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New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
crossed in politics, man stepped III
Tarnmanz methods and standards.

crossed in politics, a man stepped III
Tammany methods and standards.
Needless to say. if Mr.. Talley does
not declare his independence Of these
political associates who secured him
his appointment he will make polit-
ical Judge, with all the familiar evils
that the phrase involves If he has
the courage and the character to
turn his back on Tammany and ad-
minister the law without fear or
favor he has the ability and equip
ment to make an excellent judge. The
future will decide. At the moment
it needs chiefly to be remarked that
Governor Smith, true to his training
and his record, has made another
Tammany appointment.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
4 Modern Fighting Navy
By Quarterback

We arc iace 10 face with knotty
problem: What constitutes an up-to-
date fighting navy-a navy with the
Weapons and the organization best de-
signed to NEE. the conditions Of the
present and the near future in naval
warfare?
moments intelligent consideration
will demonstrate that no narrow gauge,
single track, ne~planc mind, whether
in tho navy or in civil life or n the
halls Of Congress, is competent to deal
successfully with this subject A more
complicated problem cannot be mag
ined. a thorough knowledge Of the
past, complete analysis Of the naval
lessons of the World War and an IL
telligent appreciation Of the dcadlness
of new weapons are necessary before we
can even begin to outline our future
naval policy and building program.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
Uncle Joe

Time and political faiths have
rolled over and past "Uncie Joe"
Cannon. By every probability he
should long ago have been swamned
and extinguished and swept from
the political scene-or, at most, left
a helpless and ernbittercd castawav.
TO humble OF popular ingratitude
and the folly Of the younger
generations.
Instead, the angle Of his black
cigar Is as uptilted as when he ruled
tho House. His disposition ia as
cheerful and mellow as in the DAYS
Of his youth. He has not ATTEMPTED
10 change his political views 70 keep
pace with the times. lie is as un-
regenerate az ever-and twice as
contented.
The young scoffers may sneer at
this immutab:lIty. But we think
most Americana have warm spot
IN their hearts for such lustv.
rugged character. For better. for
worse, there II large slice Of es-
sential Americanisrn In 'Unclc Joe /"
sis career and his personality, Be-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

Admiral Fiske, mas vastly increased
the effectiveness ana deadliness of the
torpedo. Imagine fifty Of these planes
swooping down at night-at dusk o.
before dawn-and firing fifty heavy
torpedoes on one or both bows of a
column Of vessels and returning tc
base at 4 speed OF 100 miles an hour
for more ammunition for a second at.
tack
4. The bombing plane is not yet
fully developed, but its offensive power
must be anticipated. A single plane may
carry five 1,O00-pound bombs. These
bombs may be designed to explode on
hitting q ship, or to foat as mines if
they fail to hit. Can feet ignore a
barrage Of such mines9
5. Mines are serious menace to a
surface fleet. They may be made much
more effective in the future if we en-
ploy submarine and airplane mine
layers. By such means mine barraee
can be quickly laid in the path Of a
surface fleet. Can dreadnought steam
fearlessly through such barrage?
6. Radio control of a battleship has
been secured. We may soon expect radio
control of a submarine or an immense
torpedo from an airplane overhead.
This Will be another menace 10 the sur-
face shin.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
A Recipe for Happy New Yea

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: May make the suggestn'
through Your paper that those peoP'
who are so anxious to make Sunday
sad and unhappy day by returning =
tho blue laws of the past turn iFs'
attention during the year Of 1921 :
making people happy Just as far .
they possibly can, so following y
law Of love laid down BY our Savlou
Christ Jesus. whose birthday Of blesS'
memory has just passed
He said, Love thy neighbor as 10y
self Now. in place Of blue Sund1!S
if everybody would resolve to put n y. !.
words in practice, using them for .
they are worth both on Sunday ap'
also week days, this world would pe'
very wonderful place TO live IN. sa'
pose we all give it a trial ana so may
the new year really happy new ye"
L. J. NULH0LlAND'
New losA, Dec. IS, IeaQ.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
Our Naraf Policy

Between these two extremes we must
take our stand. For the United States
nlid-position is wisest for the pres
ent. We should not scrap our dread
noughts nor our surface feet, but we
must realize the weakness and limita-
tions Of such craft. Pending the de-
velopment of menacing weapons, and
IN view of the fact that our surface
fleet is strong in dreadnoughts to-day,
it would seem that we should suspend
the building of ships that may be
doomed in the near future and supply
the navy with the submarine and air
forces which are necessary to tho ef-
fcctivc protection and offensive use
OF our surface ships. Our divided fect
should be Immediately united and made
ready fer war in organization and in
personnel. All useless vessels should be-
gut out Of commission. The available
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
Beaux and Notice.

