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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

the building Of pontoon bridge and
the utliz.. ton Of the governments
wooden hulls was drawn, and Sena-
tor Nrelinghuysen. friend Of all
the world, consented to father it.
Bat in all cf this no thought that
is, no practical thought-seems to
Rave concerned itself with the effect
this makeshift bridge would have
upon the commerce Of the Hudson.
Still there be practical men who have
to think Of it---lnen whose business
it is to move the largest river steam
Vrs il, the world and tcws Of barges
and canal boats and scows up and
down that waterway. And they say
these things simply can't be done 4
they must contend with pontcon
bridge liable to sink at it's anchorage
and choke the channel or go adrift
to The peril Of traffic. This they hold
aside from the economic necessity of
operating their fleets as long as
winter permits.
AS an instance of the practical
quality of the pontoon suggestion
the plan submitted at Washington
provides for center draw of one
hundred feet. And the Hendrick
Hudson has beam of no less than
ninety-six feet! The Hendrick Hud-
son, let it be mentioned, cannot be
handled with the ease Of an automo-
bile. The Maiden Lane bridge at
Albany, with two-hundred- foot
draw, makes her back and fill to get
through.
The pontoon bridge idea is a mid
summer dream. That being so, Sen
ator Frelinghuysen should persuade
his friends to let it die with summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
| he Coming QUEER

You enter upper right with what you
ho9e is debonair and confident ap-
pearance and still manage to smile at
the now somewhat stereotyped morn
ing salute Of pretty soft for you'll"
The first letter you open proclains
that Harold Hustler is manufac-
turcrs agent; the second announces
that Violet Ray works in an Office
with All adnirer who is on the verge
of saying: "Be my little X-Ray!";
the third points cut that some one had
already used what we thought was an
original and witty line; the fourth -
to and including the eighth are pieces
Of verse proclaiming that now while The
boss is away is a heaven-sent oppor-
tunity to make The Tower, and the
ninth openly bewails the absence Of
F. p. A.
You wall with the writer for a
moment and then you go to work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
Borah's Fixed Ideas

The two great fundamental con-
tributing causes of the World War
said Senator Borah in the Senate oc-
bate, "were secret diplomacy, on
closed conferences, and competition
In armament"
Who told Senator Borah this:
What genie revealed this truth to
him? He does not say He appar-
emily plucked his oracular conclu-
sion from the air or from some inner
and secret self-communion. For an
apostle of openness the Senator is
strangely silent as to the genesis of
his belief.
Tho Senator seems to have fallen
victim to the habit of interpreting
events to support fiveG ideas lodged
in his mind. The habit is common.
The classwar Socialist finds that the
cause Of the war was the conflict be-
tween capital and labor. The up
holder of nationalism discovers it in
Europe's many violations of nation
atty. Then there are the race theory,
and the imperialistic theory and
many others. If the declarations Of
various schools Of dogmatists are nc
copied, the war had as many causes
as centipede has legs.
But the simple fact Of the record
is that one day the world was at
peace and the next day at war. Some
thing had happened. 1t was that the
Kaiser, with the applause of his SUD-
jects, had ordered his troops to III
wade neighboring nations which were
begging to be let alone. The defend
ers had no option except to fight or
submit. AS to the motives of Ger
many when launching the attack,
they were Of the sort which had put
barbarism into motion long before
diplomacy or competitive ornaments
were heard of.
That secret diplomacy had little
or nothing to do in bringing on the
conflict is shown by the fact that the
diplomacy of Europe for a genera
ton has been little secret. Every
important agreement among the ma
'tions in 1914 was known. Details
were kept back, but the world knew
about the Triple Alliance, the Dual
Alliance and the Entente.
AS to the point Of competitive
ornaments, Senator Borah is on
more plausible ground, but even as
to this he should note that it was not
so much competition as the belief of
Germany that she had distanced
competition that nerved her to at
tack.
AS to the<e various explanations
of the war, they are most objection
able in so far as they imply that all
were to blame and that neither side
is warranted in accusing the otner
Of special fault. There was a differ
cnce. To deny this is to insult the
memory Of the millions VINO gave
their lives to repel Germany's wan
ton INVASION
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

