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New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
No Air Law

x. .ralAlmost two years have passed
since the worlds aeronautical ex-
perts devised the first international
code Of laws to govern aerial navi-
cation. The code is embodied in an
aerial convention which has been
sranned by every leading country of
the world with the exception of the
United States True, it has been
s'gned by the American Ambassador
III Paris, but with reservations. the
administration having overcome it's
aversion to this norrid word. But
tne Senate has not yet even consid-
cred the treaty. The result is there
is-nos in this country any law to
govern the actions Of aviators exccpt
she recently passed ordinances of
Aaw York and Newark.
:. The landing of the three naval
oal'oonists in the wilderness Of
northern Canada has again brought
TINS important fact forcibly before
tne public Canada, having ratified
the convention, consequently had the
machinery at hand necessary TO meet
the technical situation that followed
when representatives of the armed
'1ofces Of foreign power landed
within prescribed regions Of her ter
axttory. Fortunately, the feeling of
5ne surprised host was friendly.
geThe laws that must govern aerial
Navigation are Of necessity based
eapon admiralty Jaws. They must
1crforce cover movements Of traffic
p three dimensions. Moreover, they
'8ftast meet new customs situations,
With attendant smuggling posi-
biIities.
But it is not merely to regulate
Airing In any form that aerial laws
~ naese nsededs The present situa.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
The Coming Tower

AN OLD FAN
1t was painted long ago
By Sancret or by Watteau,
This old fan;
Here are cupids frolicking,
Here are nymphs with not thing,
Here is Pan.
How 1t brings the high romance
OF the vanished court of France
Back to me;
Phantom figures pacing yet
In the measured minuet
can see.
Down the ghostly years there dins,
AS from haunted violins
Far away,
An old air that seems to sigh
Faint regrets for days gone by,
Yet is gay.
In the age Of ruff1ed lace,
With Its hammered ease and grace,
III be sworn.
At gay .routs and at levees,
By Fragonard Marquise
1t was borne.
She was grace beyond compare
Sitting in her Sedan chair
Like queen;
And where'er the court would 20.
Or Versailles or Fontainebleau,
She was seen.
Oh, what tales of love and hate,
We're this fan articulate,
1t could tell!
OF tho scandal it has heard
We shall never heard a word
Gust as WELD.
And how lightly touched by Time
Is this fragile toy I rime,
You can see;
But the Marquise debonnaire,
With her patch and powdered hair,
Where is she?
C. W. W.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Hope for West Side Noses

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Residents OF the West Side who
for the last few years have suffered
discomfort and in many instances pa"
been made i'll by odors from New ser'
sey factories located along the Edss'
water shore will soon enjoy perrnS
nent relief. The West End Association
the leading civic organization OF NV
West Side, has never faltered fer
moment in its endeavors to have tness
odors from chlorine and other gsss'
eliminated. At the last meeting Of 'n'
organization Franklin P. Duryea, cns'''
man of the acid fumes committee, sD'
nounced that the chief offenders s''
installing devices in their plan1s ~
considerable expense which viii gnu
this nuisance The managers of sae''
concerns have promised that ms ''
vices will be in operation by FeDfa'A'
1. Several New Jersey civic orFanisA'
tions also. have announced that 1as'
will cooperate in the future WIN Wv
West End Association if these 'h'''
trial plant managers fail to carry '''
their promises Of relief.
This letter comes to you as ~
suit of the untimely death oi y"
O'Sullivan. whose illness dated, " "'s
stated, from the time he inyestigssS'
these plants in New Jersey anu -
hailed the fumes.
ARCHIBALD ". MEWAN'
New York, Jan. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Untinely

