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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
A Country Editor

On August 3 occurred a most IN
teresting centenary-the Tooth an
niversary Of The Lyons Republican,
faithful friend and spokesman of
the good people of Wayne County,
where apples and cider come from
For twenty-four years its editor has
been stout-hearted Charles H. Belts,
who may be properly saluted as one
of the few surviving members of
the glorious race of country edi-
tors, a breed that for many years
came near being the true rulers Of
America.
In early colonial days, in New
England at least, the preacher was
the most influential man in the COM
munity--laid down the law on week
days as we'll as on Sunday. Then,
in the era of stocks and small
clothes and powdered wigs, power
passed 10 the leading family. Next,
after the Jacksonian revolution,
after brief period of hegemony
by tavern brawlers, the scepter
passed to the country editor, and
long he welded it.
The country editor let the law
yers, with their vocal fluency, oc-
cupy the Offices, but he bossed them.
The first call visiting politician
made was where the sound of the
Franklin press was heard. The
sanctum listened and judged. It's
| presiding genius was close to his
people-he knew his folks. He was
guide and counsellor, for his infor-
nation, at least concerning matters
political, was widest. He wrote, and
| he wrote well, in days when there
were fewer writer's, but also fewer
smattcrers. He took his job seri-
ously. His constituency looked to
him and he led it straight. Horace
| Greeley gained his amazing influence
largely because he was sublimateo
country editor--spoke the vernacu-
lar and shared the psychology OF
his fellow craftsmen.
It is sad to note that the country
newspaper has declined and that its
( interest now too much centers ir
getting job printing. Some attrib
ute the decline to "patent insides'
and others to transportation sys
tenn that brought in the city daily
However it was, it would be foolish
to deny falling away. Only here
and there survives a country editor
of the virility of Charles HI. Belts
He has been able to triumph over
adverse circumstance.
But where old-fashioned country
editors still exist one is pretty sure
to find sound type of Anlericanisn
prevailing and country boys going t.
college to work their way through
| And the local editor, even more thar
| the school teacher, is the inspirer.
So The Tribune extends its felici
tations to Brother Belts. On man,
occasions it's course has not had thu
I S~ed feRtuno to command his whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

From the above it is plain that the
present type of dreadnought can
neither resist modern gurfre nor
modern underwater attack. It is pitt.
fully vulnerable. We can't afford to
spend $45,oOo,000 for a ship so weak.
1t is safe to predict that no nation
will be so sholt-sighted as to lay the
keel of another dreadnought of the
present type. It may, perhaps, com
plete those now building if they are
near completion, not otherwise The
big gun ship Of the future will be of
new design. 1t may be smaller, with
fewer guns-a turtleback, foEs instance.
running awash.
In the mean time we are justified in
saying that the airplane carrier is a
capital ship. 1t may prove to be the
equal of battle cruiser in war or
the sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Beyond Our Understanding
(Fro,n The Baltimore Sur

London has chosen the hottest mid
summer Of many years to return the
silk hat to popularity. Nov and then
we think We thoroughly understand
orr British brother-and then some
thing happens to persuade as that his
rasssxine 10 entirriy alien,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

mel killed or stunned shc will be quite
helpless. We need not sink her.
We must be fair to the gun rs we'll
as to the mir force. Although it re-
CURED $50 5-incb shells to sink Ger
man destroyer, any one Of these shells
might have put her out Of action. SINH
larly, although many small 25-pouud
bombs failed to sink her, and several
larger bombs were required to send
her down, it is nevertheless true that
one 25-pound bomb might have dis
abled her machinery or boilers, blown
up her magazine, exploded her depth
charges and torpedoes and put her out
of action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Piunging Fire

But the fact remains that torpedoes,
mines and heavy bombs are the most
effective of all wespons in actually
sinking q ship. There IS one exception
when. big gun shell lands Oh the
deck of ship at long range and pene-
trates down into her magazines. Even
dreadDought may not survive single
salyo of ID or is inch shells fired at
range Of $4,000 yards. Her upper
deck will not resist the plungiDg fire Of
such heavy shells. Her vertical armor
is no protection when the thinly clad
upper deck becomes the target. Hori-
zontal armor is now demanded there
fore, to protect the dreadnought from
long-range gunfro as we'll as from
heavy bombs. And, at the same time,
her underwater body must be armored
and minutely subdivided to protect her
from bombs, mines and torpedoes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
A Week of Verse
The TwoLIouses

