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New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Colonel Alexander
Is the 77th's Commander To Be
Brisadier General? IF Not. Wihy2

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: rise to ask how the former
commanding general OF tho 77th
Division-"New York's OWNS ex-
pected to fare in the Forthcoming Sc
lection Of officers to be brigadier gen.
erals in the regular army7 It seems
that the former commanding general
OF tho 26th Division Is not without
honor In Massachusetts,. and It's rep
rescntatives in the United States SEN
ate will insist that the services Of
Edwards be given due recognition.
One Of New York's representatives in
the United States Senate hap pens to
be chairman Of the Committee on
Military Affairs, and I have been Won
dering whether or not It has been
brought home to him that his constitu-
ents have not forgotten the services Of
Alexander.
II he Is not fairly entitled to pro-
motion at this timo, why not7 Though
the former officers Of the 77th Division,
being still for the greater part reserve
officers, are not able to mako any for
NAL organized recommendation because
it would be an unmilitary act and so
might only cmbarrass Colonel Alexan-
der, their interest Is deep, and it Is
their feeling that justice has not yet
been done.
Is it true that the 77th Division
made the farthest fighting advance OF
all our divisions? Is it true that
it was the one division that operated
entirely in the forest in the Meuse-
Argonne advance? And that 1t reached
the heights south and southeast Of
Sedan on November and completely
cut the westward line of communca-
tion from that city? II so, are not
Its achievements to be in part credited
TO the spirit and skill Of its command
ing officer?
Colonel Alexander. as I understand,
Is not West Point man, but he has
served In the United States Army for
thirty-fve years with distinction, TAX
ing part IN HVe or s1X campaigns be-
fore the World War. He was jumped
some ninety three numbers when
created major general and given the
command Of the 77th Division, and
after the armistice all three of his
corps commanders are supposed to have
recommended him for promotion to The
permanent grade Of brigadier general
His native state of Maryland has re-
Gently hung his portrait in the State
House. Can New York better express
its gratitude and affection than to take
pains that no discrimination is made
against him in selections for brigadier
generals, always bearing in mind that
it will soon be too late because of his
imminent retirement? 1t is we'll known
that In the efficient discharge Of duties
1t Is often necessary for q commander
to offend some subordinates who NAV
later be In strategic position on the
General Staff. Is this such a case ?
DAVID V. BENNETT.
New York, March 16, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
The Golden Age of Garbage

Flowers have a way of blossoming
in the most impossible places. 1t is
therefore with nose averted but not
with any just surprise that we come
upon a delicate and delectable piece
of writing headed Barren Island"
in the current issue Of The Survey.
That estimable magazine is apt to
be thought of as sociological to the
point Of frowning upon the lighter
touch. But not in this case. Miss
Marion Clinch Calkins has taken her
pen in hand as if it were a fairy
wand, and amid the shacks and sand
dunes Of this God-forsaken blot upon
the landscape Of Jamaica Bay she
has conjured up a sure enough
fairy tale.
We are not quite certain what it
signifies. But that is surely a point
in its favor. The best fairy tales
either have no moral, or have dozen
morals, all mutually contradictory
and each gloriously satisfying. The
more sordid Interpretation of the
philosophy of Barren Island" might
be summed up in the view that "AIl
is not gold that does not SMELL" But
it Is the tale that counts. And here
is the way it begins:
"Therc are now on Barren Island
some four hundred people. Once there
were thousand more. They came,
Italians, Poles and Germans, from
Ellis Island and found In the dumps
10 pays ct Ia pGt7rie. And through all the
vlclssitudes Of storms, epidemics, flies
and garbagelessness. they have kept
love Of country. When you talk to
the people Of tho island about better
times, they look backward, not ahead.
Back to tho days Of prosperity; back
to the days Of garbage. Barren ISL
and Is their Ultima Thulo. The only
disaster is to have to 60 away from
1t. Miss Shaw tells tho story Of tho
fairy wish Of tho little Barren Island.
ers. 1t was Christmas. She drew her
children about her. Now said she.
If you had a fairy godmother who
would give you anything you wanted,
what would you ask?' The answer
came in unison; 'The garbage back.
We'd wish the garbage back"
Miss Jane Shaw is the presiding
genius of the one clean, sunny shack
upon the island; she is the school
teacher. Over her building waves a
flag. To her classes troop willing
children-when the tide does not up
rear and cut off part of the island,
For long the school was the "educa-
tional ash-can Of New York" Miss
Calkins notes. Now 1t is the whole
community, the ono spot Of gayety
and color and light.
1t was, Of course, noble step to
end the smell at Barren Island. Real
estaters accomplished the marvel for
the good of many neighborhoods.
The tragedy is, as the children indi-
cate, that without it's smell the SPOT
Is only a ghoulish hulk, Offering 40
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Income Tax Vagaries

