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The New York herald., 1920-01-25
WEATHER REPORT.
FORECAST FOR NEW YORK CITY.
Sundny-Rain or snow and colder.

The following report on weather condi
tions during the twenty-four hours ended
at nine a. NJ. Saturday was issued by th'
locai Weather Bureau:-
The cold wave over the Northwest is still
developing and advancing southeast
ward over the Plains States and Upper
Mississippi Valley. The barometer a
Miles City is 31.02 inches. the highest fol-
the present winter. Rains continue from
Texas over the Gulf and Atlantic States
Tennessee Valley and to Southern New
England Snow continues over most sec
tions north of the rain area.
In this vicinity rain. probably turning to
snow. with winds backing to north and
increasing and colder are conditions in
dicated during the next twenty-four hours
Sunday probably local snow flurries and
colder.
The following temperatures were re-
corded at eight A. NJ, seventy fitth me
ridian time Albany, Il: Atlantic city,
"a; Bismarck. missing; Boise. IS Boston
30 Buffalo Ia; Charleston. 62; chicago
20: Cleveland, 16: Denver. 2s; Des
Moines, 16 Detroit, -; Duluth, 6; Cal
weston. So Halifax. 4; ; Helena, 2 jack
sonviile. 62: Kansas City, 20; LOUISVILLE
2S: Memphis. 34 Pensacola. 6S Mont
real. A: New York 81 North Platte, zero
Oklahoma 22 Philadelphia. "a: Pittsburg
Is: Portland Me-, IA; Portland. Ore, "
Hartford. &c: Roswell, SO; st. Louis, "a
st. Paul. 2 Salt Lake City, "a san Diego
Sc: San Francisco. 46 Swift Current, -
Tampa, 64: Washington. "a. Highest. ~.
at Key West and Miami. Fla; lowest, 81
below at Wlliston. y. u.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
ENFORCING DRY LAWS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
The announcement that the Anti-Saloon
LeaglN has fund of $25.00000O, a large
part OF which is to be devoted to aiding
in tho enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment shows that the League is
getting ready to try to explain away
the failure of prohibition to abolish crime.
poverty, disease and insanity. which are
falsely stated to be chiefly due to the
found that these evils exist under pro-
hibition the League will say:--''Oh, but
the law is not enforced
w. III. Anderson gave the scheme away
in his recent statement to the press 10
the effect that under the Vostead law
New York State might expect an annual
revenue of S5,OO0.G9o from fines on Illicit
liquor sellers This means that great guam
titles of moonshine liquor will be sold by
blind tigers and 'bootleggers." instead
of liquors made under strict government
supervision.
The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
have been openly violated for many years
by every Southern Prohibition state. Is
not the right of the citizen to vote of more
than the drinking of a harm
less glass of beer or wine? Have these
Jealous upholders of enforcement of the
constitution, who are trying to whecdlc
S25, ,000, ,OG out of the people to pay ia
salaries TO lot of pestilent busyboiies.
spies. sneaxs and informers, ever lifted "a
finger or spent one dollar to secure the
of the fourteenth and fiji
teenth amendments? H. j..
New York City. Jan. !. 1920
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
SOCIALISTS" TRIAL.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
Permit me to congratulate you on the
admirable editorial under '"rhe Trial Of
the Socialists" This, surely, is not the
time for maudlin political buncomb to get
votes, nor for hysterical subscriber getting
journalism. 1t is the time for real whole
some editorials, as the one referred to-
whose plain. honest expressions regarding
what is directly or indirectly obnoxious to
our Christian mode of living can be easily
understood by any honest minded man or
woman OF common intelligence. {.
AS for the Socialists on trial at Albany.
they should, it seems to me, welcome the
majority of the Assembly to show the
American people In general who and what
they are TODAY and what they have been
heretofore in public and private life. and.
moreover show in no uncertain way that
they know the sacred obligations which
the honor of being a citizen of our coun-
try surely bind then, to.
If they are real, sincere, intelligent men,
as they are supposed to be, they must
know in their hearts that the very Assem-
blymen who have given them the said
chance will be the first to congratulate
them and welcome them back in their seats
if they can prove, in spite Of the odious
charges against them, that they are worthy
of American citizenship! But honor to all
those men and wonen who, when occasion
demands it, can rise grandly, eloquently
and place Americanism high above ali
sordid motives and selfish political inter-
ests. prompted solely by the desire to
see justice triumph. b. A. RONZONE.
New York City. July "a, 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
sun md Herald.
(Roston Post)

