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New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Daylight Saving

The French are very practical
people. They are hard up for coal.
They want to cut down their light
and power bills. So they have de-
cided to put the summer daylight
saving law into effect this year on
February I. No account is taken
of complaints that French milkmen
and truck garden farmers in the
neighborhood Of the big cities will
have to get up an hour ahead of the
suns schedule in order to catch de-
liveries.
That the United States is not now
painfully short of coal is only an
accident. We may run short almost
any time, if the coal workers. unions
take it into their heads to strike.
Even when supplies are normal it
is a waste to use coal to produce
artificial light when sunlight can he
drawn on free of charge for illumi-
nacion during working hours.
In most of our cities people have
been educated to the benefits Of
DAYLIGHT saving, both from the eco
nomic point of view and from the
point of view Of public health and
pleasurable outdoor recreation.
The cities shouldn't give up the fight
for rational reform simply because
the country districts have rejected
it Aud there is prospect that we
shall have Z good deal Of daylight
saving next year in spite of the re-
peal of the Calder law.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, for
Instance, has promised to run it's
trains on daylight saving time if
he chief cities served by any line
set their clocks forward Such a
move would be for the greatest
good OF the greatest number. Other
towns on the line would naturally
follow suit. Every industry except
farming is materially helped by
daylight saving, whether its plant is
~ a city or in the country. So
gradually the permanent habit of
economy in the use Of daylight may
DE created, notwithstanding the
opposition, whether justified or un-
justified, of the minority directly
engaged in agriculture, which is
anxious to avoid beginning the days
iabors with the dew still on the
grass and plants.
The cities can help themselves in
this matter if they are willing to
;al,e the slight pains necessary to
revive the daylight saving system.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

nationalties. Jaszi, himself an exile
in Prague, sees the salvation Of Hun
gary in an alliance with Czecho-Slo-
vakia, Serbia and Rumania-an alli-
ance which he recognizes can be
based only on the renunciation OF
Magyar territorial claims. He points
out that the Magyar imperialists,
once monarchy is reastablished, will
not rest until they have brought
about another European conf1agra-
tion. He regards as the immediate
task of Magyar democrats and re-
publicans the working out Of a
Czech-Hungarian rapprochemeut, for
Czecho- Slovakia, besides being the
best organized Of the small Central
European states, has most to fear
from the return of the Hapsburgs.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
An Apology to Sergeant Flynn

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter Of Sergeant Flynn
in your issue OF December "a is a sting
ing rebuke to those who made it Dos
siblc.
1t seems incredible that wounded
American soldier should find it neces-
sary to stand in a train especially when
his uniform was palpNble evidence OF
honorable service and his crutches
pitiful evidence of wounds amounting
to disability.
1t is humiliating to our pride that
our much-vaunlcd boasts Of devotion to
and appreciation of the service, the
losses and the sacrifices of our soldiers
shosld so soon sink into selfish forget
fulnoss.
Beyond the age Of active service my
self, nevertheless feel a sense of
chagrin that l had no part in the Great
Adventure, and | feel that the least
that can do and that all of us can do
ls to show honor and respect to the
men who sacrificed for us A disabled
soldier, the very sight of whom was
proof that he had not been too old
not too agile with alibis, but had played
the mans part like man, is certainly
entitled to the common courtesy of
Difference.
The shame is to those who sat in
comfort while he on crutches stood;
therefore, if none OF his follow passen.
gers has had the grace to apologize,
in my right as an ashamed American
citizen, will do so for them.
Sergeant Flynn, I apologize for this
thoughtless and selfish forgetfulness
AS one of those you fought for and
bled for, salute you in all honor and
respect. WADE II. HULINGS.
Rutherford, N. j., Dec. 26, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Not the Millennium

The gentle cynic will remark
upon the deaths resulting from
wood alcohol that such stuff can be
only shade worse than much that
passed across our bars as whisky
in older and wetter days. But the
large percentage of truth in this
criticism of liquor as it has been
sold has to do with a dead and
fading past; and the more
interesting question is Of the future.
How much death-dealing stuff will
be drunk in the future as a result
Of prob hitiou? How many stom-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
The Daniels Medal
To the Editor of The Tribune.