The trainers Of the state income
tax law intended to mako it conform
in details to the Federal law as far
as was practicable. 1t was sensible
plan, since it sought to avoid pre-
senting two widely different sets Of
accounting problems to the harassed
taxpayers. The purpose Of the
trainers was emphasized by the re-
quirement that each state return
shall note the particulars in which it
departs from the Same makers Fed
cral return.
The Federal Department Of JUS
tice hAs Just announced that it in
tends TO abandon the ruling by which
an arbitrary purchase standard of
value for real property or securities
sold was established as of March l,
1913. Under this ruling a taxpayer
was frequently compelled to pay in
come tax on q fictitious profit. He
sometimes was allowed to char98
fictitious loss. The Federal cofrts
are inclined to insist that income, to
be taxable, must be actual, not
imaginary.
The state income tax bureau like
wise erected an arbitrary purchase
price, as of January /, 1919. This
price penalized security owners more
than the Federal price did, for there
has been a marked decline in secur-
ity values since 1913. If the Federal
government is now willing to recog-
nize it's error the state government
ought also to be, both as matter Of
equitable administration and for the
reasons Of convenience to the public
which led it originally to follow the
Federal practice. But the Income
Tax Board at Albany seems to resent
the idea Of eliminating imaginary
loss and profit. 1t appears to think
that if citizen didn't take his losses
and balance his books as of Decem-
ber 81, 1913, he was guilty of a sort
of disrespect for the state income
tax law and the regulations made
under it.
Another thing: The Federal law
allows the taxpayer to deduct all
taxes paid except Federal income
and inheritance taxes. The state
law doesn't permit deduction of all
taxes paid except state income and
Inheritance taxes. Federal income
taxes may not be subtracted. This
is fiat contradiction Of the princi-
pile Of uniformity 1t is also viola
tion of the theory of mutual comfy
as between state and Federal taxing
agencies. States do not tax Federal
salaries; nor does the Federal gov
ernment tax state salaries.
Is All unnecessary variations between
the two systems should be elimi-
mated. Even without these added
perpleXities the income tax return
season is nightmarish enough.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
A Unified Port

