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New-York tribune., 1921-11-21

montS is lett TO foremen ana Snop
chairmen shops tend to become
quarrcling places, each champion
seeking to outwit the other. Those
who talk Of piece work in the needle
trades are usually persons Of little
experience In them or are those who
are covering UP their real objective.
That which would remove the
chief obstacle to peace is change Of
spirit among the members Of the
unions---a clearer perception Of their
self-interest. There is not adequate
appreciation of the fact that the
Stacker or the unskillful worker is
the enemy not merely Of consumers
or Of employers but even moro the
enemy Of his fellow workers. To
diminish the average individual pro-
duction Of course diminishes the av-
erage of individual compensation.
Yet union leaders do not emphasize
this vital truth. Personally they see
it, but they are afraid to speak it. An
extremely plain case Of soldering"
must be made out before they will
admit its existence. But any group
Of workers knows what constitutes
fair days work and who are hon
estly on their jobs, and hence do not
steal from the common purse. There
is condonation of the offense because
Of the ignorant assumption that job
multiplication is good thing for
labor and that when a payroll is
artificially swollen it is solely at the
employers expense.
Union labor will come into what it
regards as it's own when it over
comes stupidity within it's own
ranks. The employer who is op-
posed to unionism per Sc is wellnigh
extinct. That which has brought on
the open shop agitation is not SO
much antagonism to the union prin-
ciple as to absurd union practices
which injure every one-the worker
more than any other. The best con-
tribution the organized garment
workers Of New York can make to
the union cause is to suppress slack
ers by their own disciplinary meas
ures.
Have Mr.. Schlesinger and his as
sociates the courage to do this? II
they have, and are able to induce
their followers to pursue their own
plain self-interest, the open shop is
not likely to give them cause for
worry. Otherwise they may ex-
pect to fight many losing battles
against it.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
A Line Of Joyce Kilmer' $
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In to-day's Tribune we find an
editorial quoting, as follows, from
Joyce Kilmer's beautiful poem on
"Trees":
"A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the worlds sweet flowing
breast"
According to your correspondents s
recollection, the line should read,
against the earth's sweet flowing
breast"
"Earths," with it's familiar and
poetic association with "mother" and
motherhood" has far richer and
deeper content and significance than
worlds" and Joyce Kilmer's choice
of it in the poem from which The
Tribune has quoted is illustrative Of
this poets genius for the right word.
CHARLES EDEY FAY.
Stamford, Conn, Nov. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Jefferson Davis S Capture
The Confederate Leaders Own Az.
count of His Taking

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune to-day IN
obituary Of Colonel Charles T. Hudson
contains the following concerning the
capture Of Jefferson Davis: ~Hs in
tercepted the fleeing man, tore the
shawl from his head and revealed The
features Of Davis. Davis himself all
ways denied that he was In disguise,
when captured, and the moro recent his
toriaps of the Civil War have been In
clined to discredit the story that he
was"
Jefferson Davis, q. Memoir" by Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, gives the account of
his capture as written by himself.
This is the passage relating to the dis
guise:
Nothing occurred TO rouse ME until
just before dawn, when my coachman,
free colored man who clung TO our
fortunes, came and told me there was
firing over the branch, just behind our
encampment. I stepped out Of my
wife's tent and saw some horsemen,
whom / Immediately recognized as cav
airy, deploying around the encamp-
ment. / turned back and told my wife
these were not the expected marauders,
but regular troopers. She implored me
to leave her at once. I hesitated,
from unwillingness to do so, and lost
a few precious moments before yisld-
ing to her importantly.
"My horse and arms were near che
road on which I expected to leave and
down which the cavalry approached;
it was. therefore, impracticabe for mo
to reach them. As it was quite dark
in the tent, / picked up what was sup
posed to be my raglan a waterproof
light overcoat without sleeves; 1t was
subsequently found to be my wife's, 80
very like my own as to be mistaken for
it. AS started, my wife thoughtfully
threw over my head and shoulders a
shawl.
II had gone perhaps fifteen or twenty
yards when trooper galloped up and
ordered me to halt and surrender, to
which / gave a defiant answer and,
dropping the shawl and raglan from
my shoulders, advanced toward him.
He leveled his carbine et me, but ex-
pected if he fired he would miss me-
and my intention was, in that event.
to put my hand under his foot, tumble
him off on the other side, spring into
his saddle and attempt to escape. My.
wife, who had been watching, when
she saw the soldier aim his carbine at
me ran forward and threw her arms
around me. Success depended on IN
stantaneous action, and, recognizing
that the opportunity had been lost, :
turned back and, the morning being
damp and chilly, passed on TO nrs
beyond the tent
HALSEY HAZELTON.
Stamford, Conn, Nov. Is, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Peace Defeatists

