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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-23

tossed into a cigarette-and, so easy to
rolll And, you just take to it like you
been doing il since away back You
see, p. A. is crimp cut and cinch TO
handel 1t stays put-and you don't
lose a lot when you start to hu6
the paper around the fobaccot
You1l like Prince Albert IN Q jimmy
pipe as much as you do IN q houIn
rolled cigarette, tool You know p. 4.
is the tobacco that has led three n,en =
smoke pipes where ono was smoked
before. Yes sir, Prince Albert blazed
the way. And, me-o-my. what wad
OF smokesport will ripple your way
every time you fiji upl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-23
i3-Ysar. .Old Girl to France.

tueik Reed. II iears old, the
daskhler Of NJ. and Mrs. s. S. Reed,
Sd West Thirty.sscond street. left
hess Monday for Paris, France,
whefVtehe expeets to )oia her brother,
Capt Frank Reed, who is attached
10 the office Of the adjutans general
there. \! She WY sail on the steamship
Her parents moyed 70 OklahorHa
City recently from fs~l's Valley. She
is 1 siter Of Tom B. Reed and S. S,
,Recd jr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-23
rWiman shades 0vsskh.

DULUTH, ninn., Oct. 31.--Jehnsy
TIll,uan. o. Minneapolis. had but Z
shade the best Of Il 10 his ie.spund flint
with Johnny uriffith Of AksVn. Ohio,
here last night.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
Shifting the Blame

A classic example of that deadly self
destructive reasoning by which the apollo
gists of Germany's cause have contrib
uted so much to the moral victory of
their opponents is an article in the
VoSsische Zeitaen9 by one Oberverwalt-
gsgerichtsrat, Dr. Damme, entitled
"How Shall the Guilt for the War Be Dis
trlbuted?" The gentleman with the for
midable title and ominous name sets out
to prove two points, hardly compatible
either with each other or with reason
except in the mind of a German sayant:
First, that nobody is responsible for the
war; second, that England is responsible
for the war.
He starts out saying that the war was
an elemental upheaval," something in
the nature of 'an earthquake. a flood or
hurricane. In the life of man.
KIND, too, there are such outbreaks.
No human thinking is capable
of resolving them into their factors
Just as the quadration of the
circle has baffled so far the human in.
tellect, in the same manner the tre-
mendous event Of our days battles the
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
A Digest

Comparing the doctrine enumerated by
Senator Fall with other doctrines and
practices upheld by the Administration,
it appears that the public is to under
stand
/. 1t is not within the power of Pres
ident, even though Congress joins in the
declaration, to proclaim that state OF
peace exists between this country and
one with which it has been at war. (See
the answer to Senator Fall.)
2. 1t is within the power of Presi-
dent to. create a state of war with an
other country without waiting for the
consent Of Congress. (See Vera Cruz
landing, the expedition to Archangel and
the dispatch of an army to Slberla)
3. 1t is within the power of a Presi-
dent to make peace with nation with
which we have not been at war. (See in
structions to Paris delegates to sign a
peace treaty with Bulgaria and Turkey)
These various propositions are respect
fully referred to the constitutional law
yers. Together they constitute a body of
contradiction that the average citizen
hopelessly contemplates. The only dis
cernible common principle running
through all of them is that President
may do exactly as he pleases under all
circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
The Automatic .Stop

On the subway the automatic stopping
device first throws out signal for a
slowing down. If the train rushes on
then hand rushes out and clutches the
revolving wheels. 1t is as if.the machine
said: "You won't stop, hey? Then I'll
make you
The automatic stop of international
trade has given its first sgnal-in the
exchange market The German mark is
worth but cents in American money,
the French franc less than II cents and
the Italian Ira about 10 cents. Even the
proud British pound, instead of bringing
$4.86, has been sold within week for
$4.12.
inevitably there will be falling off in
the demand for American goods. For
elgners get wages or sell goods in their
own country for their own currency.
There is an enhancement Of price when
they buy goods in any country whose ex-
change is against them. Already the
checking influence begins to be manifest.
The Treasury Department reports fall
ing off in the total of American goods
sold abroad
Europe has not wherewith to buy, even
when SO inclined. Her Drawer and
sounder men face the facts and do not
want their peoples and governments to
rush further into debt. 'Work and
save"-this is the Old and disagreeable
truth that the distressed nations are
leaning to- having discovered that tho
nostrums Of economic quacks but aggra-
vate the disease Of scarcity
The repercussion here of European
thrift will be an increase in imports and
decrease Of exports. This, of course,
implies some slowing up of American
production or lower domestic prices if
production continues on present levels
IN view of the injustice done by the
unequal incidence of the rise of prices the
consumers of America will endure this
condition with equanimity.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
mental powers of the present generation,
probably that Of posterity, too"

