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Evening star., 1926-05-16

France arose from her revolution. as
Germany arose from her unification
claiming for itself all the things which
the French and German people in turn
claimed for themselves. and preparing
morally and materially. to dispute
with all comers for the recognition of
herself which she demands.
And this, alas. is at one moment
very new and very old. 1t is the
basis of all great European struggles:
it is the abiding obstacle to all real
European adjustment. Napoleon gave
the French revolution an organization
and an order. but Napoleon gave Eu-
rope Is years of war. AS NJ. Clemen-
ceau said to me in Paris in March
when we were speaking of Mussolin.
after noting with justice Mussolini's s
achievements:
But. Mr.. SimondS. we French have
had two Napoleons, and as to one, as
to the first. no one can deny that he
had certain faculties. Yet he left
nothing behind him. and did his coun
try very great deal of HARM"
What will End Be?
Mussolini. unlike Napoleon, shared
in the revolution which he organized
He Is mcuh more the embodiment of
leon Of the French. There are a world
of other distinctions one can make.
although one must at the least con-
cede to Mussolini very great quail
ties. But when all is said and done,
there IS in FaSciSmo enough of Napo-
leoniSm to make all Europe apprehen-
sive. A great man has now obtained
complete control of nation. He has
fired it with an almost unbelievable
conception Of it's destiny and its
power. He is taking many of the
steps which would seem to lead to
foreign adventure. He may be wise
enough and great enough to perceive
the dangers and to desire to arrest
the movement before fatal complica-
tions and conflicts arrive. But can
he? Will he not in the end be the
willing or unwilling victim of the
forces he and Fascismo have un
loosed?
The question of European peace I'm
the immediate future all lies here. 4
believe. And / confess that not since
the end of the war has the immediate
future been so dark as now. nor has
any phenomenon seemed so menacinc
for peace as Fascismo. For what
Mussolini and Fascismo have done
materially for Italy one can only feel
admiration. however one may shrink
from Endorsement of the methods EN-
ployed. Yet all this admiration can
not prevent the gravest fears for the
future. And In saying this think |
only echo the apprehensions which.
for obvious reasons. find little public
expression in Europe. but are in every
ones mind and fill all the secret
places Of international discussion.
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Evening star., 1926-05-16
'uritan and the Lawyer-A False
w HEN Thomas Lechford, a
M lawyer. came over from
England, in 1641, and set
tod in RoSt On the citizen

w YHEN Thomas Lechford,
AA/ lawyer. came over from
England in 1641, and set
tied in Boston the citizen
ry Of that budding metropolis gave
him to understand that he could stay,
but the practice of law could not.
Lechford was Americas first law
yer. He remained in the New World,
but did not follow his calling.
The Puritan Fathers abhorred law
vers and clung to the opinion that the
magistrates could handle legal mat
ters without any professional befog-
ging of issues. 1t is recorded that up
to the time of the Revolutionary war
lawyers were generally looked upon
in this country as unsuited to good
society
Our colonial forefathers. especially
the Puritans. We're extremists, but
there is something to be said for their
attitude toward lawyers. after ALL 1t
would no doubt, be difficult to keep
the complicated machinery of modern
society and commerce in working
order without lawyers, but certainly
the task might be accomplished with
fewer of them, and the wealth OF the
country proportionately increased.
X \ X X
1t is not my purpose to offend the
learned members of the bar, nor do I
believe they will look upon my criti-
cisms as entirely unjust. or course,
no individual counselor would well
come the suggestion that he leave his
vocation and go to work, but he
would. | am sure. agree that he could
do very we'll with less competition.
Economists define capita! as repre-
senting accumulated labor" Indeed,
wealth of all kinds comes under this
definition. whether it be goods, cash
or credit. Thus, the value of a chair,
let us say, is ostensibly determined by
the amount and kind of labor that
went into Telling the tree, dressing the
lumber. designing the chair. making
the chair. directing its manufacture
and sale, plus the labor involved In
building and operating the railroad or
ship which moves the chair to the
market and the operation of the store
through which il reaches the ultimate
consumer
If a lawyer enters the transaction
at any point his efforts are not pro-
ductive of wealth.
Nevertheless. since human beings
are neither uniformly reasonable nor
amiable, the science OF Jurisprudence
must be maintained or else the prog
ress of the chair from forest to draw
ing room is liable to stoppage at most
any point. So, lawyers are necessary
in the modern social scheme.
The trouble seems to lie in the fact
Evening star., 1926-05-16

