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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-11-11
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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-11-11
Pogloska No. l.

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too powerful for him to overcome.
He will never be able to get all the
useless men Off the payrolls. Nobody
under Government ownership would
be able to get them Of. Nobody
under Government ownership would
ever be able to get out Of the men,
II there wasn't one too many on O
Job, all that was in them. The men
couldn't get 1t out Of themselves II
they wanted to. Government Jobs
do not inspire the workmen and Gov
eminent rewards do not 60 to them
J by merit. Government operation
stiles ambition In the rank and file,
throttles initiative and discourages
conscientiousness
Before the war LoUIs BRANpErs,
now a justice Of the United States
Supreme Court, declared that the
railroads, under private operation,
were wasting 81, 900, 900 day. Maybe
they were. maybe they were not. But
If they were, the same railroads, un-
der Government operation, would ap.
pear to be wasting 100000 a day.
The touch Of the Government In
business Is the touch of death. y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
Another Radio Triumph.

The success Of the meas flight from
Massachusetts to Nova Scotia Is al
most overshadowed in public interest
by that incident Of the voyage which
so strikingly illustrates the perfection
Of wireless telegraphy. That message
launched upon the ether waves in
Washington should reach the whizzing
seaplane off the easternmost coast of
Maine, and that the reply to 1t should
be back in Washington two minutes
later-thls may not astonish the
scientists, but 1t is profoundly impress.
sive to the non-scientidc.
Just as the fortunes Of a single indi'
vidual In the war will rouse more pub
lie interest than hundred white
books, so a single practical demon
stration Of the magic Of the radio
like the messages exchanged between
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
at Washington and Lieutenant Com
mander READ, steering his plane al
elghty-f1ve miles an hour over the
North Atlantic-will convey to Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith a conviction
that the ether Is as reliable as the
familiar wire
That the messages were relayet
through station on the Maine coas
does not detract one whit from the
good imnreSsion left nv the feat
Indeed, it serves rather to make tn,
speed of the Transmission appear more
remarkable. And of course now tina
communication with airships $50 mile:
distant is proved so sure, It will no
be long before science makes 1t pos
sible for plane or a dirigible to com
municate with the land continuously
during a voyage across the ocean.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
THE SLAV PROBLEM.
Importance to the World Of II.
Prompt Solution.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-ST: Under
tho heading "a Pertinent Inquiry Into
Our Activity Among the Slavs" gen.
tleman from Scranton asks few ques-
lions in THE Sun. 1t Is impossible to
give an answer to his questions. as
they arc based on wrong information.
He supposes that the Slav element
in Czecho-Slovakia is a minority. while
the non-Slav element there is only one
fourth OF the population.
AZ for Jugo-Slavia. he supposes II
to be a country of mountaineers COW
erinE territory OF the lesser Alps,
whose people he thinks Is a mixture
Of races in which the Slav doesn't
predominate. Now the whole non-Slav
population of Jugo-Slavia will be at
best one one-hundredth of the whole
population and only one-tenth OF Jugo-
Slavia belongs to the territory OF the
lesser Alps.
The solution of the Slav problem Is
of the greatest Importance for the
world, as the Slav race will be a grea,
factor in the coming civilization. The
late war was foremost among the con.
sequences OF the unbalanced situation
OF the Slavs. Not to solve reasonably
the slav question would mean to create
fuel for the next world war. in which
America certainly would be dragged
again. +. LuPsHA
JAMAICA. May IL.
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HELD AT CAMP. UPTON.
Nineteen Members Of the 165th Stin
waiting for Discharges.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-SIr: I
in THE SUN OF May 10 saying that all
members of the 166th Infantry had been
mustered out and discharged here or
sent to their respective camps.
When the regiment was discharged
here on May 6 there were nineteen mem
bers Of the 165th band who were so I'M
fortunate as TO reside In States other
than New York. and We were sent TO
this brigade to be transferred TO our
homo camps for discharge. Since the
regiment was discharged we have been
waiting patiently for some OF the Gov
ernment's much talked OF efficiency to
take Its course.
have been overseas nearly as long
az any one in the A. E. F., and now after
am sent to another camp will still
have perhaps n week or more 10 wait
before being discharged and permitted
to 20 home. might add that We ar
rived in New York on April 81. and
since that time have done nothing In a
military way with the exception OF q
parade on Fifth avenue.
In my opinion suggestions for the bet
terment OF the system affecting A. f. f.
discharges in this country are very
much In order. .
Corporal ALLEN A. FRKScH.
Seventh Company. Second Battalion
1890 Depot Brigade.
CAMP UPTON, May II.
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islands, notably Kalymnos and Kar.
pathos, are centres of the islands, one
industry, sponge diving. Patmos has
a monastery on the spot where saint
JOHN saw the vision Of the Apoc-
alypse," Symi, Kos and Stampalia
have magnificent ruins Of Venetian
castles or castles OF the knights Of
the crusades, and Rhodes has inter-
estlng Greclan and Roman remains
and reminders Of the occupation Of the
island by the Knights Of Saint John.
Despite these attractions the islands
we're never favored by travellers or
tourists, and perhaps never will be.
The chief value of the islands appar-
emily is In The control that they might
give over the coast Of Asia Minor and
in the eastern Mediterranean.
Italy presents two grounds for her
claim to the Dodecanesians the an
cient possession held by Venice, of
which there Is sufficient and very OBJ
vious evidence, and the present pos
session Of the islands, which she has
held for seven years under treaty
rights. Greece declares that the
terms Of the treaty by which Italy
holds the islands have been fully exc
cuted. She sets up the claim that
the population Of the Dodecanesian
group is overwhelmingly Greek, 120,-
TT of the $4,000 being Of the
Greek race. The sentiment Of Greece
is strongly in favor Of the annexation
Of these islands, as Is apparently that
Of the Dodecanesians themselves. The
satisfac tion Of these demands and the
preservation Of the amicable relations
with Italy for which he has so indus
triously strived constitute one Of the
most perplexing problems which al
present are facing M. VENIzELos
Greece's able Premier.
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The Air Is Getting Crowded:

