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The New York herald., 1922-03-23

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The New York herald., 1922-04-09

the public movement was abortive and
crime ragged until the historic month
OF June. 1851.
Then the handbills. previously mem
toned, appeared in the streets, and
public meeting OF 10000 persons rec
commended that vigilance committee
be chosen and given full power, courts.
government and police to be ignored
until the work in hand was done. On
June .. 1851. the constitution OF the
committee of visilants was promul-
gated. IT provided for a general COM
mittee and an executive committee TO
restore public order Its seal and SYM
Dol was IN all seeing eve.
Quietly and with cold determination
the vigilantes went to work. Their
first stroke was the seizing, trial and
hanging or former Australian con-
vict named John Jenkins, and there
after they struck right and left until
they had utterly smashed the notorious
Hounds" and had made the streets
safe and property respected.
IL became necessary In May, 1855.
for the old vigilantes OF 81 to sound
again the call for an uprising OF the
people and again the redoubtable
Ryckman and his old comrades OF the
seizures, trials and executions of 81
displayed their forccful powers. The
Committee Of vigilants was not only
reorganized but Il was renewed upon
much broader scale Ii was organ
ized upon military lines and drilled
and trained men under captains we're
the striking arm OF tho illegal admin
istration OF Justice"
The last committee of vigilants in
this country was that formed in 1891
in New Orleans. when citizens stormed
the Jail that held n band of Italians OF
n notorious italian secret order, and
suspected OF having murdered Chief
of Police Hennessey.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

genous collection OF human beings
that this country had ever seen--pil-
grims by sea and land, honest men
ana knaves. the pious and the BIAS
pfemous. the ignorant and the
learned. the british and the refined;
doctors. lawyers. preachers. horse
jockeys, bakers and bankers-al in
search Of gold.
The factors that encouraged crime
among the indolcnt and the vicious
were the plentifulncss OF gold. the
lonely and exposed condition OF the
roads and trails. the quantity OF treas
ure constantly transported over them
and the utter nadeouacy Of the courts
and the police. San Francisco by
isss had become. literally. a den OF
thieves that worked hand and hand
with the Sheriffs officers and the DO
lice. and who. not infrequentiy, wore
a constabie's badge.
These gangs. robbing. burning. muir
derins, insulting women. worked OPEN
" by day as well "A by night. cowing
decent folk by their truculency. their
display OF weapons and their threats.
First 10 attract wide notice was the
criminal organization called THE
Hounds" whose headquarters was a
tent called ''Tammany Hall"
Soon afterward another thieves or
ganixatlon. The Regulators" came in
70 being. with similar purposes and
notices. By July is4s. San Francisco
was aroused, for there had been In the
California communities. according to
loose estimate. no less than 400 muir
ders. No one attempted 20 estimate the
number OF robbcries, thefts and hold
ups. They were past counting.
An uprising Of citizens In that year
under Capt Sporord. Hall McAilister.
fraac Bluxomc and y .. Lippitt did
something 20 discourage banditry. but
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
TO SCRAP WARHPS COSTING HALF BILLION TO FILL TREATY TERMS

but l landed neatly on my feet. for I
was a gymnast then. The crowd APP
plauded, thinking II was part OF tn
act. I bowed. and as the. horse arose
/ did handspring. intending to land
on the horses back. Instead landed
on the tanbark. and then my clown in
stincts saved me. and / closed the act
with q bit of buffoonery which aston
ished the horse so much that he stood
still. and thus helped me to put over
one OF the worst fakes evar perpa-
trated But the crowd liked r.
Sometimes we found it mighty hard
travelling in the old days. We didn't
have the comforts we get now. But
after all what does 1t matter what
changes come to the circus in the
years as they pass? I wouldn't be
anything else but clown for all the
world could offer me. I remember
when I was boy and / ran away to
go to the circus 1t was like that. /
wanted to be clown, although my
father had planned to make a minister
of me. My right name is Frisbe.
Miaco was wished on me sixty years
ago and I have kept 1t ever since. 1
am old now and the younger men
must take my place, but still want
to be clown. It's the gayety Of life
that counts. And the art of making
people laugh after they have a2,-
plauded-how few OF us know that
nowadays
I'm only II years old. have played
since was 3. and I'm going to keep
on playing until--the curtain.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

