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New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

with an unexpected hint Of impishnrss,
that there is no danger here In the
United States that any true work Of
art will ever be suppressed We snsm
to recall that Professor Matthews also
had not read the book.
o
All Of US are glad that sJzfgsrs fs
again at liberty-even those of n uho
have inventoried our copiss Of 4 IS
worth $50 each Now they viii hs
available at $3.50 or less It Ia mel.
low, fantastic, imaginative and, As
Judge Mott DEGREES, suggestive, shosgh
velled and subtle One wonders wi y
the censors found it agreeable to sup
press it. It seems. from the repor. Of
its Emergency Committee, to have sup
pressed itself
But now thar "Jurgenp is once more
among us, prospective best seller, Il
may be news to report the patient sum-
mary of its wrongs by it's author, Mr.
Cabell. Of whom it has been said b.
Theodore Dresser that be has been
''robbed and yilifed by beasts whose
muddy hoofs dishonor the templa.s
One of the fantastic features Of the
droll affair, Mr., Cabell remarks, Is that
the average complacent, muddle-headed
and "pew-renting" American appeas
to be inebriated to these antics By
much Of the same real love Of virtua
which ineites some Of his congeners b
burn an unruly nsgro as torch y
illumine his apprehension Of iavisss
ness. Or to express his disfsvcr cf y
temperance by decreeing that wfns y
too atrocious g compound 20 be esr-
ployed for any purpose except to SYM
bolize the blood of Jesus Christ. MI.
Cabell says that 1t Is cniinentis appro-
pirate that in our national hall OK
statuary, along with such worid-famous
statesmen as Jacob Collamer, . >,
Kirkwood and George L Shoup, the
sole representative Of our ars and 'ese
ters should to-day be General Lev
Wallace. For, he adds, "Ben-H -Hur1
really the perfected expression q
American ideals In literature. He nEas
to think that, judged by these Amsfr
can ideals, "Jurgenp should hsvs bsea
decreed offensive, lascivt0us, iewd ana
indecent.
What will MFR. Cabell's emotion D
now that his "Jurgens has been maao
the martyr-hero of American beiles-
lettres? We hope that he may DO req
onciled to that humiliation By tie rlen-
ness Of his royalties. Something tel's
us that such calamities as "Juzgen
may wreak upon the prevalent cnassisy
and good behavior will be as naugas
compared to the delight which its po-
stic. yelled and subtle Though lissN
behind-the-barn) suggestivsness WIN
afford to us who are safe and sophisti-
Gated.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Platform

Our party platform is all right
AS safe and sound as old
Gibraltar
AS clear as is the MONDAY light;
It's ringing phrases never falter.
It makes the issues straight and
plain;
It has the simple truth to back
it!
The other crowd can talk in vain
They know they do not dare
attack it.
The men who framed it knew
their Job,
They built a mastery crea-
ton!
They made the English language
throb
When they put out that decla-
ration.
Their hearts were most profound
ly stirred;
They wrote with skill and
strength and power,
And every single burning word
Will make the other party
cover.
Each plank contains a mighty
thought.
It thrills the soul with iov to
hear it,
And every paragraph Is fraught
With high, inspiring, noble
spirit.
1t deals with all our direst needs,
1t tells in words Of grace and
beauty
Just how to find the path that
leads
To large and patriotic duty.
What are Its contents, do you
say?
How does it make the issues
clearer
To voters as Election Day
And time to make their choice
grows nearer?
For what reform does it contend
That the electorate should heed
it?
You'd better glance 1t through
my friend
l haven't had the time to read
it!
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Oddments and Remainders 3, pe,ev n

