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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Drowning" Motor Cars

An automobile graveyard in the
East River? Well, it's relief to
hear of it, in way For New
York to be outdone by Chicago in
anything whatsoever would never
do. Chicago for the last week has
been fishing motor cars out of the
waters of an abandoned quarry. 1t
is not unlikely that if the police Of
all the other big cities get out their
divining rods they will find the
same sort of cemeteries.
The plausible explanation of
these automobile "drownings" is
that an organization of rogues is
cheating the insurance companies.
Engines "spurlos versenkt" tell no
tales. A midnight dive off the end
of pier is as good as theft if in
identification follows. Here is what
looks like an attempt to make
dishonesty the best policy.
The extraordinary increase of the
number of automobile 'thefts"
gives color to the suspicion that a
great many Of the reported steal
ings are of the self starting variety.
Certainly the holders of licenses on
cars which may be dragged from
the submerged garages have some
thing to explain.
When the automobile was a mar
velous new toy on our highways
people called it a devil wagon"
The machine suggests no thoughts
OF Satanism now, but one cannot
help noticing that it lends itself by
reason of its very mobility to vari
Gus kinds Of deviltry. Like every
thing else, it has the defects of it's
qualities. Few felonies are COM
mittcd nowadays in which motor
cars are not accessories before or
after the fact. They are the seven
league boots Of the criminal That
can't be helped. It's part of the gen
ersl scheme Of things that every
good and useful tool man invents il
capable Of gross misuse in evil
hands
With regard TO the graveyard
discoveries, however, surely there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Deaf Ear to the Soviets

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To feed the starving though
erring is any ones duty, and most OF
us are for it, but before we lavish
much more of our corn and oil upon
people whose governors are repudi-
atlng their debt of millions to our ma
ton and doing their utmost to break
down its institutions with the poison
Gus propaganda of Bolsheyism why not
exact that their petition for help come
from the Whites instead of the Reds
from the anti-Soviet instead of the
Soviet adherents?
II any capital is to be made out of
the exertion of an influence that will
save millions from starvation let those
IN Russia who are opposed to the pres
ent regime exert that influence and
obtain credit for it.
Disregard all appeals from the Lenine
and Trotzky factions and answer only
those from their duped and awakened
opponents.
Let the cry from even three or four
snti-Soviets be answered; let their
cause profit by the response, and there
VIII quickly follow massed desertion
from the starvation banners of the
Soviet. JOSEPH g. KITCHELL.
New York, Aug. 10, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
immigration Control

Another strong argument is now
presented for the transfer to the
other side of the sea Of an impor-
tant part of the work of inspection
and control which is now done at
Ellis Island Several hundred
would-bc immigrants are reported
to be waiting admission to this
country who through no fault of
their own may be excluded simply
because they are in excess of the
quota for the current month which
the countries of their origin are
permitted under our new law to
send hither.
Doubtless there should be some
such judicious restriction of the
number of immigrants to be ad.
mitted. The law should be en-
forced. But there should be some
effective arrangement under which
1t would be impossible for immi-
grants TO come here on so fruitless
IN crrand, and that arrangement
should be made and executed by
cur government.
We cannot expect the peasants
81 Europe TO keep track Of our
statistics and learn when the
monthly quota from their land Is
''lled. We are not sure that it is
the business Of the steamship COM
panles to do 30, or thai they ought
10 be expected or relied upon thus
70 supervIsc the enforcement of our
laws. It would seem TO be
III" duty II our Immigration Blu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
British West Indies Future

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The island of Jamaica is NO:
for sale, and cannot be bartered as
you suggest; not necessarily because
OF its strategic importance or COM
mercial worth to Great Britain, but
because it is the birthplace and hons
of free and loyal British subjects, and
therefore priceless.
If the collection of the British war
debt is an urgent necessity. why DO.
make peremptory demand for SET
tiement? Such demand would cer-
tainly be accepted in business spirit
and although such action may be
thought sharp, it would certainly not
be regarded as an affrons TO the Brit
ish colonials' manhood
For information of your South
ern co. ,spondo :, =. S. Rowland, |
will say the principle applied to the
island of Jamaica applies also 70 all
British West Indian colonies without re-
gard to strategic Importance or COM
mercial worth.
The island of Jamaica. under British
ownership and control. is an asset
rather than enace TO the United
States, and it is the belief and desire
of the British sovereign, statesmen ana
subjects that it shall for all tine
be So JOHN ARMSTRONG.
New York. Aug 20. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Production, Progress
Says The Villager:

