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Good Evening
WE REFUSE TO ANSWER, AS 1T
MIGHT lNCRIMlNATE OR DE-
BY Fey X. Moultor

= MIGHT lNcRIMINATE OR DE-
E. GRADE US.
The world often thinks that the wise
man is fool and the fool is often
taken for a wise man. How about
those chaps who write the columns
in the newspapers? Are they wise
men. or are they fools?
BY your answer we will know If
you have brains.
Marcel Steinbrugge.
+ Wilbur Glenn Voliva has announced
that there will be no more short skirts
allowed in Zion City. The question is,
what is a short skirt? Years ago they
were short when they were up to the
shoe tops. Now they are long If they
reach below the knees. Well, anyhow,
It is a question that we do not care
to discuss.
DIDN'T CARE FOR THE NEAR.NEW
A Kansas City man who Is manager
of the used car department in one OF
the big motor car salesrooms dow n
town has evidently been talking shop
at home, says the Kansas City Star"
The other day his wife fried up some
patties from some mashed potatoes
that had been left over from a party
the night before. The little four-year-
old son was offered helping. Nav"
he remarked in firm refusal. 81 don't
want any of those used potatoes"
Speaking of horrible deaths. how
would you like to be United States
senate bill and talked to death, asks
the Jewell Republican,
One newspaper announces in tone
Of faint regret that there is only one
gorilla In this country" One will be
enough II he ever gets loose.
National workers have just denied
the implication that they intend to
force a Puritanical Sunday. Then we
are not going blue-y, after all.
AN appropriate spring song in some
local circle would be: Here Comes
the Bride"
What has become of the Costa Rice
Panama war?
Have you been Stillmanned enough I?
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Dinner Stories

A prominent society woman suffer
ing from neuralgia decided to consult
a noted specialist in nervous dis
orders, The physician listened atten-
lively to her symptoms.
Madam" he said. impressively,
when she had concluded, II can guar
antee to cure YOU only on one
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Memories of Old Days
4 In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Y The Dean Electric company, of
EJyria, O., installed a test apparatus
Gifts fiashlight system of police patrol
calls at the city hall, where it was
airen a. test by the board Of works.
The police department gave it test
,sad found the apparatus satisfactory.
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Who's Who in the
Day. News
LORD LEE OF FAREHAM

Lord Lee of Fareham, who has just
succeeded Walter Hume Long as first
lord of the admiralty in the British
cabinet, has many friends in the Unit
ed States and Canada. But they know
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During the last year 6S1 newspa-
pers and periodicals printed in Eng
land have raised their subscription
prices owing to the high cost of pub
LEGATION.
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The present Drury Lane theatre in
London is the fourth to bear that
name, the three previous structures
having all been destroyed by fire.
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fever. you know. But go on with the
treatment
Out of a grand total of $13,8S3,S19,-
1886 held in the vaults of the United
States Treasury. $s7,41O,2S3.o2 is in
cash.
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MUNciE BUILDING UNIONS OUT.
MUNCIE, Ind., April 5.-Following
an announcement by contractors of a
Is per cent. reduction in wages, mem
hers of the various building trades
unions here refused to go to work
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lions and Answers department. All
questfons should be written plainly md
briefly. Answers will be given briefly
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Japan Speaks Frankly

Baron Kato, of the Japanese dele
cation, states unequivocally that
Japan is not only not determined to
carry out her eight and eight
naval program, but is prepared to
cut down her naval establishment to
conform to the action Of the other
powers.
This statement, made in such an
emphatic manner, has thrown the
war predicters into some confusion.
They have been assuming, as was
indicated in The Tribune's Washing
ton dispatch onsTuesdsy, that Japan
was resolved at all costs to proceed
with her naval program. Other
countries, it was said, were prepared
to make effective cuts, but Japan
was unalterably opposed to reduc-
tion.
Admiral Kato, therefore, has rem
dered not only his country but all
others. service. His is the first
really definite utterance from any Of
the principal heads Of delegations.
Addressing roomful Of American
and Japanese correspondents in the
Japanese Embassy, he spoke specif-
cally and in detail through an in.
terpreter and left no doubt Of the
sincerity Of his statements. "At the
approaching conference" said the
Admiral, many propositions will
doubtless be made. If they dsmand
cut we are ready to do SO. wan,
to make it very clear that that il
the attitude Of Japan"
Certainly nothing clearer can b.
asked at this time. The Baronl
frankness has done much to dispe
misapprehensions and to quiet those
affected with Jspanphobia.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Fhe Waterlogged Mark
Wednesday in BERLIN 330 {

wednesday In Berlin $50 Ger
man marks could be bought for q
dollar. On Thursday the quotation
dropped to 240 to the dollar. In the
two days, reckoning from the lower
hgure, there was fuctuation of
nearly SO per cent.
Money, the books say, is a stand
ard of value and a medium of ex-
change. With respect to time obli-
cations it determines how many
units are to be paid. In current
transactions the value of it's units
intimately affects prices. With It's
value jumping up and down and
controlled by rival groups of specu-
lators, there is no standard or
medium of exchange.
Germany has in truth no money
system now. This is one of the chief
things the matter with her. A
modern state, she seeks to get along
without an essential commercial and
Industrial tool. 1t doesn't work and
it can't work. Germany is q night
mare, not so much because of repa-
ration payments as because of the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
One Of Pasteur'. Gifts