Mr. ROoC speaks out OF his long
experience in diplomacy when he ad-
vises against immediate action on
the Borah naval holiday resolution.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has reported the resolu-
ton, and on it's general merits it
would probably pass both branches
of Congress without difficulty. But
the question of the timeliness Of the
invitation proposed to be sent to
Great Britain and Japan remains.
The present Administration is
about to go out of office. Politically
and automatically speaking, it's
functions are in state of suspense.
1t would have to drop this passive
role were the Borah resolution
passed forthwith. 1t would be re-
quired to define, through its spokes-
man, this country's attitude toward
the limitation of naval construction
along certain lines. Would it be at
all desirable to put up to Great Brit
ain and Japan she question of ac-
cepting an invitati from Secretary
Colby and initiating discussions on
SO important an international prob
lem with what from their point of
view is a moribund government?
1t isn't likely that Mr.. Wilson
wants to be authorized to request
a conference under such circum
stances. Count Won Bernstorff says
in his book, "reminiscences of the
Five Years War, that the President
had decided in 1916, in case the
election went against him, to ap-
point Mr.. Hughes Secretary Of
State, ask for the resignation of the
Vice-President and then himself re-
sign. Bernstorff favored Wilson's
reelection, evidently did what he
could to promote it and was in the
confidence of some of the Prcsi-
dents closest advisers. His state
ment lacks confirmation from other
sources. Yet it attributes to Mr..
Wilson a very natural disinclination
to conduct our foreign policy after
losing the support of the country.
lie is said to have contemplated do
ing an unprecedented thing to pre-
vent an injurious interregnum in
1916-'17. He has, in the main, re-
Trained from any positive interna-
tional action during the present in
terregnum, which began the day
after the last election.
Great Britain and Japan would
greatly prefer to discuss retrench-
ment in naval expenditures with
representatives. of the new Admins
tration. 1t would result in embar-
rassment all around to begin nego-
tiations before March 4. Mr.. Root
emphasizes this fact discreetly. 1t
was necessary to emphasize it so far
as some Senators and a part of the
public are concerned. Yet it NAV
be assumed that the majority in the
Senate, although favoring notifi-
cation such as is given in the Borah
resolution, never had any intention
Of burdcning the present Admins
tration with the inappropriate duty
of carrying it into effect.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

tion in this country is highly preju-
dicial to the natural development of
our aeronautical industry, a key in
dustry in national defense. Until
such laws are enacted by Congress
none Of the proposed commercial
ventures in the air can we'll be un-
dertaken.
Congress obviously should act in
this matter as quickly as possible,
making it's regulations conform to
the international code as much as
possible.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Probabilities

For many months items and ru-
mors drifted into the Tribune office
touching queer doings of the city ad-
ministration. In connection with
strikes, building operations, gam
bling and the illicit liquor trade un-
explained things occurred.
Out of the City Hall and city de-
partments came suspicious scraps of
information-seldom big, but all sig
nificant. The District Attorneys
Office was strangely lax in pushing
some cases to trial.
The city government on the one
side and a combination of crooked
contractors and corrupt labor lead
ers on the other were in conference.
Men were averse to starting build
ing operations. They whispered and
looked over their shoulders. Under
ground word had plainly reached
the criminals of the country that
New York promised good pickings,
for there arrived in town an army
of burglars, bandits and highway
men.
The Mayor, mounting extra guards
to protect his privacy, denied him
self to the press. So did the Po-
lice Commissioner. The city's busi-
ness was kept dark and secret. The
Hylan administration functioned be-
hind closely drawn blinds.
So The Tribune, to find out what
all this meant, put a number of re-
porters to work, with results with
which the public is familiar. These
reporters had no power to summon
witnesses or to examine books. They
were impeded in every possible way.
They were hampered by stiff libel
laws; they knew it is not enough to
know a fact-that it must be sus-
ceptible Of proof in court. Never
theless, they kept digging away.
The action Of the Whitman iurv
shows some Of the things they un-
covered.
Now, with this record in mind. The
Tribune would like it's readers to
consider the probabilities of whether
the Mayor and the Police Commits
sloner and other higher-ups were en-
tirely unaware of what was going on.
There is but one way to ascertain.
and that is by public inquiry,
authorized by the Legislature, with
the inquirers empowered to sum-
mon witnesses and to scrutinize rec
ords. If the chief officers of the city
are as innocent as they claim to be
they should heartily welcome an in
vestigation which would vindicate
them. On the contrary, they resist
investigation by every means in
their power seek to prevent and
block it. But one inference seems
possible.
The Legislature when deciding
where lies it's duty need scarcely go
further than to consider the probable
reasons for this aversion to an un-
covering of the full facts.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
F or Mr.. Hedley
Questions Put as to Perpetual Fran.
chises and Their Surrender