mental powers of the present generation,
probably that Of posterity, too"
To begin with, such intellectual humil-
ity is new thing in a German writer.
One is tempted to doubt its sincerity;
nevertheless, it is conceivable that some
body who wants to make out case for
Germany may argue in that vein in good
faith. he may be honest according to
his lights, even though his lights be
dimmed by desire and sentiment. But
the Oberverwaltungsg does not
stop here. Having proved that you can
not establish responsibility, he goes right
ahead and establishes it.
The feat is accomplished by means Of
distinction between the causes of the
war and it's immediate motive or occasion.
DR.. Damme asks: "Could the outbreak
of the war at the particular moment
have been prevented" He answers the
question in the affirmative.
Now, either war is an Elemental ,lp-
heaval," independent of human control.
or it is not. You cannot postpone an
earthquake or adjourn tornado. If war
ls III the class of such natural events.
Its outbreak at any given moment is in
fulfilment of laws mankind cannot alter
or influence. No sophistry can smooth
out the contradiction.
But the German writer is not content
with whitewashing Germany. He wants
to blacken England, and having conceived
the purpose invents t. means to attain
1t. He says: "Had Germany and her
aeNes known what opposition they were
to face it had been lunacy for them to
wage war. The German Empire would
have preferred any kind of negotiation
to decision by arms had it foreseen
that 1t would be confronted with an over
Whelmng combination whose conquest
1t could not have undertaken. An un-
paraNeled Righteousness, however, unto
the last moment withheld the truth
on this decisive point from Germany and
the rest OF the world. But the only state
possessing full knowledge of the real dis
trlbution of strength was England"
therefore, Dr.. Damme concludes tri
umphantly, the responsibility for the war
rests on England. 1t is as if burglar.
caught III the act of riting safe, should
ask the jury to convict the president
OF the bank because he had the place
guarded without sufficiently advertising
the TACT But there is also this further
serious objection to DR.. Damme's argu-
ment: The thing he alleges is untrue.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
League Strong, Covenant Weak

One of the country's principal invest
ment security firms recently attempted
to get cross section of opinion, as the
same concern did in 1914, by submitting
a questionnaire to men of affairs in the
various atates-the interrogations being
framed not to bring out what the an
swerers themselves thought but what
they regarded the prevailing opinion
within the range of their observation.
Particularly interesting are the re-
plies concerning the league of nations.
The first question was, "Are the people
Of your section generally in favor of
league Of nations?' To this 1,1S1 an
swered in the affirmative and 252 in the
negative. All parts of the country
favored the league of nations idea in al
most equal degree.
The second question, if the answer to
No. was in the affirmative, was wheth-
er the Presidents or the Senate's plan
was favored. To this 602 replied that
the Presidents plan was favored and GAL
replied that the Senate's plan was IA
vored. The South was the only section
that stood with the President.
The result Of the plebiscite is about
what most observers would expect. The
league of nations idea is solidly backed
by a prevailing opinion But there is
discrimination with respect to it's en-
bodiment, the weight Of Judgment being
that the President blundered at Paris.
1t seems a warranted inference that the
covenant, as presented, grows weaker in
stead of stronger, for the natural and
easy thing among company is to swal-
low the covenant as perhaps the best
thing obtainable. 1t was presented in
the first instance to the American people
as backed not only by the President but
as approved by our allies
A determined effort has been made bv
section of the press which has labored
to make the covenant question a partisan
one to make it appear that it was neces-
sary to obey the Presidents 'Sign here"
demand or else to oppose the league idea.
The fraud has failed, as it deserved to
fal-. Non-support Of the Presidents plan
in no way implies opposition to proper
league.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
HoaU You Buy a
u. S. Blanket
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tsibume
ClR: 1t might be OF interest to your read
y ers to know of my experience in buying
some army blankets. When | saw the
notice in the paper of the blanket sale
went to the army building at Thirty-fourth
Street and Eighth Avenue but found they
had no blankets for sale. However | mt
IN an order for two blankets, all wool and
new. was not given any choice as to size.
shape, color, length, width or thickness.
l. was told to go back in couple of
days and get the blankets [ went back.
but again found blankets There was
notice posted that the blankets would be
sold at Pier IL, East River, foot of Wall
Street, on Thursday last
now determined to follow this thing up
and see if they really had any blankets for
sale. When | went to Pier II on Thursday
morning / found great crowd around the
entrance to the pier and hundreds more
IN line extending down South Street. The
sale had not yet opened at 10 o'clock, and
rather than lose the whole dav I came
away. l returned, however, at 4 D. m. and
managed to get inside, where after much
search they were unable to find the order
had written out at the army building
Another order was written out in triplicate
and | was asked to pay Sl2 for two blankets
before being allowed to go back where
might see the blankets. This [ refused
to do
1t was then closing time and the stock
was practically sold out, so | determined
to be first in line the next morning.
early Succeadad in tbic opJ ,r+o.
in line more than two hours [ was admitted
to the pier | paid SIP for two blankets
and was handed two, but allowed no choice
as to color. etc. 1t was case Of take
what they gave you nothin ing After
got home I had chance to examine NV
purchase and found that | had received
couple Of cheap, shoddy blankets (if such
they may be called) made by sewing two
strips Of cloth together with big, heavy
seam They had been cleverly folded so
that the seam was completely concealed. and
until one unfoded them he might think
they were real blankets.
In order to get these blankets made fve
trips to the city. and a detailed account of
the transaction would be about as follows.
Cash paid for blankets ... s12Oo
Time lost (l6 hours at 5Oc) 500
Carfare 60 trips at 20c) )....... 100
lotal cost ................... $21.OO
Estimated value Of blankets 500
Net loss ............. s13oo
wonder if the government food sales
are anything like this.
F. C. HOOKER.
Flushing, L. l.. Aug. %. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
The Real Court Martial Issue