"What is the remedy for our
troubles? Apparently there is but
one-production; work harder and
work longer--that is to say, make
more things, more things, moro
things! Is there any one, from the
priest at Moscow to the diviner in
Wall Street, who disagrees? No.
Whether the world is to be capitalist,
Bolshevist OF Guild Socialist, it
must, in order to exist, produce
more things, and still more things,
and so to infnity Lenine holds to
that no less than any bourgeois
multi-millionaire. When the doctors
are unanimous, who shall dare ex-
press doubt? But is there not room
for doubt? For what is now the
condition of this increased produc-
tion?"
The old assumption was that free
competition was the key to the
treasure house. But except In
legislative chambers and in court
rooms there is recognition Of the
necessity of regulatory competition.
The tug-of-war principle of the
athlete is coming to honor
How are we to get more pulling
together and hence greater pro-
duction? Obviously, by permitting
men to do it. For thirty years trust
busters have fought to keep in
furious competition artihcially
alive. They would have done great
harm If their labors had not been
in vain. At the other pole is
Lenine, who has sought to establish
the contrary rule, but has been too
stupid to know how. He has warred
against freedom by saying that all
should be shot who did not at once
accept his particular cooperative
plan. This, Of course, made CO.
operation impossible.
The trust buster is so eager for
freedom that he is blind to the
supreme charms of enlarged pro-
duction. The Bolshevist is so hos
tile to freedom that he DEGREES it's
extinction. The economic problem
Of the future is to reconcile CO.
operation and freedom, both
valid principles. The solution
doubtless lies somewhere between
the ideals of Rockefeller and the
ideals Of Lenine. Men must work
together, but as free men, not as
slaves. The individual must be ac-
tolerated by special rewards and at
the same time educated into seeing
wherein he is advantaged by team
work.
The way to production increase
is in allowing national leaders to
recruit a following, while at the
same time Keeping open to every
man the right to be leader if he
can command followers; and if he
can not or would not lead, then to
select those he would follow and
work with.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
How Prince Followed

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Having had some experience
with dogs and with the army, l would
like to add a few pertinent remarks as
to the pausibility Of the Gust
Prince story.
Lest disbelief Of the facts of the
story detract from its beauty, l wish
to affirm that dogs follow outfits in an
uncanny manner. Let US say that
Prince had lived with his masters
regiment fer month or so in England
while it was training. Having missed
them at their departure it is quite
possible that he could follow them as
a regiment, which is nothing more or
less than a moving village To Prince
this moving village spelt his master.
His course to the port of embarka-
ton was comparatively simple, as any
of the returning railway cars still bore
evidence to him of the route. He must
have had certain amount Of luck in
finding one of the Channel boats that
bore his particular outfit, but once
found his passport to France was as
sured. any happy dog with a friendly,
wagging tail was welcome to travel
with any outfit, no matter how strict
or proud
Once in France, the trail was com
paratively simple. From the port of
debarkation the scent of his masters
regiment would be fairly distinct
In justification of Prince and all
army dogs that hold very warm spot
in the hearts of the A. <. F. I request
that your print the above. II. B. c.,
Ex-First Lieutenant A. S.
New York, Aug 20, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
By
ercv Hammond

