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New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Robbers in Uniform,

The "CaptaiN of Coepenick" trick has
been repeated in number Of variations
within a month or two The credentials
of the robbers are usually their uni
forms, often with an accompaniment Of
hand grenades. band Of such "cap-
tains' entered the villa of q rich mer-
chant Che other night. where a party of
gentlemen We're being entertained.
Armed with pistols and grenades, they
pretended to come to make search of
the house to ascertain whether an Illicit
gambling club we're not housed there
One OF the party suspected a case of i'm
posture, and, slipping into the adjacent
room. sent in telephone alarm. In a
brief space of time the special police
arrived and arrested the would be rob-
bers They turned out to be bona tide
soldiers in active service.
The railways are the field of opera
tions for thieves to an extent that seems
hardly credible. Packages and boxes
are broken open and partly emptied, or
even disappear entirel y-spurIos GER
sch1cundeu. The amount of these thiev-
cries is estimated by the Railway Min
lister at 10O,0OO,O0O marks for this
year. Before the war it was usually
about 100000 marks.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Nationalizing Farms

"A poll OF the editors Of Illinois on
the question of "the naturalization
of FARMS as proposed by those who
favor "the public ownership of all
money-making industry shows that
537 voted fiat NO." with but six
on the affirmative side.
Some farmers favor Matchmaking
business in which they are not en-
gagged, but their own?-not in the
world. They point out that, of
course, the nation could not run the
farms as efficiently through short
time tenants or hired hands as the
hardworking owning farmer does,
but that the consequence would be a
great falling off in the amount of
food produced, and therefore eaten.
One editor who writes for a rural
community says that in the opinion
OF his subscribers the naturalization
of farms would be as much of a
short cut to starvation in this coun-
try as in Russia, where Lenine has
partially applied it.
Naturalization in fields other than
the one which occupies you, but not
in your own ield-so some men ar
que IN this year of grace. 1t is
an interesting discrimination - one
whose making shows what is really
thought of naturalization. The free
workingman holds he would become
slave if his labor were national
ized-that is, if he were compelled to
work at the job to which he was as
signed at such rates as bureaucratic
masters said he should receive.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Plain Bourgeois

The countess is BY birth plain bour-
geois Of the name Of Stutz, and shc
became still palmer when she married
one Mueller, SO far as names go. But
the marriage did not possess adhesive
qualities, and Frau Mueller soon sailed
forth upon semi-marital ventures. At first
she "kept house" for the Papal Cham
berlain, Juan Maria Moser de Vega,
here in Berlin. Her stock in the game
Of life was rising at that time, and q
title seemed most desirable to give it a
further boost. And so a poor, old,
broken-down nobleman, Count Colonna,
a man who was receiving public aims,
was found, who agreed for few thou
sand marks to adopt the adventures.
Even this adoption. however, was 9
fraud, for The pauper count hod Two
sons of his own ~ho were officers in
the Russian army With her fine new
title she scored further advance III
life, came into The household of that
unfortunate Prime Of Thurn and TaXis
who was murdered among the hostages
of Munich; and that connection seemed,
according to her liberal heraldry, to en-
title her to call herself also the Princess
of Thrrn and Taxis. So she was either
the princess or the countess, as best
su ted her purpose.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Let the Legion Do 1t.
How to Meet the Venomous
Lies of Rodicotisn1

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: l have read with great interest
your editorial of this date entitled
Meeting Propaganda" The situation
which you so clearly illustrate by citing
what happened to the lumbermen is
exceedingly critical, and cannot be en-
phasized too much to the public. That
propaganda is by its venomous lies
agitating if not undermining almost
every industry known cannot be de-
MED. That it must be fought intelli-
gently as we'll as vigorously is impsra-
tive.
But I disagree with you in your sug-
gestion as to how it should be fought
Why have every corporation or company
designate its own defense body when
there is a body already formed, fitted to
carry on this work and eager to do so :?
l have in mind the American Legion.
Here we have voluntary organization
composed of men who have shown their
colors, fought in the greatest of wars,
and won, and who do not intend to have
what they did undone by lies. These
men represent every trade and profess
sion known, and they represent them in
sufficient numbers to control the situa-
ton, had they only the information to
work on. Why could not the employers
I furnish the headquarters Of the respec-
tive posts with required information
upon request? The members of the Le-
gion would do the rest, fairly and firmly.
Employees and employers are alike side
by side in this organization and in a
position to cooperate to the fullest
extent
Once the ball started rolling the
Reds would see that they have more to
contend with than get-together club,
and if they didn't uphold the true ira
ditions of America they would speedily
be made to. We all realize that the
enemy within is more dangerous than he
who fights openly. and after these years
of war we do not intend TO have those
who bled and died for our country:
preservation see it torn to pieces be
cause of negligence now,
Why doesn't the American Leglol
bring this up and see it through?
D. Y. B. T.
Morrstown. n. j., Dec. II, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Arrest by 4eropiane

