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The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
RUTH ROLAND, AT ORPHEUM,
 ONCE LIVED HERE

RUTH ROLAND, AT ORPHEUM,
 ONCE LIVED HERE
 Ruth Roland, famous Pathe serial star, whose personal charm and his- trionic ability is recognized and admir- ed everywhere, is now at the head of her own company, which produced Ruth of the Rockies" In the new production Miss Roland makes her seventh appearance as a Pathe serial star, her previous vehicles including "The Neglected Wife," "Who Pays ?" "The Red Circle" "Hands Up," "The Tigers Trail," and "The Adventures of Ruth Due to her careful and com prehensive study of the elements in serial production demanded by the motion picture audiences, she has been able to give fans of the country such immensely successful serials as "The Adventures of Ruth" In Ruth of the Rockies" she returns to a play in western locale, which has framed the action of some of her most popu- lar pictures in the past. Many of the scenes were taken at the Grand Can yon. Yellowstone Park and California.
 Miss Roland is known to many citi- zens of Flagstaff, having attended the Northern Arizona Normal school some years ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Wheels for All

Neither the first night of Opera
nor the Horse Show is the great oc-
casion of New York's winter season
any longer. AS motor cars are to
Nugglcs in number, as the style of
hood and fender is in Importance to
the style of such details as hats and
clothes and tiaras, so Is the suprem-
acy of the Automobile Show secure
above all rivals. Every one goes to
the Grand Central Palace. To
absent ones self from this study of
the new cars in their splendor and
new lines and new colors is to miss
one of the gayest and most alluring
Of shows and shut ones self off from
the chief conversational topic Of the
month Of January.
There are two shows this year, the
usual passenger car show at the
Palace and the motor truck show at
the 9th Coast Artillery Armory, at
Jerome Avenue, Kingsbridge Road
and 194th Street.-The largest ever,
incidentally. Years back we might
have spoken of the Palace show as
a pleasure" car show. That was
before the war, before much that is
now familiar, everyday practice
with every family possessing any
sort Of motor car. Pleasure is
yielded. yes. But it is hardly moro
than a by-product. The first service,
the chief service, is to fetch and
carry children to school, packages
from the butcher, trunks, guests,
servants, anything, everybody, tire
1essly, endlessly, rain or snow, year
after year.
There is beauty in abundance at
the Palace show, and it is needed,
for never were automobile purchas-
ers such connoisseurs. But it is the
service that counts, that is most con-
sidered. 1t is the car as hack, as de-
livery wagon, as all-round pack
horse, and only after all this as
saddle-horse and trotter, that New
York this week flocks to welcome
and con and buy.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Suaviter in Modo

Washington Ii seemingly devoting
nneh attention to the question of
uhat man, or groups Of men, are
ucst to appear to have their way
b tie hnal treaty negotiations.
The question Of credit Is Of small
n1nsnt 70 the American people. To
q future may b properly left tho
assignment of the glory. Senator
I1dss and his associates, a. they are
tnfres4sd in action, can well afford
= GREASE poles down which there
IN b cay sliding. It il natural
e. Senator Hitchcock to want to
~ hh faca, and the fullest oppor-
tznity for him 70 to do should be
accorded
Fortiter h rs-Senator Lodge
has % displayed II that he can well
Afford to indulge in suoviter IN zsodo.
Il d unworthy Of . great question
b want to rub any face in the dirt
when settling 1t.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
The Roundup

