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New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Coal or Oil for Ship Fuel

The advantages of oil for ship
fuel are 80 manifest that navies and
merchant ships are turning to it.
All our modern rnen-of-war and de-
stroyers are fitted as oil burners
The same is the case in the British
navy.
But the British are farseeing
enough to anticipate the possible
exhaustion Of oil supply. They have
recently moved to develop the coal
fields of British Columbia. Admiral
Jellicoe gave attention to this mat
ter when he visited Victoria. The
English want two strings to their
bow. Their national existence de-
pends upon their navy and mer-
chant marine. II the supply Of oil
fails they wish to be ready to burn
coal again. They are wise.
The United States must look
ahead. II possible all ships' boilers
should be so designed that they can
burn both coal OF oil; or, If this is
impossible they must be easily con-
vertible.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

purpose, for he knows full we'll the
training schools have no material to
make the advertisement attractive
enough to impress many reasonably
minded women into the profession
Surely, living in one quit three
years, working ten hours day duty,
twelve to thirteen hours night duty,
without pay, and making up all "sick
time" in the bargain. was only intended
for the martyrs or the solt-of-tne earth
type Of woman, who Mr.. Colcr expects
will run to his rescue at the mere men,
ton Of advertising the shortage"
When Mr.. Coler agrees, as we have,
on the truth Of The Tribune's more
obvious reasons" the would-be nurse
may come forward and help out.
MARGARET BURNS,
Would Be-Nurse.
New York, Nov. 19, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Why Pick on The Movie"
Laplcssncss Is Portrayed in Many
Other Vehicles
New York, Nov. ls, 1920.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: New York evening paper re-
Gently launched an attack against motion
pictures, declaring that "crime is empha-
sized" and that gun play and murder
mark thrillers shown nightly In many
New York houses"
To make the argument work the other
way l went through an edition of the
same publication and here is what
found among tho contents of its col
umns: The feature story on the front
page dealt in detail with the exploits of
a notorious ex-convict. Throughout the
other pages there were 4 murder
stories, booze" stories, graft,
bandit, l shooting affair, robberies, 1
divorce scandal, assault upon a wom-
an, tale of the opium dens and S
other miscellaneous stories on crime,
all given liberal space and some even
played up"
Doesn't this look as though crime
may be emphasized and that gun play
and murder" may mark even the COL
umrs OF an edition Of frst-class New
York daily7 The publication Of these
stories does not necessarily mean that
they were printed for malicious or
lurid purposes. Perhaps the film pro-
ducers are just as innocent of baneful
purposes.
A metropolitan daily cannot be ex-
pected to make up Its paper with a col
lection of dry and uninteresting facts.
1t must have something more vital and
human to attract and satisfy the pub
lie appetite. The same holds true with
the motion picture.
But why should the m otion picture be
singled out for criticism Sixteen out of
twenty-five of the dramatic pieces play
ing in the legitimate theaters of this
city feature murders, robbery, swim
ding, suggestive situations or some
kind Of lawlessness. AS the majority
OF photoplays of to-day are adapted
from popula1 novels and plays by es-
tablished authors, this papers indict-
ment Of motion pictures might more
properly be first aimed at these other
two institutions as logical starting
place. TAMAS LANE.
New York, Nov. 1s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Need for Haste

The League Of Women Voters
announces as its special concern
for the winter the passage Of the
oheppard-Towner bill for maternity
and infancy protection. Tho LEAGUE
Is aware that the last session of a
dying Congress is little hospitable to
legislative innovations; that this
Congress is particularly uninterested
IN making new appropriations.
The women, however, ask for i'm
mediate action, and are mobiiizing
the forces that hustled the Nine
teenth Amendment through thirty
six states. They are demanding
haste because they learned to be-
ware of the ofF-year in state legis-
latures. twenty-five special ses-
sions Of legislatures had to be called
to ratify the suffrage amendment,
lnasmuch as few states held regular
sessions in 1920 and few will hold
sessions in 1922.
If the Sheppard Tower bill passes
the present Congress it can be sent
without delay to the states for the
state legislation required to make it
effective. (The bill provides $4,000
900 of Federal money, to be met by
equal amounts from the states.) If
delayed uutil the new Congress
meets, by that time the state legis
latures will have adjourned.
Twenty thousand mothers and
babies die each month from pre-
ventable causes. 1t Is costly to wait
for the legislatures Of 1923.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The Redeening Feature
Fron, The Clerclord P,cin pco,ar,


