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New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Germans and BolsE1eviki

Persistent rumors that German
talent plays substantial role in the
organization Of Trotzky's armies
find corroboration in the Warsaw
report that in the drive toward Kiev
several German officers have been
captured by the Poles. According to
The London Daily TELEGRAPH, a
number Of German experts and spe-
clalists, two or three of them for
merly close associates of Luden-
dorff, are now serving on Rrusiloff's
staff. 1t is not surprising that the
Germans should manifest live in
terest in the outcome of the Russo
Polish struggle. The discovery by
Allied secret agents, referred to bv
The Telegraph correspondent, that
the German government has en-
Joined the Wolff Bureau to empha-
size the favorable prospects of the
Reds and to portray BrusiIoff's cam
paign as kind Of holy war of Rus
sian natlonalism is credible enough.
But the cooperation of the Ger
man officers with the Communist
politicians is by no means restricted
to Russia. Intrigues between rep
resentatives Of the extreme Right
and Left have heen going on for
some time in Germany and cause
grave concern in moderate Socialist
circles. The so-called Communist
Labor party, an "outlaw" section of
the regular Communists originating
IN Hamburg, seems to be the engi-
neer, or victim, of these negotia-
tions, while from the militarist side
officers Of the Lubeck district serv.
ing under General Won Lettow-V Vor-
beck, the hero of the East African
campaign, are involved. The Kowu,..
n'st,sche Arbeiterzeit,tng, Of Ham
burg, wrote not long ago:
We have taken such on
portunities as have been offered us of
developing Communist ideas beforc
the military. The obvious
TACT that the arming of the whole
German proletariat implies "a. re-
sumption Of the armed struggle with
Anglo American capitalism and ito
French instrument did not reouire
any special explanation to military
audience. ="
The keynote of the queer partner
snip Is, of course, in this last SEN
tence. The tragi-comedy of the Ger
man-Bolshevik collaboration of 1918
is repeating itself on a reduced
scale. Then, as now, the miltarists
hope to use as their tools the Com
munists, whom they hate and de-
splse; and the counterpart of this
hope, mingled with the correspond
ing hatred and contempt, is to be
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
The NesU Poetry
Praise for the Quality and a
Plea for IT'S Reading

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of January 25
1920, you printed an interesting edi-
torial entitled "Who Reads Poetryw
/ would suggest you now try again and
make an appeal to men and women to
take up the reading of poetry.
To read good poetry is the finest
mental relaxation in literature When
one takes up novel TO read he only
continues in its adventures the eE-
citement of life Of the days work.
When one takes up good poetry to
read there must be leisure and there
is change, for pause is needed
There is quiet dwelling upon the
rhythm and the magic of the lines
which starts ones imagination to en-
JOY the scenes described, or to feel the
emotions of the poet.
One reason why in former times
there was such popularity for our
earlier poets, for Emerson, Longfel-
low, Lowell, Poe, Bryant and Riley, Is
because our schoolbook readers" were
filled with their work Bat when are
we to find these "readers" printing the
new poetry of to-day?
There is now wonderful new poetry
in our country we'll deserving attention
and study There is the strong lie
of Chicago in the theme OF poems Of
Carl Sandburg. The pioneer life III
Oregon is the subject of poems by H.
L. Davis. There are the Pueblo Indian
corn dances, by Marsden Hartley; the
life of tramps, by Edwin Ford Piper
the vaudeville of life, by Yachel Lind
say; North of Boston, by Robert Frost
These are all subjects of red-bloonsa
life in America, and the good work
ef many others is too long TO enumer'
ate.
Help all you can to make the read
ing of poetry and its appreciation by
Americans as common thing II ous
country as it is in Italy for the every
day people there TO sing in the open
air. The Poetry Column in your sah'
day paper is always pleasure W
print more good poetry and thereby
increase the enjoyment of the Amer
lean people. BEN MILLER.
Washington, D. c., June 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
The Balloting