skilled. You might as we'll say II
would be 2 good thing to employ
skilled labor in digging bitches.
The junk that will come off the
vessels will be copper. brass. certain
machinery. such as small engines and
motors; plumbing. which is OF high
grade, and small amount of wood.
But more than so per cent. Of every
battleship is steel.
This steel is to be found In the hull
armor, the protective deck and else
where. To the junkman II will be
known as heavy melting scrap and
the large pieces will have to be broken
up for shipment to mills that can han
die it by melting. Heavy melting
scrap is distinguished from 'shoveling
scrap which Is composed of small
pieces which can be shoveled much
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

IL was Just what they needed-a bit
OF brishtnes and sunshine in that aw-
ful mass OF ruin.
One OF the most exciting experiences
IN my career was in 1862 when I was
captured BY a guerrilla band in vir-
sinia. ! was playing in the John
Robinson Circus at the time and
was King Solomon In the spectacle
Solomon and His Temple" We were
near Richmond. After the show /
went for a walk and hadn't been gone
from the tent ten minutes when was
surrounded by the band and taken to
the leader. 1t was not difficult for me
10 explain who ] was. but suspect
the leader. who was not without bit
OF humor even In those trying times,
pretended he did not believe me. 1t
was up 10 me TO show that I was a
clown and l did. without any makeup.
1 sang 10 them In their camp and gave
them little show all by myself. Later
J was escorted out OF the woods and
put or the road to the tent. We left
there the next day.
have had many strange expert
ences. but think the hardest OF all
was When | was told to take the place
OF rider who had been taken Ill.
That's one thing | cannot do. ! love
horses and all animals. but as a rider
never was a success. 1 got rugged
up in the proper costume. however.
and rode out into the ring. 1t was a
trick horse and l was getting along
pretty we'll until Ii stopped suddenly
and knelt. l went clean over its head
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

singer. But they were good old days.
My first act as clown was to be Jug
gled with the feet of the then famous
Risley family. Since then | have
played with Thayer & Noyes's Circus,
Charlie Ames's show. Carneron's ORR
entails, John Robinson's, Nixon's New
York Circus. Haight & Chambers's
New Orleans Circus and Menagerie,
II. NJ. Smiths Crescent City Circus
and some others before joining Bar
NUNS. and now am with the big
show. and have been for thirty odd
years.
Married His CoIumbine
Fifty-fvc Years Ago
! / shall never forget the days in the
New Orleans Circus. We. travelled in
boats on the Mississippi River, and 1t
was there l met Laura, my wife and
now my nurse. We were married
fifty-five years ago. she was the best
trapeze performer In the business, and
was still playing with Barnum's when
she was so years ola. She was my
Columbine at one tiine-the prettiest
and most graceful little girl one could
imagine. My wife's father owned the
Crescent City Circus, and Horace
Smith was the first man to put on the
three carrying act" He was a great
rider and was the first rider to carry
u man on his head.
7 remember quite well seeing Juliana
Booth carry a lantern around the
lighted streets Of New Orleans. All
the Booths were eccentric. ] remem-
ber my brother Steve and i met
Wilkes Booth in restaurant a few
nights before he shot Lincoln. Hello,
Wilkes" ! said to him. what are you
doing now?" He looked at me with
wild light in his eye. I'm leaving
the stage" he said. "and when / do
all the world will know it." We
thought 1t was some more strange
Booth talk. but all the world did
know II.
As | sit here Idle cannot help re-
calling the o.d scenes, and ] cannot
help saying that I liked the old days
the best. Then I was a Shakespearan
clown. could recite anything that
Shakespeare ever wrote. but as the
shows got larger. the spoken lines be-
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

the same az coal. and which consti-
tutes most OF the scrap In tho country.
The ship wrecking industry i'm the
United States Is very small. We have
never had many ships TO scrap. How
ever, the Navy Department is trying
TO interest some of the shipbuilding
companies in the business so that there
may be the greatest possible number
OF bidders when the ships are put up
for sale.
a comparatively small plant is re-
quircd. The usual procedure IL 10
start the wrecising at the top. while
the ship In standing In the water. As
the parts are taken of the skip be-
comes lighter and rises In the water.
When II becomes possible the vessel IL
hauled up on the beach. or close 10 It,
and the work proceeds between tides =
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Made People Laugh and
Forget Evils of Chicago Fire

