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Evening journal., 1922-09-14
Proceedings From Genera

Proceedings from the third as
sembly Of the league of nations are
disillusloning to elements of the
world public that have permitted
unw%arranted hopes to mislead them
Into rating the covenant as a docu-
ment containing sure-cure formulas
for every national and International
Ill and the organization under II as
an al-powerful agency of fulfilment.
The record of the first phase Of the
assembly. which ended Saturday, is
crowded with entries indicating real
ization of narrowing limitations of
the league by participants and with
items pointing to the development
of troubie-making possibilities in
the execution of the covenant.
SPEECHES in laudation of achieve
ments under the league plan and
prophecies of peace-restoring pros
perity-bringing developments in the
comparatively near future that were
delivered at the opening session
left the unsuspecting world public
u~nprepared for what followed. on
the second day of the assembly, Lord
Cecil, member of the British dele
cation, urged before a league COM
mittee the adoption of a regional
peace plan that, If carried out,
would replace sweeping commit
ments under Article x of the cove
nant with group agreements to pre-
serve peace. This implies admission
by n OF the leagues most ardent
champions OF its failure or rather
its shortcomings in the matter of
maintaining peace and safeguarding
the independence of its members.
1t also indicates effort to meet the
growing opposition to Article X as
imposing undesirable obligations
Indicated by agitation for its repeal
or suppression" which is being led
by Canada. Manifestly events are
proving the reasonableness of OBJ
jections advanced against this ar
ticle by critics OF the covenant when
Its adoption was under considera-
ton by the nations.
On the following day. Lord Cecil
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industries that touch the life of the
nation.
Just how and to what extent the
right to strike must be abridged is
not clear. The problem is prob
ably the most difficult one that mod
ern governments have faced. 1t
goes to the root of governmental
theory and 1t calls for profound
legislative skill. 1t is possibly tru
that when this remedy is devised
and in working order II will sup
plant the old writ of injunction. But
IT has not been devised. Aside from
the Injunction there is no machin-
cry existing today that can be used
to hold a strike in a key industry
within reasonable limits and prevent
it from doing ~incalculeble and ire
trievable injury to the public.
We are not speaking of the re-
serve powers of the government TO
act in the event of a general strike
or imminent disaster; there can be
no question of their existence; but
they are a last resort, comparable
to warfare. The injunction Is the
only truly peaceful and preventive
available. 1t was largely
developed by equity courts for the
precise purpose of forestalling dam
age which when done could in no
fashion be repaired or paid for. SO
far from being obsolete, 1t may yet
prove to be the one adequate legal
weapon for coping with these strikes
in vital industries.
At any rate. the Administration is
resorting to a perfectly lawful meas
,ure and seeking to use 1t in the In
terests of the whole nation. It's
efficacy in a great strike remains
to be tested. It's existence and le-
gality and aim are unquestioned.
Mr.. Daugherty deserves the support
OF the whole country in his effort to
use this old weapon against a vas
ter peril than it has ever before
faced.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
A A

MIR. GpMPERs' readiness to submit to the Ameri-
lfl can Federation of Labor the question whether or
not there should be a general strike brands him as ut
terly unfit to continue at the head of that organization.
A general strike would mean ruin. The cessation of
every form OF production would create a condition in
the United States comparable only to the disaster that
has overtaken Russia under the SOVIET regime.
Could a general strike be carried into effect and every
man work only for himself. it would spell the doom Of
organized government, and mark the end Of law and
order.
Any man who would permit such a catastrophe to
overtake the United States is a fit subject for a lunatic
asylum, and any labor leader who would seriously sub
nit the subject to a vote OF his followers ought to be
promptly retired by the men whose intelligence he In
suits.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
Truth From Within
(From the New York TrIbune).

The chaplain of Typographical
Union No. 2, of Philadelphia, who
addressed the annual convention of
the International Typographical
Union, Is a man who reads the signs
OF the times. According TO dis
patches from Atlantic City. he
called attention very frankly to the
abuses of union management which
have so aroused public Ill will. He
said:
"At times the motives of the
unions are all right, but the
means to carry them out are all
wrong. The reason for this is
that the unions are so jealous 70
gain their ends they forget the
means they employ.
Unions are becoming so in
terested in side Issues they are
forgetting the reasons why
unions were formed-equality
and fair treatment"
Labor unions were organized pri-
marily for defensive purposes. They
were intended to serve as a check on
the aggressions of capitalism in an
era when capitalism was unre-
strained and aggressive. The unions
asked for what they considered a fair
deal, a fair deal for themselves and
everybody else. They were so con-
WINGED Of the justice of their cast
that they were never afraid to ap-
peal to the public's sympathy.
Take the coal and rail unions. for
example. Before the Railroad
Labor Board was created wages of
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
EUening Dress for Men
CFrom the New York Herald.)