A year hence the civilized world
Will celebrate the one hundredth an
niversary Of the birth of Louis Pas
teur. Meantime there is ut hand a
reminder Of the practical benefits
which mankind has received from
him. al
In the beginning Of tie World War
the French army suffered severely
from typhoid fever. In three months
there were among each 100000 men
67s cases and between 50 and 90
deaths. That was bad, though Of
course nothing comparable with the
losses IN our own army back in the
Civil War or even the Spanish War.
The French authorities spilled anti
typhoid incubation. The result was
a steady and rapid subsidence Of tho
disease. BY the middle of the war
the cases in three months, in 100. 900.
We're only 40, and Of deaths scarcely
one. And by the summer Of 1917
typhoid had practically vanished.
The cases in four months, in 100000,
were only 81 and the deaths A, or
81 cases and 4 deaths to a million
men.
In the American army were com
parable results. Before and during
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Rhyme and Reason

(From Tho London Dolly Erpress)
A perfectly serious attack has lately
been made on nursery rhymes in gen
eral and "Hey-diddle-diddle the cat and
the fiddle" in particular. Apparently
they are too silly for the modern nur-
sery. As matter of fact, many
nursery rhymes have quite a serious
origin as political squibs. And they
survive precisely on account of the
jingling qualities to which the reform
ers object. 1t is pity the reformers
themselves do not try to produce verses
that show an equal genius for rhyme
and rhythm instead Of crusading
against nonsense. Imagine a nursery
without nursery rhymes or fairy
stories, or only with fairy stories re-
written according to Communism, as
the Bolsheviks have proposed! Imagine
world without nonsense! No Ed
mund Lear! No "Alice in Wonder
land! Nothing but blue books and
moral tales for children and grown
ups! An intoIerable prospect.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Briti.h Payment.

The announcement that the Brit
ish treasury is now able to begin in
terest payments at the rate If $780,
100000 (at normal exchange rates)
annually on it's debt to America will
doubtless encourage President Har-
ding and Secretary Mellon to revive
and press the refunding plan whose
recommendation last spring fell on
deaf ears.
This plan, it will be recalled, was
to induce holders Of Liberty and Vic
tory bonds to exchange their hold
ings for direct obligations Of other
governments. This involved, Of
course, guaranty by this country Of
the payment of the principal and in
terest of the new securities, but this
guaranty, it was plain, would in nc
way increase our national liability,
while in many ways the conversion
would be of great advantage.
1t is not good or wholesome 70,
one government to owe another d
huge sum. Such a relation contains
the seeds of trouble and misunder-
standing. A borrower, although GLAD
to get a loan, seldom long cherishes
affection for lender. It is a human
weakness that it is futile to argue
against. To have debts run. to indi.
viduals rather than to the govern.
ments will lessen friction, for a for.
eign bondholder seems in the same
status as domestic one.
Moreover, to remove from Con.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11

efess y temptation to extravaganza
and to make taxes less our national
debt should be reduced rs fast al
there Is foreign repayment. TO cover
remittsnces from Great Britain into
the Federal Treasury would prob
ably mean that the money would be
spent and the national debt not
brought down.
II Great Britain ren1its $3.50, ,000,-
900 year this will permit de-
crease Of 100000 in this ccan-
try's present debt. That conversion
can easily be made is conceded by
financial experts. All the induce
nlent apparently necessary would be
to offer to retire Liberty and Victory
bonds ut par, with the underwrittcn
British bonds, ut face value, ten
dered in exchange.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Reasonable Armament

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune has performed a
notable service in securing the able
pen Of David Jayne Hill for its valu-
able articles respecting the Confer
ence on the Limitation Of Armament
One can add but little to his criticism
and comment
Such peace as is attainable in the
world to-day has been we'll said to
depend upon preponderance Of war
like power with those nations which
are peaceably inclined. It is a pleas.
ure to know that the United States
stands in the forefront of these, with
a reputation for peace which is un-
matched in the world to-day.
Too lightly have the idcalists
brought forward schemes for tho pro-
motion Of world peace. War, bad as
it is, may be bitter medicine for the
correction of evils still greater. Our
country can do no better than to be
reasonably armed, while in it's spirit 1t
carries the remembrance of the words
Of the Prophet Micah: what doth
the Lord require of thee but to do
justly, and love mercy, and walk
humbly with thy Cod" and the prayer
Of Kipline's "Rccessional": "Lord
God Of Hosts, be with US yet, lest we
forget, lest we forget"
CHARLES E. MANIERRE.
New York, Nov. Z, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
The Referendum Test

