The Rocky News (Rocky, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1919 Page: 3 of 6
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IN ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
BRITISH SEE HOPE OF WORLD
ADMIRAL GLEAVES TAKES COMMAND OF ASIATIC FLEET
President Hough of Northwestern University Gives Impressions
Gained in Study of Conditions in Great Britain—Anxiety Over
Economic Situation—Labor Problem Will Be Solved
Through Briton’s Genius for Compromise.
Chicago.—President Lynn Harold
Hough of Northwestern university re-
cently returned from England, where
he spent the summer speaking In lead-
ing churches and holding conferences
with many educutlonul und intellectu-
al leaders.
^ In reply to a question ns to the
attitude of England toward America
President Hough said: “The typical
Englishman of serious and Informed
mind believes very profoundly In Anglo-
American friendship. Many men such
as Mr. Fisher, the president of the
English board of education, have been
ready to express their belief that It
Is the hope of the world. There Is
widespread anxiety about the econom-
ic situation. With a great debt to
America and tl'e balance of trade the
wrong way, many Englishmen are very
grave ns they speak of the outcome.
In England with u population of over
forty millions tin re is the possibility
of producing food for something like
thirteen millions. The rest of the food
in\st in the long run come from ex-
change for English products which
oth&r countries desire.
Would Cancel War Debt.
“Slnne men feel that If America
woultj cancel the war debt of Britain
It would be a decisive step In pro-
ducing the right situation. They feel
that America came Into the war lute,
and such treatment of Britain and the
other allies would bo a noble contri-
bution of wealth from a nation which
did not, ns events unfolded, have to
make so largo a sncrlflce of men ns
did Britain und France. Some men
with a dash of adventure in their es-
timate of the situation take the view
that the dangers are overestimated
nnd that England will quickly recuper-
ate. 1 heard Lord Benverbrook, who
was on the Mauretania going over, ex-
press this view. It Is probable that n
matter about which little has been
said will influence the actual outcome.
England has bad a long and success-
ful experience In International bank-
ing, and before even resourceful
Americans learn the psychological
trick of It, Britain will probnbly be
competing with Amerlcn on more even
terms. And this is to the advantage
of America. No business man able
to look Into the future would want to
break down England’s fundamental
economic strength even If such a thing
were possible.”
Labor Unrest In England.
When asked about the labor unrest
in England Ur. Hough replied: “At
times this summer the situation has
been very grnve Indeed. But an
American needs to remember three
things If ho would estimate It wisely.
The first Is thnt there Is a fundn-
Would Hunt Murmansk
Mosquitoes for Ivory
Kem, Russian Lapland.—
American railway forces and
other allied troops operating on
the Murmansk front found the
Artie mosquitoes worse foes
thnt the bolshevlkl.
“After the war Is over,” one
Yank recently said, "we’re
going to come up here and or-
ganize an expedition to hunt
these mosquitoes for their
Ivory.
“They’re not like ordinary
mosquitoes. They buzz up, bite
a piece out of your leg and
then fly away Into the trees
and eat It.”
mental common sense in English
character which keeps fighting, but
somehow does not go to tragic ex-
tremes. England has a way of paus-
ing Just on the brink of what seemed
about to be a bloody revolution. It
has a national genius for wise com-
promise. The second thing is that
the problem has to do with English
workers. Our problem is Infinitely
complicated In America by the many
races and the many languages In-
volved. We cannot appeal to a com-
mon tradition expressed In a common
speech. The problem Is severely trying
In England, hut It Is a problem arising
out of the life of a group of people
who have lived together for centuries
and who have a mind without those
barriers of race and language which
are so terribly hard to surmount. In
the third place for all the vigorous
lnnguage there Is a curious appear-
ance of understanding sympathy under
the hostility. When one hears Mr.
Clynes speak In the house of commons
ho marvels at the poise and perspec-
tive and steadiness of his mind. And
there are many such labor lenders.
Frank Exchange of Opinion.
