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New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
The Bergdoll Movie Plot

Remarkable evidence as to the
ease with which the Bergdolls man.
aged for many months to escape
arrest is being brought out at the
trial in Philadelphia Of their mother
and various family friends" on the
charge of connivance in their eva
sion of the draft, Agents Of the
Department Of Justice were sup
posed to be after them hot-foot, but
the Bergdolls might have been
spurIos versemkt, for all the traces
Of them that were found. Rumors
said they had been smuggled into
Canada and that they had reached
Germany. All the time they were
within four hours Of Philadelphia,
fishing, hunting and riding about the
country in automobiles.
The story reads like movie plot.
Obliging go-betwecns kept them sup
piled with money. One Of these, a
defendant in the present case, Wis
tied the Treasury Department, at
Washington, on two separate occa-
sions to exchange currency for gold,
to the amount first of $45,000 ard
second of 100000, though at the
time the payment Of such large sums
was unusual, and the demand for
them from an intimate of the Berg
doll family might we'll have been re-
garded as suspicious. Whether this
money formed part Of the "pot of
gold" to find which Grover Berg
doll was released by the order of
the undiscovered some one higher up
has not been disclosed. The keen
sleuths of Mr.. Palrer's force either
knew nothing Of the episode or
thought it Of no consequence.
Meanwhile the young men varied
the monotony of the simple country
life by visits to their home in Phila~
delphia-visits not so surrepti tious
but that they were seen by various
persons--keeping up their reputation
as reckless speeders. Grover was
finally found hiding in a window
seat, but while the Department Of
Justice agents we're arresting him
Erwin walked out through the back
door. He took the road to Baltimore
with his car, in which he slept all
night. Apparently there was never
any difficulty in supplying either of
them with car, nor were they ever
held up by inquiring officials. They
went to hotels and stayed there
openly, with no other precaution
than the use Of an assumed name.
1t may be that the law will now
requite ungratcfully the devoted
help given to them by their relatives
and friends. Without anticipating
the issue of the trial, it may be said
that something at least very like a
conspiracy 70 defeat the ends of JUS
tice has been disclosed. But justice
seemed almost patheticall:- eager to
be defeated. And some kind heart
in the War Department has n1llified
the capture of Grover by permitting
him to begin the game of hide and
seek again.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Justice and the Poor
Proper Defense Is a Right. Not 8
CHARITY
To the Editor of The rr,hr,.