The City of New York and the
Port of Now York are not coter-
minous. The port is geographical
area. extending into New Jersey. In
political sense the port is bi-state.
In an economic sense it is national.
And in this unit New York City is
by no means the economically domi-
nant factor.
If these things are kept in mind
it is easy to see what nonsense
Mayor Hylan and Comptroller Craig
are talking at Albany when they say
that the port problem is purely a
city problem. 1t isn't, and cannot
be, problem Of "home rule" New
Jersey is in the port, as recognized
by the Federal customs service and
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The heart Of the terminal
section is west of the Hudson. Why
insist, then. that the city is the sole
proprietor Of the port as it exists to-
day or will exist tomorrow?
The port is colossal gift of
nature, not singly belonging either
to the city or to the two adjacent
states, but more nearly to the ma
tion. Should fatuous city govern
ment succeed in challenging the
unity of the larger port and resolv-
ing it into parts this splendid natu-
raj endowment may go to waste. If
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion should be persuaded that there
are really two separate ports here,
and should grant a logical freight
differential to the one across the
Hudson, the seat of the export and
import trade would pass for good
from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Our spacious rivers and harbor
have served us badly in creating a
barrier against US which we haven't
yet broken. Lighterage charges are
crushing burden on our trade. To
circumvent them and maintain the
unity of the port so that the eastern
portions may not be Disseminated
against in favor Of the western is
the only big and sound policy for the
city. Are we more concerned in sus-
tanning the antiquated lighterage
system than we are in getting in
food and merchandise more economi-
cally and keeping our grip on the
import, export and transshipment
business?
The attitude Of the Board Of Esti-
mate and Apportionment is indefen-
sibe. The only monopoly that New
York City may aspire to in the port
is the ferriage monopoly. But that
grinds our population even more
than it does the outside shipper. A
unified, modernized port, under a BIZ
state commission, or, better still, a
national commission, is needed for
the protection Of the city's interests.
Giving away "home rule" in this
matter Is to give away nothing of
value. The people of'New York City
have vastly more to gain than to lose
by going into joint enterprise in
tended to get much more out Of the
port than it yields to-day to those
who own it and use it,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Business Women N9t Drug User,
To tho Editor Of The Trlhuue

40 tho Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is strange thing that when-
ever any "uplift" movement is launched.
such as a refuge for drug addicts.
which 1t Is reported in to-day's Trib-
uns Is to be started In Brooklyn, I'm.
medtateiy tho business woman Is cited
as subject AS = business woman OF
fifteen years. experience In hiring and
firing other business women have
only once encountered In business q
womap who could be suspected of being
one Of those unfortunates. Ordinarily
the business woman has a level head
and Is quite we'll accustomed to look
Ing after herself. ONE OF THEM.
New York. March IL, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Support the Charges


"I say" declares Governor Miller
in his blasting excoriation of Hylan-
ism, shat the State Of Neio York
cannot lsaue the 100000 Of ats cati-
zsns vho livc in New York City to
ths tender mercies of an ddn,inistrd-
ton from tUhose incompetence oil Of
tho people Of the State Of Neao York
are noa0 sufering."
The Governor knows this. All those
whose interest or curiosity has
brought them face to face with Hy-
lanism know this. Out Of polluted
fountains Of Hearst and 70m'nany
can foao nothing pure or desirable.
But do the 100000 voters of the
city adequately know tho facts!
They do not. Engrossed in their
own affairs and confused by rival
shoutings, they are conscious Of
bad smeh but have not fully traced
it to it's source.
Why is this so? Partly because
Governor Miller and his associates,
yielding in this instance to home
rule rs represented by the stupidities
and timidities of men In the local
Republican organization, have shown
no active interest in legislative In
vestigation of city affairs. They
make general charges, file a blister
ing indictment, but do nothing else.
When asked to assemble and present
supporting evidence that is easily ac-
cessible they are inert.
The Governor should be a,iue TO
the responsibility loid on ham,--a re-
sponsibility whose existence he
abundantly recognized when he de-
scribed the Hylan administration as
he did.
4 legislative Investigation Of che
city admins trotiom should have been,
IN progress a0eeks ago.
Can't it be seen at Albany that
thus far the proceedings have helped
rather than harmed Hylanism? ?
There is more danger than there was
that the city, in IN outbreak of folly
such as brought Hylan to Office, will
continue him there.
By denying an Investigation the
Legislature contributes to this. Is
there q person at the State Cdpitol
go ignorant as to be unatvore of this
fact?
Not shred oe sincerity can be al
lowed to the contention that an in.
vestigating committee weuld fine
nothing to expose. The limited
grand jury inquiry has resulted ir
eighteen indictments.
Former Governor Whitman knows
something Of city affairs and history
and he does not hesitate to declare
that the indexes of general rotten.
ness are mora apparent than ir
Becker days or when the LexoW
committee was appointed.
The excuses for inaction are slip.
perry and worthless. Hearst knows
Murphy knows, even the dull Hylar
knows why they shiver when the
word Investigation" is heard.
The Governor and tho Legislator,
should act, and at oncei
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17

more than mere parade Of the
prejudices Of the hour, it may be
we'll to define a little more modestly
who may be candidates for the Will
son prize.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Secretary Mellon. Pittsburgh "A

