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New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Cemented Cordially

"Panic-stricken" Whatever else the
Admiralty and its fleet could be it was
even on the 4th Of July, 1917, when a
single regiment-the first of American
soldiers-marched through the streets of
Paris
AS has been indicated, this is time
at which cordiality Of Britons and Amer
leans should be cemented rather than
dissolved. And what greater factor
could be employed to this end than the
understanding that prevailed in those
days on the North Sea in 1917 and 1918.
when American destroyers escorted
troopships through the danger zone and
turned them over to the British destroy
ers at the mouth of the Irish Sea? Sixty
two per cent Of the 100000 men were
thus escorted, while Americas smaller
craft went their way to Brest, South
America and the Mediterranean
The war has been won. Great Britain
did all that could be done on the seas,
and she did it calmly, silently, undemon-
strativey and we'll. In the few months
during which America shouldered her
responsibility she gave such assistance
as an unprepared, inadequately manned
and broadly scattered navy could render
The sooner the hurrah of Investigate
ing committees in Washington subsidies
the sooner will every one recognize the
fact that the war is over and the time
has come for constructive rather than
destructive research. In the words of
President Wilson addressed to tho
nation through the Railway Business
Association on January 27, 1916: LET
no man dare to be a marplot. Let no
man bring partisan passion into these
great things. Let men honestly debate
the facts and courageously act upon
them" H. S. MIDDLEMISS
New York, Nav Ia. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Beecher of BeaverkiU
Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: Correspondence published in
your recent issues respecting the ceIe-
brated Beecher family recalls to nv
mind the famous trout stream. the
beavcrkill, in Sullivan County, near
which James Beecher had his home for
number of years. In those DAYS
Ned Buntlin, the writer of vigorous
tales, which the boys of forty years
ago will remember, used to wade down
the stream with the aid of his crutch.
and even so handicapped would catch
more trout than any one else on the
stream excepting only, perhaps, that
genial Scotchman, John Reed, to whom
the fish seemed to come when he
whstled.
Mr.. Beecher used to hold religious
services in the school houses along
the stream, travelling ten or fifteen miles
a Sunday to do so. His scattered con-
gregaton was comparable to that of a
fair sized church. His brother, Thomas
K, occasionally visited him and
preached in his stead Mr.. Beecher
entered the Civil War as chaplain, but
he came out of it as colonel of col
ored troops. Of these he used to say
that honey was never safe in their
neighborhood, although, in other re-
spects, under his guidance, they ar
rived at a very satisfactory degree of
honesty.
His home was not on the stream
itself, but two or three miles back in
the woods on a beautiful wild pond,
little west of Alder Lake. He lived
there with his wife and two adopted
daughters, and during the week was
busy on his own clearing, to which he
added the arduous work of Sunday on
behalf of the religious life Of the COM
munity Those who knew the stream
in the old days will doubtless be
pleased to recall the name of Mr..
Buckley, the genial game warden Of
that neighborhood.
CHARLES E. MANIERRE.
New York, May 13, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Why Not 20 Per Cent Of Food ?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There has been for over a year
talk Of the h. c. of l., but instead Of
prices coming down they have bee,.
soaring skyward ever since, until it is
almost impossible to do anything more
with your money than paw for lunches
and food.
Within the past month l noticed that
large department store has been al
lowing a discount Of 20 per cent on
all purchases, since which time almost
every other store of like nature has
followed suit, with the result that
clothing and dry goods have decreased
in price. This proves that something
was wrong somewhere this past year,
for out Of clear sky prices have
dropped considerably. This, think,
shows that it takes only one to start
the "ball rolling and help the country
out of very difficult position.
Now, why cannot some good Samari-
tan start offering food at a reduction
(packers, etc.), and naturally every
one will purchase at that store, which
will doubtless bring the other stores to
their feet, and food-the all essential
will drop in price also. Also, why could
not some kind restaurant start the
same thing? Downtown the prices have
gone up exactly 70 per cent the past
year. Wish folks down here could
bring their lunches (Which in a good
many places they cannot do), and you
would see prices come down.
The whole trouble with our dear old
country is not the need of an increase
in wages so much as the need of re-
duction in the price of food. The h.
C. of |. is not affecting the erich" nor
the former poor" but the middle class.
for their salaries have not gone up
corresp spondingly and yet they don't
strike. FRANCES Z. ALLYN.
New York, May II, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
An Alliance of Destruction