In tie days OF the one ring circus
clown had to make good or he didn't
last In the days of George II. Adams,
Tony Denier. George l.. Fox and James
Moffitt we had to know our art. There
were hard gymnastics to do and al
ways the diffi2ut art of pantomime
We've lost that in this country in
recent years. But II is fine art. well
worth reviving. We went to Europe
to learn there under old masters. We
cared for the classics and good litera-
ture. Clowns in tie old days were
well read men. They were more than
buffoons. They had an understanding
Of life that made their jokes hit deeper
than just the froth of things. Fifty
years ago the country was all talking
OF tie pantomime of the Ravels. To-
day their name is unknown.
One of the most remarkable sights
I ever witnessed In my travelling
around the country was I'm Chicago
after the big fire. The city was a
black mass Of smoldering ruins and
we paraded down one street with
nothing but debris on either side. But
there were lots OF people out to see
US and we did a big business. ! re-
member distinctly that there was real
laughter from the crowds / played to-.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
BY SIR HENRY JONES.
of Moral Philosophy al
the University of GIasgow.

the OniVersNy q osokS"
y TOST men, exercise moderation
MI and while maintaining that
1 4 they can do as they like
with their own" they do on the whole
pay some regard to the views of their
neighbors. The individualist struggle
is fought in business offices and cabi-
net councils and wider outlook and
clearer comprehension bring certain
moderation. The selfishness becomes
enlightened. Compromise may be made
the rule OF the better life--a midway
course between "Altruism and Egoism'
as Herbert Spencer taught. a prudent
mixture OF "Individualism and Social
ism" an alienation and balance OF the
rights of self and the rights OF others,
a mean between the extremes OF sell
fishness and generosity.
But business is business. The prac-
tically true theory. to be carried out.
demands that a man should put OH
ideal notions, and instead of the fiow-
ing robes OF charity put on the busi-
ness armor of hard and cold steel. IL
is not as n practical man OF business
trat he can carry out the doctrines
which he enjoyed in the church, and
which. in his own home, with his
father and mother and brothers and
sisters and wife and children. he does
carry out. finding therein his greatest
happiness.
But is the practical life OF men and
women in this workaday world pos
eihla an any ther theorv1 Are rights
not sacred? Are they not exclusive?
il property not intrinsically private?
Are duties not intensely personal?
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Ufopian Ideals Do Not
Always Hold in Business

+ would answer these questions by
admitting freely that in their proper
context they are true. But all these
rights that we attribute TO persons
exist only on a certain condition. And
that condition appears to be the exac'
opposite OF their private and individual
character. They must be recognized
as not less social than they are indi-
vidual. private, personal because In
the FIRST place they are social. Rights
are social institutions. Society creates
and maintains them.
Rights and obligations are the con
ceptions that. IN the degree In which
they arc carried into practice. found
and maintain free society. They are
bonds which liberate. And we create
and maintain them for one another;
never in virtue merely OF our own
enactments.
Claims can collide. rights cannot;
they strengthen each other. A So
cicty which extends to its citizens
genuine rights. thereby widening the
compass OF their private effective Wills
snd cnlarging the significance OF their
personality. knits them together the
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Bands Twice Cleaned Up
San Francisco When Police Failed

r ARLY In June. 1851. hsndbilis
r. by the thousand appeared in
- the streets Of San Francisco.
TIRE srrestIng phrases printed on
these mysterious summonses OF pub
iic opinion were:
Citizens OF san Francisco. The
series of murders and robberles that
have been common TO this city with
out the least redress from the laws
seem 20 leave us entirely In a state Of
arArchy. The law. II appears. IN hu'
nonentity. 20 be scored a.. Are we
10 be robbed and assassinafed in OUT
domiclles and the Law 20 let our ag-
gressors perambulate the streets
merely because they have furnished
strsw baliy II 20. ict each man be his
own exscutloneri
Out ~ the puollc meeting which Inn
medlateiy formed In response 10 this
amazing call and out o. the rcsolute
snG lethal deeds performed by the
calmly chosen agents of the hitherto
helpless people ~ san Francisco rc-
suited witntn fohr W0ntnn snNh law
and order a. 70 section ~ California
had known since tho areat gold rush
hegan ~ 1855 tranquility which was
~ lat 4 few years only untii . se ond
anc more determined manifestation of
the vigliante spirit, IN 1855 This time.
practically ended the domination ~
the city by organised criminals.
The vielIart committees u San
Francisco we're the most inseresfinw
ana tho mo~l significant ~ the sew
ernl popular uprisinTs sssinss un-
crime. In that community,
on tre edge of America. hsd ssthcred
son after Marshall found Eold "A tho
coions .swmfli In January. 1879. the
NOR extraordinary. the most hstsro-
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