| TUST when Mr.. Cabell,s "Jurgen
| ~ seemed doomed forever to the fet
tors and tho dayless shade of the Cen
sor's deep, damp vaults along come.
Judge Mott and let's it out. In can
ceiling this notorious captivity the
court discovered that "Jurgen's" mis-
chievousness is "veiied and SUBTLE
and therefore free from the evils ac
companying the suggestive note ir
more realistic works. Naughty, but
nice-in other words, "Jurgen" is now
happily again nc large, and we all may
read it.
We all may read 1t, including those
! angry literary friends Of Mr.. CabelI
who year or two ago protested
against its suppression while confess
ing to be unfamiliar with it's character
You may recall that Emergency Com.
mittee's gloomy symposium. In an in
dignant brochure it came to the con.
cllsion that nothing could be done for
the hapless "Jurgen," but that steps
must be taken so that literature of the
kind would hereafter have rights sim.
liar to those Of the Bible, Shakespeare
or Jane Austen, whose works, as George
Moore has said, contain some coarse
passages. We may be permitted, per-
haps, to paraphrase an account Of this
interesting reprimand and impugnment
compiled by US In another locality.
AT the call Of the Emergency Com.
mittee Mr.. Cabell's aroused brethreu
came valiantly to his support. viii
ham Lyon Phelps, Of Yale, wrote that
ne had not read the book, but that In
general he disapproved Of literary cen
sorship. 81 have not read the book
replied christopher Morley, "but If you
care to include my name among the
protestants on general grounds, pray
do so." Miss Harriet Ford said that
she had not read the book, but that sho
was glad to sign the protest. The
author Of Abraham Lincoln" Mr.,
Drinkwater, expressed sympathy with
the manifesto without reference TO .ha
book In question, which he had not
read. From London st. John Eryine
wrote that he could not fnd anything
In "Jurgen" to disturb the morals of q
Strict and Particular Baptist, and he
referred to the Vice Society as ssmind-
murderors." Edward Sheldon, who had
Also read the book, described Il az both
wise and beautiful, and he resented It's
being pilloried.
George Moore had not read the book.
but he gladly signed the petition. and
Gelett Burgess, though unacquainted
with "Jurgen," subscribed to tho pro-
test with ali his heart. "Not having
read 'Jurgen,'" responded Arthur Gut
terman, Il am obliged to limit myself
to the general protest against this So
ciety whose methods believe to be i'm
lmical to the public weal.n Theodore
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

for his failure to prepare In 1915
and 1916. II was the principle which
appealed to him most forcibly,
whether its application In particu-
lar instance was to the army or to
the navy. He knew that right was
no less right for being backed by
might. and that strong navy was
one Of the best ways of making
Americas stand for right respected.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

Dresser offered s100 toward a fund to
debar "these cattle from indicting the
character and morals of their betters. ~
Owen Wister indicated tepid ap-
proval OF the opinions embodied in the
movement, in which he could not take
part, except generally, because he had
not read the book Neither had Mary
E. Wilkins Freeman, who suspected
that 1t would not be fair for her to be
angry under the circumstances. Mrs.
Kate Douglas Wiggin replied: al have
not read the book, and n,ust do so be-
fore signing" and Mary Austin, wnile
acknowledging that much stupidity is
enacted In the name Of morality. could
not commit herself, not having read
the book. In the opinion of Ellis P.
oberhoitzer, motion picture censor,
Mr.. Cabell's narrative in "Jurgen" is
so far above the understanding Of any
but the highly sophisticated that no
conceivable injury could result from
its public circulation. "Mr. Cabelps
symbolism Is at times phallic," Mr..
Oberholtzer admitted. He had read tn q
book.
IT hate the name Of the Vice soci-
ety. said Charles Ram Kennedy, "and
believe 1t to be one more of the diabol-
lcally instigated movements now afoot
to cripple free speech and to torture
Art into the safe. nmug. comfortable
bourgeois pattern Of our lords and
masters, the propertied and financial
classes But as Mr.. Kennedy had not
read "Jurgen" he was unable to sign
on the dotted line. From the Univer-
sity ct Chicago Dean James Weber
Linn responded that he had not read
"JurgenD and probably would not. as
Cabell bored him to tears. Professor
Linn said that ne preferred to center
mis- energies on the protection Of ueo-
pie who deserve 1t rather than on cru
sades for prosperous and affected
pseudo litterateurs like Mr.. Cabell. y
However. he signed the protest.
prominent American artist to,d tha
committee that he had not read aJur.
gen." but chat "it is probably smusty--
most American things are" Julia q
Lathrop. believing with Mr.. Guiterman
.nat the society's methods are not GOOD
for the public veal, aligned herself
wisn the revolt on behalf Of .sJursen =
explaining as she did so that she had
not read 1t. Paul g. More declined TO
par',cipate on the ground Of his be
'iea snat the harm done by tie vice So
cisey ~ slight compared to that done
oy seif-styied artists. Lawrence Gil
man said; ITO he'll with them fthe
sooS poiicel on ali countsl" though he
o'd not boast that he had read the per-
secuted volume. Professor Brander
mattnews stood aloof from the rem,,n-
slfance. remarking auspicio usly. thongp
{ 80 ' S'-SS 81
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Senator Straus on the Campaign
To the Editsr OF The Tribune.