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l read with interest in your
paper of, think, Monday last M
Hedley's letter in regard to the de.
sired increase of fares and your edi.
torial comment
Mr.. Hedley and other Interboroueb
officials seem anxious to furnish some
information to the public bearing on
the present transit problems, and per.
haps he would be willing to furnish
full information as to certain impol.
tant facts not easily accessible.
Will you not ask him to state nov
many perpetual franchises are con-
trolled directly or indirectly by the
1nterborough Company and whether
these perpetual franchises have no:
been Of great value and advantage 10
the company in previous negotiations
with the city. and whether these fran
chises, with the present limitations Of
rates, are believed by the managers Of
the company to be in the long up
valuable or not?
After considerable study Of this INST
ter it seems to me that if they are BE-
lieved to be valuable the company
should live up to them and furnish
adequate service, and if they are not
valuable the company should offer to
surrender them and the matter Of nex
franchises st different rates Of fsss
should be open for negotiation ~
competition.
ROBERT KELLY PRENTICE.
New York, Jan. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
The Armenian Note

~7::Stripped of surplusage the Arme-
nian note of the President says two
things. First, that the. Bolsheviki
now in power in Russia are "a vio-
lent and tyrannical minority, by no
means representing the real purpose
and desire of the Russian people" F"
Second, that this violent and unwel-
come autocracy, reaching beyond it's
borders, has the remains of poor
Armenia beneath it's savage paw.
despite these admitted facts the
President would not only do nothing
for Armenia, but aids the Bolshevist
power, both in Russia and outside Of
it, by throwing the weight Of his in
Huence against any interference
with its supremacy. In word, he
would abandon the Armenians to
-theirsfate and likewise the Russian
people, whose masses he comedies are
rhonstrously oppressed. For it aids
the Bolshevists to admonish Ar
Flenia, Georgia, Rumania, Poland,
Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania to
ignore the Bolshevist troops massed
,op4 their borders and to warn the
ALLIED powers to extend no aid to
the weak border nations until after
the storm has broken on them-until
their lands are ravaged, their cities
are in flames and their people are
refugees.
The excuse offered for a policy is
'saiculated. to delight Moscow. 1t is
that there is confusion where lodges
tie spirit Of offense and where the
sssaifit Of defense. In other words,
dces' the President seriously believe
Russia is in danger Of being assailed
hy,the weak border states? The pre-
pes.erousness of such an idea is
sn,anifess.
r.sIf the. President were in real
doubt he would suggest other tests
rce'dfnd cut where the truth lies. He
would say, for example, that Rus
.s5a: should order an immediate de-
sMqbili2ation Of her large army in
.,ISturn for assurance from the West
(stfl nations, in the habit Of keeping
their words, that if the Bolshevists
Nsbanded the Red army the areas
'sSlider. their control would not be
Invaded. Or he might say that no
offensive would be undertaken if the
Bolshevists would abide the result
:sd a free election in Russia.
- ,S.-' President Wilson seems to labor
under the same confusion of ideas
that controlled him in the days when
he recognized what Germany was,
but continuously labored to help
saiermany by keping up a fire Of
criticism against those opposed to
sher. Soviet Russia is now the bene-
:fejary of his course, but there, in
1921, as in 1915, he seems unable
to understand that conditions arise
iforbidding neutrality-that you can
rot escape helping one side or the
other.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Our Democratic Army
New York, Jan. 81, 1921.
(From The Detroit Fres Press,

Newt Baker announces triumpnSn"'
that the war has put officers and nv
on more democratic basis ana "a.
a major general should be WILING :.
dance with an enlisted mans WIG "
Mr.. Baker equally certain that Al ~
listed man ought to be willing 70 80
the major general dance with MS w'A.
And while the question Of demoe. Il.
il up, how about the private g
with the major generate w1l -
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Gotham Gleanlngs