Secretary Baker has approved the re-
port of the War Department Court
Martial Board, and thus aligned himself
squarely with those who consider the
present court martial system ADEQUATE
and equitable. That was. his original
viewpoint. He has returned to it after
lew partial relapses toward the hu
manitariahism of the system's critics.
General Herman, the head of the
board, points out clearly what the court
martial dispute has been about. He re-
CARDS the court martial as an instru-
ment Of military discipline, not as a
method OF protecting the rights of a SOL
der brought to trial The latter con-
ception is civilian, he says. The true
military idea is to secure results bv dis
couraging offences against the military
code. The court martial works for the
good otsthe army as a whole 1t isn't
intended to bring about q nice deter
mination of the individuals culpabilitv
or of his technical status as defend
ant. Under this theory, Of course. the
court martial exercises administrative
rather than judicial functions 1t NAV
punish the individual, even excessively.
for the exemplary effect on his com
radcs.
The idea embodied in the Chamberlain
bill is that the court martial is an actual
court of justice and that it has q Quasi
civilian legal character. If that is so
the individual is entitled TO have his
case treated on its merits apart from
the effects of such treatment on disci-
pine. These two theories are irrecon-
cllable. That of the board, which the
Secretary indorses, may have had scme
sanction in past conditions, especially in
q professional army. But it has little
sanction i'll national citizen army. in
which the citizen serves by conscription.
If he is performing his patriotic duty
as a citizen under the law, his legal
right to an equitable trial should fol-
low him into the army.
General Herman expresses the onin-
ION that the Chamberlain bill provision
that enlisted men shall sit on courts
martial is ''out of harmony with rhe
American conception of democracy and
Of our confidence in our institutions -
That is grotesque conclusion It IS
the reverse idea which is out of harmony
with American conceptions of democracy
and justice.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27

Our neighbor The World sees fit to
devote another of its valuable columns
to bitter partisan attack on Senator
Lodge and his associates. 1t calls them.
among other things, Prussian junllers
we had thought that the attempt of the
President to deny to the Senate its con-
stltutlonal prerogative savored more Of
JunAerlsm than the Senate's course.
But it appears that this is mistaken
view. 1t is American for a Chief Execu-
1--WE to nave sole charge of foreign rela-
tons, as the Kaiser had prior to his de-
parture for Holland
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
Welcome
To the Editor of The Trihnna

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: am to-day in receipt of s12 from
the fostotfice Department. almost feel
as II owed you advertising rates for the
space you kindly gave me in your issue Of
August 16 The Tribune is a great coupc]er
Oh justice. AS reader of it for many Years
am under obligations to its courage. its
pa'nstakingness, its wisdom, which are bevond
my power to measure The way it has coma
points the way l trust it will 90 and holm
US all to go--on and up.
~ j. ALBERT STOWE.
New York, Aug. 25, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27