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. A. W. Mellon, Secretary o.
the Treasury, was spoken OF recently
in The Tribune as an alumnus OF sne
University of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Mei-
lon attended the University OF We""
ern Pennsylvania, now the univers'.s
Of Pittsburgh. He was graduated ~
1874. F. Fl. RAMSEY :
Westfeld, N. ), March IL. 1saL !
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17

phases OIL dCtuaI Udltie, Is mere
chance collection of vessels" doomed
to humiliating defeat. Pilotovski lost
his life at Tsushimal
Jutlnnd an Example
Another striking example of the i'm
portance Of feet exercises in anticipa-
tion Of battle is found in the success
with which Admiral Won Scheer exc
cuted two difficult maneuvers while
under fire from Jellicoe's battle line.
Upon two different occasions Won Scheer
was caught in the most dangerous posi-
tion to which battle fleet can be sub
jected. He suddenly found himself, in
the mist and smoke that prevailed dur
ing the battle, advancing in column di-
rectly toward the center of Jellcoe's
overwhelming force, the condition be-
ing such that his feet was subjected to
disastrous raking fire. The quickest
way out OF this trap was to reverse his
course by swinging his ships indi-
vidually through 1870 degrees He ac-
cordingly made signal Ships right
about" Under ordinary circumstances
even on dress parade, where the ships
are following directly behind the leader,
this maneuver is by no means easy, es-
pecially if the ships are slightly out
Of position. But at Jutland, when Won
Scheer made this signal, his force was
in curved or crescent shaped forma-
tion, which made the maneuver doubly
dangerous. Nevertheless, 1t was per-
formed with precision and safety. and
by this means Won Scheer, under cover
of smoke screen and torpedo attack
which was also skillfully executed by
his destroyer t!otilia, extricated his
feet from a perilous tactical predica-
ment-in fact, the success OF this
maneuver doubtless saved him from
destruction.
1t now transpires that Won Scheer had
carefully and repeatedly drilled the
German feet in this exact maneuver,
anticipating. as he did the possible
necessity for withdrawing: his forces
in case he should be caught at dis
advantage by superior fleet Thus
his division commanders and captains
had been so "indoctrinated" before the
battle that they were prepared for this
emergency and their preparedness"
saved tho Germans from crushing de-
feat.
q. S. Nary Maneurers
The necessity for good organization,
cncentration of force and skill in
feet maneuvers has always been fully
realized in the United States Navy.
No naval officer could be unmindfui Of
such truism. 1t is astonishing.
therefore, to note the fact that there
have been no maneuvers worthy of the
name in this United States feet since
the armistice. In the beginning of this
period, during rehabilitation, there
| was perhaps some excuse. But this
excuse has not justified the failure
properly to drill our battle feet during
the last eighteen months. The only
explanation Is to be found In the rule
Of politics and personal ignorance, or
indifference, for which naval officers
arc not responsible.
In the autumn of 1919 the battle
feet Of the United States was divided
for the first time In its history and in
defiance Of the primer principles OF
strategy. Half Of the force was sent
to the Pacific. and the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets. 80 called, were padded by
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
On Lyrics, and tho Sacredness Of
PseudOnymity

Pseudonymity
Sir: You love poetry and you're
always gcneroua in demanding honor
whore honor ia due, to the poets them
selves; and it was pleasant to read
20. 1nexpressible as Sweet; but now
that we're on the the subject Of lovely
lyrics, don't you know that you printed
in The Coming Tower a few weeks
ago one of the most supremely lovely
lyrics ever written in the English Ian
guage? And you printed it without
giving the name Of tho author, al
though you knew it. He had told you
to disguise him, which you did, under
the fanciful namc Of "Adul Tina"
It's an amusing name, but you know
too much about poetry to lot poet, in
an impish mood, play hide and seek
with his fame like that Perhaps
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
The Coming Tower
Silver Threads Among the Gold