With partial lifting Of the screen
OF secrecy with which the Soviet
tyranny has concealed conditions IN
Russia, the public should prepare to
read many things that are not 80.
Already some Of the old propa-
ganda warriors who tried to con-
vince the world that Bolshevisn is q
beautiful thing are afeld once more.
for example, Arthur Ransonc
author Of the notorious pro-Bolshc-
Vl@ book, Russia in 1919, is finding
mig way into print again.
Riga is crowded with journalistic
as'vsnturers who hope to enter in the
baggage OF the food relief workers
Some Of them will accept Bolshevik
money to color their letters and dis
patches. Others will favor the Boil.
sheviki, knowing they will be thrown
out or into jail if they do not. Not
being relief workers, they will not be
protected by the Hoover-Litvinoff
treaty. Still others are revolution
airy radicals who will, according to
their habit, see exactly what shey
are determined in advance to see.
With an open season for lying
thus approaching, those who would
know the factg may rot find it easy
To SIT the true from the false. Yet
there are simple tests which are usu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
A Soldier Adri{t
Thousands in Like Case Who Would
Re-enlist as REGULARS


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some Of the Senators and Con-
gressmen in Washington have been
calling for the reduction of the reg
ulars to 100000 soldiers, and they state
that the reason they want this done
is because all the men in the army
want to get out. Your story of yes
terday telling why hundreds of half
starved former soldiers are trying tc
got into the Spanish army should be
answer enough for these army re-
duccrs. If recruiting for the army
and navy we're opened now there would
be thousands of former service men en-
listing every day.
My owr case is an example.
served in the regulars for three years,
two of them overseas. Two wounds
and one citation. Never had any educa-
ton to speak Of, but was encouraged
by my officers to go to army schools,
where I learned some typewritng md
picked up good deal in grammar and
the like. Became a company clerk.
In November, 1920, | finished my
term and was discharged. I had some
business to look after for my mother in
New York, so could not reenlst right
away. BY the time it was fixed up
recruiting was closed and | could not
get back into the army. Not chance
for a job now. The little money
had saved is going fast. The only one
| had in the world, my mother, is
dead. And yet there is no way IL
which | can get back in the army.
There are thousands like NE. Ssna-
tors can say all they want to about
men trying to get out of the army
Give some Of the older soldiers
chance to get back in and sec them
take it.
Must those Of us who like the serv-
ice go to Spain or some other coun-
thy so that we may live?
HENRY r. CLARK.
New York, Aug 20, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
The Garroke

Markets Commissioner O'Malley's
conduct in the face Of the disclosures
of graft in his department is an at
front to public decency-an affront
to justice which must not go I'M
rebuked In revoking the licenses
of the three stall keepers in Wash
ington Market who dared testify be-
fore the legislative investigating
committee was he not dominated by
the single and sinister purpose of
terrifying other possible witnesses as
to bribery and extortion?. Can any
other construction be placed upon
his act?
"Get 'em before they get you" is
an adage in Tammany Hall. 1t is
one of the fundamental rules Of
Tammany technique, and Tam
many's technique is O'Malley's tech
nique.
But it would be intolerable to
think that it can prevail in this in
stance. The power vested in the
legislative committee is the power
of the State. If O'Malley does not
realize that fact the Tammany Dis
trict Attorney Of New York does, as
he proved by the alacrity with which
he granted q blanket immunity to
all witnesses summoned before the
committee to testify to acts of
bribery in which they and public ser
wants have participated. For the
District Attorney to have withheld
that guaranty, for him to have with
held his assistance from the investi-
gators in the light Of the Markets
Commissioner revocation of the
licenses in question, would have been
misfeasance warranting his re-
lnoval from Office.
There is power at Albany which
can remove district attorneys as we'll
as markets commissioners. 1t can
remove even mayors.
But at what an extremity of des-
peration must Tammany stand to re-
sort, in the present state Of public
opinion, to the use Of the garrote!
What is it that Fourteenth Street
fears? What is it that Murphy and
Hearst fear? Is an linking of it to
be seen in the kind of evidence
brought out on Tuesday and again
yesterday? Is this why Murphy
and Hearst have done all that lies
IN ter power to choke off the
investigators, to besmirch and dis
credit them? Is Hylanism to be
disclosed as embracing the elements
of crime and corruption in the city's
government as we'll as super-igno-
rance?
as this the promised vengeance
of which I have heardeso much that
is to be visited upon any one who
dares to give information damaging
to this administration? asks Elon R.
Brown, counsel in chief of the COM
mittee.
Yes, Senator Brown, it is exactly
that. 1t is the kind of vengeance
that Tammany has practised in this
city time out Of mind. But again
and again it has been thwarted by
men who, as with vision, have
seized such an opportunity as is now
yours and your associates and gone
ahead unafraid.
Snatch the garrote from Tam
many's grasp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
Some One Else 8 y

