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New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
Hostages to the Future

The bodies of more than thirty
thousand members of the A. T.. F.
who gave their lives are to lie for
ever in seven American cemeteries,
six in France and one in England.
1t is we'll. Many families preferred
to have their dear ones near them,
but soldiers grave on the field of
battle, among his comrades, is beau
tiful.
Of these seven perpetual ce-ne-
teries-the Meuse-Argonne, at Ro-
magne; the Aisne- Marnc, at Bel
leau; the Oise-Aisne, at Seringes-et-
Nesles; the st. Mihiel, at Thiau-
court; the Suresnes, near Paris; the
Brookwcod, near London, and the
Somme, at Bony--the last shelters
more heroes from New York CITY
and state than all the others To-
gether. The Somme cemetery, 1T
Bony mistakenly called Flanders
cemetery. is really in the Depart
ment of Aisne, and it's dead came
almost entirely from battles in that
department, particularly in the St..
Quentin ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Americans
had no major fighting in any Somme
campaign, excepting the few days in
September, 1918, when the 9th and
30th divisions began their roll toward
the Hindenburg line from the vicin-
ity Of Peronne.
Those who have visited Bony 1es.
tify to it's beauty in still, bleak
countryside. These visitors have
even grown fond of the name of the
adjacent village. The cemetery les
near the Guiliemont Farm, where
New York City's old 7th Regiment
met its terrible reverses. A little
hill facing east to Bony atop an
other gentle ridge has the rippling
rows of white crosses with the Ssars
and Stripes flying from tall mast
at the center, and two white cot
tages, one guest house and the
other the headquarters of the army
caretaAers, beside the road, The
scars of the Hindenburg line run
across Guillemont Farm and Bony
Hill on to Bellicourt for five miles,
covering the st. Quentin Canal tun-
mel. chief huttress of that greatest of
land defenses that was not proof
against the 30th and eth divisions.
The furiously shelled road on this
ridge was called "Luneberg Strasse"
by the Germans, after that street in
Berlin on which the largest German
lunatic asylum is situated.
Protestant, Catholic, Jew, officers
and men, lie side by side in demo-
cratic comradeship, the only differ
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
Speed Soldier Relief
Thousands of Former Service Men i,
Need of Work
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! have noticed in your paper
some stirring denuneiations of the work
Of Mr.. Ledoux. While ! am not thor
oughly in accord with his method OF
procedure, / must insist that be is one
Of the few who are doing their leysl
best to aid the unemployed. Of course,
since be is not member OF some conf
naittee picked out by mayor, gov
ernor or. the President, he is imne-
diately classed as radical, and, IS
such, is ridiculed by the press.
But is he such a radical? Is be in
clined toward sovietism? His actions
tend to show that he has the welfare
cf his fellow men at heart and that he
is merely doing what he does 10 show
the people of this country the enormity
of the question of unemployment.
When one realizes, for instance, that
$4,000 men who fought fc2 their coun-
try in its hour Of peril are out Of work
and penniless in this city of ours, do
you not think it time that some step,
radical or conservative, be taken to
keep these men living and good citi-
zens?
OF course, lot of people insist that
there is plenty Of work for men who
want it, but have they ever tried to
find it? i know that there are very
few positions open in New York, and
that those are hard to find. ! have
been influential in placing some of my
old buddies through business acquaint-
ances, but even these have frightened
down Of late. These men are willing
to work, even for temporary relief,
but is it fair to offer them only tenn
porary relief? Is it not fairer to get
positions for them that will enable
them to see into the future? These
msn fought so that the future of this
democracy might be safe. and this
democracy does not even offer them
temporary relief, in what is called
period Of reconstruction.
am not 8 radical. I fought with
the 9Th Regiment United States Ma
rines, I'd Division, A. f. F., from Bel
leau Wood to the Rhine. am not in
want, but do want o square deal for
the men WHO saved their country in
her hour of peril, and I hope to see
them Get tiff live long enough.
c. A. MEISTER Jr.
New York, Sept. 25, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
The Cart and the Horse

