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New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
+. Of 4. Unions
Ioin Publishers
To Fight Strikes
Uar 10 Finish Is Decided On
Against ''Outlaws," Who
Are Termed ssBolshevists"
of the Printing Trades

aRegular" unions OF the allied print
,,r trsdes-those affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor-yester-
asv ioined hands with the employers
IN wasing a war to the finish against
THAT they term the "Bolshevist"
ORGANIZATIONS that threaten soon to
,orce unauthorized strikes.
a conference of representatives of
The unions has been called for the
pennsylvania Hotel this morning, after
which statement Of the attitude Of
The A. F. of l.. unions will be made
rublic. This statement. it was said
isst night, would outline the reasons
rhy the now outlawed radical unions
would have to be crushed before any
stability could be expected in the pub
fishing and printing business.
The unions that will be the chief
obiects of attack are the Pressmen's
irnion. No. 81, and the Franklin Union,
No. %, whose charters just have been
revoked by the American Federation of
labor because of their unauthorized
strike against the Publishers Print
ING Company and their demand that all
members of the authorized unions en-
ployed there be discharged.
New unions and union Headquarters
were opened to take the place of the
two outlawed bodies yesterday, and
men Immediately were sent to the
Offices of the Publishers Press. at 2O1
West Twenty-ttfth Street. Although
that firm still is short of men, repre-
.entatives of the Pressmen and AS
slstants' Union announced that the
strike was over and that the outlawed
bodies had been beaten.
"The company will hire only men
having cards from the A. +. of l..
unions, and they are going ahead with
their work just as they did before the
strike" said George l.. Berry, presi-
dent Of the Pressmen and Assistants
Union. "That strike has been success
fully broken. and the outlawed unions
can do nothing further there"
Publishers Not Bluffing
When asked about the Periodical
Publishers Associations decision to
leave New York rather than face the
demands Of these unions, which include
q forty-four-h hour week and increased
wages, Mr.. Berry said that he consid-
cred the situation serious one.
Il have reason TO know that that
statement was not q mere bluff he
said.
The hope of the outlawed unions that
struck at the Publishers Press consist
ed chiefly in a plan to block delivery Of
paper and inks to the shops. Because
Of the attitude of all other unions.
which regard the Publishers concern
as union house. this programme was
not carried INTO execution. Union
truckmen yesterday delivered many
tons Of paper to the printing plant
while policemen and pickets looked on.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
Navy Plane Wrecked
On Air Trip to Capital

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ia Navy
Department Looming monoplanc, with
which Lieutenant Commander II. Nc
Donnell was attempting to break the
speed record between New York and
" Washington, was wrecked near the Hog
Island shipyard this afternoon. Both
Lieutenant Commander Mcdonnell and
Ensign E. B. Roster, who accompanied
him, were cut and bruised, but will re-
cover.
The plane left Mineola at 1910
O'Clock this afternoon in an effort
to lower the time record to Washing
ton, which now stands at one hour and
thirty-seven minutes. The machine
has a speed of 14O miles an hour.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
Schroeder and Observer
Fly 10000 Feet High
Army Aviator Again Breaks
Worlds Record in Flight
at McCOOk Field

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept 17.-Major r
W. Schroeder, flying Lapere machine
with an observer, several days ago, at
tanned an altitude of $4,000 feet, &C
cording to an official announcement To-
day from Captain Patterson, of Nc
Cook Field, who calbrated the instru.
ments on the craft.
The aviator thus exceeds his owr
performance, when he lately reached
an altitude of 28,25O feet, and once
more he breaks q worlds record.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18

sointely against any thought, excepting
perhaps, in very individual cases, Of
an embargo on exports.
According to Senator Edge, the leg
islation now pending will go long
way toward enabling America to con-
tinue it's large sales of goods in for
eign markets. He emphasized the need
Of the closest cooperation between in
dustrial concerns and the bankers. The
main solution of the troubles the coun-
try faces, he declared, is to increase
production.
Jerome d. Greene, member of the
banking house of Lee, Hiyginson e. Co,
urged an immediate settlement Of tho
peace situation, asserting that it is less
important that the treaty should be
perfect than that it should be in force
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
Edge for Quick
Ratification to
Stabilize Trade
Senator Tells Exporters He
Favors League and Such
Qualification of Treaty as
Will Safeguard the u. S.

