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New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Disciplining Admiral Sims
What Can Be Done to Him II
GUILTY" y"-No Public Reprimand

"iio' N>oh D0 OoiiC W liiii III
Guilty No Public Reprimand
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The clamor of the Sim Feiners
and other anti-British here for the
"disciplining" of Admiral Sims opens
ur the inquiry as to what can be done
to him if guilty"
The navy is governed by its own
code, as set forth in the Revised Stat
utes of the United States, Section 1924.
This code, generally known as the Ar
tlcles Of War, contains two significant
clauses. Article 23, GAN offenses com
1nitted by persons belonging to the
navy while on shore shall be punished
in the same manner as if they had
been committed at sea-" leads us to
ask what disciplining measures may
be applied to an officer attached to a
ship.
Article "a states that "No COM
mander Of vessel shall inhict upon
commissioned or warrant officer any
other punishment than private repri-
mand, suspension from duty, arrest or
confinement, and such suspension, ar
rest Or confinement shall not continue
longer than ten days, unless a further
period is necessary to bring the Of
fender to trial by court martial"
An admiral is under no commanding
officer of q vessel, but it is fair pre-
sumption that he is subject to disci-
plining by his superior in exactly the
same way and to the same extent as
Junior afloat. From this point of
view and Interpretation of the navy's
organic law 1T seems that the Secretary
of the Navy may give Admiral Sims
if the latter has done wrong-a private
but not public reprimand, or suspen-
sion from duty, arrest or confinement
not to exceed ten days, unless court
martial is contemplated Also it fol-
lows that the Admiral would be quite
within his rights in refusing openly
to accept public reprimand.
1t is sad reflection on the Ameri-
can people that this should be the first
widespread condemnation of those hy-
phenates within our midst for their
efforts to embroil us with a friendly
power. What a glorious chance our
alleged statesmen have lost to show
themselves 100 per cent Americans and
superior to the demands of noisy
minority, whose real political influence
is practically negligible! 1 am proud
of Admiral Sims and of being able to
sign myself A BROTHER OFFICER.
New York, June 13, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
The Good Sims Has Dome

Secretary DENLY has been so busy
sending messages of rebuke and re-
call to Admiral Sims that apparent
ly neither he nor any one else at
Washington seems to have found
time to consider the positive good
done by the frank statement of Ad-
miral Sims concerning the attention
the British public should give to the
Sim Fein agitation in America.
What have large numbers of
Britons thought, as they have
learned that the flag of their coun-
try was publicly insulted in Ameri-
can streets, that the Sim Fein en-
blem was being conspicuously hon
ored, that American money was buy
ing bullets with which to shoot Brit
ish policemen, and that Congress was
giving apparently serious considera-
tion to recognizing the Irish Repub-
lie?
They have thought, unless they
are peculiar people, what Americans
would probably think if mobs in
England, with no hindrance from
the authorities, were rioting against
everything American. 1t was surely
time for some leader of American
opinion to speak out; to say that
which we at home know is the fact
namely, that the noisy Sim Fein agi-
tation in America is misrepresenta-
tive of the great body of the Ameri-
can people and that Great Britain
should pay no more attention to it
than to any other form of hyphen-
ism.
Admiral Sims cleared the air, and
in SO doing did public service. His
language may not have been most
happily selected, but the substance
of what he said needed much to be
said. Moreover, it could be said most
effectively in Great Britain. A
breach Of conventionality is of no
great consequence when it contrib
utes to preventing misunderstand-
ing. The essence of the Admiral's
speech was an attack on the idea,
naturally prevalent in Great Brit
ain, that the behavior of Sim Fein
mobs and of our pussy-footing poll
ticians furnishes an accurate index
of American opinion.
When Mr.. DENLY entered the Cab
met the general public knew little
about him. 1tNhoped for the best,
and it now sees with regret his in
ability to distinguish between the
matter ana the manner in speech.
He has, unfortunately, given han
die to the charge that he does not
recognize the desirability of setting
British opinion with respect to
America right when there is some
danger of its going wrong. In his
epistolary efforts the Secretary has
so far shown no appreciation of the
fact that the public's seeming toler-
ance Of Sim Fein's gyrations here
is looked upon as queer by unin-
formed Britons and that an admiral
on leave may we'll devote himself to
removing injurious false impress
sions.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

sight. New Workers. fancics are not
often visbly roaming in the clouds.
Apparently the only dissatisfied per-
son was Mayor Hylan, VINO found
the sky diverted attention from his
pole planting, and gloomily retired,
as il to say that he was convinced
that the comet was Wall Street
one and that the interests had
interrupted his celebration.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
MIR. Gompers Feels Better

