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generation. But he would always
insist:
AT heart I am . solder. and
my interest In the Grand Army
has never iessened, I have al the
faults Of IN old soldier. too-and
I can tai - BIZ stories about the
war ~ any Of my comrades.
FROM WAR BACK TO MUSIC.
with peace. he Joined the John
A. Dix Post. named for tho war
governor Of New York. and he was
unwavering In his devotion to
the welfare OF lees fortunate vet
Grams.
Karl Fs:ninger loved music with
all the intensity of bis nature.
He looked on music a. IN inter-
pretative medium. equal to the sub
jective senses Of life. Al he con-
sidered 1t. music was for the
masses Of mankind. . gift to be
made universally understood BY
tho very appeal Of it. He believed
that the soul Of any person could
30 stirred by music, u only the
musician knew the method, and he
constantly sought new methods.
for he was no devotes Of the ira
ditional. conventional forms.
DEEMED MUSIC A SCIENCE.
All musical authorities respected
him, though comparatively few
would follow him along the trails
he blaxed, but he was unmoved by
their reluctance. Karl Feininger
developed . system. illustrated
with numerous charts. by which he
believed that all people could BE-
come thorough musicians. This u
what he thought Of the present.
day system Of teaching:
"As applied nowadays. music IL
almost hystsricai in form. Causes
are what are considered most Of
all. Students are stimulated to
practice everiastingiy. according
to formal rules. and that 10 about
all.
''Musae u q science and stu
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RI FEIrlINGER DEAD, STILL LIVES ON i'm THE DRAMA,
1.-THE MUSIC MASTER" TYPFIED BY DAVID WARFIEL

Master" produced In 1901 ana
fated. It would seem. TO survive
forever. And Feininger never saw
II, despite the endless invitations
he received. 1t was ~ though he
feared the sight Of himself on the
stage would somehow influence
tho length Of his own life-for Karl
Feininger was a mystic ~ we'll ~
a musician.
Friends who should know pro-
claim him now genius. and a.
suredly he possessed many Of the
attributes Of genius. Born In Dur
ZACH. Germany. he came to Amer
lea az a child with his parents. The
family settled In Columbia, o. G.
While still toddling Karl displayed
q remarkable aptitude for music
August Koepper. q. disciple Of
spohr. taught him. or rather strovs
to teach him. for the boy had .
will and . way Of his own In the
field Of music
FEININGER'S CAREER.
At fourteen. he made his first
public appearance. playing the vio-
lin part Of Beethoven's trio. Opus
Z, No. .. So much commentator
attended this performance that his
parents sent him to Leipsio conser-
vatory. where he studied under
Ferdinand David.
In 1S67-when. by the way.
David Wsrfield was q year old In
San Francisco-Karl Feininger was
a solo violinist winning the plau.
dts of New York critics Seven
years later he toured South Amer
lea, and in 1885 made his debut
as a composer Of orchestral works
in Berlin.
He conducted Biise's famed or
chestra through his own suites,
symphonic poems and Symphonies
four times at the the great Concert
haus. then toured the capitals OF
Europe, winning ovation after ova-
ton. Here IL an excerpt from .
letter sent to him by Franz List,
the master. from weimar In 1871:
Very Honorable Sir-Your sym
phonic poem reveals from the be-
ginning to the end a more than
ordinary force and depth Of con-
ception. No less high 10 the musi-
cal knowledge and mastery shown
in the reasonable order and COM
pleteness of effects A truly re-
markable musical poem"
Karl Feininger was In America
in 1861 when the first clash Of
arms in the war Of the States
took place. He laid aside the
baton and bow for the sword and
musket and the Union uniform.
He was then a fiery black.haired
youth. of impetuous appearance.
quite unlike the soft-voiced. mild
hammered music master Of . later
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who II there that takes these de.
malls a. sincsrer Certainly not
the State Department In its heart
Of hearts. for 1t has received
from its own agents confirmation
Of tho plot.
Tho conspiracy disclosure shows
that japan was planning to put
over the same control Of admins
trative functions, Of military
movements and Of business and
industrial concessions a. she did
in Korea and through which In
Korea she was eventually able to
gain An empire.
CONTROLS RAILROADS.
In short. Japan holds tho power
and. Of course. IL pushing that
power toward her purpose Of
eventually bringing Siberia into
her fold.
Tho wealth Of both Manchuria
and Siberia, obtained not without
looting and atrocities by troops, Is
In the hands of Japan. The great
Trans-siberian Railroad 10 hers.
