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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

To the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: l would like to say few words
in regard to the air forces in the navy.
There is no doubt that battleship
can be sunk by bombs from aircraft
provided enough Of them are so placed
as to do the requisite amount of dam
age. The same ship could be sunk in
less time by an equal amount of ex-
plosive in the form Of torpedoes fired
either by submarines, destroyers or
other battleships.
The bombing plane is distinct men
ace to the safety Of battle fleet and
more so to its train of supply ships,
etc, but SO also was the torpedo boat
and later the submarine, for both of
which menaces an adequate defense
was almost Immediately provided in the
form of light, quick firing guns, similar
but more powerful and faster vessels
and, in the case Of the submarine, the
destroyer screen, with its listening
gear" and depth charges" together
with nets and mine barrages and in
Vulnerable small craft, to say nothing
Of aircraft.
At the present time small, fast scout
planes would have comparatively easy
job in disposing of the heavy, cumber-
some bombers and in conjunction with
anti -aircraft guns on all the ships
would add greatly to the difficulty of
approach of enemy scouts within accu-
rate bombing distance of the main
feet.
To my mind the recent bombing tests
prove nothing new. In each case the
object Of attack was helplessly an
chored and unable to offer any resis-
lance. In actual warfare the ships
would be maneuvering to avoid bombs
as we'll as keeping the bombers at
distance with "A-A" guns, assisted by
their own scout planes.
The aircraft advocates contend that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
The Dead Letter Fee
Three-Ccnt Charge for Returning Un-
claimed, Opened Mail

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In recent issue of your paper
there appears an inquiry, signed DER
sey,' respecting a charge for return
ing letters under cover by the Dead
Letter Service.
1t is suggested your correspondent
be advised that under the provisions
of an act of Congress, approved April
"a, 1920, fee of cents each is coll
lected for the work performed in open
ing, rcenveloping and redirecting to
the writers unclaimed letters which
do not bear on their envelopes the
card address of the senders.
Doubtless this law was enacted for
the purpose Of encouraging the patrons
Of the mails to put their addresses as
senders on all envelopes and covers of
frst-class matter, thus securing their
return if unclaimed, at once, without
charge OR special service, and Incl
dentally to provide compensation for
the extra labor required in the treat
ment of non-card matter.
The amount Of the fee, cents, ap-
pears to have been fixed arbitrarily by
statute and cannot be modified by
departmental order.
Prior to the furnishing through the
postal service of printed government
stamped envelopes, which were placed
on sale in ali postoffices, and, if desired,
over-printed with the address of the
sender on a form provided for that
purpose, a charge was made for the
return of non-card matter. This was
discontinued, however, and the depart
ment resorted, at considerable expense,
to the use Of printed placards and cir
culars, advising the public generally
Of the advantages to be secured by
indicating on envelopes the address to
which unbelievable matter should be
returned.
Notwithstanding these efforts the
volume Of dead mail matter continued
to increase from year to year, until
more than 100000 of non-card letters
were received annually for treatment
in the Dead Letter Service, and it was
found desirable to check, SO far as
possible, this constantly augmented
food Of mail requiring special service
for return. At the same time, how
ever, there was reserved to the send
ers, subject to fee for return, the
right to preserve the privacy of CORE
spondence, if for social or business
reasons the writer did not desire to
reveal his identity, until the envelope
or cover had been opened By the per-
son addressed. HUBERT WORK,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Washington, D. c.. July rs, 1921.
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Bombs and Battleships