Not long ago Mi. Gompers did not
conceal from the country that he re-
garded the outlook as dark. He was
disturbed by the fear of a powerful
and ramifying conspiracy which was
plotting to crush organized labor
and to establish the "open shop"
New, as becomes bridegroom,
Mr.. Gompers is more cheerful. He
reports that the conspiracy failed to
achieve its fell objective---sees that
the country remains part CLOSED
shop" part "open shop" and the
larger part neither closed nor open,
as it long has been. During the war
Mr.. Gompers was of such value to
the country and so stalwartly sup
ported the national cause that pleas
ure over his recovery from perturba-
tion will be general. But whether
the Grand Old Man of Labor was as
perturbed as he declared is a matter
of some doubt. He still has vigor
enough to enjoy the sport of setting
up man Of straw and then pound
ing the stuffing out Of it.
Mr.. Gompers would now have the
wage-workers and the farmers get
together. The idea seems to lurk in
his head that this would bring hap
pier days. But there is such union
now. The wage-workers run the
cities and the farmers the rural re-
gions. We have the system of gov
ernment that each wants,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

met out OF taxation, will drive out
the private companies, or that if
supporting appropriations are with
held the government ships will be
tied UP.
The conclusions to be drawn from
the facts of the shipping situation
are SO clear that it is strange that
they are so much disregarded.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Copyright. 1891. New YORK Tribune Inc.

with every evidence that he has tri-
umphed over an opponent whose heart
and soul were bent on victory We
can sympathize little. therefore. with
Nero in his dislike OF the early Chris
tian martyrs. To be sure, the emperor
was himself not the best of sportsmen
because he was so notorieusly bad
matchmaker in pitting small Chris
tians against large lions. But the
Christians for their part refused to
play the game. When devoured they
invariably attempted to cheat the
crowds out of an afternoons fun by
pretending that death was matter of
complete Indifference to them. Anglo
Saxon sportsmen have attempted to
maintain this tradition, but fortunately
our national game stands in the way
of its conquering the earth. Babe"
Ruth makes no pretense that he would
just as soon strike out as hit ball
into the center field bleachers. He
never remarks. "Anything you say, old
top" when the umpire calls wide ball
strike. No, indeed; he growls and
roars for his rights continuously. His
rage and anger at being famed are
just as great as his evident delight in
biting home runs. That is why it is
so much fun to see him hit home runs
and also to see him strike out.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
The Annual Wrangle
(From The Ph;Iadelphia Jnou;r,rl

from The Philadelphia Inquircr)
The bathing suit contest has begun
merrily. There is every reason to be-
lieve that it will last through the sum
mer And all sorts of nonsense will be
talked on both sides.
There is line between decency and
lndecency in dress of whatever kind,
nor is it SO hard to draw as those who
strain at. gnats and swallow camels
would have Ms believe. The dress ap-
propriate to it's purpose can never be
Objectionable. This is the only test
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15