Fhlllp was man experienced in mar
rage, since his initial wife was a re-
lentless tutor in its disadvantages.
Yet, despite this education he was sur
prlsed and dismayed at the first impact
OF Leila's chill and spatuiar extremi-
ties. Leila, too, had her own disillu-
slonments, for it distressed and irri-
tated her when Philip, unappreciating
the subtle niceties Of the boudoir. ap-
peared before her in his underclothing.
This merciess assembling by Mr..
Norris of the unknown minutie of the
nuptial state and his emphasis of their
devastating effects add to the perplexi-
ties of betrothal. How was Philip to
learn of the temperature and confor-
nation of Leila's feet from the hand
some, patrician, tra-fashionable belle
of San Francisco? Not even the most
rigid of health certificates required
by the system of hygienic marriage asks
for such unpretty particulars.
!: x X
From Philips mother, the most saga
cious philosopher in the story, the
male reader may get the suggestion of
a way out of the difficulties. 81 some
times think, my DEAR" she says to her
divorced daughter, "that women place
too high value on fidelity.
Even when your father was paying at
tention to ether women he was always
courteous, kind and gentle to me. |
would rather have a man show his wife
ordinary politeness and kindness and
be unfaithful to her than have him
true to his marriage vows and treat
her with total disregard to the de-
cenci0s of human intercourse. l could
forgive your father for his affairs with
other women. 1t would have been diff
cult to overlook Miniature or incivil!tv."
Brass is as Photographic in its de-
tail as Main Street; it seems to ac
count plausibly for almost every min
ute in the interesting lives of it's char
acters. The publishers (E. P. Dutton
& Co.. do not err when they advertise
the tale as intensely real, and its peo-
pie warmly human"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Kissimmee

The Florida township Of Kissiln
NEE has foresighted city fathers.
They see the possibilities of mechan-
ical flight as applied to commercial
transport and have made provision
to regulate it. In Kissimmee it is a
misdemcanor for aircraft to collide
with telegraph or telephone poles.
Also, avlators whose airplanes go
tearing" through space at eight
miles an hour are not permitted to
fly lower than ten feet above the
ground
Before enacting this protective
ordinance Kissimmec made a study
of every known type of aircraft, de-
vised yearly license tax for each.
and fixed "all other types at $780,"
10 experiment with an ornithopter
IN Kissimmee costs 5000. Despite the
formidable name, an ornithopter is
nothing more imposing than set Of
wings fastened to the arms Of the
man who wishes to propel himself
through space by his own power. The
tax on ornithoptcrs is payable in adj
vance
kissimmee, however, is sympa-
thctic toward commercial aerial
transport. 1t has made provision
that there shall be no tax on aerial
freight lines for period Of fifteen
years.
The town has provided that call
balloons or alrsnips shall be properly
equipped with and shall use bells.
whistles Or horns, brakes, lights and
ether signaling and controlling an
raratus and nets, parachutcs, flying
belts and artificial wings and :,ther
safety apparatus"
These regulations may seem lras-
TIC but let us not forget that in the
rest Of the United States there is not
a single provision that will prevent
any enc from taking the air in any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
The Appeal Of "Lightnin ="
Why Does an Old Reprobate Tug Sd
at Ones Heart Stringsp

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial on "Lightnin' =
you say that its long run having dem.
onstrated that it is the sort Of play
that the present generation Of play1
goers want one may deduce that the
popular taste Is wholesome and that il
is not hard to please.
"Lightnin'" Joe is drunken losfet
of more extreme and less romantic
type than old Rip. What is the psy-
chology of the public's attraction to
this kind Of characterization 1t cam
not be that people are fond Of drunk
ards or sympathize with this form Of
weakness.
Joe, like his prototype Rip, has many
lovable traits. Is it because Of these
and in spite of his moral obtuseness
that people learn to love him and 20
again and again, as I have, to come in
contact with his irresistible persons
atty? Would he be as lovable II he
were sober and industrious man!
Would "Lightnin' be as popular If hs
were not drunkard, if he were not
lazy.
Is 1.-THE charm, the dry humor that
Frank Bacon and Winchell Smith havs
written into the lines. or is it the ala
most incompatible acting OF Bacon
himself, or a combination Of both. that
so tugs at our heartstrings that wa
forget the bad habits OF the old repro-
bate that he impersonates
The play can do no harm; to that
extent, as you say, it is wholesome.
1t is superlatively entertaining, and
that is, perhaps, its greatest justiica@
ton.
Until the end of the world, very
likely, crooks, drunkards, women Of the
demi-monde will remain fascinating
dramatic types.
Whatever the psychology Of this. one
thing is sure: Broadway will not quite
be the same now that "Lightnin'" has
left us. ADOLPH EDWARDS.
New York, Aug 20. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Mile. Lenglen
A Sympathetic Note From One of
Our Veteran Athletes