ihC Wo-kICuScS
fF-rops The n4aD
In the heart of night.
When farers were not near.
The left house said to the house on
the right,
II have marked your rise 0 smart new
conner herc,"
The other replied,
Newcomer here 7 am.
Hence, stronger than you with your
cracked old hide,
Loose easements, worTuy beams and
doors that jam.
Modern my veod,
Ny hangings fair OF hue:
While my windows open as they
should,
And wstcr-pipcs thread all my cham
bers through.
Your gear is graz.
Your face wears burrows untold
Yours might" said the other, aft
you held, brother.
The Prescnccs from aforetirne that |
hold.
you have not known
Mems lives, deaths, tolls and teens;
You are but heap of stick and stone:
A new house hiss no sense of the have
beens.
Void as drum
You stand: am packed with these,
Though, strangely, living dwerIers who
come
See not the phantoms all my substance
Babes new-brougft forth
obsess my rooms; strsight~stretchcd
Lank corpses, ere outborne to earth
Yea, throng they as when first from the
void unfctched,
Mote here within
Inc bridegroom ana the pride,
Who smile and greet their friends
and kin,
And down my stairs depart for tracts
untried.
Where such in be
A dwellings, character
Takcs theirs, and vague semblsncy
To them in all jts limbs and light and
atmosphere.
will the day come"
Said the new-built, swestruck, faint,
when I shall lodge shsdcs dim and
dumb
And with such spectral guests become
acquaint?"
That will II, boy:
Such shades will people thee.
Each in his misery, irk, or JOY,
And print on thee their prcscnees as
on mel"
runHxc yrAnrU
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

GUARANTY
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Bombing Tests in ,Reuiew
Present Type Of Dreadnough Too VunerableNep Design
Demanded Smaller Ship May Be Forthcoming
BY Quarterback

operations Of surface feet. And q
low fog orean intermittent fog may be
a positive screen for an air attack--it
may place a fleet at the mercy of
bombs, mines and torpedoes from I'M
seen planes, Clouds at times arc
similarly an advantage to the air men.
They can hide themselves and emerge
at will.
Rough Sea Bothers Destroyers
AS for tho sea itself, it may bother
destroyers and cruisers and help air
craft. There was an example of this
in the gun attack on two German de-
stroyers. A division Of our destroyer
fiotilla attempted to attack at SO knots.
The sea would have been called
Smooth" by q sailor. To be sure
there we're whitecaps and light swell
Nevertheless, the commander of the at
lacking division was compelled to make
official signal that there was so much
motion on his destroyers at 80 knots
that he could not hit the target, and
he was forced to slow down to about &c
knots. Even at that speed forty 5-inch
shells were fired at each destroyer
without sinking either Of them. At this
time, under these weather conditions
airplanes could have fired with accn.
racy, while The enemy destroyer, rolling
and pitching, would have found its anti.
aircraft guns more useless than they
are ordinarily. We mist be fair to Tho
a;ymen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
suNpAY, AUGUST Z. 1921

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
The Eternal

From Tbs Poetry Rev,eUl
HERE in the garden where alone
I walk amid green quiet ways,
I hear a WHISPERED undertonc
OF Pagan and forgotten days
Sweet doors of the Earth are here,
That to the jaded spirit bring
Glad promise of another year,
Deep woodnotes of another spring.
The old Hellenic days, though dead,
And pipes of Pan, though silent now,
Still the warm, luscious grapes grow red
On Samos and on Chios' brow.
And bark the silver muted reeds
Of Zephyr as he glideth by
Tell our outworn and warning creeds
The old religions never die.
Before me through the beaded grass
hear the football of the Hours
The triumphs Of the Ages pass,
But not the beauty of the flowers.
DOidlAo tAESN ELL.
Epigrams
From Poetry)
The Poet
FTP LEAPED the lark in fight,
And saw the dawn
Singing above the night
The Beggar
The tulip lifts its bowl
Toward sun and cloud
To ask its daily dole
TIE Cntrnmmeiea
Only the wind is free
He shapes at will
The seas Elasticity.
MASON A. FREEMAN 5E.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

has its limits. A company with one
private would be as ridiculous as the
hen with one chick.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