Something akin to bitterness
seems to animate many Of the spe-
clal correspondents writing from
Washington. 1t is peculiarly no.
ticeable in the dispatches of GER
tain foreigners. Having come pre-
dieting the imminent Collapse of
civilization, they are driven, as the
conference continues to promise a
successful outcome, to vent their
spleen by sneering at all the pow
ers participating.
Foremost among these literary
cuttlefish is certain British writer
who delights in upsetting the ac-
cepted ways of mankind, and whose
fondness for the Russian experiment
makes him "view with alarm" any
thing that may help to re-establish
the existing order firmly throughout
the world. !.
In a scathing attack on the term
security" this gentleman gives
vent to his hatred of France be-
cause that country, with great real
ism, prefers material safety to
honeyed words of brotherly love.
Because France insists that Ger
many shall be made to pay the
penalty of war, he revives the old
charges of Imperialism, militarism
and all the other isms that the pro-
Germans and Bolsheviks have
heaped against France, and he en-
deavors to show that these desires
are now yelled under a plea for
security"
"The French conception of secur-
ity," says he, 'is particularly at
tractive. Franco stipulates, |
gather, for a dominant army upon
the continent Of Europe, for a Ger
many retained permanently by
agreement among the powers at
the EXTREMIST pitch of wretched-
ness and feebleness, for an outcast
Russia, for series of alliances by
which such countries as Poland will
be militarized in the French inter
est rather than industrialized in
their own. And France, in further
pursuit of the idea Of perfect peace
(for France), is training great
masses of barbaric Senegalese for
war, with the view of using them to
police white populations and sus-
tain their millennium in Europe.
They can have no other use now"
Not even the -Zeitung"
! could have done better. Such a
brazen distortion of the truth might
be passed over in silence if it were
made by man whose words reach
only few readers. But inasmuch
as they are syndicated throughout
America and Britain they cannot go
unchallenTed.
The position Of France is per-
fectly simple. She wishes to pre-
vent repetition Of 1870 and 1914.
Unless her former allies give her
adequate guarantees of protection
she has to protect herself by her
own force. None but a disap-
pointed prophet could fail to under
stand that a war-weary France has
had her fill Of fighting, and that
what she desires more than any
thing else in the world is to live in
peace and safety. "Do you think" /"
said Premier BRAND the other day,
''that France enjoys having a large
army? Do you think it amuses her
to keep SO many men under arms
who might otherwise. be doing pro-
ductive work?"
The propaganda against France
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Harvested Gains


elapsed since Secretary Hughes in
spired new hope in the world have
not given time enough to give full
perspective to his epoch-making
proposal. But some things shine
out with exceeding clearness.
One is that mankind everywhere,
without regard to nation, race,
creed or any species of differentia-
ton, is in hearty agreement as to
the soundness of the principle pro-
claimed and the practicability Of
the measures suggested for it's
embodiment. Skepticism has low
cred its head and lost its tongue.
Limitation of armament is seen to
be not only desirable but feasible.
A vision has been drawn from the
skies and walks on earth. An ideal
has been corporealized-made so
manifest that it is now fair to sus-
pect any one who says that arma-
ment limitation is beautiful dream,
but, alas, not realizable. Great is the
gain of substituting optimism for
pessimism, for if it is possible to have
one degree of limitation it is possible
TO have others.
Almost equally important as this
recognition of the practicality of
armament limitation is the implicit
recognition Of the special RESPONSE
bility placed on five particular ma
tions, which, whether they wish it
or not, must, because Of the power
given them, exercise leadership.
From those to whom much is given
much is required. The great thought
of Kipling's "Recessionap--humble
perception Of the awful duties that
come from dominion-broods over
the conference. The five must keep
together if humanity is to be served.
All of us can't do the great work,
as President Wilson assumed we
could; it must in the first instance
be done by some of us. Diplomats
Of the old school do not easily ad-
just their minds to our international
meeting, where the primary business
relates to community of interest
rather than opposition Of interest;
but they are being slowly driven
toward the light. That any formal
alliance will be arranged at Wash
ington is, of course, improbable, but
in fact and in spirit the great ma
tions are closer together now than
they were ten days ago.
A third great gain is the educa-
tion of America to the thought that
isolation and non-responsibility do
not represent Americanism, but it's
negation. When the Constitution
was framed more than the creation
OF q scheme of government suitable
to the thirteen states was in the
: minds Of the trainers. They hoped
they had launched an experiment
which would be so successful that
Ill mankind would come to its prir
ciples and that thus peace and good
will would rule the world. The only
aloofness they favored was that to
give the experiment a chance to
show it's merit. When Washington
talked of setting up a standard he
showed that his vision went far be-
yond our shores. 1t will be more
difficult than it has been to secure
American credence for misread-
ings of the Farewell Address and to
nisinterpret the words of Jefferson
with respect to entangling alliances.
There are other gains, but the
three are enough not merely to give
new life to hope but to lift America
to new heights Of glory.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21