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR When we were youngsters it
was explained to US that the apostro-
phes, used in forming the possessire
Of nouns and pronouns, represented
the word "his"-as Johns book an
aDnrey'ation Of John. his book"
This being the case, we must per-
force say Some one, his book" and
some one else, his book: whence. Of
course, Some one clse's book"
RICHARD FERRIS.
New York, Aug. 20. 1921
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
'Erminie s 8 Long Run

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial, "Th4 Endurance
of Lightnin' ," is both most interesting
and timely, but in the list you give Of
previous long runs in this city haven't
you been little unfair? You have
omitted all mention of the longest run
(previous, | mean) Of all-that of
"Erminie,p at the Casino. Francis
Wilson played Cadieux in that famous
piece 1856 times at the Casno! And
those we're continuous performances
too. The actors strike did make n
break in the continuity of the run Of
'Lightnn'.'
Rudolph Aronson, who was the man
ager Of the Casino when "Erminje'
was playing there, in his recently pub.
lished memoirs gives carefully com.
piled table of the long runs made
under his regime, and "Erminie's," of
course, leads all the rest.
FRANCIS f. REID.
New York, Aug. %, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

orc Of the canoes Of the Lewis and
Clark expedition. Grizzlies have on
rare occasions been known to attack
men on land without apparent prov
ocation, but this incident of the
Lewis and Clark expedition is prob
ably the only record of bear swim
ming out into a stream to attack a
man in a canoe.
1t would be interesting to know
the exact circumstances of ex-Gover-
nor Osbofn's encounter with TIE
black bear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Poor John discharged certain en-
plOyees Of the Dock Department
whose combined pay was Isl 900 4
year. Then he employed another lot
OF employees whose combined annual
pay is $4,000. When asked what
saving to the city that represented
he answered $1,000. And Poor Jcnn
stands at the head Of his class.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Statistics in Support of Sheppard
Towner Maternity Bill

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The newspapers of the coun-
try generally have carried a state
mcnt attributed to Miss Alice Robert
son, Congresswoman from Oklahoma
in which she has questioned statistics
offered in support Of the Sheppard
Towner bill, declaring that the claim
of Mrs. Florence Kelley. general secrc-
tary of the National Consumers
League, that $50 babies de every de-
is "sob-sister stuff" and absurd on
the face of it," because many Of the
states fail to keep official vital
statistics.
Due to Mrs. kelicy's absence n
Europe and the further absence from
headquarters Of responsible executives
Of the National Consumers League.
this statement has heretofore passed
unchallenged.
According TO the latest census pub
lication, birth statistics for the birth
registration area of the United States
Tor 1873, page 81, the number q
deaths under one year IS given at
$4,000. Dividing $4,000 by 365. one
gets the total Of 1926 infants deaths
under one year for the registration
area. But the registration are for
that year comprised twenty-five states
Coz which Oklahoma, by the way, was
not one) and the District of Colum-
bia. with the total population OF 6l,-
fall. or $50 per cent of the total
population.
Assuming the same death rate per
unit of population in TIE non-registrs-
tlon area as in the registration area
"a higher rate is more probable for the
non-reglsrratlon area. calculation
SHOWS that the approximate number OF
babes deaths per day for the United
states would be sos.
FOR 1913 the corresponding report
OF the census bureau, page 26, shows
'he total number Of deaths under one
year Tor ire registration area TO nave
0een 10 'o4'' or Sf' per day. But tic
registration area contained but 50 PEI
cent Oh the total population. Making
'ne same assumption as was made N
."e case OF 1917 the total number o.
INFANTS deaths under one year in 1918
would be al
poe" una0le 10 locate IN
u'.o0' statement from us
49, "'''e'' ''.e NUMBER CT p""'eS
80 'S'''.iaeeo ~ oe0 per day, IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