tary policeman OF to-day. 1t was Band
hotz's horse sense at work, and he has solved
the military police system for the future
Of the American army.
How well he has solved it may be illus
trated by testimonials from high ranking
officers many of whom have taken the un-
solicited occasion to put their sentiments on
paper. Following is an excerpt from a
warm personal letter written by General
Pershing to the provost marshal general
"The duties of the department, especially
Of the Military Police Corps, consisting as
they have of the enforcement of law and or
der, the control of traffic and circulation.
the custody Of prisoners of war, the appre-
hension of absentees and the recovery Of
stolen property, have been of an especially
trying and onerous nature. Working under
difficult conditions, in strange country
whose laws and customs differed funda-
mentally from their own, they have sue
ceeded in maintaining the best Of relations
with the civilian population and in all re-
spects upholding the good name Of their
countrymen. From the base ports to the
firing line they have represented the Amer
lean government and its laws to the mutual
benefit and wellbeing of all concerned.
Inc uniformly efficient and successful man
ner IN which their duties have been per-
formed IS to me a source of genuine salts
faction. wish to extend my personal
thanks and the thanks of their comrades of
the American Expedtionary Force"
Major General J. G. Harbord, former
commander in chief Of the service of SUD
plies and at present chief OF Genera,
Uar Ia
holtz:
II have just returned from d visit to
Gievres, Mehun, Verneuil, Bordeaux and St.
Nazalre, conducting party of French Off
GERS consisting of Marshal Petain, Generals
Castelnau, Mastre, Degoutte etc In
practically all places visited by this distin
guished party the appearance, dress, con-
duct and general bearing, as indicating good
dlsclplne. OF the military police were the
subject OF their favorable comment. l~feit
d great pride in the notice taken by these
generals OF the military police and share
IN their admiration and approval of this
snappy, courteous, intelligent body of men.
They are performing real service through
their efficiency and are a credit to the A.
f. F'
mander OF the FIRST Army and later COM
mander of the American Army of Occupa-
ton. gave this testimonial:
The Military Police Corps met the sjtu-
alton with success. and by its energetic ac-
ton insured the supply of the fighting
troops north of No Mans Land. After the
signing of the armistice their work in ham
ding the situation in the various towns
and cities has always been commented on
most favorably."
And to all this Brigadier General Bano-
holtz answers "horse sense"
The maximum strength of Bandholtz's
department reached total Of LAOS officers
and 47,373 men before the disintegrat;on OF
the A. E. +. began. During the heavy
hghting period in addition to other duties
they handled number OF German prisoners
III excess OF their strength
There Is always certain percentage of
duds IN any army. But in the future.
am convinced, the "duds" will have nothino
TO do with the military police This war has
taught q lesson
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
Books
By Haywood Broun

ONDON critics are commenti,a
fact that Arnold Bennett in "J,s..,s ."s
tDoran) has violated many ~ -
romantic conventions. In fact. one os :, .ns
literary weeklies has gone so far &C >, '"s
pare an imaginary speech Of defence ~.
they think suitable to Benefits no;,+
view. The art which seeks inpress;,.n- y
IN representing people as We know -
were not" says "The LONDON Bookna, ., .r' -.
an art / despise. judith and Holofa..
were in their day, quite as ordinary ,o..s
as Hllda Lessways and Edwin Ciayha,c.r1,
The same point of view was more conc;..
~ stated by a Harvard professor who 80,
that he believed that "the ancients had =.
idea that they were anc;on.sp Il :
this spirit that Shaw wrote Cesar
Cleopatra,' and probably few VIII dis,,...
5hat the Roman whom he has draw, :.
more convincing figure than the form
Cesar OF Shakespeare.
And yet it is desirable, perhaps, that tbsr.
should be certain limitations beyond wbica
the modernization OF She thought and till
of the historically famous should not o.
There must be limit or there will b. ~
heading off the play in which the stabbed
Caesar falls crying "Et tn, Brute and n.
conspirator replies, "rIl say il is"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
One of Them
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir | was very much amused when T
read "Housekeeper's" letter in SATURDAYS
Tribune. Poor thing! she seems to be hayine
very hard time; but why not solve the
problem by doing her own housework and
saving her beautiful old furniture and china.
also lots of very valuable time hunting in
ash cans and $50 per month? If she wonId
teach her children good, plain American Ian
guage herself. then she would be saved the
annoyance Of having the chidren's cover
ness sitting with the family in the EVENING
The reason given, at is so necessary for the
children to be taught perfect French
accent" The fact of the matter is. both
she and her fastidious husband want 20 learn
the foreign languages gratis.
FROM ONE OF THE OVERBEARINc
CREATURES.
Red Hook. N. y, Aug. 20. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
thought among the men who are the mas

thought among the men who are the mas
ters of America are their real friends.
What is to be done? Little except to
spread sound ideas. We are all involved
together, and if our people lack the in
telligence to discern the true from the
false, then hard times are indeed ahead,
for the forces of unreason have already
gained start.
AS to particular remedies to tide over
trying period, probably nothing better
can be done than to apply the sliding
scale principle to further wage changes; !;
that is, to put into all wage agreements
a provision TO the effect that if living
prices come down wages are to come
down with them.