The time made by the naval sea-
plane NC-4 In Its flight from Chatham,
Mass. to Halifax yesterday averaged
a mile and a half minute, against
a mile a minute made by its sister
planes, NC-1 and NC-3, on their trip
on May 8. The desire Of Lieutenant
Commander READ to overtake his fel-
low fiiers at Trepassey Bay and ac-
company them when they depart for
the Azores explains this speeding up
Of his machine. In the trip to Hall
fax he far exceeded the economical
rate Of flying for the plane he drove,
according to the figures given by
GLENN II. CURrIss, who was one OF
its designers.
The NC-4 was forced to put into
Chatham after leaving Rockaway. on
May 8, because Of trouble with a
lubricating pump Lieutenant Com
mander READ made repairs at the air
station on Cape Cod, and then pluck
lily started on the stern chase after
his fellows. The performance of his
plane on the first leg shows how sue
cessful were the repairs made.
Meantime, the dirigible CO LEFT
Montauk yesterday. If not with the
promise Of an attempt to reach Eu
rope, at least with the hope that II
may make a trial. Its destination
was st. Johns n. F., and Off Chatham
1t was making forty miles an hour
It's speed is not to be compared with
that of the planes, but 1t may follow
their route to Europe.
That we shall not forget others are
active In the air, the completion Of 6
S.000-mile airplane trip from Mosul
Mesopotamia. to England by Colone
WILSON should be recorded. The ail
is getting crowded. Deputy Polio,
Commissioner WANAMAKER's aeria
patrolmen must soon get on the job.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
Representative Burnett's Typicslly
American Career.

