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New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
lieve that East Orange is only JUS
across the Hudson.
A. HAMILTON GIBBS.
New York, Dec. 12, 1919.
A British Chamber Of Commerce

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The seas of humanity are in tur-
moil, the currents of international COM
merce and finance are subverted and
turned from their normal channels 1t
should be the inspired duty of all hon
orable men and Of all high principled
institutions to bend their whole energy
and to use their whole endeavor to the
end that once again the fair trade winds
Of understanding and agreement may
smooth the tempestuous waters that
rage around US.
Institutions which make for the bet
ter and clearer understanding between
nations of their respective trade usages
and methods are most powerful instru-
ments for the promotion and preserv-
ing Of Internal tional accord. American
chambers of commerce in London and
Paris and other European capitals have
for many years efficiently aided the ma
tions in which they are domiciled The
rapidly increasing interest of American
producers and manufacturers in export
lioCtSIS anu 1OIClRn commerce generally
would indicate the urgent necessity of
the establishment of foreign chambers
Of commerce in the United States, these
institutions affording to all interested
expert and authoritative advice on all
questions belonging to the trade condi-
tons of the countries they represent
There has been recently incorporated
In Now York the British Chamber of
Commerce In the United States The
chief purpose Of this chamber, as de-
scribed in its charter, is to facilitate
trade between the United States and
the British Empire.
The British chamber has taken Offices
at 295 Broadway until more adequate
quarters can be obtained. All inquiries
as to the scope of the work to be un-
dertaken by the chamber or the quaEfi-
cations for membership are most cor
daily invited.
A. WALPOLE CRAIGIE.
Vice-President, British Chamber Of
Commerce in the United States.
New York, Dec. 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
Republican Opportunity
1t Is TO Save the League From
Wilson and the Democrats

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer is a Republican, and
was as surprised and angry as any one
when President Wilson asked the coun-
try to return him n Democratic Con-
gross, on the ground that our party was
not supporting the conduct Of the war.
IN oar anger, however, haven't we over
looked the larger aspects Of the peace
treaty discussion?
Is the league of nations actually dead =?
II so, we must face facts souare]v
Europe will drift into two alliances. as
before, with support for the German
league from Japan eventually. In half
a century or moro another European"
war will ensue, and our turn will come
IN time to take sides or be DESTROYED
between the mllstoncs. Isn't it wiser
to attempt at least to form world
federation, just as our forefathers
formed North American federation.
with the same idea, viz, that the
stronger league of states will be fairly
eole to keep the component parts from
war? The American federation sue
ceeded, with the single exception of the
Civil War, while Europe has had num-
Der of disastrous wars since 1887. Whv
would not the same plan apply TO world
affairs IN general way? Of course,
plenty of men say war can't be pre-
vented in this way; but they said the
same thing in 1887.
Some day the leading nations of the
earth vii! federate; if the Republican
party is committed secretly, through its
leaders, to postponing that day, it has
then set its face against the future. If
our leaders are sincere in their pro
gram of reservations" but really de-
sire to SEQ the league formed, they will
find way to compromise, no matter how
petulant Wilson may be- This matter
Is too important for a man like Lodge
to lose his temper every time Woodrow
Wilson does
When one stops to think what a
heritage we leave to our grandchildren
if we allow things to drift along to the
next war" which will make 1914 look
like Sunday school picnic, it seems that
the attempt to curb wars is the biggest
thing the human race has to think about
tor while. Why do most papers give
the subject third or fourth place? There
will be no real league unless the Re
publican party is big enough to lead thc
way to ii compromise; one thing sure
the Democratic party is not big enough
And it is the opportunity of a pane,
like The Tribune to take the lead il
forming new sentiment within tn,
party. l.. ]. BENNETT
Troy, Ohio, Dec. II, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