books, but after watching the last four
games between the Yankees and De-
trolt we are under the impression that
the men in MIR. Reach's factory may
have confused the baseballs and the
tennis balls this season.
And yet we are not among those who
pine for the good old days in which
games were won at 1 to 0, or even by
4 to 3. Mr.. Digby Bell stated the case
for us when he said that his favorite
hall game was one in which the home
team came into the eighth inning with
the score standing II to in its favor
and then proceeded to make some runs.
AS a matter Of fact, most fans share
this desire. One of the greatest of our
national delusions is that baseball
makes for good craftsmanship. Now
and again judges advise immigrants to
learn the game in order to absorb the
lest ideals in American life. For the
spectator baseball is the best of all pos
sible games, but its ideals are far be-
low those of many other sports. In
condemning it We would not go as far
as the father who asked Dean Briggs
of Harvard to see to it that his son
kept away from baseball, and went on
to say that he considered it a funda-
mentally mean and tricky game since
the pitcher curved the ball in order to
deceive the batter. No, we base our
claim that baseball ideals are low on
the ground that it is a game in which
the errors of the opponent are received
with wild applause. To be sure, crowds
at the Polo Grounds go through the
motions of applauding a good catch by
any member of the visiting team, but
such applause doesn't begin to match
either in spirit or volume the noise
which bursts out when visitor makes
bad play at critical moment. Added
to this is the we'll known practice of
combined shouting or clapping of hands
to disconcert pitcher when he begins
to show signs of losing control.
Frankly, most of these elements
which makes baseball something less
than the most sportsmanlike game in
the world are the very things which
appeal to US. There is good deal of
bosh talked about sportsmanship.
America has been much too ready to
take over the Anglo Saxon ideal of in
difference in the face of defeat and
accept it without question as the one
perfect form of conduct. To us it
seems rude and unmannerly. The man
who pretends that he is not in the least
perturbed about losing robs the victor
of half the satisfaction which should
be his. The most Objectionable person
In poker game is the good loser who
never curses or Complains or tears up
the cards when you top him by a spot
or so.
His calm demeanor implies con-
tempt for his opponents luck and skill.
He might as well come right out with
it and say, "Any fool can win at poker,
and so why should I get mad about
1t. I'm above this silly game and, any
how, money means nothing to me-"
In sporting events the calm and in
different loser is still more maddening.
Probably his pretense that defeat has
not ruffled him in the least is the rank
est hypocrisy. Our golfng ideal, for
instance, is Bobby Jones, because he
throws his clubs on the ground and
sometimes breaks them when he is de-
feated. The man who wins over Jones
has the satisfaction of being presented
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

AS the balloting in The Globes
Mayoralty Contest begins to-day, we,
as candidate, inaugurate our whirI-
wind campaign this morning by as
sertlng that, if elected, we have no
intention of giving the city business
administration. The only plank in our
platform will be that it shall be COM
puisory for women to take their places
in line at the Park Place subway esca-
lator.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
A Narrow Range
New York, June 13, 1921.
fFrom The Los Angeles Timesl

From The Los Angeles Tinesl
The motion picture people are at
their wits ends for scenarios with new
plots. Don't they know that there are
but thirty-seven plots which compre-
nend every possible human experience
end set the limits for dramatist and
story and novel writer. Judging by
what we have seen on the screen, but
dozen have been used.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
CosMIC INDIFFERENCE

with apologies to two old classics bv
Harry Persons Taber and S. E. Kiser.)
The cat produces fiddls-strings;
The fish produces glue;
Jack Dempsey talks of lots of things;
l don't care. Do you?
The girl is in the hammock;
The fish is in the lake;
Jack Dempsey writes" of famous
fights
What difference does it make?
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Some critics maintain that Booth
Harrington is the most successful of
living authors in catching with exact
fidelity the talk of the people concern
ing whom he writes. Others stand by
Sinclair Lewis. 1t is our notion that
Sir Harry Johnston, author of The Man
Who Did the Right Thing, must also
be considered in any discussion Of true
talk. We have specifically in mind the
fine moment in which Lucy, the English
heroine, speaks to her native African
servant and says "waambia watu wa
mpishi tunataka chat, MARIA moja."
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
The Coming Z owcr
BRiEF REPORT ON THE PRES.
EMIT STATE OF THE COSMOS

ycer, 1921. Day, June IA.
The Earth is spinning on; orc feels il spin
Gods in His Heaven, but the Devi's abroad
Trying to get the local jump on God.
If Dempsey wilma, Carpenter will no. win
And rosebuss ac my peach crop ycstcrc en-
The Siillman case grows ripper every hour.
The War is over. Normally is here.
True, in the Near East there's the dicken.
10 pay
While the Armenian nation meIs away;
And IN Silesa things are rather queer;
And Ireland isn't quite the Muses bower.
Ill
Nevertheless, and on the whole, and not
Withstandins by and large, these hiAins ills
,Omitting Russia, China, Turkey, Greece,
Poland, and Germany, the worlds at
peace.
True, lis world that canno, pay ,ts bills
But why be mournful at the common lo,p
~
Smile, boost, exudc, and s,ua your ears
with cotton
Look up, not down Look outward, and
not in
Read Main Stree, for morale, and write
Free Verse
(Youll Rnd it easy. and you might do
worse
lodde, for instance, or drink home made
gin).
lhus--aprcs iout-youll find life. not so
rotten.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