may be effective in Britain. Some
French writer's help 1t along by at
tacking British sincerity, though at
tested by 100000 British graves in
France. But the propaganda has
little effect here. The best measure
of Americas sentiments toward
France is displayed in the reception
accorded Marshal Foch.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
The Towcr

Written ON tho Lid Of Candy DO,
Women are much like other sweets
Some contain unsupported sherry
Or cherry, perhaps;
Soft and yielding are they,
And very nice.
Others give resistance
The square, hard kind. =
/ find the ones in tinfoil
Are very like the rest.
The slabs Of pure chocolate
Are wholesome, Of course, but
The kind like the best
Contain a hidden spice
And have nut on top.
Whatever be your taste
I think it deplorable to bite one
And put it back.
In the box.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Gotham Gleanings
A merry thanksgiving to

"A merry thanksgiving to all
say we.
Looks like a cold spell was
coming.
Ralph Barton is having his por-
trait painted in OIL
Gordon Grant is back from the
Lone Star State (Tex.).
"A certain party sent us a box
of segars last wk. Thanks, 1rv.
Allan Pollock has taken an
apartment for the snowy era (win-
tcr).
Miss Zona Gale of Portage,
Wis, is sojorrning in our busy
midst.
+ All Thomas who is on jury duty
killed few minutes in our sanctum
Thursday.
Barney Flynn was in town last
Sunday to hear his Danish friend
Ribald Warrenroth sing.
Jimmy Montague and Jack
Golden played golf at Ardsley Fri
day with Old Grant Rice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hopkins
Adams Of Auburn, N. Y, are in
Gotham for the frigid term (winter).
Our composing room, like all others,
is full Of athaletic compositors who
are willing to set stuff in Bodini,
B'joyce, and Cheltingham.
An elegant time was had last night
by one and all at the Authors League
dinner; and the merriest song chanted
was one written by Mr.. Gelett Burgess.
Sequitur:
My story was full of emotion;
My story had drama and glee;
Ny story was sold to the movies,
Oh bring back my story to mel
Bring back, bring back, bring
my story to me, to me,
Bring back, bring back, oh bring
back my story to me!
Last night as went to the movies;
Last night as looked at the screen;
Last night as trembled in anger,
My picture went through the machine.
Bring back etc.
| With an eye to commercial values.
as ever, this column suggests a cloth
ing firm comprising Wellington Koo,
George Jean Nathan, and Lola Fisher,
The adverbs employed in fiction are
outworn. Why not, as Lewis Carroll
said, make words mean what You
want 'em to. f. e.:
".You lie!" she exclaimed, kipling
connolly.
"That's fighting talk" he said, pick
ering hadley.
Perhaps in 1928 or SO III. M. s.
Pinafore" will be revived in London
And thu opening chorus may run:
Many years ago we sailed tho ocean
blue,
| And our saucy ship was, according
| to those standards, beauty;
We are sober men and true,
| And we haven't any duty.
| All this talk of remaining town in
honor of the great Marechal probably
will come to nothing. Still, il the
most beautiful town on Lake Winnie
bago doesn't mind, it might hence
| forth be known as Fochkosh
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
A Terrible Idea
From Ths Chioooo na;,v \

