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New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Time to Wake Up

The Newburger candidacy involves the
issue of judicial independence. This
issue, stripped of all DISCUSSES, IS
whether boss at the head of small
political group, whose bond Of union Is
selishness, Is to be the judgemakcr Of
New York, privileged to displace Judges
who elect to serve Justice rather than
to serve him. The only objection to
Justice Newburger is that he would not
do what he was told to do.
The city should be stirred by this
issue, for it strikes at the very roots
Of democracy, We talk, often In an hys-
terical way, of Bolshevism and it's perils.
But allow Murphy or any other man to
become our judgemaker, and there IS a
condition that differs only in degree from
that created by the dictatorship of
Lenine. Lenine names all public officers
Murphy would name Judges. Where Is
Che essential difference?
But there is little evidence thai he
community Is stirred. 1t seems scar uely
interested. The would-be dictator may
have his way because Of the general
apathy. He counted on this apathy
on the difficulty Of inducing the public
to think Of more than one thing at 3
time. Yet no one will contradict the
proposition that when our courts be-
come corrupt-and they will be If Judges
are not protected from boss rule-it will
not be easy to save democracy. Terrific
will be the pressure on other judges If
the Boss is able to point to the New
burger scalp. Judges are human, and II
the public will not protect them they
will make the best terms they can with
the public enemy.
1t is time for New York to awake
to the Importance Of the Newburger
candidacy. The campaign should not
be left to the lawyers and the Bar
Association. The result more concerns
the general public than the legal pro-
fesslon Every class and element should
be enlisted and furnish workers.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Pipes. Not Barrels
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In The Tribune of even date we
note news item in reference to our lot of
slXty~three packages of cocoanut oil which
unfortunately came to grief in New York
Harbor In fear that we might draw the
attention Of the powers that be who are at
present investigating the high cost Of Iiv
ing we beg to make correction. The major
lty OF the packages were composed of pipes.
same weighing around 1000 pounds each
and being worth at the market price of
cocoanut oil around $3.50 each. We suggest
that you make this correction, if possible
as barrels at $1,000 each would brine the
actual cost of oil up to about s2.62 nonnd
Thanking you for making this correction
PACIFIC TRADING CORPORATION OF
AMERICA
BY s. B. SAYLES.
New York, Aug. 81. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Mystical Diplomacy