The results of the first four ballots
at Chicago are indecisive and give
no clear indication of the final out
come. The great body of the con-
vention, distributed among the three
leading candidates, stood yesterday
afternoon by their original action,
and the changes were not Of much
significance.
The convention, more than ever, is
a free-for-all, for it may be fairly
said that the delegates have now
fulfilled the obligations placed on
them through their instructions. A
break may be regarded as certain to
come to-day, and the night has been
employed in desperate efforts to or
ganize majority.
johnson may be regarded as def
nitely eliminated. At no time has
there been likelihood of his nomina-
ton, and what chance he had has
disappeared.
This leaves the convention divided
among three elements-the Wood
men, the Lowden men and the men
who prefer a third candidate, per-
haps Coolidge, perhaps Hughes, per-
haps Hoover, if a political miracle
should happen. The uncommitted
have obvious advantages in three.
cornered contest.
The action of a large part of the
New York delegation in giving Low
den. heavy vote was unexpected
and is gravely disappointing. There
has been much popular sentiment
for Wood, much for Hoover and by
no means little for Johnson, but it
was not known that any considerable
section of the New York public was
clamorous for the nomination of the
Illinois Governor.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

Colonel A. L. Lee. The Jayhawkers
earned the name Of being ferocious
fighters, so that Colonel Lee, retir-
ing from the command upon being
made brigadier general, said:
"They have called you all kinds of
names except one-they never have
called you towards"
When the term Of service of the
Jayhawkers expired they reenlisted
in a body and served throughout the
war. Mustered out at the coming of
peace, they were received at home
with tremendous enthusiasm, and the
once hateful title of Jayhawker,
cleansed and purified by war, is now
proudly worn by every resident of
the Sunfower State.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Labor for the Farms
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The shortage Of farm laborers all
over the country, resulting in idle lands
and abandoned farms, is certain fore
runner of an alarming shortage Of
foodstuffs in the near future. This
shortage Of foodstuffs means higher
cost of living and famine conditions
for many.
In all our cities there are gangs of
loafers who ought to be at work on
the farms, and still the emigration OF
farm hands to the cities goes on with
fatal steadiness.
Many laudable efforts are being made
to induce students from our universi-
ties, colleges and high schools to spend
their long vacations on the farms, and
various philanthropic societies are
helping in the same direction; but
these efforts, though praseworthy and
valuable, are mournfully inadequate
for the demands of situation which
is becoming tragic.
We're it net well at this time for
the government to turn it's attention
to the thousands in the slun1s of our
great cities who long for breath of
country air but who have not the re-
motest idea how to take the first step
toward gaining living in the country
districts?
Hunger is a foe as much to be
feared as the Hun. Our government
would find it both pleasanter and an
easier task to cope with the hunger
foe at home than with the Hun abroad.
The vast host Of loafers and slum
dwellers, both men and women, should
be modified. Army equipments Of
tents. tools, tractors, drays, wagons,
automobiles, etc. should be utilized and
expert agriculturists should be the cap
tains to direct the operations Of these
recruits against this hunger foe. Where
is the patriotic statesman with vision,
energy and administrative ability to
tackle promptly this enterprise, which
at the present moment is far more inn
portant than the question Of Repuhli-
can or Democratic domination ut the
Forthcoming elections?
ALFRED E. Seldom.
Birmingham, Ala, June 4, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Costly Revenge
From Tho Phi'adelphia EvcflslI

(From Tho Philadelphia Ercn.Hg fF0"
LEDGER
The Navy Department is issuing
booklet to induce young men to eniiss'
On its first page there is paragfap'
beginning. "The glorious record OF ln'
men who have worn the uniform of 'ns
navy, from John Paul Jones TO s'ns
Orders have now been issued, it Is sa'1'
10 destroy the books in print anu y
substitute Dewey" for Sins IN INV
Paragraph quoted. Apart from the ias' .
that tho change seems to convie. ~
Daniels Of being "small potatoes W..
should the government be expected ="
pay the extra money involved!
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Jayhawker and New Yorker