The city's vote OH the seven con-
stitutional amendments showed
much greater willingness than for
nerly to study proposals and to
pass on them with discrimination.
On the first and most important
amendment 97S,0oO votes were cast
here. This is an astonishing record.
Moreover, the voters were quick to
realize that this amendment would
practically eliminate the merit prin-
ciple in civil service appointments
and promotions. Notwithstanding
the fact that it was offered in the
interest of the war veterans, the
vote for it was only 3SS,404, while
the vote against it was 6l0,a75.
Tho second amendment, incrcas-
ing the salaries Of state Senators
and Assemblymen from $1,000 to
$4,000. was also defeated. A sim
liar proposal failed a couple Of years
sgo. The adverse majority this time
was $4,000.
1t is significant that the literacy
voting test amendment won in all
tlve boroughs. The opposition to
such test would naturally be
strongest here, whore the foreign
born population of the state is
largely concentrated. But Nsw York
City doesn't shy at the Ameri-
canization which an English-lan-
gusge qualification for the suffrage
implies. A majority of 10000 was
given for the literacy test.
One other proposal was Of direct
interest to the city-~that providing
for a broadening of the jurisdiction
of children's courts. This amend
ment won-as it should have~-for it
strengthens all instrumentality Of
civic welfare. The majority for it
ran up to $4,000.
The remaining three amendments
affected other sections Of the state.
All were approved, although on
lighter poll. This years referen-
dunn was intelligent and conscien-
tious. In that respect it differed
strikingly from some Of the perfume
tory hit-or-miss referenduns Of the
past.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Dissatisfied Fusiionist
Advice to Head Coalition Ticket
Away, With a Democrat

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When the late municipal cam.
paign was in its formative state you
and your readers will recall that many
Of the Republican organization leaders
were so sure that straight Republican
ticket could defeat Hylan that it re-
quired much argument, much persua-
sion to obtain their cooperation in
nominating coalition ticket. Under
lying basic conditions were ignored
when the nominations were finally
agreed upon.
In view of the result of the election,
it would seem advisable for the Repub-
lican organization in preparing for
municipal campaigns hereafter, to
ponder well before it insists on fur
nishing the principal actors and oc-
cupyins the center Of the stage in
planning coalition municipal tickets.
New York is Democratic community.
That word Democratic means the
common people in the minds of many
of our voters, particularly among the
foreign elements of our population, as
distinguished from the Republican
party, which to them means the intel
Iectual and aristocratic class.
In municipal campaign, at any rate,
it is impossible to arouse the mass of
the electorate to the point where they
will forsake their party allegiance and
vote for the opposition candidates. 1t
would seem to be the part Of wisdom,
therefore, in seeking ito overthrow
Tammany Hall, to head coalition
ticket with some independent Demo
crat Of outstanding character and abil-
ity, and complete the ticket with other
Democrats and few Republicans OF
like character and ability.
With such ticket the hopeless task
OF trying to get hundreds of thousands
of hidebound Democratic voters to
vote what, as far as they are con-
cerned, might as we'll be straight Re.
publican ticket will be eliminated.
Such ticket has won in the past
and probably would have won last
Tuesday, rs It would have been sup
ported by the thinking, Independent
Republicans who place good govern.
ment above party allegiance.
AS Grover Cleveland we'll said: "Thi,
is = condition, not theory" and 1t /,
inexorable and must be conformed t,
if Tammany Hall is to be beaten.
WIN. EDWIN KASTENDIKE.
New York, Nov. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
biologists for ..Mussel''
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: All the world knows that in this
contentious age every proposition is
to be regarded as fit subject for con-
troversy. was altogether rash in as
suming that the name of Mussel Shoals
was impregnable. Now, all those who
wish to go back into the remote pas,
and the tongues Of all nations to sup
port the Muscle blunder are welcome
to do so; and word to the wise is
sufficient.
The zoologists Of America, who are
the arbiters Of all English names fol
American animals, long ago elected
that the name of the frcsh-watel
bivalves of the eastern half of the
United States should be spelled mus
sci. Let any one who doubts this con
suit the standard natural histories, thu
works on conchology and the collections
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Judge Andrews's Election