There was verltablo tumble OF
amusing, interesting, absurd and vitality
important incidents in connection with
the recent naval bombing tests, Among
the spectators on board the transport
Henderson, representing every known
profession and occupation, there were
conhicting opinions, Numerically OPP
posite conclu sions, prejudiced claims,
picturesque arguments and mental
groupings. in vain attempt by some
of the onlookers to find an "intclligent
basis upon which to substantiate their
foundation" as the californian says
There were self-styled naval experts"
who had never cruised before except
with their pens in sea of ink! They
gave, and will continue to give, beau
tiful proof that little knowledge
is a dangerous thing"
The German targets were not more
brutally and numerically bombed and
thumped and Jared than were GER
tain conservative naval officers and
distinguished statesmen who, for
months past, have been looking back
ward through q glass darkly instead
Of forward through naval binoculars
into modern naval world. Their hopes
and fears alternated. Their anxiety
was painful to behold. When bomb
hit they all but tainted. A miss was to
them like. 8 Whit Of smelling salts.
And when tho Ostfricsland Joined Mr..
! McGinty's navy their emotions were
Undesirable.
A Mastery Retreat !,
And now, after a few days rest,
some of these badly battered gentle
men are beginning to exhibit an inter
est in modern naval weapons. They are
conducting a mastery retreat. They
have not ENTHUSIASTICALLY
They are explaining They have always
favored submarines and aircraft-al-
ways, but somewhat silently, we might
say! We should humanely give them
chance to extricate themselves from
their pathetic and helpless entangle-
iit|tte ~ iest LiS 10Io pIOSHdui. Leu tuelu
come back gracefully and quietly to a
seat in the naval band wagon Of 1921.
In the mean time, where is their ex~
tinguishcd and unlamented leader, who
was SO anxious to take his stand fear
lessly upon the bridge of the Ostfries-
land and let General Mitchell sprinkle
bombs harmlessly over the Atlantic
Ocean! Answer echoes, "Where?"
Interference Of Weather
In the attempt to depreciate the re-
| liability and usefulness OF aircraft in
naval warfare it has been claimed that
certain conditions of weather may rem
der airplsnes quite helpless-fog, for
instance. This is true to a certain ex-
tent. But fog and bad weather may
iatsrSDs Quita ~ saxiess1y vita tAs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Gun Us. Bomb

The sinking OF the three destroyers
affords an example Of the relative eff
fcctiveness Of guns and bombs in actu-
ally sending ship to the bottom. 1t
required only few medium sized
bombs to sink German destroyer,
whereas it required the combined eff
forts Of destroyer and battleship
OF the Atlantic fleet, firing total Of
$50 ivc-inch shells, to sink each, of two
destroyersl And the last one aoated
so long and so persistently that prepa
rations were made to sink her with
depth charges. She did not sink until
z D. nj.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

There is nothing new in the state
nent that bomb may be more effec-
tive than a gun in actually sinking a
ship. Everybody knows that enc tor
pedo, or one mine, or one bomb, if it
hits, may sink the biggest ship, where
as the same ship will endure a terrific
bombardment By guns.
But it is not necessary to actually
sink Inan-ofwar to put her out of
action Or to practically destroy her as
a fighting machine. II her steering gear
is disabled, her boilers or engines
wrecked, her fYs-eontrol damaged, her
sSyss works bissn ~ ard her psrrsz-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07

Babes new-brought forth
Obsess my rooms; straight~stretehed
Lank corpses, ere outborne to earth;
Yea, throng they as when first from the
void unfctched,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-10-15

Evoquemos la obra de America en- es-
ia guerra mundial que todavia desangra
al orbe
Con los mas sangrientos y sombrios
matices, algo de Gustavo Dore algo del
"spagnoletto" Sc podrian delinear ira
EOS preciosos sobre cuadros de la gran
tragedia. Pero pocas plumas rodrian
habilanente sintetizar en- breves lineas la
enorme trascendencia moral de la he
catombe.
Jamas en- Ia Historic, ell mundo habia
presenciado espectaculo mas emocionan-
te, nj jamas Sc habian movido en- acci6n
guerrero tantos hombres nj tan funda-
mentales ideas. Quedan palidecidos los
millones de Jerjes cruzando ell Helespon
to, Y quedan como escaramuzas las que
rras de Alexandra y Bonaparte. Lo mis-
mo las ideas que infamaban las guerras
de la Reforma de la Revolution, solo
serian gotas en- ell immense caudal de
ideas que agitaron al mundo entero AFRO
jando en- la hoguera Ell combustible de
todas las razas.
Pero no deja espacio ell prop6sito de
este discurso para abarcar todos los mo-
tivos acOntecimientos y efectos del con-
ficto. Solo mencionare como ell prodigio
so impulse del Descubrimiento la Con
quista de America todavia sigue deci-
diendo ell movimiento de los pueblos Y
de las ideas en- ell mundo.
rs cierto que la Paz de Versailles no
ha satisfecho las esperanzas del mundo.
Una gran desilusi6n abruma las aImas
idealistas que sofiabamos que del crisol
pavaToso de la Guerra surgiria un mum
60 nejOr y que sobre puros cimientos
de iusticia y solidaridad Sc eregiria ell
nuevo orden de cosas. Pero tan torniento
sa y caldeada sigue la atm6sfera, que
parece que la Paz solo fu6 una tregua
para proseguir con mas vigor v sana el
apocaiiptico duelo.
PerO todo no podia liquidarse en- un
solo dia. 81 volvem0s la vista hacia un
siglo atras, hasta ell dia de la Paz de
viena, que cerr6 el ciclo de las guerras
napoleonicas, tenemos que adnaitir que
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-10-15
Cosas del anbiente