To the Editor of The Tr;hu,s
Sir: Ex-Judge Charles E. Huss..
's reported in the press to have ..;s
at the recent annual convention of ~
American Bar Association, in ST rnr;.s
There is no more serious msnas.
than the discomfort which is fostsrss
by q belief that one cannot snso,..
his legal rights because Of nov.,4,.
TO spread that notion is to open n.
broad road to Bolshevism."
1t is important to inquire v,s.,
or not this "discontent" is we'll forss
ed. That there has been a constar+,.
growing dissatisfaction with the -
ministration of justice-particulay,v ;,
the criminal courts-is beyond ous,-
tion. The status of the poor ma, i.
the courts has been the subject %
constant criticism and attack bv di,-
tlnguished judges, lawyers and soci-
ologists, as a result Of which ouhl;.
defender legislation has been passas
in numerous Jurisdictions and vo,,n
tary defenders committees and oths,
remedial agencies have either hesn
established or planned.
The subject Of Justice and +hs pos
has been and now is engaging the A.
tention of our bar associations a.,
criminal courts committees. with
view to prevent any Discrimination
against a litigant because of poverty
If, therefore, the "discontent" "a.
ferred to by Judge Hughes is iussiaed
by existing conditions, the menace
is not in calling public attention IA
the facts, but rather in the attemns
to minimize and gloss them over. ne.
malls of justice to the roor are a great.
er menace to the state than are thu
protests Of those seeking the apnro.
pirate remedy through orderly. leon,
processes.
Judge Hughes himself further sm.
phas-es the poor mans problem with
reference to legal aid. He stated that
the Legal Aid Society of New Yor.
"a philanthropic orsanization) gave ad.
vice to $4,000 applicants last wear and
that had it not been for this burs.u
"the majority Of the persons probably
would have gone without proper legal
counsel" and he further urged thst
free legal advice he given in criminal
as we'll as in civil cases." thus recoe.
nizing the necessity for better protect.
ing the rights Of INDECENT accused per.
sons. Surely these comments from
this distinguished jurist are significant
OF the fact that the "discontent" which
he referred to is not wholly imaginary.
The state should guarantee justice
to all of its citizens. Neither legal aid
societies, voluntary defenders organ.
lzations nor other charitable agencies
will solve the problem of justice to
the poor. These are at best merely
temporary expedients. Defense is
right, not charity.
The spectacle Of powerful, Of.
fetal asd able prosecution on the one
hand. and of a defense maintained
through the favor Of a charitable legal
aid bureau en- the other hand is abhor.
rent to the sense of fair play
Equality before the law" does not
contemplate philanthropic interveu.
ton. The state must protect the limo.
cent as we'll as punish the guilty. The
need for a public defender as the
logical solution of the question is daily
becoming more apparent
MAYER c. GOLDMAN.
New York, Sept. %, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
What the Farmer Needs
4 Better Marketing System His Chief
Concern
To the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have been very much inter-
ested in the editorials and letters ap-
pearing in your paper from time to
time about agriculture, and 7 wish to
thank you, as a farme for your rather
unusual courage in stating the facts
and in presenting them so lucidly. Pc
rusal of other metropolitan dailies
leads me to think that it does take un-
usual courage to print anything which
will lead the vast numbers of city con-
sumers to see that the farmers are not
making fortunes in growing and sell
ing food. Why these journals should
feel that their interests lie either in
ignoring the farmer as a necessary
part of society or in disto~ting The facts
to present picture Of farm prosperity
which is laughabe to farmer l can
not understand. AS matter of fact,
their intere ), as we'll al their read
ers' interests, are identical with the
farmers interests.
If this country can show comfort
able, prosperous, contented farm. own
ers in the aggregate such silly theories
as Bolshevism stand no show whatever
If, on the other hand, it shows over
worked, underpaid, uncomfortable farm
ers in the aggregate, we are on dam
gerous ground.
1t seems to me We farmers, as
whole, are a hard-working, conservative
class, with our share of brains and
our share of humor. 1t seems to me
we are not easily led astray and that
we are seldom hysterical. But We want
to feel that those who constitute our
government, and those who operate our
railroads, and those who disseminate
our news and those who consume our
products are interested in our prob
lens and that they see those problems
clearly, for our problems touch these
people more closely than they them
selves will admit.
Now, most newspapers see the stu
alton clearly enough, but are not can
did in presenting the facts. The govern
ment must see the facts, but is sim
gularly reticent about endeavoring to
remedy conditions. Let's be honest
about two things, at least:
1. Farming has been an Improbable
business since the advent Of the ma
chine. How many millionaires has
farming produced? How many have
made as much as $4,000 from the sale
Of farm produce, exclusive Of any rise
in real estate values? How many farm
ers pay an income tax? Why does one
suppose that thousands upon thousands
have been leaving our farms il farming
Is profitable?
2. Farming has been improbable be-
cause there have been too many farm
ers In proportion to the number Of
people to be fed and because the farm
er has no way Of marketing his crops
except through chain Of middlemen,
who beat him down uncomfortsbly and
urge H., : "rumer up uncomfortable
The consum,r aNd the farmer both are
uncci" .crtahle ;''.ry becar~c Of a
totally obsolete anI inefficient ....lct-
ing system.
The reason we have had too many
iarmers 10 because we need about one
Attn as many 60 feed the country wath
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

peatedly expressed its will to belong
to Rumania. Historically, Russia
has about as much right to hold Bes-
sarabia as Austria has to Lombardy;
ethnically Russia has less right to
Bessarabia than Germany has to
Slesvig. The Colby note Of August
10 thus conflicts sharply with Mr..
Wilson's principle Of national self
determination.
Let US hope that the Rumanians
understand that the present Admin
istration's stand on the Bessarabian
question does not represent the SEN
timent Of the American people.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Choosing an International Cours