start in the night schOol--Whethef ne
actually studied and learned anything
or not-may even serve him in good
stead politically some day, when his
career may be likened to that OF the
immortal Lincoln.
Disclaimnig any disposition to keep
a good man down, l can't help belleV'
ing that society would be better served
if thousands Of the mediocre lawyers
Of the country could be persuaded TO
enter productive vocation. Ihelr
practice Of the law is injurious to the
social fabric in two ways; first, be
cause they are not at work and. sec
ond, because of the devious and per
nicious ways into which they are led
by their desires TO make living at
the law.
Every city Of any size swarms win
shysters, many Of whom rank wei
below the average skilled craftsman
in general intelligence and interest III
public affairs. Many devote their ac'
tivities to police courts and serve a
runners for professional bondsmen
stool pigeons for the police and reclpi
ents for scraps that fall from the
bench in the form of appointments 70
defend paupers. AS idlers and men
of little character, some OF them are
useful tools of interruptions politi
clans and corrupt officials. Others &C
in for divorce practice ana stano
ready to promote any domestic IN
felicity that may come within thelr
ken.
y x
Still other near -barristers engage IN
the collection business and pursue the
art of blackmail and abuse IN co
operation with the rapidly-gro"lng
hieh.pressure credit selling business
Frequently one Of these low W-grade
LAWYERS Is caught compounding a rel
ony for a client by way of facll1tatlns
the payment Of his fee. Some. IN
deed. maintain constant intercourse
with crooks and serve as accessories
before the fact"
Democracies must ever stand guard
against the incroachments OF Ia"
makers and lawyers. Every leglsia
tive body In America today IS lnaue
m of at least 90 per cent lawyers
With the lawyer-statesman law pro
posal means a chance for fame. or al
least for advertising. Then. too. the
more laws a nation has the more
cases there will be for the nation
,awyers-a bad incentive for leader
ship in statecraft.
Tn casting about for causes of the
crime wave, it might be well to look
into the law business. Honorable at
torneys should be encouraged IN THEN
attempts to elevate the ethics OF their
profession.
Evening star., 1926-05-16
Law Obeyance Held
Liberty's Sole Basis
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that of the violators. Not only is
there a considerable body Of our cit
izens engaged in making a living by
violating this law, but there Is an
other considerable body who live by
preying on them-for corruption al
ways breeds maggots. To me, this is
the principal objection of it.
Volstead Law Blamed.
Questionnaires were recently sent TO
the newspapers in towns of 10000 or
more in the United States, requesting
both editor and police reporter Of the
papers to comment on the crime stu
alton in their cities. In a very large
number of cases this question elicit
ed a response to the effect that the
Volstead law was very greatly at
fault. 1 have never been for the Vol
stead law, there is but one sound way
to act when one disapproves Of a
law, and that is to endeavor to repeal
it. AS for our public servants. If they
do not believe in the Volstead law,
they should work for it's repeal or
modification in the Federal Congress.
but while 1t is a law of the land they
should enforce it with all the powers
that lie in their office. Honesty de-
mands that the public officials genu-
inely strive to enforce the law by en-
actment and otherwise, even If they
believe it wrong. for not to endeavor
to enforce it Is to play into the hands
of the corruptionists, the anarchists
and all those who would overturn
our Government.
People are notoriously shortsighted
There are many business men who
support with all their strength the
opposition to law enforcement in this
matter. Those business men are do
ing more to hurt themselves than any
one else, for their very existence as
business men depends on the people
in this country retaining their respect
for law. Do they intend
To pluck down Justice from its awful bench.
To trip the course Of law and blunt the
person2
If law falls into disrepute, those
who have not will certainly help
themselves to the possessions of those
who have. The country must awake
and face this problem Of law viola
ton and crime. If it does not, the
rottenness Will strike to the bone in
our body polite. We need less laws,
better laws and strict enforcement
Of those that exist.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-05-16
The Story the Week Has Told

