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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
GEORGE CLARK
SERIOUSLY INJURED
FALLS FROM TREE WHILE

FALLS FROM TREE WHILE
WHILE WALKING IN HIS SLEEP
Frenchtown, Oct. z George Clark,
SO years old, prosperous former of
this pleace, sustained serious injury
at an early hour this morning when
he fell from the limb of tree in his
apple orchard where he had wander
ed in his sleep. He had never before
suffered from somnambulism. 1t was
at about four am that his cries drew
the members of his family go his aid.
He was rushed into Trenton to St.
Francis Hospital where it was found
that his back was broken and that he
was paralyzed from the waist down.
He could not explain how he came to
leave his house, and was not con-
scious of his actions until the fall a.
woke him.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
New Hope nj. E. Church.
z. e. Radcliffe, Phi. D., Pastor.

Sunday Sept. 26th.
1000 AM. Sunday School.
HOO Worship and sermon.
6.45 P. NJ. Epworth League.
7.30 Evening Service.
Thursday evening, Prayer service.
A glad hand of welcome to all.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
New Hope Churches
New Hope Presbyterian Church.
Rev. M. E. Bartholomew, Minister.

Sunday School at 10 a. m. Class.
es for all ages.
Morning warship at II a. m.
Teachers Training Glass $50 pm.
Gospel Service at 7.30 pm.
Cottage Prayer Meetings announc.
ed from the pulpit Sundays
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
Thompson Memorial Church.
Rev. w. w. Harris, Pastor.

Sunday SchooI at 10 A. M.
Morning Worship at IL o'clock.
Sunday School at Wood Hill Chapel
2.20 P. M.
C. E. at 7.30 P. M.
Evening Worship at 500 o'clock.
Cottage Prayer Meeting on Friday
evening at 500 o'clock.
A welcome to all services.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
Centenary Methodist Church
Rev. Edward A. Wells, Pastor

A cordial invitation is extended to
all who will worship with us.
1890 A. M. Preaching Service
7.30 P. M.
2.15 P. M. Sunday School.
6.45 P. M. Epworth League.
Tuesday 7.30 P. M. Prayer service.
Glass meeting Friday evening.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
STOP! LOOK! and LISTEN!

The Lambertville Home Bakery, 26
Church st. is open. Drop n and try
our "Milk and Butter Bread. Also
Graham, Raisin and Rye Breads,and
Snow Flake Biscuits, Pies and Cakes
Give us a call and we will lplease you.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-08
ST. Martins r. C. Church.
Rev. Henry S. S. Hasson, Rector.

Hours of Services Mass on Sun
days at and 10 o'clock. Holy days at
5 and 5 o'clock.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

Miss. Stella Black, SO Clinton St.
Lambertville solicits pupils in piano,
oggan and harmony
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02

of the physical, it has made little
progress in the domain Of sociology.
In all that relates to the conduct of
man in society the practice still is
that which Bacon cried out against
seeks to establish some preconcep-
ton, and thus, to use the quaint
words of Bacon, is "vertiginous, or
in the way of perpetual rotation"
Not by accident does Mr.. Wells
find prophecy congenial to his spirit.
Only the future can assess the
merits of a prophet, and in his life
time he partakes of the joys Of let
ting his imagination run on. Nor is
it strange that Mr.. Wells is led to
say in an oracular manner that no
other system would have done bet
ter than the Bolshevist one. 1t is
impossible to refute this, for in the
land of ght-Have-Bee the foot
leaves no track. Any one can safely
guess what would or would not have
happened if that which didn't occur
had come to pass.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Won Rintelen's s Pardon

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Untermyer is criticized BY
the counsel opposing him in the Lock
wood investigation for questioning pro-
spective jurors as to perjury. The Ger
man spy Won Rintelen not only caused
the death Of many Americans by explo-
sives, as we'll as the loss &c hundreds of
thousands Of dollars, but as Edward V.
Gates" an American citizen, mis- citizen
ship verified by another so-called Ameri-
can citizen, applied for an America n
passport, solemnly swearing he was a
native and loyal citizen of the United
States; also taking the oath of allie
glance to the United States This per-
jured, so called American citizen was
arrested in England, returned to the
United States, tried and convicted of
perjury. and should have received a SEN
tcnce of twenty years; he was, however,
sentenced to seven years at Atlanta for
this and two other crimes of which he
was convicted. He, Won Rintelen, alias
Gates" and other aliases, has recently
been pardoned 'Nuff sed
JOHN P. ROBERTSON.
New York, Nov 80, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
The Case Of Wells