She has the famous Chinese East
ern Railway.
Japan's statesmen averred To
kyo had no intention Of occupying
Siberia permanently. But they
gave no date when the troops
would be withdrawn. Two years
ago Japan had 100000 troops in
Siberia That number has since
bean tremendously increased.
japanese soldiers are stretched
from vladivostok to Habarovsk in
tho Maritime Province; along the
Amur River line to Chita In the
Zabai<h Province: along the "a.
baikal railroad and the Chinese
Eastern railroad to Hardin In
Manchuria and back up to vladi-
vostok.
Immediately after the last Amer.
lean soldiers left that port. the
japanese commander at vladivo-
stok issued An ultimatum to the
Russian administration and then
ssised the city. Japan expressed
fear Of the return Of Bolshevists
and used that pretended fear az
. pretext for occupation.
Economically, Japan made her
advances by buying of the RuA-
sian leaders. giving financial and
military cooperation In return for
concessions.
IRON AND COAL GRABS.
Tremendous shipments Of tim
Der have been sent from Siberia
into Japan. The Miltado has ex-
plotted the Siberian fisheries. ia
pan. poor In her coal and iron re-
sources and lacking in oil. has
found tremendous advantage In
securing these necessities. in her
control OF Siberia.
The suchan mines near Vladi-
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vostok Yield coal whose fuel value
10 high. Near by arc iron sources.
With these at her command, Japan
Is fast reaching . point at which
she will no longer be dependent
on other nations for her supplies
OF coal and iron and oil. In other
words. in preparing for the war
with America that all white men
In tho Far East are certain she 10
planning, Japan will be able to
draw from Siberia an unlimited
and unhampersd supply Of raw
war materialA
WARNING no AMERICA.
However persistent the denia,s
Of the plot charged BY the Fa-
Eastern Republic, the State De-
partment knows the truth. Ameri-
cans who have been there also
know.
Japan Is duplicating every pro-
cess Of conquest that gave to her
Manchuria and Korea and her per-
fidious grip on China. She 10
pushing tho same interruptions
and agsrandizing course in Siberia
as yielded Korea to her Gluten.
Her. expansionism is winning the
results Japan has carefully and
persistently planned. One mors
goal remains, her big goal. the
tremendous aim that all Japan,
none too secretly, Is striving 20
achieve some day.
And that IL the invasion of the
Philippines and Hawaii AMI the
war with America. Those in the
United States who scott at such
warnings as the Nightmares of
Jingoists may we'll recall what
Japan has done in Korea and
China and what she il doing In
Siberia and Manchuria, History,
particularly with Japan. repeats
itself.
II we are not to be confronted
with the Japanese menace in
actual military force we must pre-.
pare in the Pacific. That is the
lesson every American in the Far
East has learned and that is tbs
warning every American earnestly
beseeches America to heed.
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mono that 20 accurately represent
ed the original a. ''The Music Mas
ter" did. The plot Of the drama II
NOT the story Of Karl Feininger's
life. nor any part Of It. The repre-
sentation u that Of character en-
tirely. but 30 accurately was this
picturesque musician duplicated by
Warffeid in appearance. gesture.
speech. philosophy and trend Of
thought that the resemblance was
almost uncanny to those who APP
preciated It.
A striking phase Of the situation
was that Feininger never saw THE
Music Master" on the stage. He
professed a disinclination to attend
q performance. but there seemed to
be a graver, inexplicable reason for
his reluctance than that which he
always gave. which was:
"Oh. yes. I believe from what
have heard that David warfield
patterned his Music Master after
me. but I do not want to see 1t.
Please don't urge me.
DREADED TO SEE PLAY.
Tho only reason I do not want
to SEQ the play Is that am told
the Music Master in the play passes
through q great deal of suffer-
ing and I would not want to see
what have passed through In real
life even limited at before the foot.
lights. I have suffered 20 much
that limitations, no matter how &C.
curate. would not Be enjoyable to
contemplate
What David warfield owes to
Karl Feininger viii never Do fair.
ly estimated because 1t can never
Be even Appropriated. The great
actor II today the aSs that the
great musician was when The
Music Master was first presented
-flfty-six years old.
Before that. Warfield had been q
lowiy comedian. who had scored
highest In Weber and Fields bur.
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ment hopes to have the help Of
Japan in that"
Five days later the French rep
resentative in Tokyo received this
from the Japanese foreign min
lister for transmission:
THE japanese government
notes with qualification Its soil
darity with the point Of view ex-
pressed by you and which may
be put forth at the Washington
conference
The documents have been filed.
