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New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
The Nobel Award
a Defense of DR.. Hober and
Poison Gas

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Nlr: Being an enthusiastic reader o.
The Tribune and valuing highly its ei
torial page, It was with feeling close
to chagrjn that we read to-day Won,
editorial entitled THE Nobel Awsro
Scandal The award to DR.. Haber q,
the Nobel Prize will, we venture to say.
be considered by the average fair
minded American chemist 10 be reason
able and we'll deserved.
In referring to Haber as zone OF In.
developers of poison gas for use in mill
tary operations" and emitting al refer
ence to his work ON the synthesis G.
ammonia and the fixation of atmospheric
nitrogen your editorial tends 20 give
to the layrnan the incorrect impression
that Haber was chosen because of his
alleged connection with poison gas de-
velopment. We're you ignorant Of the
fact that DIR. Haber's investigation on
nitrogen tixation, which formed the
groundwork for the most successful
solution of this problem. was undoub,-
edly the reason for his winning .he
Nobel Prize, or did you fail 10 mention
Ii purposely? Ne would much prefer
TO assume that YOU mean be entirely
fair. If SO, We suggest that you secure
and publish the opinions Of ". A
Noyes, president Of the American Chem
ical Society; of w H. Nichols, the pres
dent of the society for 1919, and ot
DR.. Herty. the editor of "The JournAl
of Industrial and Engineering Chenais-
try" on the award to Dr.. Haber.
Since you have laid such stress on
poison gas, we wonder whether or not
you are familiar with the testimony
given by officers Of the army at Cor
gressional hearings. a month or 30 ago
on army appropriations, 10 the effect
that in view Of the small number oi
those killed by poison gas compared with
the large number of poison gas casual
ties who have completely recovered the
use OF poison gas constitutes the rnoa
humane and effective form Of modem
warfare FRANK r. SQUAIR
Wilmington. Del. Jan. 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Jobs. Not Charity. for Cripples
To the Editor Of The Tribune

Sir: Somewhere there is just the
Job for this young man, a Job chat re-
9uirles moro hcadvork than hand
work, for he was born without a left
arm and with only the part of right.
Yet he has secured common school
education. can writo, do checking. use
the telephone and do many other
things that would make him useful to
some employer. He Is twontythree
years old, has pleasing personality
and Is ambitious to earn his living
Such pluck should be recognized and
encouragement should not be allowed
to force him into the ranks of street
mendicants, many Of whom arc far
less handicapped than he. He could
MI admirably position where a good
memory and a pleasing personality
would oounS FOR mors than manual
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underworld living spelled the bulk

underworld living spelled the bulk
Of his days.
The truth is that real adventure
no longer belongs to the highway
man. 1t was possible to build a
romance about Jesse James. In the
facts of Handy there is only a
psychopathic puzzle Adventure has
passed on to other fields. Douglas
Fairbanks has more thrills in one
reel than Handy had i'll his whole
life. Science has its romance--wit-
ness the Einstein theory. SO has
business, as Edna Ferber, quite as
much as Edwin Lefcvre. has shown
us. All such adventures are slower
in action, less thrilling than the old
style dashing sort? Granted. But
they are at least real; they are the
only sure remnants Of romance in
this modern world Of endless law
and much order. Young Handy was
trying to be Jesse James in a world
that works off its Wild West pro-
clivities in a 15-cent movie theater
and lives by subway and the time
clock. Of course he failed of every
thing--even wild, free-shooting
death.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
The Handy Anachronisn1

Young Handy, who pulled his
cigarette nonchalantly up to the
gates of death, was q queer phenom-
cnon in so many ways that no two
people are likely to agree as to what
was most amazing.
His conscionce-or what passed
for his conscience-was az extraor-
dinary as could be imagined; and
that is saying great deal in world
where most Of US have consciences
with blind spots and convenient ex-
ceptions covering pet weaknesses.
He apparently felt no rcmorse over
most Of his murders-thc BROOKLYN
ones, for example; FOR by some per
verted logic he conceived that be
gave his victims "a chancc"- he with
gun waving in their faces. ready
70 pop at the slightest motion. The
Davis murder was different, how
ever. lie apparently felt that he
mad not lived up to his code in this
case and the crime preyed on him.
We all have codes like this; but hi.
was a code carried to such gro
tcsque pervcrsion of sense and right
that 1t seems to q normal mind pro-
posterous, almost insane.
That is the one thread of unity
running through his career. There
l. little danger of such a story max
ing hero Of Handy for the young
OF to-day. Whichever way one turns
IN ma career of blood and hravndo
one Is struck by the futilitv. the IN
comprehensive sillness Of such a
i1c. Here was anything but ad
venture and soul-satisfying excite
ment. Only butchery and dirtv
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
The Right Kind of Army