IL Kaplan left Fri. p. m. at 2:O5
for Ga, but expects to return.
-Aleck Woollcott's birthday was
last Wedncs.
Jerry Kern has birthday this
wk.
EVERY Davis's birthday was last
Sat.
Miss Neysa McMeins birthday
is tomorrow.
Chris Morley's busted leg is get
ting o. k.
Art McKeogh and Miss Gretch-
EN- Dick celebrated their BIRTHDAYS
Sat.
Miss Jane Seymour the popular
Thespian arr. in town Sat. from
the west
Geo. S. Bryan of Brookhe1d
Center, Conn, is coming to town
Wednes. for dinner.
Will White of Emporia is back
in Gotham after trip to CAMBRIDGE
Mass, where w. A. jr. is a the mi
versity.
-Gaar WINS. of Indianapolis was
to see Louise Hale act at the theater
lues. evg and was loud in praise Of
same.
Franklin" writes old Charley Ed
son, paid too much Cor his whistle
and we pay too much to whet ours"
Two Banquet Songs From Alcmus
"hen Zeus sends rain upon US hard
and fast,
and, underneath an angry, sullen skv.
Howls the North Wind with eager, Bit
linen let us pour the amber-yeilow
And and heap with logs the roaring fire up.
SO, massed about the hearth where red
flames shine,
10 lay the mad storm low with BRAN
dished cup
Drink! For why should we delay
Till the dying Of the day?
w. anoer,. re haas. n'ght IS waiting but a
Where the flaming torches shine,
slave, pour out the well-mixed wine.
Git to careworn mortals from Sem
cle's son divine.
Every cup filled to the brim,
crowned with wreaths each argent rim
Cease we not our drinking as we raise
the festal hymn. N. P.
All World Cries for Disarming, SAYS
Henry White.-Evening Post.
Children Cry for It,"
It's good crowd The World has in
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
A Fitting lob
(Prom 1ho Cinciuno,t ,.,

tFrom The Cincinnati Inquircr)
II AL Burleson has no other Job in
sight we would like to suggest that h,s
famous slow delivery might qualify him
as star baseball pitcher.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Another lob
(From The Detroit Nou

(From The Detroit Ncus)
Mary Garden has been placed in
charge of the Chicago Grand Opera
Company. Many thought it might be
Judge lands.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

Opposed though we are to the use of
quotes, VIC should, if we owned news
paper, order the proofroom always to
make it French" pactry >
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
A Good Example

From The Springfield Republican,
New York would enjoy reading some
morning that Mayor Hylan had arrived
at Cork as stowaway.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

MEMHEx OF THE ASSOCIATED PRxsa
rhe Associated Press M exclusively entitled ss ths
xss for republication OF ali dispatehss
credited - Or otherwisasrsdlted IN this panse
md also tho locsl news Of spontaneous ertsA pub
lishsd herein.
Az rights o. repubNcstisa Of all ether nat,as
Aer41 Also are reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

done in transportation. The true
controlling agent in these broad
fields is not the state but the nation.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

Simplicity always marks the inaugu-
raj of each new cook inducted into our
demesne. At the first breakfast she
serves US only one egg, and the coffee
is always weak.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
The Stingless Death and the Unvic-
t0rious Grave

The Stingless Death and the Unvic-
t0rious Grave
[Trom the Plainfeld Courier -Newsl
Zion, Ill.-Residents Of Zion were
given new light on the terrors of the
Internal regions Saturday, when Over
seer Wilbur Glenn Voliva issued ad-
vance sheets Of Handbook and guide
to hell" based on what he termed
helligrams he said he recently had
received.
every sinner Is going to be pun
ished by an overdose Of his OWE SIM"
Voliva declared. "A tobacco smoker
will be locked up in den full of
tobacco smoke. A chewer of the filthy
weed will be immersed to his neck
in vat of tobacco juice. A drinker
will pass his term of publication in
natatorium filled with beer, wine and
whisky"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

,tSu can purehase merohandlse Advertised In 1HE
rkrEUkE With shsotute safety-fer y dissattsias-
tu- VAR money hack uson request. Ne rsd taes.
sNe-f xuhh!!ne. We make soes promptly II the
sdyertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

It's good crowd The World has IN.
tcrviewed on disarmament, but why
omit-this deserves n line to itself
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

There must be a spot on the star
Betelgeuse Of which some old inhab-
itant says, Gosh! can remember
when this was considered uptown"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

Tho Venus do Milof
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
GUARANTY

soAMared q: tn rosofRee at New York Sssond
- Class Mail MAttsr
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24