The New York sun introduced the penny
newspaper into America. The NEW YORK
HLRALp, under James Gordon Bennett, was
the first to dispute this new field in the
metropolis. With the many publications
which followed their example they routed
the leisurely political weeklies and entirely
changed the face of American journalism
The rivalry between them has been con-
spicuous in the evolution of volatile news
as II is now conceived. The story of that
rivalry. rich in romance and adventure,
has ended with the purchase of the
HERALD. by Frank A. Munsey. publisher
of the sun.
Under James Gordon Bennett and his
versatile son. James Gordon Bennett H..
the HERALD blazed many new paths in
journalism. 1t developed the system of
paid correspondents. enlarging the scope
Of it's interest beyond local boundaries.
The "trigger-finger reporter, famed in
colleges of journalism. Is said first to
have assumed his role in the offices OF
the HERALD and the table stretching to dis
tant lands became under the influence OF
the HERALD necessity to all newspapers
which sought to serve the public with all
the news IL wanted.
The junior Bepnett. TOO. created news.
He sent the fameus Jearnette expedition
TO discover the North Pole, and though
it failed Henry NJ. Stanley. despatched
to the interior of Africa. did find the
explorer, Dr. Livingstone, and brought
back his fascinating story to the world.
The originality of the HERALD editorially
contributed energetically also TO the de-
velopment of personal journalism. and
in It's heyday the HERALD shared with
Danas sun. Greeley's Tribune and Muir
rays Times the honor OF sturdy follow
mss When the day of personal Journal
ism passed the HERALD was not back
ward. In the last years of Bennetts life
and since his death 1t has been credit
able example of national newspaper with
an Independent editorial policy
The sale of this newspaper to the owner
Of the sun raises the question as to its
future. The editors announce that "the
HERALD will continue the policies which
have marked IL throughout its wonderful
history" That assurance will bring much
pleasure to its readers and the public In
general. ms viii also the declaration OF
Mr.. Munsey that $50 for as concerns any
act Of mine the name NEW YORK HERALD
is immortal"
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
The General Welfare.

The preamble of the federal constitu.
ton. like the preamble of the American
lied covenant of the League of Nations,
is very important.
The preamble says:-"We, the people
of the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general wei
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity, do or.
dain and establish this constitution for the
United States of America"
"1'he general welfare" embraces the
entire purpose of the document. In those
three words are the soul of the constitu-
ton and the republic Under the accepted
rule of all governments by the people,
the majority shall determine what "the
general welfare" demands in each and
every instance.
ment under the constitution frequently
hsve been questioned and disputed, finally
1.-The general welfare has prevailed, in
dorsed by the majority. Every misun-
derstanding between States, every dispute
between the States and the federal gov
e1nment, has been settled on ''the general
welfare" plan. Whenever personal liberty
and personal rights have risen in protest,
''the general welfare always has set
tied the protest
t1,a tn 70 81,
try today ''the general welfare must
prevail over all else No individual, no
class. no sect, no party, no religion can
bc permitted to be above 'the general
welfare" AS President Wilson said in
his message of December s last,
there is predominant right which
the government possesses over all other
rights. whether personal or State. The
federal government, standing on the gen.
eral welfare clause of the federal con-
sttution, has the undoubted power and
right through its several departments to
do anything of national character which,
in the judgment of the majority, works
for "the general welfare"
weakness TO assert chat the federal gov
crnment has no constitutional power to
protect the people against revolutionary
propaganda when such propaganda seeks
TO overthrow the government and Ameri-
can institutions by force. 1t is an adj
Mission of federal impotency if it . il;
nrgded that personal liberty and the right
OF free speech and pen include the OBJ
struction of any effort on the part Of the
government to protect itself and the pco-
.plc by raising an army or building navy
or conducting war Of defence. 1t is a
surrender of all government if there is
no power short of mild persuasion or
moral mush' to compel a lawful and
peaceful rule of the majority.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
THE OWLS OF
HERALD SQUARE.
by NIINNA IRVING.

by MINNA IRVING.
Where streams of traffic ebb and flow
Around them night and day,
And motor horns and trolley gongs
Duets of warning play,
While sunbeams glitter in their eyes
Or lights of pleasure flare,
They perch above the stony street
The owls OF Herald Square.
When dawn above the roofs and spires
Sends up a rosy glow
And wheels renew their daily song
And factory whistles blow.
They greet the early workers with
The same all-seeing stare,
And counsel wisdom to the throng,
The owls Of Herald Square.
They never cry "to-wit, to-woo"
Nor shake their dusty wings,
Each bird to his appointed niche
With grim persistence clings.
But after dark their shining orbs
Say plainly, "IIave a care!'
To reckless jewellers who pass
The owls of Herald Square.
When darkly on my weary soul
Life's brooding shadow falls
1 seek those feathered counsellors
That guard the HERALD's walls,
For touched with Immortality.
They show me how to dare
The heights that blossom with success.
The owls of Herald Square.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Sale OF the New York Herald.