81 aan purchase msrehsadlss advertised In THE
with ahselute saset,--for " dssafissac-
- rasuits In any case THE TRIBUNE euaran.
% 10 pay Your Nancy back upaa request NO rrd
aps, Nc uuibhiius. We make eece rremrtB II
~ advertiser dsos rot.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
ux,,srR ov TUE AssocrAqrp pnnss

.ha Assccsatsd Press Is exclusively entitled to
~ use for republication OF all dispatches
s}S,ed 10 Il or not otherwise credited in this
fsse and also the LEGAL news OF spontaneous
- published herein.
IN rights OF republication OF ali other matter
Y Sin also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
What difference does it make?

Everybody in the United States"
says The London Morning Post, "and
everybody in this country knows Ad-
Miral Sims spoke the exact truth. !"
That, as far as The Coming Tower is
concerned, ends all argument.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
To Mr.. Lardner

Gear "Lardy":
l guess you seen in the paper where
I said Kid Gleason says to AL Keefe
about San Francisco Bay being made
out of grape juice. "Tho" probly you
dident because if you would of YOU
would Of wrote me about it and every
body except you having done same.
Well "Lardy" was to bat twice hits
0 %age 900 on a/c it was Callahan
said it to Jack Keefe hopeing this will
set me 0. K. again with you and re-
CARDS to Ellis and tell her if I would
have married her Harrington would of
called his new book something else ha
ma Ring Yours respfy
FRANK
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
A Persistent Illusion

fFronl The PhtIadclphia T,quirer)
Apparently Germany just can't under
stand that it lost that last worlds
series.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Sims Dimes With Harvey Times
headline. And if a lot of people get
their wish, the bird course was crow.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Possibly. as Secretary DENLY shaves
these mornings, he huns to himself,
Sing hey' the cato mine tails and the
TAR! F. ?. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Here it is the middle of June, and
we have no notion who is going to get
the 1921 watch. Should we have of
fered an automobile?
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Our Own Travelogues

Our Own Travelogues
Talk about dog! The Canadian ga
rage manager wears morning coat,
old thing! And gas is 45c.
Quebec. E. AND A. Mex
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
In short, the Cosmos, gents, is going strong,
Forget i'll For twill las,-oh. awfully long!
LEE. WILSON DODD.

In Louis Mann, as the gorgeously
funny polite lunatic, it 1.-THE Belle Of
New York; may indeed boast of one
Of the members of the original cast
Louis V. De Foe in The World.
As that part of the original cast
was taken by Mr.. D. L. Don, the boast
would be. a trife empty.
What we used to attend the Colum-
bia Theater, Chicago, every Saturday
afternoon for was to see and hear Dan
DAILY and Edna May. And our favor
ite song has been cxpunged from the
revival; it was thing that ended
I'VE do our duty just the same" And
it was one elegant tune, too
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
WEDNESDAY,. JUNE Is. 1921

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New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
GUARANTY

;.,tssG at the rcs,ornce at New York seccnd
Class Mall Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
"A Capital Ship for an Ocean Trip

Samuel Gruber has entered the ranks
OF the yachtsmen, having purchased the
4o0-foot cabin motor cruiser Tarpoon III.
The boat has nine feet beam and she draws
~: feet of water. She is equipped with
four-cylinder S5-horsepower standard engine.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
The Turning Worm

A slow and patient lad am 7.
On my fast one there's no hop;
But | never have bought, and never
shall buy
AT place that's called Ye Shoppe.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

We have read all the dispatches from
Denver, for the labor question is mo-
mentous; but we haven't seen line
about the A. F. of LIS attitude about
quality or volume of work.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Entered for the non-sequitur cup by
The Forum: "This association, it is
said, has led to his assuming a more
genial, or human attitude toward
his colleagues, although he still re-
mains an overseer of Harvard Univer-
sity."
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Books u.,v,,1 3D. p,,..

