Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1920, Page 10

DACE crc-wrr PAGE TEN _ POLICING NATION'S LITERATURE Séppiesian’ of Tati Books: Britigs Out Giticism| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN - NEW YORK, April 2.—The recent suppression, on the! ground that they are immoral, of two books published by highly reputable American firms, has attracted renewed attention to! the activities of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, otherwise known as the Comstock society, which made/ the attacks on both-of them: Heretofore the activities of the Com- stock society seem to heave met with | to suppress-a book, on their own juag-| ment, by a:mere wave of the hand. Bui! little criticism, but in the case of the | even if he goes into court, the author or} novel just suppressed (“Jurgen," by. publisher is givén no fair chance, ac- James Branch Cabell), yeral of the Cording to Mr. Mencken, who has | strong cor utive newspapers of the studied all of the decisions in such cases.| “He cannot allege in his defense that the offending work was put forth for | legitimate, necessary and decent pur- poses; he cannot allege that a passage complained of ts from a standard work ren denon Celt society itself in general cbrculation; he cannot nal oth nature offer evidence that the person to whom quatity’ 4 book or picture was spld or exhibiicd is not that WaS. not actually depraved by it orj{ sooks suppressed UKely. to be depraved by it; he caaaot untry have ‘expressed disapproval. of s policing of aur national literature an organization which is, they ‘say, well qualified to judge it. ng to Henry L. Mencken, the ar is large, but that every American writer eSt his defense on the lack of such ef- | Of ‘fiction’ fa Ih ci - of an fect on the jurymen themselves; he | attack on his’ 00d‘ s prop- Cannot plead that ‘the alleged ol) Sete itae ae @ Scenity, in point of. fact, is couched in decent and unobjectionable langusge | he cannot plead ‘that the same or a sini lar work has gone unchallenged el where. Finally all. the decisi deny the defendant the right to intro >| duce any testimony, whether expert or otherwise, that a book is of artistic valué and not pornographic; and that s effect upon’ normal persons is not | pernicious,” The quotation i Rook of Pre! Comstock society It is no wonder," he writes, 1 American make: a timorous and ineff. hose work te eble superficiality. & literature full of mawki AN TAKES A C phed one morni tion literature “= thos and of a p most feeblesmninded ° for ynost educa Let Us xr reat literatu: as— trent t Shakespeare, SSED wo- TITUTIONAL— Miss Hiylda Lewis, reputed to be the best dressed woman in England, photo- g recently while aking a consti(utional m Hyde Park, psa aOR Ss Ss ree alae a comparable Europe, we ;ust encourage our ers toswrite, not for the youngest to f Amer- ated anii the he loves: nd openly. suppres 1 x denied the maja junder the Jaws hieca n > radical iy | ng have. been ‘lor this country. ‘Indeed, as Mencken i seaplipats cor ing it than One of these was “Hager one man has been prosecuted air OR peta sei ays We Paniel ON: GORA, is America for sending a quotation z ‘ew Americans understand the ma-| the other ‘The Genius” by Theodore} tom the Bible thru the mails, and 1ery by which this business of cen-| Dreiser. During the same time iwo! Artzibasher, haye | slation and have ng their national Mterature is car-| Movels by the Rus as a serial. ried on. The New. York Society for the| been published in | another for printing the Old Tegtament - Suppression of Vice founded by | one. unscattered, artho they, treate1| ss Anthony Comstock, who received his|S¢X,in a far more morbid and radical} ; first financial backing from Morris K,|/™manner than either of the American! “ Jesup. Comstock got a bill through| books. Such examples of ingonsistency } ess in 1873 which prohibited the} could be multiplied at great length.! fF: ling thru the mails of “obscene,| Comstock activity has not been a <ys-j ‘ x 1 us. or filthy” mat.| tematic campaign against anything In ter, but w did not define t ad-| Particular; it has merely been a erie: jectives, le is it wholly to the Jury | ef isolated asfaults on individual! JN USED CARS to de came within the mean-|t oe ane publishers. Its net eff ; x ing of \ similar amendment | 48 Mot been to pudge our, béok stores to York Code of Criminal |*md Mbraries of anything whatever. but 1 Four - passenger Hudson merely to keep our native auth dr prosecutors by enabling them to at-| Publishers in a state of terror tack the publishers under state law in; casionally in a. state of the city where nearly the Whole of the | While a book like “The Gentus’’ ‘American publishing business is located, | held from ‘circulation any one in ‘ow this law was primarily designed |to the Library of Congress and to keep out of circulation worthless por-| complete works of Guy de Maupass nographic litérature—n thing which| Which ‘hre equally’ frank and far niore reed should be done. Sev-| morbid in their treatment of sex them dded to the strength of the! 1 Gre en, Republic Speedster, two extra tires. 