All World Cries for Disarming. Saws
Henry White.-Evening Post.
Children Cry for It,"
The Ordway new era., 1921-10-21
cA1G EE AoSS( (z.@A,M%m.ssrel

james Sterling, the assistant engineer,
formerly was Il first grade lieutenant
in the navy. Ira j. Ingraham, the
camera man, Il secretary, and two
cooks make up the remainder of the
personnel.
In anticipation of the hot weather
ahead the Speeiacks has ventilation
system which makes il possible to OBJ
tain fresh air i'll any part of the vessel
every six minutes. There is a hot
water heating system should the
weather turn cold. But that is improb-
able. because the route of the vessel
will keep ii within 20 degrees of the
Equator at all times. Every part of
the yacht can he reached by tele-
phone. II is electrically lighted and
furnished in keeping with its general
tone.
The Speeiacks owner laid out his
route with the idea of getting AWAY
from all tile usual yachting cruises
and breathing IL breath of real adven-
ture. That he has succeeded probably
will be well established before his voy-
age grows old. He plans to make
many landings in out-of-the-way places
and there is likely to be some
lively times for all. The Spec
lacks has two motor dories and II
dinghy for landing. and the machine
guns will not be forgotten among the
strange lands which the party is to
visit.
The work of preparing for the Noy-
age covered several months. The task
of obtaining passports for all Of the
ships company in the many lands they
will visit was several weeks work.
The boats odd name was bestowed
ON the owner ut Harvard. from which
he was graduated in 1907.
Mrs. Gowen comes from Texas and
admitted that this was her first sea
trip, a little matter of $4,000 miles on
n 9S-foot boat. Asked how she expect
ed TO keep busy on her long voyage,
Mrs. Gowen said that she planned to
do n lot of reading. She had been
studying about the countries ahead of
her. and helped TO collect the ships
library. consisting mostly of travel
books.
"And Mr.. Gowen wants me to write
the whole story" she added.
The Ordway new era., 1921-10-21
FOR
FOOD in WINTER
Gather Tomatoes and Beans
Before Frost, but Leave All
Root Crops in Garden.
CARE FOR SURPLUS PRODUCE
Cabbage May Be Stored in Shallow
Trenches, Covered With Straw
and Earth-ceilars Provide
Good Storage Places.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
When Bryant wrote THE melan-
choly days are come, the saddest in
the year." he inspired visions of bar
renness connected with the first au-
tumn frosts that are not justified If
one knows how to prepare his garden
stuff for the winter. There is no rea-
son why gardener who anticipates
the cold weather cannot have vege-
tables with much of the garden fresh
ness for weeks and even months after
freezing time. If he follows the in
structions of the United States Depart
The Ordway new era., 1921-10-21
IMPROVEMENT NOTED
, IN WOOL MARKETING
Product in Much Better Condition
Than Last Year.
Much Credit. Due Department Of Ag.
riculture for Demonstrations Show
ing Proper Handling and Pre-
pairing.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Wool received at concentration
points for pooling is in much better
condition than that handled last year,
according to officials in charge of wool
pools, who state that the improvement
Is due largely to the demonstrations
conducted last season by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
showing the proper manner of han
ding and preparing wool for market.
The owners of wool clips who were
penalized in 1920 on account of sisal
twine. burrs or seed have taken pre-
cautions this season to see that their
product is free from Objectionable for
eign matter and in excellent condition
when received at the concentration
point. The percentage of united fleeces
is much smaller than in 1920, with a
considerable number of fieeces box.
tied.
Especial emphasis has been placed
on the work of the expert graders in
demonstrating to producers and 9th.
ers the value of grading the wool clip
The subdivisions within the grades es-
tablished enable the producers of long.
staple wool to obtain full value for
their clip on the basis of grade. In
addition to the regular grades, provi-
sion also is made for the various kinds
of defective wool which constitutes
rejects. The wool growers are real
ing the value of grading and the ne
cessity for the elimination of rejects
from their wool in order 20 obtain the
maximum return for their product.
One large wool pool in the Middle
West. which assembled and graded
100000 pounds of wool in 1920, reports
that 100000 pounds have been received
to date this year. one of the largest
cooperative wool growers assOcia-
tons in the Northwest has increased
its membership from 1000 to LOO in
the last 30 days. and reports that
more than 100000 pounds of wool
has been received at its concentration
point.