They have been branded by the
nations involved as forgeries. But
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Japanese government has the right
to maintain sufficient forces. the
number to be determined by the
Japanese"
On September ., 1921, the
French foreign office sent Tokyo
a telegram that America was
trying to secure a place for her
self in Soviet Russia, but was
frustrated by our policy. The
Americans are pushing the East
ern question 30 as to gain su-
premacy In the Far East. We
must resist such efforts by all
means, and the French govern
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ment hopes to have tho help Of
tho japanese government in that"
Japan, II was agreed. according
to the charges. was to establish q
proteotorate over the Far Eastern
republic. Japan replied to the
telegram by saying a protectorate
would be acceptable when Tirbach.
one Of Admiral Kolchak's former
aides, created q military organize
ton in Siberia
THE 1891 PROTOCOL.
A protocol was drawn In Jan
uary. 1921. by Japanese and
French military delegates in
France that said:
"The French government II al
wsys ready to support the inter
ests Of Japan. and particularly on
the Siberian question. The French
government demands that Japan
use all means In aiding those
parties who would come out open
ly or secretly against the bolshe-
Wiki or social revolutionists-
The French government
wishes that the japanese gov
eminent transport to Siberia
Wrangel's army, and that this
army b supplied with al the
necessities. The French govern
ment Is ready to support the
propect that the Japanese gov.
eminent should receive In Siberia
freedom Of action. and that the
former wrangel army. under the
leadership of semenoff, liberate
tho territory occupied by the
Bolsheviki.
after this liberation the Japa-
nese government may manage AZ
fairs In such q manner that tho
liberated territory. while under .
Japanese protectorate. but with .
Russian government, would fall
absolutely under japanese influ-
enco. Tho French government Is
ready to make necessary repre-
sensations to the British govern
mont In this matter SO that this
question will not find Il I'M
aware"
1t was charged that a resolution
OF the secret conference in Tokyo
in January, 1921, said:
The Imperial japanese gov
eminent considers the French
plan worthy Of deep considera-
ton, and considers itself under
obligations to the French govern
ment for aid promised In tho 81
berian problem.
JAPAN'S GRIP SANCTIONED.
In March, 1921. the Chita dele
gates informed the State Depart
ment. this agreement was reached
By the French. japanese and Rus
SLAMS:
'"The Japanese Imperial Gov
eminent V ready to aid the Rus
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u the FsF Eastern Republic, with
its sat Of government 1t China
In ara It = . third the sire Of
the United States. Its arabic
Land u equal In territory to the
States Of New York and Psnnsyl-
vania combined. It has unmsas-
ured treasures IN f1rs ana mtn-
erals.
fts tw0 na1ltioa people havs sst
mp . sovsrnmsnt bassd on the
fres suffrage Of 90 Per can't Of the
adults - oppressed through .
constituent assembly. But against
Japapsss guns and bloclxadss they
are powsrisss to function freely.
The Chita government. opposed
in its origin and purpose to 90
vist1sm. has had to look lately to
Lsnin for aid and to yield grad.
ually to the soviet government Of
Russia
Undaf enc prstense Or another
the japanese have invaded help
less Siberia further and further.
capturing Arrs areas. outrasing
peoples and defyins the protests
Of other nations.
Recently there arrived In vladi-
vostok remnants Of the Wrangel
and Dsniksn armies. They have
combined With the troops Of Sem
enoff and Kappel. who. the Chita
delegates informed the Washing
ton conference. were bandits
equipped. financed and encour-
aged by Japanese.
To tho lay mind the name Of
tho Far Eastern Republic carries
little impression. To the confer
ees Of tho disarmament sessions
the delegates Of that struggling
and oppressed nation gave many
days Of turmoil and doubt and
NIGHTS Of dark naneuvering In
diplomacy.
JAPAN's 'PR0TECT0RATE.-
Because II bears out what I
have observed in Siberia. and has
an official confirmation Of those
observations. I will recount what
tho delegates from Chita present
ed in the form Of records to SEQ
rotary Of State Hughes. Tho
charges were, Of course. denied.
But denial was the only answer
tho nations involved could give
for the records Of history. Let It
DO known that the State Depart
ment received from its agents a
report Of the same nature as that
Of the Chita delegates.
The communications involved
passed between japan and France.