With that eminent Jayhawker,
Governor Henry Allen, making the
nominating speech for General Wood
and being himself freely mentioned
as a dark horse, and another Jay
hawker, Mrs. Margaret Hill McCar-
ter, winning the honor of being the
first woman to address the national
convention, it would seem that an in
quiry is in order as to the ornitho-
logical status Of this bird, of which
SO much is heard. 1t will surprise
most New Workers to learn that the
word is derivative Of the name of
their own state.
The jayhawk is a bird which will
not be found in the textbooks, and
it's origin is no more ancient than
the days Immediately preceding the
Civil War. In those troubled times.
when the present State of Kansas
was still a territory and there was
bitter struggle on the one hand
to keep it free and on the other to
add it to the slave territory, there
precipitated himself into the strug-
gle on the side of freedom a DR..
G. B. Jennison.
DR.. Jennison, a native of the EN-
plre State, became a leader of the
Free Soil men. The pro-slavery
forces across the line in Missouri
were constantly making raids on the
homes of the Free Sellers, and Jen-
nison organized a force not for de-
fense merely, but for reprisal. He
proved a dashing, swashbuckling
type Of leader, much more at home
in the saddle than the consulting
room, and quickly earned the So
briquet Of the "Gay Yorker" Soon
his men were known as "Gay
Workers." and by one Of those meta
morphoses so common to American
phrases this gradually was changed
W JaynaWker.
Sad to relate, Jennison and his
men eventually forgot the laudable
purpose for which they were origi-
nally banded together, and the term
"Jayhawker" came to have anything
but complimentary significance. To
this day the native Missourian will
point to the deeds Of "Jennison's
Redlegs" as an Offset to the raids of
Quantrell and his guerrillas.
But with the outbreak of Civil
War conditions changed. Governor
Robinson Of Kansas gave Jennison
authority to raise a regiment of cav
airy, which he called the Independent
Mounted Kansas Jayhawkera. First
enrolled as the 1st Kansas Cavalry
and later as the 7th Kansas, it was
known throughout the war as the
Jayhawkers.
Jer6son soon retired from the
cosnnnse1d, and was sueceeded by
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Locked-In Children
The Terrible Lesson Of
Recent Fire
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Three children burned to ds..,,
That was headline in this wsss.
news. Hardly week goes by but e.
takes its toll of lives-and ,,s
percentage of children's lives. On, - -
has fire laws ana splendid Fira I,s
partment-nen who risk their lives :
save fire-trapped families.
But no one of the many brancso.
the work Of the New York Society,"
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Child.
at 297 Fourth Avenue, is stressed ny
than conservation of child life p;s..
times day one or another Of tba
ciety's officers will warn fathers ~,
mothers of the Importance of not lo.s
ing their children in the house :.
rooms. Less than week 500
mother was found who lust tool .
little run to Sixtieth Street" (fros
l3Sth), leaving her three children -
curely locked in the rooms. In c,..
of fire there was not chance of saw.
ing the little things. Windows. sre
escapes and doors were do.b,.
locked, and the neighbor in the I'd
joining apartment did not know
whether the woman was in.
Another woman and her husband
who do Office work, left their two
children locked in the room and ,;as
to the bed. They were cleaners and
were away from their home two honrs
in the morning and three in the after.
noon. A neighbor downstairs. whe
had agreed to look after the babies
was taken suddenly i'll and sent to tha
hospital, and no one in the ho,sa
knew the children were in their room
Nothing ever happened" the woman
exclaimed Indignantly, and the man
was too disgusted for words at such
needless precaution. Half dozen
specific cases were given In detail Of
helpless children being burned to
death or seriously injured Then the
man looked at his w;fe-there were
tears in her eyes as she realized the
danger to which she daily submitted
her little ones.
Men and women who must go to
work can arrange at a very reason.
able cost to leave their children in
one of the day nurseries. Or there
are any number Of women glad to
care for babies while mothers are
away. The society, at 297 Fourth
Avenue, has lists Of perfectly reliable
places where babies will be given ex.
cellent care. 1t is against the law to
endanger the life of child-and a
child locked up in a room is in the
gravest danger. A house could be re.
duced to ashes in an hours time-it
takes only few minutes to suffocate
baby with smoke, even before its
poor little body is burned
Every man, woman and child in New
York City should help the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren and the Fire Department in this
work of saving the babies. Don't lick
them up. EDITH ]. CRANE,
New York Society for the Preven-
tion Of Cruelty to Children.
New York, June 10, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Another Special DELAY

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have just finished reading
A. b. Graham's letter OF June 10, and
| cannot r4frain from adding my expe-
-ience with Mr.. Burleson's system in
New York City.
Two weeks ago q special delivery
letter was mailed to me, and, to insure
safety" was posted at the Sixty eighth
Street postoificc. have not received
it yet, nor have they any record of the
letter at the postofice. NURSE.
New York, June 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
The Johnson-Borah Myth