Our Veteran Athletes
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in to-day's issue
anent Mlla. Lenglen is timely and
kind. AS OFT guest under very ur-
gent invitation she is entitled to the
most friendly consideration. Extrava-
giant advance notices had placed her
in position where, as a player, she
had everything to lose and nothing to
win, and she must have felt that the
prestige Of France in the field Of sports
depended on the result of her play.
Probably at her best she could not
have prevailed against the wonderful
tennis Of Mrs. Mallory on Tuesday,
But, young girl, far from home, ap-
pearing before strangers and with all
this responsibility on her shoulders, it
is not surprising that she was not in
state of mind to do herself full Justice
and that under the circumstances and
in the shadow of probable defeat she
broke down and left the field in tears
should appeal only to our sympathies
We have rot to look far for similar
failures in like circumstances; vide
Ouimet, Travers, McDermott, Chick
Evans, Bobby Jones, Alexa Stirling
and others.
In France it is not unusual for
competitor to "resign," and while this
does not accord with our own notions
in the premises, Mile Suzanne is to be
judged somewhat at least by the usages
of her own country.
May we not extend to Mrs Mallory
the fullest need Of praise for her
splendid victory and at the same time
let Mile. Lenglen know we understand
and sympavhizc with her position?
JOHN M. WARD.
New York, Aug. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Her Year of Years

A champion for the sixth time
Ever since She came from Norway
with her powerful racquet Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory has been
the dominating figure among our
women tennis players-not always
invincible, but so in the long run.
And this is her year of years. At
Forest Hills she reached the peak
of her game. Such power skill and
determination as she displayed on
Saturday in defeating her friendly
rival-her vanquisher more than
once-Miss Mary X. Browne, no
woman opponent, it seemed, could
have withstood.
Miss Browne was great in defeat.
1t was a marvel that with her slight
physique she was all but able to
turn the tables on her sturdy oppo-
nent. Aside from the exquisite pre-
cision and strategy of her play,
which everybody applauded, she was
such good loser that the gallery
took her to its heart.
Tennis followers will now be on
tlptoe for the promised series of
matches between Mrs. Mallory and
Mile. Lenglen. When the young
visitor from France is quite herself
again she will play, it is hoped. as
she did when she won from Mrs.
Mallory at st. Cloud And may Mrs.
Mallory play as she did on Saturday
at Forest Hills!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
THEM WAS THE DAYS
First Love

When she came into school that
morning something smote you nightly
1T the pit Of your stomach and your
heart began TO do things that at your
present age would set you feverishlv
to scrlbbling out last will and tesla
ment
Her eyes were blue and so was her
dress, and her hair that clear. fine
yellow for which peroxide strives in
vain. She was new pupil, and YOU
prayed with all the fervor in vour
makeup that Miss Hoffman would give
her the empty desk in front of YOU.
Eut she didn't
You spent the rest of the morning
gazing in her direction in a state of
semi-consciousness until teacher called
you down for looking out of the window.
Looking out of the window.
Spud Clark-Miss Hoffman called
him "Theophilus"- sitting right
behind her. You hated him.
You felt her look at you once in
arithmetic Glass. You did very badly:
you always did, for that matter, but
to-day long division was eight feet
below surging torrent of romance.
and still sinking.
Reading was better You were a
pretty good reader and you extended
yourself to such an extent that thrice
MISS Hoffman had to say:
Elmer, don't holler sol"
At noon, you spoke to her.
You said; "Helo!"
And she said: "Hello!"
Rarely in your later experience have
YOU had so thrilling and wholly salts
factory a conversations
1t was several days thereafter that
you summoned up courage to speak to
her again, due, in some part, to the
TACT that your opportunities were cur
tailed by being kept in after school.
This afternoon you went downstairs
together and you drew a long breath
and said:
"Lemmycarryyourbooksforya"
And she let you
That night on the sidewalk in front
OF your house you saw scrawlcd:
Lucy and Elmer"
And the next morning, when YOU
reached the school, certain calIous
hlllstlnns sang a ditty to you, be-
g inning:
ELMER Haskins, SO they say,
Goes courtin' night an day,
Sword and pistol by his side
Takes Lucy Mcnamara to be his bride y
You scowled and threatened to lick
the singers, but you felt grand and
proud just the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Skeptical of Disarmament

