The Washington herald., 1920-11-11
TIMES Z
MAKESCHANGE
Who VIII Succeed SIR Ar
thur WiIIett Here Is Sub
ject Of Speculation,
ny GEORGE PERRY noRnrs.


SIR Arthur wIliett. having been
recalled TO London 10 serve on the
editorial stan OF The Times. the
Thunderer'. will now be represented
in washington by whoms LORD
Northciiffe has his own clearly de-
fined reasons for each step he takes
in development Of his news service.
and there may be a connection be-
tween the result OF the last cleo
tion and this shift. Sir Arthur has
lived in the dignihed and diplo-
matte circles that his position per
force made available. but broken
by occasional contacts with the
writer's Cor less famous Journals. II
Is a nice berth, not involving siren
uous work. and Il is amply paid.
Another PeneIogfst Dies.
The death in Chicago Of Robert
Wilson McLapghrS follows soon
after that Of Zebulon II. Brockwsy.
and with their going there are not
many veterans left OF the nine
teenth century advance guard OF
penoiogists. McLAughry began his
career as a prison warden in Illi-
nois in 1874, when placed in charge
VI Nht CAalg ~ sNAANs-
Subsequently he served as admin
istrator of the Pennsylvania and
the Illinois State reformatories; and
later had charge OF the United
States penItentiary at Leavenworth.
Kan. which he built as well as
administered down to 1919. Like
Brockway. he was a teacher OF a
dual system refOrmAtory when
possible, and punitive only when
absolutely necessary. He endeav-
ored to humanize prison discipline
as much as possible. without be-
coming foolishly sentimental IN the
presence Of wilful crime and known
immortality and immortality.
Hugo stiffness In Court.
What with the Rumely trial under
way and the suit Of Hugo stinness
against Harvey Allen Miller opening
the courts OF New York bid fair soon
TO shed considerable light on the
high finance" methods Of Germs ny
and of German Industrial captains in
the United States during the war and
since the Rrmistice. II is suggestive
TO say the least, 20 find stinness. the
great trustmsker OF Germany. put
ting s5Oo.OOO at the disposal OF an
American agent to deaf with here In
coal. iron and other commodities.
Stinness, by the way. Is reported
far from well and on a diet. There
Is no limit TO his ambition or 10 his
Industry in perfecting his colossal
plans: and he fears no contemporary
German in or out OF office. He talks
JRuntlly TO the British and French
military commanders and diplomats
But ha cannot browbeat disease.
Expert Leave. Academic WORK.
While the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology dis
pute over the type OF man they need
to succeed MacLaurin as president
and while the institution drifts and
bumps its way along. Il now and
then gets a jolt reminding IL that 81
is high time to begin to draw things
together. Weary of the heavy strain
that he has carried during the war,
DR.. William II. Walker. director of
the division Of Industrial co-opera-
tiOn and research. has decided 90
leave the institution. January /. aud
TO resume his consulting practice.
A combination Of overwork and un-
derpayment in this. as in hundreds
Of other cases. is driving out OF the
academic world some of the best
minds Of the country. Student pop
Clation wakes. Salary increases do
come, but with no such ratio OF
gain