(From The Chicago Daily Nc,cs)
Considered in dollars, Germany's
financial deficit is staggering to the or.
dinary man, but written in paper
marks 1t would almost overwhelm an
astronomer
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
upmrn OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ne Associated Frsss 10 exclusively entitled 10
he ~ for republication Of all news dispatches
eredttsd 70 It OF not otherwise credited In this
poper. and also the local news OF spontaneous
origin published herein
An rights cf republication Of all other matter
tssesn also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Why Not Ask?"
American Peoples Answer If France
Were Again Assailed

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in to-day's issue,
"Why Not Ask?" is Rooseveltian. l
have talked to many people lately urg-
ing their Endorsement of purely de-
fensive alliance to provide against an
attack on the home territories Of
France, England, Italy or Belgium, pro-
vided the nation attacked had not given
just cause for such action.
Several of them have told me. they
have written their Senators favoring
it. Is not the principle underlying
such action the one Washington fol-
lowed in accepting aid from France in
our Revolutionary War?
The American people are the most
practical altruists in the world, and
if convinced that such action would in
sure peace they would adopt it as they
did conscription in the late war.
j. OBJ.
Englewood, N. j., Nov. 10, 1921.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of yesterday, "a
Joint Rhine Watch" was heavy with
truth, and therefore o guide post at
this time of confusion made by the host
OF ambitious newspaper correspondents
in Washington. 1t is closely related
to to-day's leading editorial, "Why Not
Ask?" Like the Hughes coup of the
first days session of the conference,
you are prescribing for the worlds
troubles practical treatment.
Together with England, we can pro-
tect France against Germany, and thus
let her army down to, say, 100000 men.
And given that protection there will be
no need of battleships in the world. Not
one battleship should be left afloat in
the world, not one submarine. Every
gun over six-inch caliber should be de-
stroyed. Not ship of any kind what
soever should be built hereafter with a
plate thickness greater than that needed
for structural or commercial purposes.
The future size of the eight cruiser"
navies of all countries should now be
determined by this conference acting in
cooperation with the League of Nations.
Only last night, as sat in the lobby
of one of our large hotels, I heard a
call: "Ths way to the naval archi-
tects' dinner!" Naval architects be
scrapped There ought to be a naval
architect holiday of about one hundred
years. REPUBLICAN.
New York, Nov. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21

All this talk Of remaining a town in
honor of the great Marechal probably
will come to nothing. Still, il the
most beautiful town on Lake Winnie
bago doesn't mind, it might hence
forth be known as Fochkosh.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
Vessels Burning

sells recorded in the register, and for
comparison 1914 has been included:
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
DWIGHT TAYLOR.


Suggested Addendum to FThe Out
line OF History: We arc cloudy
minded, slipshod-thinking people. Nine
in ten Of us refer to tho book as
"Wells's History Of the World"
The Charles Hoyt School Of Nomen-
clature
r. P. A.: Do you know Watson
Watson the program? And do you
know Abe Levy! Yep-Abe Levy just
went out. The Swedish maid Of
friend of mine told me about him when
asked il her boss was In.
BARON IRELAND.
These are L. B. KS friends, Doctor
and Achilles: Doctor Pay for Being
Late and Achilles Birds with Shot
gun.
"And," writes J. j. Mc.-and we don't
want to hear another word about it
"there's Xenophon. Yop. Xenophono-
graph up to my house"
Inc dramas EbSoNtlSN
Two looked for the ono great Amer
lean play,
I've tried all tho theaters in town,
And know when it comes, no one in
It will say,
With gasping gulp, won't you-sit
DOWN."
Bad enough when they tensely cry,
"What do you mean2"
Yet there's only one thing demand.
That not more than twelve plays out
Of ev'ry thirteen,
Shall pull that ~ don't understand"
CHARLOTTE.
Children's Book Week is over, and
the eager bibliophile may -eturn to
his gobbling up of-just minute,
while we refer to our card-index--
M
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21

Children's Book Week is over, and
the eager bibliophile may -eturn to
his gobbling up of-just minute,
while we refer to our cardindex-
"Som ething Else Again. n."-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-21
The Charles Hoyt School Of Nomen-
clature

Sand" writes J. j. Mc.-and we don't
want to hear another word about it
"there's Xenophon. Yop. Xencphono-
graph up to my house"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-03
PASTOR FACES
MURDER TRIAL
Crowds Rush to Attend the
Hearing