I coat and maybe a plated shirt, or
IL he IS imbued with the present idea
OF comfort first, even an unstarched
collar. He is, moreover, at liberty
TO commit such picturesque SOLE
cisms, II he be so inclined, as to
wear a white waistcoat with a black
tie. informally inevitably broadens
the field for mans imagination in
the matter of habiliments.
Those men who know how to dress
appropriately are able to indulge
the urge to comfort only by thus
carefully distinguishing the occasions
which call for strictly formal attire
from those on which some latitude
is permissible. Why the average man
should assume a dinner coat with
u a murmur and yet groan at the
thought OF complete evening dress
is a question which has never been
answered; yet the distinction exists
in the case of nine men out of ten.
The most plausible explanation is
that the tail coat demands the stiff
hat, which is difficult to dispose of
under many conditions of present
day existence.
The desire for comfort affects ev-
cry kind Of dress. The younger gem
Grafton has all but abandoned the
stiff collar, which is now regarded as
almost as much of an a-nachronism
as the high stock of our ancestors.
In every department of dress is the
same tendency TO be noticed. But
If a degree Of laxity is sometimes
permissible nothing Excuses a failure
to observe the rules of dress under
the most formal conditions; in this
respect they are as strict as ever.
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No matter what other fashions the
authorities may decree for men dur
ing the approaching winter, there is
one tendency which must not be
overlooked. Men have decided that
their dress shall be more informal
If the clothes designers are able to
check this movement 1t will be their
first victory in the whole history Of
mans apparel.
Steadily has the change toward
lack OF formality and thus toward
greater comfort been making prog
ress. This tendency during the war
was manifested in a decree of indif-
ference on the part of the younger
generation which sent them to for
NAL balls wearing soft shirts and
tailless coats. There has been a re-
action against such lack OF coDsid-
Grafton for the opinions of the wo-
men who went in appropriate garb.
Strictly formal evening dress is. a.
imperative as ever under certain
conditions. Men with due sense of
social propriety would not think OF
violating the rules which custom
has made. Stiff shirts. white ties
and standing collars are as necessary
a tail coat and a silk nat. patent
leather shoes and n white waist
coat. The man who departs from
such apparel on formal occasions
like a dinner. the opera or a ball
is appropriately dressed.
But there are nor occasions than
there used to be when he can as
sumo less formal garments. The
number of guests may be go small
he may properly wear a dinner
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railway workers were increased
progressively through a series of
years by arbitration and mediations
in which the government and the
public were represented. In the great
coal strike of 1902 John Mitchell in
vited arbitration. He relied on the
fair judgment of outsiders. But this
year the rail shopmen walked out
as a protest against a Railroad Labor
Board decision in which all the.
members representing the public
Joined. They are trying to substitute
their judgment and to destroy the
boards legal and moral authority. In
the coal strike Mr.. Lewis laid down
the ultimatum OF no arbitration in
further wage settlements. He went
on record as absolutely opposed TO
consulting the public's views or in
terest in the regulation OF coal
wages and prices.
This is super-militant unionism-
unionism fighting for its own stake
and raising its hand against every
other mans hand. 1t is out for con-
quest, for economic advantages OBJ
tanned at the expense of the nor
ganized. II is no longer concerned,
as Chaplain McDade said, about
equality and fair treatment. It will
not share its loaf with n others.
The public has sensed this change
In union policy and resents It. That
is why the miners and rail shop
men strikes have utterly lacked the
outside support which used to be
given to strikes claiming to be based
on economic justice.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1922
OUR SLOGAN:
The Evening JournaI-the First
Paper of the First City of the First
State.
THEY DESERVE NO MERCY