The publication of the agenda
outlining the problems to be dis
cussed at the Conference on the
Limitation of Armament has
brought from several different
sources the opinion that the ques-
tions dealing with the Far East and
the Pacific must be disposed of be-
fore considering the limitation or
reduction of arnlaments. This is not
IN accordance with the order in
which the agenda mention the prob
ienls, but inasmuch as the State De-
pertinent announced that the order
named was not necessarily the order
TO be followed there is no reason
why 1T cannot be changed.
There is every reason why Far
Eastern and Pacific questions should
be considered first. In the present
disturbed state of affairs no nation
= ssilling to disarm so long as acute
problems remain unsolved. In a
theoretically perfect world it might
be possible to dump all arms into
the sea. But no one is willing to do
this just now. The alternative,
therefore, is to deal with the causes
for war first.
That the Administration will
adcpt this idea appears from vari-
GUS Washington dispatches. This
very readiness to accept suggestions
may, more, to seek out advice in
all corners Of the world--re-empha-
sizes the great difference between
present and former diplomatic
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In reply to A. Rene Moen's
letter in opposition to the soldiers
bonus would say that true friendship
and love are the only things for which
money will not compensate. If man
were obliged to change his career on
account of service in war time forces
the proposed compensation might en-
able him to take up his original plans.
Even though the assistance is slight,
a healthy man could return to college
and finish his course. As for home
building and maintaining, are there not
many who lose their homes or furni-
ture because of the lack of hundred
OF few hundred dollars?
Did we 80 over to be insulted by
being told that our reward is that of
supreme service and experience! Did
we make no financial sacrifices?
Fl. I. FTTZ.
Fox Hills, s. l.. Sept. "a, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As one who witnessed the ap.
palling havoc wrought by poison gas
on Hill 6S at the Second Battle of
Ypres, in April, 1916, and who as act
ing second in command Of a battalion
of British troops lost 80-odd out of a
total Of 1875 men, left US after series
OF hard fights, in another gas attack q
year later, also near Ypres (April 30
20. 1870, | am astonished at the call
lous sophistry and the utter ignorance
displayed by Quarterback in this
mornings Tribune concerning the
whole matter of gas warfare.
should like to ask Quarterback, pre-
sumably naval officer, what leads him
to consider gas warfare a humane
method of fighting. other than his own
unsupported statement that only 2 per
cent of the casualties from this cause
we're fatal, and that the others re-
covered very rapidly with no serious
after effects.
Without going into details, out of
place here, might / suggest that Quar-
terdec& CLEAN few statistics from
British, Canadian, French or even
! German sources before making state
| ments fraught with such danger to the
community?
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
With Rumes

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Poor old Hylan. Enrigh,'s
"Major General Ruffes" was the last
straw-it toppled John over. When a
man has one fixed idea that the whole
world is "hate-crxzed'' against him ne
is apt to grow "ruftled"-nay moro, he
is apt to grow dangerous. So on Elcc-
ton Day let's put him away; bury him
with fitting honors ruifles, salutes and
cheer.
"His People" have grown weary of
his one and only slogan, "a Sc fare
more especially as lot of them are
paying 20 cents where they used to
pay 10 cents. So, again say, on Flee
tlon Day put John away, with rufles
and cheers.
AN oLDTIME DEMOCRAT.
New York, Sept. "a, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

Writing to The Herald, ar. Wallace
5. olney hints that world series prices
meaning prices for seats, not prices,
IN the 1919 sense, of games-aro too
high. And he wonders Why the present
owners charge $3.50. They charge that
price because they think, with acumen
based on history. they can get it. If
they thought they could get $50 seat,
trey would, our guess is, charge that.
Nor should we blame them the tenth
part Of one scintilla.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