Wherever women are gathered
under one roof, no matter under
whose auspices, 1t has been the
practice to set up barriers to protect
them from their assumed weak
nesses and the wicked world Of men.
Rules are adopted and notices and
precepts are hung on the walls for
their edifcation and daily guidance.
These customs Uncle Sam adopted
in the community center that he built
for the accommoda ton Of the young
women who came to Washington to
help him win the war. The most ir-
ritating of these were the "No tres
pass signs for wooers and framed
admonitions about duty and helpful
ness and service.
All this is now changed. With the
political independence Of women es-
tablished such things could not be
tolerated. Down came the notices
and up went some pictures to rest
tired eyes after a hard days work.
Then softly shaded lights were sub
stltuted for the brilliant incandes-
cents that pried relentlessly into all
the cozy corners. With the staring
lights went the staff Of inquisitive
supervisors.
But reports have it that the num-
ber Of beaux has not notably in
creased with the removal of the tres
pass signs. 1t seems that the young
women in government service are de-
voted students and are making the
most of the educational opportuni-
ties that Washington has to offer.
So it was not so much beaux they
wanted as the right to have them.
And that is the real me&ning Of
freedom.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
4 Fighting Nary

Ours has always been a fighting
navy-when not held back by pacifstic
and political forces over which it had
no controll It would never provoke
or invite WAT. but its spirit and
IFS traditions from the days Of Paul
Jones TO SINS would demand pre-
paredness at all times; and It would
seek the enemy with a determination
20 fight with full forcc from the very
start. Are the organization and ma
terial condition Of the navy to-day
such that our officers and men can
follow their inclinatiors and instantly
throw our feet against hostile force
IN any emergency that may arise ?
This question must be answered
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
No Police 70 Bother Them

To The Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am very much interested in
your campaign and tho good work you
are doing in stirring up the New York
City Police Department.
In the month Of November. while my
car was standing in front OF Il East
Sixty-frst Street, where live. thieves
broke lock and stole a shoe. The
same thing occurred last night, but this
time they broke two locks. This is a
very well lighted street-in fact thcre
Is an electric light directly In front of
my house, whcro the car stood
TO my mind this Is an Illustration
OF the inefiiciency and laxity of the DO
hce service, and nigh add hero that
| employ the Holmes Electric Protec
tive people.
T. LAURENCE WHITE.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
The Dyeadnoughf

Reviewing briefly, We SIC ina. the
dreadnought feet is terribly nlenaced,
1t must be protected al all times-at
anchor or at sea-by destroyers, sub
marines, mine layers and strong air
force. 1t cannot exist, still less can it
attack, without auxiliary fotillas above
and below.
There are distinguished authorities
who declare that the dreadnought is
useless to-day. In September, 1919, Ad-
nirai Lord Fisher wrote: "Air fighting
dominates future war, both by land and
sea. 1t is not my business to discuss
the land, but by sea the only way to
avoid the WY is to get under the water.
So you are driven to the internal COM
bustion' engine and oil. That's why I
Keep on emphasizing that the whole
navy has to be scrapped' Admiral Sir
Percy Scott agrees with Lord Fisher.
He declares that the dreadnought must
hide IN Theoretically sealed harbors to
avoid submarines, and that the harDors
must be rooted over as protection
from bombing planes, Rear Admira!
Hall and other officers Of the British
navy strongly support Fisher and Scott.
They believe that England should put
her money into air and submarine fleets.
On the other hand, the dreadnought
has its defenders. They claim that /.
has defended and will continue to defend
itself against all menacing weapons, and
that 1t constitutes the backbone Of a
payv
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
4 Three-Plone Fleet

With the bluntness Of sailor let Us
come straight to the point. In taking
the first step let us follow the wise
plan OF The Naval War College and
make "an estimate Of the situation"
Ii we permit even a faint glimmer of
truth and fact to penetrate our minds
IS it not evident that the fighting navy
Of the future must operate on three
planes-not on one? Can we not see
that modern fleet must deploy for at
tack or line UP for defense on the SUI
face, beneath tbe surface and above the
surface of the sea? An oldtime surface
feet, lacking the weapons of the upper
and lower planes, cannot advance to the
attacI, with any hope of success. 1t
will be useless for offensive purposes.
It will be equally weak and helpless as
a purely defensive force. Such navy
gives the people no return for the bill
lions invested in its building. This fact
must be brought home with dull, sick
enins thud," as the sailornpn says.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
Ne,0 " eapons