Not that it has anything to do with
books, but after watching the last four
games between the Yankees and De-
troit we are under the impression that
the men in MIR. Reachs factory may
have confused the baseballs and the
tennis balls this season.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

Russia Reported Bent on Attacking
Powers.-Globe headline.
TO repaper an old wheeze, so badly
bent as to be broke.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-15

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-06

mid air were tossed from the balcony
during one Of the dances. At anothe:
time a bag Of balloons suspended
from the center of the ceiling was I'M
fastened sending scores of ballons
floating above the dancers. Light re-
freshments were served between
dances The committee of Fem Fem
mers who arranged the party included
Roy Porter, chairman. Fred Mahret
John Thomas, Kenneth Toler, H. H
Pickett, and Roy Stevens.
The Daffodil club was entertained
informally Thursday afternoon by
Mrs Walter Snavely at her home on
Pearl street. Garden flowers were
prettily arranged through the rooms
for the occasion. The time was spent
with needlework and music after
which refreshments were served. One
guest, Mrs. Fred Goebel, and II mem
bers were present The members were
Mrs. John Schattel Mrs. Charles U
Dote. Mrs Ralph Little, Mrs. Edward
Sharp, Mrs. George Reid, Mrs. Harry
Sharp, Mrs. Frank Siegel. Mrs. Claude
Addleman, Mrs. Harry Darnen and
Mrs. Walter Snayely. The club will
be entertained in a fortnight by Mrs
Frank Siegel at her home. 1910 South
A street.
Mrs. Charles Ia lor entertained the
Social Hour club at a lovely party a,
her home, 210 South Ninth street
Wednesday afternoon. Baskets o,
dogwood and spring flowers in profu
sion we're used for decorations in the
rooms. After a short business ses
sion Miss Florence Johnson sang two
solos, Mother of PEARL and Nam
my's Lullaby" Mrs. Taylor gave a
,pianologue, and a contest of making
paper hats was won by Mrs. Graestor
MINK. A two curse luncheon was
served at the close of the afternoon
Twelve club members and three
guests. Mrs. Amos Perkins, Mrs
Herschel Thomas and Miss Mollie
Campbell were present. The place O.
the next meeting will be announced.
Mrs. Herman Bowling was hostess
to the Suburban Home Economics
club at her home Thursday afternoon
An interesting program was giver
which included responses on "Place:
We Like to Visit" paper on ''Recrea
ton for the Farm Home" read BY
Mrs. Willis Rich, and paper by Mrs
Jones on Bread Maying." Mrs. Craw
ford was in charge of the social, Lat
er refreshments were served by the
hostess. The rooms were prettily dec
Grated with dogwood and tulips fol
the party. Those present included
Mrs. George Thorpe, Miss Susan Par
~, Mrs. Weber, Mrs. Brumfield, Mrs
Showalter, Mrs. Beckett, Miss Lola
Beckett, Mrs. Frank Rich, Mrs. Will:
Rich, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs Gilmer
Mrs Fuller. Mrs. Jones, Mrs Cook
Miss Stella Harmon, Mrs: Henley
Miss Mary Bowling and Mrs Herman
Bowling. The club will be entertained
at birthday party by Mrs. Beckett
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-06

Wednesday evening, May II, in the
X. of c. hall Dancing will begin al
S: 80 o'clock. The committee on ar
rangements is composed of Mrs. c. F.
McMullen, Mrs. Ed Holman, Mrs. L..
F. Siegler. Mrs. Harry Sharp. and Mrs.
George Wysong. ..
Unique decorations will be feature
Of the spring dance which the Delta
Theta Tau sorority is giving in the
I. o. o. F. hall Thursday evening, May
y. The Corniella sextette, of Dayton,
O., which has been very popular in
Chicago. Springfield, Columbus, and
other places where it has appeared,
will play for the dance. After filing
its spring engagements the sextette
! will go to Lakeside Park, Chicago, for
the summer season
One of the most important social
functions of the next week will be the
dance which Edwin Horner, Russell Al.
! len, and Frank Bescher are giving at
the l. .. o. F. hall next Monday even
ing. Wilsey's, one OF the highest class
/ lniddlewestern dance orchestras, will
play for the affair.
Tickets for the basquet to be given
| for local and visiting members at the
| 14th annual convention of the Women 8
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