1 Buick Roadster, 1919. four-passenger Hudson, wire wheels, cord tires. In excellent shape, Truck. ° including the notorious|'They may also find there, or in ans lY-ton . eOnly a. Boy.” were Suppressed) andother firatelass | Ubrary,, hundreds of Will be in excellent shape. everyone applauded. The Comstock ; other foreign works whic! are mort . proceeded to show what a ‘dangerous| iridictable on the samc counts than (he Overhauling now. power he had created by attacking Ra-|American novels which have been sup- belais, the Decameron, and the works, Pressed. The Comstock often fails cvenj ; : of Zola, Balzac and Daudet—three] to keep out of circulation the, nooks 2 Three and on f ; French classics which may be found| they: suppress. | ‘‘Jurgen,” has. been . ¥ on the shelves of every. first-class }{-|enormously advertised by its suppres: { Diamond T trucks. brary in the world. | én other words,he| Sion and is now selling secretly in New {]_ | FWD. showed that a power which had been created for the suppressing of worth- York at ten dollars a copy. But th author is not getting any of this mone 2 Two-ton Diamond T trucks. ton 1 Five-passenger Chalmers. a less literature could be used ruthlessly} Such isthe argument against the| for the suppression of any book what | Comstocks which is made by critics and 1 Studebaker, 7-passenger, ever, even thou the first-class jintelli{| authors. In its defense it clainis that } 6-cylinder, _ in fine condi- gence of the whole world had joined in| it is defending the young against the | proclaiming it a masterpiece. | demorilizing influences of art. Not onty | tion. Priced at $750.00 Not only tk but Comstock and his| is’ this defense weakened by the con Successors hav Cor hays fr and with- cut judgment or system, sath it is fur- ther weakened by the well-known Tuct ! that literature not suited for th} very shown that do} Sideration that the sto they not even need to find a jury which will| fact worked only sporad agri shape. ® with them. ‘They have repeat- sed books by merely threat- It is the nuisance} real estate. All the above in good running shape and tires in A number 1 Will sell’on time or trade for and expense of a law suit, and stil] young is generally kept out of their more, the besmearing of their repuca-|hands, and is often unintelligible 10 —SEE— tions which publisher and author alike|them. Firearms are also dangerous in! . fear. | the hands of children R N V; S t i. IX. IN. Vanoan but we do notj ms from tie fi It is not considered ne all food not suitable a dyspeptics. And mani-} is | therefore abolish fire: ap: ex The yiewpoint of the Comstocks 20 doubt It of of the earth. | sary for infants Americ tille of which is labeled a “MORA to destroy the ne r NatrAch ot Titeraee, They tole tng | featly, If ever we are to have a civiltza-| giew that no book which could con ay €eivably incite anyone, how: yourus 1 x immoral or feeble-minded, to think thoughts, or do immoral acts, shoul n - be allowed in print. They imply that ve) € mortals are and li BARBER SHOP Located in No one cial mor nnsophisti from demor kind of s¢ young pre lit and be influences any deny ted of every that such i destruction of 8 of art which are not vultvd| oung and the unsophisticated aud when a book like “Only al share of your : , but a good many a good 1% un involves CLEANING, AN Called for and delivered same day. 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Phone 369W. ere 4-2- ty it 330 BE | FOR '—Furnished rooms, as eartt| heat ett Hucknuime Be mb pte areert ,RENT—Room with “bat. gra P Olt Bo pert ReKiniey, - POR sat Sects tie a for ea for bie 6 car. 346, pune Sieit) G- | POR. RENT ST wo Joining bedrooms Ho with: Tah outatas entrance. Can havo ‘use of Kitchen, “Suitubie for: ter four cay before 9:80 or atter B30, ‘30, a 9. 