NDOOSNag an A1a1SrNdIICTaA OOS4fS
- The text Of the Root -Phillimore
plan for a permanent court of inter-
national justice shows what has been
done to overcome the difficulty that
wrecked the attempt Of the second
Hague conference to establish
similar court.
The Hague plan provided that Of
che fifteen judges rine were to come
from nine great powers, with the
remaining six chosen by the smaller
states in rotation. This arrange
.ment suited neither the large nor
"he small states, ard the project was
dropped in spite of the efforts of
Senator Knox, when Secretary Of
State, to revive it.
= TIE Foot Ph fillmore plan, as Ed
ward s. Corwin remarks in The
Weekly Review, meets the difficulty
IN a bold yet logical way-would
have the court be bench Of judges,
rather than congress Of states. 1t
fo provided that the court shall be
@composed Of body Of independent
Judges, elected regardless Of their
nationality, from among persons of
high moral character who possess
the qualifications required in their
respective countries for appointment
to the highest judicial Offices, or
are jurisconsults Of recognized COM
petance in international law" The
United States could nominate such
men as Bourgeois, Of France, or
Drago, Of the Argentine, and France
could select Mr.. Root.
Preceding the oqecial election the
various nations, by national groups,
are to nominate for consideration two
persons of any nationality. The
whole list of names is then to be
submitted to the council and the as
lADbiy Of the League of Nations,
apparently assembled in joint ses-
'p SSAAN 1aic CHolCO OIL inc u1LcGU
shall be made. each Judge being
CHOSEN by a majority vote.
. This complicated election method
egeems calculated to keep national
pride within bounds. If the small
nations predominate in the Assembly
me large nations predominant in the
Council. One may suspect that Mr..
Moot is the author Of this part of
we plan, for 1t suggests our Presi-
Genital Electoral College, wherein
the large states have electors equal
TO the number Of their representa-
eives in the Houss Of Representa-
tigss, while the small states are pro.
Meted by giving all the states an
sSeetor for each Senator.
Incidentally, Mr.. Root and his CO.
workers furnish another reason why
tas country should enter The
Asgpe. I His election plan depends
On the existence Of league and its
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

(Fron, The Chtco9o Daily EeVsp
illicit liquors certainly eomphe"s,
the troubles of the police. IN the eis
days q trained policeman eouia ess
mate with some degree Of accuracy Wv
probable effect Of an ordinary wh'ses
drunk, but when a man has fillea h'Is =
self with q combination OF hs's ".
wood alcohol and lemon extract sas''
10 no telling what will happen
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

council and assembly. Moreover,
without a league in some form it will
perhaps be impossible to have a per-
manent court Of international JUS
tice. The Hague experience shows
that with the nations acting singly
it is not easy to get them to agree
concerning even the primary ques-
tion of how the court is to be con-
stituted.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Red Free Speech

(From Tho Chicago Dotlp Noms)
In the fiery lexicon of the Reds there
Is no such word as free speech for the
other fellow. Where they are In con-
troll they suppress it by firing squads,
and where they are not in control thew
attempt to suppress it by bombs and
general terrorism.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
The Coming Tower
When Knights Were Bold

When Knights Were Bold
Gone are the moments Of diamond
romance:
Slow is the heartbeat within US.
Oh for Tinkerto- Evers-to-C Chancel
And Collins-to- McInnis!
"A man who drove his automobile
with the top down in the pouring rain
what would you call such a mani"
rhetorically asks the American Chain
Company, Inc. LAS for me, teacher"
". W. raises his right hand, "I'd call
him wet"
Mr.. Werrenrath has probably more
friends on the press than any other
tenor in existence.-Arts and Decora-
ton.
Perhaps, even, than any tenor.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
\ CommutcY With a Crouch

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What is the matter with INV
Lackawanna Railroads consnutss'0s
service? Is this railroad trying TO SUI.
pass the Erie in its irregularity "
train service? Certainly it seems "
be impossible for commuters trains %
arrive and depart on time.
coMMUrER
New York, Sept. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Sabotage

(FToms The Manitoba Free Press)
britain may submit the Irish uues-
tion to the League Of Nations. This
may heighten the impression held in
some quarters that the British gov
ernment 10 not friendly toward the
leagwe,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
A Harder lob

tProm The Boltfmors Sun)
Now that they have learned to make
gasoline substitute from straw. some
genius may yet discover way to make
straw votes Of value.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Out Of | mex

tFron Tho Charleston News- -CovrieY)
Italy just now is hardly to be en-
WED. She 10 suffering from two of the
worst plaques known to man-earth-
quakes and Bolshevism.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
TIE p ss1oNATE vAcATIoN1sr