wv llmlngtOn tDeI.) Every ENenlnS.)
The future ownership of the NEW YORK
HERALD, which has been conducted by
trustees of the estate OF the late James
Gordon Bennett since the latter's death.
was settled yesterday by official an
nouncement that the HERALD, the New
York Evening Telegram and the Paris
edition of the HERALD had been purchased
by Frank A. Munsey, owner of the New
York Sun and other leading newspapers.
Announcement Of the policy to be pursued
by the NEW YORK HERALD and it's assc-
ciated publications under the new owner
ship will be made later.
The NEW York HERALD, starting rs a
small four page sheet at one cent copy.
in 1885. rapidly forged its way to the front
ism. Under the able management of its
founder, James Gordon Bennett. il became
one of the few newspapers that could
truly be called great And under the
control of his son. the late James Gordon
Bennett, Jr., it maintained its high posi-
ton, although his management at times
was made conspicuous by amazing evil
dencSs Of occentricity. But never did the
HERALD swerve to the slightest extent
from its mission as a great newspaper.
Mr.. Munsey seems to have n passion for
places him i'm full rivalry with William
Randolph Hearst i'm this respect. 1t is
hoped he Will keep the HERALD newspaper
properties in line with the high reputation
they have thus far rightfully enjoyed.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Sir oliver Lodge and the "Unl<nowabIe.'

SiG OhNeF LOuSc dnu tnC
For years one of the most distinguished
of living men of science, Sir Oliver Lodge
by his appearance in the ranks of those
who are trying to wrest from the universe
creased immensely the influence of the
"spiritists." In fact he and his associates
by their investigations described as
psychical research have done much to
make people forget the disrepute into
which the study of ''spiritualistic phenom-
ena" was brought by the so-called me
dium" of other days.
There is, in fact, so much interest at
the present time in the unknown uni
verse-described by many churchmen as
entific persons as outside logical proof or
disproof-that visitor from Mars might
imagine that persons on this earth had
never speculated on the subject before.
This, of course, is far from being the case.
With unusual gifts of popular exposi-
ton, Sir Oliver. while he is able to make
the difficult seem easy and the obscure
clear, also has a tendency to invest with
an air of freshness matters that are per-
fectly discussion worn. Here is sig
nificant case in point.
In his Carnegie Hall address. speaking
of the sense of Immortality. he announced
that children had this instinct in very
high degree. But that is no new discov-
cry. Not only is this so, but the idea
formed the subject of the extraordinary
poem the "Ode on the limitations of I'm
mortality from Recollections of Early
Childhood written by William Words
worth, the most unscientific of men, be-
tween 1903 and 1S06.
Stanza ) contains the gist of the whole
matter expressed with a beauty of form
that would be quite beyond the combined
efforts of all the pundits of the Society
Of Psychical Research put together. Here
arc the essential lines =
Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting ::
The soul that rises with us, our life's star
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar
Heaven lies about us in our infancy.
Shades of this prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing boy.
The youth, who daily further from tn.
East
Must travel, still is Natures priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
At length the man pcrceves it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.
Speaking of the sensations he had as q
boy. Wordsworth wrote late in life -
was often unable to think of external
things as having external existence. and
communed with all that l saw as some
thing not apart from bat inherent in my
own immaterial nature He admits.
however, that the consciousness of pre-
vious existence-which lies at the base
of the idea of existence after DEATHS
pure Platonism.
If an ancient Greek or an ancien:
Chinaman could revisit the glimpses of
the moon and sit in box in New York
hall where Sir Oliver Lodge was speak
ing he would be surprised at some of the
new" discoveries of the twentieth CEN
tury. which were quite familiar to his
thousands of years ago.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
simply n Question OF Law.

Governor Edward J. Edwards. in bis
reply to certain criticisms Of the State OF
New Jersey and of himself as Executiv,
made by Mr. William Jennings Bryan
and United states Senator Pondexter i:
certainly in safe position from tho
point of view of legality. or logic. OF
both.
For anybody TO suggest that the off
GERS Of New Jersey. or any other state
arc doing an improper thing in taking
steps to find out through the instru
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
NINETEENTH AMENDMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In your editorial OF Tuesday on The
Nineteenth Amendment were you not
slightly off the track of events?
The nineteenth amendment, providing
FOR woman suffrage. is already on the
way and due soon to be attached to the
constitution Any amendment to repeal
tNe eighteenth would have to be the
twentieth, but il is likelier to be the two
thousandth.
All of us now living are fairly sure TO
be dead and in heaven-or elsewhere
some centuries before the American peo-
pie Will constitutonally recall to their
institutions such factories Of unmitigable
evils as are distilleries. breweries and
boozing-kens SAM w. SMALL .
Washington, d. c., Jan 20. 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Forecasts for the Week.