Senator Straus on the Campaign
To the Editsr OF The Tribune.
sir: While many people are com.
menting on the fact that the campaign
this year is not based on any sharplv
drawn party issues. think that we
should be proud Of the fact that it il
campaign in which people are
thoughtfully discussing those ques-
tions which should be the basis of the
problems Of our state government; chat
is, economical and efficient government
It Ia certainly an encouraging indi-
cation Of the continually broadanins
interest taken by q large number Of
the citizens Of our state to-day that
the appeal made by the candidates of
both parties at this election ID on the
record Of efficiency and economy In the
business Of government. Year by year
the problems confronting the Les,s-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
HonoIulu's School Shortage

HonoIulu's School Shortage
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: consested cities are not sae
only sufferers from lack Of school se-l
commodations, Honolulu. Of about tse
population Of Yonksrs. opened ths aais
term with no seats for l,b25 ehiiafsn'
according to James G. Davis. super
vising principal for Honolrlu. 1nsss
boys and girls are now yeceivins y
struction In rooms teamed ~ ns ss
rectors Of the Japaness lanssAs
schocis--an odd circumstance, tinsS
the superintendent Of public snssrus.
tion in Honolulu IL endeavcring % ss-
cure the ultimate abclishment ot snss'
schools.
ALBERT e. DAVIS. =
New FORK. Oct a. isa&
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Where Extremes Meet

fFrc" The Clepeland Plasn Dealer,
an the back of the French mind !,
says Cox, "and in the back Of the Ger.
man ! am convinced the ideas or
reparation are not far different ye.
both believe that Germany isn,,
going to pay mn.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Like Daylight Saving

The country seemed so pleased
with the coal strike that the miners
are going to make it regular an
nual institution,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
auAaAsry O

YEN szs raresass uszsehantiso aGvsrsssed la THE
TRIBUNE With ahscirfe safety--fof il dIssatisiae,
ticn retssss IN any eass The TRIBUNE ggafaR.
tsss to ya3 year sasaeS aask apea feeueas No red
taps. Ee aHsheiisa. We fefead promptly II the
sescffissf Gnas cot.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

3 The Axsscss$ea Pfyss Is aaeusisey emitted 10
tsrs uss ,or fspiibissaiieH of GH news dispatches
cT@f.tsa 20 It Or aet otherwise cssdited In this
Eapss and assf the local news Of s2ont@ness origin
aaAljsised isssasn.
All rsshFs 81 repusijcaiion q ell other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Men Of Nerve

King Canute merely tried to turn
pack the Atlantic. Mr.. Daugherty is
trying to dry 1T up.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Need Of a Quarantine

The disease from which the Sick
Man OF Europe is suffering seem. -
be highly infectious.
copyright oy sahes j. Montasua,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

0wned ty New yeeh Trlsans inr.. New yorx
sfsy*xsstsrs. rubtzhsa aasls. Ogden Reid. F'svss-
dsnts Iisasn Rarass ReIa sssaessss: =. r. Malis:ds
Tnxsases. Address. Tssbane aailtlas. Is4 Nassau
S4xscs. Nas Yosk csgy TsiepsscsA geekmsn a6eo
New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

| tectiyes. NC
1t was contained in the inner hor ~
g series of steel boxes and ak detac.
| day. 'en' aho
1t had arrived in the mansion .,
amr mrasihus SINUS. Fairweather the day before
Half dozen celebrated surpeona Tho
most expensive surgeons that rnonan ,an
could buy. were due on the day on which
our story story opens to graft the Gland Of
the Sheik Al-Ullah- Bul-bul to the avs ~
tenn OF Erasmus Fairweather.
The minister Of his church was a,so
TO be present. He had insisted thai
erasmus Fafrweather be opened with
prayer. He was little leery about the
spiritual effect Of putting Moslem
Giand into one Of the deacons Of his
dise-but to an earthly, Moslem nara-
disc. Might 1t not lead a member of
MS church to hell? But preacher has
| 20 run a lot of chances as regards cons :
OF these old chalk-faced American mil.
llonaires, who contribute SO LARGELY r.
godiy causes, and this one THOUGHT he
hadnt better make too much Of a vowI
about the Sheik's Gland. Hs would nray
| over II, and let it go at that.
iet@ WintefWlthe and the six detec.
G, Eyes VINO slept night and day before the
They began to open the boxes
the outer steel box. The silver ho,
within that. The golden box below that
! The platinum box below that. Then th,
radium-iined box designed to keen til.
Gland warm. Then the final box carvas
from single ruby. T.
I, DO we need to tell experienced reader,
that when the last box wss opened tn,
Gland was gone? -
ITO Be Continued.)
DON MARQUIS.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
STATE BANK AT STOCK
EFT AGAIN CLOSES DOOR