Then the police got busy in quite
modern fashion. Detective Dettmann
mounted an aeroplane, flew away to
Sondershausen and arrested B0tticher
The rest of the band here were also
taken into custody.
But the Berlin burglars studied out
other schemes for plying their trades
Two of them were sentenced to prison
this week who made a speciality of
watching funeral notices in the news
papers and then proceeding to rob the
house while the family was sure to be
away at the cemetery. At one house,
however, where they pulled off this
stunt" the porter saw them leaving
and suspected that something was
wrong. When he later found that a rob-
berry had been committed he decided
that he would take over the role of de-
tcctive on his own account. A few days
later there was another funeral in an
adjacent street, which had been duly
advertised. He went there soon after
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Loose Talk About Reservations

Mr.. George Rublee printed in "The
Evening Post the other day an an
alysis of the Senate's treaty reser-
vations, indicating which ought to
be accepted in any rational COM
promise and which ought to be re-
jected. This analysis offers another
pathetic example Of the confusion
of thought which has made compro-
mise so difficult in Washington.
The great trouble has been that
the former advocates of uncondi-
tional ratification, though now ad-
hitting the necessity of reserva-
tions, are unable or unwilling to pre-
sent a definite substitute draft. How
far are they willing to go? No one
knows. Apparently they are still in
the dark themselves.
Mr.. Rublee ordinarily fair-mind-
ed, joins the dust-raising critics of
the majority reservations. He also
has no clear alternative plan. He
repeats the assumption that an in
sistence on certain reservations
would make it impossible for the
ether powers to accept our ratifica-
ton. He says that this is the case
with the Fifteenth Reservation
concerning equality of voting power
in the league-which Great Britain
couldn't accept. He intimatss that
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
F arlton ell

fFvom Common Sense)
E'HE lonely wind sings here amid the
corn:
The great stars wander up behind the
hills:
Fall in the green the summer flags are
borne.
And the gold autumn chills
So has it been for all the years that
pass.
So it remains for long years yet to be:
The sun-warmed breezes in the cooked
hill-grass.
The winds whose fans have traicd
across the sea.
The clear rock faces silently the land
Ledge upon ledge. and field on field
below:
Sea, hills and sky. naught else on either
hand
The long hushcd sleep of August pace
aglow,
Winter and summer and the light
swirled spring
Drifting like snow the tangled haw-
thorn trees.
The delicate, blown brchen boughs that
swing,
The sacred hazels ruf1ed by the breeze:
All these below; above, the broken stone
Still as a vision of the Judgment day;
A solitude that life has left, alone.
Intangible. immutable and gray
". f. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Filling Her urse

When she came back to Berlin she
contented herself with the humber title; ;
it possessed the merit Of being lncon-
spicuous, at least, while the other title
would certainly have raised awkward
questions. While these chapters OF her
romance were enacting she was
learning quick ways of filing her
purse When the deceased prince came
into possession of some 100000 marks
through reconciliation with his family
she and her brother used his credit
frauduently to raise large sums OF
money That brother, Aviator Lieu
tenant Erich Stutz, figured as princl-
pal in her band, which was arrested
this week. Another was Lieutenant
Joachim Won Botticher.
Not so long ago-probably owing to
the untimely taking off Of the prince
she again settled down here in Berlin
Then really began her career of ro-
mantle crime. Through her attractive
personality she readily secured admit
tance into high Berlin society, which
is not particularly exscting IN sean
ming the cards of new acquaintances Just
now. Who would think OF inquiring into
the record of countess? She even be
came popular in society.
There was a deep-laid purpose in hel
social campaign. She was hunting fol
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Berger's Reelection