There is at least one hopeful indi-
cation in the present immigration
tendency. While the number of new
arrivals in the country is regarded by
some as alarming in view of the un-
settled labor situation, the fact that
considerable proportion Of them are
not settling in the Eastern industrial
centers is encouraging.
This is largely the result Of the fact
that increasing proportions Of the new
immigrants are coming from northern
instead Of southeastern Europe. Be-
ing made up largely Of Scandinavians,
English and Dutch, they geek out the
agricultural communities Of the West.
The latest available statistics show
that at least So per cent Of the new
arrivals 90 West. Only ~ per cent
now seek out the industrial centers
outside Of New York About 33 per
cent remain for considerable periods
at least in the metropolitan district Of
New York and its suburbs
While this las. figure IS high, it
should be remembered that many OF
the arrivals from Italy and Greece do
not expect to enter the mills or the
factories, but to become small trades
men or craftsmen of various kinds on
their own account. They do not &C
cordingly put as large burden on the
labor market as is commonly supposed
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

does not represent the Italian people
Is not only an indiscretion for q nee-
diplomat. but An injustice toward the
Italian people and one Of their great
est statesmen. The best proof that
G!olitti has represented them ably and
with much patriotism IL found in the
fact that Parlisment has Just given
him q vote Of confidence Of zoe to IS
As we'll as in the favorable comments
OF tho majority Of the press.
II is now D'Annunno's duty to be
ss generous as the highest contract
ing parties have been It would be
indeed deplorable II, like Wilson. he
too should spoil his previous record
by An imprudent step. At this writ
ing it appears that he and Admiral
Milo are In accord as to the accept
Ance Of the Treaty of Rapallo. All
lovers Of Italy, and Whitney Warren
Is one Of the best, should accept the
present solution as the. conclusion. In
the historic words of Garibaldi to the
first King Of united Italy. D'Annunzio
has said "obbedisco."
LUIGI CRISCUOLO,
OF the board Of trustees Of
the 1t.ly-Amerca Society, Of the
Council OF the Federation Of
ItaloAmerican Irredentist So
cietics, Of the Council of La Gio-
vane Italia. etc
New York, Nov. ls, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The Queer Dairyrnen

'ae omcers and members Of the
'a'ynen's League are obviously a
sss lot They have set a unique
anple-nothing less amazing than
's'an,ary reduction In the price Of
q is customary among other
s"''s to proclaim loudly when
- exactlons are objected to that
~ % not constitute fair offset to
. s''ssed costs. This Is practically
ahvarying practice. 1t is al
''' Some one else who Is getting
we While the criticized are barely
'N@hing along, See, for vertical
~ u tn's statement, the defenses
'as coal men, building material
~ me meat packers, manufacture
= generally, wholesalers, retailers
= me labor unions.
od!Iylnen are old-5chOol ana
80 IN 4 primitive way. They
" sneir hornespun fashion: 1--WE
= - m'lk that ne would like TO sell.
- ''iks In the city would like 10
''ssas the volume Of their pur-
ss II they can afford 10 do 1t, 80
~ MAKE It easy for them"
= "'sn The Dairy7nen's League was
= s9ed from the prohibitions Of
|. . oMnelly law it was said a trust
: = sen legalized. Technically this
e sr1e, but fundamentally diff
], .ss'' s'rt III trust from the ordi-
=. ~ variety-fundamentally differ
:, 'sca1se its membership is large
Nats>rsd and competitive, and
- trust N he trusted.
s'S viii the milk distributors, as
: saa thsuselvss paying lsss for
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
A Temporary Check
From n. spr1roneld Rcp~bucor)

(Fron~ The Spr<~oheld Rep~6Nca~)
Alaska's loss Of population in the
last decade, amounting to nearly Is
per cent, was probably duo In large
part to tho war. The flow of white
emigration across the continent was
completely checked and a place so far
of in tho extremities OF our territorial
system as Alaska inevitably suffered a
reaction In its growth The State Of
Washington was similarly affected.
Alaska will pick up again when there
are more people to 60 around.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The Railroad Recovery