ceives no sufficient reason why sixty
four votes cannot be mustered for
q particular ratification resolution.
Once the principle Of reservation is
conceded, and Senator Hitchcock
personally comedies it, the differ
ences between the two groups of rati-
iicationists are not great. If there is
a common will to get together a
union can be achieved.
But union is unlikely unless Sen
ators, whatever party label they
bear, become free men, take guild
ance Of their own consciences and
refuse to surrender their constitu-
tional duty and prerogative to any
outsider. Are the Administration
Senators ready to proclaim such
self-emancipation?
If they are, if they break the bonds
of dictation and remove the rings
in their noses, public opinion will
bring into line any on the other side
who would initiate the unreasonable
narrowness of the President. The
Republican rank and file is not so
pleased with the Presidents course
that they would have their repre-
sentatives take him as a model.
1t is the business of the Adj
ministration Senators to say what
they will vote for. 1t is the busi-
ness of the Republican ratification
Senators to consider in a generous
and catholic spirit any offer that is
made to them.
When ratification reso1ution,
backed by the votes OF a majority
of both parties in the Senate,
reaches the Executive table it is
not likely the President will refuse
to sign. He will not wish to have
his name bear through all time the
stigma Of having killed his own
child rather than have any other
hands swathe it.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
All, All Are Going?
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the days when a former presi.
dent Of Princeton University had not vet
aiienated from his support hitherto
favorable board of trustees and an in
fiuential body of alumni there appeared
IN The Tiger" picture of his famlia,
figure, sitting in solitary and self-suf-
flcient state on the steps of "Old North. y
the sole survivor of his regime. The ac-
companying legend, with humorous
reference to once we'll known beverage
was, Wilson, that's ALL
Was the artist an unconscious
prophet? One by one they seem to be dis
appearing, the old familiar faces. from,
his side, Harvey, Garrison, Bryan. Nc.
Adoo, Redfield, Garfield, the European
people who fell down to worship and
rose up to vituperate, all eliminated
And now the faces even of such as Lans.
ing and House seem no longer IRA
dated with the immediate light of the
"Presence. Is the time drawing nea,
when those wondrous policies, so wabblx
when unresisted, so stubbornly hello
when opposed, will have as their SUP.
porter, Wilson, that's alp?
A FORMER ADMIRER.
Wyoming, N. j., Dec. 13, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
Shaw's Religion in Russia

George Bernard Shaw, ardent su-
r-patriot. to whose nostrils patriot
ism is a most offensive stencil, was
recently asked by a wag in an audi
ence he was addressing if he thought
Bolshevism was a religion. He re-
Piled: $50 far as | can make out
it is the nearest thing to religion in
Europe at the present time"
1t so happened that the very
morning when the London news
papers were setting out Mr.. Shaw's
religious discovery one newspaper
published a letter showing how the
Bolsheviki of Soviet Russia were
applying their faith. The letter was
d private one from British officer
to his wife, and said:
81 hope to send you copies of sixtv-
four official photos taken by British
officers al Odessa when the town was
retaken. They show men who
have been cruciIied with the torture
OF the human glove. The victim gets
cruclfied nails through his elbows.
The hands are treated with a solution
which shrivels the skin The skin is
cut out with razor round the wrist.
and peeled of, till it hangs by the fin
ger nails-the human glove
"Nost Of the photos are of qco,neu.
Women toith their breasts cut of to
the bone. Women aoith their bodies
CIT OPEN"
The beautiful religious practices
of the Bolsheviki, admired by Mr..
Shaw, are further revealed by the
following from the same letter:
eve have here at headquarters
passes issued to Boshevists by COM
missaries on occupying Ekaterinodar.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
Sirnplihed Tennis

There As one reassuring factor in
respect to the brash proposal of
our tennis wise men that the
ancient scoring system be abolished,
and that is the certainty that, rules
or no rules, the better system will
in the end prevail. What was good
enough for Henry " and the Great
Louis-not to mention the most
famous of all tennis cabinets, that
within fairly recent American
memory-is not necessarily good
enough for all future centuries, but
there is a strong presumption of
fitness and utility that ought to
make the bravest innovators pause
and think.
So far as simplicity goes, there
seems plainly to be something to
be said on the side of the new plan.
But just how much? For a COM
plete beginner, "two-one" Is obvi-
ously clearer than "thirty-ffteen."
But that any great length of edu-
cation is needed to learn the old
method seems an absurd contention.
And there are other considerations
to be counted. Even more i'm
portant than this obvious simplicity
for the outsider is the clearness of
phrase, the avoidance Of ambiguity
for the player. The old figures are
at least good mouthfuls, easily
uttered, succeeding each other eu-
phoniously and not easily misunder-
stood. Only usage under all condi-
tions can settle this point, which is
after all the really vital point. AS
further complication there is the
fact that the present system elimi-
mates all possibility of confusing
the game score and the set score.
Under the new plan, misunderstand-
ings Of this character are easily
conceivable.
Lawn tennis is sturdy and fairly
modern descendant Of one Of the
oldest and most distinguished of
games. 1t has been modified and
ought to be modified with the years
as improvements appear and custom
warrants. 1t should certainly not
be altered, and we are confident will
not be altered, merely for dubious
experiment in pursuit OF uncertain
benefits to those least concerned, out
siders and beginners.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
A Home for the Living