Withdrawing from the Oregon
primary and in effect urging his
friends to mark their ballots for
Leonard Wood, Mr.. Hoover states
why with force and simplicity.
Mr.. Hoover, it is needless to say,
is strong advocate of league of
nations and of this country's entry
therein. He has exemplifed his
faith by his works. No American
has done more for European recon-
struction or to induce America, both
for altruistic and selfish reasons. to
assume world responsibilities And
he sees with clear eyes the impedi
ments that stand in the way.
The impediments are two-name
ly, Woodrow Wilson and Hiram
johnson. These two men and those
who follow their leadership join in
opposing the only possible realiza-
tion of the league. Their reason
ings differ, but they arrive at a
common conclusion-are in coalition
with respect to the business immedi
ately in hand
Mr.. Wilson, rejecting all compro-
mise proposals, demands votes
against ratification if there is not
complete acceptance of the document
brought by him from Paris. Mr..
johnson demands rejection of the
league altogether. can emergency"
writes Mr. Hoover, "is created by
this alliance of destruction. The
aspirations of the great majority
of our party will be thwarted by
either of these extremes"
Wisconsin and Johnsonism both
IMPLY a scrapping of the league, so
tar as this country is concerned.
There is not the remotest possibility
of getting two-thirds of the present
or the next Senate to vote for uu-
reserved ratification. The reserva
tlonists plus the advocates of un-
conditional ratification constitute
an overwhelming popular majority.
Under these circumstances for the
President to order his rubber stamp
Senators to vote with Johnson shows
how little he cares for the league.
The objections to a superstate do
not apply to an international organi
zation with periodic meetings to
consider common world interests.
Starting small, it's influence, if wis
dom marked its deliberations, might
grow into something great and
noble. Peace would have at least
one forum. The great hope which
ennobled the wars sacrifices would
not be shattered because of the
moral and intellectual idiosyncrasies
or the pathological weaknesses of
one man.
The President, it is said, should
not be criticized Alas the league
project is comatose because he has
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Carving a Park
A Protest Against Memorial
at Pelham, Bay

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In the requirement of some
four thousand acres of park land in
the Bronx thirty-seven years ago the
city exercised a wise municipal fore
sight, the present and future value Of
which is immeasurable. The primary
purpose of a public park is to preserve
some of natures handiwork within the
city for the benefit of the people a.
large.
The same fight which has had to be
made year after year to preserve the m
tegrity of Central Park as such must
it seems. be repeated in the Bronx.
Pelham Bay Park, twice the area Of
Central Park, embraces a reservation
unsurpassed for purposes of public
recreation by any public park in the
city. Numerous efforts have ALREADY
been made to divert portions of TINS
park from use as such. Now 1t Is pro-
posed to have the city turn over ID
perpetuity seventy acres Of this pafA
for an athletic field memorial to Isaac
L. Rice. The site proposed has me
waterfront on the Sound and broad
stretches Of open meadowland HanSeu
by woods, a priceless possession with''
the city limits. An ideal spot for reS'
and recreation would thus be ruined
by the Rice scheme. Many of the trees
would have to be cut down, lncluaiHe
a 400-year-old gum tree. The natufS'
bathing beach, now used by 4oV'V''
people in a season, would De segfe
gated and an artificial swimming p"o'
created. The whole scheme, in iac' u
artificial, substituting a conventional,
lied, formal layout for the mature,
charms of the park. And the beaul'i.'
land and water vistas now obtainaOls
will be blocked by the rear END o.
grandstand 800 feet long, obtruding 10
ungainly form on the landscape s'h''s'
to the one on the City College grouhu''
at 137th Street and Amsterdam Ave.
nue.. Stadium sounds fine, but " %
only the Latin name for a race eou'''
which will replace natures meao0"
land
An athletic field is fine thing Ou'
why disfigure a public park for su'A
a purpose, when some level land, woei'
there are no trees or attractive na'"'
raj scenery, would better serve sucn sA
end?
No wonder Park Commissioner 'V'
seph P Hennessy and his landscape a.
chitect, A. G. Waldreaon, oppose '"''
proposed diversion of park lands i'V''
their primary purpose. Nor is u 81,
prising that the Parks and Playgroe"''
Association and the American SceH''
and Historic Preservation Society W
pose it, 1t is hoped that the Board v
Estimate. at its meeting on fr'aS'
May IA. will act with the same wisao'I
in preserving as its predecessors 1'N
in acquiring Pelham Bay Park
ALBERT f. DAVIS.
Rsesxah af Els Bronx, May l0s isSS
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
hen a Child Is III
4 ne christia" Science Defeo,.
of a Parental Dec;.;.
. '1e hdItor Of The Tribun.