The public may prepare itself for
q great outcry over the roundup Of
the "Reds." The opportunity for
public weeping over the poor mar
tyrs will not be neglected. It will be
said with wearisome iteration that
the pillar Of free speech has been
prostrated and men and women who
care nothing for America or the
Constitution will invoke the social
traditions Of Plymouth Rock and
Bunker Hill.
There are enemies Of free speech
In the country. They are chiefly
those who abuse the privileges it
confers. Any person who advocates
direct action and the substitution Of
the rule Of force for that Of freely
functioning majority expressing It.
self through law Is the foe of free
speech. This is not only because
such q person stimulates answering
reactions, but because he strikes at
foundations which must exigt IL free
speech is to exist.
The Bolshevist entertains theory
whose triumph makes free speech
impossible. When he brings down
democracy he brings down with it all
government by discussion.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Across the Dry Years
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribuns.
Sir: 1t Is very hard in these days Of
prohibition to read good literature with
out being reminded of the pleasant past.
Let us start with the Good Book, Prov
erbs, iii, 10:
So shall thy barns be flled with plenty
and thy presses shall burst out with now
wine.
From William ShaksspsarA "Kins
Henry "" Act I. Scene II
Nym-I shall havs my eight shillinss won
Of you at betting.
pay.
And liquor Mkswiss Vim etvs thea
And friendship shall combine, and hruthsr.
I'll live BY Nym. and Nym shall i've
by me.
From Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 1.-THE
Bride Of Lammermoor":
But II your ale is bad you can let n hxvs
some wfne," said Bucklaw. making . grimaoa
at tha mention Of tho pure element which
Caleb SO earnestly recommended.
From Alexandra Dumas, "The Three
Guardsmen":
Athos replied, still by gestures, that that
was well. and indicated to Crimaud, by
pointing to kind of pepper castor. that he
was to stand guard as sentinel. Only to
alleviate the tediousness Of the duty, Athos
allowed him to take a loaf. two cutlets and
q bottle Of wine
Those were tho happy daysi
MARCEL ETEINBRu0GN
New York, Dea. 81, 1p1e.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Under the caption "The Name
of Burr" you published, on December
81, remarkable letter from Dennis
Hartman, which was in effect an en-
deavor to gild the rather black record
Of Justly unpopular person. Burr
was everything that his opponents
have claimed, and moro. Pidgin's elm
teresting little book. 'Blennerhasset.'
was written by it's author with his
tongue In his cheek, as other men have
tried their hands at defending Bene-
dict Arnold. To be honest, Arnold had
more ground for defense than Burr
could discover had he lived for . CEN
tury.
We advise Mr.. Hartman 70 GO to the
original documents. the offlcia! records
Of the Burr trial. Fortunately, some
of Burr's old friends Of the days Of
the Revolution kept journals that COW
cred the years Of Burr's shady efforts.
Their early efforts to support him, fol-
lowed by their surprise and chagrin on
realizing the depth Of his infamy, are
clearly given In these old and valuable
pages. They were honest men, and
they could not stand for him.
s. J. ALTON.
New York, Jan. ], 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

was admissible to tax the public d;-
isccly IN order to meet the excess
cost OF transportation, it was bad
poilcy to collect the excess charpes
indirectly by increasing the rates to
oe paid by that mythical body of
ultlmatc contributors known as shin
pers.
Rates have been kept unduly low
and losses have been met out of tho
Treasury in order, apparently. to
ooister up an erroneous po2icy Of
railroad regulation. This has intro
duced an unfortunate COMPLICATION
INTO the settlement of the railroad
question. If rates had been ration
ailzed IN war time the nominal res
toration of the roads to their owners
would have been much simplified,
Now old prepossessions rise in
the path. Congress is inclined to
take the complacent view that it is
all right for it to cut off Treasury
support and at the same time to turn
the railroads over, so far as rates are
concerned, to the uncertain mercies
OF an Interstate Commerce Com
mission which has had in mind for
years the protection not Of the pub
tic, but of individual shippers.
If the railroads are allowed to
sustain themselves, even to q degree
which would seem parsimonious in
other industries, everything may be
Strengthened out. But it would be
folly to try to continue the old pro-
gram Of hard-fisted and destructive
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
The Name Of Burr
An Old Controversy and
Matter Of Opinion