GIVE them the limit of the law!
" That should be the policy of the Delaware courts
in dealing with the four railroad strikers who have con-
fessed that they were parties to the dymmiting OF the
pennsylvania Railroad bridge at Fourteenth street, this
city. on the morning of August 81. 1t also should cx-
tend to the fifth man, a quarry worker. If it can be
shown that he knew that the dynamite he supplied was
to be used for unlawful purposes.
The crime was diabolicaI in Its conception, deliberate
In its execution. and only the grace of God prevented IT
being terrible in its consequences.
The public should abhor the men who committed It
and insist that if they were Inspired by Others higher
mp to plant and set off the explosive, that those who In
spIred them be run to earth and given sentences even
more severe than those which unquestionably VIII be
inflicted upon the tools whom they employed.
Nor should it stop at that. Those local railroad men
who are on strike and who do not approve of the use
Of personal violence, sabotage and dynamite as strike
support argument, should come out IN their organiza-
tion councils and demand that such desperate methods
be abandoned forthwith by the radical elements within
the organizations and that. so far as the strike sympa-
fhizers are affected, the orderly elements within the
oonservssors to hold chem in check and, that failing, TO
Drfng lei &c punh-tuhcnt-
The revelations in the case make that duty by law
abiding strikers imperative, because. when the crime
FIRST was reported, It was asserted thar it was not the
work of strikers but that of strike sympathizers over
whom the organized strikers had no control. 1t now
develops that all four of the men who have been ar
rested, and who have confessed, are strikers and that,
up TO the time of the strike, they were employed at
Todd's Cut.
The Wilmington police, the railroad detectives and
the Pinkerton men who were put on the case deserve
much credit for having rounded it UP in such hne shape.
Special credit is due to superintendent of Police Biloxi,
Captain of Detectives Benson and Detective Sutton, all
OF the Wilmington Police Department, through whose
efforts the dynamfters were discovered, arrested and
induced 10 make confessions relative to their respective
parts in the crime. To Detective Sutton Is conceded the
chief credit, because it was due TO his work that Daniel
Befany. alias italian DAM who placed and set on the
dynamite, was run down and placed in a position where
he not only confessed but also implicated the others
who subsequently were arrested and confessed.
Immediately after the explosion we urged the Will
mfngton policemen to get busy and run down the dyna-
miters. They followed the suggestion with praise
worthy celebrity and commendable result. We felicitate
them upon their good work and now suggest that they
extend it so it win embrace every act of personal vio-
Ience and sabotage committed In the wilmington metro
politan district.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14

In line with the evidence of weak
ening confidence in the omnipo~
tence Of the league as a directing
and problem-saving agency Of the
nations. IS the question raised by
the council OF that organization
relative to exercise of covenant
created mandate over the island of
Nauru entrusted to the British. That
island was formerly a German pos
session.. 1t is rich in phosphate de-
post, which, according to adverse
critics of British methods in thol
exercise of mandates. nave been
improperly monopolized. The leaguei
council has cafled on the govern-l
ments of England, Australia andf
New Zealand for information on this
matter. The purpose of this move by.
the questioning body Is to deter,
mine whether or not the British'
have violated the spirit Of the cove-1
nant's mandate provisions. AS the'
matter now stands. England and the
two British dependencies hold1
monopolistic control over the De-
posts by assignment to themselves,
vi
This indicates rise Of doubts as toa
compliance with the covenant by1
the leagues most powerful men,
Der, and points to a dispute that
will place the covenanted guarantee.
of Just dealing by those who exer-
else rights and privileges under 1t in.|
While this is outside the
record of the assembly It is in the
league. and, therefore is to be rstedf|
as corroborative of evidence ofA
rouble-threatening conflicts amongd
member nations furnished by thel
proceedings at Geneva. Il
These developments emphasized
the need for downward revision.|
the estimate of the league as ami
agency of international control by
enthusiasts who have hitherto failed'l
TO realize its defects and limitations-fi
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
AMERICA AND IRELAND.