VIC i'uiCo' OF The Tribune
Sir: 1 shall be grateful f,v q,
'lese Of replying through your c.,I D'''
to the questions raised in .b "a'
IN your issue of May 1a reps,,,.
the right of parent to ose sn,...
means Of healing IN the case Of
child. Obviously, until child -.
CURED the ability to form its own 10
menta' the choice of remedial .a.. %
Tor 1t must be made BY nara.
guardian, and it is logical IN ..
that such choice be based upon yron.s
OF reason and experience, and 49,.
the laws Of the commonwealth.
Only on the ground that ,ba
employed IS contrary to reason a~s ,,s''n
perience and to the general weIfs,' e.
criticism warranted. 1t seems n ~.
been overlooked by those who bav. nave
phasized the danger Of the snro.a sA'-
so-called contagious disease in tbo ~.
ark \. j., case that no spcb .,
followed. Qnite naturally the orost; :-''
arise; Did The health officer cor,..' s4'
diagnose the disease? If so. IS IN. ~
ease necessarily contagious q, i.e'
tlous? The parents of The Walker ~,
had no doubt as to their right n er,n,.. ~
the means for healing which ,bov ~,
found wholly effiacious Tor tbemso,...
and for their daughter in many nro,:.n'
cases Of illness.
As member OF Christian S,;..
Sunday school the girl had faith :.
spiritual healing as taught by Christie
Science, and d considerable degree =.
understanding of its method. Fnr,h..
more, it appears that she was altogetbs.
desirous of the employment Of this tros,
ment. Consequently, there is b,,,.
ground for the claim that the child sns
fered martyrdom to me fathers cor.
science, as your correspondent sugpes,s
1t seems quite warranted to asspns
that where a parent selects the matersl
means usually prescribed by me reguls,
school of medicine for similar condition.
even though the case terminates fatally
no objections are raised. Criticisr
arises in the case in question because
the majority Of persons do not believe
III spiritual healing.
Apropos of the use Of other means
than drugs for healing. it is inter.
esting to note that a prominent medi.
cal authority has recently stated ths,
there are in the United States 10000.
600 non-users Of drugs; another med.
cal doctor puts it at 350O0OO0. A.
any rate, It is evident that the num-
ber is rapidly increasing, and the ques
tion of the right OF choice in healing
remedies will become more urgent un.
less material means of healing be-
come more reliable With all respec.
to the medical profession, it is an in
disputable fact that many believe they
have the best reasons for employing
drugless methods of healing the sick
Christian Scientists have found spirltu-
al means by far the most reliable, AM
il should be remembered that the great
majority of them have had long ex-
perience with other methods.
ALBERT +. GILMORE,
Christian Science Committee on Pub
lication.
New York, May 13, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
The Nomination of Debs

Eugene V. Debs, serving ten
year sentence for violation of the
espionage law, has been nominated
by the Socialists as their candidate
for President.
The nomination is, first, an insult
to a particular Judge and jury; sec
ond, it is in contempt of a duly en-
acted law whose validity has been
upheld by our highest judicial tribu-
nal; and, third Git does not seem to
be going too far so to say), it is q
deliberate defiance of all law.
Recently there has been public in
quiry as to whether or not the So
ciahst organization, as now led and
constituted, is per Sc a lawless con-
spiracy, membership in which is
primo tdcic evidence of criminal
purpose The Tribune, as our read
ers are aware, has sought to con-
strue every possible doubt in favor
of the assailed organization. AL
though recognizing that some Of the
platform utterances of the organza-
ton probably passed the line of toll
erance, we pointed out that plat
forms are often hectic and not to be
taken literally, and that all Social
lists were not revOlutionistS.
The nomination of Debs makes it
extremely difficult to impute inno-
cence to the Socialist organization.
Debs had fair trial, practically ad-
mitting his guilt; and the law,
though many doubted its wisdom, is
duly on the statute books. Looking
at the action of the Socialist conven-
ton without prejudice, what answer
can be made to the charge that it is
melting crime in others by clarifying
crime in Debs? If it is not intended
to say to all Socialists that they
should resist the law when the law
is not agreeable to them, then the
selection of Debs is on-understand-
able.
To many it has seemed as if Debs
should be turned loose as an act of
grace. The familiar excuses have
been put forward that Debs is an
emotionalist and that something
must be allowed for his tendency to
become excited when before an audi
ence; that he had committed no
overt act, and that shortly before he
launched his verbal assault on re-
cruiting he had urged a "revision"
of the st. Louis platform of his
party, the revision to consist of
modification of its anti i-patriotic
plank; that Debs, in an ecstasy of
self-pity, enjoys the role of mar
tyr" and that he will probably do
less harm in prison than out of it,
especially as he is allowed to send
daily messages from his cell.
Debs were thus willing to have him
turned loose, those who paraded
themselves as his friends were not
willing. John Spargo has told of
the radicals who wrote to him that
they preferred not to join in efforts
to get amnesty because, if granted,
"the cause" would lose. Now, it is
not easy to grant the prayer of a
petition which the petitioners scheme
to have rejected. Debs; like Mooney,
is in prison largely because radicals
Go not want him freed.
In the maneuvering with regard
to Debs those who would keep him
immured have apparently won. 1t
will be difficult, if not impossible, to
issue pardon when to do so seems
to dishonor the law and to recognize
that clamor is to control the results
of criminal trials.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Foreign EXCHANGE

