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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

promise on me rs the head,' says
tlorello. mo, on me-" says Reuben.
mot at all--on me- pipes in Will
liam. 1t is trying to one of a party
OF three when the others are stub
bern and unreasonable.
But if we remember our Dumas
Alright, in addition to the Three Mus
keteers there was fourth When
Athos, Porthos and Aramis found
themselves hopelcssly at odds they
turned in and got behind the i'm
mortal D'Artagnan. Without press
ing the smile too far, it seems pos
sible to say that Major Curran is
D'Artagnan in the present instance,
and that the best compromise is to
agree to follow his leadership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
Settling Upper Silesia

That the Upper Silesian question
will be settled without dividing the
Entente seems likely, despite the
gloomy representations of Sir Philip
Gibbs and other pessimists. The poll
cles Of France and England are
proved to be reconcilable and the
award is about what was expected by
those who have studied the geo.
graphical distribution Of the plebis-
cite vote. Neither Poland nor Ger
many has cause for grave dissatis-
faction.
Until after the polling it was COM
monty assumed that the gross re-
suit of the plebiscite would be de-
cisive. German propaganda dill
gently spread this idea, and in the
negotiations at Paris German agents
sought to enlarge the plebiscite area
so as to include within it the largest
possible German population, while
Poland sought to restrict it. Ger
many on this matter apparently ex-
erc;sed the greater influence. In ad-
dition, Germany secured the inser-
ton of provision under which for
mer German residents of Upper Sile-
STA could come back and vote. This
loaded the dice against Poland, for
though the Poles had the same re-
turning privilege they are poor, and
it was known fewer would be able to
return.
The Germans, therefore, not sat
isfied with the advantage which
came from the enlarged area, mar
shaded people from all parts of the
world who could claim a right to
vote in Silesia and shipped in, the
Poles say, nearly two hundred thou
sand outsiders TO swell the German
ballot. Then, when the test came,
Germany Immediately cried out tc
the world in triumph that the vote
was to | in her favor This was
accepted until the final returns came
in. These showed a gross German
majority of only about $4,000 out
Of 10000 votes. furthermore
they showed that the greater portion
Of the coal districts, considered by
cormunes, voted in favor of Pc.
land. If the communal vote was
used as basis many of the most
valuable regions would not go to
Germany. SO all the cuttlefsh ir
the German propaganda bureau were
put to work again, and the Germans
cheered Lloyd George as he opposed
the Polish claims.
If the boundary is correctly re
ported Germany will get a large
part Of the coal measures, but the
communal principle is recognized
and its application viii insure fue
to Polish industries. Many just Pc
llsh claims are ignored, but strong
Poland can arise. And the great
thing, exceeding in Importance al
else, is the preservation of that
nony among the Allies on which the
whole future depends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
Bach, Not Crambambuli
Harvard Clee Club Didn't Try AN
cestral Horrors on Europe

NcStIdl ElOIlOFS on LulOpC
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is interesting to note in
your editorial "Crambambuli Abroad"
that you have labored under the de-
fusion that the Harvard Glee Club went
abroad this summer to entertain its
European audiences with ancestral
horrors of that description.
What makes you think that "the
audiences liked American college songs,
of which they knew little? The
Harvard Glee Club gave up rendering
choice selections from 1.-The 100 most
popular college songs" and songs
our fathers murdered" some years ago
Their present program is a good deal
sitter with Bach, Palestrna and
Brahms, than that of the average Gay
chorus" - OF which you SPEAK - in
Europe or anywhere else. Did you fail
to read in the public prints that the
European audiences had clamored in
vain for jazz and Crambambulis from
the Harvard chorus?
Sending over "a shipload of rah-1ah
boys from the cheering sections of our
football stands you suggests
worthy idea. Their vocal efforts would
undoubtedly be much better liked and
more honestly appreciated than the
musical standards and aspirations OF
the organization which has been so
we'll represented by Harvard's wan
dering Ministries this summer.
G. W. B. HARTWELL.
Harvard IT.
New York. Aug. 3. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
Pananan Obstreperousness