Viviamos en- Coznerio en- una calna pla
centera. Hace proximamente doce amos
nuestro pequeno solar urbano estaba
alejado de San Juan, no solo por la dis
tancia longitudinal del terTeno,- ,-quAe
era sumamente corta-sino por las difcul
tades de las Was pnblicas en- construc
ci6n desde hacia medic siglo.
Luchabamos aqui porque Sc hendiera
una montana de las que circundan la po-
blacion, asi Sc produjera una via an
cha, expedita, para ell intercambio de
comercio y de ideas entire nuestra pc
quefa comunidad y FLA CIUDAD EN-
CANTADA'-que dijo Chocano.
Todo por fin oerrri6 hace doce amos.
Una amplia, aunQue peligrosa carrete-
ra, tan peligrosa como los aires de men
tida icivilizaci6n que por ella han nega-
do, nos arrebat6 desde entonces la call
ma patriarcal Y. aquella sublime ammonia
que disfrutabamos en- Ell dulce aislamien
90 y en- Ell socegado abandono de nues-
tras montafas.
La civilization nos trajo la agitacion
social-nal entendida-y serias revolu
clones, productos de impreparados movi
mientos tuvieron aqui efecto interrum-
piendo la SERENIDAD hasta entonces
incomprendida, embellecida por los arbo
les gigantescos que rodean nuestra pla-
zaAY Y va los saraos Y las fiestas homes
tas y diversiones familiares, aIsrecibir la
Influenza perniciosa de las nuevas ideas
-adulteradas-y de las costumbres nue.
vas NAL interpretadas, han lido ocupan-
do ell puesto brillante que ocupaban en-
ell alma popular, las hidalgas y mobiles
costumbres, legado precioso de una raza
extinta.
Todo fue abandonandose en- nuestro
pequefio conglomerado social. En- aque-
Hos tiempos, existia tai cohesion en- al
vida politica y social, y en- la expression
del sentimiento, que hubiese sido cri4ni-
nal acallar Ell grito de protesta pGblica
-cosa que hoy Sc hace facilmente-an
te la avilantez de un hombre de una
institution que Osara injuriar a un hijo
del Plata.
va estamos tan acostumbrados es-
to, y es tai la atm6sfera que nos asfixia.
que precisa a nuestro espiritu templado
en- los calidos climas del honor, plegar
sus alas y esperar la muerte en- la dul
ce soledad del aislamiento, y en- la dulce
esperanza de no sentir la mortifcacion
del roce con tantos espectros humanos
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-10-15
ilERMOSA FIESTA PORToRRT-
QUENA EN- LA IONA DEL CANAL

El dia % de setiembre Sc celebr6
en- la Zona del Canal de Panama, un
banquete, una velada Y un bale con
lnotivo del aAiversario de la organi-
zacion del Regimlento AZ de infante-
ria de los Estados Unidos.
Ell Regimiento ~ de Infanteria es
actualmente uno de los dos regimen
tos del ejercito regular tornado cea
soldados portorrique nos.
A la fiesta que sc llev6 a efecto en-
ell "Campamento Gaillard" asistieron
nunterosas familias portorriquenas.
Para que e. Ice tor tenga una idea
exacta de la n1agnitud de la fiesta.
nos completeness en- publican el pro
grama de la misma, que, como Sc We
ra, resulto brillantfs-.ma:
Aperture por la banda del Regi-
miento: LA Borinquen', poesfa reel
tada por la nina L. Maldonado: "La
Gaga", cancion criolla, por Valentfn
y Vazquez; "La Panadera", canci6n
por la nina E. Hidalgo; 'Dialogo', por
las ninas A. Lugo, s. Zambrana, c..
Malavez; La Vieja Sorda, por las
nifas L. " v. Maldonado; Tango +,
por las nifias E. Hidalgo L. Cabre-
ra; 'Cuple', por las niaas L. y V. NAL
donado; 'Acto acrobatico, por Jose
Otero; "Bailable Japones', por varias
ninas; "PasacalIeY, por la nina S.
Zambrana; alma Borincana' por M.
P. Villarini; Poesia, por Jose Otero.
La banda del Regimiento, al empe-
zar la fiesta, TOGO la Borinquena" y
cerro ell acto con el himno 'Star
Spangled Banner.
Agradecemos a Comandante del
Regimiento AZ, Mr.. Charles F. Grain,
la cortesfa que ha tenido para con
nosotros, al enviarnos una invitacion
para la fiesta.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-10-15
DEPARTAMENTo DE ARoUITEcTU-
RIA DE LA UN1vERsfDAD EN-
MAYAGUEz