|. vii take the railroads a long
line 70 recover completely from the
snyanisation that came with gov
s-nent operation. But at last it
\ q, be said they are on their way.
Take the crucial item of net ton
.ass per day. Under Federal oper-
ssn it had been 49l through 1918.
h 1919 it fell to AL. For the first
no months Of 1920 it stood at 455.
b March, the first month Of private
.,rs.ion, it rose to 487. In April,
gthe time Of the switchmen's strike,
tdelined sharply to 401. But in
ysy it jumped to 488, in June to
VI, in July TO 523 and in August to
81.
Private operation has every IN
sisment to speed up car movement
I'D TO cut down non-productive eff
hr: Six months ago the railroads
agldn't handle the business offered
ten. Now they have traffic well in
and. Net ton miles accomplished
We rom 1890, 100000 in March to
a,706,000,0O0 in August; and with
Z. sackening ir business which is
upacted in the next few months the
a.Hers will soon have left war en-
z,go conditions behind them.
The Federal railroad adninistra-
a'l Tor political reasons, would not
crease rates to correspond with in
ssssss in operating costs. To
sa'ge deficits to the Treasury, to be
Eoy bond sales or taxation, COW
cM up the facts. 1t left shippers
fM.humored and it had no incen-
ne 70 make ends meet.
When the President, appalled, at
70 railroad administrations show
g sought in haste to get rid Of the
a'Hers, the service was demoral-
A. Many railroad lzborers were
I" Gsgrunt.ed with what they
a'asns were Determinations in the
esesnnent's wage increases. The
Ssalled outlaw" strikes came on.
- freight movement blockade was
asnHhed. Since March, however,
- blockade has been broken. The
M'oads, under private operation,
aw reclaimed missing rolling stock
'A put the cars to working more
ssula,ly.
sas country Is beginning to ap-
a7e'aA at last that government
asoiatlon Is benefit only when it
Snulates railroad activities, in
= asd o. hampering and starving
asn-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Restoring Plymouth Rock

AS the first step in the great Pill
grim celebration Plymouth is set
ting its rock in order.
To the stanch New England mind
there can be no proper veneration
for rock that is only half rock,
out OF its proper place, and camou-
aaged by sheet Of imitation
granite. Practical men hold 1t no
sin to hide the original rock under
protective covering; romantic
sightseers are just as happy SO and
their snapshots just as ill-focused !;
but for an official celebration every
thing must be as ruthlessIy honest
as the old Pilgrims themselves.
So Plymouth confesses its century
and a half old secret-at last, it
gives widespread publicity to the
truth. 1t admits that no man now
living has ever seen the real Plyn-
outh Rock.
The rock which reposeSunder its
canopy some distance from shore is,
indeed, a piece Of the real rock on
which John Alden stepped in De-
cember, 1620-or Mistress Chiltern,
if you are thoroughgoing feminist
but only part 1t was split In
1774 from the parent granite at the
waters edge. It was found neces-
sary to devise protective covering,
under which the relic reposes.
Scarcely a visitor TO Plymouth in
all these kodaking years has failed
to wonder how the Pilgrims could
have leaped so far. But they have
been quieted by hearing reasons for
removing the rock to more con.
spicuous and convenient site.
And few visitors have realized the
fact-emphasized in these tercen-
tenarial days-tnat but for an old
mans tears there would have been,
To all effects and purposes, no rock
at all. The Pilgrim Fathers them
selves paid little attention to the
rock. They had no responsibility to
picture postcard makers. In l746
their descendants were about To
build a wharf over the rock which
made them famous. When ncws of
this came TO one Elder Flounce, then
ninety-nine years old, he came forth
and wcpt in public, telling abashed
beholders that he we'll remembered
the Pilgrim Fathers themselves, and
how as q child he had listened to
their story that It was on this very
rock they had first landed. The
tears Of the old man saved the rock
from commerce, and 1t was soon re-
moved TO It's place on tho higher
ground.
It viii bs ths nrst duty OF q
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Fading Out

tFrorn Tho Los Angeles Tir,>s)
The English miners are going back
to work and the crisis seems to be
nearly spent. The hopes Of the Bol-
shevists to disturb France, England
and America to the point where soviet
ism could gain q foothold have thus far
been futile, and it now appears inpos-
sible for them to make further ad-
vances. Unless they can gather strength
from without they must fail at home.
Sovietism can never live at peace with
itself 1t must have fresh blood every
day or else it will die.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Silence at the Movies

