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The evening world., 1920-06-21
TheLOUe Stories.
of Great Novels
NO 96-ABBE CONSTANTLY,
BV LudOUic HdIeUy.
Albert PaysOn 1,erItuTle
Copyright. 1870. BY The Press PublishinE 90.
THE New York Evening World.l

Mrs. Scott, a young American mil
lionaire, bought the old French castle
OF Longueval and went there to live.
With her was her younger sister. Bet
tina Percival.
Old Able Constantin. the village
priest, had feared that the new comers
might not be willing to help in the
care OF the parish poor and in other
works Of mercy that the priest loved.
But, spec dily, he found them not only
willing but eager to do all IN their
power for the church and for the poor.
The abbe became frequent and
honored guest at the castle.
Through Able Constantn the sis
ters met Jean Reynaud, son Of the
village physician. and a sort of god
son TO the abbe, who liked and re-
spected the gallant young fellow,
Jean was clever and honest. But
he was poor and he had no pros
poets in life. Therefore, when he pro-
ceeded to fall desperately in love'with
Bettina, the old priest was troubled
lest the gin regard Jean as mere
fortune hunter. But Bettina Thought
otherwise. She said to Mrs. Scott:
He is th5 very first man ! ever
met wi Dsc eyes did not seem to cry
out the words: How happy | should
be to wed that little lady's big for
tunev"
As matter of fact, Jean did not
want Bettina's money. Indeed he
hated 1t. Because it seemed to him
barrier between them. As penni-
| less young army officer no felt he had
no right to confess his love for SO
rich n girl. And he ate out his heart
| in silence
Bettina. too. had found herself
more and more in love with the
strangely reticent youth. and she
waited in vain for him to ask her 70
be his wife.
! Unable to endure the sight OF Bet
| tina any longer and to rcalilo she
could never be his, Jean decided 70
exchange into another regiment and
to leave the neighborhood of the
! NdSlles As ne WIS tApldlUluB lhlS "a
the unhappy old priest Bettina came
into the room. Paying no attention
at all TO Jean, she walked 1rp,to>AbbO
Constantin and exclaimed: '.- .
Il am rich. value my weaft5rGfosA
the good l can accomplish with at x
| have always wanted to marry some
man who would regard my fortune as
] do. l have found him And he loves
me. He hides his love from me, but
he loves me. none the less. You do.
don't you, Jean?" she added. tuI ming
| to the bCwidered young man.
Yes" stammcred Jean, yes, do"
Il knew it," exclaimed BeCtina.
"but l wanted you to say st. And
now L want the Abbe to. tell you
TO marry me"
MARRY her, JEAN" commanded tha
priest. 'It Is your duty"
After that there was nothing for
Jean Reynaud to do but to follow the
dictates of his heart and of his sweet
heart and of his father confessor.
you have often told me, Father"
said Bettina, to the happy old priest,
that Jean is like a son Of youIeOwn.
Well, now you'll have two children
instead of one"
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TOO SERIOUS FOR SPORT"

COMPTROLLER CRAIG announces opposition
- to the plan under which employees of the city
libraries, Hunter College, the Aquarium and the
Geological Garden would Share in the pay raise pro-
vided by the special bond issue authorized by the
Legislature.
He points out that these public servants went to
the Legislature to present their special needs, "took
a sporting chance, and lost"
Does it not occur to the Comptroller that decent
maintenance for the specialized groups of workers
ought not to be the subject of sporting chance!
For them the question is serious From the city
these workers deserve justice not gamble
Moreover, II is highly probable that they lost
their sporting chance" for one of two reasons:
Their numbers may be too few to exercise great
political power More likely the legislators assumed
that in providing for general increase they were at
the same time dsposing of all the minor bills
authoiling specific raises TO small groups.
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The MICHAELS STERN CASE.