Representative JOHN L. BURNETT Of
Alabama, who died at his home in
Gadsden on Tuesday, was one Of the
large number Of men In the House and
Senate whose careers exemplify the
tremendous possibilities open to In
dustrious and determined men in this
country. In his early life he had few
advantages" in other words, he had
to work, and work hard, for his liv-
ing and for the support Of those de-
pendent on him.
His father died when he was four |;
his mother supported him and his
brother until they were old enough to
labor. When they we're able to strike
out for themselves no easy path had
been prepared for them. Mr.. BURNETT
labored on the farm and in the mines,
and between times went to school.
His desire was to be lawyer, and in
the hard but fruitful years Of his
youth he never lost sight Of that am
bition. He attained It by application
and indefatlgable effort, and then en-
tered politics. Mr.. BURNETT was
elected to the House In 1893. taking
his seat In 1899. and had been con-
tinuously in it to the time Of his
death, having been elected last year
for the eleventh consecutive term.
THE SUN disagreed with Represen'
tative BURNETT about the expediency
and desirability Of excluding from this
country immigrants, otherwise desir
able, merely because they were Hitter.
ate, but with the exception Of the pro.
vision to this effect contained In the
immigration act Of 1917, which bears
his name, that law Is a highly credi-
table piece OF legislation. 1t will be
recalled that President wilson, fol.
lowing the presidents set by President
CLEVELAND and President TAFT, vetoed
the bill, and Mr.. BURNETT. as chair.
man Of the immigration Committee
had the satisfaction Of seeing his col.
leagues pass 1t over the veto.
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The Twelve Little Islands.

The disposition Of the Dodecanesla
IslaRds, which earlier in the discus
sion of peace terms seemed to have
only a modest place, has recently as
sumed the proportions Of lively and
troublesome issue. The controversy
over the matter really followed as q
result of two preceding wars, the
Turco-I italian and the war Of the Bal
kan States against Turkey; appar
emily impossible Of a compromise then
It comes up now In a more compli
Gated form for a final settlement.
Dodecanesia as a name has rather
deceptive appearance Of antiquity
but as a designation for a group Of
twelve islands in the Egean Sea
known commonly as the Southern
Sporades Islands 1t came into use fol
lowing the last Balkan war. Tit
present interest In these islands Is
entirely a revival. They had theil
part in the early history of the an
Client Greeks, in the days Of the cru
sades and In the height Of the sue
cesses Of the'venetian Republic. Their
they practically dropped out of sigh
until they were occupied by the Ital
ians In the Tripolitan war and re
tanned under the treaty Of Lausann,
as pledges for undertakings definitel!
entered into by Turkey.
From an economic standpoint 1
would be difficult to find reason fol
the contention over the possession o
these islands. Most Of them ar
merely rocky points, the only produc
tive sections being the valleys anC
strips of coast land. Some OF tn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
America as the Political battle-ground
Of the Nations.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-ST: II
We Join the League OF Nations 1t seems
TO me our country will be the battle
ground of the world. II takes many
generations to kill race instinct We
will develop parties and all the hatreds
OF the Old World.
There will be Irish. French, German,
Russian, Polish. English and Italian
combinations, and they will vote for the
political party Offering the most pap for
the old nations.
A politician must get votes, and
many will OFFER anything to get them.
Old World interests will be drawn into
the very life blood OF our country. The
Irish,l German. English. Italian and
Russian vote will be catered TO when
ever or wherever the election Is close.
Afser the election tho defeated candi-
date will assert such and such a foreign
vote beat him.
We now see advertisements OF a Rus
sian newspaper to be started here TO
work In the Russian interest. Soon we
will have similar newspapers wherever
foreign element exists. This Is the
greatest danger II we Join the League.
J. b, MOORE.
wAsHINGroN, D. c.. May ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
BIRDS BACK IN TOWN.
Warblers Especially Abundant Among
New Arrivals in the Parks.

To THE EDITOR OF THr SuN---Sir: The
some Of THE Suns bird hunters with
an opera glass.
In Central Park in the rain on Sat
urday afternoon, May 10: scarlet tan
ayers, chestnut sided warblers. veeries,
brown thrasher. flicker. blue golden
winged warbler, prairie warbler, graciSles,
oven bird, towhee. black throated blue
warbler. Maryland yellowthroat, black
and white warbler. catbird, downy wood
pecker, Baltimore oriole, Blackburnian
warbler, red breasted nuthatch. black
throated green warbler. black poll war.
bier. robins and starlings.
IN the Bronx Botanical Garden Sun
day. May IL: Wood thrush, catbird
veeries (many). thrashers, nickers, vel
low warblers. chipping sparrows, song
sparrows. robins, black and white war.
biers, white throated sparrow. oven
birds (many). red starts (everywhere)
chestnut sided warblers, white eyed
v!reo. Acadian fycatcher. myrtle war
blers (many). black throated blue war
bltrs, Blackburnlan warbler. bluejays
scarlet taAagers, red winged blackblrds
Maryland yellowthroats. ph9bes, to-
whees. spotted sandpiper. rose breasted
srosbesks, olive backed thrush. white
breasted nuthatch (nesting in a hollow
tree). barn swallows and chimney
swifts.
have never seen the warblers x
abundant There were many others ir
the treetops impossible TO identify witt
certainty in the dim yellow light.
J. q. CARRINGroN.
NEW York, May -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
Republican Unanimity.