Horace: BOOK L. O0C 20
"Paroius tMnotos q,lati,snt fonestrus''
Insistent lads no longer shake
Thy shutters, keeping thee awake.
And no one ever now knocks at
The once willing door into thy fat
Less frequently the lover cries
"Sleep not. my Lydia! Come.
arise!"
The time will come when, old, for
lorn,
Thoult weep about thy lovers
scorn.
On moonless nights tho flames will
rage
About thy heart; and, bent with
age,
Thou'lt fret that lads delight in
myrtle
And ivy more than In thy kirtle.
It is only when one reads no word
Of all the verbiage printed from tho
baseball training camps that one
knows, beyond all possible shadow Of
doubt whatever, that senescence has
marked him for her own.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Naual Maneuuers
wright. 1921. New York Tribune Ino.
By Quarterback

Of Rodjestvensky's feet upon signal FOR
battle. He declares, despairngly, that
a fleet, however strong in tonnage, if
undrilled and unorganized in anticipa-
tion Of all the strategic and tactical
phases Of actual battle, is "a mere
chance collection of vessels" doomed
to humiliating defeat. Pilotovski lost
his life at Tsushimal
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17

Hsw about naturalization paperss
r. PA
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
THURSDAY. MARCH II. 1921
GUARANT TT

EusSed q tbs fostof'ce at New York ~ Second
Class Mail Matter,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-17

New York City Is to have Daylight
Saving, and all cooks resident In the
families OF golf and tennis players
hereby are warned to look for new Jobs.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1921-08-05
Garuio 900.

Sislge ct aabelgram fra IeapeI,
Stalien, er ben perbensbersmte
Speraianger gnrico GaruIo BEN
26en aug,lit afgaaet peb 9soen BERT
gpen.
Garlic. iom / lang Sib bopbe be-
ret alporlig ing bcr / sc 6oreneoe
Statcr, uenbte for npgle foa Maa-
neber liben tilbage til Stalien /
Saab ON / biemlisc Sorbploe of
fltnne gienpinbe i'm Selbreb. SSSist.
ge Gfterrctningerne berfra bapce
ban ogiaa be9pnbt at fontnle Jig
rietig gobt, og bans Silitano bar
al 2Ggerne betragtet iom irroeleS
tilirebsitiaenoe, inbtil nogle faa
Gage for i'm Ssb.
@nrico Garuio, / oper 20 Mar en-
at De itsrite @ersmtbeoer / Sunaens
%eroen, Senoren meb "oen aplonc
Stemme" ~iorguoet al MiQioner /
% noenom Imerifo, par liocial
perbenstienot icm ben iterite Stotss
mano eller S9rfsrer.
San Dor foot / Ncapel Sen 25bs
Nebruar 1878 al iattise Scrplore.
Saoeren, iom bar Saanbperfer po
ct Saoer al Wuiif, latte Ssnnen /
SaanbperferlPre. San bapbe ole.
reSe iom Barn Ell iri9opanlig pof.
fer San9itemme, men set bar fsrit,
ca ban bar If slor gammel, at ban
al Saoeren fif Sop til at hinge / lin
SiembpS 9irfc. Senere blep bar
Jipet Sanarnoerui5ning al oen be.
rsmte San9lprer 8ualielmo Ser.
glne. San giorbe i'm Debut / Spe.
raen "2'slniico Srancesco" / Ieapci
| 1894, ioretos Nereiter en- 9ourne
Gjennem Stalien Og Sicilien % bar
ferpaa | fire SGioner c~naaaaret ppb
Speraen / ,Iilon. Senere beIsatc
ban % 9ioroe itor 9pffe / ct. \Ye.
i%ersbnre, Moifpa, @ari6au, Monr,
Sisbon FariS, 2onbon % Sc iterrc
tpife @per.
Seo lin 'sritc SptrGocn / De Sor.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1921-08-05
1tngarn ! 9pmmeformat.

