davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
Railroads as Highways.
To Obstruct Their Operation Is ar
Offense Against the State.

To THE New YORK HERALD AS a SIM
pie layman 1t occurs to me that q strike
OF railroad employees Is OF an entirely
different nature from a strike in any
other employment.
The railroads in the first half Of the
nineteenth century began to take the
place and assume the functions Of The
old highways as arteries Of traneporta-
ton. In both cases land was taken away
from the owner for public uses by tho
State under condemnation proceedings
according to It's reserved right OF eminent
domain.
Now his land having been condemned
and taken from him. will he Mill he,
for the modern highway, the railroad,
and his own volition In the matter hav-
ing been annihilated, have all the rights
of the owner in 1t vanished? Certainly
not. For he as one OF, the people has
the right Of service by this highway and
the State is a party TO m implied con-
tractual obligation to sec that he IL
served and that the highway shall be
open and suffer no obstruction. Other
wise there would be no public benefit
from the condemnation. Therefore citi-
zcns that individually or In combination
cause the operaticA = the highway TO
be INSTRUCTED are guilty of a rnisde-
meanor against the State itself.
| That Joint stock companies pay tho
owner for the land. lay tracks and oper-
ate trains is of no effect in relieving the
State from It's implied contract with it's
citizens. These companies are author
lied by the State to operate these high
ways in this manner as public service
utilities. They act under State author
ity and control, for the State not only
fixes their rates but inspects their prop
erty. requires them to keep It In repair
and. up to certain standards, obliges them
to adopt devices and establish comforts
OF various sorts for the safety and con-
venience Of the people and even exacts
minimum schedules. And II the state
| requires these joint stock companies TO
| run at least one train a day, 1t neces-
sarily follows that whoever obstructs In
any manner whatsoever the running of
the train lie guilty of defyins and con-
spring against the State.
Any interference by strikers, then,
with the operation of these highways Is
obstructive Of the States contractual OBJ
legation to the people. definitely implied
in the original seizure of the land for
the public veal. These highways are.
I therefore. held by the companies under
sort of sub modo tenure for the state.
Tho State. therefore. must use all the
force at its command. both judicial and
military. to sec that this contract on it's
part is carried out in good faith. In
other words. railroad strikers obstructins
the operation Of these highways are, in
a sense. insurgents.
RoBERr t. PRESTON.
LEEsDURG, Va, September 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

DONALD B. MACMILLAN has returned
from his years exploration OF Baffin
Bay in the Bowdoin with the news
that the western coast Of Baffin
Land has been Incorrectly mapped
and its waters misleadingly charted.
There are many who will say, Inter
esting, but what of it,"
The world is always ungrudging In
its admiration for the courage and
sacrifice which are demanded in
Arctic exploration, but 1t is also in
clined to be skeptical regarding the
returns to be had from that courage
and sacrifice. It Is aware Of the
natural satisfaction to the explorer
in his achievement, and to some ex-
tent It shares his pride In the mas.
terry OF primitive forces. Recent an
nouncements Of additions to polar
geography. however, usually leave 1t
cold.
Over the discovery Of the poles OF
course there was enthusiasm. because
they were symbols, and there was
more enthusiasm over the North Pole
because it sounded colder than the
South Pole and, for some inexplicable
reason, more remote.
But there is this about MACMILLAN
discovery. It IL not at all impossible
that 1t will have a very real and
practical value. The economic po-
tentialities Of the Arctic we know
very little about. Explorers have as
rule been little concerned with the
economic features OF the northern
wastes. but there may come day
when the world will be much con-
cerned about them. sOil has been
found far north, and some day there
may be oil wells In Baffin Land. The
charting of the waters Of Baffin Bay
will then assume a new importance.
That other distinguished member
OF the Arctic brotherhood, vLHJAL.
MUIR STEFANssoN, has recently been
endeavoring to convince the world
that there are worse places than the
Arctic regions. He called his &C.
count of his last expedition THE
Friendly Arctic" and he has since
written another book in which hi
expands upon the amenities of life
above the sixtieth parallel. His task
lis no easier than that Of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture, which for years
has been trying to make the people
OF the United States believe thai
other things growein Alaska besides
the snowfall.
The Arctic may never be dotted
With smart summer colonies. but II
Is the part Of wisdom to- know as
much as possible about Its resource:
and its possibilities.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
Pueblo in 1867.
The Days Of Ok Team Transportation,
BuffaIoes and Dead Eye whisky.