It IS important TO consider briefly
tho new weapons, some OF them not
yet fully developed, which will force
an up-to-date navy to fght upon three
planes instead of one:
/. The submarine In "a lecture ct
:he Army General STAFF College more
than year ago Captain Hart, L.
S. ~, estimated that 10000 officers
and men constituted the maximum
force employed by the Germans in
their submarine campaign And yet
this small force came within an ace
OF starving England. and winning the
war! Despite the Grand Fleet and
the Allied navies, despite the millions
Of land forces on all fronts, the sub
marine dominated the situation at tho
most critical stage OF the war Can
this fact be ignored?
@ The torpedo seriously. threatens
the surface ship. It is not yet fully
developed. 1t may soon carry a ton Of
high explosive. Can dreadnought
survive such blow?
5. Tho torpedo plane, invented BY
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
Getting Ready

Information comes that the Rus
sian imperialistic autocracv Is mass
ing troops on the Polish, Fsthonian
and Latvian frontiers.
Not long ago, as soon as Wran-
gels downfall released Red troops,
Lenine's agents, in negotiation at
Riga with the Poles, became peremp-
tory. The Latvian government re-
ports an attempt by Moscow to pick
a quarrel over the admission Of a
Red representative. Armenia has
been extinguished by the Reds CO.
operating with the Turks, and kuro-
patkin, of Manchurian memory, is re-
ported To be at the head Of an army
of 100000 in Central Asia, getting
ready to march toward an unde-
clared destination.
Powers of divination are not re-
quired to see what these things por-
tend. Red Russia is getting ready to
strike-if she darcs. A new war is
threatened. 1t may not come, but
talk will be no impeachment. The only
certain bar is the display Of what
may be called French realism. Le-
nine is no sentimentalist-in his way
he is as much q rcalst as Foch.
When he deems it safe to act he will
be able to find justifying arguments
satisfying to his comrades. Has he
not shown in Russia how meritori-
Gus it is to use torture to convince
chose otherwise unregenerate?
A year ago Lenine had the stage
set for forcibly sovietizing Poland.
Knowing this, and wishing to have
a friendly and civilized South Rus
sia as q neighbor, Poland entered
into a treaty with Petlura, the head
Of the Ukrainian Republic, and at
his request occupied Kicv. Being
busy ending Kolchak, Lenine played
innocent. Wicked Poland, he said,
would conquer Russia, something
Poland no more thought of than
Rhode Island thinks of conauering
Texas. But anti-Polish propaganda
was successful with men and women
Of infirm intellectuals. Such believed
some do yet-that Poland was ag-
gressive. SO when Russia launched
her blow Poland. abandoned to her
fate, was saved only by combina-
ton Of her own valor and French
leadership.
A pretense will be duly found to
excuse a renewed effort to sovietize
Poland and to get physical contact
With a Germany which is expected
to chase out her bourgeois republic
and to set up Red one which will
repudiate all treaty obligations and
become the ally of Russia. What
ever the pretense is, it will doubtless
. be accepted by the elements which
we're pro-German when Germany
was winning, for peace without
victory when she was losing, and
since have been sympathetic toward
both Germany and Russia.
At present these elements are
eager for trade with Russia and are
serenely Indifferent to the fact that
inasmuch as trade involves swap
in the ownership Of goods, there is
little basis for swapping when those
who respect property rights deal
with those who say that property ia
theft and that it is rightful to steal
and TO cheat. Next week the discus
sion may relate to something else.
Whatever the argument is, we may
be sure it will be one to help Russia
and Germany.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

Y.u eaa sufohAss merchandise advsrtised In rHE
TRIBUNE .s,th absolute sxfe,s-tor I dlssatisfac-
Zen results In any ThF TRIBUNE guarantees
- pN your nsnsy bsck upon request. No RED tape.
No sulbbns. Ne make gsod prsn7tJ II ths
ssYsrtt:er dsss not.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
.fx.tnrr on rHr Asaoc1Arrn rrxss

TIE Associated Press is -rciuslreIy entitled The
fe- republication al news dispatches
erei.tsd 10 X rct o;h.rwss crsdited In this paper
snd also The i0-sl LeV7 q spontaneous origin pun
ls1s I'd herein
A. risais ot republication q a. s.hsr rinr
a.ee-a also rs.-fred-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
G.. g. 3.