Panama continues to express aver
sion to an acceptance Of the arbitral
award of the late Chief Justice
White because it deprives her of ter
rtory which she has long considered
her own. This is not surprising.
Great Britain did not enjoy accept
ing the Geneva award, which re-
quired her to pay US Sic, 800 900,
but she paid it. The United States
vas not jubilant over the fisheries
award at Halifax. which required
ter to pay $5,50O,00O to Great Brit
ain, but she paid it, SO while Pan
anna may not like to obey the arbit-
raj mandate it is legally and NOR
ally incumbent upon her to do so.
Panama pretends that her own re-
pudiation Of the results Of her own
voluntary agreement with Costa
RIGA cxcmpts her from all obliga-
tons under it, and that that agree
mont Cannot be revived to-day to
make it produce iuridical effects in
6ttrimcnt to Panama" That is an
amazing contention. In our juris-
prudence, at any rate, and surely
In all others, no party to contract
can annul it and escape its obliga-
lions by simply repudiating H.
Panama complains that any pro-
cedure 10 enforce the terms Of the
White award would be direct at
tack against the sovereignty of Pan
ana" Perhaps so, if by "sov-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
A Simple Solution
From The Philadetphta Juou ire

FROM The Philadelphia Inquirer
why should the bachelors of France
be SO incensed because of the special
tax levied upon them. No Tax is
agreeable, but this is certainly no
worse than many others. The principle
Is admitted in our own income tax.
with Its exemptions for marriage and
for children.
Since the war has left in France a
superiority of women the wav of cs-
cape from the tax is easy. But if any
sordid bachelor looks at the matter
from the financial point of view he
may readily conclude that it is cheaper
pay the tax than to marry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
Superhuous Amendment

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Sixteenth Amendment reads
as follows: "The Congress shall
have power to lay end collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source de-
rived, without apportionment among
the several states and without regard
to any census or enumeration"
Senator Shoots proposed amend
ment reads:
The Congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes on incomes de-
rived from obligations issued or
created by state or any political sub
division thereof, after ratification of
this article, without upportionment
among the several states and without
regard to any census or enumeration"
The states having ratified the
Sixteenth Amendment to grant power
to Congress to lay and collect an IL
come tax from all persons from what
ever source the income is derived
without any reservation as TO the IL
come from their own state securities,
the proposed amendment is unreces-
sary. The power to tax being I'M
limited, that power is not augmented
by naming in new amendment the
SPECIFIC source OF income which may
be taxed. To seek further power
when all needed power belongs already
to Congress is waste of time and d
misconstruction of the positive Ian
guage OF the Sixteenth Amendment. as
found in that all embracing word What
ever" IRVING n RPOWN
Plainfield, n. j.. Aug 10. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
Insurance Funds in Realty

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: How far are we going to turn
our fduciary corporations, organized
for specific purposes, into housing
mediums? 1t appears to me that there
should be a limit to the attempts in
that direction.
The New York joint legislative
committee has proposed through it's
counsel, Mr.. Untermyer, to require
fire insurance companies to invest 40
per cent of their assets in real estate
mortgages in this state. These com
panics do a countrywide business and
nearly all the states have retaliatory
laws. How long will it be, then, before
other states win make Il requirement
Of this kind? viii it not follow that
we will be forced to take payment for
fire losses in mortgages?
If we required such companies to
make mortgage Investments and they
found 1T impossible to dispose OF the
mortgages when some big ire called
for the payment of millions of dollars.
as was the case in San Francisco.
what other course could they pursue ?
P. S. HAVlLAND.
Plcasantvillc, n. Y, Aug. 9, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

ereignty" is meant the right to re-
pudiatc the most solemn obligations
that state can take upon itself.
But Of what worth is sovereignty
without integrity?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
An Elimination Cop.ns.

tfrom The Louisville Courier Journau
More than 1000 novels are written
IN year in America; written and
published. Ten arc read. Two are
remembered for few years. One
survives decade-oncc in \ decade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
New York, Aug. 9, 1921.

POSSIBLY the valuation provision
of the Fordney bill needs to be re-
cast. But as to many articles there
Is plainly an American valuation,
and it is not always that of the port
CT import. For example, Elgin but
ter prices are standard and Boston
wool prices and st. Louis fur prices.
II ought to be possible to iron out the
variations so as to prevent the dis
elimination which the Constitution
wisely prohibits. AS to the esti-
mated value Of goods whose like is
produced in this country, this is obvi-
ously designed to cover the case of
exceptional goods.-Ed.1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
american Valuation .
Former Federal District Attorney Critzes Valuation Provision
of Fordney BW-Qucions Constitutionalty

ton, which provides "All duties, i'm
throughout the United States" has
been construed by the Supreme Court
(Downes VS.. Bidwell. 1872 L. S., 244-
278) to mean uniform in respect to the
people OF the several states, so that
1.-The ports Of one state shall be given
no preference over those Of another"
Where the American valuation is
not made even at the port of importa-
ton, but at some other principal port
or some interior city, the railroad
transportation and other charges to
such principal market necessarily en-
ter under the act into the valuation
for duty, and little consideration will
show that this Will result as to many
products in destroying the advantages
of port locations Of many of the states
as to favorable situation in respect to
shorter distances and therefore cheap
er rates of freight from ports o; ex-
port to such home ports, and it will
open the door to political combinations
the benefit of another through the
scheme Of principal market valuation.
The act if passed Will SOW political
dragons teeth. and as framed is Of
doubtful constitutionality. 1t is not
the simple "home port" "American
valuation" which your editorial ap-
parently contemplated. 1t is not sur
prisng. therefore, that the proposed
new system has apparently staggered
the Senate committee.
MARION ERWIN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
A Good One" from Sig