they can put ship out of action by
means of gas bombs and thus leave
her at the mercy of the heavy bombers.
There is no reason why a ships crew
could not wear gas masks, and it would
not be much of trick to get ship or
feet up to windward of a gas cloud
Some of it might find its way into the
ventilating system and tend to deaden
the fires under the boilers, but if the
ship could run out from under the gas
cloud this would be only temporary
condition, and no doubt some purifying
agent could easily be installed in the
vent ducts to counteract the effect of
the gas.
1t is all very we'll to say that the air
craft is the Nemesis of the surface
craft, but it is not fact. 1t is a seri-
Gus menace and one that must be pro-
vided against, but it is decidedly not
going to drive the surface craft from
the sea. The battleship is in reality a
mobile fort which can, when the neces-
shy dlioSo, obcdii ICiiS INSTANCES, Oc-
liver an overwhelming weight of fire,
crush opposition and camp on the
spot and hold its objective. The cir
craft can travel short distances at
high speed and can doubtless deliver
an overwhelming fire (if there are
enough of them), but cannot hold its
objective. 1t is analogous to the mine
laying destroyer which can steam short
distances at high speed, deliver a con-
siderable volume of fire by means of
torpedoes and scatter mines to delay
pursuit, but cannot hold its objective.
The battleship is here to stay. We
do need aircraft and plenty Of 'em, but
don't let's get hysterical about it and
sacrifice a safe and sane navy for the
sake of few planes and dirigibles.
HENRY BLACKSTONE,
Lieutenant U. S. N. R.. F.
New York, July Is. 1921.
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able foods, is the only consumer who
can afford to buy them.
High prices for fresh grown prod
uce do not help the farmer IL the
public cannot buy. The farmer
blames internationally the railroads,
the middlemen and the consumer.
Now comes the spokesman of the
California cooperative marketing
movement, who says that the farmer
has the remedy In his own hands.
Quantity production followed by a
cooperative system Of distribution of
The entire crop, cutting out specula-
ton, with the consequent waste due
TO the periodic Quitting and shorten
ing of the market, is the method sug-
gcsted. Because the farmer pro
duces individually is held to be no
reason why he should attempt to dis
tribute his crops the same way.
There seems to be sound sense in
the argument. Certainly, present
methods are not satisfactory, and the
farmer no less than the co>sSumer
will benefit by an improvement. Mr.
Shapiro admits that most attempts
at cooperative merchandising have
failed, but he believes that lack of
intelligence in differentiating in
kinds of produce and localities was
the cause. If the experiment is
worth trying in California it should
be worth, trying here in the East.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Seeing in the Sunday Tribune
the letter "Care of Ex-Servics
Patients" it seems strange to ne
when the State of New York has thou
sands of acres Of land in the Adiron-
dack Park that ample hospital room
could not be provided where there
would be no waiting list Of ex-service
men. When the call came for them to
go they went. Now the call is for .
shelter to return to health. Why are
they kept waiting? Let our state au-
thorities get busy.
4. z. PRESCOTT,
Father of one boy who was two and
one-half years in the service.
North Greek, N. Y, July Is, 1921
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Preparedness Non-Debatable

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At time when all eyes are
turned toward the coming disarmament
conference and when the dawn of a
new era of universal peace seems i'm
mlnent, it is not amiss to question
whether we are mistaking a means to
desired end for the end itself.
Neither peace nor war is in itself
an object of worthy endeavor. Right
eousness, serving God by seeing that
justice is done, is the end, and some
times it is war and not peace which
Best serves that end.
A disarmament is negative morally.
and no amount of fair words and
phrases should blind us to this fact.
1t is on par with inviting a burglar
to throw away his gun to lessen the
danger of an encounter whereas not
fear of any danger, but desire to de-
tend family and home, should be the
thought uppermost in mind
Preparedness is non-debatabIe
question. To debate il we might as
we'll dissolve this nation into dust and
then debate whether it was worth
while for Washington to have founded
it and for Lincoln to have saved it.
The result of not preparing is not
problematical; it is unerringly certain
and is exemplified in the present
plight of unprepared China.
Let us not beguile ourselves into
thinking that nations with base mo-
tives will suddenly become sanity and
throw away the only weapon whereby
they can achieve their ends-namely,
II litary power. And, furthermore, let
US remember that the only way to
oppose successfully wrong backed by
might is to put over against it might
backed by right. This was Roosevelts
advice before the World War. 1t is
epic in content in that 1t holds good
for all time.
Nations are composed Of individuals
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Toll the Bell for Damon

lOu the bell Tor Damon
Damon died young; no bell was
tolled for him.
He was the sweetest singer Of us
all.
No man has found the fire that he
let fall.
1t left US dim.
He lives across the way--Damon,
old friend,
Old scout, sweet rascal, lover Of all
good things
We never ask him why he never
sings
Since he made an end.
SO toll the bell for Damon; he died
young,
Turned to the earth, dust unto dust
allied.
His wife has never noticed that he
His songs unsung.
MAXWELL ANDERSON.
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Our quarrel to-day is with the edi-
torial gentlemen to our left who could
imagine, yesterday, nothing of less
consequence than the religious dcvel-
cpment of Mr.. II. G. Wells. Almost
any development of Mr.. Ii. G.. Wells,
tc our notion, is of cosmic momentous-
ness; and there is no exaggerating the
Importance of the development that
made him stop writing books like The
History of Mr.. Polly, Kipps, and The
Wheels of Chance.
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and will harbor base motives as long
as the individuals that compose them
harbor such motives. When we can
Semolish our jails and prisons, dis
Charge our police and rip the locks and
bolts off our doors and windows, then
we can seriously and in good faith
call general disarmament confer
ence. BENJAMIN C. KELLER.
New York, July IS, 1921.
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New Ways Out