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In connection with the con-
trovcrsy over the award of navy medals
l notice news item in your issue
of this morning in which Mr. Butler,
the chairman of the House Naval Com
mittee, is quoted as saying, These
medals cost onlr six cents each, 50
why not give everybody one and let
it rest at that"
If this gentleman is quoted correct
ly and his views are shared by other
high officials Of the government, I
feel sure that the: e:six-cent value placed
on these medals VIII seem inordinatelv
high to most of the recipients thereof.
Fiye-cent cigars are readily obtain
able. and to quote the label of an old
time brand of tobacco, Seek no fur
the-, for better can't be found"
ONE OF THEM.
New York, Dec "a, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
A sturdy contestant for the n,;v+

A sturdy contestant for the MKT
met cup is Mr.. II. J. Adamson, of the
Albany Argus, who writes: "The prop
aganda bureau of the State Anti-Sa-
loon League is maintaining a steady
barrage Of publicity to keep intact it's
strength and through bitter attacks
on nigh Republican leaders prevent
lesser lights from breaking out of the
told INTO which they were herded when
the G. O. ?. allowed itself to be har-
messed to the leagues water wagon
and become part and parcel of the
Prohibition party"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Gotham Gleanings
lMiGH Hli6 GIiHIin u az XII 6S2 EEdi ~

Lots of New Years parties next
Wednesday eve'g.
Maj Ray Ives Of Paris, Fr., is
here for while now.
Miss Rosina Henley is back here
after a Id. gain in Lake Placid.
Mrs. +. 7. Adams has returned
TO Gotham after 3-wks sojourn in
Washington, D. c.
J Ohm Toohcy entertained a Sc
lcct party of gentlemen at his apart
ment Friday night.
This town needs better and
cheaper transportation. We are for
a 4c. subway fare.
-Chuck Towne, the w. k. rough
diamond, is still editor of McClure's,
which item we print to smother all
rumorS.
M. Maetcrlinck, the famed Bel
gian poet, etc, is on a visit to this
country. The foreign writer's are
seeing America first.
--Aleck Woollcott's brown vest
with the unisparkler auxiliary light
ing system is the last syllable in
West 57th Street splcndor.
Herb Swope says if we looked
with the eyes Of truth we could see
hum in his Office, but some days all
We do is look for Herb, and we have
yet to see him across the street.
Miss Doris Booth of Englewood,
n. J., had a lovely Christmas. As
she herself wrote to Mr.. Fl. S. Har-
risOn,
Christmas Day is very good
Over here in Englcwood
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
The Crayatted Douphbov

Sir: Somewhere in Chapter XXI of
What's the World Coming To?" Rune
hughes says =. he seized Joe by
the necktic with one hand :" Now
Joe 4army was u private in the Army. and
as the accompanying illustration which ap
pears in the Red Book shows him with his
blouse buttoned right up to his throat.
wondered how it was done I'm still won
derng.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

The new telephone invented or dis
covered by General Squier is a wonder
full thing, wc are told, and one not to
be understood by most of US. But until
we can understand the ordinary tele-
phone, until we understand how 1t is
possible for a person on Frankfort
Street to talk to another on Fulton
Street, we shall not try to grasp greater
mysteries. We never could see why it
is more wonderful to talk from New
York to San Francisco than from New
York to Weehawken.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Music, Heavenly Maid"

lfrom the Peekskill Evening News1
FOR SALE-Piano. little old and tin.
pahhy but intact and in tune Square. De.
.N7'eu Tor S2o in advance. Address the
Lamp Pub. Co., Garrison, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
CHoLLY.

Sir Barton, the years biggest money
winner in the racing world, probably
Will discover that after his income tax
is paid and the h. c. of feed is considered
1t hasn't been such great year, after
all
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
,rEaraER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70 the
for republication OF all dispatches credited
20 1t not otherwise credited in this paper and
also tho local news OF spontaneous origin published
heren.
All rights Of republication o. ell other matte,
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
GUARANTEE

You can purchase merchandise sdye.ttssd In rHE
TRIBUNE With absolute saiety-tor II dissatlsfsc-
.icn s.sults Ia any case the TRIBUNE guarantees
70 pa your money back upen request. No red tape
No qutbbltne. W. naks sood promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
"Wh0 IS the Hnppy Warrior W

trrom the Newport or. I) Daily Newsl
WAN NItD-Situation by married man who
Will stay experienced; 10 years private chauf-
touring. Box 80. Daily News Office.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

And, suggests SAT, did not Mark An
tony say, "Baer with me- Ny heart lies
IN the coffin there with Caesar?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Perhaps 1t Was Right to Dissemble
Its Love