came less used, and now clown
rarely has to speak. In the old days
the clown was the star headliner Of
the circus. lie owed his supremacy
entirely to his fund Of humor. Tie
children always worshiped funniness
and always will. Now the old days
are only memories. The circus has
grown too big for the old intimacies
and the old jokes made OF local
celebrities. Now there are three huge
rings instead of one. several clowns
where one did the work and hundreds
Of features where in former days
there were oaly a few. My happest
days were when ] used Shakespeares
quips and knew how to make .thc
crowds laugh. Folks now don't care
about such things. Slapstick comedy
and burlesque have taken the subtlety
away
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Social Sciences Teach Men
to Be More Useful Citizens

Three Lectures were deIiv-
cred inaugurating the Sharp
Lectureship in Ciyics and Phi
Ianthrophy At the Rice Insi-
tute in Houston, Texas, by Sir
Henry Jores, member of the
British Educational Mission.
Owing to the recent death of
this prophet of the absolute
excerpts here given from the
third and last of tLis series de-
rives additional interest as be-
ing among his latest utteranceS.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Miaco, Oldest Clown of Them All,
SO Years Before the Public, Says
Being Absurd Is Serious Business
At Age Of ~ Beloved Fun
maker Has Paralysis, and
May Be Through.
SAYS HE'LL COME BACK
Idol Of American Children Ran
Away From Home When 8
and Joined Circus.

Americas most famous clown,
the man who has made millions
laugh and the idol Of children,
young and old. is now in need of
some of the happiness he has
been giving away so generously
in the last sixty-eight years. The
old timer probably will never
again appear in the tanbark ring.
for recently he suffered stroke
of paralysis. and is forced to re-.
main away from the crowds who
knew him and the laughter they
waited for and shared.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Miaeo Originated
The Gymnastic Clown

wher was with the Yankee Robin
son show--my first job used to
watch the clowns very closely and in
my spare time mimicked them. After
graduating as contortionist and
while learning TO be a gymnast ] APP
piled that knowledge 10 clown work
and originated what was known as the
gymnastic clown. IL was success,
but I was aiming for higher ideals.
IL was while Was playing with
Yankee Robinson's si-ow that | first
met the late Al Ringing. remember
the occasion well. I was in vaude-
Vile act and was supposed to shoot
the villain. The pistol wouldn't so on,
so / grabbed a knife lying on table
nearby and properly KILLED" him as
ne was falling from the bullet which
couldn't fre. IL was a thrilling
scene. but the laughter and applause
was unmistakabls. After the show Al
Ringing congratulated me. and he
laughed when he spoke.
"you are made for . clown" he said
From that day on I was clown
although for a long time I had 10 work
double: yes. and IN some shows did
everything from a contortionist 10 a
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
jnhk ices Mean Return
of Half of One Per Cent.
on Outlay.
TOTAL TO BE S2,750.O00
Eighteen Months Allowed
fog Scrapping After
Ratification.
VESSELS 60 r. C. STEEL
Wrecking Starts at Top Until
Hull Rises i'm Water and
Can Be Beached.
VESSELS 60 P. c. STEEL
BY DONALD M'GREcoR.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW Yo1x Hmxls.
New York Herald bureau.
Washington, ID. C.. April =.
HE American warships TO be
scrapped in compliance with
the terms OF the recently rafi-
fed naval limitation treaty will bring
the United States less than half OF one
cent on the dollar. The original out
lay for these vessels Was in excess
OF $500 900, 900. while the most they
are expected to bring when put up for
sale as junk is s2.5oo,ooo. The prob
ability is that the net return will be
considerably less.
The very best price warships have
been bringing at junk sales. this being
hased on figures from the disposition
OF vessels at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard recently. Is SIS ton. There are
approximately $4,000 tons of ships 10
he sold, and IL this price were to
he maintained. the revenues would
amount to s2,75o,e0o. out of which, Of
course. is to be paid certain costs OF
sale
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
BY ALFRED MIACo.