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l beg to take exception to Den
mis- Hartman's statement Contained
under "The Name of BURR in your De-
cember 81 issue) that che (Burr) il
worthy of taking his place with great
er luminaries than even Hamilton In
this wonderful history Of our United
States.
Quoting "The Real America cd
tied by Edwin Markham, 1910 edition:
"He WAS q man purely selfish in his
ambitions, without ideals or reverence;
with no high regard for the things that
arc held worthy in this world; . man
whose genius was too strong for the
restraints which his abortive con-
science placed upon it, victim Of his
own immortality"
He repeatedly expressed his con-
tempt for tho Union and the Constitu-
tion. He intrigued with Merry, the
British Minister. He was tried for
treason and escaped only through the
astuteness Of his lawyer, who cleared
him by technicality, defining treason
in such a way that he must have been
present when the expedition set out
to have rendered himself party to the
treason" The foregoing has reference
to Burr's conspiracy to divide the
Union and form the Western states
into q confederacy.
II We care to delve into romance for
opinions, I respectfully recommend
'The Conqueror," by Atherton. l have
had the pleasure Of reading "Blenner-
hasset," as Mr.. Hartman suggests.
There are numerous writer's, among
them, believe, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
who have endeavored to excuse Burr,
for Hamilton was not without blame.
Hamilton harassed Burr both editorially
and verbally until Burr, finally whipped,
challenged him for certain Of his state
ments.
Undoubtedly Burr was \ prominent
character; lawyer Of marked superb
ority. He might have escaped the
censure Of historians II his life had
been less open to criticism. He was q
grandson Of Jonathan Edwards and
son Of Aaron Burr, president Of the
College Of New Jersey (Princeton). He
had great intellect and was an "ele-
CANT gentleman" Of his time, but with
the suggestion Of holding him up to
posterity as one Of the greater lumi-
naries Of our history permit me to dis
agree.
1t is an old controversy and, perhaps,
matter Of personal opinion.
C. II. DICKINSON.
East Orange. N. J., Jan. 2, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Literature and the Thin-Skinned

The Scotsmen Of Newark, who
have asked for the exclusion of
Macbeth" from tho schools as q
counter to the demand for the
exclusion Of "The Merchant of
Venice" refute tho charge that the
Caledonian lacks q sense of humor.
With great soberness, they gravely
point out that the Thane of Cawdor
was not a remorseless villain; that
his claim to the throne was as good
as Duncan's, and that the latter met
his death not by secret murder but
In open battle, and that even were
Macbeth as black as painted it is
insulting to present him as repre-
sentative Of Scotland.
The business Of excluding is capa-
Bile Of indefinite expansion. The
Welshman may require that Ameri-
can youth be not poisoned by knowl-
edge Of Fluellen, the Englishman
demand the exile Of Jack Falstaff,
the Frenchman no mention Of Louis
XII, the Italian ignorance concerning
Lucrezia Borgia, the Spaniard a
deletion Of "Don Quixote," and the
Russian ask for no mention Of Ivan
the Terrible or Trotzky~-a long list
of affronts to the various national
elements going into the American
melting pot can be compiled from
literature and history.
Did Kipling fatter when he said
that after all the Americans would
be saved whole "by mine ancient
humor"? Are skins SO thin that
even feather touch Of caricature
gives acute pain? Have we lost
capacity to grin when colored pic
lures OF ourselves are thrown on
the screen? If SO, quality has gone
out Of American life Of which once
there were proud boasts. But, de-
spite their activity, professional race
patriots represent few except them
selves If you doubt it, see Jewish
audience scream with laughter as q
Jewish actor depicts Abe Potash.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
A Week of Verse
A Lullaby
(Fronn a play)


fFrom The Ancto-Fre,ch Re,,,.,r,
NO" silent falls the clacking mill:
Sweet-sweeter smells the briar:
Inc dew wells big on bud and twir:
Inc giow-worm's wrapt in fire:
Then sing lully, lullay, with me:
And softly, lill-lall-lo, love;
'Tis high time, and wild thyme.
And no time, no, love.
The western sky has veiled her rosa.
The night wind to the willow
Sigheth, "Now, lovely, lean thy head,
Thy tresses be my pillow!"
Then sing lully, lullay, with me:
And softly. lill-lall-lo. love;
'Tis high time, and wild thyme,
And no time, no, love.
Cries in tho brake; bells In the sea;
The moon DER moor and mountain
Cruddles her light from height to height.
bedazzles pool and fountain.
Leap fox; hoot owl; wall warbler sweeti
lis midnight now a-brewing;
The Fairy Mob are all abroad.
And Witches at their wooinr.
Then sing lully, lullay, with me;
And softly, lll-lall-lo, love;
'Tis high time, and wild thyme.
And no time, NO, love.
WALTER DE LA MARE.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

its controlling motive, therefore, be one
of confidence in the consecrated and
devoted men who give their lives to
this essential and highly specialized
service.
Such a scheme rs this would keep
the railroads In the custody of their
owners and would continue to open the
way for their immediate expansion on
an enormous scale under that cour-
ageous system of initiative and enter
prise which has already given Amer
lea the best system Of railroads In the
world. with the lowest rates and the
best wages for doing the service, and
which has made this nation prosperous
beyond any other on the face of the
earth.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Conditions Of Return