According to press dispatches from
Washington, Secretary Lansing delivered
himself the other day of this piece of
mysticism regarding his private boycott
of Costa Rica:
"To declare war is one of the highest
acts Of sovereignty. The government of
Costa Rica being for the government Of
the United States legally non-cxstent, it
follows that so far as the government Of
the United States is concerned no state OF
war could exist between Costa Rica and
the Imperial German governments Obvi-
ously there could be no question so far
as this government was concerned as to
signing with Costa Rica' the treaty of
peace at Versailles"
This is diplomacy Illuminated by the
subtleties of metaphysics. Descartes
said; Il think, therefore I am Mr.
Lansing carries the French philosophers
theory a little further. He says: 81
think, therefore it is
The government of Costa Rica. trans
formed by the fiat of the Secretary of
State into condition of legal non-exist-
ence, can do nothing until the spell is
lifted at Washington. Craftsmanship of
this sort has enormous possibilities. If
the Administration had thought about it
back in the winter of 1916-17 it could
have withdrawn its recognition Of the
German government, and thus reduced to
non-eXistence all the offences committed
by Germany against American rights on
the high seas. A non-existent govern
ment could, Of course, not make war on
u.s. Neither could we make war on it.
An empirical and unenlightened au-
thority like "The New international Year
Book assures us that Costa Rica broke
off diplomatic relations with Germany in
1917, and also declared war against Ger
many On May %, 1918. Other purely
pragmatic chrcniclers of events support
these statements. Yet, according to our
gifted Secretary Of State such acts we're
merely illusory manifestations of gov
ernment in q state Of suspended anima-
ton He even succeeded in inducing the
Paris Conference to ignore them. After
he had expounded his Nirvana theory
Costa Rica was stricken from the list of
anti-Teuton belligerents, and also from
the list of nations which had severed
diplomatic relations with Germany
The War Department has also appar-
emily succumbed to Mr.. Lansing's meta
physics. A list of the anti-Teuton bel
ligerents is printed in a recent publica-
ton Of Colonel Leonard p Ayres, of the
General Staff, entitled "The War With
Germany; Statistical Summarize 1t
contains the names Of twenty-three ma
tions Costa Rica is omitted In an
earlier list Of belligerents, issued by the
Creel Bureau of Public information
Costa Rica was similarly Disseminated
against. Thus is Mr.. Lansng's histori-
cal legend being popularized and the
truth of history vitiated
Costa Rica severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany in her own right,
and also declared war in her own right.
Our State Departments tampering with
the record, even though indorsed by the
peace conference, cannot affect the ,n-
prejudlced Judgment Of the future
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Saving High Bridge
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t now looks though High Bridge
would have to give way to the needs of
commerce. II obstructs navigation on the
Harlem River and it is certainly great
pity that this waterway should not be used
to somewhere near it's capacity. At pres
ent navigation on it is anything but fire.
quent, and its shores for several miles above
l55th Street are mostly a succession of flats,
dump piles and rotting wharves with plenti-
ful rows Of billboards. If HIGH Bridge is
in whole or part the cause Of these unseem-
y conditions something ought to be done
about it.
1t has been proposed to remove the bridge
entirely. But this would be greatly re-
GREETED by many New Workers, for the
bridge is not only an interesting historical
monument, but is rarely fine thing in
stone viaduct architecture Furthermore. it
would be expensive to remove it and the
bridge would then be dead loss, to say
nothing of the Inconvenience to pedestrians
who now use the bridge, of whom there are
a good many and who surely have some
rights.
By an extension on brackets three or four
feet wide, on one both sides of the bridge.
a siX-foot sidewalk and a roadway twenty
feet or more wide could be provided and a
much needed route for both wheel and foot
traffic opened across the Harlem River. On
the west the connection with the street svs-
To-. would be easy; on the east, practicable.
The Dock Commissioner has made de-
sign for replacing three Of the arches bv a
single arch, with much needed STRENGTHENING
OF the waterway. This would give complete
freedom of traffic TO the river, and if it
could be made in stone would be very i'm
pressiye thing. The original stones of the
bridge could be used to a greater or less
extent in the new work
From the artistic point of view there is
ample precedent for the alteration of a
work Of architectural art to make it con-
form to conditons
1t is probable that the cost of these i'm
provements would not greatly exceed that
of demolishing and removing the bridge. and
they would furnish connecting link be-
tween Manhattan and The Bronx where it is
badly needed. HAROLD A. CAPARN.
New York, Aug. 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The Negro in the South

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: l regret exceedingly the race
troubles and various articles appearing ia
print on the subject, many of which are
unjust, to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
I have lived in the Tennessee Valley over
twenty years, and have rcen no more en-
nifty or disagreement between whites and
blacks than between whites in the North.
whore I raised. There is certainly no
envy because of negroes owning property
or its acquisition, far as know. Bar
barities have occurred, whites upon whites.
white upon negroes, negroes upon whites,
but, most of all, negroes upon other ne
groes. This last condition is probably the
white mans fault because if one of the
negroes got into serious trouble he usually
came to his employer, or "white folks" as
the case might be, for help. If the charge
was not too bad the white man was at
tached or perhaps otherwise Interested in
the negro he made his bond, took the negro
in charge until the case came to trial, en-
ployed counsel for him, and if the negro
was let off with q fine paid that, to be
worked out This state of affairs re-
suited in tho negro coming to be
lieve that he could do anything and his
"boss man. "white folks" would pro
tect him from the law. Even in cases Of
murder where the negro was sentenced to
the penitentiary his protector might get
him pardoned or paroled, and he would re-
turn to the scene of his crime either to lead
new life or to commit new outrapes.
For the last year or two negro kllinrs
became so bad that good white folks have
refused him any assistance, with the result
that the first legal hanging since the war
IN one Of the counties took place where
one negro killed another under particularly
atrocious circumstances
The Jim Grow" car law, of which much
IS made in the Northern press and of
which some of the better class Of nee-roas
make we'll founded complaint, resulted from
some of the kind of negroes which the best
dislike to ride with using their right to
the same car as the whites in an obnoxious
manner, resulting in disturbances. To OBJ
viate these troubles laws were enacted re-
curing railroads to provide similar coaches
for each race. and eventually, for ~brotec
tion of we'll disposed colored people. re-
curing whites to keep out OF colored cars
In streetcars one end is for the use Of
colored passengers. They are not allowed
to mix with the whites nor the whites with
them.
have colored people in my house and
on the place who have been with me for
years and to whom I am attached Some
OF these are now too old to be of much aar
vice. They have been loyal to me and
mine and are not to be sent away unless
something befalls me 30 that they cannot
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
- O.