Withdrawal Of cash by striking coal
miners, the failure Of large depositors
to maintain their accounts and the
maturing of deposit certificates is
sued after its closing last year, all
combined last Saturday TO make con
tinued operation Of the State Bank at
Stockett impossible, and announce
ment of its closing was made Monday.
The, bank did not open Saturday and
the state bank examiner was notified
of the closing Sunday evening
The stock of the bank is owned by
H. J. Skinner, formerly Of Great Falls,
and l.. c. Mccoy of this city The
bank is capitalized at $4,000, and had
deposits Of $1s0,000 and resources of
100000. Included in the deposits are
$1,000 in Cascade county funds, Sc
cured by $1,000 in Liberty bonds held
by the county treasurer The bank
was temporarily closed last year and
reopened when the depositors accepted
certificates Of deposit maturing in one
year. Failure to extend the matur-
ity date longer was a cause contribut-
ing TO the second closing, IL was stat
ed by officials of the bank.
The bank has no connections with
the State Bank Of Belt, Mr. Skinner
having Opposed Of his interests in the
local institution some time ago to L..
B. Lockhart, who now heads the in
stitution.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
EARLY DAY BATH HOUSE
PROPRIETRESS is DEAD

Mrs Anna Honkala. aged 73 years,
wife of Jacob Honkala, died at her
ranch home at the head of Willow
creek last Friday, March 81. at
o'clock. Undertaken c. E. Peterson
went to the home and prepared the
body for burial, the funeral being
held Monday afternoon from the
home, the Rev A. Lunde of Great
Falls officiating, and burial was made
in the Little Belt cemetery.
Mrs. Honkala was born in Finland,
and with her husband came to Belt
about 20 years ago, for a number of
years operating the Finn bath house
which formerly stood on the bank of
of the creek back of the present G.
w. Merkle Coal company uptown
store, and is known by many of the
older residents of this city. Some
Ia years ago she and her husband re-
turned to Finland, but couple of
years later returned to America
again, coming to Belt, Mr.. Hankala
taking a homestead on the head Of
Little Belt, where the family have
continued to make their home since.
Besides her husband, Mrs Honkala
leaves one daughter, Mrs. Solomon
also residing on Little
Belt, to mourn her death. The be-
reaved husband and daughter have
the sympathy of large circle of
friends in this locality.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
Pulled at
MeTkIe Mine at
Strike Inception

With the Inauguration of the ma
tion-wide strike of the coal miners
last Saturday and the cessation of all
production at local mines this city
settled down to await the outcome,
and other than for the fact that the
day and evening saw a larger number
of men on the streets and in the pool
halls than usual, there were no in
dications that strike was in pro-
gress Some of the mines went into
the strike with the chutes and bins
full and also with loaded coal cars.
and during the week this has been
loaded for shipment, shipments also
being made from the slack piles, so
the lack of a movement of coal has
not been noticeable.
With the cessation Of production.
the pumps at the c. w. Merkle Coal
Co. mine, the only one at present
where pumps are a necessity, were
removed, indicating that the manage
ment expects long drawn-out con-
troYersy, and while some of the other
mines will carry ON some Improvement
work there will be no effort toward
coal production, the various manage
ments say.
Last Thursday the new wage scale
agreed to by the operators of this
field and upon which as
/ basis the operators declare they are
ready to resume operations, were
posted. The scale is reduction of
$3.50 in the miners wages, and the
same proportionate decrease for all
men employed in and around the
mines. This would make the min
mum wage $3.50 per day for trspper
boys, and $500 per day for boy
yreasers, flaggers, couplers, etc,
while the maximum wage ie fixed at
1910 for first class electricians. The |
'cale for miners is fixed at $3.50 and
or other adult employees from $3.50 to
$3.50, according to the classification
# the work.
Many of the men employed at the
mines have left town, some Of them
,oing to their farms and others to
treat Falls TO seek employment at the
melter
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
DEAR Boy GRADUATES
TOMORROW EVENING