To THE New York HsRALb: Mr.. Ole.
sons references to the changes that have
taken place In the Dakotas, Wyoming
and Montana within the memory Of liv-
ing men recall that when was engaged
in the transportation of freight by OK
team along the Kansas section Of the
Santa Fe Trail in 1865 buffalo herds
still remained there in such numbers
that when encountered on our drives
they seemed like low cloud crossing
the plains. At times they approached so
near our wagon train that we could
shoot them without going out Of our way.
The roasted meat Of some of the young
buffaloes was Juicy. tender and satisfy.
ing and for a while at least we could for
get about bacon. Late in November OF
1865. while we we're living In dugout
along the Arkansas River In what 10 now
western Kansas. buffaloes coming dOWn
to the frozen stream looking for water
we're shot from the inside Of our rough
habitation.
On our way up the Arkansas River
from Fort Lyon, Kansas. to Denver In
the spring OF 1867 we came to what Is
now the busy industrial city Of Pueblo.
Colorado. I remember the site princi-
rally as the location Of a, large wall
tent where you could get small tin cup
Of dead eye corn whisky for 25 cents.
Two Of them put under your belt would
deaden your eyesight all right and at
the same time seriously impair your
other faculties.
The only other sign Of civilization
there at that time was a rude shed used
by frontier blacksmith to reset the
tires on prairie schooner wheels. On the
Icing overland journey, usually from the
Missouri River or east the.wheels would
become very loose and the drivers would
insert wooden wedges between the fellies
and the tires to hold them together until
a blacksmith could be reached. We could
possibly have bought the site OF the
town with what little the four in our
party had saved In few months from
our wages and the sale Of wolf skins Sc
cured along the Arkansas during the
winter.
On the third day we separated, two
OF the four heading for Santa Fe and my
partner and starting out for Denver.
There I secured job with the Delando
outfit hauling lumber with OK teams from
the Divide to provide the materials for
about the first building operations in
Cheyenne. now the capital OF Wyoming.
My partner hired out as a mule skin
ner in an expedition bound for Jules
burs on the North Platte. This was the
last ever saw of any Of the three. and
after fifty-six years wonder what be.
came OF them. Having been the young
est of the party at the time am now
probably the only survivor.
ALBERT II. BArsE1RY.
NEW YORK, September 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

When gasoline was imperatively
needed for the army in France and
the supply near the Atlantic sea-
board in the United States was in
sufiicient to meet the requirements
Of the American Expeditionary
Forces the people Of the Eastern
States OF the Union voluntarily re-
stricted their use of the fuel by cele-
brating gasoline saving Sundays,
days on which nobody started gaso-
line motor except when 1t was abso-
lutely necessary. This self-denial
was enforced without constraint OF
law through the power of public
opinion.
Now the common welfare calls for
rigid economy in the use OF coal.
Governor MILLER, speaking to the
State League OF Women Voters in
Syracuse, told his hearers that the
situation calls for saving and that
there will be no undue pinching next
winter II everybody will economic.
Being a practical man talking to
practical women he advised every
body who could to use oil for heat
ing In the early cold snaps and save
for severe weather what anthracite
there may be In stock,
The women are the ones to tell
about fuel, for in the household they
arc the watchers Of 1t. The men
merely stoke.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

