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Libertyville Independent, 28 Feb 1924, p. 2

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GIVES DETAILS OF INNER LIFE IN LAND OF SOVIETS Jacob H. Rubin Who Spent Much Time in Russia Pictures Tyranny of Bolsheviki. In an address delivered at the Du rand Art Institute. Lake Forest, Jac ob H. Rubin of Milwaukee gave an interesting | talk on -- "Russia _ froin within." The addres was delivered under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club of Lake Forest. of which George Anderson is president. The announce-- ments put out around the county 'stated that it was to be "A complete exposure of the intricate machinery g; Bolshevism" and so it proved to Mr. Rubin lost 36 pounds in weight @uring his sojourn in Russia. "That is my contribution of Communism," he said. In: Petrograd, the people were so reduced through lack of food that it was pitiable to see them. One day, 16 women were found lying on the sidewalk. They had tramped all day looking for food and fell down exhausted. One little girl carried a m around and tried to mother it her parents had died. 'The baby also died and the girl went insane. Mr. %ubln spent a short time in pri-- son in Russia.. He erpects to be called to Washington to testify be-- Mr. Rubin is a Russian by birth, and he conceived the idea that a trip to his native gountry after the world war might give him some idea how the Soviet Government was making out. He bad been a rank socialist himself and so be thought that Len-- Ine and Trotsky had, perbaps, found a solution for the world's ills, Re-- ferring to his experiences Jn Rus-- sia, Mr. Rubin said last night "It was the blackest chapter in my life's history." Instead of having a solu-- tion to the world's social ills, Bol-- shevism was an abject failure. Un-- der the ijron rule of Sovietism all freedom and individuality was crush ed, and 'here was no incentive to farm, to build or to manufacture. At one time, said Mr Rubin, there were nine fanatics to one hypocrite--now there are nine hypocrites to one fan-- atic. . Hundreds and thousands are dying of starvation: Education is neglected. They have lost all heart to--study or to work. Conditions made it impossible for one to better them-- selves. learned the inside facts--not any more than Llioyd George could have :;no during his recent visit to Amer-- Mr. Rubins had to live on a pound and a half of black bread per day, and soup made of potato perlings. One day a week, soup was made out of the heads of herrings. The Milwaukee man was amazed at one thing in Russia. Here in Chi-- cago and other cities there were holdups, and*it was unsafe to be out on the street at. night. In Russia there were no holdups at night and it was perfectly safe to go out in any city at night. What was the reason apparent paradox? He soon found out! There was no need to hold peo-- ple up at night. Members of the Ex-- traordinary Cominission<~went around in broad daylight and if they saw --a man standing around with any jew-- elry or other valuable on him they would go up to him in the name of the Commission and quietly relieve him of these articles' In fact, it was done so nice and slick that one would Leel like apologizing to the commig-- sioners for giving them the trouble of having to help themselves to ones belongings, said Mr. Rubin. | . The visit of U. 8. Senators to Rus sia was of no value to the United States for the simple reason that Russis "clearaed house" 'to. receive these men, and the Soviet Govern-- ment made it their business to see to it that the senators were kept en-- tertained from the time of their ar rival to their departure. They never Mrs. Frank Tulley and son, Harold, of Everett, called on Mrs, C. T. Mason SBaturday afternoon. seandal is over. The Senate is to inquire as to whether the United States should recognize Soviet Rus-- Mrs. L. I. Maether and son, Milton, * V O L 0 #% also Miss Florence Maether, spent the | latter part of last week visiting rela-- x » # x #%' 4 ; 4 #% #% % # tives in Chicago. | P Art Herschberger spent the week|_ M'ss Esther Russell of Quentin's nd with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. COrDers, spent the week end with her Herschberger. parents. _ _ _ _ _ _ 0 0 o0 E. J. Giss, of Aptakisic spent Satur-- day in Chicago. Mrs. C. M. Gilman and children vis ited Saturday with relatives in Des Gladys Giss of Aptakisic called on Grandma Schar Baturday afternoon.. Mrs. Frank Holtje and little daugh ter spent several days this week vis-- iting in Des Plaines. Mr. and Mrs. Degner were Liberty-- ville callers Saturday. Mr. Husinger and family are enter-- tain'ng company from Clinton, lowa, coming all the way through to Chicago Art Voss snent Saturday afternoon in Palatine. Allcock PRAIRILE VIEW oll "fl up to Wheeling without even a chalu on their car Wednesday d# week. No snow on the Lincoin way to cut their speed whatever. But when they left Wheeling on MIwaw kee avenue their troubles began, and endd in a big snowdrift. 