Cables from Auckland, Y. T., abou.
the postponement Of the Davis Cup
matches say that while the unsettled
weather has been Il source OF annoyance
for the 7,0Q0 ticket holders, the players
Of the American and Australian teams
are not inpatient at the delay We DONE
believe it. We are willing to bet that
Bin Tilden hasn't slept two hours in two
nights; with large side bet that he'll
beat Brookcs and Patterson.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

That's all right said the magistrate,
and adjoined coult-The Tribune.
lie could be hold in the adjourning
building.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
THE INsOMNIACs

Chas. Scribner's Sons,
Chas. scribner's Sons,
Ono a-penny two a-pcnny,
Chas. Scribner's Sons
Mary Roberts Rinehart sat upon a
tree;
Up jumped pussy-cat, down Jumped
she.
Charles Dudley Warner
Sat in the corner.
Tara ra-ra, boom decay,
Robert Cortes Holiday,
William Makepeace Thackeray,
Ta-ra-ra-ra, boom-de-ay.
it
Mine eyes havo seen the glory Of
Rabindranath Taeore.
Harold Bell Wright. Harold Boil
Wright,
Harold on tho old camp ground.
Hamilton Mablc
On the treetop.
Max Bcorbohm brays are bonny,
Whcrc early fa's tho dew.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

TO CONTRIBs- Editor OF The
Coming Tower has nothing to do with
decisions ss to eligibility to attend the
Contribs' Dinner. Address f. Adelaide
Hahn, Hunter College, New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
The Coming 7 ower
THE DARK DAY"
lNartlord. Nay II. 1850

tNGrtford, Nay -, 1882
The climbing sun was shrouded Ger
That awesome morn of spring;
Fowl quickly sought their roost once
more,
And birds refused TO sing.
4 silence fell on field and town;
Men put their quills away,
And laid their spades and hammers
down
And spoke Of Judgment Day.
Upon the Council crept dread,
There IN its hall Of state:
n move we now ADJOURN one sad,
ere it may prove too late.'
Cried Davenport, Nay, if it be
That my last hour draws near,
shall not from my duty flee
And duty's post is here!
"I call for lighrs'" whereat
apace
The lights were brought, and shone
Upon q Council in its place,
For not a man had gone.
G. .S.B.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

WAS this town." wires Relnald Wer-
rcnrath from Miami, named after one
Of Ben Amis brothers?"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

One OF our earliest recollections Of
Fariety's Golden Days is that Of j.
Bernard Dyllyn, who died day before
yesterday The Rays, Johnny and En-
ma, were on the same bill and Dvllyn
appeared in the afterpiece with them.
But in the regular snow he sang q song
whose chorus, as nearly as we can re-
call il, was
She was going FOR pardon
On that cold December day
A pardon for her dad, whose sight
Was fading fast away.
She said her little brother
And sister would be glad
If she would only bring them bsck
poor blind dad.
In Life for November IS, 1920. Sd
peared international Ailmcnts.o sent
10 Life by Waiter Pulitzer, to whom
payment was made. These are the
verses:
John Bulls in such a nervous STAT.
The smallest noise upsets him;
And Uncle sam IS Just as bad,
Inc least disturbance frets him.
Each one ia victim Of plague
Bad 1s tuberculosis:
Poor John has got Ulsteris.
And sam has Mexicosis
In The Sun of May s, 1914. the fol.
lowing appeared:
WHAT AXIS THEN
V-y-
Inc smailes- noise upsots him
And Uncle Sam - iust as bad
Th- leas disturbance frets him
Each one IS victim Of plague
Bad a tuberculosis:
Poor John has got Ulsteria.
And Sam has Mexicosis
tArpEsicr Mo1oN.
The rewards Of verse thiev-rv ar. 60
small, in money or glory, and ths
chances Of apprehension so great that
we done see why anybody ever at
temDts it, But the merriest war against
plagiarism We ever waged was directed
against Mr.. A. Francis Walker. who
had "soid' Arthur Guitorman's "The
Antiseptic Baby and the Proplvlactjc
Pup to The World
The crime wave "a cngalang the verse
market. apparently, TOO. Parnassus. our
recommendation is, should he closed be.
tween midnight and a. N.
It had been oar intention 70 end 70.
morrow's Tower with Happy New
Year." but it occurs to us now that
charges Of plagiarism may be brought
against us Our defense would be that
the phrase came to us in vision, and
that we never had heard of it before.
Yet, rather than find a suit on our
hands, brought by the author of the
phrase, we-~cowardly, perhaps, but eau
tiously-have decided on another last
line for tomorrow.
For to-day: Happy New Years Eve.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
suBscEYrTroN RATEs-By n.r inexstnt
CtiAR RAkIX

n.r-d ne Pos.orcs a, Ne~ FORK ~ ssesna
Class Nat Nst.~
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

ownsa ana puslish-d daiy by New York Trsurs
Ira. New YORK Cooperation ogd,n RED. rrmt-
dent; q. Vernon Rogers. Vice -Pr-sic.nt: Hslsn
RsSsss hsid. sscse,a-y K F. Married.. Trsssarsr.
Address. Tribune building. IVA Nsissu s,r-a. Ne.
Te,s- Telephone B'ekman seos
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