Friend FRANK,
Having read with interest the many
'stories' about dawn tennis in your
valued sheet, take my pen in hand
10 write you one myself which might
easy be true also. 1t seems that
there is young lady residing in GA
Belle France" known variously a "the
French girl or "the wonder girl from
France but whose real name l have
discovered is Suzanne Lenglon. Well,
to make long story short, which is
not always true of space writer's, eh,
Frank, this young lady goes by the
nickname of "Milly' on the courts"
which is short for Mamselle, mean
ing young lady, and III say judg-
ing by the action pictures there is
plenty of support for the theory.
Well it has been drawn to my at
tention that our own fair Scandi-
navian champion. Molly Bjurstedt, be-
came very chummy with the French
girl on her "native heath" and they
frequently appeared on the turf to-
gethor as the saying is.
Now one day if report has it right
our own Big Bill Tilden. so called
because of his size and that his name
is William T. Tildcn II, played a
friendly match against the two fair
Amszons of the racquet at st. Cloud
or Louvre or some such public park
and as you may have heard Frank
Big Bill is noted for his speedy serv-
ice known both as cannon ball" and
railroad" SO to be perfectly fair
he would alternate in serving to the
two young ladies "dishing up first
an easy one and then hot one. Bat
as it happened the affair turned out
exceedingly unjust since by the law
of averages he always served the easy
ono TO Milly and the hot-to-M Jolly.
Ha, hal Eth, Frank?
With the us'l apologies, rcsn'ly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
The Coming ower
THE CARD!NAL.FLOWIR


DER the dark woodland pool Lo
bella hung
A burning spot amid a world of
shade;
And 'the dim surface with her fame
she made
Kin to that sea the man of Patmos
sung,
Mingled with fire. Each brilliant,
cloven tongue
Found reflection; the undistin-
grished glade
Shone with twofold brightness, and
each blade
And spire took beauty from tn,
CLEAN she flung.
Upon that sangune bloom who still
may chance
Nor know some portion of their first
surprise
Who greeted it and sent it home to
France
To show what marvels grew beyond
NHO", tOO, tHdt SPIT OIL SINS ana
precious dyes,
Richeleu was not arrayed like one
Of these? G.. S. B.
BY cable to the treasured Times
we CLEAN that Mile. Lenglen has
"only once used the deck court which
was built on the ship especially by
the steamship company" Without
having seen the court, we absolve Mile
Lengen from all blame. How a court
can be built on the deck of a steam
ship so that it will give player OF
Mile. Lenglen's ability any real prac-
tice-especially as she probably found
nobody on board who could give her a
contest-we, for one, don't understand
Even without practice, however,
she will win the American womens
national championship.
The Grooming Board
loathe with a hate of the highest
grade
Boiled halibut and hot lemonade.
at occurs to me- it occurs to Julius
to write, that if the newspapers were
Tellegen all they know we'd learn that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEpYs

August 8 Early up, and full Of
vigour from my long and sweet slum-
Der, and to the Office, and heard there
that the Olympic would dock this eve
ming instead Of tomorrow, so in
great haste to cancel my engagement
for tonight, and SO to dinner with
P. Hammond, and thence to the pier,
and watch the Olympic come down
the river, and it came to the dock
at nine forty, and my wife off, and
rejoiced to see me, and looking bet
ter than in year, and the customs
men hurrying their inspecting and
examining so that we were on our
way home before midnight; and she
tells me many tayles of London and
all very pleasant and merry.
10-To the Office, and Irwin Green
come to see me that I have not seen
since | was young lad, and tells me
Of Arch Barrett and Bessie knight
and Estelle Leopold, who he says is
the first girl ever he loved, and
pridefully told him she is my cozen;
and Of other matters. II. Candy and
n. Levy II luncheon, and So to nay
scrivcning, and home for dinner, and
with ny wife to zee Honor Are
Even"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

Yesterday W. could feel the u;nos
sprout and an aurcolc sutfuse us.
+. ?. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