the worthy and able DR.. W. W. Yen
Wellington koo is minister OF finance
DR.. Yen undertakes the foreign port
folio for the present, but Alfred SEE
now Chinese Minister at Washington
has been designated for that office
There Is no President, and apparently
no prospect Of one. The cabinet Is
under the joint patronage OF WI Pei
Flu and Chang Tso Lin.
The Nicaraguan rebellion is being
suppressed.
President Coolidge is to spend his
Summer vacation in the Adirondacks.
Judge Alton B. Parker. Democratic
candidate for the presidency in 1904,
Is dead, at 73.
TAFT, Thompson and others of their
great cotemporaries of a generation
just passed allowed the earth an age
of not more than 40,000,0 900 years.
Recent studies of radioactive ele-
ments uranium and thorium) indi-
cate an age over 800. .000,0 900 years.
What will the next generation say to
this matter?
Evening star., 1926-05-16

The j. Sanford Saltus medal. re.
Gently awarded to Laura Gardin
Fraser, wife of New York sculptor
marks the first time a woman has
been thus honored by the American
Numismatic Society.
More than so per cent of the jap
anese babies born IN 1895 In Osaka
died dNting the year.
Evening star., 1926-05-16

that successful men of law have ac-
quired such share Of dignity and
pecuniary reward that far too many
young men are inspired to enter the
profession when they might. with
greater profit to the Nation, go into
some productive vocation. Parents.
in all walks of life. yearn to see their
sons become professional men. The
medical profession requires some nat
ural aptitude. n good share of initial
capital and years of study. 1t is not
overrun. The legal profession, on the
other hand. can he entered by several
routes. few ce which present extraor-
Evening star., 1926-05-16

binary difficulties. Short college
courses night schools. even CORE
spondence schools. are busy turning
out journeymen lawyers every day.
The graduate needs in many States
only a friend at the bar, or a friend
who has a friend at the bar, in order
to get admitted. He is then entitled
to acquire all the emoluments Of the
profession that he can get at.
\
Some artfulness at getting by" is
all that is required to enable him to
live without working. His humble
Evening star., 1926-05-16
Grave Threat to Peace of Europe
Founded i'm Fascist Italy's Ambition

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Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

It would be interesting to come back a thousand years rom now and see what then is called heresy.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26
..QUACKS LACK BUSINESS

With busiess steadily improv- ing, with industries increasing ly active, with agriculture reg istering substantial gains in practically every section, with economic conditions generally ;ound and on a stable basis, the hawkers of political and economic nostrums find them selves in a poor market.
 When times are bad and dis 'atisfaction prevails, economic novelties and political quack remedies may win acceptance. But when times are good and people are satisfied such of- 'erings do not appeal. A pros porous and contented nation does not run after strange doctrines. It holds to the things that have made for it's pros perity and contentment.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

with notices, painted in red and black. Tn view of it's antiq- uity it is curious that adver- Using has been regarded with suspicion until recent years, and even yet is considered un- ethical by the practitioners of some of the learned profes- sions.
 It is a gratifying indication that the churches are living, growing institutions, abreast of the times and in sympathy with the moderns currents of thought; that they are resort ing more and more to the use of advertising--the powerful Twentieth century method of sending a message to vast num- bers of people.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26
ADVERTISING AND THE
 CHURCH