Inc essential thing about the
.Seoate's army reorganization bill
- that 1t provides for compulsory
training. Without universal obi
CATION to take such training no
real army can be created In this
country.
The old regular army still has its
pses. 1t constitutes a permanent
9arrison and police force and must
@cf'ye as Il nucleus for training pur-
l'oacs. We shall always need such
= body. But it could never be ex-
oanded In time Of emergency. Be
fore 1914 we had a standing armv
~ about 100000. The Hay bill OF
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

Washington, II. {.
Two questions naturally interest the
Washington world as result OF the
unexpected political developments in
France. These questions are: First
why was Clemenceau defeated, and sec
ond, what will the new "crew" do?
The defeat of Clemenceau suggests
the American parallel of the defeat of
Theodore Roosevelt in the Republican
National Convention Of 1912 At the
election polls Roosevelt was the choice
OF the Republican voters, but in the
convention his fate was decided by pre-
cisely those politicians who had been
his enemies in the past and who suf-
fcrcd most at his hands.
At Versailles Clemenceau's candidacy
was passed upon by body made up
in large part of those men who had
been his political and personal oppo-
nents for half century. Deschanel had
borne the marks of Clcmenceaus own
sword on his own face, and there are
not few others who bear Clemenceau's
stamp, physical or verbal. Nowhere else
could Clemenceau have been so weak.
But there was a second feature: had
the United States Senate ratified the
treaty of alliance with Great Britain
and France, for the guarantee Of the
French frontier against Germany,
Clemenceau would have been tri-
umphantly elected, even at Versailles.
The fatal circumstance which cost him
the election was the widespread feeling
that he had failed to obtain from the
British and from the Americans those
guarantees which were essential to
French safety. There was q feeling
that he had been unduIy plant TO the
pressure Of Lloyd George and President
Wilson, and that as consequence
France had Jared less well in the peace
conference than was her due.
AS to the Crew." it is essential to
recognize at the outset that the most
powerful tide in French affairs is now
running in the conservative direction
IN Great Britain and in Italy labor and
noclalse parties are respectively gain
ing in number and influence, but in
France, as in the United States. the
exact opposite is the case.
In the new administration the man
elected President could hardly have more
influence than his immediate predecessor
Deschanel will not be as important a
figure as Millerand, who succeeds
Clemenceau and who, it is worth noting.
was Clemenceau's own selection. From
Miilerand ministry we may expect a
sane domestic policy and absence Of
"nti-clerical passion, which might do
fatal injury to the French cause in
Alsace-Lorraine. We may expect an ear
nest and intelligent attempt to rescue
France by encouraging Frcnchmcn to
go back to everyday work
But it is idle to suppose that we
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
after Clemenccdu:9 ,
Bu Frank II. Siimonds

shall have any less determined advo-
cacy Of French interests, or less az
gressive assertion of French policy than
we have had during the rule of Gle
menceau. There is no blinking the fact
that the mass of Frenchmen feel that
France has come out of the war on the
whole very badly, that grave mistakes
have been made, which must be cured
In word, the new ministry and the
new President elected may lie expected
to adopt strong national program and
assert an independence of allies which
OIemenceau never ventured 10 indulge in.
Bolshevism and Socialism. were de-
cldedly defeated in France in the last
election; nationalism and conservatism
were victors. The new President and
the new ministry represent the antith-
esls OF lnternationalism and radi-
calism
Clemenceau's weakness in his own
county grew out Of the fact that while
the nation recognized the magnitude of
his services during the war. conceded
that he saved the nation and the Allied
cause. they believed that in the peace
conference he failed. from the French
point OF view. because he yielded too
completely to British and American in
iluences More than all else this ex-
plains his defeat for President: since
1t was felt that as President he would
because Of his prestige and personality.
continue to exercise decisive influence
upon French relations with foreign ma
tions.
AS to Clemenceau himself, there can
be no mistaking the fact that he is
glad to lay down the great burden. He
was candidate for the Presidency only
because his associates assured him =
was patriotic duty, and from the out
set he stipulated that he would accent
election only if it We're by acclamation
no Frenchman in all the long and bril-
liant history Of the nation has deserved
more Of his country in enduring
gratitude and affection; but although
'h's ls the case, and despite the fact
that petty political policies contributed
to his defeat at Versailles, it must be
recognized that the ultimate explanation
of the defeat will be found in the French
belief that Clcmenceau was less success
ful in making peace than in making
war, and that French interests de-
manded new and more vigorous hand.
We shall, therefore, have to expect.
If not any sudden break with the recent
past, steadily increasing vigor in
tho maintenance of French interests
against British IDEAS, and even against
American policies. if President Wilson
shall again exercise the influence and
defend the purposes of his past cam
paign
Copy rig ht 1920. by the Mcclure News.
paper Synd'cate.)
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Whishu for Colds
Medical Opinion Is Cited in It's
Favor