JUSTICE RODENBECK of the State Supreme
Court has decided that the Michaes Stern firm
Of Rochester is entitled to permanent injunction and
damages in its suit against the Anlalgamated Cloth
ing Workers.
In the course of the long trial and hearing Justice
Rodenbeck ruled out several of the charges which the
employing concern made against the union. The
proceedings have had the earmarks of thoroug-going
fairness. The opposing parties were represented by
able counsel and the various issues were threshed out
= at length
All these factors give additional weight to the final
9 decision against the union. The decision is highly
important No other industrial cause since the Dan
bury hatterS case has had more important bearings.
Because of its importance it seems certain that the
. Judgment will be appealed TO the United States
Supreme Court for final opinion on the points which
g Justice Rodenbeck decided.
Few will take exception to Justice Rodenbeck's
inSistence that intimidation force and violence have
no place in lawful labor union activities and should
be punished.
The decision raises other issues on which men may
have honest differences of opinion. For instance the
question of whether an otherwise lawful labor union
may become monopoly within the meaning of the
law IS matter on which only The Supreme Court
can give finally conclusive answer.
And underlying all the other features of the case
is the question of the use Of the injunction in labor
disputes, which is not only legal question but also
political question of the first magnitude.
Justice Rodenbeck deserves credit for his effort to
bring out all the facts before making decision. This
will help the United States Supreme Court in its
consideration Of the case and will make the final
decision more convincing and conclusive than would
Z, otherwise be possible.
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STILL IN A BACKWATER.

on A VIRGINIA jury has brought in verdict in the
"A case Of Charles Connerton, constable of Tan
fgier Island that strange backwater of American
life in which local ordinance forbade resident to
sit on his front porch on Sunday and in which the
: constable shot boy who violated that law
The jury found the constable "guilty of unlawful
shooting, but the defense so manoeuyFed the case
vfthat the question of the blue law ordinance was not
q brought into court The ordinance, therefore, stands
~. Residents of Tangier resented the publicity re-
sulting from the strange incident, which interested
people all over the United States Tangerans were,
for the most part satisfied to go their own way and
I've as they have algays lived. But it IS doubtful
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The Dry 'sNIaiOritY."
le Ehlinr Of Tie ENrnina WORLD.