Sir: In the dull days between Christ
mas and New Years perhaps it would
De interesting for you to know that l
received the Christmas insult par excel
lence when Snappy Stories not only re,
turned manuscript on the day before
Christmassbut inclosed with it two rejec-
ton slips. L. N. H.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

The American Press Humorists might,
Of course, hold their next convention
at Smile, Ky.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
The Coming T'ower

A man who says he is going on the
wagon the first of January reminds us
uf something, but for the life Of us we
can't think what.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

The rumor is false, we hear, that all
stores having Riley's poems on sale are
to be boycotted because Riley once men
tiored Mr.. Debs's heart in a laudatory
manner.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

Perhaps John 2hey's Theater-he
should have the V&erbilt, by the way :
will have in the lobby a picture Of the
Is Madonna.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
MONDAY, DECEMBER %, 1919.

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Ync.. Z Nsv York corporation. Ogden Reid rrcsi-
don't; g. Vernon Rogers vice President; Helen
Rosers Reid, secretary: +. A. Suter. Treasurer.
Address Tribune Building. 154 Nassau Street. New
York. Telephone. Beekuan 5000.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

Many women feel like Mrs. Woods
who advertises in the Dunkirk. N. Y.
Evening Standard as housekeeper
She wants, she advertiscs, ITO work for
gentleman or widower."
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

ITO Think sighs H. A. NJ, chat my
chances Of attending the Contribs' Din
ner depend on tho judgment Of a
crotchety grammarian with nose
length horizon. Whom are you, any
way" Well, we are a crotchety gram
marian who thinks that being credited
with nose length horizon isn't such
fMnt praise as it was intonded to be
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
By
Hcypood Broun
:. 1918. Now York Tribune Inc)

propaganda. Even Tia most active and
energetic supporters Of the war among
the Socialists and laborites were de-
pressed by the Inconsistency of our
practice with our professions. 1t is
not an exaggeration TO say that no
possible agitation which the anti-war
agitators. could have carried on in this
country could have so depressed the
morale Of the masses and Of their
most thoughtful leaders as did the
news Of the severity and injustice
with which we punished men and wom-
en- for silly, bonibastic taxi
This seems to have been pretty
heavy price to pay for the unbroken
solidarity" Of which Mr.. Spargo speaks.
1t would seem to us that Mr.. Spargo,
according to his estimate of conditions,
might have performed highly patri-
otto duty by saying. This and that
in the war I will support and this |
will disown." TO US the unfortunate
sequel Of the theory of "unbrosen
solidarity" is that it still prevails to-
day. W. used to think, ten or twelve
years AGO, that man was none the
less loyal American if he said. This
is the finest country in the world and
our Constitution is the best instrument
or government yet devised, but | do
wish that some time we might get
around to putting green wall paper in
the Blue Room of the White itou Sc"
To-day such talk would be stigma
tlzed as dangerous and alien propa-
gonda. Any man who utters such a
sentiment is likely to be told that if
blue wall paper was good enough for
Lincoln and Washington it i'll befits
him to ask a change. Probably he
wasn't born in this country, anywa5 f,
and if he doesn't like blue wall paper
why doesn't he go back home?
Whenever anybody starts for the
door in our house II. Sd follows
closely on his heels, because to him
going out means going to the park. He
assumes, l think, that life consists en-
tlrely OF going to the park and coming
home again. He prefers the park. OF
course, later he will learn that ex-
istence is much more complicated than
that. He VIII find out that usually
when l put on my hat and coat am
bound on no such trivial crrand as a
scamper in the park, but am on my
way to the office to review the latest
novel Of Robert w Chambers or to
write an article on the dramatic uni
ties in "The Girl in the Limousine. "
Oh, yes, indeed. when a grown-up per-
son goes out no child can possibly
conceive how momentous may be his
errand.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

Or Laughlintown, Pa.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

SUBSCRIPTION RArES-By AfAn,. inclutstnx
Postage. IN THE UNITED STATES AND
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29

Christmas Day is very good
Over here in Englewood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
Exchange Of Views On German Colo
MES In the Pacific In Relation TO-
Claims of China and Australia
Pressure Being Brought to Bear Upon
United States to Ell =r Into an Assump-
ton of Colonial Obligations.