The American merchant marine,
staggered by bad times and Ship
ping Board Encouragement, de-
serves the keenest solicitude Of Con-
gress. A sound national expert
ment--that of linking up a vast
American export and import trade
with an adequate American carry
ing feet-has been frustrated in
Part by an inevitable after the-war
shipping slump and in part by the
gross incompetency Of those who
directed the venture at Washington.
Nothing has happened, however,
to justify an abandonment of the
program of an American marine to
handle our foreign trade. We have
the ships-too many of them at
present. We have learned at ter
rife cost the folly of government
ownership and operation. We are
going to liquidate the Wilson legacy
of nationalized water transportation
and put the carriers back where they
belong-in the hands Of private OPP
orators, who are more competent to
keep our flag on the high seas than
the Shipping Boards agents are. If
we go back to sound principles we
can have a merchant marine suf-
ficient for national needs.
When the United States started
to develop such fleet in the early
days of the Republic Congress sus-
tanned it through discriminating
tariff rates and tonnage dues. Con-
gress owes it to the present fleet,
overbuilt and largely out of COM
mission, to go back to this useful
expedient. The Jones act committed
the government to the theory Of
discriminating duties and tonnage
dues. It authorized the President
to give notice of the termination Of
all parts OF treaties with foreign
nations incompatible with the i'm
position of such duties and dues.
No treaties have yet been denounced
under the Jones law. But the Sen
ator from Washington has intro
duced an amendment to the Ford
ney tariff bill imposing a per cent
additional duty on goods brought
into the country in foreign vessels,
levying tonnage dues on foreign
vessels and declaring abrogated all
inconsistent provisions in existing
treaties one year from the date of
the passage of the tariff act.
A year ago so per cent of our
foreign commerce was carried in
American bottoms. To-day only
80 per cent of it is being carried
under our flag. If merchant ma
rine V worth having, it is worth
working for with all the law-making
resources Of the government. We
have failed in trying to give it direct
aid. But indirect aid can be given
to better advantage. Subsidy, sub
vention, discriminating duties, ton.
mage dues-these are weapons the
government has in reserve. They
should be used vigorously to repair
tae havoc caused by the failure OF
direct ownership and operation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Perils Of Mountaineering

The sad fate Of DIR. Winthrop
Ellsworth Stone, the distinguished
president Of Purdue University, and
the narrow escape of his wife amid
the Canadian Rocky Mountains
grimly call attention to the perils
OF the sport to which men of learn
ing are particularly given. Tyndall
was as fond of his scrambles among
the Alps as of his scientific re-
searches, and we are not sure but
that Lord Bryce thinks of his ascent
Of Mount Ararat almost as proudly
as of his authorship Of The Ameri-
can Commonwealth.
Superb as such adventures are,
they are always fraught with peril,
even as football and pugilism are.
The party that first scaled the Mat
terhorn was composed chiefly of sea-
soned and stalwart experts, yet that
zone crowded hour Of glorious life''
ended with one Of the most appalling
tragedies the Alps have known.
Even in our White Mountains and
among the higher peaks and ridges
of the Alleghanies each year sees
some disasters.
The tragedy on the slope of Mount
canon suggests that all serious at.
tempts at mountain climbing be
made only in companies of more
than one or two. Had DR.. and Mrs
Stone been in company with others
their first stumble would have
brought no sad consequences.
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Bringing 1t Home

From The Louisville Courier-JournoU
Mr.. Mellon says the national debt IS
1855, 5y7 ,542.43. 1t is impossible for
the average mind to comprehend such
an amount but when you divide i by
1oo,o0o,0o0 and find what part of it you
owe comprehension becomes simple AMI
painful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Municipal Defeatisrn'

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I hope that your splendid
editorial Municipal Defeatisna," in
yesterdays paper, will be used as q
campaign document the coming au-
tumn. A. r.. WELLS.
Sea Girt, N. j., July "a. 1921.
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Along last winter
Ruth Hale wrote about the Ritz:
A swaying steel frame
Checked against the sky,
And she sat wondering
If some day in one of those checks,
Walled in to make a room,
A man would be tieing his tie
lii front Of q mirror,
And what would he be thinking.
Well, Ruth, l guess Pm the guy,
And as I lie my tie,
III tell you what Pm thinking:
That life seems to be made up Of
Tieing ones tie,
Or buying tie,
Or wondering what tie
Goes with what shirt;
And that if this one
In your Ritz room
Had ever known
That life was ties, and ties,
He would have stopped
At his first tic
The one his mother bought
The day the Union School
Turned out to sing
In Fremont Park
Celebrating Dewey and Manila Bay,
Saying: che must have one of his ow
Ho cannot wear his brothers."
Perhaps Dewey never knew the honor
But l say, Ruth,
If had known what that tie bred
would have tied it round ny neck
And hung it to a rafter
AS old Halfwit Slocum did
That very night
Leaving note saying:
t He was that ashamed
(. Of his first wife's Spanish blood.
| Atlantic city. Penn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
From Admiral Fiske