Tho Things In the pswnshop Speak

Tho Things In the Pawnshop Speak
I sing q song Of sorroto
And three gold spheres.
handy place to boryop
Tickets for your tears.
am a pistol
That saw dreadful thing;
man gaping from stair landing
In the gas light,
And woman lying on n bed
Through the half-open door.
And then the man was sagging
| On the banister.
"Bettcr get rid OF the pistol, jim"
The woman said,
They'll use it against you
Or even may, in time"
So he brought me here.
am a Aute
That Old Man Judson
Used to play.
He never played me very we'll,
But no one ever seemed to mind;
"It's all Old Judson's got"
They'd say.
Then when he couldn't pay his rent,
Or couldn't even buy meal.
They took him to the Poorhouss
And brought me here.
"Ain't got no use COR Music there"
They said.
| am a clock
That used to stand
Facing an old lady
In bed,
Who listened to my ticking,
Minute in and minute out,
Until one day they found her
Keeping time with her head
And couldn't stop her.
"Got no moro use for vou,"
The landlady said
And brought me
( Here.
am ring
That came from here
Two years ago,
Bought by Jim Brady, the engineer,
For his bride Anna.
Often spent the evening
In her purse
While Jim was on the road,
But when the train was wrecked
That time
She brought mo here
Again.
| am coat
That used to grace the shoulders
OF famous actor
Or so he said.
Richard Mansfield would not play
The part in such a way
There is no drama nowadays"
He got no jobs
With such ideas,
And so at last he had left
Only his pride and me, his overcoa
have been here long time now;
And pride goeth shortly
Before destruction.
1 sing song of so-row
And three gold spheres:
A handy place to borrow---
Tickets for your tears.
DWIGHT TAYLOR.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
olson Gas Warfare
Condemned by a British Officer Who Has Seen "The
Intentions Of the Deuil at Work'

they were intended only to put men
out of action temporarily.
Finally, does Quarterback realize
that training the people to the abom-
inable idea that gas warfare is humane
and that it can be guarded against by
the use of masks is the most pernicious
doctrine that can be preached to an
intelligent population?
At the Mercy Of Chemists
The admission of such theory put $
the whole civilized world at the abso-
Lutte mercy of the first power that con
centrates upon inventing a gas that
will penetrate rubber, an invention
which had occupied the attention OF
German chemists for some time prior
to the armistice. And I hear that they
have not up to the present abandone ed
their researches.
Let it be remembered that NOWADAYS
the first act of war always comes as a
surprise, prior to the formal declara-
tion, and that the admission of the right
to use gas means that the alta led
nation would be overwhelmed before
1t had time to discover the antidote
or The mask protection against it. Each
new Gas requires new mask, and the
war proved that each change of mask
takes considerable time to work out
and put into application.
In closing this letter. which, | pray.
you will publish in the interest of the
Angio-Saxon peoples, to whom the use
OF poison in any form has, thank God,
always been obnoxious, let me beg the
people of this country to reflect upon
what would rave happened to the
civilized world had Germany, the use
Of gas being officially permitted as a
humane form Of warfare, as suggested
by Quarterback. employed chlorine or
phosgene gas in cloud form over the
British army and the 4th and 5th
French armies at the Rattle of Mons
Charleroi on August %, 1914.
AS one who has seen the inventions
of the devil at work, say that nothing
could have saved the world from Ger
man domination, for with the effect
Of the surprise, before the Allied
armies had got into their stride, and
under the atrocious suffering under
gone by those who were affected, the
Germans would have gone through the
Allied lines like the proverbial hot
knife through butter on summers
day. ARTHUR DE BLES,
Major late Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
afterward British Administrator
of Cologne, December s. 1918
August 13, 1919.
New York. Sept. 25, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
l26,l05 Reasons
, the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Here are 126,105 reasons why
Mayer John F. Hylan should not be re-
elected. lie made campaign pledge
Tour years ago to provide a seat for
every pubic school child. There are
l2o.loo seats lacking for seating the
children, thus showing l2s,1o5 viola
t1ons OF solemn pledges on which he
secured his first election. j. w. l..
New York, Sept. 2S, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

England and France are seething
with men who will never be in good
health again. through the forced ab-
sorption of this humane weapon Of
chlorine, which affects the lungs, or
phosgene. which affects the heart, or
damnable mixture OF both. such as
MY own unhappy boys encountered
that awful night Of April, 1916, which
affects both.
Quarterdeck's article displays a most
astounding ignorance Of the war in
his presumption that gas warfare
meant only the. use OF the compara-
lively innocuous mustard and lachrym-
atory gases. Every one knows that
they were rarely fatal, though heaven
knows they were painful enough. But
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