4-2- . . NOTICES ORs. FOR fabio iin 2h surance policy. nder lege = Reaparel “North Gast bay veage ceafunn te Cla In the District Court of the Sixth Ju- dicial District... LEONA ied PATTIR, Plaintife, PRESTON R. PATTIB, ‘Datedaant., pode L48 tae ‘wallet conti po 9 Seer Fremberaiip dpi ean 1. i| oe To Preston R. Pattie, a non-resident of | LOST—O; the State of Wyoming, and whose Place of residence and postoffice ad- dress are unknown: ‘You are hereby notified that on the Sth day of March, A. D, 1920, the above named Leona O. Pattie began an a*tion against you by filing her petition in the District Court of the Sixth Judietul District, in and for, Natrona .County, State of Wyoming, where said suit and action is now pending, belng AcHon No.. 2219. That the object and prayer of. the Petition in said cause is to obtain a de- cree and judgment of absolute divorce from. you, ‘alleging as. grounds. therefor, failure to provide the common neces- saries of life for a term of More than; one year last past and inimediately prior to the date of filing said petition, You are further notified that if you tail to answer said petition, plead or demur thereto, on or before Saturday, the 24th day of April, 1920, said petition will be trie ana Judgment owner's. for return to rary: ne Wa: road and Casper. Five fei, Mtormatee lending to Teas Si is dog. va! av, EC! Postoffice, e Sa ae Station. : LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF INCORPO’ TION, Park Road Sales and Service Com- pany was incorporated in the office of the Secretary of State of the Stata of Wyoming, at 9 o'clock, a. m., March 10th, 1920.. The term of existence of said company, is for fifty years next after the above date. The object for which said corporat: is formed is to engage in the, general garage, sup- ply, service andj motored vehicle busi- hess in the Stat of Wyoming. The capital stock of mpany is One Hundred ‘Thousa: jollars, divided {oto ten: thousand shares of the par 4 f Ten. Dollars per share. The and management of said® corpora shall be under the control of a of three directors and R. H. Nichols, A. B. Stirrett anda C, B, Wagner ‘gon- stitute said board for the first corpor- ate year of said company, The prin- cipal operations of said company shall be conducted in the County of Na- trona, ‘State of Wyoming. The’ princi- pal office of said company is Ee 809-312 Oll-Exchange Building ii .| Clty of Casper, said County, said fate: and A. E, Stirrett is the agent of said company in charge of said offi a bé. taken as rendered according to the prayer there. of. This Sth day of, March, A.D. 1920. HAZEL Ci NWELL, Clerk of the District Court. (SEAL) By GLADYS FORD, Deputy. Pub. Mar,.5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 1920. iG. W. FB) poe Nero mac ‘NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION A Jedirnent aie decree, yepelnet. ge +d ‘ hag Schnejder and in favor of Walter Galles, having been rendered and given} PUP. Mar. 31, April 1, 2, 1920. March 29th,-1920\in ‘the District Court; (N&S) rl “era! ca th Judicial rict in and for Natrona) ‘CA Coun Wyonine. in. cause No 129 ae Herel Walter Galles was Plaintift and Jeniseesstrpettes was Defendant, for the Of $350.00, with $9.00 Interest, Reet of a certain car, $ 65 costs Now THEREFORE, By_yirtue of;an’ execution, issued out of, and under Of, the aforékaid Court, ‘upon: periph robes ps in, abe against, Schneider, ‘and to (3 battery n.. was.@ which, ut nae ivered aon to ati ae nas alee Govern peeked Countv. Wyoming. - I, Pat: Royce, as sheriff as. aforesaid, have levied, in accordance, with law, and interest of lius Schneider, in ‘obile, five pas- 4 for proposals’ an sper a co} n of the ihe Seheutes | eee pial s invite use afore- ‘nit ment | Now give notice, in accordance with. law, that I, the undersigned as sheriff ‘as aforesaid, will sell the above des: cribed property of Julius Schneider, to ‘the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, al the south front door of Na- trona” County Court House,: Wyoming,| may ‘be awarded must execute to. the lon the 12th ‘of April 1920, ut a sale|'State of Wyoming « good and ate To. bbe: Hele nenweentl ihe. eure OE oat ii t0,be appoved by” th m, and 6°p. m. on that date, to satisty|tracting Board in the sum of § 5 said judgment, order of sale and exect-| Proposals should be addressed to the tion, with interests’ and costs. Contracting Board, Governor's Dated, April Ist, 1920. Cheyenne, Wyoming, endorsed Pro- PAT ROYCE, posals for pifplication of Wyoming Shéritf th ana for Natrona, Compiled Statutes.” 3 ‘SSE County, Wyoming. Pub. April 1, 2, 3,5, 6,7, 8, 9 10, 1 1920. printing and binding and all ‘p! the work ray be procured by. ‘application to the Governor's: ‘The State will reserve the ex sale of all copies of the Sonnd ‘The contractor to whom sald con