TIE p SsIONATE VACATIoNYsr
This is the end. read the signs:
Those wonder-days. like tender vines,
Are scattered. torn BY autumn showers,
And nov your memory On tfem glowers,
That seem 70 like diamond mines
A piffled Omar, meath the pines,
Can best express ny thou9hts-divines
That sorrow which in my hesrt lowers,
This is the end"
Oh, lady now your heart opines
Why I would deep dip in the stems.
And pen these verses endless hours
'But the Boss once said in these here Towers
A rondeau has but fifteen lnes)
This is the end
RAN DE RAcooN.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

"Our Gus, linotype machine g." con-
fdes Hunter, "is an athaletic young
man who lives on Popular Street,
Brookalyn, and hates to work on re-
vised proves"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
Gotham Gleanings
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Charley Bennett of New Haven
Fridayed here.
Mrs. Sally J. Farnham is busy
sculping these days.
Ralph Hayes Of Cleveland wk.-
ended in our busy midst.
F. Scott Fitzgerald and wife
were in town last Tuesday.
Raymond Fosdick was a pleas
ant caller Fri. noon. Come again
Ray.
Steve Wise and son Jim saw
Alice Brady's show Wednesday
eve'g.
Miss Alvah Thoits Taylor of
Chicago contemplates to spend Oct.
ir Gotham.
Miss Edna Millay the w. X. poet
has returned from Truro, Mass, and
is sojourning in Gotham.
-Aleck Woollcott took a certain
party to the theater Wednes. eve'g.
All there Ia F--r!
Hen Ford and Hen Franklin
have reduced prices on the cars they
sell. Both the boys have sold cars
to us in their dav
Mark S. WATSON has accepted
job working for Paul Patterson as
assistant m'n'g'g ed. of The Balti-
more Sun.
Sig Spaeth is in the piano bust
ness now and isn't playing much
tennis. Sig says he will be glad to
restring a piano for any Of the boys.
Each speaker will be known by hold
ing an American jag.-Poughkeep
Eagle.
"Stet!" cried the proofroom, as one
man.
Baseball may not be fair, but-n the
American League at least-it is warmer.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

September 13-Son to Mr.. and Mrs
Kenneth M. Mayer, Box 1873. r. F. D
Albany Journal.
Mr.. Burleson is doing as we'll as
could be expected.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

Anxiety as to the housing problem
prevails also, Harry believes, at Castle,
Okla, and Flats, W. Va.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

Harding or Cox? Hrrdi-y or COY
l think that tie I.:..M.unsIl !o.c to
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
YALE, 10, AND THE OLD SONGS


Sir: One who heard the famous Cairo
Quartet warble The Fatal Wedding" all
over the Yale campus in the fall of 1900
remembers pair of verses which must
come before those cited by Mr. Jay House.
incidentally. the protest was made to the
sexton. not the preacher, who OF course
was inside the church on that cold De-
cember night" where "all was gay and
bright" as the following will prove En-
ter illfated Mother. r. U. E.. to sexton: :
I'D like to b" admitted, sir" she told
Just for the sake OF baby. to protect him
from the cold.''
He told her thGt the wedding there was
for the rich and grand
And with the eager watching crowd out
side she'G have to stand
Tho organ, OF course, pealed "tn" air
not an ai-, as either Steve MarckwaId,
Milisr Van, Pipe Strong: or Btll Greene,
nfdr hs As esss sS s5 s0l at Yale T
;.!S age Of the sentimental ballad. how about
,uH rsks "a saek .hh Nonr gold for gold Will never
cop. had to stop every Saturday night on
the fence promptly at 1880 SO Bill Hunt
c"uid get some sleep over In Durfee?
MIG
For there is no Truth that we know
to be true except the Truth that is
Done.-Dr. Frank Crane.
And there is no Lie that we know to be
false except the lie that is none.
For nothing is truer than Truth is
true, and naught so false as Lie
And this is pipe to spill ad lib, which
nobody can deny.
With jocund heart we read Of the cuta
IN prices, and made for shop in whose
window hung q necktie we coveted But
1t still was $3.50, excluding the amuse-
ment tax, and our Puritan upbrinenR
counted the purchase Sin; so we left
the shop, wondering whether hair shirts
were as cheap as ever.
In spite Of the fall In prices, The
Coming Tower will not reduce the
rate Of pay to contribs. No panic, no
boom' shall force US to change our
non-parttcipating policy.
with fewer houses, less coal will
be used. Why, then, little pupils, will
coal cost more next winter?
Anxiety as to the housing problem
prevails also, Harry believes, at Castle,
Okla, and Flats, W. Va.
Harding or Cox? Hrrdi-y or Coz
think that tie I:.,,sY ,o,c to
t.. x.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
How Japan Got Shantu,1g
4 Men Explanation Of President Wilson'S,
Sudden Reversal of His Far Eastern Policy
at The Paris Peace Conference in April, 1919
By Patrick Gallagher