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: AS you have expressed a desire
to receive opinions relating to suit
able memorial to the soldier dead
venture to express mine, not as an art
expert, but as a plain citizen who be-
lieves that the ultimate object of every
patriotic movement should be the great
est good to the greatest number. As for
the dead, monuments or contentious that
may arise about them, will never disturb
their peaceful sleep That is admirably
expressed in stanza of Gray's "Elegy":
Can storied urn. animated bust
Back to its mansion call the f!eeting
breath
Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust
Or fattery soothe the dull, cold ear of
death?
But 1t is mark of civilization that
the living should affectionatelv honor
their dead. l have thought that this
great city could not do better than to
erect an enduring building to be named
ana used as the Soldiers Memorial Home
ana Hospital. Many men have come out
OF the Great War partly disabled bv
wounds or disease. 1t is highly probable
that in few more years many others
Will feel the effects of their hard expe-
rience.
What, then, can be more appropriate
monument to the dead than a home
where the living could receive proper
meoical attention, or pass their declining
years in comfort?
| A. F. FAULKNER.
New York. Dec IN 1qfa
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
Mx.ssER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

fhs Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the
use for republication OF all dispatches credited
To Il or not otherwise credited In this paper. and
also the local OF spon sneous origin puoLahed
hssen.
Ali rights OF republication of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
GuARANTE z

You purchase merchandise advertised In Lhs
tien results in any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
70 pay your money back upon request No req tans.
Ne suibbiIns. We make good promptly II tns
adya4fiser does rot.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
The Low Cost of nininn

Sir: Old Rupe Hughes, who wrote the
famous novel and movie. THE Thirteenth
Commandment ethel Clayton stars in the
film version). will preside at the Con-
tribanquet. Inasmuch as THE Thirteenth
Commandment" is Thou shalt not spend
more than thou earnest" the tariff will be
only 81. MoRR,r
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

Owned and published dsily BY New York Tribune
fne., : New York Corporation Ogden Reid. Piesi-
dert; G. Vernon Rogers. vice-rresdcnt: Helen
Rogers Reid. Secretary z: sutes Trcasurss
ysyk. Telephone. Beekman 5000.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
Al. for Insfance9

Sir Every little while I have to admire
your colyum when I see SO many bright
things which it occurs to me might have
occurred to me- H IT V
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
TO RUTH

am a business man.
! am nearly forty.
Ny hair is turning gray at the temples
Which they say gives me distin
guished appearance.
My large, brown eyes have a tired
yearnng look.
Life still seems very good to me-
But the next thirty years are tn
hardest,
And do look trihe lonely.
like the position you have,
AS teacher in the public schools.
They say the salary is good.
Twill help with the n. G.. Of L.,
CAS-, Of course, you'll keep your job
IT we should marry.)
Under circumstances such as these
feel quite sure that
Could love you if you did not have
Black eyes, black hair,
And red cheeks In cold weather,
Which I'll bet are mighty nice.
Ruth, your message pleases me,
But why go spoil it all,
By putting In the last two lines,
Proposing such an awful thing
AS reading The Coming Tower
For the next thirty years?
RALPH.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

We believe with the telephone com
pany that the stupidity, i'll temper, and
oughtlessness of the public help to
congest the service But as long az
there is no money rebate to the sub
scriber for intelligence, good nature,
and consideration things are likely to
continue about as they are.
Service on the subway is imperfect,
because, according to the company, so
many persons ride in the subway.
The telephone service, the company
comedies, is not fawless, because
there are too many subscribers for
the equipment and personnel And
Mr.. Cudahy says that the price of
meat is high because, in effect, we are
meat-eating nation; we all want
steak and roast beef; why not corned
beef? Being a paying and resident
member Of the public gives you the
Guilty Feeling these days.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