Given person of fluent powers
of expression and of superficial OBJ
servation, but Of little liking for
careful examination, of love for
hasty generalization and aversion to
laborlous particularization, George
Eliot once asked in what vocation
such a person would find it easiest
to make noise in the world She
said that in her day the pulpit of an
evangelical church offered the great
est opportunities for an uninpeded
career.
Manners change, though the heart
CT things little alters, and if George
Eliot were living and should again
ask her question doubtless she would
reply that the business of being a
literary and social radical yields the
largest returns in the way of the de-
lights and profits Of extended pub
licity. Though he gesticulates from
a different sort of pulpit, the So
called parlor Bolshevik is in MANY
respects the emotional and intel
lectual descendant Of the popular
preachers Of the Victorian era
Reflection on the case of II. c..
Wells leads to these remarks. Like
Shaw, whom he 80 much resembles,
Mr.. Wells possesses extraordinary
nlmblcness Of mind, is word singer
Of remarkable copiousncss and has
an instinct which instructs him how
to be plausible He is amazingly
brilliant, and the half-cducated, i'm
posed on by the grand sweep of
his confident assertions, naturally
salute him as a truly shining one.
But when the fireworks sizZle out
and his real message is scrutinized
there is evidence that he is but an
other Of the long line Of pseudo
thinkers who leap to their fundn-
mental conclusions and then defend
them tooth and nail. Edward Irving,
the pulpitecr Of George Eliot's day,
scarcely more naivcly swallowed
whole the conventional theology Of
his day than does Mr.. Wells, the
pamphlctccr Of the present, bolt en-
tire the equally conventional for
mulas Of socialism and soci1listic in
ternationaism.
The scientific method is firing and
tircsomc. 1t is 400 years since
Francis Bacon laid its foundations,
but. though accepted In the domain
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02

What, then, ought to be done? Ger
tainly we should do everything posi-
bic to procure a court Of international
law which will have compulsory juris-
dicton to decide justiciabe questions
according to fixed principles of inter
national law, and whose decisions shall
not be based upon considerations of ex-
pedlency or compromise. That is
largely an American idea, which states
men here have contended for for many
years, and it should be made the main
feature Of any kind Of international
arrangement that may be made. We
should then turn to the covenant and,
whether by an amendment of its pro-
visions, or by al association of nations,
or by some kind of special and quail
fed membership created to meet the pc
culiar situation of the United States,
we should try to save the comparatively
few provisions of the covenant which
are the soul of the league. When we
have eliminated Article K and have in
unequivocal language protected the
Monroe Doctrine and our domestic af-
fairs against Interference, the i'm
portant things that will remain are the
reduction and limitation of armament
under Article VIII, the settlement of
international disputes by arbitration
under Articles XII, XIII and XIV, with
suspension of a resort to war until
three months after a decision by ar
bitrators or by the Council, as the case
may be, under the penalty of an eco
nomc boycott under Article XVI, and
the prohibition of secret treaties. If
we throw the weight of our great influ-
cnce in favor of these essential parts
o.. the covenant of the league, and are
not insistent upon mere questions of
form, we may be able to bring out of
the present difficult situation some
thing really effective to preserve the
peace Of the world; and there is moth
ing in these proposals that can reason
ably be claimed unduly to shackle our
national independence or sovereignty
HENRY w. TAFT.
New York, Nov. 81, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Oratory vs.. Crime

BY special police detail number
goodness knows what, ninety police
captains are to 60 forth by order of
Mr.. Enright and lecture New York
ers to prove that the crime wave
does not exist. It is all nonsense
about bonds being stolen. Those
heads of peaceful citizens that
thought they had been cracked by
blackj jacks, those one hundred un-
solved murders, those 1926 hold-ups.
robberies and thefts are all imagi-
nary. Listen TO an eloquent police
captain and be convinced of your
mistake. All is safe and secure in
the best policed city in the world.
The only amendment that sug-
gests itself is that this flow of per-
suasion be applied directly to the
criminals instead of to their victims.
A police captain on a platform is a
handsome sight. But, after all, he
was neither chosen nor trained for
elocutionary purposes. He appears
to far better advantage, it must be
agreed, arguing with a burglar
through the business end of a revol-
YER and generally applying these
simpler methods of persuasion to
the prevention of crime.
1t is, of course, important to
Commissioner Enright that the
voters be persuaded Of his great eff
ficiency. But the interest of the
public on this point is exceedingly
slender. In the crude conception Of
the public policemen and police cap
tains are hired to fight crime, not to
talk about it. That at this moment
of exposure Mr.. Enright can think
of nothing but another weakening of
the active force on duty, in the in
tercst of his own personal fortunes,
is an unconscious self-revelation of
moment to every one. The rank and
file of the police force are sound.
honest, able. men to be proud of.
They are filed with disgust that
they are not allowed to do their duty
ARE denied the chance to show
what can be accomplished when the
head Of the department knows his
business.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Wolves as Protectors