Sir: In "Buddies,' the amount that
worries two ladies is 1000 francs, and
at the present rate of exchange they
need merely rent another of their
stalls to save themselves from the
clutches of the gentleman" H. l..
Well, "Ruddigore" closes tonight,
but in fairness to Miss Cora Tracy it
should be blazoned that she now pro-
nounccs "afiidavit" and "Cytherean"
correctly
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
illustrations Artless Aid

Sir: And did you observe the mod
crn photograph of the New York Stock
Exchange with which Uncle George
Lorimer adorns and informs Page 90
Of this weeks Satcvepost with five
stories of the Morgan Offices appear
ing in the left foreground?
G. w n
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
Style at ANY Cost
FROM The Toledo Blade)

If wooden shoes should become popu-
lar in this country to help reduce high
prices, there will be some snobbish
wasters who'll spoil it all by insisting
that the shoes must be made Of poi
ished mahogany
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
ArOund the World

AvOurld the World
Britain fought against odds in the
Pacific, she was victorious in the Bat
tie Of the Falkland Islands, she chased
the raiders over the Dogger Bank and
battered the Turkish forts from the
Egean and the Dardanelles. British
recesses of the Baltic and the Sea of
Marmora, British yachtsmen patrolled
home coasts in search of German sub
marines, fishermen in steam trawlers
while British liners, guarded by cruisers
and destroyers, gathered up troops from
the ends of the earth. A host of craft
OF every description brought sheep from
Australia, horses from Uruguay, grain
from the Argentine and America, COL
liers battled through the bay with coal
for France and Italy, and munitions
ships laden to utmost capacity crossed
the Channel daily to French ports.
And the panic stricken" British Adj
miralty was the guaranty of this Still
pendous traffic and the bedrock on which
it all rested. And amid it all the Grand
Fleet stood silent sentinel over the Ger
man navy. What need be said of the
Battle of Jutand that was won by the
Grand Fleet, which rode the sea on its
accustomed ways, while, behind its
shield and beneath its pressure, the
armies of freedom poured into France
end the strength of Germany continued
to crumble? Or the Dover patrol, il.
enemy? Or the sealing of Zeebrugge
and Ostend?
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

Pretty Backs and Ankles! Geraldine
farrar says IF You Have Them.
Show Them. "-Evenng World.
From which it may be deduced that
MISS Farrar will continue to display
her back.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

If Nicky Arnstein thinks we are
gong to wait around until midnight
Just to see whether he has given him
self up, and to make some comment on
1t, 1T proves how little he knows US.
We give him until O'Clock every
night. If he gives himself up after
that. hour, he gets no paragraph in the
next days Tower. SO there.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

You can purchase merchandise advertised In The
TRIBUNE With absolute sateN-fer II dissatisfao-
10 pay your money back upon request No red tape.
No eubbilns. We make good promptly II the
advertiser does
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
ME,trrR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TIE Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 10 the
for republication OF all dispatches credited
10 1t or not otherwise creded in this paper. and
also the local news OF spontaneous origin published
herein.
All rights Of republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
The Rest Cure

'Fro'r The Philadelphia Public Lsdoer,
The Attorney General might try the
rest cure as a cure for unrest,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
REPRINTED BY Permission

at is not raining rain to me-"
Said little Johnny Medders.
1T is not raining rain to me;
It's raining double-headers."
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