The success OF MUsTAPHA KEMA
Pasha, eliminating as it undoubtedly
will in the capture and occupation
of Smyrna, makes him for the mo-
ment master OF Asia Minor. The
Greeks ideal Of a reconquest OF their
ancient Asiatic lands and Of raising
their white and blue standard over
Saint Sophia and Constantinople
fails in the utter rout OF their armies
and their flight from the Egean
coast. KEMAL has won the greatest
victory which has fallen to the Turk
ish armies in the last half century.
What will he do with It?
This man, whom the Allies three
years ago looked upon as a dis
credited Ottoman officer and whom
the conservatives OF Great Britain
called the leader OF half bandit
horde in Anatolia, won his successes
by his faculty for organization, his
diplomatic skill in handling his
European friends and his ability to
elicit the sympathy and cooperation
OF the Moslems OF central Asia. But
all Of this would have failed him had
not Europe herself given him the
opportunity he sought. Those irrec-
oncilable differences which kept the
European Powers on the verge Of war
for fifty years and gaze ABDUL
HAND his long lease Of power were
factors in the situation stronger than
KEMAL's military skill.
The Sevres treaty had scarcely
been signed before II was pronounced
imperative. II Europe for an in
slant thought the bitterness OF the
strife over the Near East had passed
with the overthrow Of imperial Ger
many, Austria and Russia she mis-
calculated. Great Britain's interests
/ in India and the Orient we're as vital
to her as ever and they we're no
less dependent upon the Near East
than they we're quarter OF CEN
fury ago. France codld not con-
sistently abandon her colonization
schemes in Syria, and Italy was as
intent as before the world war upon
permanently holding the east Medi-
terranean islands, which came to her
by the Tripolitan war, and winning
mineral concessions In the regions Of
Adalia.
Paris and Rome beran imme d lately
TO manifest interest in the Nationalist
Government at Angora. KEMAL en-
tered into treaty with the French
representative at his capital. con-
ferring upon French companies con-
cessions along the Bagdad Railway.
He also recognized the rights of the
italians to develop mineral lands on
the Esean coast. In the meantime
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

Delegates to Discuss Broaden
ing Policy at Cleveland.

officers. Senators and delegates of
Phi Beta Kappa. representing practi-
cally all OF tho colleges and universities
In the country. aye to gather tomorrow
at Cleveland to consider steps toward
broadening the field Of activity Of the
fraternity.
DR.. Oscar M. VOORHEES,. national secre-
tary Of the organization. said yesterday
that an anonymous donor had offered to
add one-tenth to all funds raised In the
next Ave years by members to create a
fund to make possible a larger active
work among colleges and high schools
in behalf of a liberal education and
that 1t was possible from 100000 to
$1,000,o00 could be raised II the council
accepted the proposition. Tho main
tenance OF a central Organization In this
city would be one of the purposes OF
the fund.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
The Salt Of Life.