TO the Editor OF The Evening World
, Mr.: II. b. Moloney's challenge to The
Evening World to prove that the ma
jority are against Prohibition is typi-
cal of the dishonest hypocrisy of the
Prohibitionists,
Where have Prohibition forces initi-
ated or supported action to determine
the will Of the people? Has 1t been the
wet" or the dry" who has appealed
To the Justice of a referendum? When
such referendum movements nave
been started have not Prohibition ieau-
ers exerted themselves TO the utmost
to prevent such referendums taking
When one of these appeals showed
that the people of ratifying State op-
nosed the Eighteenth Amendment, was
Il a "wet" or "dry" who instituted
proceedings to prove that the peopG
had nothing to say? Can any honest
-,an truthfully answer these quesuohS
and then honorably, as ProhibltlohlsI
chsIienre any "wet" organ or lhul-
vidual 10 prove that majority oIS
nose Prohibition" .Ao
while ! differ with many w tn9
noIitical ideas Of The Evening Worlu,
on the Prohibition questlon l "s w., W
| fully and think the paper Is 70 oe rStsrh
n1anded upon "denouncing the tieh-
.aontb Amendment as un- American
| atta, the Supreme Court declared II
Constitutional." l have admired @ lle
E,vaning Worlds stand even IN those
| tbings in which have no sympathy or
agreement with The Evening worm
tSea admire the forceful ana unln-
.Te'idoted manner in which 1t pres mrs
lie views. More strength 70 you;
Rrooklyn, June II, 1920 G' W. D.
Something in Their H' ads.
Tn tine Fd,& ui The ByeninG World;
know plenty Of "white-collar
men" who have reached the top anl
as they have not done It with pnll,
they must have had something IN
| their heads. ,...
get off II the office worker were en- en-,
tirely done away with2 Who would
manage our banks, railroads ano
Governments? the G.. w, 5. type
suppose. The proposition Is too alb
surd 10 be even considered by any
level headed person be he or th'
white collar" variety or otherwise
Many OF the tools and machine'
with which he makes his living %
day are the result of head work" oI
the part Of some former otnc'
worker
For number Of years I have beer
an office worker and in spite OF ell Q
w, s. says, / am here to say tina
faithful service has its reward O
course we have our employers inter
est at heart. He Is the one that /
giving us our bread and butter, an
as long as we get a square deal, an
employer is entitled TO the verv be5
that we can give him, NV boss
paying me every cent ] get, and
work for him, not the union.
Now @. w. s. In reply to your re
mark regarding the office man. | quot
your own words, the pink fiugere,
poverty stricken, capitalist minda,
hand -to-mouth, lily-hvered, offlC
man -afrald-to-call-hi -his-so soul- his-own.
Pretty strong stuff @. w. s., but 2 az
you 70 call some evening on the Il
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TO ii! SssFpHheH trhAsSHa tok ~ III
Democrats will 20 irfto convention at San Fran
cisco next week while the ears Of the country are still
ringing with the call Of Democratic President for
platform that will "permt the people to decide be-
tween the vague and ambiguous declaration by the
Republicans and positive and definite expression Of
opinion by the Democratic Party
Positive and definite
After century and quarter will the great party of
Jefferson confess itself too changed too habit-bound,
too cautious to revive its old-tme courage and d.
rectnesS in defining issues and fighting for them'
Are we to haveat San Francisco only more of the
evasion equivocation and propitiatory bargaining
with party factions which disguised the country at
Chicago?
viii Democratic leaders and delegates think they
have done their duty if they adopt platform which
oustraddleS the Republican platform and choose a
candidate by the same boss-ridden methodist
In recent years the two great political parties in
the United States have laid themselves open 10 the
charge that each lodges new principles and issues,
while differences between them on older questions
become less and less dstinghshable.
Neither party it has been said, will tackle new
national problem and propose definite solution if
it can avoid doing so.
The alleged tendency has been for the two chief
parties to become mere political organizations, barren
Of real principles or enthusiasmS, living on thet ira
ditions fighting each other only as Ins and Outs,
seeking issues solely for the purpose of discredng
each other, and managed by leaders who use the
loyalty of party voters to back them in recurrent
struggles for party power and patronage.
We have stated the charge in its extreme form.
There has been enough truth in it to claim the aen-
ton Of all thoughtful Americans.
Here is chance for the Democratic Party to prove
that one party at least has not lost the capacity for
strong initiative, courage and plain statement of its
aims.
Here is a chance for the Democratic Party to put
forth platform which shall elechfy the country by
its force and directness.
Here is a chance for the 1920 Democratic Conven-
ton to go down in history as the convention that
reHtazed the Democratic Party with new life, mean
ing and principle.
When they went to war the American people
themselves created purpose and an idea.
To that purpose and idea Woodrow Wilson has
been unsweHHngly faithful
Can Americans of any party, least Of all the DEM
ocratc Party, go back on him now'
VIII they belle his assertion that majority Of
the people Of the United States wish "to fulfil their
honest obligations 10 the rest of the world and to
themselves?
The time has come for one party or the other tc
put aside pussyfootng formuIae and appeal with
plain words to the sincerity and good faith of Amer
can voters
To the Democratic Party and to its delegates whc
will gather next week in San Francisco this conven
ton is more than an opportunity.
II is a test
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WHY NOT EARLIER3
ID EPUBLECAN LEADER MONDELI

III EPUBLpCAN LEADEK MONDELL. II OPI'
IN mlstr on the future Of the tax problem .
p 1--WE shall enter the new session OF Congress in
December and the new Congress in March" he
q says with the way opened for a substantial re-
dJcion of the tax burdens"
Such words make pleasant reading, but the dates
!. given follow Election Day when the Republicans
: profess to expect victory.
What Leader Mondell fails to explain in convinc-
ing fashion is the fiscal record for the last fifteen
months during which his party has been in control
of Congress.
In this period Congress cpntrived to pass
= budget law with a provision which the President
: vetoed and which the House repassed after emi-
snating the Objectionable feature but on which the
I Senate failed to act before adjournment. Repre-
sentative Mondell cannot excuse the delay which re-
suited in the failure of passage The bill might
EASILY have been perfected early in the session and
saved from death in the closing hours
% Neither can Representative Monde explain salts
factonly the failure TO effect any taxation reform.
n From Republican standpoint il was natural TO
reiect the recommendations Of the Administration
But in the fifteen months of control the Repub-
ikcans failed to enact any substitute legislation
They did not make any effort to prove the Presi-
dent wrong by advocating any other system Of
reform which the President refused.
Under the circumstances, can his forecast be con-
sidered as anything more than an election promise ?
- If relief is easy after election why has he not
made at least effort to provide it before eection'
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whether the islanders will ever be able 10 get back
to quite so complete an isolation as prevailed before
the constable and the Sabbath deSecrator disagreed.
Seeds Of libsrality have filtered in Tangerans
have travelled TO the mainland Tor the trial, The
young people are apt TO make it harder and harder
to enforce the old ordinance.
Tangier will drop out Of the public eye as mime
day wonder" It is doubtful whether the United
States will ever again be so foreign to Tangier as
il has been.
The evening world., 1920-06-21
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
Bureau of City Revenue.