Paris jan 27The freedom of the which has been
the first time today by the 'big five
The discussion was private Maritime laws were gone into
understood and the deliberations gradually approached the
question although the actual settlement will be left to the
league Of nations. ss
This decision reached it said because the Representa-
ves of the great powers DESTROYS that much of the work
as possible be left for elaboration by the league.
The exchange of views regarding the German colonies in the
Pacific included Chinese representations concerning Kau
Chow Australian claims to the captured islands Aus
r which she claims to be of strategic Importance for her
safety, and other views.
While the conference has not yet considered the territorial
questions in the Balkans there is general disposition
any growing believe that the United States will take
active share either in or in an sm
lar to that planned for Constantinople and Armenia.
In of peace commission this is nimical to the
American policy but great being brought to bear
to have assume colonial obligations.
The meeting this afternoon Of nineteen small powers under
guidance of Jules Cambon who has been delegated chair
the big ve is understood to have been satisfactory
to all concerned.
The decision favor of Belgian representation all
mtees manfesty pleasing to all Serbia viii have repre-
sentation upon three of the four committees
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
misunderstood coz. SEC SECT
| SAYS DR.. M'DANIEL
3G1H STATE CERTIFTE,S
ITS R.tTIETC ALTON.

Washington, Jan. fifth c
t'iirty-sixth state TO certify Its
ratification of the constitutional
amendment for prohibition fled its
return With the state department
today.
Unless n ruling to the contrary
is made by Attorney General
Gregory. the United States will be-
come bone-dry on January rs.
1920
" the thirty-sixth state lcsisla-
turt' passed tia, measure on Jan
norN ID. 1919, II IL believed here
that the precedent in former cases
Viii hr followed and the law he
come effective Il year from that
date. The states sending notice
toda, were Wisconsin. North Caro-
lima tt.lh and hansa~.
some authorities have held that
l. nnt final until the state depart
mCut by declaration makes known
the fact that the tvo-fhird- of the
states have accepted IL. The qucS-
ton has been placed before Attor-
nry General Gregory for "A ruling.
" only II few days elapsed be-
tween the passage of the hill on
January ID ana the date of receipt
by the state department of notice
the liquor interests viii seek 10
rii>e ANY ss~,ic ar carry il Ia the
courts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
FATHER BYRD WALKS, ABROAD y 3 al !:


''Sh-h! Sh-hh!'
Anxious sibiants issued from the gloomy wherein
wearing various brass buttons and clves
but all adorned with bright silver badges less
spcuously displayed. Two unbadged persons had ap-
proach the sacred portals They commented the stage
whispered caution exchanged mutually by those within and
themselves conversed, nvoluntary, in low orfs which
Father Byrd could not help hearing:
whats the main dea?' the first citizen wanted to
know.
'.The deeckatifs' opned the second citizen wisely
:'They detecting"
''Wha they detectipg?'
''Oh, just detecting They working the Wcstham
murder mystery
Are they getting anywhere?"
''We. they making arrest several weeks
ago but it the wrong mainland the wrong too
''Iave they done anything else9'
.sOh. yes indeed They have identified the woman
again Maybe they going to arrest her husbandf he
ism the wrong man. Also
'But doesn't anybody KNOW anything about the case?
''Certainly. There's who admits he the
dead very short time before her death under most
suspicious circumstances
What did they do about that?'
''Why, they asked him some questions, of course.
'$Anything else
NO that's ALL But, believe me, Of the funniest
things in the world if You don't take it seriously is just to
watch a deeckaf detect OF course. they darent talk.
They might be wrong Besides. it would ruin the Joke.
crime which had the entire state Apparently the
broade kind of trail had been made by the murderer Yet
after lapse of month the charged with the duty of
bringing criminals Justice still pussytootng around
and arriving at another certain
Il think" he said ''that public-spiritcd citizen
ought write book The Mystery of the Obvious and
present copy to every peace officer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
Meeting Today to
Protest Tax Bill

Merchants and manufacturers, and
other interested citizens. will meet this
morning at II O'Clock in the Cham
Der of Commerce building to discuss
ways and means for fighting the pro-
posed tax bill now before congress-
l. J. Marcuse, chairman OF the COM
mittee on manufacturing. will be in
charge Of the meeting. and Ii Is re-
auested that all persons interested In
this matter be present In the audito-
rum.
The proposed bill calls for the rais-
ing Of $4,000, 100000 by taxation, and
members OF the chamber OF commerce
feel this would work a hardship on
q great many people, and would be al
most ruinous to others. They declare
that some business men. by this in
crease. would be turning over all they
make to the government and may have
to go cut OF business.
Their proposal Is to initiate cam
paign In an effort 10 influence congress
to redraft the bill and lower the
amount OF the budget to $4,000. coo, 700
instead OF $4,000. 900. 900. They think
this could be conveniently carried by
the taxpayers and at the same time
would be sufficient of itself to meet
the demands for which the $1,000. 0o0.-
900 was proposed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
Billy Sundays
Rest Program
u picai uutitne of one of MIR. sun
days MONDAY Resi-
DAYS.