After tho failure which the country
has just Witnessed IN government oper-
alton, where efficiency and loyal serv-
ice have died together under the kill
ing hand Of political control, can we
not secure the consent Of Congress to
solution of the problem upon some
such conditions as the following,
% Let the railroads be returned to
their owners for operation, each under
Its own management and each with its
own board Of directors. Every question
Of operation affecting such q railroad to
be settled by It's own management, In
cludins all minor financial transac-
tions.
(s) Let there be one common board
OF directors a. an administrative and
executive body for all tho railroads Of
the United States, which, upon appeal
or by special reference to it shall
have power to FIX rates, adjust wages,
approve the Issue Of large securities,
arrange for the common use Of facili-
ties and authorize cancellations. This
common board Of directors could be
made up In any way that might be de-
sired In order chat the management,
the public and the government should
have fair representation. The whole
membership Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission might, If desired,
be made ex-officio members. The other
directors would be chosen by the rail-
road companies upon some suitable
basis which would, no doubt, to q
proper extent, represent the shipping
and tzsvsliAs public. The seuntry
must plsae its trust semswhsye. Lat
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

earlier and had not countenanced by
prace'eai silence the misrepresenta-
sion OF the Administrations friends
Sne treaty long ago would have been
fat'hed. To-day the best way to as
sase ratification is to place RESPONSE
oaI'ty Tor the deadlock where It be-
longs Affirmative White House ac-
tion is improbable until the failure
10 NIX up the American people is
plainly failure,
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04

that it, very life may be hindered,
vexed and destroyed through tho GRIM
inal leadership Of labor has led to the
insertion Of the anti-strike clause in
some Of these pending bills 1t seems
to me that this clause should be omit
ted from the final railroad bill. with
the strict understanding, however, that
the inhibition of strikes shall be ef-
fected by other specific legislation
which shall bring the labor unions Of
this country under the laws, with full
responsibility for their acts. Before
we get through with the labor part Of
this problem it should be made un-
lawful for the unionized members Of
one railroad to amalgamate with the
labor unions Of other railroads. on
the ground that 1t would be an intol-
cradle menace to the peace and dig
nifty OF tho nation to place in the hands
of any one labor leader or group Of
labor leaders the right to declare q
strike whereby the whole transporta-
t1on Of the country could be stopped
at the will Of vicious and irresponsible
men. The American Federation Of La
Dor already hold this power, and there
can be no security for our people until
that organization Is dissolved. We
should take this step, furthermore, as
q protection to the great body Of our
who In the main are con-
servative, who own or are purchasing
their own homes, who ars striving to
work upward through good service and
who abhor q strike and detest the men
who promote strikes.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
The Railroad Fiasco

Inc governments net lOSS on rail-
road operation for the twenty-three
months ended on November 80 last
is estimated by the Bureau Of Rail-
way Economies at 5000 900. If
such q loss were attributable solely
to ignorant IS we'll as to futile man.
agement, nobody could have the
hardihood to suggest a continuation
Of government operation.
When the government took over
the railroads two years ago 1t didn't
expect to pile up an operating deficit
Of more than half billion. In the
rosy anticipations Of the Federal
managers it seemed possible at that
time to run the railroads on the old
basis Of inadequate rates and still
split even-
It was assumed that wages could
be raised all along the line without
disturbing the operating balance,
since it was claimed that economies
In operation under unified control
would offset wage increases.
All these expectations were soon
found to be of the stuff that dreams
are made Of. The costs of operation
increased, and whatever economics
were effected By the uniication Of
the railroad system were swallowed
up overnight. The government off,
cials couldn't remain in ignorance
Of the situation. And they had an
obvious remedy. But they lacked
the moral courage to apply it.
Passenger rates were raised sharp
ly. This was done not as an end in it
self, but OF the theory that it would
discourage travel and relieve con-
gestion. Freight rates were not In
creased adequately. The Admins
tration preferred to incur deficit
on operation under practically the
old rates and to draw on the revolv-
ing fund provided by Congress,
which, in the first instance, had been
described merely as q precautionary
reserve, unlikely ever seriously to
cut into.
The failure to raise freight rates
was deliberate. 1t resulted from a
foible Of human nature. A govern
msnt always hates to confess that IL
has been wrong. For twenty years
our government had contended that
rising costs of railroad operation
ought not to be met by rising
freight rates. How they were to
be met was problem to be passed
on to tho railroad managements,
which were able to meet them only
by stunting development and sacri-
fcing credit Rather than admit
mistaken judgments in the past, the
Administrator turned to the re-
voiving fund for relief. 1t paid the
deficits out Of taxes, instead Of out
Of railroad revenues. Broadly speak
ing, the loss on operation was sad
died on the public just as much by
this method ~ II would have been
by = proper raiss In rates. But the
Administration WA still blinded By
|thS scononais dslusion xha<, vhflD &
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
Road Song