st al De 2anbe iom er ipilnbet
melt inb iom Selge al arigen er lln-
garn. Set er blet ribbet oe beflip-
pet paa aae @nber % aanter. Smob
Noro bar oct maattet afitaa Slopa-
fiet til 95efo-S lopaferne, imob git
Sraniplpanien eGer Siebenbiirsen til
&umpnien, imob Spo Slaponien til
Serbien, % / bisie Gage blir en-
Strimmel al bet peitlige nnearn til.
lagt Giterrig | Senbolb til Srianon.
Sraftaten, iom 10 MT En- ratiiiceret.
Gre aQiereoe Generator er netop /
oenne llge / 8l,oapeit for at orone
meo oenne iioite gfitaaelie. gn al
Oisi lie ~erflprebe, at ban bapbe SSSrbtrpt
al, at bette Mrbeibe bar omtrent Tom
at tage ira en- Sieaer % sioe til en-
anoen. Naar bette err blet beisrget,
er ungarn blet reouceret til set
eaentlise Wasparernes 2ano. @n
uittie Maspar iagbe forleben, at
hans Sporelanb MI bare eriitereoe /
Sonmeformat.
Der meloes fra 8ien, at l1nsarer.
ne life bill l9eee noeeniombelit Sin-
orineer ipeien for SrianonsE rafta-
tens Sllobproelie. Se TO 2anbe, iom
fsr bar iorenet. besriber, at De mao
prepe at sienoprette Oct gamle @abo-
forbolO, bpis De / bet belle ifal funne
e~riltere.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1921-08-05
On SIaaimarf.

Sra @aricbau telegraferes, at Sn'
lpeftsrer aniat / ben amerifanife
Si9lpe.I Administration, iom / Oct ie.
mere bar beipiit 100000 8srn
Bolen, nplig blep ienot no paa Ell
"Sp6ageliesreiie" til De pitlige afii.
beslisgenoe Giitrifttt al Yolerl
Strsg iom ifior al Nusfuno blep al.
Itaaet til Iolen.
Sisie Snipeftsrer er III fommei
tilbage % bar en- isrselig Siitorie al
beetle. S Hripet.9 iitriftet nlelen'
Sinif % ben rltsiiife @rpnie berifeoe
Der opermaaOe beorspelige Silitanbe.
Sele bette Strsg er en- Eart at oeil
ltore rusiiife Slagmarf. Oct bar al
Strigen flere 9ange p9ret ~foruailp;ei
III n9iten Ell grfen, fsrit u,bcr Del,
iyit.rnSiiife arig % THOR unoer Del,
pu~llfzrnsiiife.
ODER itore &iboer fanotes life Ct
eneite Sus / Behold. "a Streeets
9eboere penbte tilbase % fanbt oeres
Stem oe alting iaa fomplet sbelaet,
at Oct filn bar inaile Soroen tilbage,
Hog De fig neb / be tpife Soloaters
"T%iieouts", % Der boebe be iibite
@inter. Sneen al oisie Wenneifer
bar feet bpiot grso paa ire Mar, oe
iioite Saar lepeoe DC for BET meite
paa foat 8rGs oe pilo 2sg. Sioite
@inter lepebe De peientlig paa 8ote-
ter, men be Hap op no paa Saaren.
Sisie Steoer err mi afiioes og BON.
ifeli9 tileipnselige, oa 9rigen bar
sbelaet 2anoepeie og groer, ion1
enbnnt life er iitanoiat.
Zen amerifanife SiGlpe. Iomini.
itration oil MI tage fig al oisie ulpf.
felige Wenneifer og oprette Suppe-
fioffener, bpor a1e 8ern op til II
Iar ialfalo bill faa eft goot nerenbe
Waaltib on Saeen.