(om Americas Aims and Aaas Aspirations Published by The Cen
fury Co..
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

MEaIBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to Ghs
for republication OF all news dispatches credited
90 4 ~ not otherwise credited in this paper and
aiso the local Of spontaneous origin puolished
~s@r'n
Al lights. Of republication es all othes matter
Aatoin also are Feserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

= Ysu can purchase merchandlse advertised In the
TRIBUNE with abs oIu:s safety-for N dlssaslsYae.
tisr resui.s In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
"a pa3 your measy hack upsn request. No red saBe.
No aulbbns. We make seod promptly II the
advertiser dees rot.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

With fewer houses, less coal will
be used. Why, then, little pupils, will
coal cost more next winter?
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

Baseball may not be fair, but-in the
American League at least-it is warmer.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27

IN spite Of the fall In prices, The
Coming Tower will not reduce the
rate OF pay to contribs. No panic, no
boom, shall force us to change our
non-parttcipating policy,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
GUAH HA HJf

&nteged at the Pos,ofncs O, New YORK 40 9acoi
Glass Mail Matter.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-27
The Unknown Quantity

New York, Sept. 19, 1920.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-06-10
EXPRESS RATES TO
BE STRONGLY FOUGHT

] A strongly organized effort is being
made on the part Of various fruit IN.
! terests and other businesses depending
upon express shipments 10 combat the
proposd increases in rates, ranging
from rs to 100 per cent, according 10
G. w. McCullagh, who returned last
week from Spokane, where he attended
conference at which public service
commissioners. rate experts and state
attorney generals from Washington,
Idaho and Montana were present. Mr..
McCullagh, who represented the North
Pacific Fruit League, with which prac-
tically all Northwestern fruit shipping
interests are affiliated, says:
both shipping and receiving fruit
interests called attention to the con-
tract existing between express com
panies and the railroads by which rev.
enues are split on approximately 80
so basis. The express tariffs.call for a
wagon pickup and delivery service
which expense is supposed to cause
considerable portion of the loss now
claimed by express companies. If this
service were actually performed, the
shippers see no reason why the rail
roads should participate, when they
render no service. Fruit and vegetable
however, do not use the SER
vice, which is too slow for them. In
carload shipments the consignee un-
loads the cars !and the shippers per-
form the loading. The express com
panies merely issue bills of lading and
make collections, yet the express com
panies get half the revenue.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-06-10
MUSIC TEACHER
Is ENTHUSIASTIC
Miss CantrIl Declares Tanlac Is Best
Medicine She Ever Heard Of

"I am simply delighted over my
wonderful Improvement since ! began
taking Tanlac,' was the enthusiastic
statement made by Miss Louise Can
tril, popular music teacher OF S405 Elm
street, Los Angeles, Calf.
For as long as ! can remember my
kidneys troubled me and rarely ever
got a good nights rest" she contin-
ued. 81 lost my appetite completely
and what | managed to swallow by
sheer force of will would ferment and
cause so much gas that my heart would
palpitate terribly and at times | came
near fainting. / fell off from one hum
dred and twenty pounds to ninety-eight
and was so nervous and weak had to
give up my work.
Medicines and treatments did not
do me bit of good and lost faith in
them. A friend Of mine kept insisting
that ! try Tanlac and to please her !
did. Now ! can't thank her enough,
for the way Tanlac helped me is moth
ing short of remarkable. My appetite
came right back and | eat anything
want without the slightest trouble.
My kidneys seem to be in perfect
shape and | sleep all night long like
child. | have gaind so much in weight
and strength and am so happy | don't
hesitate to say Tanlac is the best med
icine | ever heard Of.
Tanlac is sold in Hood River by the
Kresse Drug Co.-Adv.