ally decisive. Does the statement
cohere in its parts? Is it consistent
with interchangeable facts otherwise
known? If these tests are applied
falslfier can seldom get far in plaus-
lble representation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Miss Strong is busting little Cali
fornian high-school girl who, under the
pseudonym Of Jane Meredith, COM
pounds recipes for Everybody's Home,
describing, in department entitled
aboriginal Cooking how to render
edible the wild and outlandish veCe.a-
ton Of the,Liiac Valley Among her in
innate associates is Peter Morrison. a
distinguished author, and, being also a
painter, she draws floral rubrics for
his clever articles on "How to Grow
Good Citizens.' Another pal is Donald
Whiting, likewise Of the high school
As she and Donald race across the
desert in her automobile called the
Bearcat. you may, if you like, caves
drop on one Of Linda's improving
speeches. I shouldn't, if were you:
III two fellows wera having pitched
BATTLE says Donald. mast girls know
would qsietly faint OF run do believe
that you would stand b and help a Fellow
II he needed it,"
"Thot I surely would" Linda answers.
throwing out her hands in a g~accfs,
gesture. but don't you say most OF the
erls know and then make a statement
like that concerning girls. because YOU
prove that you don't know them Mt all A
few years ago very distinctly recau how
angry many women wcre at this line in
ORC Of Kiping's poems
The female OF the species Is moro deadly
than the male
and there WAS nothing to it save that
great poet was trying to pay womanhood
the finest compliment he kns~ how He
always had been fulrda,neatai In his
process OF thought lie sets right back To
tho heart OF primal things When he wrote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
The Soviet Idea

Hrom The Indianapolis Nors)
If those Russian Soviet founde re RS
could get over the idea that thew are
doing us favor by letting us feed the
starving Russians the situation would
be q good deal clearer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10
the use for republication Of all dispatches
rsedicd TO It OF otherwise credited IN the
paper and also the local OF spontaneou
origin published hsrein.
All rights OF republication Of all other ma,te-
herein also Are ressrved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

You car purchase merchandse advertised In TIE
Tribune ~ith ABSOLUTE safo.y--tcr II dssetlsfae-
tlon results In any THE TRIBUNE eusTan-
tcss TO ray your money back upen request. No red
tape No aubblInq. We msSc GOOD promptly II
the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
70 the Editor of The Tribune.

Ute LulSOr OF Inc Trlbunc
Sir: Speaking of "some ones else"
wouldn't it be just as consistent to
say They went at each's other
throat or "They grabbed ones an
other caps"'
If not, why not? +. C.
Glen Ridge, N. j., Aug %, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Is There Doctor in the House:
A hymn of hate I'd like to write
About your Coming Tower so brite;
You're always hitting thea fellow that
down,
You can't let well enough alown.
Just let fellow lose his nerve.
You pick on him without reserve
All through your paper see this trick
hate it all. 1t makes me sick.
LAURER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Throughout the recent crisis in Gem
trail America our sympathies have beer
entirely with Panama.
"What'' we demand az we reach for
our becoming hat and start for the
door, did Costa RIGA ever do for VA %
y +. f. v.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
New York. Aug. %. 1921.


fFrom The Providsnor Jous-AoD
Although the 1927 bathing season Is
nearly done, not shark scare has
stirred an Atlantic resort Evidently
the sharks have understood the
futility OF trying to compete witk
mystery ships and such.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
Vacuous Verbosity.