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: Please permit me to record my
unqualified approval of "Quarterdeck's
article in The Tribune this morning
headed Promotion in the Navy-Se-
lective System Regarded as Injurious
to the Service
BRADLEY A. FISKE,
Rear Admiral U. S. N. (Retired).
New York. July 26, 1921.
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The Grooming Board

To a scrambled egg with Caviar on 1t;
And the same afternoon I'll spill an
ode
IT praise of Blueberry Pie la Mode.
Doubtless this is written at the
risk of saying kind word about an
notwithstanding could write a
better piece of advertising copy than
Browns job now appearing under
the George Battcn Company's sigma
ture, but doubtless nobody ever did
Some like it hot, some like it cold.
II which category are you enrolled?
Society News
Princess Bibesco of Rumania
Has sailed for Europe on the Aqui-
tania.
David L. Dana, Of Lenox, Mass,
Is at the Belmont, few days to pass
LUCULLUs.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Taylor Pync
AT Delmonico's had some friends to
dine. H. II. A
The Winston Churchills and the
Charles A. platts
Are spending the summer near Cor
nish Flats. S. M. C.
Mrs. Alice Duer Miller, July %,
Gave birthday dinner that began
pretty late.
Those who write Letters to the Edi-
tor usually select uniting times for
their subjects. Now is the time to
submit plans for snow rene val
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,,.,mrs or rur ASSOCIATED rwxss

The Associated Press In exclusively entitled TO
fhs rse for Republication OF all news dispatches
credited TO & or not otherwise credited IN this
paper. and also the LEGAL news of spontaneous
origin published herein
All rights Of republication Of ell other matter
hsrosn also are rsSeryed-
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GUARANTY

GUARANTY
Seu can purchase merchandise sdvertsed L. THE
yRIBuNE With absolute safety---fcr y disshtlsfae-
sen results In any case THE TRIBUNE suaran-
tess to pay your nonsy hack upon reauest No red
tape. Nc cuibhnu. We make good promptly II
ina advertiser DOES not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

cational standard good forseach and
every state in the Union. All sen
sible people know this. Nobody
does anything about it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

A depicting visitor is Mr.. Samuel
Hopkins Adams, the melancholy dean
CT Ensenore, N. Y. Mr.. Adams dropped
in for a moment yesterday afternoon
from 1925 to 2;oO, and, although
his comments on life, letters, journal
ism, and sometimes and were d.
verting and stimulating, nothing that
he said-not even his invitation, i'm
naediately accepted, to accompany him
to the place, as Poe called it, hard by
the dank tarn of Auburn--was disable
copy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

A Starting Point
(From The Washington Post)
Now's the chance for Switzerland to
proclaim reduction of naval ornaments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

Some like it hot, some like it cold,
II which category are you enrolled?
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Suggested name: Invictus-By W
E. Henley out of The Night.
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We had to confe IS that the Old
Gentleman was pretty comical. /.
Also it gave US good notion for
equine nomenclature: Columnist-By
August Is out of The Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

Charged with the inutility of his
talk, the aged crusader became scorn-
full. "Any child" he said, not IN
kindly, could dope out paragraph
Suppose, for example, golfer wanted
to name a racenorse. Well
Good shot-By Niblick, out of
Bunker"
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Mrs. Alice Duer Miller, July %,
Gave a birthday dinner that began
pretty late.
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Owned by New York 1Sseune. Inc. New York
Corporation. Published daily Ogden Reid, Prost-
dent; g. Vernon Rogers. vier-Prcs'dent: Helen
Hcesss Reid, Secretary: r. r.. Maxfcad. Treasurer
Address. NNy2c Building. f5& Nassau Street. New
Eotk Telesfrse, Beckman 5000
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Those who write Letters to the Edi-
tor usually select uniting times for
their subjects. Now is the time to
submit plans for snow rene val.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

Lieutenant q, S.
New York, July Is, 1921.
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Room for More Hospitals

New York. July 27. 1921.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-12
First Published Aug. II, 1921
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

State Of Oklahoma, County o!
Grady.
In the District court In and for
said county and state.
Ed Shelby, plaintiff, VS.. Lizzie
Shelby, defendant. No. e716.
The State of Oklahoma to Lizzie
Shelby.
Take notice that you have been
sued in the above named court by
said plaintiff, for divorce, on the
grounds Of abandonment and de.
sertion, and you, said defendant,
must answer the petition filed here.
by by said plaintiff on or before the
END day of September, 1921, or said
petition will be taken as true. and
Judgment for said plaintiff will be
returned accordingly.
Dated this 10th day of August,
1921.
(SEAL)
E. G. REYNOLDS, Court Clerk.
BY MATTE HoLCOMB, Deputy.
BAREFOOT & CARMICHAEL,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. S-11-4tw.