Jonathan Edwards, the gray dawn Is
breaking. c. ".
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

submarines and the combined naval at
force should join the battleships 70
form one well drilled fighting feet.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

The crime wave Ia cngalane tic verse
market apparently, TOO. Parnassus, our
recommendation is, should be closed be.
tween midnight and a. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

Max Bcerbohm brays are bonny,
Whcre early fa's tho dew.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

For to-day: Happy New Years Eve.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-30

In Life for November IS, 1920, ap-
peared international Ailmcnts,' sent
10 Life by Waiter Pulitzer, to whom
payment was made. These are the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-28

GIRLS WANTED-to work in
Glove Shop. Will pay 50 per day
until able to earn on piece work. Ex-
perienced glove makers can es.z7s from
$1S to $25 per week. Apply at The
Jamaica Glove Company Lisbon,
New Hampshire. wky If
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-28
DANVILLE

Notice has been received of the
death of Mrs. T.. W. Sturdcvant Of
Placentice, Cal. She leaves to mourn
her loss, three daughters, Mrs. Flor
ence Pilgrim and Miss Ada Sturdc.
want of .Placcntia, Cal, and Mrs.
Marshal Stocker .of this place AMI
two sons, J. ID. Sturdevant and ?.
P. Sturdevant of Passaic, N. J. The
body will be brought to Danvillc for
burial. Mrs. Sturdcvant will be very
pleasantly remembered as II former
Danville resident and hal many warm
friends in town.
The pictures for Friday, April 30,
are "Ann of Green Gables" featuring
Mary Miles Mmter. The picture =,
taken from Mrs. L. A. Montgomery
four Cam" books and is very widely
praised, and Il Kinogram news reel.
Hal ony music club met with Mrs.
Ernest Hartshorn last Monday night.
The subject was "Folk Songs and it
was in charge of Mrs. Wallace Nut
ting.
+ Prin. James Taylor is spending II
few days in town.
Miss Ivah Finley of St. Johnsbury
spent the week end with her aunt,
Mrs. Rosa Steele.
George Fox is moving his family to
the Neible place.
Mrs. Jackson of St. Johnsbury WIS.,
tied Mrs. George French last week.
The Congregational church held its
canvass for the Interchurch World
Movement Sunday, April %; Eight
hundred was subscribed with quota
of $3.50 for this church. After the
canvass, supper was served by the
Ladies' Missionary society. In the
evening Or. Libby spoke on "Chris-
tan Principles in Public and Private
Health"
Mrs. Lizzie Rowe is spending few
days in st. Johnsbury with MIS-.
Charles West.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-28

York.
Mrs. Belle Amy, formerly of this
place, died Friday, April % at the
county farm at Haverhill. Funeral
services were held in the Methods,
church here Sunday afternoon, Rev.
d. f. Burns officiating, assisted by
Rev. a. V. Fisher. Intcrmcnt was in
Monroe cemetery.
Thomas Murra yleft last Mon
day for 4 two months visit with her
IONS in Chicopce Falls, Mass, and
Philadelphia.
Mrs. &. l.. Frazer and sons visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Moore in East Barnet, Thursday and
Friday.
Henry Page has returned from To
lcdQ, Ohio, where he went with /,
party to drive home Overland car, for
the Stuart Auto Sales Co. of Me
1ndocS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-28
PASSUMPSIC

l., The road men are boarding at
Charles Fulford's.
Beginning Monday morning the
primary room will begin at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Alice Woods and son, Sher-
man of st. Johnsbury and Miss Fanny
Parkhurst visited Mrs. ID. C. Earring
ton the last of the week.
Lindsay Stanhope was in Lyndon
willie Wednesday and brought his car
home.
Mr.. Kettle has gone to Fitzda!c 10
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bandy arc
moving into the brick house.
MI. and Mrs. Fred Labay of St.
.bhnsbury have moved into the cor
nor house.
The soap club met with Mrs. j. S.
Somers Tuesday evening.
Mr. land Mrs. Frank Delworth are
the parents of boy born Monday