1sr H.ftHairsf~r Crs#f's
WTHAr if 70 edge Of d-rsm
w When ihe spirit is come
shrck the hantinr oNL
And summon .t home
TO the fear rrcd heart
And the ancient dread
Or Man when co.d roo' 7r saons
Piilowed roofe-s hcad2
Cranvs NOT al iae' the hour
When roof shelters no-.
And The cars are acaI
And all fears srreL-
Since the rIt teo lar has farra
For summoninr screaa
OF any strange fowi on carth
To shatter its Gresm7
WALTER DE - MARE
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

ba. Moreover, the brutalities and cruel
ties perpetrated by the Bulgarians in
the war have aroused among the other
Balkan peoples bitter feelings. Yet for
some undiscoverable reason America
seems about to save the Bulgarians from
the consequences Of their acts and en-
counter the reproaches of the nations
that fought with us for freedom
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

have my care Previous 20 our entrance into
the world war There were ramors Of stran
gers visiting th.s section holding n'gtay
meetings for negroes and telling them OF
the beauties oi the German government.
which il ii conquered this country would
make tae negro the equal Of the whise ln
every respect with hardly any effect. 1t
is conceivable that the negroes may go
Bolshevik and start a race war. bat rot
probable, as such thing If carried to
finish could have but one result
~. j. HOTCHKIcs
Courtland. Ala, Aug s, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
A Revolutionary Survivor

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In 1858 was living in Rochester
chlld OF eight years old. frequently saw an
ola man 'of Scotch-Irish blood who. I was
told was Revolutionary soldier Later. in
New York City. about 1866. saw a notice in
sne paper OF the death of this man, copied
from Rochester paper. It stated he 1iusd
paa' '.s iooth birthday. NJ. NJ. D.
4 Rutherford, N. j., Aug. 10. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
A Week of Verse
The Late Singer

The Late Singer
fRyors 7hs EcesrY
vfERE it IS spring again
4 i and stili "a Young uan
am late nj my singing.
The sparrow with black rain en- hss h,....
has been AZ hls cadcnzas fer sno x,.s.
past.
what IS it that in dragging ns us' hesr.
The grnss by the back door
"a sti9 with sap
The old naples are opening
their branches Of brown nod ~ ~w 49,,
flowers.
A moon floats in the blue
in the early aftrs-neons over .se -rsr.A..
I am late at my singing
WILLIAM CAGLQs Wwfrss,c
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

appeared to better advantage than dur
ing the last six months, patiently endur-
ing insult, keeping it's head cool, recon
Cling internal differences, and with un-
tagging determination working toward
y great goal
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Hunter $ Alonotoa,

ltiflCF monotone
(grern The NtfpvI
THE lake IS dsad.
L And through che haso arenra 49,
overhead
Peers the pale yellow circle n sus
Making tri-eoiored beams .aor ne pa,
green scum.
Shaped iu interim nahic s...rss s~ ....,.
currents.
The lake is dead
And rot the slightest hre. t-.,H- ,,- -.s..
the misi
To form single ripple
Or shake size yellow aroer le.rss
Upon the trecs that ssen tl .f.s.s.. ri
tAemseivea
The lake ie dead
The heavr haze ttat ra.f. arr
Makes wafer sky aad s.. rh t.
sclf
Though sof'etimes roar0 hafa.s, .bln
mer ftreaeH t 1
And whistle hsetea wn. tts .r...
ana rat hIaes ra
The ia-tr deed
And mo. oniese le Hr w .,
sur'nco.
The soee1 sivee saa -. -.n
Share,
Whence .te REPORTS or f.- -.-. .s.r -,s
Boom ike ttn be'ch.rr
go
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Gardcn ln