3 a, " ARISES
$50 -~}*reaH;a~t.
A:4S~-kvad~ morning papers
A,5a Interrupted by iet"| hone.
.&J-~iscsuincs reading, again III
terruptea.
s.9e-~tiocs for automobile ride.
10;h9-- Returns 20 resume rest
~ 10 10 At answers telephone. re-
coives a oUZen visitors, and again re-
slnes rest
tl.V@-- Writes letters 10 children.
y ee~~bpens mai. answers eight
'elet.raHis and forty seven t@iurS.
it49 =. M.-Luneh.
so Returns 10 his room Ia greet
q delesa,ie'' OF church p~oaie VINO
haN' "aitsd on him,
-4S--~f' sumes his rest day. and
five minutes later : interrupted 10y
tftc phoHe- S'ihutant Gus vain advent VI
another delegation To Yak with hlus
2;9o--t'o"s out Tor ii walk, but Is
stopped every nine rect at"ng the way
~ persons who wish to snake hands
with shins,
1;%o~-E"turns hopel*sst3'
2!29~--b Declines fsine. invitations !"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
ST|KE TERROR IS
LOOSE IN ENGLAND
Great Britain's Industries In
Xise-Like Grip of Ruffled
Labor.
100000 KERS GU T
Trouble May Spread Through
out Europe and America as
Wen, is Belief in
London.
100000 KERS OUT

London, Jan 21.--Strike terror is
commencing TO obtain vise-iike grip
upon Great Britain's industries, and
certain British industrial authorities
Today see her claw soon stretching
across the Atlantic 10 stay the wheels
of American commerce.
with the battle cry. NO rent and
no income taxes till our demands are
met" 10000 workers are out tonight.
and before another forty eight hours
il is feared the number may be dou-
bled.
The crux OF the trouble lies In the
demands for reduction OF the forty
seven-hour week TO one of forty or
forty -four hours.
AS suggested by one authority to
UNIVERSAL Service tonight. values
have changed, both of labor and goods,
and there is no definite means of as
certaining what they will be during
the transition from war to peace.
During this period labor troubles
of huge proportions are feared. They
are looked for to spread not only over
Europe. but to America as well.
I'm Great Britain" said my inform
ant. "the workers have repudiated
government intervention: they have
scorned the advice of their own lead
ers. so that no alternative course
seems possible save strike
Demands made in certain indus
tries canot be conceded without dis
aster; If they were. the industries
would promptly cease to exist.
Eat Belfast. where more than 10o,-
600 are out OF work, due to the strikes
in the shipyardS, engineering concerns
and nearly all factories are closed.
The city has no light. no gas. no street
cars working as a result OF these
strikes. Yesterday hundreds OF peo
pie went to church In the evening car
rying candles stuck in bottles"
Eighteen thousand London ship
workers have struck for general in
crease of Is shillings a week.
Twenty thousand engineers on the
Clyde are out, demanding forty-hour
week.
There is another engineers strike
at Edinburgh.
Ship workers are striking at Leith,
Blyth, Manchester and Stafford.
Strike outbreaks are feared in South
Wales
There is no immediate fear tonight
OF a new strike by the police either in
London or the provinces, but the rail-
way men have sent an ultimatum to
the government threatening general
strike on February 8 unless a govern
mental committee is appointed to ne
gotiate with the railway mems COM
mittee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
FLOUR MILL SHUTS
DOWX-T00 MUCH FLOUR

Minneapolis Mimi. Jan. 27.--With
the announcement that they had more
-four on hand at present than can be
sold, the Pillsbury -four mills shut
down today for the first time in
months.
The governments withdrawal from
the market was responsible for the
condition. ii was declared by officials
of the company.
A sensational drop OF IA cents in
the price OF rye today and OF cents
In corn was attributed TO the govern
ment's delay In announcing It's plAns
for the marketing OF wheat