Announcement that a church Fin New York City is to erect a big electric sign on Broad way, calling attention to it's
 .ervice is likely to cause some surprise. A few graybeards
 nay shake their heads in dis approval of the idea of the church resorting to the meth ods used by chewing gum manufacturers and theaters to advertise their wares and attractions; they will think it undignified. It is an unusual departure, to be sure; but there will be far less criticism than would have been the case if the scheme had been pro- posed 10 years ago.
 Advertising has come to be generally recognized as legiti- mate function not only of com mercial concerns, but of all organizations which seek the patronage of the public. The advertising art is almost as old as civilization. The ancients used posters and placards free ly to announce games and festivals, and to direct atten- tion to the baths and taverns. The walls of the most fre-
 :uented sections of Pompeii and Herculaneum are covered
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

At a railroad siding a man asked the foreman if there was a vacancy.
 What can you do?" asked the foreman.
 Anything" replied the man. "All right" answered the foreman, take this oil can and oil the points and crossings up the line"
 After an absence of three days the foreman received a tele- gram which read: Dear sir: Arrived at Detroit. Please for ward more oil"
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26
MEMORIAL DAY

With the close of May, now just a few days away, comes the day of national tribute to our soldier dead.
 On that day in the great nat ional cemeteries of the land, where now sleep the dead, of three sanguinary wars, the grave ! will no longer be but lines of crosses row on row, 9 instead they will become b-igl. ,tretches of fresh cut tlowsl a beauteous tribute from the living to those who offe cd the precious jewel of existence on the altar of patri- otism.
 n remote places men, women and ,hildren will pause to re- menlDet those who offered themselves in the defense of the nations honor and institut- ions. In hundreds of quiet graveyards throughout the land, far from the parades, the pomp and ceremony of the cities es-wherever may be found the grave of one who wore the blue. gray or khaki, flowers viii De laid on grassy mounds, prayers will ascend and tears will fall in memory of the nations brave.
 And thus may it ever be i; for the nation that forgets to give due honor to it's worthy brave is 8 nation doomed to fall. It is easy to honor those who live. Adulation goes forth to the hero almost without conscious thought. Hero wor- ship is natural to most of us, But to give true honor and reverence those who have paa 4. beyond, whom human eyes shall see no more, whose names and deeds are dimmed by time, requires something more than the enthusiasm which prompts most of the adulation given to the living hero. To recall and honor the memory of those who are long since dead, requires g deeper. more subtitle movement with in our hearts and minds; a stirring of our finer sensibili. ties. prompted by gratitude and aided by memory.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

The Heaps and bounds" by which automobiles are said to be increasing are nothing to the leaping and bounding done by pedestrians in getting out of the way.
 What has become of the old fashioned children who were made to wait for the second table,?
 Home, is a place where you can scratch any place that itches, according to Max Behrmann.
 He (after the honeymoon)- -- Both pairs of my socks have holes in them, sweetheart.
 She--Put on both pairs. The holes are in different places.
 Criticism is the refuge of the incompetent; it enables them to be jealous and show it with put feeling embarrassed.
 House cleaning is the art of moving things that never will be needed from one place to another and back again. Rollo--Latest reports say that lipstick is now being favored with fruit juices.
 Wallo--Oh, now I understand what Jim meant when he said Alice gave him the raspberry the other night!
 Correct this sentence; "I am delighted" exclaimed the married man, "that they have found a drug that will make everybody tell the truth.
 About the only place where a
 conservative is handicapped is Ut the necktie counter.
 If changing it would affect your bread and butter, it prob ably isn't a genuine conviction.
 It would be interesting to come back a thousand years rom now and see what then is called heresy.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

There isn't any excuse for a flapper being round-shoulder- ed. There's mighty little cloth ing and less responsibility rest ing on them.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

"No," said the man who re- sided in Chicago for a long time, T don't think I could be happy in any other city. There are SO many things of interest here that one never goes to sec"
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

Bobbing their hair has given the women almost as much of a thrill as bobbing their skirts did the men.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

Most of us waste lot of good energy by trying to find out things that we really do not want to know.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

Job Printing Neatly Done At The Herald Job Shop.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

The hardest thing for some people to collect is the living the world owes them.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

There are those who very much resemble an oyster they get fat doing nothing.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26