THBRE are eight bureaus of the
Department of Finance. A de-
scription Of the duties of each
Of these bureaus will clearly indicate
the work performed by the DEPART
ment.
The bureau for the collection Of
city revenue has Jurisdiction over
city property acquired in condemna-
ton proceedings or by PURCHASE for
street openings and for various city
departments, until it is put to its
designated use In the interim the
bureau arranges for and collects
rentals from any such property, and
afterward, upon the authorization
of the Sinking Fund Commission, SUI
pervises the public sale of buildings
thereon, by sealed bids, to the highA
est bidder.
This bureau also collects rentals
accruing on old grants of land under
water interest and principal on
mortgages given by puTChasera OF
city property, the interest on bonds
issued for the building of the ,ori-
ginal rapid transit subway, ana 'the
payments provided for the redemp-
ton of these bonds at maturity as
well as all moneys paid for city real
estate sold at public sale. u
Street railways pay TO Sthc city in
some cases certain percentages OF
their receipts and in others estab-
lshed car license fees in return 5for
the privileges granted to them under
their franchises. Such fees ana per-
ccntages are collected by this bureau,
which also collects the stated sums
established by the Board oh Estimate
and AppOrtiOnment for many other
privileges granted, as subway vaults.
conduits for wires and steam pipes,
! pneumatic mail distribution tubes,
! tunnels and pipes under streets,
| bridges over streets, permanent can
! opies &c.
r. J. Moynahan is the Collector Of
! City Revenue in charge OF this IN
| reau. His office Is on the third floor
! (south) of the Municipal Butldinr.
The duties OF the other bureaus Of
the Department OF Finance win be
defined in following articles OF this
! aarihA
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THE TEST.

DOES the Democratic Party mean TO mudde it
- great chance or does il mean to measure VI
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Infantry formerly the 107th, 27th Di-
ylslon), or any regiment, and you Will
lind that the largest percentage OF
them were, up to the time they were |
called to the colors, "oftice men," You |
know their history during. the war. |
They did not give the Boches the i'm
preston that they were at all "pinK- |
fingered" or "lily-livered" and God |
knows they were not. If G.. w. S. is |
an example of 'unionism" then for |
Gods sake, fellow office workers, let's |
continue working and giving our
loyal support to the boss who is cloth |
ing and feeding 'us
"WHITE-COLLAR MAN"
New York, June 1s.
From n Gas Worker.
To tine E'itor ID Tho Evening World:
The letter of the Standard filter
Is correct. The gas man is under
paid. The top pay for the all-around
gas man is $5.75 per day, and there
are only a few at this price A
man outside Of a gas company
working with a pick gets Sc to 81 per
day. Until very recently the gas
company did not pay their men any
overtime, but paid overtime with
time off.
This don't pay rent.
BRANCH TILrDS.
We Live in a 'tNIOneyarchy."
Permit me to place before your
readers a few facts which 1 believe
they may not be acquainted with.
Mi. Harding, the Republican nom
inee for the Presidency, was nomin-
ated by delegates controlled by the
standard OIL Co. of Ohio, and IL was
arranged to hoodwinlG the public into
the idea that either GEN Wood or
M:. Lowden were the prospective
candidates while the Standards
satellites had It all arranged to put
the dark horse, Senator Harding, in
their place.
Any one acquainted with the situa-
tion in Ohio knows that the Standard
owns the State of Ohio, body and
soul, just as much as the Pennsyl-
| vania r. II. controls the political and
| economic situation of Pennsylvania.
| Every child who has attained the
age of reason in either of these
/ places knows these facts. but like
J their elders they seem to consider
they should be subservient to the
wishes of the octopus. instead OF TO
Why not an Independent party Ia
stand up for the ideals and Consti-
tuition OF the United States and not
be pawn in the hands of the cor
porations.
our deceased friend and Ex- Presi-
dent, Theodore Roosevelt, saved us
in hts time and there is no doubt that
we have his equal ready and willing
to represent the rank and file of oul
voters.
would be glad to hear your view,
expressed through your instructive
columns, also those of your readers
There is no reason why intelligen
, voters should put up with the treat,
ment of the delegates chosen TO Civ,
square deal to the people and wht
, are simply pawns for Rockefeller
Penrose, Sc.
1 Our people complain OF royalty II
Europe, They are openly ruled b.
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the titled or royal blood OF Europe;
whereas we are supposed to have a
Republic, and in reality are ruled by
'MoneyaTchy," If / may be per-
mitted to coin. the word.
An independent candidate now
can save this country from the con-
trol OF these giants of industry. In
a very short time II will be too late.
"HONEST GOVERNMENTS"
East 18TH Street, June is, 1920,
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!, Detroits phenomenal population gain in the
past decade is due to n number Of reasons, but
the average American will think Of one in par
: tcular.
Rival cities that challenge the census figures
As may be expected to inquire how many Of the
census blanks were filled in with the name
Lizzie"
The qualities of the hivver are so nearly
+, human that II would not be surprising II the
census man counted them as a part OF the
S93,739 in the city.
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4 Volunteer.