A decided majority of the United
States Senate, irrespective of political
division. has about reached the conclu-
sion, Senator Walter E. Edge told the
members of the American Manufacture
ers' Export Association at a luncheon
at the Hotel McAlpin yesterday that
the real American thing to do is to get
quick ratification of the peace treaty
with such reservations as arc neces-
sary.
Il want the peace treaty settled"
declared the Senator. Frankly. it is
we'll known in Washington, and don't
have to come to New York to state it,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
Rohlfs to Try Again

Roland Rohlfs, holder Of the worlds
unofficial altitude record, will make an
effort to establish an official record
above $4,000 feet on the first favorable
day. The flight will be made in the
Curtiss Wasp triplane with which he
has on three different occasions risen
higher than 10000 feet.
Rohlfs made test flight in another
machine yesterday to an altitude of
5000 feet to ascertain atmospheric con-
ditions.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18

they missed, his only injury being
from red hot machine gun.
Whitehouse says Bertrand's army
got drunk and 60 lost La Ceiba. He
was taken. in charge by the French
Consul and tinafilly released on a de-
mand from the captain of the U. S. s.
Cleveland. Whitehouse says he had a
good time.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-18
Curtis Petitions Thrown Out

The petitions of Thomas J. Curtis,
Deputy State Industrial Commissioner
nominated by the American Labor
party as it's candidate for President of
the Board of Aldermen, were thrown
out yesterday by the Board of Elec-
tions as irregular. This means that
Curtis will not be a candidate at the
polls.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Coming Around

The President, after six months of
squirming and man9uvring against the
reasonable and the inevitable, now has
reached a point where he is willing to
accept reservations if embodied in sep
arate resolutions by the Senate and not
made a part of the ratifying resolution.
No prophetic powers are necessary to
predict that this proposal will meet an
emphatic refusal. To accept it would
defeat the purpose of reservations. Sep
arate resolutions would have no validity,
as tie Supreme Court made clear in
the Diamond Rings case, with respect to
tho McEnery resolution. The treaty
would be in unmodihed effect and the
resolutions would be nullities. Should
dispute arise as to what the treaty bound
us to do, we could not point to the act of
ratification. Nor could we point to ac-
companying resolutions. No foreign
government is supposed to take notice of
resolutions passed by our national legis-
lature. On many occasions our govern
mcnt has r>fused to discuss their con-
thus not notice to the world.
When the Algeciras convention was
ratified by the Senate the ratifying res
olution said: "Reso,vcd, further, That
the Senate, as q part of this act Of roti-
ticotion, understands" etc. Here is the
model. Sensible, reasonable, constitu-
tional--something to which a foreign
country can assent expressly or tacitly
as it pleases. Our reservations to the
Algeciras treaty were tacitly accepted;
the outlook is that reservations to the
pending treaty would be tacity accepted.
In any event, other countries would
have a clear and honest statement of
what this country understood its obliga-
tons were, and no complaint could be
made if we clung to these interpreta-
tons in the future.
This country would not be known as a
word BREAKER
If the President, after six months of
delay, would now have an carly ratifca
ton of the treaty let him desist from
captious opposition. To his Senatorial
callers he admitted that most of the pro-
posed reservations are compatible with
his understandings Of the covenants
obligation. Why, then, object to their
lnclusion2 He will surely not seriously
contend that the other countries will
cayll over interpretations which will but
restate that which, according to his read
ings, is already in the treaty. 1t has
taken long tussle to induce the Presi-
dentto dismount from a high horse. But
one foot is now out of its stirrup and the
other will soon be likewise free
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Bossing Guatemala