 Twentieth century method of sending a message to vast num- bers of people.
 Just For Fun Laughter lightens the load.
 ideas like men are good when they work.
 A scale a day keeps the world aweigh. If the fiction characters cuss, it's a high-brow magazine.
 The fool depreciates that which he cannot appreciate.
 There are just two philoso- ph;cs of fife: Do unto others and do others. And many people think they Ire good niarely becau3A they are tired of shining.
 "The woman pays!" laughed she villain as he dropped his unstamped love-letter into the Dost-box.
 Ever notice that very few married couples dance cheek to cheek?
 Pete Wilson says eternal .nashing of fanatics is the price of liberty.
 Health hint: Never make a girl mad enough to tell the truth.
 Life is game of give and take and if you want to get along with folks you'll have to do most of the giving.
 The easier a mans job is the more time he has to get dis gusted with it.
 It isn't the harmfulness of rouge and other beauty aids that impresses us, but their utility.
 It seems to us the Riffian courier who ran 70 miles be- tween sunset and sunrise was in a hurry, at least.
 It is said that too many young men are looking for $10,O0O iobs and it seems that most of them look, only.
 There wouldn't be great deal of striving after fame, if oe couldn't cash it at the pay ing teller's window. Whatever it is that makes man tell his story forty time it isn't a sense of humor. O. any other kind of sense. About the only way to get smiles from everybody is t. L. 1,
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-05-26

About the only way to get smiles from everybody is t. L Santa Claus or a paying teller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-04
French Writer, Back
Home, in Criticism
Little Old New York

Paris, Oct. 3.-(P)--After weeks of
persistent criticisms of the manners
and clothes and the money spending
proclivities of Americans in France
part of the Paris press has turned
it's searchlight on Americans at
home. Consequently New York and
it's inhabitants may have difficulty In
recognizing themselves in the two
column picture. drawn of them in lie
journal by a French writer. jacques
Deval.
Fresh from the Leviathans gang
plank he described New York as a
mass of banality, incapable of being
complimented. describable in figures
only and city of abstinence and
desolation.
"Outside of Central Park" he in
formed his stay -at-home country
men, "all the trees and verdure OF
this city of six million souls could be
put in florist shop. There are no
birds on the roofs, no dogs in the
streets, no cats in the doorways. no
flowers in the windows no smiles on
the faces of inhabitants.
London is not morose without
grandeur. Berlin is fastidious but
debonair New York is boresome
without being noble, with no quiet
retreats, city for which no one
could possibly become homesick.
Women pass by who are beautiful,
accompanied by men young and
handsome but the Latin anxiety to
please at any cost, does not exist.
New York is the saddest and most
exhausting city in the world. There
is no way to live happily there. Each
morning ! opened my newspaper. as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-04
Turner Arraigned
On Murder Charge
Trial Starts Oct. 20

Portland, Me, Oct. 2-Benjamin II.
Turner of Mexico City, was formally
arraigned in Superior court today on
the charge of numbering James D.
Hallen, alleged International swind-
Ter, shot TO death at his Falmouth
Foreside home a few weeks ago. The
trial probably will begin on Oct. 20
it was announced by county authori-
ties.
Arrangement of Turner revealed
the fact that Senator Frederick W.
Hinckley, who had been acting as his
counsel had withdrawn from the
case, and when questioned by Judge
Arthur Chapman, Turner said he
would like to have counsel
Have you tried to obtain any?'
asked the judge.
Yes, your honor. Thus far I have
been unable to do so. I have been
advised by an able lawyer that l do
not need counsel Possibly this is
true"
Judge Chapman informed Turner
that he would be handicapped with
out lawyer. in view of his ignorance
OF court procedure here, but when he
offered to appoint counsel Turner re-
Piled hesitatingly that he would have
no confidence in a lawyer named by
the court.
A recess was then CALLED for Turner
10 make arrangements for counsel
and at the conclusion it was an
nounced that former Judge Joseph f.
+. Connolly and Frank NJ. Libby
would act as attorneys for the ac-
cused. Judge Connolly was justice
OF the superior court nine years ago,
when Hallen. the alleged victim of
Turner, was tried on a charge of for
gery.