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Noting the letter written bv
Mrs. Martha NJ Allen W. G, T. U
worker, and published in Thursday
Tribune, attacking Health Commits
sioncr Copeland for his commendable
efforts in rendering available to the
physicians of the city supply of
whisky with which to combat the rav-
ages of the influenza, | request equal
prominence for the opinions Of re.
nowned medical mon who differ rad
ically from your correspondent. as fol-
lows:
Samu ! o. l.. Potter. A. NJ, VI. D..
NJ, Il. c. P, London, formerly professor
Of the principles and practice Of medi~
cine, Cooper Medical College. San
Francisco, and author of "Materia
Medica, Pharmacy and Therapeutics" i"
a volume in universal use among ply
slcians, which has received the in
dorsemcnt of "Thc Journal of the
American Medical Association has
this to say about alcohol:
internally, in small quantities taken
aust before or during meal, alcohol
ls an efficient aid to digestion, cspe-
cially in the aged and feeble or per-
sons who are exhausted from over
work. In the atomic indigestion Of
nervous and depressed subjects good
brandy is universally found to be ben
eficial. In the form OF sparkling
wine, as champagne or brandy and
soda, alcohol viii control the upset
stomach in yellow fever and seasick-
ness.
"A single dose of strong whisky
Is often & very efficient combatant of
fainting or collapse, by its prompt re-
fiex stimulation of the circulation. An
attack of acute coryza or a cold from
exposure beginning with chill may
frequently be aborted by full doze
of spirits in hot water, taken just be
fore going to bed, for the purpose Of
reiaXlng the peripheral vessels and
thus promoting diaphorcsis and restor.
ing the disturbed balance Of the cir
culation."
Physicians generally agree with Dr.
Lawson TAFT, who declared himself
fully persuaded after thirty years of
ilfe, as hard In work and as full of
responsibility as we'll could be, that
'he moderate use Of alcohol is ne
cess'ty IN our modern life"
Inc extremists. VINO hnd 10 good
whatever in alcohol, hold that it is a
lailacy to apply tho term "stimulan,"
thereto, that alcohol is paralyzant
from first to last, that its apparent car
olac stimulation is in reality the re-
suit Of its narcotism Of cardiac inhi-
pltlon, and that every special sense Is
blunted by even small doees OF this
poison" They calmly ignore the fact
that their premises apply to every
st1mulant in its special field Of action
as we'll as 30 alcohol in its sphere. md
forget that their conclusion Chat alco
hoi has no place in medicine except as
poison} applies by the same reason
ing to every other stimulant. Hence.
to be consistent, they should advocate
the banishmcnt of all stimulant drugs
from the "Materia Mcdica.r
sTANWooD L. HENDERSON, A. NJ.
New York. Jan. 29. 1920.
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skill. He could be an information clerk
or fill some other position requiring
falthfulness' attention, reliability, Il
good memory and pleasing manners. II
any employer has such position and
VIII telephone TO the employment de
p"rtment of the Institute for Crippled
and Disabled Mcn-Gramercy l4G7-
we Will put him in touch with a worthy
young man, who wants no charity. but
only chance to show that he can be
valuable to some one who has the kind
Of position he can fill.
J. c. FAIRIES.
Director Institute for Crippled Disa
bed Men
New York, Ian 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Reports OF at+emotod o,,tor.;or