Guatemala is the one country of Cen
trail America which has practically I'M
broken record for law and order 1t has
a government which protects the rights
of its own citizens and those Of foreign
ers. 1t has been an excellent friend of
the United States. When we entered
the war Guatemala promptly followed
our lead When Carranza tried to or
ganlze Latin America against us Guate-
mala broke up the scheme.
, Yet word comes that our State Depart
ment has given notice that Estrada
Cabrera must not be rcchosen as Presi-
dent of Guatemala. 1t is said that he
has served long enough and mlst quit
Washington has another candidate, and it
demands that he be selected.
Who is responsible for a policy which
has established relationships in Santo
Domingo and Hayti, maintains in Cuba a
President the majority of Cubans do not
seem to want, which has just driven
one President out Of Costa Rica and now
sends bowstring to Cabrera? The in
trusiveness smacks of imperialism, but
OF course, no one wishes to bring this
charge. Nevertheless, it may scarcely be
doubted that spirit of antagonism is
being developed to the south of us which
Will lay heavy burden on our future.
Why is it impossible to avoid entangle
ments that may lead to the loss of the
good name it has taken a century to
build up? Other Administrations were
able to keep clear Of dictaton. This
one should be able to do the same. 1t
Will be an evil day for this country when
our neighbors are persuaded that we use
our power to the destruction of their
right to govern themselves.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Fight 1T Out

10 the Editor of The Tribune
SIR: Assuming that good Judgment with
knowledge and fairness, was used by those
IN authority who decided that the emplovcs
OF the |. r. 7. should not immediately re-
ceive so per cent raise in wages. it is
clear that the strike was. not justified. New
ertheless' these employees have suddenly dis
continued this public service. They have
preclpItated cowardly attack upon the
puohc 10 them we appear as helpless as
Belgium did to Germany fve years ago
Here is presented a splendid opportunity
TO test our courage. The greatest incon-
venlence confusion and suffering Will he
felt by the public on the first, second and
third business days of the strike. Aftsr
that, If the strike continues matters Will
slowly but surely tend to adjust themselves
and the really essential elements of the
city's life could 60 on, with discomfort. for
months, if need be, without the use of the
subways and elevated OF even the surface
car lines
me suggestion | wish to make is based
upon the assumption that our officials who
permitted the men to strike rather than
accede 10 their ultmatum felt they had
principle and right to justify their stand
Principle and right are good causes to
'lght Tor. Therefore, why not let matters
remain as they are? Let the strike con
tinue as long the strikers choose.
Men who said they could not live on So
to 50 day Will soon find it more impossi-
bic to live on nothing. If we as a people
nave the courage we often boast of, we can
do without local rail transit longer than
these /. r. T. employees. who ignore our well
fare, can do without wages
CHARLES B. SLADE.
New York. Aug II, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
England Still