~ vote of 81 to the House
Of Representatives, excluded Victor
0erger from the membership to
winch he was elected from the Fifth
Wisconsin Congressional District, as
enc who had given aid and comfort
% the enemy" and had been con-
''cted IN a prosecution under the
espionage act.
Now Berger comes back with a
majority Of 4,s06, and he himself
'"arae'erizes the result as "nothing
eSs than revolutionary" The. So
1'ai'S's especially those of Bolshe-
'S' Sympathies, hail the election as
great victory for their ideas, and
u0aotless will be encouraged to press
'n with their propaganda.
But as Berger says in his post
De'''oh statement, his success can
a, '0' exactly be called victory of
'"e socialist party" Things that
,'s'e little to socialism affected the
polling.
Inc district is ore populated by
,~'" principally of German birth
" Oy those of German stock who
sa'e so kept alive their reverence
~ vi 'ne fatherland as to be more
s' ss'man than the Germans. Such a
ss''lct does not regard the fact
~'a' berger embarrassed the govern
ss'' with the feelings that control
N'fS' The pro-Germanism of Ber-
=, :, helped instead of hurt him in
~ss4"aukee's = racial enclave. Thus
s'e Is pro-German rather than a
's!allst triumph.
borrower, no district likes to have
su'y chosen representative set
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
The Governors Choice

Il seems certain that Mr.. Swami
rlll have his wish and will be inves-
tgated to the limit 1t seems equally
.ertain that he Will not have his wish
"a desire fervently possessing his
1sa-t, Judging by the unceasing eff
orts he has made-to do the inves-
dgating himself. The only open
ouestion is who is to be inVe<-. gator.
Is it to be an appointee named by
Attorney General Newton at the re-
auest Of Governor Smith-Mr. Pros
kauer, for example? Or is it to be
committee of the forthcoming state
legislature?
It is reported that Governor Smith
extremely angry with Mr.. Swami
for refusing to accept Mr.. Pres
sauers entirely reasonable require
ments Ct independence. This is easy
70 believe. Il also is reported that
he Governor is loath to turn over
ihe Investigation to any appointee Of
Nr. Newton. VINO happens to be a
Republican. This is not so easy to
believe. Governor Smith has given
aoundant proof Of clear head. An
investigation Of the District Attor-
aey'S office now IS inevitable, and the
'nly doubt is whether the present
rand Jury can forestall the incom-
ag legislature so, from the mar
wly partisan point Of view, the
NY question IS whether Mr.. Swami
ill be Investigated by a hostile
.rand jury operating under the lead
.'ship Of an aDpo'ntee Of Republi-
an Attorney General or by d com
nlttee OF Republican Legislature.
The former course would cone at the
initiative Of our Democratic Cover
nor, and it seems clear that here lies
ne Gre Democratic chance of credit
in the premises.
But We do nos believe that Cover
aOr Smith takes any such narrow
7iew Of the situation 1t is largely
through the obstinate opposition =
ar. Swami to an impartial inquiry
hat the -uDlic's resolve for such an
nqairy SIS been formed. The situ-
ation has become a matter of serious
'9ncern to the lie community, and
he respons' oilty is ultimately the
Governors, for in him resides the
Tower to remove local officials upon
'aafges. The good name of the
aiys administration is in issue and
he Governor stands as the final
'udge We are confident ne is as
'nXlous for a fair and thorough eX-
'mnatlon of the whole situation as
Ar. Swami seems loath TO consent
C one
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

government is willing to take possession
on these terms" The sooner washing
ton" realizes that the Entente powers
will brook no further interference by
this country in European matters the
better
The entire situation with regard to
Fiume arose from the gross and unwar-
rantable interference by your President
in its affairs, which he had no earthly
right to do. He has, heaven knows, am
pie field in this country, during the
rest of the time he will be President, to
exercise his love of meddling in every
thing. JOHN CHAMPION.
New York, Dec. 18, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
November: the Mist
fFron The AthenGeum)