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rg<H EEf nh
Iiio. eieeaat
'ron henf ts .r
ol Nimalaaa ar
They ure sere,
Thrir jeeci.ea tradr
Agr reoaL
Chryeauthemums
bike ueiaahere eh.ffrt
With curiosity on tht.r fsera
Peep oeer tae sos aele
And lsaen.
uat taet cannot uoaer.tanf
Naat tae peaeo.'e sns
into tbIs retteat
Where phIo orAF ara a.an
Meet n c.i-ats eeaf -sat.an
Comas p sudden f.-t af h.u..
1csmrs cf s.lI-.sa-ta-ee-
A flood of ccmmcr talk.
Chatter
And siane
s. cascon i4f
=. ith cur..lre eye
and laoi. loose torrue
And % meerr nrrosaet
Laughs af f4saiar
Ard boots af icarn.nr
Ard boasts ol tae aaar led
le jters at reno.c.
ARID sucers at foes.
And hopes Tire world r. lrsrr
That those seho ta'
And those WIN walk
in shady old piaces - tais.
1iAke q very sm.l stir
And are never known
Outside garden waiE
Three peaeoeks .urr insl ras sges
In naughty wondering r'anr.ss
But they do uot undcrgtara.
Fer they only speak in OIa Ctrese--
Ancient. pure. and correct Chinese
The loud street laughs
At the loose-toneued Jaw
His jests
And his very bad words,
But three jewoiio3 heads.
In conscious PRIDE
Nod in grave and agemv5 asent
AS they dciica'eiy bold couverse.
On maxins ole.
And proverbs eoif
IL ancient. pure and correct Chtecso.
IT, N REif AAfANN.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The Hostagc

Prom The westrasrsfer Casests,
WE hid our fears when aghtnE'--'
w Are we afraid OF Peace
So wan look She has. poor DEAR
We know not what she 's-
We thought of tcr fra iorenr
Nearest aai ieeios
Nost musical uftb shinIne bar
Aad sun-eac cred breast
Can this be she. then, hiding
Tie dust marks on her dress.
Who comes, like some SD hosssEs.
To ask for happineSsf
ERNEST RHxS
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
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New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

European parliamentary procedure almost
brought about the withdrawal of the Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

Chrveauthemuns.
kr uslelhar eb-Iftrt
With rlraefT or thfr aa
lecp oeer tac tns aea
Ard lls.en
Lat laof cannot ulaef 1rl
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08
Forty-One Are Taken
From Their Homes in
Descent in Connecticut

New Haven, Conn, Nov. S.-Forty-
one alleged radicals were held in
five Connecticut cities to-day await
ing hearings before United States
Commissioners as result of raids
conducted by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice last night. In the
nationwide roundup of centers of
radical agitation in this state were
the scenes of many arrests, but no
violence was reported. Most of those
taken into custody were found in
their homes and arrested under Fed
eral warrants. 1t was said that -
warrants were issued in this city but
only three arrests were reported
here.
The chief activity of the Federal
agents was in Ansonia, where local
police in plain clothes assisted in
arresting 27 alleged radicals, all of
whom were locked up at police head
quarters here.
All the homes where arrests were
made were searched and a truck
loaded with radical literature was
brought in. A quantity of literature
also was seized at the headquarters
of the former strike leaders of last
springs walkouts in the brass mills
of Ansonia. Reports heve been cur
rent in Anson'a that radicals were
busy attempting to bring about new
strikes and the police had prohibited
the holding of meetings by alleged
radical organizations.
In Waterbury six men were as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08
Output in West Virginia
Continues to Increase