One Of the mysteries Of the moving
picture theater to the occasional at
tendant or the new visitor is the
utter silence which prevails. Talk
is quite rs much taboo as at the
spoken drama perhaps more so.
The habitues talk not at all, and a
stranger who attempts conversation
earns black looks from every one
around about.
Talk at other nero spectacles is
active enough-at football games,
prizefghts or the circus, for ex-
ample. Why is the screen SO sacred
that vision Of it must not be dis
turbed even by sound waves?
A possible answer was offered by
Miss Pearl White at an Authors
League luncheon recently. This was
that the moving picture demanded
more creative effort on the part of
the audience than the spoken play.
Before film each spectator must
supply his own dialogue-save only
as the captions give key speeches.
Miss White ascribed much of the
success Of the moving picture to this
exercise Of creative instinct which is
called forth. AS a further conse-
quence came the silence Of the movie
crowd, which was busy imagining
spoken words upon the lips before
them, and found other words actu-
ally spoken about them a disturbing
cross-current
A rather intricate question Of psy-
chology is involved, with many
answers possible. What seems GER
tain, at any rate, is that the movie is
Tar more stimulating to the imagina-
tion and puts far greater demand
upon the mind of the spectator than
the condescending outsider realizes.
The leaps to and fro in point of time
demand mental agility seldom par
alleled in the theater. To be sure,
much left to the imagination in the
spoken play-scenery, atmosphere,
etc.--is actually shown on the screen.
In this respect the burden upon the
imagination is lessened. But, as
Miss White well suggests, in the
matter of dialogue conditions are
exactly reversed. Putting the mat
ter more technically, from this point
Of approach, drama stirs chiefly the
visual imagination, the moving pic
ture chiefly the auditory imagina-
ton.
The full story Of imagination is
obviously of wider scope. IT cannot
be thus boxed off into compartments
except for passing examination and
analysis. The larger and perma-
nent effects of the film upon the
mind and its creative energies only
time and experience can determine.
All that can be asserted now is that
while it limits the imagination In
some respects 1t stirs it profoundly
in others.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The Prettiest Thing,

'THE prettiest things there are must Ia
Unused, unheeded utterly.
AS where the lorrles drop bright oil
Weed-shnpcd, to turn our htehw.v.. .orr
AS lovely as the ocsAn-bed,
Blue branching green, gold branchins
red
And all the little friendly words
IN secret nest. of mice and birds
And window missal-scrolls Of frost 81
Unnumbered times achieved and lost
And songs that I'll tho bIackbird'. head
In March, that August Ands un.aid.
And tales we dreamt at FIVE years old
mat by no later skill are told.
While towns and faces dull as clay
Are praised and copied every day.
CAMILLA DOYLE,
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

realistic generation to restore the
rock as nearly as possible to it's
original position. This is all New
England feels under obligation to
do. If any deliver into history sud-
denly makes the discovery that the
rock is symbolic and that legend
has also covered the frailties Of
the fathers, New England is pre-
pared to retort, with the phrase
Of Governor COOLIDGE: plymouth,
there she stands!"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The 7reaty Of Rapallo
D'Annunzio' Duty To Be Generous
and Not BIundcr as Did Wilson

u Annunzio s Duty To Be Generous
and Not BIundcr as Did Wilson
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The interview recently given
out by Whitney Warren, representa-
1.-Two Of Fiume in the United States,
with respect to the Treaty of Rapallo.
is most unfortunate at time when it
rhould be to the interest Of italians
and the Jugo- Slavs, as we'll as the world
at large, to forget past differences and
strive for political as we'll as financial
reconstruction.
1t WAS essential that Italy and
Jugo-Slavia agroe on basis salts
factory to both, on basis that would
make for future friendship, even
though each would have to make con-
cessions. The question of Fiume has
been one Of the most annoying and
intricate problems which the Italian
people and their allies have had to
face. Imagine people confronted on
one hand by national aims treasured
for years, and on the other hand by
threats of an economic boycott or
blockade and possible starvation! The
recent disturbances in Italy we're, in
fact, the outcome of the feeling of
the soldiers that they had fought in
vain. The various ministries have had
tc face DISAPPOINTED people ever since
the armisticc was signed.
The threat Of an economic boycott
was what Italy had to fear during
the progress of the Peace Conference
when Wilson made his famous appeal
to the Italian people over the heads
Of Orlando and Sonnino and appar-
emily supported Nitti and Bssolati
IN their renunciatory attitude toward
the Adriatic question. That Italy now
IS able to make a generous accord with
the Jugo-Slavs is due largely to the
fact that the Republican party holds
no brief for the Jugo- Slavs who real
izc that they cannot expect any sup
from Wilson.
D'Annunzo will 60 down in history
as hero and soldier, rather than as
poet, and he was justified in taking
his heroic stand for Fiume so long
as Italian safety was Threatened But
with Fetne a sovereign state, con-
trolled by Italians and joined to Ital-
ian soil by strip of land, Italy can
have no concern. She can afford to
compromise with the young state Of
Jugo-Slava and give her every moral
and economic support in her struggle
for nationality. Both countries will
profit by such q policy. Italy can
afford to be generous in spite of the
past. She can cling to the ideals of
Mazzini and Garibaldi, rather than to
those of Metternich.
If Nitti took a compromising atti-
tude toward the Adriatic question, it is
understandable by Chose who know the
man The distinguished statesman and
economist looked at facts and figures
and preferred to give UP Fiumc and
be assured Of the economic support Of
the United States in order to aid
lta!ys program Of postwar recon-
struction. If Giolitti was ever con-
sidered the enemy of Italy and the
friend of Germany it was only be-
cause he was misjudgcd, because he
had keen knowledge Of European
would not receive fair treatment from
her allies In tho event of victory.
For Mr.. Warren to say that Giolitti
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