Reports Of attempted extortion by
nurses have reached DR.. Copeland, and
IL any nurse attempts "hold-up," he
says, the Health Department should
be notified. Why should nurses not
extort? Most of them don't, though
they are the victims of extortioners
But it is too much to expect Of nurses
that they alone should not try to get
sHgAt share OF the golden drzzle.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Where TO Start

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The best remedy for BolsheS''"
is to teach the Importance OF pr''S''
property and Of property ownefs"t
and how and when 10 save and maNe
start IN tho schools. high schools Wv
leges, universities, churches ano s''
day schools. Why not7
F. q. MILLER
Weston. W. Va. Jan. 81. 1870.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Quantity Production

''o" TIM Ho'''inOtor E'cniug Star)
Henry Ford is credited with .he
statement shat success lies in tho
ability TO produce in quantity. Hence
tho auccosa Of tho able contributions
to tho Congressional Record
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Tho Secret Of STRENGTH

Sir see by the bilboards that "Jack
Dempsey, the Tiger Of the Ring" takes
NnHatcd Iron FOR red blood, strength and
endurance"
II more Of the American men of fighting
age mad used this tonic Fcrshing would have
had trouble getting corporal's guard for
duty IN France, and doubt by this sine
me T. S a. would have had a steamship
for each family
'NE "F THOSE VINO plsorrYnD THE Coy
feNMENT AND VOLUNTEERED.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
From the Friends of Greece
To the Editnl. OF Tho rrihnn.

10 the Editor of Fhe Tribune.
Sir: The unanimous vote Of the United
States Senate on the resolution Of Sena-
tor King in favor Of annexation by
Greece Of the Thracian territory sur
rendered by Turkey and Bulgaria to the
Allied and associated powers furnishes
very appropriate reason for the
League of Friends of Greece ID America
III behalf of all tho friends Of Greece
as we'll as in behalf of the Greek nation
TO extend to you warmest thanks for
the gallant support you have given 10
'he cause Of Greece from the beginning
of the session Of the peace conference
mo League Of Friends Of Greece is
completely aware of the inestimablc
services your institution has rendered
TO the lust cause of Greece by the gen
erous space you have employed in order
to enlighten American public opinion
and to arouse American official opin;on
to act justly and quickly.
1t is the hope of the Ieap-ne of
Friends of Greece that your Institution
Will lend it's suppor. to Greece IN her
struggle for the un'ication OF other of
her provinces, which are as Hellenic as
lhr"cc itself. namely, Northern Hpirus.
The Islands Of the Hgcan and the
western coast Of Asia Minor.
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF GREECE
N AMERICA.
n J. Cnssavetcs, Vice President.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 20, 1920
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GUARANTY

fos purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE With absolute safety--for II dssatisfac-
ten results In any case ThE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pa sour money back request. No red tape.
No ouibhing. We make good promptly II the
advertiser does not
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fasaltena. January %

"Nohody,' says Mr.. William G. Nc.
Adoo, saying that he never would sub
Scribo to any movement that would
prevent the freedom of speech or the
press, will ever overthrow a govern
ment II you let him talk" Speaking
OF p'anks. we'd vote for man who
nailed that to his scaifoldinp
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Our Own TraNeioqucs

Sir: In transmitting the news
that Leon Sweet was elected Presi-
dent of the Western Confectioners'
Association here to-day, take great
pleasure in announcing that W. M.
DIll found himself in a pretty pickle
when upon opening his delicatessen
ana tine grocery store at Is West
l'lco Street, also to-day, a masked
bandit confronted him, waving a re-
volver, which if that would have
1een me would have pretended that
was just as much a stranger in
the place as, fer instance, O'Neill
and Pray, clerical tailors, and would
have said: GIVE me for ten cents
pastrami, so as not to let on that
| suspected something, instead of
which the masked bandit knows at
once that Dill owns the place from
the holler Dill puts up and takes
from him $40; and r. ]. Wildhack
is spending week end with Martin
Justice in Los Angeles, and Earl
Deir Blggers is dickering with the
Ioyo klsen Kaisha for tickets to
Yokohama for himself. wife and
son, and this is all the news from
Pasadena at present time of wyitinp
MONTAGUE GLASS.
pasN,ena. January "a '''''''
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The Coming owex
Winte,.