Some energy has been exerted, and
more promises to be, to establish the
myth that in some way Hiram John
son and his "irreconcilable" friends
exerted determining influence in
the framing of the league plank of
the Chicago convention. The mo-
tives of the would-be myth makers
are plain.
In the first instance, our Demo-
cratic friends, in the interest of
making partisan capital, are desir-
Gus of stimulating the dissatisfaction
of Republicans favorable to the
league and to some degree confused
and suspicious of the future inten-
tons of Republican leaders.
In the second instance, the John
son-Borah elements would enhance
their prestige. They want it under
stood that much was conceded to
them. They had threatened to bolt,
yet they knew they could command
few if they ordered walk-out. So,
not wanting to live up to their men,
aces, they are eager to make it ap-
pear that they have been placated by
the majority's surrender to them.
The truth is simple. Though they
voted against ratification on the
basis Of the Lodge reservations. no
responsible leader Of the party has
demanded that the "irreconcilable"
Senators be driven out Of the party
on this account. They have been
recognized as Republicans in the
Senate, in the primary contests and
IN the convention. Support of the
Lodge reservations is not test of
fealty. Members of the Senate have
been free Of dictation in the past.
they are to continue free in the
future.
To be consistent the party thus
could go no further than to indorse
the league Of peace principles. 1t will
be noted that 1t does this. The
party pledges itself, if intrusted with
power, to promote an association of
nations TO Lreserye peace. Although
outlining no particular plan, the
party thus presents itself as q
league Of peace party.
Messrs. Johnson and Borah. by
consenting TO this platform, have
yielded much--have proved more
reasonable than for long time 1t
was thought they would.
The mytkthat II IL johnson plat
form win moi last Through the au-
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

found on the other side, too. AS be-
tween the Kaiser and Trotzky, the
latter has won out; but this lesson
apparently does not deter the junker
officers from stalking on the same
precarious instrumentalities their
cream of revenge.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

tumn frosts. 1t would be nearer the
truth to say that the country has
before it Root platform, Mr.. Root
being one of the earliest and most
jealous advocates of league Of
peace.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Back to Nature

{From The San Francisco Chroniclc)
In Bolshevik Russia, we are told, the
people are now learning to do without
the railroads" With the railways in
such bad shape that they barely suffice
for military needs the camel is coming
back in southeastern Russia and the
donkey has become an important trans
nortatinu factor
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
Shakespeare Up to Date

(From The Mil,oanioce SentinsD
If the late Mr.. Shakespeare were
among us 1T is moral certainty that
he would consider Shylocks pound Of
hcsh II trifiing sort of affair and make
that aagacious usurer hold up Antonio
for Pound of granulated sugar in
stes&s
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
The Business Mans Dilemma

(From The Atlanta Constitution
And where is the honest business =
man TO "ges OFF,? If he does -. -.
mix in political matters he !"
nounced as Stacker; and i ne a0s-
the critics call him crook.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

MENfBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tho Associated Prcss Is exclusively entitled to this
FOR republication Of all dispatches credited
to 1. otherwise credited In this paper. and
also the local OF spontaneous origin published
herein
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

You purohaso merchandise Advertised fn THE
1Rl6uNs with absolute safsS-for Y dlssatistac.
90 pay your money back upon request. Ne rcd tape.
No sulbbns. We make soed promptly 1t the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

Owned and published daily by New York Tribune
iac.. New York Corporation. Ogden Reid. Prcei
dent G. Vernon Rogers Vice President: Helen Roxsr
Reid. Secretary; r. u. Maxneid. Treasurs~. Ad-
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New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
GUARANTY

entsred at tho Postcfncs at Nsw York sscoad
Glass Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12
The Greater Evil

(From The WashincfeN Post)
The tumult OF war dies, bat the
shouting Of politics is even worse.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

The Applause Lasted 81 Minutes
l never heard nominating speech,
/ never have been near one;
But l can tell you, all and each,
I'd rather read than hear ono.
p
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

Nor are Mr.. Irwin Cobb's animad-
versions on the weather to be taken
seriously. Mr. Cobb's boiling point
also is low, and he looks tepid at
eight below zero.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