fFrom The AthenGeunn)
THE mist has made to-day seem weird
and wan.
A ghost Of all the winters that are gone,
Up on the common we can barely see
The green track at our feet, and silently
The vapor rolls on US from every side
SO that the green track is our only
guide.
We move as on an island; left and right
Holows Of mist whirl softly to our
sight;
And seventeen miles away we hear q
sound
Boom family, strangely in the quiet pro-
found
The voice Of a great siren steadily
Calling and calling through the fog al
l cannot bear that sound. We must 20
back
And leave the wandering mist and tho
green track;
We will do homage where the logs piled
high
Blaze in their tiled shrlne-then by-
and-bye
With friendly creatures comfortably to
play
The black cat and the golden and the
gray.
Outside is Dream peace, shifting, unds-
fined
With that strange, hoding utterancs
behind.
Here is the Peace we in this life desire.
With love and laughter gathered round
the fire;
And we forget the horror of fog at sea
While we are making our own toast
for tea.
DOROTHEA SUMNER.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Walking Contagion
From, The Los An0eles Time.

,fron The Los Angeles Tiocsj
This idea of admitting alien anar-
chists to bail pending a final ruling on
their cases is to be deplored. They are
charged with spreading dangerous.
revolutionary doctrines, and their
menace continues with each moment
that they are free. Quarantine pa
tients who have the smallpox or the
plague are not admitted to bail. A
contagion that concerns the mind is
more pernicious than one involving the
body. When revolutionists have been
officially declared subject to deporta-
tion or imprisonment it should be i'm
possible for them to be admitted to
bail and resume their infamous cru
sade.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
The German Crime. Wave
Bu William c. Drehcr
Berlin Corrcspondent Of The Tribune

lovers not to love but to rob them. She
used her social connections to find out
whore rich bachelors were living alone;
and She was assisted in her investiga-
tions by one Baroness Belly" her for
mer dressmaker, who had also been once
encumbered with an even more plebean
name When the two women had picked
out their victims the countess would cs-
tablish an entente cordiale with one Of the
unsuspectng bachelors or widowcrs and
invite him to her house, where it was
not difficult TO detain him till his apart
mcnt had been thoroughly pillaced. This
rart of the vqsk was carried out by the
precious pair Of lieutenants. assisted by
ialbird locksmith who had been taken
into the band Severa professional re-
ccivers of stolen goods completed the
out fit
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

n HAVE listened to astronomers,
Who mapped out that great desert
Of the sky
And weighed the stars and checked the
speed of light.
And fed me windily with windy figures,
But rather than deceive myself with
knowledge
would go out into the boundless night,
Strip off this body from the unsparng
ache,
her shoulders,
And rise like melting smoke and lose
myself
Among the trackless meadows of the
stars,
Where the faint soul, a naked, helpless
wisp,
Drifts through the terrifying constella-
tions,
And dare the unmaginable adventure
In utter space, that yet no man hath
plumbed
With mind or body-an immense desire
That numbs the feeble brain in mere
conception
To know, to know. In these hedged
fields of earth
Still rings the endless murmur of their
words,
Pythagoras, Heraclitus. Newton. Elm
stein,
Grasping the intangible secret, the in
violate secret,
AS children seize their images in water
Which. though they touch, remain no.
in their hands,
But still eluding them still mock their
And shine unmoving in the quiet food.
Their words like clouds of breath made
visible
Tarnish the mirror of eternity
For brief moment and dissolve away
And new mouths and new words arise
again.
Blowing like steam from the long labor
ing earth
In useless. never-ceasing exhalations
Til man shall vanish and the stars re-
The stars no more astonishing than
men. EDWARD SHANkS
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

BERLIN, Nov. 25.-Thc newspapers
are all talking this week about the
"Countess Colonna,' who is an entirely
new star in the Journalistic armament
And who is this new noble lady? Just
another Of Berlin's swindlers and
thieves. They caught up with her and
her little band this week, and the pre-
cious lot are now boarding at public ex-
pense. Here is a tale Of crime some
what out of the common, it contains
criminal romance features, and so mer-
its a few paragraphs in my correspond
cnce.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Cheaper Humor
The Richmond Times-D

tFrom The Richmond Times Dispatch)
President Cudahy, of the Cudahy
Packing Company, advises the buying
public to reduce the cost of living by
going to the shops with the "old-fash-
ioned market basket" and buying the
cheaper cuts" of beef. Advice of that
kind is getting to be joke There are
no cheap cuts. And, if there were, the
increased demand for them would in
evitably increase the price.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
An Italian Fiume'
le Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In your issue of this morning is
an editorial headed "An Italian Fiume. "
You say, "Concerning the occupation of
Fiume by regular Italian troops, the
cautious announcement is made from
Washington that the occupation is mere
ly in the nature of trusteeship pending
q final disposition by the Entente pow
ers." 1t is added that "the Italian
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
GUARANTEE