To the Editor Of The Evening world'
After reading all this talk that the
dock strikers are going 10 tie up the
port OF New York, l ask II II is not
about time that the people had some
thing to say2
what would ths unions DO IL the
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FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

OJ ind most readdbleS it the
gives thousand a hundredH
trying
say much in a fen tUords Take time to be briet.
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people would refuse to buy goods
that had been handled by union
truckmen? And, to bring this strike
to a close, am willing to get out and
drive a motor truck II there are a few
others who are not afraid to go out
with me, and who will not LEI this
union bluff New York any more.
FRED ROHE.
Brooklyn, June 10, 1920.
"FrOm John and Me-"
No the EDITOR uf Tie Bytning Norld.
Kindly say which is correct.
Regards from John and l." or
Regards from John and me-"
Thanking you.
ID. c. THOMPSON.
New York June Ia 1920.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-10
HIM Officers ShHLead
'KaiSerS Royal Troops"

BERLIN. SEPT s-Signidcaut OK
,hc real feelings 0f the higher Of
fccrs ~ the relchswchr is the fact
that official documents are stil be-
INK sent OUT by them. bearing the
name Of the ex-kaiser. just az ~
william OF Hoheuzollern were still
the autocrat OF Germany
The "Norwaerts' has published a
letter covering memorial docu-
ments which has just been received
hy the relatives OF a soldier who fell
IN the war. This letter which bears
the signature Of the fallen soldier
colonel who signs himself Officer
Commanding His MaJesty's Royal
Field Artillery Regiment Perleberg, %
reads as follows.
The Glorious Days"
In the fight for the defense Of
our beloved German Naterland a
member OF your family has died the
death Of hero In memory Of those
who thus fell on The field OF honor.
his majesty the kaiser and king has
issued the enclosed memorial Ger
tihcate CDenkbiattJ as token Of
his most cordial sympathy and I'm
recognition OF faithfulness unto
death. II Is intended 20 be a last
Ing souvenir of the glorious days
and a visible proof OF the gratitude
Of the Vaterland.'
In IFS comment the leading social
ist Taper says. one IS compelled 10
make rather alarming deductions
from the fact that a colonel in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-10

service Of the German republic still
signs himself as commanding Ills
MaJesty's Royal Regiment"
The French consul here has re-
ceived quite another kind Of "A letter
from a German officer who. how
ever wisely aDstains from signing
his name. The letter reads in part.
Herr FJnsul:
Your COuntrymen. the despicable
murderers Of English and French
birth, behaved ike beasts at Spa.
Tell the childish FrenChmen that
the hour viii come some time when
we shall be strong enough 20 take
bloody revenge Perhaps that mo-
ment is not far distant Then be-
ware rapaciOus and sadistic France
not single child shall be spared,
You Frenchmcn are poisonous
vipers whom II is time 20 eradicate.
France and Poland are Justly doom
ed TO disappear These arch-crim-
inals, CariCatures OF human beings.
shall moan in pain and their death
rattle shall be the sweetest music to
us
We shall SOW a seed Of hatred
from generation 10 generation which
IS bound 20 bear fruit I'm time You
conquer us in open coLN3at, YOU did
not have courage enouth for that.
but. swine as you are. YOU dared
starve us into submission. Eternal
hatred against the English and