drivers and less for feed for horses
and less for miscellaneous supplies,
Knock OF from the milk prices not
only the cent the milk producers
have RENTED but an additional
cent?
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Reflections

Prom The cao7oook. Lo~do~)
T WATCHED man
Il Feeding some goldfish in lily tank.
He dropped the food, and as It slowly
sank,
Impo-tuaate, they jostled one another,
Striving to seize the crumbs before each
other.
I asked him then
If he'd observed his fish? What lives
they led?
II some were good, some bad? How they
were bred?
II IN his fish some character were seen9
If some lived well and others were IN.
clean?
He laughed at me-
l neither know, he said, nor care,
How these things live, what characters
they bear
So that ley breed a healthy stock, and
strong,
What matters it If they 90 right or
wrong
I have q law
Beyond all laws and morals Of their own,
BY which the good fish from the bad aro
known
II the breeds weak I kill them of, and
then
With better fish ! stock the tank again.
II. n NJ HARDY.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
For Martyrs Only
Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In reference to Mr. Coler's
article in yesterdays Tribune re-
preaching the nursing schools for lack
Of energy in advertising for candidates
to relieve tho shortage: In making that
statement Mr.. Coier only defeated his
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
A Safe Retreat

prom The Chicago Daily Netos)
Between the Office seekers and Presi-
dent-eect Harding in his present re-
treat is desolate stretch called Jack
ass Prairie. 1t is the plan. per-
haps. that candidates who might cause
trouble shall lose themselves on the
pvsirie so felicitously named and never
be Abls 20 reach their objective.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
The Dreamers of Death

From Poetryl
q EARTH, wonder If your trees and
flowers
Have moods Of death, through their un.
mortal hours,
Like US, your dreaming children. Or
have they
Sprouted from your clay so short . wav
Rooted and planted in your procrsant
heart
SO deep and warm and passionate part
OF your great pattern and the mother
ing whole,
That they know only you, body and soul,
Seed of your soil, and root and stock and
vine,
The fruit and flower only an up-thruss
sign
OF your eternity that they arc you,
How should they feel tho change of old
and new7
How should they dream Of difference or
death,
Whose withertng, unto the utmost
breath,
Returns into the re-creative sod,
To rise into repealed proofs OF God ?-s
Whose fates are one with the on-sweep-
ing way
OF beautiful progression and decay
The sprout, the stem, the radicle, thd
spray,
Perfume and ashes Of petals blowu
away.
How should their branches hold ths
smallest dread
That they must one day alter and b
dead7
How should they shrink from death, wha
have no birth,
Who are not even children, who ara
Earthf
We only have forsaken you for birth,
Severed the cord that binds US, mother,
Earth
Sought separate lis. and individua!
breath,
And found upon the outer highway
death
Until we grow into your heart again,
Strike root and live with you. we shan
know pain,
And all the lonely terrors Of our ways.
The disinherited and dismal days,
The suffering selves, the alien entitie1,
The strange desires and empty dest.nies.
Restore Us deep into your deathless
scheme.
Dissolve our Nttle spirits, dream on
dream,
Until they blend with wisdom Of tho
trecu,
Recurrent flowers and root-eternit.es.
JULIA COOLEY ALTROCCHI.