Leo Shannon will play the part Of
Clyde Walker. "the dear boy" in the
Senior class play TO be presented at
the High school auditorium tomor-
row night. Clyde is the president Of
his class and in the language. of the
street, is "some boy" and it is around
his senior year in school that 1.-THE
Dear Boy Graduate" is written. Miss
Anna Huber takes the part of Gene
We've, Clyde's elder sister, and Miss
Eugenia Proyin that Of Mamie, his
younger sister. Miss Florence Brady
interprets the part Of an adoring
mother, and Miss Gladys EnRdahl
that Of his grandmother, who does not
hold the young man in the high es-
TEEN that do the other members of
the family. Misses Engeline Biais,
Mary Hauskama, Marjorie Weir and
Pearl Marquardt, rich and poor aunts
and cousins, come TO see "the dear
boy" graduate, while Susan Soha
plays the part of Clyde's best girl, |
and enjoys the fun incident to the pro-
cess Of graduating the young man as
as will those who witness
it from the other side of the foot I
Lights, Tom Leonard, Dick Reed and +
Harry Duff, clyde's chuns, and Prof.
Whitney Jones, athletic coach, and
Prof Hudson. the school principal, all
help in creating amusement for the
spectators
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
EFFORT TO REFLECT SPOCEN
BY WRITING NAME IN CREATES
ONLY ELECTION EXCITEMENT
Stirs Friends of Both IMayoraIty Candidates to
Action, With Result that Large Vote
is Polled in Each of the Wards
MILLARD IS WINNER BY VOTE OF t54 TO 20
Sullivan Reelected Police Magistrate Over Ray Wilson
ll8 to 60-Remington Returned as Alderman
with Chas Carlson and j. A. Hackshaw

Despite the fact that there was only
one contest for office on the official
ballot in Mondays municipal election
the rumor early in the morning that
an effort was being made TO get q
sufficient number of voters to write
in the name of Dominic Spogen to
succeed himself as mayor. caused the
supporters of II. w. Millard, the reg
ularly nominated candidate for that
office, to put forth strenuous effort
to see that a full vote was polled,
with the result that better than 90
per cent of those registered went to
the polls and cast their ballot-When
it is considered that many of those
registered are no longer residents OF
Belt it would mean that between a
75 and S5 per cent vote was polled.
A total of 1877 ballots were cast, of
which Millard received 154 and Spog
en- 20, according to the count Of the
officials. However, nine bal
lots which were evidently meant to
be cast for Spogen were thrown out
because of irregularities which would
bring the net results of the efforts
of those friends who spent the day
working in his interest up to 20. Six
of the irregular ballots were cast in
the first ward and three in the Sec
ond ward.
The only other contest was that be-
tween Dennis Sullivan and Ray viii
son for the office of police magistrate,
Sullivan winning by practically two
to one vote, receiving 118 to Wilson's
so. This contest had its inception
through a joke and no effort was
made toward the election of Wilson.
.Chas H Previn, who was unop-
posed for city treasurer, received the
high, total of 1853 out of the 1877 in
all the wards.
On the aldermanic ticket a few
names were written in on the ballots
IN the various wards, probably as a
Joke, but were not sufficient in num-
Der to bring the count greatly below
hat for the heads of the ticket. Cal
sharrard received six votes in the
.hird ward, Andrew Veleber three mi
he second ward and John Jeffries,
Bob Robinson and Henry Morrow one
Zach an the first ward.
In the first ward 81 ballots were
asst, out of registration of l66. The
,ote was as follows: In the second |
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-06
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OF
LEGION is ORGANIZED

At meeting held Saturday after
noon at the K of p. club rooms, the
organization of the local Women's
Auxiliary of the American Legion
was perfected by the election Of Mrs.
Lizzie W. Bemis as president, Mrs.
Margaret Millard, vice president and
Mrs. Hazel r. Pilgeram as secretary
treasurer. These officers viii also
constitute the executive board. The
charter for the local organization has
been received, and fifteen names have
already been signed as charter mem
bers.
The new post will hold regular
monthly meetings and it is also plan
ned to hold joint sessions occasionally
of scial nature with the local post
of the American Legion. As an indi-
cation of some of the activities of the
Women's Auxiliary, a request has
been received by the local post from
the Veterans Welfare Board for con-
tributions of knitted goods for dis
tribution among disabled ex-service
men now inmates of the various hos
pitfalls of the state This work will
be undertaken by the Auxiliary at
once.