The power of association of ideas is
strong, and one wonders whether it is
so strong that Mr. Charles w. Morse
will vote for Mr.. Eugene V. Debs
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
The Coming 7ower
The Contrib's Mother Goose

The Contrib's Mother Goose
Little drops Of humor
Little lines we'll scanned,
Make II contribution
That Is sure to land.
Mary. Mary, contrib Mary,
How does your scrapbook grow7
With Villaneies and Daisy Bells
And little squibs all in row.
| had little pony
I got college day:
| bought it from a lady
Not many miles away.
| read it. | scan it,
| grind IL by the hour;
And now I'm writing Horace odes
For every Coming Tower.
Solomon Grundy
Thought it Monday;
Wrote it on Tuesday;
Sent it on Wednesday,;
Looked for it on Thursday;
Looked for it on Friday;
Looked for it on Saturday;
Hopeless on Sunday.
And that was the end Of Solomon Grundy
HELoisE.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
That t1ic-Shicken' Navy
It's Record of Cain, and Efficient Service to The
Allies Through -Four Years and on Many Seas

allies was invaded or seriously molested
by enemy force And while this was
achieved she so kept the German High
Seas Fleet in the North Sea that not
even a single squadron was able to break
through.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

Chairman Kenyon asked Mr.. Hoover
If he knew what the President thought
Il have not the remotest idea," he re-
plled Mr.. Hoover is referred to a car
toon of Mr.. Briggs's that answered the
question.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

Owned and published daily by New York Tribune
Inc. New York Corporation. Ogden Reid Prcsi-
dent. g. Vernon Rogers Vice President Helen Rogers
Reid, Secretary: r. r. Maxheld. Treasurer. Ad-
dress. Tribune Building. lS4 Nassau street. New
York Tecphone. Beckmsn 3000
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

To which we beg to add The Towers
Mother Goose:
TO HelOise
A dauber, a dibber, a tardy contribbcr;
Your rhymes are far too few
You used to write most every night,
But now you seldom do.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

Unless, Of course, Mr.. Taft should
be candidate.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
The Diary OF Our Own Samuel Pepys

May 13-Lay late, not waking till
near ten, which pleased me greatly
and so to the Office, where all the day,
at my scrivenine and this and that dis
cussion, all futile and wordy, like
most To dinner with r. Cortissoz
who tells me Of the great columnistic
prowess Of Andrew Lang, telling Of
his column cleped at the Sign of the
Ship in Longman's Magazine, and
shall look it up; but it was published
only once a month, so | doubt it can
be the sort Of stuff that the daily news
papers print Alone to the Park, to
see "Ruddigore,' and saw G. Burgess
there, and he greatly amused over the
young woman who said she had wrote
"The Purple Cow" Home early, and
found Caroline there, but not my wife,
which was sorry for but she choos-
eth to stay in the country. To bed,
and read a piece by f. Nietzsche, which
sounds these days like outworn ideas,
and common coin.
14-Morc rain, 50 to the office, where
all day at my stint, and at much pain
to get it done, too. Bespoke my wife
by telephone, and told her / wish
she were here, which is the truth, as
Heaven is my judge.
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane comments on
the large profits of the American
Woolen Company and the Standard Oil
Company, and observes: "Such items
of financial news make it quite clear
that no profit will be enough as long
as the public tolerates taking more"
Items Of financial news such as the in
creased prices of the Evening Journal,
the Sunday American, the Cosmopoli-
tan and Hearst's Magazine have moth
ing to do with the case, tra-la.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15

According to Mr.. S. Jay Kaufman, of
the New York Globe and Commercial
Advertiser, Mr.. David Selznick is op-
posed to the use of the word "move."
at takes longer" Mr.. Selznick says, "to
do motion picture than it does play,
and the investment is many times
greater. Why then cheaper it by calling
it by cheap and slangy name?" For
many years every sort of dramatic pro-
duction, from Mr. Barrymore's "King
Richard III" to The Gay Morning
Glorics Burlesqucrs has been called a
"show.' Yet the drama survives.
1t took Gray longer to write the
"Elegy" than it does to do, as Mr. Selz-
nick phrases it, a motion picture, yet it
is called a 'poem.'
1t takes us a whole day to whittle a
column, yet Mr.. Clinton Ball, the critical
hnotyper, usually calls it Junk"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-15
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