The unanimity which marked the
proceedings Of the Republican Sena-
torial caucus yesterday augurs we'll
for the country and the Republican
party.
Democratic hopes have been built on
the possibility that fractional differ
ences might split the Republicans In
the Senate, and II control Of the
chamber was not thereby given to the
Democrats the business Of the ma
ton would be reduced to chaos and
the Republican party to impotence.
This hope Is not to be fulfilled.
There is too much patriotism, too
much good sense, too much devotion
to the public interest in the majority
in the Senate to permit such a thing
to happen.
The Democrats must reconcile them
selves to the fact that the Republi-
cans subordinate personal and party
considerations to the needs Of the
nation.
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disadvantage Of the lapse Of 90 long
period Of time between the election
Of the Congress and Its assembling
Is a weakness as obvious as 1t Is
unnecessary.
The Constitution provides that 1.-THE
Congress shall assemble at least once
In every year." and that such meet
ing shall be on the first Monday In
December, unless they shall by law
appoint a different day." Not only
has the Congress power to appoint a
different day, but that power has
actually been exercised on freQuen,
occasions. A single historical cita-
ton will suffice. The act Of January
%, 1857, provided that "in addition
to the present regular times Of meet.
ing Of Congress there shall be a meet
ing Of the Fortieth Congress Of the
United States and Of each succeeding
Congress thereafter ut II o'clock me
ridian on the fourth day OF March, the
day on which the term begins for
which the Congress Is elected, ex'
cept that when the fourth day OF
March occurs on Sunday then the
meeting shall take place at the same
hour on the next succeeding day"
Under this act the Fortieth, Forty
first and Forty-second Congresse:
met. The act was repealed by the
Forty-second Congress. Had 1t or 9
similar act been in force this year
the Sixty-sixth Congress would have
met on March 4, and the repair o,
the damage done to the country BY
Democratic subserviency, sectionalisn
and incompetence would now be vel
under way.
The circumstances which now exis
point a cardinal duty Of Republican,
In the Sixty-sixth Congress. The,
must correct the legislative situation
which bars the Congress from Assem-
bling without executive call for thir
teen months after it's election. Thu
necessities Of the country and tn,
refusal Of President WILSON to Civ,
the nation the benefit Of its new leg
islature have revealed the perils o
the present practice. and the obliga
ton Of the Republicans in this mat
| ter must not be evaded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
EVENTS TO-DAY.

National Association of Stove Manuals
turers. convention. Hotel Aston. all day
American Federation OF Arts meeting
T,. aseuss war memorials. metropolitan
Savings Banks Association of IN. Stat,
OF OF, Ssw'ferk, Hotel Biitmore. convention
Rotary Club. luncheon. Hotel McAlp,r
National Council of Industrial petenc.
meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania
pany l. so7th Infantry. at meeting Of N.
family unit OF the company. old Astor
n nIsrsy bAfsystts street. south of A,iOr
The Woman Suffrage party OF Brooky,
VIII give . dinner for Democrat and r..
publican district leaders of Brookyn a,
the s1 Academy Of Music; Pm.
Endowment Fund OF the sixty-nin,h ReEl.
ment. Metropolitan Opera House, p n
Symposium on alcoholism. Academy a.
Medicine, II East Forty third street, $40
Lecture by Laura A. cauble on Eco.
nomio Phase " tho Food Question" Cen.
s sIsl srAHe p y y W. C. A. $40 Lexington
Women. Health Protective Association
Chamber OF Commerce OF Queens. lunch.
con; aotsi commod9rs: 1850 p N ,,
Brazil" Export Forum meeting. Bu.s
Terminal Sales Building P. NJ
Reception to Gen. o'Ryan and cen.
sions and regiments. Union League Club
Welcome party to men Of Comr,ny {.
ao7th Infantry. Hotel Pennsy!varia ? N
Lecture on institution Caring For O.
Preventing pelinquents," by Mrs MAJ
f T. 5Psedo%T' "a Washington Square south
Review Of New York University uni, q
the Reserve Officers Training corps. Uni.
versity Heighta, p. NJ.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
Railway Trafno Falls while Rail.
way Expenses Rise.