WASHINGTON d. c.. saturday,
Weather predictions for the week begin
ming Monday are
North and Middle Atlantic States--Cold
weather indicated for greater portion OF
week. frequent SHOWS until after the md
die OF the week.
South Atlantic and East Gulf states
Cold weather proDablc after Monday. Win
prospect Of freezing temperature in Cen
trail Florida rain early days. generally iair
thereafter.
Ohio Valley ana Tcnnessee-Cold weather
the greater portion OF ,hc week. probably
without precipitation OF consequence until
possibly after middle Of week.
Region OF the Great Lakes--COld weather,
with temperatures much below normal,
greater portion OF week, occasional SHOWS
probable.
Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri
Valleys-Cold weather. with temperatures
much below normal first half Of week,
with fair weather: probably some modera.
tion second half of week, with occasional
SHOWS.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
THE STATUS OF DE VALERA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
II seems rather pathetic to reply to such
n ridiculous question as that of M. j. G.
in the NEW York HERALD OF Thursday.
January %. but IL M. j. c. really does
not know the difference between the
Prince of Wales and De Valera. IL may
be OF service to him or her to learn that
the former is the legitimate son of the
reigning monarch of great and Christian
kingdom, and the latter a charlatan OF
Spanish descent masduerading under
title which does not exist II gives ne
great pleasure TO enliahten NJ, J. G.
NJ G. n
New York City, Jan. "a, l92Q
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
ARTIFICIAL LEG FOR BOY.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:- -
Could you tell me through your valuable
paper where ] could get an artificial les?
Ny dear brother lost his leg through sick
ness and my mother is saving every cen Z
she can TO get him "A leg. Some places We
went asked more than than the others. |
heard there is a place where they sell ar
tificial limbs at reasonable price, but no
one knows where. Could you tell me the
address? My brother is seventeen years
old and he wants to go to work. No one
wants him with only one leg. Ny brother
is the Oldest of seven; that Is why he ha $
to do something.
A BOY OF TWELVE.
Brooklyn, n. Y. Jan. 90. 1920.
GRefer to Red Cross Institute for Grip
pies. at No 81 Fourth avenue. New York
city.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Forecasts for LocnIitIes.

Eastern New York--Sunday. cloudy anc
colder: probably local SHOWS; cold wave
southwest portion: fresh TO strong north
east to north winds.
Western New York-Snow and colder
SUNDAY: cold wave in interior of east
portion fresh northeast winds.
New Jersey-Sunday. cloudy and colder
probably snow; fresh northeast 10 hortn
winds on the coast.
Southern New England-Sunday, cloudy
and colder: probably snow; strong north
east winds
Eastern PennsyIvania-Sunday Local
SHOWS and colder; cold wave In north por-
ton; fresh northeast to north winds
elaware--Sunday. cloudy aud colder
with probably snow; fresh northeast 10
north winds on the coast
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
vhc Enemy within.

At meeting of the Womens Repub
lican City Committee in New Rochelle
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt:
read a portion of a letter he received from
his father two years ago. Among other
things the former President wrote =
There is grave danger. We have
too many wild-eyed. long men
and too many wild-eyed and short
haired women preaching the cause of
unrest The parlor BolShevist. the
poor fellow who has soft heart and
unfortunately n soft head is destruc-
tive to our civilization.
1t is senseless to say that everything
will turn out all right If left TO burn with
its own heat There is work ahead 70,
every American who believes that America
should be preserved for Americans. There
is no room in this country for a fifty
fifty Americana man or woman who
thinks Of America in terms of some Other
country or some other form of political
and social organization. The tide oi
Americanism never will rise higher than
the level of its componcnt parts. llcnc'
the necessity Of individual and persona
activity along these lines. Years age
Theodore Roosevelt wrote I'VE Amer
leans can only. do our allotted task wei
if we face it steadily and bravely. seeing
but not fearing the dangers" Henry
Cabot Lodge expressed the same senti
mant when he said THE American peo
pie have never failed in any great duty
or feared 70 face any great responsibility.
There is grave danger TO the country
Il can be met only by the exercise OF
eternal vigilance and firm stand against
any compromise with the poison of un
Americanism
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
EUROPEAN EDITION.

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The New York herald., 1920-01-25
BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS
CHRIST.

And they come unto him, bringing
one sick of the palsy, Which was
borne of four.-St. Mark, it,, ).