From the New York Herald.
Two Americans Of widely differ
ent callings returned from ireland
this week with interesting impress
sions Of conditions in the Free
State. .
One OF these men is William Tur-
ner, Catholic Bishop OF Buffalo, who
was born and educated in Ireland.
He reports that the military system
OF the irregulars is broken, that the
Provisional Government has not
grown weaker since the death Of
Griffith and Collins and that 80
per cent of the people of southern
ireland are for tho Free State Gov
eminent. Ireland's sentiment tow
England, Bishop Turner says
Is friendly:
England, far from having
lost ireland, has won 1t and is
less hated than over in the
whole history OF her. relations
TO It. ireland means TO carry
out the treaty, and England
with admirable courage and
forbearance is willing to wait
and deal fairly with ireland to
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
With the Photographers

Used properly, stumbling blocks make a fine foot
Beacon.
They are now talking in Europe of starting another
league. Presumably with the idea that 1t takes one
lea que TO kin another-Boston Transcript.
The "endless chain" or SNOWFALL is a practice of
considerable antiquity. In 1878 Pope Innocent XI. con-
demned the circulation of prayers in this way. Some
years ago a writer in the Bombay Examiner calculated
that were the conditions fulfilled each letter would
nroduce 400 900. 900 in nine ys-Th Rev. w Cook
sy in the London Times.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
SOLDIERS AS

nELAwAREANS contributed tens of thousands of
IL books to the soldiers before. during and after the
World War. 1t will interest them to know how they
were appreciated.
Soldiers in training camps wore OUT 100000
books. says Carl H. Milan, secretary of American Ii
brary Association. He thinks that the habit Of read
ing was greatly increased by the war, serious books as
well as fiction. This might explain the big sale of
works like Wells "outline Of History which would
have been a IttIe-used headache volume before the
war.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14

Everyone in Delaware is delighted by the news that
Mrs. Harding, wife of the President, seemingly Is re-
covering from the serious illness that afficts her. Dur
ing the long and the desperate struggle the sympathy
and the good wishes OF the civilized world have been
with the distinguished patient, who has served in such
q lovely way as the official and the unofficial consort of
one OF the best Presidents the United States ever has
haA
Evening journal., 1922-09-14
GEMS OF THOUGHT

II you are always being insulted. you deserve It.
:-.-:-:
Even though the world may have 1t In" for you,
don't take It out on your family.
:-:-:-.
You may be courageous enough not 20 care what peo-
pie say about you, but that won't keep them from say
tuS it
Evening journal., 1922-09-14

Rather careful reading OF Mr.. Gompers' Labor Day
address fails to disclose any insistence upon the right
OF men to work free from Interference by idlers.
Evening journal., 1922-09-14

Chefs, mattresses, chambermaids
and all hotel assistance Will do well
TO watch the Want Ads carefully for
better-positions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-11
Ferguson and Reid to
Appear in Forever
at Fort Armstrong

A delicate touch Of symbolism
appears in the picture Forever, !"
Paramounts screen version of
George Du Maurier's famous novel,
peter Ibbetson." in which Elsie
Ferguson and Wallace Reid are CO.
stars.
The sym bolism of Forever, !"
which comes to the Fort Armstrong
theatre tomorrow. enters the pic
ture in q manner frequently used
in literature. but seldom in a mo-
ton picture production The scenic
atmosphere of the picture was
made to correspond with the lives
of the characters and their moods.
The Pasquier garden is a vital
part of the production, as it, was
of the Du Maurier story In the
scenes where tie children Gogo
and Mimsi are first introduced. the
Pasquier garden appears blooming
with tender early plants and fruit
blossoms. 1t is the beginning, be
fore grief and unpleasantness have
entered theSI young lives.
The old house is half hidden by
clusters of wistaria, geraniums are
seen in the window boxes and beds
'about the door Purple and white
irises and lilac bushes heavy with
blossoms are everywhere.
The seasons progress with the
story. Gogo and Minlsi grow into
adolescence; the lilac and wistaria
blossoms disappear and full blown
roses are seen in the yard. The
apple blossoms are gone and the
old tree covered with green leaves
1t is summer.
Another change. Gogo has be-
come Peter Ihbetson and has be-
gun to taste the bitterness of life.
Mimsi is no longer the wide-eyed
child, but a grown woman. in So
ciety as Mary, duchess of Towers.
The plant life of the Pasquier gar
den mirrors the transition. Frost
has touched the apple tree and the
roses.
Another and the last change in
the lives OF Goge and Mimsi and
in the garden. Tragedy has come
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-11
Constance Talmadge
in Good Night Paul.
at Majestic Theatre