The unanimous vote of the men,
bership committee of the Assembly
of the League of Nations in favor
of the admission Of Austria to the
league is, of course, of little practical
moment. Hapsburg Austria has
been so reduced in territory and pop
ulation as to be no longer serious
menace to peace.
But the admission, if consummated,
as it seems likely to be, raises an
issue of transcendent Importance. 1t
implies that Germany, Russia, Bull
garia and even Turkey are eligible to
membership; and this leads on to the
question of whether any peace hopes
can be built on a league which in
cludes among the guarantors of
peace, impudently non-repentant, the
nations solely responsible for the
World War.
Nothing since the armistice has
thrown doubt on the conclusion that
the war was deliberately planned
and then launched in cold blood.
Nor is there doubt that this action
was enthusiastically supported and
even demanded by the peoples of the
Central Powers. Nor is there doubt
that Turkey and Bulgaria, after
mature consideration, decided to
ioin the conspiracy to get share Of
the anticipated booty. Nor is there
doubt that Leninc, with German
funds, returned to Russia as a Ger
man agent to get Russia to desert
her allies, and that when he sue
ceeded he was coincidentally accepted
and has since remained the autocrat
Of central Russia.
1t is equally interchangeable that
with respect to both rulers and peo-
pies there has been no remorse or
apo'ogy-not a whisper Of it. There
is regret that the assaults on civil
ization did not triumph, but this is
all. AS clearly as such things may
be declared the world is told that if
The Central Powers and their allies
were back where they were in 1914
they would do again, if it were
deemed safe, exactly what they did.
This. it IS perhaps needless to re-
mark. is an advertisement Of a pur-
pose to try again in the future if
they gain the power.
To confde TIE protec .o1 Of peace
to such guardians is manifestly to
make joke If the entire peace or
ganization. 1t is as # the sheep,
after having protected their folds
should invite the wolves to be their
shepherds.
a repentant, genuinely repentant,
Germany, Russia, Austria, Bulgaria
and Turkey are, Of course, entitled
to have their sins remembered no
more against them. But to trust
when there is no basis for trust is to
bctray a great cause.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Jobs for Reformers

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
slr; II it is still true that the best
oelense IS an attack, let's begin the
formation of the Society for the Abo.
'lton Of Professional Rcformcrs. Civ,
every little reformcr job producing
something shoes or ships or sealing
wax-keep their minds, individually and
collectively, so busy that they will for
get reform. OF course, they probabl,
won't make as much money "producing'
as they do by reforming" but what ;s
consideration for others these days?
PATRICK HENRY Cd.
New York, Dec. 1, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
The Western Unions Wav

The president Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company claims
that his company has the right un-
der an act of Congress to lay cables
in all navigable waters of the
United States. It has accordingly
sought to lay a cable along the
cause%ay over Biscayne Bay, off
Miami, Florida. But the State and
War departments have objected and
called upon the Navy Department
to stop the work by force.
The State Department refuses to
state the reason for the extraordi-
nary action. The president of the
Western Union declares:
we have made diligent inquiry
during the last eight months in an
endeayor to ascertain what objection
there was TO our proceeding with
this work; but we are as completely
IN the dark today ar we we're eight
nonins ago, except that we nov
know that armed forces Of the
United States have been used TO
prevent the lawful carrying out of
The work which was authorized by
an act Of Congress-"
Whatever the merits Of the con
troversy, it is proper to give the
Western Union credit for generous
and patriotic work for the Navy
Department before and during the
war. AS early ~ 1914 the chief Of
operations drew up gchemc for
getting quitk communication with
the outside world az measure Of
preparedness. But Mr.. DanieIs, az
uxual, refused 10 sign it.
The chief of operations thereupon
appealed to the Western Union. and
the company installed four operat-
ers in the Navy Department free Of
charge. 1t was done in secret And
young lieutenant riYycd IN
radio plant at the Navy Dcpart-
nent, thus completing the system.
III this zassns tho Navy Depart
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02

ment picked up the first news of
the sinking of the Lusitania. The
communication system had won in
spite Of Mr.. Daniels. Mr.. Daniels
then sent for the pigeonholed order
authorizing the installation and
signed it.
And the Democratic Campaign
Book spoke of the GLORIOUS part"
played by Mr.. Daniels in developing
the naval communication system!
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Hands OFF the National Parks