“If I remember Mr. Frank Vnnder-
llp lias called attention to tills In Ills
significant little book, ‘Wliat Hap-
pened In Europe.’ One night I went
down to Oxford with Sir Arthur
Steel-Maitland who was to speak to
n number of men and women of the
lnbor group gathered at Balllol for
throe weeks of study. There was the
freest and frankest exchange of opin-
ion between the group and this dis-
tinguished member of parliament, wlio
by the way only recently resigned
from the ministry. There was dis-
agreement too. But the thing which
Impressed me most was a sort of
mental npproach between Sir Arthur
and these men. There was n certain
friendly good comradeship which prom-
ised much. Not long before I left the
other side an Englishman said to me
with a sort of chuckle, thnt soon he
would have only ten shillings out
of ench pound of his Income. He add-
ed that In the present situation it
wns quite right and he had not a word
of criticism or complaint." (
When the question of prohibition
was raised Dr. Hough had tills to
sn.v; “To the typical Englishmen pro-
hibition on n natlonnl scale is simply
Incomprehensible. lie believes thnt It
would not work In England, and thut
It will not work in America. There
Is, however, n serious nnd growing
body of public opinion which Is In-
clined to take the prohibition move-
ment in an earnest and open minded
way. And there nre Englishmen who
do not like It who admit its power.
Not long before I sailed, for Instance,
I was at a luncheon where the sub-
ject was discussed. Most of the
guests were Illustrating their oppo-
sition to prohibition while the discus-
sion went on. Sir-well, I think 1
will not mention his name, but he Is
an Englishman of real significance
was sitting on my left, and he said:
‘I do not believe In prohibition. I be-
lieve It Is an invasion of personal
rights. But I believe we Englishmen
must do the drinking we are going to
do In the next four or five years.
The economic pressure Is going to
drive us to itl”’
Dr. Hough spoke In the most hearty
way of his own reception In Oreat
Britain both by the press and the
people. He declared that It was very
clear to him that the most priceless
things In the future of civilization
are hound up In a friendly under-
standing between Great Britain and
America.
STARTING ON THE RACE TO TORONTO
General Menoher, chief of the nlr service, bidding farewell to Colonel
iHartley, pilot of one of the 40 planes which started on a (light from Roose-
velt fluid, Mluoola, to Toronto, ConAda.
BELGIAN GIRL IS HEROINE
Mile. Marie Louise Gombler, a twen-
ty-one-year-old Belgian girl, who ar-
rived In New York from France en
route to Los Angeles to make her
home. In 1014 Mile. Gombler wns liv-
ing In a convent at Bresges, Belgium.
When the Germans arrived the girl es-
caped and made her way to her fa-
ther's home near Brussels. With the
fall of the Belgian capital the Ger-
mans occupied the Gombler home nnd
Installed a wireless plant. Mile. Marie
tried to destroy the plnnt, was caught
nnd sentenced to death. The sentence
was later commuted to Imprisonment.
After five weeks In prison the girl es-
caped and made her way to the Cana-
dian lines neur Ypres. Here she
served as a nurse, winning the Croix
de Guerre with two palms for bravery.
Mile. Gombier will make ber home
In Los Angeles with Mrs. L. Dowdy, an
American Bed Cross nurse she met In
France.
IN JAIL 14 MONTHS, INNOCENT
Italian, Confused in Trial, Was Con-
victed of Perjury—Pardon
Recommended.
New York.—Gov. Smith has grant-
ed a commutation of sentence to
Frank Rossamongo, a Sing Sing pris-
oner who figured In a famous case.
Prosecuting authorities In the Bronx
who convicted Rossamongo recom-
mended thut he be pardoned, after
newly discovered evidence cleared
him. of wrongdoing.
Rossamongo has been Imprisoned
fourteen months. Nathan Lubln,
“King of Pickpockets,” was tried In
the Bronx, charged with robbing
Rossamongo. On the stand Rossa-
mongo made contradictory state-
ments. Lubln was given ten to twenty
years. Rossnmongo was tried and con-
victed of perjury In June, 1018. He
always stoutly maintained he was In-
nocent.