En- el mes de mayo pr6ximo pasado
Sc public6 en- varios peri6dicos un ar
ticulo anunciando que la Junta de Sim
dlcos de la Universidad de Puerto Ri
co habia autorizado Ell establecimien-
to de I'm Departamento de Arquitectrra
en- el Colegio de Agriculture y Artes
Mecanicas de Mayagiiez.
Sc autoriz6 tambien la compra de Ii
bros de arquitectura, de placag gra-
bados, de moldes y mascarillas. Sc
consiguieron los servicios del profesax
Frederick W. Revels, Director del De-
Iartamento de Arquitectura de la Uni
versidad de Syracuse, New York, para
cue organizase y empezase le obra
cuando Sc abriese Ell colegio Ell 10 de
setiembre.
Todo este programa sc ha l'cvado a
cabo. El equipo fue recibido oportuna-
mepte y ell seiior Revels esta aqui des-
de el primer dia de setiembre para
prepararlo y tener listos los programas
para la fecha de la aperture del CO.
legio.
EI Departamento de Arquitectura es
va un hecho, Sc ha iniciado ell ira
bajo, y varios estudiantse entusiastas
Sc han matriculado. Ell diez de octu-
bre la Junta de Sfndfcos reso1vl6 otor-
gar diez becas de arquitectnra. seis de
elias fueron concedidas en- seguida. Las
solicitudes para las cuatro que quedan
deben enviarse, junto con la documen-
tacion official de preparation, al Rector
dol Coleg1o de Agricultural Artes Me-
c&nicas de Mayagiiez.
La Junta de sindicOs pens6 en- la
Inauguration de este departamento des
do hace varios amos, poro no lie fue
possible hacerlo hasta este afo cuando
tuvc la fortuna de conseguir los SER
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-10-15
Sc COnCeden diez becas para estudiar
Arquit8ctufa en- el. G0IsgiO de .Mayaguez

vicios del professor Revels a quien le
ha sido concedida hcencia por un aio
por su universidad. FL sefior Revels
ha estado relacionado con la ensefan-
"a de arquitectura por 25 amos ha
desatroIlado ese departamento en- la Uni
versfdad de Syracuse al punto que ha
llegado ser uno de los colcgics mas
p1ominentes de los Estados Uuidos. Sc
dan cursos de arquitecthra en- As ms
tituciones de los Estados Un1dos FL
sefior Revels es tambf6n arquitecto pro
fesional en- connection con la cnsefan
"a del ramo.
Los cursos que Sc daran en- ell nuevo
departamento aqui son parecidos a los
dc las mejores universidades de Esta.
dos Unidos, y la calidad y cantidad de
trabaio seran identicos tambien.
Esta es una magnifca opoItunidad
para los jovenes de la isla que tengan
aptitudes para este ramo tendencias
artfsticas. Hacen falta arguitectos pre-
parados para disefar toda clase de edi-
flcios; porque, ademas de la importan-
cia de sus servicios en- cuanto al arte
y la construction, Sc ha demostrado tam
bien que de ellos Sc deriva una econo.
mia absolute. Este conocimiento tee
rico del disefo, de la construction,
de los materiales que Sc deben usar
les pone en- condiciones de efectuar
grandes ahorros al mismo tempo de
conSignar los resultados que Sc deseen.
Hay que esperar que de este depar-
tamento han de surgir los futrros ar
quitectos ingenieros constructors,
quienes daran sus servicios no tan solo
en- la practica professional sino tambien
en- Ell Departamento del interior del
Gobierno Insular como Arquitectos
MInicipales.
Mas pormenores Sc facilitaran Dor
G. E. Horne, Rector del Colegio de
Agriculture y Artes Mecanicas, Maya
giiez.