Speaking of vacuous verbositac,
Don't overlook the insidious COP
When he commands with such deyilish
glec,
keep on agoin Can't stand here.
Don't stop"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Words that to me are more empty
than most,
Waking my breast to no wild agitation,
Are to be found in the real estate
boast:
"Only few minutes walk. to the sta
ton"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

London is still larger than New
York, and lot of people wish TINT
the person who has been boasting that
he is Mayor of the greatest city in the
world really was.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Skoal to the Norseman, Skoal!
Tennis Chan pion-Molla Biurstedt
Mallory.
Ice Skating hampion-Arthur Staff
Ski Champion-Lars Haugen.
Yacht Race Champion~-Capt. G.
Christensen Of the Resolute.
Anti-Bolshcvik Champion-Olc Han
sen.
Dry acknowledgements Vol
stead.
Wet ChAmpion-Several tied for
honor; names withheld.
Champion Senator in length of sserv-
ice-Knute Nelson.
Champion salors-Ask Anybody.
II. S. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25
Books Percy Hammond b.

that ,;r ~
there was nas+y ,,o..s~, W.
The woman or dea.h T., ,,o,. ,a.sa n.Ao.
no was thinking about was tha+ g., tha
Jungle the fan,ola lion or tsar ~,
must go and ond nsr+,cuto,,- saol',so,
cave and bear her Young and ra,se ,nan,
to ha o,,i,o oo+;,.o ,....
then, ont ,,~oo,,s. '.-sse's Deao'o on aeaus
h,ooa+,9rs+,, sa.,,a. - N"''@, " - '''9
: we. GAZING mem "heh they
male finds the cave Of his mate and her
then thsra Is no r rsor ~ ~ az '"lSenier'
of in which the female. lighting in defense
Of her young, has not been more deadly
tas ~nv '''s's ana 'n1' IS 'ne origin OF
female of the species. and it ho,as good nod
fairly well down the line OF the wild. 1t
- eSe' true among such tiny things as
4 mother element in the heart a. evor',
girl Daddy used to say that half the
women in the world married the men
hon Van csr+ Ton ivy m@4seq 10 'nolner
heart by looking at her You must priny
ner face to face with an emergency be-
lY,v ~ can ae.l whal enc viii do, but
life on this: There ia scarcelv 's ir, 10y
know who would see you getting the
worst OF light say with Okla sayye, or
vow who would z' o+ - . ~'.' YOU or '"1ure
weapon she could lay her hands :" on ~
whether it was axe or a stick or stone,
ana 90 to your defense. and If she has
Women Who bavs WIZ" n''re "e@ra OF
battle with their claws. Sounds primitive
doesn't h?'
= .: *
There is villainous Ian in rer
Fathers Daughter. but il Is an An,ar;-
can architect who steals the plans. The
most pleasant of the characters is
Linda's father, who died four wears
before the story begins.
g 4
Mr. Georoa Tsocor+ of pa4
T. ;oins NJ Cbr;s-or,ba~ Me-, ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

P rate or Giant, Giant or Pirate,
Either can lose and it won't make u,
irate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

We refuse to take this unemploy-
ment situation seriously as long as
the persons who operate apartment
house telephone switchboards cen
tinuc to hold their jobs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

The workers, take it from the re-
vered Sam Gompers, are entitled to ice
cream and automobiles. What? Let
US privileged classes get a corner on
airplanes?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

The man who held up another with
an empty gun ought to be sentenced to
some years of improbable labor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

Az valuable we'll eff English super
refined, Jay G. Dee stakes out the fol
loving advertisements:
LET YOUR family know whore he or she
fcan buy things cheap. Blanks 3. . and
IS Cent Department Store.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-25

While on the subject of champions,
Vt IS N. Gray jr.s opinion, after view
ing her pictures, that the correct pro-
nunciation is Leglcg.