Take all of Shakespeare and all of
Dickens and most Of Wells, and you could
reconstruct England as she was in those
centuries with tolerable accuracy a thou
sand years hence. Burn all the histories
and bomb the British Museum out of ex
lstence, and you would still have in these
few feet of books the essential facts of
British character and LIE and habit.
Or if even these were lost (in the
sacking of the Western world by the
East in 2432 A. D., suppose that by
some freak charred copy of The Lon-
do~ Times survived on which there could
be deciphered the following ADVERTISE
ment IN that absorbing column of "Per-
sonals" with which The Times and Great
Britain begin their daily annals of the
universe:
0LD CRoCK~-Win few generous souls cele-
W brate Peace by ASSISTING disabled MAJOR
Joined up in 1914 at As as a private soldier 70
purchase piano street organ. Outdoor life or,
dered; genuine appeal. Gave up $500 wear to
join the ranks. No pension no income had
health; friends killed: still cheerful and smiling
Box G CO.. The Times
There would be call for much imagina
ton. Probably no true Oriental could
reconstruct such preposterous being
out of his mind. But there would surely
be some who from direct contact with
the absurd British would explain enough
to make the whole story clear. And
with such a beginning these sixtv words
would yield about as much of essential
BRITISH character as would be needed.
Talk about carrying on, Here is the
original never-say-die. Ridiculous stuff.
of course. What would a major do with
a piano street organ? Is there a touch
OF bitter irony in the personal? Well.
that is British, too, providing it is good
natured, cheero stuff, as this clearly is.
Really, there is precious little of
British character lacking in this record,
Courage Of the calmest, smilingest kind.
yet nothing gay, mind you, still less
pompous. Whimsical is the word for
the humor, perhaps. Cone remembers
Barrie's old clubman-was he by chance
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20

work inevitably develops among employ
ers an uncertainty which prevents re-
opening of plants when the workers
would return. There is an atmosphere
of distrust and fear, instead of one Of
confidence and hope, and things go I'LL,
and, of course, the general population
suffers.
The parlor Bolshevist has been an OBJ
ject of amused curiosity. He has pre-
sented, by his contrariness, a pleasing
variation and flip to conversation. He
has seemed to be going against his per-
sonal self-interest, and this is engaging.
SO little note has been taken of the harm
he was doing. 1t is time to assess the
pest as it is-to treat it as other scourges
of the human race are treated.
If half the energy which has been ex-
pended in promoting false ideas had been
expended in promoting true ones recon-
struction would be further on, prices
would be lower, employment at satisfac-
tory wages would be more general and
in cool temper the business of gradually
bettering human life in definite ways
would be in progress instead of at a
standstill.
The original sin of Adam was in lis
tening to a smooth rhetorician, and for
ten weary months the world has shown
itself as gullible as was Adam.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Let the Mothers Strikel
To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: I have read with great interest the
letter of "An Old Housekeeper' in your issue
Of August IS. I wish to corroborate every
word she says and to say my experience has
been worse. The questions, problems and
anXietes of the modern mother wife and
housekeeper are now almost uncomfortable, and
l wonder, it's the fashion to strike, why
mothers strike wouldn't be good thing
If there is any harder working or worked
person on the face Of the globe than the
mother, wife and housekeeper of to-day l
would like to see her.
Wouldn't it seem fitting, when after the
league of nations all grievances of all trades,
labor unions and Bosheviki have been fairly
dealt with, that those in authority might
give thought" to the silent partners Of
the country and in some manner amend the
immigration law SO that it may still keep
out the enemy aliens but let in the unspoiled
women Of France and Belgium to relieve
the broken backs and anxious minds Of
American mothers? I do not believe the
immigration law now standing is more than
camoufaged affair to protect the overpaid
laborer by keeping out many who would help
to bring his unreasonable wage to a more
"ioieSoHlc llSulc. W NlCn Is the bigger asset
to this country, the ignorant, overpaid,
underworked laborers of this country or its
overworked, underpaid mothers and house
Keepers? How can these women 80 on with
their valuable service to charity, the home
and the community at large if they must
do all the work of the house, which formerly
was done by two or more maids, and this in
ADDITION to the bralnwork teephoning and,
if there is anything left of her when all is
DONE the physical care of her children?
am nervous wreck, doing half of nv
work the past two years because Of the
lack of household help, and | appeal to the
Congress of the land that some help NAV
be sent US soon in answer to this vexed
and harassing problem. There will be 10
wives and mothers if something is not done
soon, and there viii be no new generation
for an old maids life viii look good to
many. TIRED NOTHrp
New York, Aug Is, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Not a Settlement