~. -, eurehass merchandise advertised In THE
,rsuve With absolute safety-for II dissatisfac
lNe,a,.x IN any case rHE TRIBUNE guarantees
y, ~ Soer asrey back upon REQUEST NO red tape.
ssvSsa,shllne. We make good promntH " the
.~tsr does not
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

the funeral procession had left, and
had not long to wait for the two
thieves. He arrested them and found
ether funeral advertisements in their
nNt tehnnkS
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
The Ultimate Luxury
From The Buffalo Express

IF ToDt nc BnUd1o ErpressJ
Had the government even suspected
at the time luxury taxes were being
planned that the price of eggs would
go to 81 a dozen, a revenue stamp
would probably now adorn each egg we
buy.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
,,,,yrp or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

=. Associated Press IS exclusively entitled to the
) =, -.-raicston of all news dispatches credited
a. NJ not otherwise cgsd.;ca in this paper and
70 ,he local news OF spontaneous origin published
II q -.hts II republication OF all other matter
s.sn afe also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
FOREIGN RATES

~.,., g. the Postonice at New York as Second
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
at.,, pork Grtbm,'G
Iast-the Truth: News--Edi-
~" Observation-Disclosures
xrus.t Of the Audit buFea" OF o'euiau0"s
sr~-pAY. DECEMBER 2l, 1919

.,, nuhlishes daily by New York Tribune
0tsf', ~ - yors corporation Ogden Reid. Prcst-
" vsrncr Rogers. Ntse President. Helen
"a. y, secretary + A. Suffer. Treasurer.
sassc ~ SSs,,,c Eu,ldnS l5t Nassau Street. New
e;'S 7ssphene BeeNfran 5000
u,prrr1oN RArES-By MAIL. including
N THE UNITED STATES AND
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
A Week fVerse
Astronomy

fFrom The New Statesman
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

New York, Dec. IS, 1919.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-28
GRANDMA NEVER LET.
HER HAIR GET GRAY
She Kept Her Locks Dark and
Glossy, with Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you ,:arken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally, sc,
evenly. Preparing this mixture
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. At little cost you can buy al
any drug store the ready-to-use prep
aration, improved by the addition OF
other ingredients called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" You just
dampen a sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time.
BY morning all gray hair disappears,
and. after another application or two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark
ened, glossy and luxuriant.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is sign Of old age, and as we
all desire youthful and attractive
appearance, get busy at once with
.Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
and look years younger. This ready
to-use preparation is q delightful toi-
let requisite and not a medicine. It
e not intended for the cure, mitiga-
ton or prevention OF disease.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-28
DR., A. f. Groebner
Dentist, :.
Office in Vogel Block.
Phone 6 6sf; 1872 I$
TURNER HALL
PROGRAM OF CLASSES IN GYM.
NASTICS ..

PROGRAM OF CLASSES IN GYM.
NASTICS
Boys class ages 6 to IL: Wednesday
afternoon, 4:30 to $50; Saturday fore.
noon, 900 to 1915.
Boys class ages II to IA; Monday and
Thursday afternoons, 4:30 to 5:3v.
Youths class, ages IA to II: Monday
evening, 80 to S:45 and Friday eve
ming, 7 to $50.
Girls class, ages to II: Tuesday after
noon, 1870 to $50, and Saturday fore.
noon, 1915 to 1880.
Girls class, ages II to Is: Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, 80 to $50.
Misses class, age over Is: Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, Z: 80 to $3.50.
Ladies' Glass: Thursday evening, soc
to 900.
Mems 9 lass: Tuesday and Friday even
ings, $50 to 9:45.
Fencing class: Sunday forenoon, 1000
to 1870.
Sunday School: Sunday forenoon, 10:oU
to 1l:45. Hernandez
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