IN ENG absurd is serious business.
know, for have played the
part since I was a little boy
All the time we are out there in TIE
ring cutting up pranks and doing fool
ish stunts the clowns brain is work
ing fast, for he must draw laugh and
keep the crowd in good humor. Sick
or well. 1t is the same thing. The
clown must produce the laughs and
he usually does. But there are de-
grecs in laughs and the great reward
fcomes when we hear the hearty roar
Of applause Of appreciation.
was . years old when ! ran away
from home at Cortland, ~ Y, and
Joined Yankee Robinson's Circus and
Theater and became an apprentice. I
learned to be contortionist and grad
uated into pantomime. Soon I was
playing Humpty Dnmpty in my own
show. but before that appeared as a
gymnast. Ny ambition was to be a
good clown. and In later years some
kind critics called me the greatest
Shakespearean clown In America.
That. OF course, was after Tony
Dcnier's days. for le was the king OF
Their. all. and ] WIS his pupil.
am now II years old l had a
birthday March 81, and / wanted to
he al the circus. 1t was the first
birthday l had missed with the show
in more than thirty years. But ]
couldn't make it. Perhaps 1 shall be
with them again In a little while. I
am not through yet. not by long
way,
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Country isn't Going
Into the Junk Business

The suggestion that the United
states so into the junk business we
do not regard as feasible. II would
not. in any way. solve the problem
at the navy yards for keeping the
workers employed for the simple rcas
son that the wrecxing OF ship is
work 4 y common labor, while tho en-
ployees Of the navy yardsHlrc highly
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

%OST men, exercise moderation
~ and while maintaining that
i fhev can do as they like
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
CITIES AGREE
TO INTERTIE

Tn. Seattle and Tacoma municipal
light plants viii b. connected.
This was the agreement reached
Friday afternoon after a conference
between city officials Of tho two
cities.
Il, IL planned 10 construct = si-
line Of 5000 H. w capacity between
the plants. Each city will bear half
the cost. estimated ut $3.50 900.
Under the proposed contract. either
city will be permitted to draw upon
the other for surplus electric power.
In case Of an emergency. such "a a
breakdown IN the plant. either plant
viii furnish the other with all tho
current possible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
BEAUVAIS IS
ANCERED BY
ACCUSATION
Denies He Wrote
Letters Shown in
Stillmans' Divorce
Case.

<capyr4es. tssa sy IN. United Press,
MONTREAL. May is.--f'red Beau.
walls today hotiy denied that he had
betrayed Mrs. James A stiilman and
sold four Of her alleged love letters
70 her husband for use In his divorce
case.
s'it's = He he declared
Beauvais declared he never met
anyone by tho name OF Edmund
Leigh and never sold iettsr In his
life.
Leigh IL the private detective who
testified IN the hearing at pouxh.
keepsse yesterday that he paid Beau
vAis sis.coo for four love letter. In
which Mrs. stfiiman showercd the
Indian guide with endearinx phrases
ReauvAls laughed at the eharg. that
be received Is $1,000 bills for the let
tsrs.
Il never saw that much money"
he declared
y deny that ever knowingly met
anyone by the name OF f.eish and
certainly did not sell letters to any.
enc ~ airy time" B~aussis asserted.
IAN tho Stters have ever re-
eeived frcrr Mrs stiilman. which
were letters such az al employer
would write 20 any employee. were
destroyed by urs almost Immediately
upcn their receipt and ftfsEllmcnt Of
instructions.
As to me receiving Is 1900 s,rs
! have never seen that many bills Of
such = denomination. This latest at.
temrt NJ boistertng up tho case
against Mrs. stiliman h pure bunk.
They probably would have said
went TO New York 20 get the money.
but fer the fact I could ~sr.iy dis
prove such statement.
Mr.. ssillman has MAZE desper
- hut unsuccessful attempt 60
destroy the good name % his wife.
who 10 good woman