G4AkEPORT. Call Oct. a.-Not
since the last county fair has Lake.
port seen the crowds which were on
hand today for tho opening OF the
trial OF the Rev. John A. Spencer for
the alleged murder OF hts wife,
Maudo Spencer. formerly OF Dayton.
Ohio.
spencer's trial will open at 10 a. m.
today.
Difficulty In securing n jury was
expected. owing Co the wide Interest
In tho case and tho fact that the
county Il split into factions as TO
the guilt or innocence OF the pastor.
Scores OF people from the outside
wera hero 60 attend the trial-news.
paper men. lawyers and others This
town. which normally numbers It's
inhabitants at less than 1000. was
overfiowinE.
Rev. Spencer specifically IA
charged with having thrown his wife
overheard from a canoe one moon.
light night while they were enjoying
a vacation at Lakeport. which Is a
favorite summer resort on Clear
lake.
Spencer claims that his wife fell
overheard from tho canoe while he
was not In the boat.
Charges that Spencer was unduly
familiar with Mrs. r. n. Barber while
he was In charge OF the Fulton. Cal.
Presbyterian church. enter into the
case
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-03
MCCORMICK
and WIFE
SEPARATED
Millionaire Announces Mari
tai Estrangement; Wife Is
John D.'s Daughter

CHICAGO. Oct. s.-Harold n. Nc.
Cormick and his wife. tho daughter
OF John II. Rockefeller. have separ,
ated. u was announced AT the million.
siro's Lake Forest home today.
Mccormick. who II head OF the In
ternetionai Harvester company. I'm a
statement issued TO the United
Press. thru his secretary. definitely
confirmed rumors that have been
aficat ever since Mrs. Mccormick ex.
He'd herself In Switzerland eight
years ago.
mir. and Mrs. Mccormick are liv.
ing apart" said the statement 1T Is
not known whether or not there will
be divorce proceedings. No stcps
toward legal action have been taken.
Mr.. Mccormick has nothing further
to give out" tho statement con.
cludcd.
The secretary to John n. Rookie
fcller's son.tn-law then smiled and
said: Il do not know where Mr.. Me
Corrnick Is now. Perhaps viii not
know all day"
Mrs. Mccormick. In her last public
statement. made yesterday. denied
there had been break with her
husband.
such talk Is absurd" she said.
We are very happy. indeed"
Muriel. the pretty is-yearoid
daughter OF the wealthy and socially
prominent family. Is understood 20 be
with her mother.
Mrs. Mccormick. since she arrived
here yesterday. has denied herself to
several former close friends.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-03
Won't Save Mahoney
to Go Insane Now

Suppose tina, James u. Mahonoy
should go crazy" again. now that
he has been sentenced TO hang
what disposition would be made OF
hts case7
Existing decisions on the subjec,
decree that he should be sent TO an
asylum for tho criminal insane.
but
According 10 one OF the five allen.
lists who decided that Mahoncy was
sane before he was brought to trial.
tho prisoner should stirl be hanged.
even IL he were found 20 be really
and truly insane this tims.
The alicnist's name cannot be used
for ethical reasons--but he Ii one
Of the leading members OF the com.
mission which passed on Mshoney's
sanity.
IF Mahoney should so crazy now. /"
no said today. ut should have no
bearing on the case. Because he
could not become a maniac except by
his own efforts-and this should
automatically bar him from any spe-
clal consideration.
III man drinks whisky until he
Is mentally abnormal and then com.
mlts crime. the law holds that he
is just as guilty as II he had been
sober. What is tho difference be
tween drinking whisky until one Is
drunk and brooding or staying awake
until one Is craxy7
The courts would have to pass on
the question. OF course. because II
has never been brought up before
but believe that their decision
would be that Mahoney must hang"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-03
Alleged Spy Sysem
in Mills Described

NEW YORK. Oct. 3.--The alleged
spy system employed by steel com
panies in their mills was described In
n supplementary report on the 1919
steel strike by the commission OF In
quiry OF tho inter-church world
movement. made public today.
The report quoted hundreds of
documents on under cover men" In
the steel strike and stated that
widespread systems OF espionage
are an integral part Of the anti-unIon
policy OF great Industrial corpora
TONS