Ono telegram from the French
foreign office read:
Americans are, therefore. push
ing the Eastern question 10 ~ to
gain supremacy in the East. We
must resist such efforts by all
means, and the French govern
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perambulator II tho portiy Pete"
Daley. and clustered IN the back
ground are Bessie Clayton, the
dancer. and a swarm Of other
celebrities of tho stage.
David Warfield climbed out of
the baby carriage into Tho Auc-
tioneer' soon after, and his old
ASSOCIATES seized this for the bur.
lesqus entitled HE Hooks In
Here!"
The new Warfield play, In which
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lesque. Facing the desk on which
this IL written. q sketch Of Archie
Gums hangs; a dextrous drawing
representing Dave" warfield. with
the frizzled spiked beard and half.
bald head Of tho stage Jew of by
gone days.
He 10 sitting in . perambulator.
srinning widely. a rattle vibrating
In his hand, and an old.fashioned
milk bottle Of the suction hose type
nesting beside him. Pushing the
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By JOSEPH MULVANEY.

BY JOSEPH MULVANEY
UTHAT is here set down is an
" impossibility accomplished
AN incredible thing which
cannot be disproved. q situation
which science and religion have
scoffed at for centuries, and which
has come to pass In commonplace
fashion. This 10 a story of the
transmigration Of a~-soul7 Let US
not say that at tho outset-call 1t
instead tho transmigration Of .
character. and then to tho facts.
Karl Feininger Is dead. dead and
buried with all tho pomp and SOL
menity of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. with all the martial cere-
mony Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public. OF which he was q member;
dead. beyond recall in his seventy
eighth year.
Karl Feininger II living. living In
all the gentle philosophy Of his ma
ture; in all the patient kindness Of
his character. In all the serenity Of
his soul--and he may never die.
For Karl Feininger was and IL
''The Music Master" familiar for
more than twenty years to the
American public a. = classic Of real
life on the stage.
MUSICIANS COUNTERPART.
As long ~ David warfleld lives
to present that role. Karl Feininger
will live in the eyes and ears Of his
countless friends a. truly a. tho
memory Of him survives In their
hearts.
Even when Warfield takes his
final curtain call. tho spirit Of Karl
Feininger will be carried through
to the next who essays the role.
and the next and the next. for. %
long as tho printed play SURVIVES,
Karl Feiningsr viii not have alto
gether passed from the earth.
Plays beyond number have been
written around living characters Of
contemporary Life and history. but
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cos management. was q step up
ward in the drama. Then followed
THE Music Master" and a few
years later he played the title
role OF "A Grand Army Man."
which definitely established his
success on the serious stage. And
Kari Feininger. too, was q Grand
Army man!
Them came the real representa-
ton Of Feininger In The Music
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III pch? Davd Wnfied in his
" famous role "Th Music Master and the right Karl
though
dreadng realistic portrayal O apays be associated
pith the in the drama.
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COMPOSER DECLINED
TO WITNESS PORTRAIT
OF SELF BY MASTER

Man Who Was Faithfully Charactered on Stage
Was SuperstitouS and Feared That Viewing
the Play Might In Some Inexplicable Manner
Shorten His Own Span Of Life-Had Original
Views on the Science OF Music.
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THIS Dr. Sun Ya Sen President Of the South China Repnb e
"Cna shaked by Japanese
all other questions
policy Photograph taken after four
hours hunt for game
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GENIUS LEFT TRUNK
14a FULL OF MUSICAL
GEMS TO HIS WIDOW

Even When the Famous Actor Takes His Final
I Curtain the Lovable Character of the Dead
52r Composer with BE Preserved i'm the Play that
Registers Him Exactly as He Was-Veteran
~ of the Civil WAR.
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... wv AS
American Business
Man.
IN As thtrd Of q ssriss Of ~
ticlss on yapaness aoorss-
sions IN thS Far East oyd
the monaco Of Nippon to Tho
United States, Robert L. Word
todoy rsoords sohat 10 Learned b1
personal observstton Of the M
kado's grasp4xg hand IN Siberia.
Mr.. Ward 70 an Ansricon bxsl-
ness man With important con1so-
tions In tho Far East. He reosnt-
~ returned from a thrss-yeor 90.
jot17,., bringing back q mass Of
startlfna data.
Mr.. Word hos sirsody dstaied
yopan's corrupt seizure of Korea
and her ssoret building Of sub
ssarines snd storing Of munitions
end ra,D todr materials.