From tho Arkansas Gazette.
I know love passes and laughter dies,
That the fruited fields grow sterile i
But never shall life lose witchcry
And never It's Joy grow stale for ms
While may know and feel and sec
The urge of an instant peril.
Peril that stabs like a driven spur.
Yet sweet as the song OF a mother
Fear that holds like trailing hound,
Red death on eniladed ground
Dread that swings like a dead thing
drowned
In cross tides foaming smother.
Whatever else may come TO me
Let fear be never a stranger;
Let me walk unguarded ways that breed
T.,e instant stroke and the flaming deed
Let me thrill to the call Of desperate
need,
And the trumpet tones Of danger.
G. T. DAVIS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK ffmALp.
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. 1o.--Probably
more people of Portland went to church
year. Churches were filled to overflow
ing on account Of the popularity Of the
notable ciersynien attending the sSn-
erai convention OF the Episcopal
Church here, who occupied The pull
pits Of many OF the leading churches
Thousands were turned away from the
churches filled to Overlooking.
At st. stephens Pro-Cathedral hun
dreds were waiting outside before IL
,'cloek In the hope that additional room
might be found Bishop Anderson of
Chicago preached at the pro-cAthedral.
Bishop Quin OF Texas arrived with the
intention of attending services. Finding
about 500 persons waiting outside I'M
able TO enter me organised an outdoor
service Bishop Frederick B. Howden.
without preparation, preached q sermon
that held the crowd on the outside as
quiet as that within the walls Of the
church.
With a summer sun shining down
through the trees regular services wore
conducted. The Rev r. f. Gibson.
.Rey. William H. Milton, Wilmington,
N. c.. took up the collection. which
Bishop Quin turned over to Lewis 3.
Franklin. treasurer OF the Episcopal
Church. A half dozen other bishops
and a score or more Of deputies and
other visitors were In the audience.
On account IF the great crowds to-
day Arrangements are being made to
ise the Municipal Auditorium fof the
remaining two Sunday services here.
The building will seat about 1000 per-
sons.
Pulpits Of other churches Of the
Northwest than those of Portland were
filled with visitors to-day
Tonight interest was centered In a
meeting In the Municipal Auditorium,
when the nation wide campaign within
the church was the subject discussed by
the Right Rev. George Craig. Stewart.
rector OF st. Lukes Church. Evanston.
III. Bishop James Wise Of the diocese
of Kansas and Judge 7. S. Parker OF
Boston.
The object Of the campaign Is to raise
s21. 100000 within three years. Based
on the present membership Of the
church. this amount would be raised in
this period were every member OF the
church to contribute 10 cents a week.
One of the feature sessions of the con-
vention will take place tomorrow night
at mass meeting in st. David's Church
under the auspices OF the joint commits
sion appointed to confer with Eastern
orthodox and old Catholic churches.
The prelates OF the Near East who are
attending the convention will be pres
ent.
r,,st.a.. r,.s.s..s i, rs.;tx1 ~ raor.s
see will give the opening address. He
will be followed by Bishop Manning of
New York. The foreign prelates Will
give short talks. The Most Rev. Gerasi-
mos Mossara. Archbishop Of Beirut. will
bring a message In Arabic from the
Patriarchate at Antioch. where the dis
ciples were first called Christians.
The Most Rev. Panteleirnon. Arch
bishop Of Neapolis. will speak on be-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
From a Wheel Chair.
Achievements Of a Woman Crippled
Early in Her Career.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The let
ter OF Jennie 8. Parker OF Ocean Grove.
who has been inspired ito get up and
use the next best thing" after meeting
with disaster, reminds mo that women
generally refuse to surrender to ca
lamity.
A young woman in Michigan attend
ing Ann Arbor University was injured
at the age OF 10 so that she lost all use
OF both lower limbs; was obliged to &C.
cupy a wheel chair. Her home was In
a community of less than 200 persons.
ten miles from Ann Arbor. She was
without money, but she was not a
beggar.
came to know her at the age OF 40.
She was furnishing news articles to the
Ann Arbor papers: was tutoring two
Italian boys. inspiring them with high
purpose and a practical knowledge OF
books was in charge or the music, play
ing the plano, In a small orchestra In
the local church, was furnishing the
programs, embcllished with choice lit
erary selections, for the oranges in
her locality; was carrying on q peace
propaganda nnanCeu Dy neTsciIs ana
was the intellectual guardian angel Of
all that locality.
More than this, she did not complain /;
did not patiently suffer; she was opti-
mistic, cheerful. brave, and that old
wheel chair seemed moro like throne
than a limitation upon her powers. And
there are men who feel that they cannot
earn a living with two good legs under
them unless they can be employed In
their own special line or work; unless
they can command frst class wages Tor
third rate work with shortening hours i!
BY the way. the systematic changes
which occur In the type OF beggars-the
armIess man one week. the blind man
the second and legless man the third
at the principal street corners In the
city suggests something more than
chance; the sympathies OF the masses
are being exploited for the profit of the
employing managers OF these derelicts.
BENJAMIN 8. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN, Sept. Q.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
BOY STOWAWAY BACK
IN STYLE THIS TIME
Jasper Got Passage Paid BY
Friend in Paris.