'There were four in the party apd with all w their heip they were stalled and to call .or bhelp, being towed back to the garage at Wheeling. They Laish ed their journey to the Huzinger home in a bob sleigh. This part of Lake county seems to have been the chosen spot for snow this winter. f Mrs. Emma Dyer has returned home from a three weeks visit with rela tives at Elmhurst. Miss Cora Hodgkins returned Satur. day {rom Chicago, where she spent the past week visiting friends. Mrs. H. Holtje went to Wheeling Saturday to v sit her son, Lewis, and family. Mrs. C. A. Koten and Mrs. Charles Hans called on Mrs. Eli Oit Thurgday afternoo®f. Mr. Ott underwent an eration last Tuesday and is doincz well as can be expected. x Mrs. Lenora Stoerp was an Area vis itor Thursday. Mrs. H. C. Krueger of Libertyville spent Thursday with her sister, Emma Lafrentz. C. M. Gilman and family and F. L. Holtje and family were out of town visitors Sunday afternoon. . . _ Mr. and Mrs. F. Priess were Chi-- cago visitors Sunday. George Meyer and Miss Minn'e Buit were marired Sunday in Long Grove. Mrs. Wm. J. Sauer of Crystal Lake is spending a few days at the William Stancliff home. Rev. and Mrs. Koten entertained company from Joliet over the week end. Thursday a number of men with four teams of horses ovened the road from Half Day west as far as the Keisler farm, and on Saturda~ and Sunday the rest of the road was fin-- ished to Long Grove. Th's is about the fourth time this road was filled in and had to be shoveled out. No douht the bird that flew over our burg Sat-- urday and saw all the men shoveling snow smiled at his clear right of way. Well, even if we can't fly, we will smile, too, as the snow cant last for-- ever. ~ Gussie Stoerp had pictures-- taken Monday of his pretty bunch of pup-- pies. They will no doubt be as nice as their mother, "Beauty." _.> > Tae community was shocked Wed-- nesda yof last week by the news of the death of Florence J. Druce. Many attended hber funeral, which was held in. Waukegan Friday.: Interment was Druce hac many friends here, by, whom she will be greatly missed. Lee Strang of Antioch was here on busines® Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W._ H. Brandstetter at-- tended the funeral 6f a friend in Keno Mr. and Mrs. John Sikes of Chicago spent Saturda yat the home of the former's parents. Mrs. Lowell, of New London, Wis., spent a few 'days this week with her sister Mrs. T. P. Walsh. her home Friday, after a long iliness. The funeral was held Sunday. and in-- terment was in the East Fox Lake eemetery. & Miss Mary Wilson o fZenda, Wis., visited her apnt, Miss Whitehead, over the week end. ~+f Mr. and Mrs. Earl Seesholts, of East Troy, Wis., spent the week end at the home of thei rdaughter, Mrs. W. Mc-- John Meade returned Thursday from the Soldiers' Home at Danville, IIl., where he spent several months. Eu-- and is caring for him sat his home. 'The hbome talent play entitled "AScraps," was enjoyed by a big audi-- ence at the opera house both Friday and Saturday nights. ; | C. J. Wightman and Chas. Kuebker attended the School of Instruction of the Masonic lodge at Rockford several days last week. Miss Minnie Whitmore of ILiberty-- ville spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. Pester. Mrs. George Sweet entertained her sister otf Chicago, over Sunday. & Mrs. Bud Ford of Grayslake visited her _ mother, Mrs. Frost, Bunday. Mrs. Molidor entertained relatives Sunday. . Twenty«six Y. M. C. A. boys of Chi-- cago spent a fow days the past woeek at Camp Duncan enjoying the winter sports in the country. Thomas Vasey has been on the sick list the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Croker returned from California Tuesday, and are vis-- iting their daughter, Lee Huson. 'The farmers have been hauling the milk to Crystal Lake in bobsleighs for several days, on account of the train from Wauconda not running, by rea son of the heavy &now. Miss J. Teetor of Evarston spepnt the past week in this community. Dr. Rose of Wauconda made a pro-- fessional trip to our village last week. Miss Zeilma Russell was not able to attend the W. T. H. 8. last week on account of iliness. Mra. J. Vogt will serve dinner to the members of the Ladies'® Ald Bociety and their husbands Thursday, March "th Dont forget the date and miss a Three sleigh loads of young people from Wanconda met wit'h the Volo young people at the M. E. church Sat-- urday evening for a soc'al time. We hope they will visit us again in the neas future. G R A Y S L A K E Hook passed away at returned with him i+ adte o+ ! With the resignation of Edwin Dep-- \by as Secretary of the Navy accepted 'by the President, the first break in the \Cabiget occurred. There is a strong !movoment in Congress, princpally 'among the Republicans, for the remov-- 'al of Attorney General Daugherty. Mr, 'Denby quit to save Mr. Coolidge em-- 'barrassment because of the charges of incompetency, not graft, in connection with the leasing of the naval oil re-- | serves to Sinclair and Doheny inter-- 'ests. Daugherty is not as closely iden-- \tifled 'with the oil scandals as his as-- sociate in the Cabinet, but he has ney-- er been povular even among the lead: ers of his own party. Washington, Feb..