The drive of the irrigationiSts
against the national parks, the Ycl-
l0wstone in particular, was beaten
off in the last session of Congress-
1t will come up again in the coming
session. 1t Will doubtless be pushed
in tne new Congress in March. The
time to beat these assaults is now
The Tribune asks the careful atten-
ton of its readers to this species of
vandalism and their hearty support
for the defense Of the parks against
encroachment.
The bill which almost passed the
House last spring was introduced by
Representative Smith, of Idaho. A
Senate bill to the same effect went
through without a word Of criticism
or opposition. The whole episode, the
arguments put forward in behalf Of
the Smith bill, the effort to railroad
it through with a minimum of de-
bate, is typical Of this deceitful and
dangerous business. The moral is
that only eternal vigilance by the
friends of the parks can save them.
The Smith bill would have turned
over some 5000 acres Of the south
western corner Of the Yellowstone
Park to Idaho irrigationists for the
storage of water. Mr.. Smith report
cd that there was absolutely moth
ing in the way Of unusual scenery or
other interesting features" in this
part Of The park and that the bottom
CT the valleys was Swamp" AS it
happened, but little exploration of
this section had taken place The
Department of the Interior raised no
objection to the bill 1t was in a fair
way to slide through. Fortunately
the friends of the parks discovered
the threat in time. An exploration
of the section revealed that it con-
tanned over forty waterfalls, cas-
cades and boiling springs, fine pine
groves and countless streams filed
with trout. Also the Swamp" was
campers paradise Of firm, bcauti-
full meadows over which the explor-
ers galloped their horses. The sec
ton can be easily opened up and
offers needed room for automobile
campers, most valuable reserve
which is already demanded for cur
rent use.
Concededly these valleys offer good
water storage; there are dozens Of
other natural reservoirs in our ma
tional parks. To let the irrigation
lists raid this particular corner would
mean letting down the bars all along
the line. Our parks would be spotted
with mud flats in generation.
There must be no such beginning.
The Smith bill must be defeated.
Equally important, vicious clause
in the Federal water power act,
passed by the Sixty sixth Congress,
must be repealed. This clause au-
thorzes the Water Power Commis-
zion to issue licenses for dams con-
duits, etc, "in the national parks
and monuments" exactly az in the
national forests and ether public
lands. This general provision is
utterly indcfensiblc. The parks are
national playground, treasury Of
unique and glorious beauty, which
NUT be preserved unsulied. The
time " defeat these inronls, gaining
in boldncss in the last few years, is
before they got started. We shall
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Neu) Naval Weapons
Shceplike Tendency 10 Oppose In
nopations is Denounced

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: i note in The Tribune articles
and editorials concerning new naval
weapons. There are some people who
disagree with the conclusion that the
future will see the passing of the mas
todon capital ship. If the question
were put to a vote among commissioned
officers of the navy, I think the big
ship would win-I am confident it
would If the vote were confined to Of
fcers of high rank, commanders and
above. But such a referendum would
not be decisive q to the real merits of
the case, because few officers have
indepe ndently and carefully studied
the subject.
For over a generation our navy has
held the capital ships to be supreme
The great majority of officers have
served on such ships 1t is natural
that officers should vote in favor Of the
weapon they know most about, and so
the majority viii vote big ship 1t is
not too much to say that the majority
OF the upper grades have had little ex-
perience except with big ships.
And then there is sheeplike ten
dency to follow others. Every time
half-baked naval development mas been
heralded as the doom of the big ship
and proved to be d failure the big ship
advocates have complacently nodded
and said Il told 'em SOL" This has
frequently happened. It has become
habit to condemn innovations. And
when an officer OF high rank throws q
new invention INTO the discard a great
many officers nay approve without in
dependent thought.
Big ship advocates do not always
appreciate the cumulative effect Of all
the new weapons that viii be brought
against a s300OO,o00 battleship. Some
OF these new weapons have been re-
Gently perfected or Will be in the near
future. Capital ships are designed,
primarily, to fight each other and to de-
fend themselves with guns alone.
Neither the offensive nor the defen-
slve features built into them for that
purpose are Of much use against the
new enemies that now threaten them.
We therefore see naval constructors
adding or emphasizing "compartmen:a-
tlon,' torpedo bulkheads, bisters. anti
aircraft guns, deck armor and ncttings
IN the effort to meet the new attack.
Furthermore. the big sAips require
many outside agencies to screen and
protect them from these annoying new
weapons, and in al this pyramiding we
are in fair way to cxpend all the
money the country will give us during
peace in building and maintaining this
armada of big ships and their auAil-
iaries and then in war find ourselves
without protection against weapons
that more enterprising and wide
awake nation may bring against US.
Is not this whole question largely
matter OF money after all? In the
long run the country viii snend only
certain amount on preparedness
l. it not wise, therefore, for us to dis
cuss, and if possible decide, what weap-
ons. offensive and defensive, Will give
US the best return for our money?
TORPEDO.
New York. Nov. so, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
The Evil Lives After Them
tFrom Thc Columbia Ytot,

The prize optimist is the pcntlomor
VINO says th"t the taste for liquor will
persist Tor only one generation moro
Is 1t reasonable to suppose that those
amateur chemists who have discovered
pnssnblc homemade recipe won't be-
qucnth it as Il rich heritage unto their
Issue? These are heirlooms thnt will
remain in the family archives, and the
worst curse that can befnl an unduti-
full son will be to find himself disin-
hcritcd of thcrn.