Charleston, w. Va, Nov. s. - The
one or two small mines each day
continue to add to the increasing
number of mines resuming opera
tions in the organized coal regions
of Northern West Virginia. Reports
to-day indicated that Al mines were
in operation, gain of two since
Thursday. Most of the mines, how
ever, are said to be nonunion and
mine officials discount any influence
the resumption of operations in these
mines may have on the strike.
President Frank Keeney. district
No. II, United Mine Workers of
America, to-day made public letter
which he had sent to President Will
son in rebuttal to a letter sent the
President by d. c. Kennedy, secre-
tary of the Kanawha Coal Operators
Association, relative to the day wage
scale paid West Virginia miners.
Statistics were given by Mr..
Keeney showing the average yearly
shifts was $S76.40 and the average
monthly earnings were $73.03. This
is the highest day wage scale ever
paid by the coal industry" the latter
said.
He also gave statistics showing in
creased cost in living prices and
sad the average Increase "for rough
clothing is 101 per cent. for men and
SO per cent. for the woman"
Although they are home-loving,
miners cannot afford, under present
conditions, to have large families"
said Mr.. Keeney. "Is there O dead
lier menace to the race than this?"
he asked.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08
Both Sides Awaiting
Court Developments
By .iSsocinicd Press

Pittsburgh, Nov. 8. Both coal
operators and striking miners in the
Pittsburgh district. awaited with
confidence to-day the result of the
effort to be made at Indianapolis
by Assistant Attorney General Ames
to have Federal Judge Anderson
make it mandatory upon the United
Mine Workers OF America to call off
the strike.
The general-situation in the dis
trict showed very little change. Con-
flicting claims continue to come
from both sides. The miners have
checked up however, they say and
declare not one union man is work.
ing in this district.
l.. W. Baldwin, director of the Allie
gheny region of the United States
Railroad Administration yesterday
conferred upon the Pittsburgh Coal
Committee the right to make allot-
ment of coal, of it's own volition,
to applicants on all local railroads
except the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.
The latter was excepted because it
is under the control of the Eastern
region of the railroad administra-
ton and not within Mr.. Baldwin's
Jurisdiction.
Expedition of the movement of
coal to applicants is expected to re-
suit from the move, as hitherto all
local applications for fuel had to be
passed upon in Mr.. Baldwin's Office
in Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08

Whether "Toxas" Baylor, the cow
boy fighter, is a real worlds cham
pion. or not, is not worrying Johnny
Gill. the least bit, and when Baylor
steps into the fight next Monday
night to battle with Gill, in their
ten-round bout before the Olympia
A. c., in Steelton. the Cowboy"
lighter, will see a much finer trained
athlete than Gills many friends have
ever seen before. With all the re-
ports about Baylor's great hitting
powers. and him knocking out
eleven out of fourteen fighters over
seas. is not causing Gill, or Joe Bar
rett his manager any loss of sleep.
Both Barrett and Gill hope that
Baylor is even more than he is
claimed TO be so that the patrons
OF the club will see the greatest
night of real fighting in many days.
Johnny Wolgast. is matched with
JEFF Smith. claimant of the world'D
middleweight championship in Tren-
ton. y. j., on November IA. VOL
gas: has been beaten twice in his
career, both times by Gill, but VOL
gast still wants more of Gill and
Nick Kline, promoter of the Smith
and Wolgast fight, has promised Gill
a match with the winner of this fight
at an early date.
Another Star Bout
The other star bout on the card
Monday night. will be between SILLY
Angelo of York. the heretofore in
vincible Greek and Cyclone (Cy)
Smith. of Newark, y. j., in u ten
round bout. Whether the Greek can
beat the clever Smith is a question.
He started his career, by beating
Ad Wolgast, the ex-lightweight
champion of the world. Tim Droney,
Joe Tiplitz. AL Britt and Allentown
Dundee and other lightweights have
asked Barrett to match them with
the winner OF the Angelo and Smith
bout.
With the three following slX-round
bouts. in the preliminaries, Young
Lehmer with Dick Relish. Ivory
Eshelman with Gordi Carchadi and
Girls Hildebrandt with Johnny Mar
tin will make thirty-eight rounds of
boxing in all. The same clock-like
system, used by Barrett at his last
show, when each boxer was waiting
with gloves on, to enter the ring
after one bout was finished will be
adhered to this time and always in
the future. Tickets are on sale at
Bob Fairbanks in Steelton.