Il won marvelously at first" said
Mrs. Gleason, speaking of her poker
adventures; beginners often do" The
only trouble with that statement is
that it isn't so. Beginners at any
game infrequently win; a winner at
his first game of poker is as rare as
a cub reporter whose first assignment
gives him a big news beat
Mrs. Dempsey is barred from testi.
tying against her former husband as
to events occurring during the period
of their martial relationship.-Trib
Extra! Dempsey Gets Into War on
typographical Error.
The applause at the convention 10
largely perfunctory. If q man sud-
denly decided to give you n million
dollars, you couldn't sincerely applaud
him ten minutes. And hearing that
kind of applause gives no spinal
shiver. At the Bill Sill benefit, On
the other hand, there was applause.
lasting perhaps one minute for Weber
and Fields, Sam Bernard. and Lillian
Russell. 1t was the tear-provokinc
spinal shiver kind; and was worth an
hour Of the political holler.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-12

Prof. Haywood Broun's astonish-
ment at the wiltlessness of the Henry
Cabot Lodge collar may be justifable,
but we doubt it. Prof. Broun has an
abnormal viewpoint on such matters.
His own collar willis on any day
warmer than zero, Fahrenheit.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
MAY MAKE ARMY POST
HOSPITAL FOR DISABLED

One OF the large regular army
posts may be converted into an emer-
geney hospital for the care OF the
anlieted former service men. $4,000 OF
whom are reported to be suffering
from mental arrangement and $4,000
from tubercuiar troubles. following
suggestions 10 this effect made today
to Secretary Baker by the House pub
lie buiidings and grounds committee.
Secretary Baker said that he would
take the matter up Immediately with
OFFICIALS OF tile War Department. lie
said he was uncertain whether this
could be done in view OF arrangements
that had been made TO provide Tor
the regular army. Among the posts
suggested were Forts Meade (south
Dakota). Mckenzie and McHenry
Baltimore).
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
In U. S. COST $1,000 900
Won Bernstorff Tells National As
sembly Of Money Spent
Here Before War.

BERLIN. April 15.-count Johann
Won Bernstorff. former German am
sassador to the United States. tssti-
flying yesterday before the, war. in,
Sestig alton commission OF the. Ma.
tionsi Assembly, declared he had
spent 1000. 900 for propaganda pur-
poses in America before that country
entered the war.
The former ambassador said he had
no funds at his own disposal. and that
he was compelled TO secure money
from UndersecretaIy OF State Albert.
''It was impossible ia give large
sums without first obtaining permis-
sion from Berlin" he testified. "For
the entire German propaganda cam
paign In the United States disbursed
only $1,000, 900. A prominent Amer
lean judge had assured me he beliey-
ed 80 per cent OF the reports of Ger
man outrages were fiction"
The commission resumed Its inquiry
after long recess.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
Well : Known City
Salesman Reliev-
ed After Suffering
Ten Years
With Stomach Trouble By
Using Nu-yim Iron
Tonic.

Nu.yim saved the day when all else
failed, and put the well known city
saissman,, a Mr.. II. c. Flanerroy. the
representative for the National Lead
Nail Paint Co.. of 25 Upton street. At
.Iarta, in such good shape he volunteers
this statement for the bcneht OF the
public, and said: "I have suffered Tor
more than ten years with stomach and
kidney troubles. My stomach was 80
weak nothing j ate agreed with me.
Gases would accumulate in my stom,
ach, which gave me great distress. j
had become bilious and dizzy, and my
Kidneys were in bad shape. pains up
and down my back, and j was forced
to get up six and eight times at night,
and at that time Nu-Nim was brought
to my attention, and l began to take
IL. and from the first / began feeling
better. I have used three bottles, and
/ now sleep through the night like a
log i can eat and enjoy my meals
with relish, and digest my food, and
no more CASEY stomach, and am
now in such good shape and have
plenty of pep and ambition for my
work Nu-Vim has proven. a rcvela.
ton to me, and the public should
know Of its great power, which lsrec-
ommend as good" Nu-Vinl is sold by
all druggists. and especially recon-
,mended by all PEOPLES Drug stores.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
LIBERTY BONDS.
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE, April 15.-Wheat-
Firmer: offerings limited. No. . red
winter, S3,03n3.04: No. red winter,
garIicky. s3.01d3O2; receipts, 1856
bushels: shipments, 1.467.
Corn-Firmer. No. yellow or bet
ter, domestic. SLIT; receipts, 13,603;
shipments, 1,4S9.
Oats-Firmer. No. 3 white domes-
tic, S1.22; receipts, 1850; shipments,
9,933.
Rye-Strong; higher. No. . west
ern export spot, s2.32.; receipts, 49,
$40; shipments, 40I.
Hay-Firm: better demand.
Flour-Firm.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
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