The Borah Obsession

In his attack on the treaty with
Germany Senator Borah is not MAX
ing an argument so much as he is
complaining about fact. He says
that ratification of the treaty, which
takes over the rights and advan-
taEes guaranteed us in the Yer
sailles convention, will entangle us
with European affairs. But it isn't
the treaty which entangles US. We
were entangled whether we wanted
to be or not from the moment Ger
many forced US into the war.
Germany attacked us and dam
aged US. It is right that she should
pay for this. At Paris she obligated
herself to pay. She signed con-
tract with the Allied powers, assum-
ing and intending that it should ap-
ply to the United States. Hardly
any objection was raised in the SEN
ate to the parts of the Versailles
Treaty which provided for American
indemnifcation. No reservations
were adopted relating to these
parts. The treaty was beaten not
because of the provisions it made
for just settlement Of our claims
against Germany, but because of
the provisions, held by President
Wilson to be unavoidable, which
sought to force on the United States
a form of association with other ma
tions, enemy and allied, belligerent
and neutral, which we didn't care
to accept.
The collection of the indemnifica-
tion which Germany is ready to
make us is tied up, through prior
engagements on her part, with the
indemnifcation which she is to
make to the other belligerents. This
also is an irremediable fact. The
only practical way left open for US
to protect our interests is to asso-
ciate with the Allied powers which
are executing the terms offered
jointly to them and to US.
This may be misfortune from
Mr.. Borah's point of view, since he
seems to oppose association with the
European powers for any purpose,
even for the prosaic one of collecting
debts. But what is the alternative7
Would we get anywhere by ignoring
the Reparations Commission and
setting up separate and rival col
Letting agency? The sections of
the Versailles Treaty regulating
reparations were eminently salts
factory to our people. Why not.
then, adopt the easiest and most
practicable method Of enforcing
them so far as we a e concerned?
What other me thod can Mr..
Borah have in mind? We entered
the war late. We co-operated with
the nations already fighting Ger
many. Cooperation with them
now to the extent of obtain
ing our dues from Germany cannot
do as any measurable harm, even in
the eyes of the most rigid partisans
of "aloofness." Is Mr.. Borah will
ing to contend that in Difference to
the "aloofness" policy the United
States ought to reject the treaty
and go back and fight the war all
] over again?
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
A Severe Test

'from The Los Angeles TimesJ
Ireland wants to be admitted to the
League OF Nations at once. She want,
a place in the league whether she is to
be republic or dominion. 1t might
De good idea to seat an Irish delegate
or two. IT the league could hold to.
gether with Ireland on the inside It
would demonstrate it's cohesiveness and
worth.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

Quarterback goes wrong in judging
the whole question from the American
standpoint only, whereas we all know
that the Germans had abandoned, as
too dangerous, the uses of their worst
gases before America entered the war.
If Quarterback were to see the un-
happy wrecks Of what were once brave,
stalwart mon still dragging out a
miserable existence in England and
France and Canada, hopelessly broken,
many of them in the last stages Of
consumption; if he had seen, person
ally, the hundreds of gallant Canadians
and Frenchmen coughing themselves
to death, their faces the color Of fresh
spring grass, as result of chlorine
gas; if he could have seen my own
poor youngsters, dropping like flies or
coughing their lungs up in unimagi-
nable agony. as result Of FIVE waves
OF cloud gas, Of mixed chlorine and
phosgene, which the Germans sent
over my battalion on the nights of the
29th and Both OF April, 1915; if he
knew anything about the hundreds of
French civilians who died miles be-
hind the lines at Bailleul. near Poper-
inghe. after the German gas attack Of
May II, 1916; if he realized that the
Germans stopped using cloud gas
elected from high pressure tubes be-
cause the caprices Of the wind made
it too dangerous to their own man. I
am convinced he would change his
opinion as to the humaneness Of gas
warfare.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

THE genesis of nearly every nick
name is obscure; but it is said that
"Christy" Mathewson was called
big SIX from his six feet and odd
inches of manly stature. He loomed
up as giant among "Giants." We
think it would be interesting to have
this settled definitely.-Ed.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
Big Six

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; saw "Matty" play mighty good
football for Bucknell before he became
famous pitcher for the Giants. But
can you please tell me how came the
nickname "Big Six? I've forgotten.
Fl. L. c..
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN sAMIIr, ,r.vs