Judge William s. Andrews's name
was the only one ON the Republican
state ticket. The mayoralty CAM
pAign brought out a full vote In
this city, where there was a violent
recession from the Republican high
tide Of 1920. In the rest of the
state there were few local contests
animated enough to crowd the polls.
Judge Andrews was elected, how
ever, by plurality Of about 100 900.
This result is vindication of the
Republican State Conventions judg-
ment in ignoring the argument that
Judge Andrews's decision on the SOL
diers' bonus amendment would be a
drag on his candidacy. 1t was not a
drag. The judge wrote the opinion OF
the Court Of Appeals in this case. 1t
might have been possible for him to
pass this duty along to some other
judge with an election behind him.
But Judge Andrews did not shifk.
He WAS serving by designation, be-
ing justice Of the Supreme Court
for the 5th District. He intended
to seek election to the court in which
he was sitting temporarily. But
thought Of Election Day he dis
missed as unworthy. He did his duty
and was entirely willing to leave it
to the people of the state to say
whether he should be punished for
doing it or not.
The people respect a Judge who
discharges his trust fearlessly. They
do not care to have political strate-
gists OH the bench. In poor Re
publican year, with conditions in this
city unusually adverse to Republi-
can success, Judge Andrews more
than held his own with the local
Republican candidates. He polled
normal off-year vote up state. If
there was any attempt on the part
Of groups which were disappointed
by The bonus decision to defeat him
it didn't show in the counts He was
elected to che Court of Appeals on
his record Of excellent service and
known personal qualifications. Both
for him and for the state it was an
eminently satisfactory verdict.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Counting the Ballots
Observer Notes Irregularities in Some
Election Districts

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The method of counting pre-
scribed by the election law is more
honored in the breach than the OBJ
scrvance; it is an ideal theory, which,
under existing conditions, fails to
work in practice. Of five election dis
tricts visited yesterday, District A
showed general compliance with the
law; districts B and C seemed to
show an honest but futile effort to
comply with the law while districts
and showed hagrant violations of
almost every important provision of
the statute
The law provides that the ballots
shall be opened by the chairman Of
the board Of canvassers, and ali placed
face down in a single pile; that the
chairman shall then turn the top bal
lot, call the name of the candidate on
the first section of the ballot marked
with cross in the appropriate voting
space or call vote blank for that
section, or call the ballot void subject
to objection; the poll clerks must RET
spond and Immediately. tally in ink
on the official tally sheet vote for
the candidate, blank vote or void
vote. The chairman must then lay the
ballot face down upon the table and
proceed to count the first section of
the second ballot, which must then be
laid face down upon the first.
1t has become, however, quite gen.
eral practice to begin by separating
the ballots into piles Of so-called
straight, split, wholly. blank and void
ballots, as was done under the old
party column law and as is still re-
quired in the case Of Presidential bal
lots. These piles are counted and the
results noted on unofficial paper. The
total vote shown is deducted from the
whole number of ballots cast, and the
difference is assumed to represent
blank votes, making due allowance for
wholly blank and void ballots. In
other words, balance is forced, con-
trary to the intent of the statute. The
results are then carried on to the of
fetal tally sheets, which SO become
worthless copies instead Of being
original contemporaneous records of
the count.
The danger Of this practice lies in
the facilities offered for counting
blanks as votes for favored candidates.
Old and experienced canvassing in
spectors may find themselves unable
to break the habits acquired in count
| ing party column ballots under the old
law. In this case they should be re-
moved.
Canvassing inspectors may think
that their labors are lightened by the
pile counting method; if SO, it might
be we'll to consider whether the statu-
tory method is so superior to all others
as to need no amendment. D.
| New York, Nov. 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
The Red Gross Roll Call

On this day, freighted with senti-
nent that calls for suitable express
sion in unselAshs works, begins the
fifth Red Gross Roll Call. 1t will
continue until Thanksgiving Day.
There is little need to enlarge
upon the privilege Of enrolment in
the New York chapter, the largest
in the country. Of an organization
which has done the most to relieve
suffering Of any in the annals of
man.
In peace no less than in war the
Red Cross "cArries on 1t is aid
ing the former service men in mani
told ways; It is first on the ground
whenever there is a great disaster;
it brings cheer and recreation to the
hospital; it guards the health Of the
school children; it teaches nursing
and first aid to thousands; it is
ready at call for the private en,er-
gencies Of families in distress.
The New York chapter has a
presad record Of service in all the
benefcent works Of the Red Cross.
With the help Of 1900 volunteers it
has been able to perform its mis-
sion with full measure Of devotion.
The share Of each Of us individually
IN this noble enterprise is member
ship at 81 year. OF the 1000, 900
members needed throughout the
country to support the Red Cross
New York's quota is 100000. 1t
will be creditable to this generous
city to come forward with the half
million members and needed dollars
at the very beginning Of the roll
call.