He got his story to the attention
of the governor. District Attorney
Francis Martin ordered an Investiga-
tion. It developed that while Itossa-
mongo on the witness stand
seemed to have veered around from
prosecuting Lubln to defending him,
he was In reality only confused.
VIRTUE IS REWARDED HERE
Nine-Dollar Errand Boy Returns $575,.
000 Lost Bonds—Receives $15
a A a Reward.
New York.—Thnt he found $575,000
In Liberty bonds und received u reward
of $15 for turning them Into their own-
ers was the story told by Isadore Gel-
ler, u slxteen-year-old errntid boy who
Is employed nt $0 a week by Unz &
Co., of 20 Broadway. lie lives at 420
Junius street, Brooklyn.
Geller suld that he found a pnekago
In front of the subtrensury building
thnt proved to contain moro than half
u million dollurs in bonds. He took
It to the offices of Salomon Bros. &
Hutzler, brokers of 27 Pine street,
whose name was on the wrapper.
Members of that ttrin declined to dis-
cuss the story.
Second Indian 8kelston.
Townnda, Pa.—Paul Scott who
found the skeleton of an Indian In
the road In front of his home at Ul-
ster a few days ago, has unearthed
another and larger ono near tho same
spot. The land about the Scott farm
abounds in Indian lore and many clay
pipes, stone dishes and arrow heuda
have been found.
Scene on the aft deck of Admiral Gleaves’ flagship Just after he had taken over tho command of the Astatic fleet,
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REMAINS OF HESSIAN CAMP UNEARTHED IN NEW YORK
Workmen excuvatlng nt Broadway nnd One Hundred nnd Sixty-ninth street, New York, unearthed what Is said
to be the flooring nnd fireplace of a hut of a camp occupied by the llessluus during the Revolutionary war. The photo-
graph shows children searching the excavation for relics.
KING GEORGE HUNTS GROUSE
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WALES ROUGHING IT IN CANADA
Photograph of King George of Eng-
land on the “butts” during n grouse
hunt. Now that the rucklug days of
war have passed, his majesty finds
lime for u little recreatiou. und he Is
an urdent huntsman.
The prince of Wnles has been enjoying himself In the Canadian wilder-
ness, lishlng nnd hunting. He Is here seen with some of his companions and
Indian guides at Cameron falls. The prince Is holding a duck.
MR. CURTIS EXAMINES HIS RECORD
Souvenirs of Peace Treaty.
From all accounts souvenir collect-
ors let no grass grow under their feet
on obtaining admission to the famous
hull at Versailles where the peace
Lreaty wns signed.
It Is said that 28 ash trays, 24 pens,
43 pencils and 00 paper knives were
missing ufter the historic meeting.
Among the souvenirs which doubt-
less will be one of tho chief treasures
In the cabinet of some collector wns
the paper knife with which M. Clemen-
ceau manifested Ills Impatience during
the discourse of BrockdorlT-Uantznu.
The ash tray used by tho chief Ger-
man delegate ulso Iihh disappeared.
Intelligent Girl.
A gob had been having a hard time
explaining to his girl the meaning of
all the “hash" marks nnd ratings of
the navy. One day while they were
In tho subway, u cook, drat cIhss,
walked Into the car. The girl seized
the opportunity to display her
knowledge.
“1 bet I know what he Is," she re-
marked loudly, “he Is the weather
lunn."—American Weekly.
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas Is probubly the only member of con-
gress who has ever examined his political record In the famous card Index
of tho National Woman’s party. Mlse Maud Younger, the party’s legislative
chairman, has graded him 100 per cent In favor of woman suffrage. Miss
Younger, shown In the foreground of the photograph, has a card for every
member of the national congress and one for each member of every state
legislature. On these cards are Hated the full facts of the'r lives—social,
business and political.
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Walker, T. V. The Rocky News (Rocky, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1919, newspaper, October 24, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc936924/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.