Constance Talmadge comes TO the
Majestic theatre Sunday IS the star
of Good Night Paul." new SelZ-
nick revival, 1t was adapted for
the screen by Julia Crawford Ivers
from the musical comedy success
of the same name by Roland oliver
and Charles Dickson. This is the
augh-provoking vehicle in which
Ralph Herr recently appeared On
the stage; the photoplay has. Of
course. been considerably modified
for Miss Talmadge's use. but the
screen version is said TO be even
funnier than the stage presenta-
ton.
Matilda, whose role is interpret
ed by Miss Talmadge. is the young
wife of Richard Landers Norman
Kerry: he and his partner, Paul
Boudeaux tHarrison Ford, are in
financial straits, with their credit
exhausted. Paul's Uncle Batiste
announces that he is coming on to
visit his nephew; If he finds him
married, he will settle $4,000 on
him for perPetuatirg the family
name.
Paul refuses to take the obvious
remedy, for he is a confirmed wom-
an hater, and things look dark in
deed; but when the uncle arrives.
Matilda tells him she is Pauls wife.
The old provincial is delighted
too much so. in fact--fcr after he
gives Paul the promised donation,
he decides to prolong his stay from
few hours to a month. 1t be-
comes necessary TO continue the
deception, of course, and Matilda's
ingenuity is taxed to the limit, but
she gets through the trying time
successfully.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-11
Best Amateurs Will
Get Contracts With
Vaudeville Circuit

Come on, you amateurs who
hInk you are vaudeville headliners
III the making.
The Orpheum circuit has decided
10 give you all a chance to see
Etst you can do.
List your names with Manager
Harry Chapel of the Columbia
1ntre, in Davenport, for morning
T-outs. IL you look promising,
|m viii be given chance on the
gular bill at the Columbia, and
d you show some stuff, booking on
be- circuit will be yours.
II is the chance of a lifetime.
Yet often does the largest vaude-
lille circuit in the world offer to
Iuy out amateurs of all ranks. then
rive them professional opportuni-
dM followed by booking.
There is need of new talent in
Mdsville." says the statement from
|Andquarters, and the circuit is
liking this means OF finding it out.
rhre must be some clever talent
hidden in Davenport, a city which
has produced so much good talent
,tr the stage in the past. Every
sody Is invited to get up on the
sage and show what he or she or
AT can do. Every assistance will
% lent the amateurs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-11
Theatre Calendar

ILLINOIS,
March II and ia--''fbres wise Foois.-
April Is-Dsyid warhsld in The Re
turn Of Peter Grimm"
r0Kr ARMsfEoRs.
razEht-wnhszn s. Hart in 'Tr@vaiin'
starting sunday+Else rergussn and
Wsliaes Raid in Forever"
sfEscEF saUAsx.
Tonirht-Thonias MeighAn In "rhs
Starting Sunday Rup~rt HUGHES,
Come on Over"
MAJESTIC.
Ton,sht-Dorslse Fairbanks IN 'when
starting suaday-conssAaee raisnadsa
Ia Good Might Paul"
AMERICAN.
Torisht--wiiiism Duncan In swhern
Men Are Men"
suadsy-@A Fight far Fertuns
RIALfo.
Tsnight--Rehe Daniels in she Ceuldn :
Help It."
sundsy-'rhs Sky Pilot"
AUGEsTANA GYM7sAsIUM.
(Concertsi
March 2o-Asrgaret MatsenAuer con
tralto recital.
ApS7i 2S-Lucien hsuritore tenor
March 18th City synphoAy orchestra
cencsrt.
COLISEUM,
Davenport
ComlaE-Gaili-C urci ana Jaseha Heifetz
March IL fri-city Symphony or
chestra.
COLUMBIA.
orpheun Circuit Vaudeville.
Starting Sunday-DaFis Humphrey
dancer in dancing sketch: Newport Stirlx
and Parker in On the Beulevari''; Harry
Bussey, monologues: Monroe Grant,
comedy arrobats; Haylnr, Macy Hawks
songs: Bobby Earl & Gertrude Dial in
Rings and Rainhovs
New bill Thursday headed by j. Rosa
nong johnson and his Inimitab.e Five in
Syneopation
LIBERTY.
Buriesque-''The PennaHt winners"
GRAND.
Fonight-'The Broken Wing"
CAPITOL
Tonight-charies Ray in THE Barn
stormer.'
FAMILY.
Why Girls Leave Hons.~