The Railroad Administration Off
cially confirms THE Suns recent es-
innate that the freight traffic in
March was very much less than in
the corresponding month Of last year.
We estimated the traffic shrinksge at
about 20 per cent. the Railroad Ad-
ministration now reports It at 10 per
cent. But this Isn't the worst of 1t.
The April ehrlnkage, as compared
with the previous year, will be still
more severe.
Now, see what this means. Traffic
ought to grow materially from month
to month after the first part of any
year. 1t will do so this year. The
tons hauled In April will be more
than the tons hauled In March. The
tons hauled in May will be more than
the tons hauled in April; and SC
on. But while a small percentage
Of loss on a small volume Of traffic
is something serious, a large percent
age Of loss on large volume Of busi-
ness is something calamitous. For
road to lose O fifth Of a million tons
Of traffic, for example, means going
to the bad by 100000 tons. For the
same road to lose third Of million
and half tons of traffic means going
to the bad by 100000 tons. For II
to lose 40 per cent. Of two million
tons of traffic means going to the
had by 100000 tons. And this is the
very mischief which is working
against the business. the earnings and
the solvency Of the railroads.
Yet all the while the expenses have
been climbing. Government operation
cannot keep up the trafilc, and Gov
eminent operation, perhaps, cannot be
blamed for this. But Government op
Grafton cannot, for whatever reason
lower the expenses as business low
ers and lowers.
Not only have there been very much
higher wages to the men but there
ilCh Oll LIN
job-many more men to do much less
work than was done formerly. The
Government Itself, through one of Ii
departments-Secretary REDFIEID's--
even tried to make the railroads pay
more for their coal than they hat
been paying, more for their steel thar
they had been paying. Only the hart
fighting of Director-G General HINE:
against the Government itself saved
the roads from actually increasing
their steel bills and their coal bill!
along with their labor bills while tn,
business Of the roads was melting
away.
Director-General HINES Is said 4
be striving likewise to cut of useless
labor. II he were his own master II
respect of his payrolls, as he wa
able to prove himself his own maste
in respect Of his steel bills and Goa
bills, there isn't a shadow of doub
that he would do so. But when l
comes to cutting off useless labor tn
Dlrector-General will find the pollti
cal pressure Of Government operation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
DIAMOND STICKPIN.
Nine Months Missing and No Postal
Insurance Paid.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str. Nine
months ago, on August IS, 1918. parcel
post package containing q diamond
stickpin. properly insured, was sent to
US from Huntington, l. l., and was
never received. Tracers were filled out
by the sender and the postmaster at
Huntington assured the sender It would
not be difficult OF adjustment, as an in
sured package passed through the hands
of but few people and could easily be
traced. We made out an affidavit. which
we gave our postmaster--we were resid-
ing IN Castleton, y. Y. L. the time-and
he also assured US OF speedy settlement.
Months passed without any word. and
finally wrote directly TO Postmaster
General Burleson reciting the case. No
attention was paid to this letter. We
consulted our lawyer, only to be told
that the Post ONCE Department, being
an agent of the Government. was not
subject to the jurisdiction OF the courts.
We enlisted the attention of Represen-
tative James s. Parker. who attempted
TO get some satisfaction for us. but with
out result. Senator Calder next took the
matter UP, and although I personally
know that he has not neglected to give
the matter attention, nine months bsve
passed without result and without The
amount for which the package was in
sured having been paid. although by our
paying for such insurance the Govern
ment supposedly protects the sender
| against loss.
We have been honored by the Post
! Once Department 20 this extent only
that a card was sent saying the mat
ter would be given attention at the time
when Representative Parker took 1t up
and again when Senator Calder took II
up; but that is all. Is this efficiency,
and what redress have for our loss?
ADRIESNp HuNINoHousE,