment of npotcal committee made of
who thoroughly familiar with the raising marketing
milling grain who have the confidence of the farmers
State and have them make the mill and elevator
Grand Forks and Drake determining for the Grand
Forks plant the amount needed for the completion of the
project the amount required for working capital the best method
creating selling the flour and to make such
for the running of the mill at Grand Forks
shall less expensive and of the greatest service to the
and taxpayers of State Such survey honestly
inteigetly made would consider essential basis not
only for resolutions bonds sold but of
greatest value also securing the best results for the
invested"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
VITAL ISSUES OF RECALL
CAMPAIGN SET FORTH IN
ADDRESS BY R. A. NEST0S

Independent Candidate Makes Clear Statement Of Platform
First Address Of Campaign at Christine Today; Would
Appoint Commission to Investigate Condition Of State
Mill and Elevator Association and Recommend Course Of
Action Best Suited to Make Success Of Project; Attacks
lnefficiency and graft Of Present Administration
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-09-22
RECALL ELECTION OCT. 28;
EIGHTY THOUSAND VOTERS
sign HUGE PETITION

Petitions Demanding Recall Of Governor Frazier Attorney
General Lemke and Commissioner Hagen Contain Over
Seventy-four Thousand Signatures pint Campaign
Committee Asks Secretary Of State Hall to Call Election
on Friday, October 28-lssues Of Campaign Outlined.
/, 49, -
N ~ 900
of Attorney General
and john Hagan
The petitions being
be recorded officially
duntith his checking completed.
Secretary Of
Friday All
election will called
Friday, October said
headquarters in Fargo
CT the
Of the
MORE sIGNERs THAT O'CoNNOR VOTES
the state
governor candidate In the last
ction. Il i.s.
campaign only Of the QConnor
vote