qomeuhot n the Cnlrerley manner
anet, as the month of Janus
CAS- term III comes to close,
Seek | now the verso incanous
AS substitute for prose.
For. though you may find it tedum
And may grudgc the treasured time.
| prefer the metric medium,
And choose the chains of rhyme
These, my Janet, are the days
Rise without hint of haste;
Take the frigid plunge with quasi
Fear and tremulous distaste,
These the days when | would rather
Lie the day In bed than lave;
When | whip the molhent Iathcr
For the matut,nal shave
These the days do no, trek fast
From my far too costly fat
When dawdlc with my breakfast,
Speaking kindly to the cat.
When. repletc with melting pity
For the master of my fate
contrive to reach the city
lrrcmediably late
When, jealous lyric smier,
| essay to sing a song
And an editorial writer
Talks to me the whole day long;
When | read the final galley
Proof and pen the Ultimate line
With the knowledge tha, tho Valley
Of Con,cntmcnt Unit mine;
Low morale IS mlnc on these DAYS
Oi alternate rain and snow,
Chilly days and melt-and-freczc days.
My morale, | say. is low.
II, my Janet. you can reason
As you read me, 1t may strike
Yon that Winter IS season
enormously dislike.
Winter finds me overvesry.
VOID of song and reft Of phrase.
Janet, yours the fcrvcnt query
As TO how [ feel these days.
Weary of this pidling planet,
OF this cvcr-whirllne wheel.
that I've 'ricd to tell you, Janet
Is about the way | feel.
Iho spoken whecze gets across far
better than the printed jape. Der
nard Shaw Is still at large, isn't he 2"
asked Seymour Stedman yesterday
lie is at large. but ! don't consider
that he is very still" answered Al
gernon Lee. And-wc have the Eve
nine Posts word for it-a roar of
laughter swept over the chamber. I'll
Z. colyumist printed that Jest, the boss
would begin to look for loophole
in his contract.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
Nr,>fBFe OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TN, Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 tho
rse for republication OF all dis patches credited
to it Or nor otherwise credited in this paper and
also ,Na locs news OF sloui sncous origin published
iersir
tights ot republication Of al other mattcr
herein also reserved
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hol orc you advise, denr friand, as
certain that tho advice Isn't super
fuous.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

"Heioro you telcphone,' counscls
tho telephone company, make sure
the call is essential"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
'but That Was Many Years Apo'

Hir: The system OF debts and taAes
IS ieveling all governments In Europe.
We must ultimately go the same wav.
There is no practicable or imaginable
cSpedient 10 escape it that | can con-
ccivc'
The foregoing is a quotation from a
ietter by John Adams, writtcn at
Quincy, July 27. 1899, to his Secretary
of War p N
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

Mr.. Clinton T. Brainard has been
lined 81 900 for publishing "Madelcino."
and American Morals, retaining her
Good Name. is again an Honest
Woman
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATFS-Ry NAIL Including
pos,asr IN TIE UNITED STATES AND
FOREIGN RATES


filtered s. the Postofscs at Nav York as Second
class Mall Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31
An Exploded Delusion

ffrom The Portland Press}
Ono man who hasn't been heard
from lately 10 the Fellow who has bscn
afraid our climate was softeninr.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

Winter find, me overweary.
Void of song and reft Of phrase.
Janet, yours the fcrvcns query
As TO how | feel these days.
Weary of this pialing planet,
OF this cvcr-whirl'ng wheel,
that I've tired to tell you, Janet
Is about the way feel.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

When, Jealous lyric smiter.
| essay to sing a song,
And an editorial writer
Talks to me the whole day long
When | read the final galley
Proof and pen The Ultimate line
With the knowledge tha, the Vale
OF Con,cntment nn't mine;
New-York tribune., 1920-01-31

I. 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Synd;cate.)
The St. Mary banner., 1920-06-26
Gompers Again Chosen
As Federation Chief

Montreal-The American Fedora
ton of Labor again expressed its con-
fidence in the leadership of Samuel
Gompers, it's veteran president, when
it reelected him Friday for the thirty
ninth time at it's fortieth annual con-
vention here and returned to office
his entire administration cabinet.
His election was virtually unani-
nous. The only delegate who voted
against him was James A. Duncan of
the Seattle Central Labor Council.
leader of the progressive wing of the
federation.
The delegates gave their leader a
tremendous ovation when he declared:
81 accept the call to duty and l
will obey" He was much affected by
the demonstration.
Mr. Gompers explained that the fed
Grafton had not changed its view in
connection with the use Of light wines
and beer, manufacture and sale of
which was advocated by the conven-
ton last year.