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Let as assume that all the in.
hab'tants of the world assembled to-
day and solemnly signed bindjnp
agreement never again to lie, cheat
steal, murder or commit any other
cr'r'' J At us also assume that as
rest, e such compact we abol-
'shcd Immediately all policemen.
sherlffs, officers and other guardians
al our peace and security.
VIII you please describe the con-
alton Of the world about fifteen min
utes thereafter?
Is 1T possible that you. or any gov
eminent, or any individual is really
ana seriously considering the least
suggestion of disarmament
John p GRAY.
Mystic, Conn, Ang. ~, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Sticking to the Issue

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your leading editorial in to-
days issue, "stcking to the ISSUE" is
an excellent statement of facts and
conditions and should stir our voters
to the tight action on primary and
election days Your slogan Hylanism
hearstism and what should be substj
tutcd for Tammanysm - "Hcllism"-
would make three sturdy lis to knock
cut. You know the rule in baseball
three out all out, And the best will
take the bat and keep US in the game
Of good government.
SAMUEL A. HILL.
New York. Aug. 18, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22
Good Counsel

Congress will do we'll to give par
ticular heed to the counsel the Presi-
dent submits in behalf of its enter
ing upon a broader view of the ma
tons shipping problem. The Presi-
dent is whole heartedly set on put
ting Yankee ships back in the worlds
deep-water traffic. His vision en-
compasses the obligation imposed
upon us by our position among the
nations to build and maintain mer-
chant marine commensurate with
that position And the American
people are, The Tribune believes,
participators in his faith that if the
conditions confronting the nation
are met as they should be met, with
native wit, with intelligence, we can
recover and hold our estate in the
seas.
1t is in furtherance of this faith
Of his and not as the upholder or
sustainer of an appointee, that the
President bespeaks of Congress con-
sideration of Chairman Lasker's ap-
plication for funds for Shipping
Board necessities. Satisfaction is to
be found in the way he puts the case
in his letter to Senator Jones, of
Washington, with the request that
he make it point to lay the exact
but unpleasant truth before your
colleagues:
"The Shipping Board situation is
wholly an Inheritance from the pre-
vious Administration. Our
great problem is curing the situation.
The difficulty Of this task becomes
very apparent to me and had its re-
fex in the delay in the final selec-
ton of the Shipping Board. 1t was
no easy thing to bring capable men
to the solution of this task. Chair
man Lasker is making a very heavy
sacrifice to give his time and talents
to this most difficult work He has
been able to bring many disinterested
advisers to his assistance, but it is
impossible for the board, in creating
its various departments, to establish
such organizations by the ordinary
methods of government appointment
and compensation. The stag
gering losses in operation can only
he cured by a board of operators
corning the business These men
could not be secured without giving
up private pursuits which are vastly
more profitable than the average adj
ministrative salary under the gov
ernment, and Chairman Lasker has
proceeded. with my very hearty ap-
prevail, in the requirement of men
equal to this task"
That is straight talking. The
President reveals that he is fully
cognizant of what has been going on
in the Shipping Board This is re-
assuring, as is also the policy of Mr..
Lasker and his colleagues in employ
ing men who know that fore truck
is not some sort of wheeled con-
trivance and that the hold Of YES
sci is not its "cellar."
Experts arc needed to deal with
our shipping problems. Congress
should be willing to pay them what
they are worth. Let it take Presi-
dent Hardng's advice. 1t is good
counsel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22

must be enough ingenuity among
the detective forces Of the country
TO devise some means Of making
certain whether a car has been
stolen or driven to suicide, with
out having to dredge ponds and
rivers whenever a "devil wagon
d!sappears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22

kind of craft and endangering his
own neck and the lives of other citi-
zens. The United States stands alone
among the nations in it's failure to
regulate or inspect machines which
are used for Aging purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-22

Lots of these fellers who're standin'
for reforms before election" saws
Uncle Abimelech Bogardus, of Freak
ness, N. j., "is goin' to lay down under
them afterwards"