Among the towns that have not asked
Tor change of name are Booz, Tenn,
and Brandywine, Pa. And Drinker, Pa.
cllngs to its given monicker.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

Well, 1t looks like a dry Christmas.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

This Colonnade of Cachinnation
Eopes the salaries of college pro-
fessors increase; but to say that they
have remained stationary for cen
turles is an overstatement. In 1897
the faculty Of Union College consisted
of the president and one tutor; and
the formers salary was S1,10O, with
an allowance of $3.50, "on account of
the extraordinary price of the neces-
saries Of life"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

Say 1t with sarsaparill.. F. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
sUBsCRIPTIoN RATES-By MAIL. including
Pestsss IN THE UNITED STATES AND

eatsrsd at the Pcs,cEicc at New York a. ssccns
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

1.-THE teacher In this Center" says
the annual report of the Association of
Practical Housekeeping Centers, can
didly, "has been so successful in her
work with children whose mentality
is below normal that she is to teach
the teachers Of the New York Uni
versity this summer"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16

The answer to "Who reads George
Eliot nowadays ?" we never have
heard; but we know who doesn't read
Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1t is the
Philadelphia Bulletin reporter who
refers to "lttle Eva and her memorable
ice-defying adventure"
The Holly chieftain., 1919-04-24
BRING THEM Home


P ~ = || |I| || -
millions Of boys the foam for uou Hundreds Of tou
ands were the fight for your liberty Thousands fell uPhodnq
qheg They sacrificed Of them died theu u,on
They wrote American heosm into the Of European HISTORY his
tory already bood~red wah heroim }
no greater bravery recorded than qven freedom
by American boys Their work most Of it is
nou what Of your share7
uou duty before you plainly theirs their country
called They dnsu1ercd the CALL OF HONOR The same call
sounding tor you today demands uOuR AnSDER.
gou haze subscribed" did you say7
So much uour credit qhe heat Of battle on CHE thirsty
Hun shores qhc money you impulse Of
hatred and fear Of the foe money Except for that
investment you MIGHT have lost all to the lust and greed Of
horde
l]ou subscribed and the nation grateful for uor aid
But the bos7 Dha Of the boys sacrificed more than uou
did, Dhd Of those who faced the foe uhom the
upon Pd1i-dnd who stopped h7
Is it not u'orh much you bring your heroes home
to send them7
america uoecome peace prosperity as eaqcu
dsh u1shed them God~speed to battle J
Dollars protected bq the Tanks ho fought hqhe,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
BRITAIN'S BIG STRIKE ENDS
Official Statement is Given Out in
London-Gigantic Terrorist
Plot Fails.

London, Feb. 1O.-"The strike is
ended. All subway lines have resumed
service"
This official statement, coupled with
the announcement that 5000 striking
walters are ready to report for work,
rings the death knel1 of the "red men
ace" in Britain and means the frustra-
ion of a gigantic terrorist plot to
paralyze international industry in
Britain, the whole Of Europe, and the
United States preliminary to a uni
yersal revolution.
This at least was the opinion of the
international students Of labor. The
British governments firm attitude
smashed the world dramas first act
before the curtain was wholly raised.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
MANY YANKS WERE NAUGHTY
Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand
American Soldiers Were Court
Martialed During War.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The fact that
there were more than 10000 court
martial trials of American soldiers
during the war was disclosed by Sec
rotary of War Baker in letter to the
senate. Of this number, $4,000 cases
were heard by general qourts-martial
while about $4,000 were tried by spe-
cial or summary courts, the offenses
being of minor nature.
Secretary Bakers letter giving the
figures was sent in response to Senator
Borah's resolution, adopted last week,
directing the war department to send
the court-martial records to the SEN
ate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
WESTERN STRIKE SPREADS;
TROOPS ON THE SCENE
Secretary Baker Sends Soldiers to
Keep Order-Fifty-Five Thou
sand Go Out.