%5--It becomes in Creasingly apparent that the average citizen must exercise moderation in judgments of men and affairs primar y as a duty to the nation. Impar: tlally 'cons'dered, the rumors emanat-- ing from this city have a tendency»to dustroy order and public conf'dence in that by repitition it takes on the appearance of probab'lity,. The dan-- ger lies in the alarming character of the rumors rather than from the actu-- al discovery of fact srelating to wrong doing in office Meanwhile, the gov-- ernment continues to function with at-- tentiveness toward the public indigna-- tion aroused by the oil scandals. To anglyze and dissect the political rumors now afloat in all parts of the country requires nothing more than consideration for the rule in political ethics that "we find great laxity as to the obligation of veracity in politics; wilful calumnies are propagated, fic-- titious facts are boldly prociaimed, the reputation of men attacked in its very vitals under the excuse of party war-- fare,, as if the victory of a party was the ultimate object, and the© preva-- lence of truth and the spirit of verac-- ity not more important." Inasmuch as both major parties are involved in current investigations and scandals, there is nothing prejudicial or parti-- san in these statements. Public wel-- fare is often made a pretext for parti-- san measures. It will be_recalled that Daugherty was named Attorney General by his intimate friend, the late President Harding who ha da warm admiration for his political sagacity and a deep personal attachment due to ten years of close association®in Ohio politic«. Antagonism toward Daugherty devel-- oped during the last Presidential cam-- paign when he was vigorously opposed a sthe spokesman for the Ohio delega-- tion to the Republican national con-- vention. The fight against him within his party has grown, especially since the passing of his chief defender, the late President. It is believed that he will retire before the convention in June, because his connection with the Cabinet may bring a blight upon the candidacy of--Mr. Coolidge. Public men must expect to have their private af-- brings out in sharp relief the question of party responsibility. . Nobody will contest the opin'on expressed years ago by Lisber, the political economist, that "popularity is far from constitut-- ing the sole index of good govern-- ment.'" ~It is generally agreed that a representative givernment is not cont-- plete without lawful opposition. There is grave danger, however, in the habit of partisans to interpret clamor for public opinion. ~'The feeling prevails that political coalitions generally are [eonMvo to arouse distrust in the public mind. It is also conceded that these organizations will disband when their objectives have been .reached-- the displacement of th administration leg'slative program. The Democratic plan of tax reduc-- tion, which seems destined to replaca the Melion proposal in the House, will undonbtedly be amendéd in the Senaie and the principal features of the ad-- ministration »proposal--incorporated in comes of more than $100,000, as rec-- ommended by the Treasury Depart-- '-ut. A 2 per cent normal tax s lev-- 'ied on incomes below $5,000 and 4 per cent on incomes between $5,000 and $8,000; 6 per cent on incomes exceed-- Ilnc 8 000. The plan as approved by ,tllo HMouse, allowing exemptions of $2,-- |000 for single persons and $3,000 for IM of families. 'The minor'ty is con-- fident that their bill will become a llaw and find favor with the public. seems to know just what plan will lS EWYE" BY vail in the end, as there is always the y possibility of a President'al veto. The President has declared himself em-- mSIlmm phatically in f4vor of the Treasury tax 7 + #% program and has indicated that ho would rather go before.,.the country S NCED "lM :;n' judgment in the November elec-- f ' on on the basis of a veto rather than eanpnay George Stabling of Highland Park feasibie from an economic stagdpoint doesn't think Justice A. E. Smith H f o fthat city is such a bad fellow owever, the constantly shifting POlit® gyg, though the latter sentenced in praiigs" Whdioe damelnacarthe hus 10 the cousty Jll Hour monins the for v Th t! has so--called insurgent Republicans to tha Ti RSTRARCO® . e just'ce Democratic sid udmints '" hbired him at the rate of $5 a day, | e, the tration's frollowing Stabling's release from the tax bill has been drastically amended county jai) where he had finisned on the floor of the House. serving his sontonca Stabline was «'The combination of a solig Demo-- eratic vote and the insurgent element brought about the passage of certain mmamwww: vote of 222 to 196. Under the vote th Democratic plan fixed the surtax at 44 per cent on incomes in éxcess of $92,-- 000, as compared to 25 per cent on in-- The epidem'c of investigations con-- tinues in Congréess. The Senate has made ? Inquiry into charges attribut-- ed to Col. 