No business can long be carried on
normally and wholesomely at loss.
SO the subway settlement is a stop-gap
rather than a solution.
In the judgment of most it was estab-
ished that the subways did not pay their
way with wages what they have been.
Now that there is a 25 per cent in.
crease, negotiated under public author
fty, with prospect of further increase
of 25 per cent, it will not be seriously
contended that things can go on as they
are.
What is presented to US is choice of
losing or crippling service vital to the
city's life or allowing higher fare.
Demagogues are voluble, but they
cannot screen by words the facts of the
situation. Even as things now are, the
subway deficit under the operating con-
tract is at the expense of the city's
treasury.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Settling Ireland
To the Editor Of The Tribune

10 lne EdltOr or he Tribune.
Sir: That was an interesting letter from
an English officer in Ireland, quoted by his
cousin, 'B. S. M in your issue of TODAY
1t was interesting as showing, in colloquial
terms, the English point of view on what
the Tory mind, there and elsewhere, likes
to call the Irish mudde."
How can we settle nation which is NOT
settled itsef?" Could anything beat that
for selfrevelation? Please notice the eve -
the note of despair over the weight of "tha
white mans BURDEN in governing and set
ting other peoples affairs.
Well, 1t might occur to the poor. bewildered
English officer that such hopeless peoole do
not deserve his military aid any longer. and
that the best way would be to take his tanks
and machine guns and airplanes and 200. 600
comrades IN arms out of the ungrateful
island That course might even Settle the
nation that has not learned, in 75O years.
to settle ITSELF under the care Of the armed
forces of an unlimited foreign power.
would suggest that those 100000 worthy
settlers be sent with full eoujnma,t ~
Turkey to protect the Armenians and Svrans
JOHN JEROME ROONEY.
New York, Aug. 16, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20

a major?-in "The Little White Bird.")
The whole would be forced and ridicu
lous, and unpleasantly self-conscious if
1T were not so obviously sacred ma
tional ritual, deep plan for enduring
human tragedies calmly, effectively,
sweetly. How can you beat such peo-
pie! The old war cry comes back: care
we downhcarted?" with it's answering
roar. Neither yet, nor ever, we suspect
by much evidence that comes out of
England to show that England, broken
and saddened, is England still.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
For Our O1Usa Sailors

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Newspapers have made several refer
enccs to fund OF millions that United States
citizens are trying to raise for the benefit
OF British civilian sailors or their fomilos
VINO suffered during the war. 1t is an ad-
mirable idea and is sponsored by representa-
tive citizens. The scamen of the British ,nor-
chant service gave constant manifestations
OF CIVILIAN courage at sea under war CON
dltlons that make all maritime men. Of what
ever nation, prouder than ever of their call
ing, and should thrill even the inland citizens
OF our own country, whose sense of civilian,
sea life, through long neglect of it. is vaona
But more than six Hundred civilian sea
men of the United States merchant n,o,;x.
died at sea as the result of war periIs Na,v
others endured hardships that entaied lone
illnesses or permanent disabilities. I know
personally OF numerous cases whore seamen
and their families viii be handicapped all
thelr remaining years because of the way tbe
civilian sailor of the United States mercban+
marine bore his part in the ocean CARGO
snlps during the war-during four years and
ha!1 not only two years, of war.
cannot learn that either the government
or any private committee has charged itsolf
to see that these men and their families
DO not suffer through the years ahead, Tbev
served steadily, with no enforced enlistment
period and with an insurance guarantee from,
the government of only about $1,000 in case
'h'y dled' while a sailor in the navy or
soldier IN the army had $4,000 of ns,,-
anee available for his family and all the
apparatus of free comforts and succor that
'he navy or army SO admirably provide.
While the fund is being raised as t,ibn+o
TO British seamcn, or before it is raised .
substantial amount should be secured. gov
ernmentally or through private subscrintion
Tor looking after these men of our own and
their dependents, in the same attitude of
adm'rng recognition and not of charity.
NELSON COLLINS.
New York, Aug. Is, 1919.