Seattle Wash Feb. 7.-United
Quartered in Seattle to "stand ready
for any emergency" as army officers
said, resulting from the general strike
Thursday of $4,000 union men in
sympathy with $4,000 shpyard work
ers who walked out January Fl to en-
force demands for increased pay.
Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 7.-Under
command of Brig. Gen. John L. Hay
den, 800 soldiers left Camp Lewis for
Seattle, it was announced by the army
intelligence department. The soldiers
were accompanied by 80 trucks carry
ing provisions and ammunition, it was
also announced Camp officers stated
that the men would be placed in Seat
tie to "stand ready for any emer-
gency'' in the strike there. Demobili-
orders from Maj. Gen. Joseph D.
Leith
Bus lines operating between Ia
coma and Camp Lewis were ordered
Communicated and soldiers were
placed in charge of the operation.
Passes to soldiers wishing to go to Sc
Seattle, Wash, Feb. T.-Seattle's
general strike was called at the SEIZED
uled time.
Union labor leaders declared that
virtually $4,000 union members are
strike in Seattle. This number in
cludes the $4,000 who walked out of
the shipyards January p. The gener-
al strike, they said was the first ever
called in the United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
Former Ripon Mayor Buried.

Ripon, Feb. 11.-Funeral services
for Lyman W. Thayer, former mayor
of this city, who died here on Satur-
day at the age Of siXty-fve, were held
at the family home Monday afternoon
after which the body was taken to
Wausau, his birthplace, for burial to-
day. Mr.. Thayer has held a promi-
nent place in Wisconsin politics since
1892 when he was elected to fill the
office left vacant by the death of Sen
ator Smead. He was mayor of Ripon
from 1916 to 1913. He is survived by
wife and four children.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
VOTES FOR WOMEN
REFUSED BY SENATE
Upper House Beats Suffrage Bill
by One Vote.
GAINS SOUTH CAROLINA MAN
Result of Ballot le 55 Yeas and 20
Nays - Advocates Disappointed,
but Confident of Success in
the Next Congress.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Woman suf-
frage by federal constitutional amend
ment was beaten again in the senate.
The house resolution for submission
Of the amendment failed Of adoption
with 80 votes in favor Of it and %
against, one less than the necessary
tWo-thirds.
Thus ended what leading suffrage
champions had said in advance would
be the final test at this session Of con-
gress. The suffrage advocates went
into the test knowing they lacked one
vote, hut hoping to the last that it
would be won over.
The senate convened with galleries
crowded SO great was the demand for
seats that admission was by card only.
How the Senate Voted.
Those voting in favor Of the reso-
I.1fin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
FLYER KILLED IN NOSE DIVE.
Lieut.. PirelIi of italian Army Loses
Life at Dayton, Ohio, When
Engine Stalled.

Dayton, Feb. G.. Lieut.. Gravanni
Pirelli %, of the aerial service of the
italian army, While on test flight
from McCook field, fell about 200 feet
in Wright field and was instantly
killed. His machine, single-seater
of Italian design, nose-dived after the
engine stalled. Pirelli came here re.
Gently for a series of tests with Capt.
D'Annunzio, son of the famous Ital.
ian poet and aviator.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
ITALY OWES s12,8OO,O00,0OO
National Debt May Go to is Billions
Says Luigi Luzzatti, Former
Premier.

Rome, Feb. 6.-Italy's national debt
now is more than $4,000, 100000,
whereas when she entered the war it
was about $2,750,OOG,OOO. declared
Luigi Luzzatti, former premier and a
leading Italian financial authority, in
a statement urging financial aid to
Italy. He said that when pensions,
government bills to manufacturers
and other necessary expenses had
been paid, the national debt probably
yould total $16000,O00.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
One Dead, Three Hurt in Crash.

Appleton, Fem. 11.-John Hurkman,
forty-eight years old, is dead; Mrs.
Peter Lorig, forty-three years old, is
in a serious condition in st. Eliza
beth's hospital here, and Joseph Vane-
venhofen, twentyeight years old,
and Benjamin Hurkman, forty years
old, are at the same institution suffer
ing from body injuries, as the result
of a collision between their automobile
and Northwestern road passenger
train ct the Depot street crossing at
Kaukauna
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-02-13
ALBERS GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE
Jury convicts Oregon Miller on Two of
the Seven Counts Charged
Against Him.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 6.-J. Henry AL
bers, formerly president of the Albers
Bros. Milling company, with estab-
lishments in several Pacific coast
cities. was found guilty here of vio-
lation of the espionage act upon two
of the seven counts charged against
him in the indictment. The jury,
after celebrating for three hours at
night, returned a sealed verdict which
was opened in the federal court.