'gbomu W. Miller that the Treasury estimates as to the cost of the pronosed bonus for sold ers had been jugglod. Senator Owen, Democrat, of Okla-- homa, offered a resolution to create a comm ssion which would have power scanned and misinterpreted at t'oconduct an inquiry to determine th" cost and origin of the World war. , The Attorney General has also been asked by a SBenate--resqlution for a rec-- ord of all attempts to unfair "consent decrees" entered in the packer cases of 1920 The LaFollette resolution for a nin-- vestigation by the Federal Trade Com-- m'ission as to the cost of flour and bread, and prfits realized from their sale, was pasosed by the Senate. The Wisconsin Senator charged that that bakers were engaged in a monopoly in concentrating. the control of the milling and baking idustry. Benator-- Capper of Kansas, introduc-- ed a bill which if adopted, would give the President power to draft all mili-- tary resources and industrial organi-- zations in time of war. Associations of manufacturers and owners of automobiles have been very active in their campaign to eliminate the excise taxes on automobiles and automobile parts: <Bills to this effect were introduced in the Senate and tiouse as' amendments to the.tax re-- duction measure. The Senate is now considering the Interior Dept. appropriation bi bill. Interior Dept. appropriation , bill. -- The House committee on Rules rec-- ommended that the Speaker appoint two special committees to investigate the Shipping Board and the aircraft industry. _ 'The Senate Judiciary subcommittee, after a stud} of proposed Constitu-- tional amendments, drafted a substi-- tute méagure which would prohibit the employment of children under 18 years of age. .The Childg Labor Act passed several years ago was declared uncon-- stitutional by the Supreme Court ani every effort is now being made to enact a law which will stand a legal test. A special committee has been ap-- ppointed by the Senate to investigale charges of land frauds in Texas. act. . It is doubtful whether ra'lroad legislatio nwill be enacted at this ses-- silon because of the political comolica-- tion of the committee, and the desire of public leaders, to keep the railromd lssue behind the scenes until after the The Senate Interstate Commerce committee is conducting hearings on the various measures now pending which would amend the long and short haul provisions of the Transportation ago for vagrancy. The just'ce has hired him at the rate of $5 a day, following Stabling's release from the ecounty jail where he had finisned serving his sentence,. Stabling was such a mode} prisoner that three deupty sh:riffs accompanied him to Highland Park and )dm him get started on his new job. deputies at the sheriff's office outfitted him vestigation into the public work situr-- tion and its relationship to business depression and unemployment. A sim-- laAr study was conducted a year ago by the Department of Commerce and It is doubtful if the proposed bill will receire serious consideration? Senator McNary, of Oregon, has in-- troduced a bill to tighten regulations regarding radio communications. Senator Jones of w.mwo\n. intro duced a bill to provide for foreign trade zones and ports of entry in this country. This suggestion has 3«: considered at various times, but ne?ter enacted into law by Congress, Congressman Howard, of Nebraska, adde da bill to a long list of similar measures which would prohibit offi-- cers and employes of the United mm mm acting as agent or attor-- ney prosecution of government claims within a period o(vil've years «@fter retirement from office. 'These hills were the aftermath of the Teapot Dom inquiry. George Stabling of Highland Park doesn't think Justite A. E. Smith o fthat city is such a bad fellow even though the latter sentenced him to the couhty jail four months Naturg's Kindly Hand. WFrom sources separated from it by Beveral miles of water, nathre has now Peclothed the small island of Krakatau, between Java and Sumatra, on which All animal and vegetable life was com-- pletely destroyed by tremendous 'vol- canle activity in 1883. Our Washington Letter _ Senator Copeland, Demoerat, of New ork,. offered a bill proposing an in-- Craok, Mi say®: of th s eet us three Himes &E two ,'m inoys a Craok, M GETTING UP NIGHTS . j Ons ot Mutury's Danger Stommi oA BY WILLIAM DALEY thiated LOVELL DAUO COMPANY N. E. A. 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