Jasper Heeman. 16. who has run away
and slowed away around the world for
years. arrived In New York again yes
terday on board the steamship ICELAND.
He has decided to so back to Bingham
ton. N. Y, where his father makes
chairs.
The boy was aboard the Steamship
Finland when II left here some time
ago. When Antwerp was reached he
beat his way ON trains md visited Brus.
sells and Paris and In the latter city
went to visit the American consulate to
see about his return passage" II was
late at night when he reached the con
sulate and thefpolice arrested him. Israel
Deyo. q resident of Binehamton. OBJ
tained his release and paid for HE pas.
sage home. sN
AS the liner came up the bay. the
boy, looking at the Statue OF Liberty
and cxcitediy waving toward her.
dropped his landing papers and the let
ter from the Consul abroad fell from his
pocket into the water.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
II is possible to explain the loss OF
prestige in some cases. Inadequate

II is possible to explain the loss Of
prestige in some cases. Inadequate
facilities for sports may often &C
count for the diminishing vogue OF
summer resort. But that Is not
the cause OF the changed conditions
noted here.
or course there is the annual mi
grafton to Europe which carries
abroad just the Americans who would
occupy the kind of country homes
now vacant. Travel in this country
attracts many who do not go abroad.
Are Americans then becoming ma
tion of travellers In summer? What
fashion of passing the summer do
they most enjoy? Why have resorts
Of established reputation ceased to
possess their old charm for the gem
Grafton of the day?
These are some OF the questions
which the end Of every recent summer
has suggested. There Ia no more
satisfactory answer this year than
there has been in the past.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11

the Allies had permitted the Greeks
to undertake the enforcement Of the
terms of the Sevres treaty so far as 1t
referred to their own rights. The
Greeks assert that their retreat In
their second expedition was forced
by the withdrawal OF French and
Italian troops from Asia Minor and
the consequent diversion OF Turkish
troops against their forces.
II. on the other hand, Greece had
calculated upon the support of Great
Britain she was disappointed. The
British support. beyond the protection
offered by British war vessels, was
described as so weak as to be worse
than no support. AS great as was
Britain's desire for strong Greece
In the eastern Mediterranean, 1t was
very evident that such Power could
rot be built up by an open conflict
with KEMAL. The Indian Moslems
saw in this new leader a man who
could restore Turkey as a Mohamme
dan country and give the Khalifate
at Constantinople proper dignity.
Greece had been in arms eight years
when she undertook the campaign
against KEMAL. Two more years OF
war without assistance and practi-
cally without sympathy exhausted
her spirit, her army and her treasury.
She naturally failed In her task Of
saving the Sevres treaty.
Greece is no longer the important
factor in the situation. The matter
rests now with KEMAL and the Allies.
In an interview with KEMAL's Paris
representative the Paris Bureau OF
THE NEW York HERALD reports that
he said Great Britain could not now
call of the Venice conference in the
face Of Turkish victory. He declared
that in case Great Britain should at.
tempt this the Turks would throw
their whole influence against the
British In Mesopotamia and Pales-
tine.
KEMAL hopes to occupy Constanti-
nople and to recover Thrace and
Adriahople. lie has the opposition
of Great Britain in this scheme.
But how far can Great Britain go
without at the same time arousing
the protest OF Moslem India? The
position OF France and Italy is
in a general way understood. But
does It extend to the point Of return
ing the Turk to Europe and reestab-
fishing him in Constantinople? And
this will furnish food for KEMAIs
reflection while he rests on his laurels
at Smyrna.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-11
EMPLOYMENT ON RISE
IN THE LEADING CITIES
Soundness Of Business IL Re-
Elected in Situation.

wAsHrxoroN, Sept. 1o.---of sixty-fivs
leading cities in the United states
thIrty-nine reported increased employ
ment during August as compared with
July. while only twenty-six recorded
decreases. according to the indur Rial
analysis for last month, made public
to-day BY the Department OF Lnbo~.
The soundness Of business. II was said.
was reflected In the employment in :
crease in many industries. surmounting
the reaction Of the rail and fuel sltua-
ton.
Denver was first among the cities re-
porting increased employment, with New
orleans second Lowell and Lawrence.
Mass. also reflected the Improvement in
textile conditions while Buffalo showed
gains In iron. steel and vehicle activi-
ties.
Building activities in some sections
were retarded by transportation diff
culties. but operations generally wer5
satisfactorily improving.