What Mr. Trumbull White wants
to know is whether it is true that
the portrait of Bill Haywood is to be
found symmetrically repeated in the
frieze surrounding. the Stock FIX
change; and whether the portrait of
Mr.. A. L. Erlanger appears in the
decorations of the new Klaw Theatcr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

at occurs to me- it occurs to Julius
to write, that if the newspapers were
Tellegen all they know we'd learn that
certain party was diva in her
own home town"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11

\
complished, according to The Eve
ming Mails headline, by the steamer
San Jose: Ship. 80 on Board, Hits
Pacific Reef 800 Miles Away"
The Mayor said that for practical
~ three years and half" he had
been in his Office from $3.50 or s:45
and had stayed until $3.50 or 7. with
out going out to lunch; and there was
audible applause. That is the Puri
tan Complex: the feeling that re-
naming at Il task for a long time is
praise worthy. Few of us are without
1t, as few of us do not feel yirtu-
GUS glow at merely early rising. But
1t is otherwise in the columnar trade
When columnst stays around tho
office more than two hours some
body comes up to ask him what's the
matter. No, the feeling of virtue
varies inversely as the square Of the
time employed in writing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-11
The Groaning Board

losthe with hate of the highest
grade
Boiled halibut and hot lemonade.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-10

line; in other words the few miles between Miami and Superior might as well belong to the Consolidated when reasoned out by priority and the occupied territory process oI deduction. It is interesting to note, in the majority opinion, that in one instance the ground for granting the Union the certificate is declared to be an extension of it's line. while In another instance it is based upon priority by virtue of being in 'oc- cupied territory"
 Mir. Betts also sets forth his views at length, concluding:
 The Union company has by pur- chase and hard labor acquired right superior to that of any other over this highway. There is nothing of record to indicate that there has been any material financial profit there-from up to this date. Never theless, my colleague would take this give it exclusively, if he could fol- low his own inclination as definitely expressed, to a company that has acquired no right in any manner whatsoever, and this he would do as matter of extending a favor to a company or individuals and not be- cause there is any demand on the part of the public, since there is not one word in the record indicating 9 necessity on the part of the public for additional facilities or improved service"
Arizona republican., 1921-11-10
British Premier Says Arms Meet
 Greatest EUent
(Continued From Page D

make 1t difficult for us to arrive at an agreement.
 There are three parties to the conference. all with their own sus- capabilities.
 Success depends on the extent you can reconcile and accommodate those differences of temperament, of traditions and of interests. To do that, all parties must be prepared to give and take"
 He emphasized the necessity of peace, saying it was needed for the welfare of the empire as well as for the good relations of the British isles. The worst aspect of a family quarrel, he added, was not only that it caused unhappiness within the family, but attracted attention of the neighbors.
 Declaring there could be no peace and that a great opportunity would be lost if each party approached the tangled problem determined not to budge, he exclaimed:
 we who are in the conference in behalf of the British government and people regard ourselves there as the trustees of the empire, the guardians of it's honor and security. It is a high trust; we promise you we will not betray it."
Arizona republican., 1921-11-10
Fall Declares
 Harding Plans
 Opening Alaska
(Continued From Page D

attributed in large part to "bureau- cratic jealousies and ambition to control"
 Although he considered transport alton in Alaska, an important Ques- ton, he said it was in his opinion subordinate to the consolidation or government activities there, contend- ing that the natural resources could not be developed without proper government assistance.
 If given auth ority, he said, he would place the railroad under private con trol as he did not favor government operation of railroads or steamships It would not be necessary he added, for the government to place in opera ton steamship lines connecting ran- roads and ports of Alaska with the United States. The suggestion that the government might do sufficient, he contended, to provide adequate steamship transportation by private companies.
 He said, however, that he favored using a system of small boats to con- meet inland waters and mines ana other properties in Alaska with the principal ports. Freight rates 10 Alaska have in some instances peeD excessive. he added, but declared he did not know of any discriminations in rates in favor of the owners or the lines.
 Certain of the lines, he said, hao expressed a willingness to sell at price, which would return them five per cent on the investment. Government forests in Alaska ctn- tain enough pulpwood to supply one third of the future paper requirements ] of the United States, W. P. Greeley, 1 chief of the federal forest service told the committee.
 Government forests contain 1bU,- 000,0 900 cords of pulp wood, sufficient to furnish about 100000 cords an nually without diminishing reserves he said.
 The federal forests contain, he esti- mated 77,OOo, 100000 feet of merchant able timber, about 60 per cent being hemlocz, 20 per cent spruce, and the remainder cottonwood and cedar. The government has made two i large sales of timber for paper nanu- facture and at present there are z number of ;arge interests considering
 developing the paper industry In ths
 territory, he said. He asserted tha
 consolidation of his bureau work witt
 other activities there would not b'
 for efficiency or economy.