A SINISTER octopus sprawis
~ in the Far East Its ten
tacles have already ensnarsA
China. They have gulped In
Korea. They are preparing some
day to make . desperate lunEs
clear across the Pacific But be-
fore that day comes tho octopus
hopes to drag one moro vast en-
pire into its fold-siberia-
I have recently been In Siberia
and Manchuria- have seen and
heard the things Of which I am
writing and, with other Americans
who have observed the same mon
acc. I warn America that Japan 10
progressing toward tho time when,
in her program of sggrandize-
ment she will attack the United
States.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.
Japan works with stealth. but
she works surely toward her
ends. She is fast engulfing 81
>eria and within several years
Dat vast territory will have be-
come part Of tho Mikado's
treacherously acquired properties.
The Siberians have tried to
maintain their rights. But that
is difficult when Japanese troops
control the ports and railroads
and are swarming over the coun-
try in overwhelming numbers.
An heroic nation has been de-
w.. sI in the heart OF Siberia. II
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Future M e n q &c to
United States, Pos
sible Capture of
Philippines and Ha-
wall, and Plot to
Undermine Amer
lea In Far East His
Diagnosis of Mika-
dos Secret War
Preparations.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-24
BY LAURENCE VI. BENEDICT
(C. +. Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-AmerT-
can women are not yet experienced
enough IN politics TO hold high Of
fee. such as a seat in congress, Rep.
Alice Robertson. Of oklahoma. said
today.
She said her own career in con-
gress has convinced her Of that.
Women haven't had enough ex-I
perience yet to bc,rrady for Office. "
she declared. We are only in the
Kindergarten OF politics and we are
not yet ready for the higher mathe-
matcs. For the time being my ad-
vice TO my sex ia to not seek Office.
but 20 learn politics from the ground
up and learn how 10 vote. Then.
after "a while We can so after. the
higher hOnors.
Women now are too tempera-
mental and too sensitive in politics.
and / include myself. That is be-
cause we are novices at the game
IL won't be that way after we've
worked our way up from the bottom
and learned TO take the personal
element out of it,
Aunt Alice" was afraid her re-
marks would be construed as sour
grapes" because of her defeat for re-
election.
"But It is nothing of the kind.
she asserted. Il was sort of mad
about getting beat. but I didn't ehed
any tears or carry on about t one
bit The views I am expressing are
not particularly new with me. You
remember 1 was opposed to woman
suffrage at the start and I only ran
for congress when my friends made
me-"
The time should never come, said
Miss Robertson, when a woman Will
neglect her home for politics
Holding office" she declared,
cannot compare TO taking care OF a
home and raising children"
Women Will not learn the funda-
menta,s Of politics a. they should
she said until they are willing TO
take il seriously. y suggestion OF a
bridge game she said VIII always
break an a womans study meeting
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-24
Aunt Alice Robertson
Declares Women Require
Experience in Politics
Representative From Oklahoma Ayers Women
Are Too Temperamental and Too Sensitive
to Hold Offices in Congress; Lawmaker Denies
Mrs. FELTON, Scored Triumph for Women.
on better government.

on better government.
The woman from Oklahoma" in
dicated she regards the seating Of
Mrs. FELTON, of Georgia, as the frst
woman senator, an empty honor
I'VE viii honor this grand old
woman" she said, but her title as
senator really means nothing and
has no bearing on wOmans place in
politics. 1 do not consider her being
seated in the senate as having any
political significance whatsoever"
Pointing out that many women
candidates for congress We're defeat
ed in the recent elections. Miss Ro-
bertson declared it was made plain
that neither party wants women in
Congress"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-24
Brasil Eagles Buy Old
Home for Club House

BRAZIL, Ind, Nov. 23-Trustees
OF Brazil Aerie No. PA. Fraternal
Order of Eagles. today purchased
the Tulley homestead, corner Of Ma
tional and Forest avs, on their bid
OF $4,000. 1t was offered for sale
at public auction by DR.. Charles Hal
lam, guardian of minor heirs Of the
TuLey estate.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-24

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-11
Mrs. II. II. Dawson Is
Slugged by a Thug

sIugged by a bandit as she was
passing along the street near 2501
West View drive at $50 y. m. Fri.
day. Mrs. II. II. Dawson. 212e Second
ave. w, was taken TO her home Sat.
urday, where her condition was said
TO be critical. 'rne police were inves-
tigsting Saturday. Mrs. Dawson ig
the wife OF Capt II. II. Dawson. She
told the police that the bandit. after
knocking her senseless with q blunt
instrument. had rifled her purse but
failed TO get any money. She was
taken into the house at 2501 West
View drive. where the police were
notified. She was being cared for
Saturday by physicians and her
daughter.