September "a Up, and had .yo.
repair the fender OF my petrol-wargon
which my wife damaged Yesterday
when another car ran into mine. But
toe policeman said it was not her
FAULT, and she told me so, too. So TO
the courts. and played a few set, Of
doubles, and DR.. Mitchell beat mo two
sets OF singles, by utter skill and
prewess. Home for dinner, and then
after we had game Of cards. till late.
II. broun's success being great
25--Woke early, owing to some no;sv
TOOLS playing tennis under my window.
holding loud and unnecessary conversa-
t1on all the time. So to Englewooa 7
fiutchison defeating me two sets to
/ one, and thence to the city, but was
more than two hours waiting for the
ferry. To P. Stephens's, and heard r.
Werrenrath sing some songs. one by
Frank Bridge to Mary Coleridee's
words being very fine. So home. and
finished reading "Mr. Waddineton ~
"yck," book surcharged with truth
about the masculine mind. It is sell
dom, meseems, it is vouchsafed to
women to see and write the truth as
Miss May Sinclair and Miss Zona Gale
see and write it.
2S-'Fo the Office, and C. Sachs the in.
surance agent come to see me, and
give ME the greatest sum ever | had
IN my life, as reward for the policv
took twenty years ago this day. At
my stint all day and so with my wife
to the Playhouse, to see "Wait Till
We're Married."
Those who are athrill at the words
used by the II. Boil Brown school
OF advertisement writers will palpi-
tate to the tablecloth envelope that
says, according to c. G. D., "Paekag-
lied in fully Sanitary manner Also
to the cold cream that "Softens and
Soothens''
At the Knickorbocker barber shop
music, we have been told, is played
while the customers cheek is being
,damasked or his hair scissored. Not
since "The Yanks Are Coming" was
suggested as record to be played
IN dentists waiting room has such
chance offered for the selection Of
Apostle melodies Mr.. Alexander
"oollcott and Mr.. George S. Kauf-
man suggest the overture to "Strop,
Look and Listen" and "Hone, Sweet
Hone"
And. of course, Rosa Eaisa should
sing "The Cutters Saturday Night
| Not to add There's Music in the
Hair" r A
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 25, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

And. of course, Rosa Eaisa should
sing "The Cutters Saturday Night
Not to add There's Music in the
Hair" r. p. A
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
kendrick Has Street Car

Schupfer 4 DeobaId have a window
EXHIBIT that has attracted consider
able attention, particularly during
the evening. They built a circular
track about s feet in diameter, with
heavy copper wire, then constructed
little motor car carrying Its own
lighting equipment. The track is
connected with a storage battery
and when the Juice" is turned on
the car is lighted up and runs IN a
very leisurely manner around on the
track. 1t took the united efforts
and weeks time on the part of
Otto and Herman Scnupfer, Ted
DeoDald and Elmer Bechtol to per.
feet this little motor system.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
School Notes

The school is decidedly in need
OF the support of the towns people
at their haskell ball games. At the
last games the school lost about
$3.50. 1t not only helps to meet
expenses but gives the teams great
er confidence to know that a large
crowd of folks are there expecting
them to win.
A large crowd witnessed the play
gwen BY the Lewiston Normal Dra-
matte club, Saturday night. Re-
celpts from the pIav were about
$500, enabling the school to clear
about $1,000.
The parents and patrons are invit-
ed to attend the Christmas program
given by the grades and high school
Friday evening at 7:3O o'clock. The
little people will give the cantata
christmas with the Old Woman
in the Shoe" besides other interest.
ing numbers given bv other mem.
bers of the school.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
Bear Ridge Social

The need for larger hal on Big
Bear ridge was clearly indicated
last Saturday evening at the basket
social. The school house was so
crowded there was scarcely stand
ing room. The same condition has
been experienced on Bear ridge at
nearly all of the public gatherings
and was the origin of the movement
to build community hall.
A literary program full of inter,
est was given IN the early part OF
the evening. This was followed
py an auction sale of baskets which
brought very attractive prices. The
net proceeds from the sale of re,
freshments totaIed $S0.22. Thl:
money will be used to help defray
the expense OF putting up the new
hall, which is now under construc
tion.
After refreshments were disposed
of in the usual manner, games and a
social good time followed. A tea.
ture of the evening was number
of selections by the Bear ridg'
orchestra.