fFTorn Contemporary Verso
1--WE in song your happy breath;
March along the road to death.
Head erect and heart set high
They have shown us how to die:
They have sent their boysh laughter
Ringing back along the way:
All who walk this road hereafter
Must like them be gay.
Shall men fear to follow on
Where their sons have gone?
Not alone the enemy
There in front where all may see,
They went out to meet:
They have stormed the shadowy towers,
Death ia rified Of his powers,
Harmless in defeat
Youth has overrun his kingdom.
Brought the mystic borders near.
Made the land familiar dear:
Every highway, every street.
Echoes now to tramplng feet.
Whistled signals, noisy cheer
Sudden greetings: "Brother." "Rrother,"
81 am herel'
Shout and sing and march ahead
Who fears death now they are dead
CLARA PRATT MEADOWCRoFT.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
The Truth Come. Out

The President Ia his letter of No
venber 10 to Senator Hitchcock,
which prevented the treaty's ratid-
cation, said that the Lodge resolu-
ticn provided not for the ratification
but rather for tho notification Of
the treaty"
The League to Enforce Peace.
which has been active in behalf of
ratification, submitted to q number
Of distinguished lawyers questions
as to the legal effects and practical
consequences Of the Lodge reserva-
tons. Henry W. Taft and Paul d.
Cravath have united In an answer
which sayss
we do not think that the rsser-
sations radically weaken the provi-
siens Of the treaty. which are in
tsndsd to provide effective machin-
ny for accomplishing permanent
ysaea."
Thus thers Il fiat contradiction of
p President He Is, In effect,
seasssd with misreading or misrep-
annanting the effect Of the Lodge
aauaou. There IL no notification.
besD b step, In spite Of persistent
asRh 70 mislead tho American peo-
- ths truth has made it's way. It
~ boastfully said that matters had
IN 70 arranged that the treaty
a'a not Be ratified at all unless ac-
epssd without addition or explana-
IN This contention Il now dead.
z was said that II reservations
ssas appended 1t would be necessary
. hat In hand" to Germany to
= hsr to accept them. This con-
sataon Il dead, and there are no
enners. Even the White House
~ comedies that as Germany is
not : party to the league she does
aot need 70 be consulted concern
hgk
y was said that our allies would
sst accept our reservations and that
would be necessary to reassemble
g peace conference to begin all
osef again. This contention is also
osad. Our allies both can ard will
'sguiescs in our reservations.
Except as to one or two items, the
sersations refer only to the dones-
6 questions Of who and what in this
oeuntry will control our representa-
we IN the league. The issue has
sn ~ to whether the President
sould alone control or whether the
.esident So and Congress, as the Con-
.on ssasaon provides, shall exercise con-
p' over representatives. No for
~ power claims the right TO die
Me % u - to who or what shall
sser sns authentic voice Of America.
4 'nea the phr&se "Americanizing"
aM covenant il used reference is not
- % Ameflcanizing universal
x0slp'ss, but to whether our par
pas'on IN the ieagus shail BE- in
go With our Constitution. It
saes no unfaithfuIness to league
.s1's'p'es 70 bold that one man shall
10 = rated ~ America when ques-
& s p ne applicability OF league
'p'ss are under confederation.
srs. Taft and Cravath now
4 ss tAat ths reservations ds not
q - ssaeus q : gDinG an
y " 8 = - - a1laswisdssd ttds
New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
The Anti-Lodge Fight
(From rNs Buoalo Hgpre...

IFr0nt TNe BN0dL0 EmDvesS)
Judging from the dispatches Of the
inside correspondents, there would
not now be any difficulty In getting
the Democrats to agree to all the ss-
sential features Of the peace reservs-
tions. II only Senator Lodge could
bs persuaded to vote against them
Having insisted SO absurdly on treat-
ing the struggle as Lodge Wilson
fight, the great anxiety now is that
Lodge shall not be vindicatcd.