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The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Herrin's Ironic Verdict.

The verdict OF the Coroner's jury
which investigated" the Illinois coal
mine massacre would be regarded as
a joke IL any humor could attach to
the butchery at Herrin. Yet 1t is
not surprising verdict. Everybody
in the neighborhood seems to be in
sympathy with or in fear Of the
miners union, some Of whose mem
bers killed score of helpless
wretches. No voice out there was
raised in condemnation of the muir
der, not even at the funeral services
when the victims were buried in
collins marked with the mocking in
scription "At Rest"
The Coroner's jury, composed In
half Of union miners, held offlcials of
the mining company responsible and
brought in a verdict of murder
against the mine superintendent,
MCDOWELL, one Of the victims Of the
massacre. One witness swore that
MCDOWELL shot union miner. II
he did, that same evidence would
have brought MCDOWELL to justice.
But the mob not only took MCDow.
Ellis life by lynching but slaugh-
tered, with all the cold blooded cru
city Of savages, the unarmed non
union men who surrendered.
The news from Herrin yesterday
was that after three days "the hatred
which displayed itself in open salts
faction over the murder was begin
ming to die down." The pleasure of
the CHASTITY debauch is over. But
there is no repentance. So far as
that mining region is concerned the
outer world is permitted to believe
that great precedent has been es-
tablished. 1t has been demonstrated
that If a man takes job, even If he
does not know that he Is strike
breaker, the striker may kill him;
kill him openly, make joyous fes-
tival of the murder, and be beyond
and above the law.
The motto of Illinois Is "State
Sovereignty-National Union" But
the State. sees its sovereignty trans
ferred to mob and 1t will see itself
separated morally from the rest of
the nation unless 1t Furnishes the
most shocking American crime of
the century.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Mr.. Harding and the Coal Strike,

Beyond doubt the country will feel
great relief that the President of the
United States has taken hand in
the nationwide coal strike. With his
gift of working out big problems
quietly but effectively, President
HARDING will arouse general hope
that the way out can be found, and
the right way out.
The coal strike has simply drifted
along for three months. But this
drifting could not go on much longer.
The time has come for action look
ing toward resumption of produc-
tion in the union fields. If the
Harding Administration can get the
mine owners and the mine workers
together for a settlement on a fair
basis, the country will be glad to
have the matter accommodated in
that way. This would mean not
only the avoidance of violent and
criminal strife but probably expedi-
tion in starting the flow of coal from
the mine to the consumer.
The fact which both the operators
and the men must now look squarely
in the face is that the work of pro-
ducing more coal must begin soon
anyhow, and Is going to begin. When
a considerable part Of the winter sup
ply Of both anthracite and bitumi-
nous needs to be shipped in summer,
it is now only a question of days
until the resumption Of coal mining
must be brought about one way or
another. II the key to the situation
Is not offered by the President the
matter will be brought to a head
nevertheless.
The American people are not going
to be without coal in the bin when
the mines Of the country abound with
coal.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Who Is Guilty?
Some Questions Put by . Farmer to
City MIX Consumers.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The con-
sumer Is paying ~ and IA cents a quart
for milk and the farmer is not guilty.
This time the man that gets the
A. M. call In the cow stable has as his
part $1.4o for a forty quart can.
The railroad man with his all night
milk train gets. say, 81 for each can.
The milk company Is taking a perish
able article. taking It from many States,
delivering pints. quarts and cans deliv-
ering for cash. delivering and giving
credit; 1t Is losing containers through
breakage and non-return.
Does the consumer know that the time
OF the man who drives the delivery rig
and delivers one pint for cents is
worth one cent each minute. and If he is
detained five minutes there Is a loss In
that transaction7
Has It dawned upon the consumer how
much work. cash and spilled milk is In
volved from heifer calf to collector?
Now get a lantern and look up the
honest man that will md the guilty
party. c. KENYON.
CARBorsDALr, Pa. June 26.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

the old established rule of tho pave
ment. keep to the right" in favor Of
the opposite, keep to the left"
Among the districts in which tho new
regulation win prevail are Barking.
Brentford. Camberwell. Chiswick. Dept
ford. Hampton Wick, Holborn, Lewis
ham and Poplar. All the boroughs have
been invited to make tho change and
probably the catalogue given above may
be increased. but there Is ample indica-
ton that the new rule will not be uni
versal. The City of London. for ex-
ample. has decided against 1t.
The avowed object Of the change is
safety. It is urged that a substantial
proportion of street accidents are caused
by the existence OF the Keep to the
right" rule. under which. in certain cir
cumstances. foot passengers walk with
their backs to vehicular traffic moving
In the same direction. and in unwary
moments step of the pavement into the
roadway. Speaking on behalf OF the
Home Office In the House Of Lords re-
Gently Lord Onslow said that an analy-
sis had been made Of the accidents in
the, metropolitan area. and that analysis
did not produce any substantial sup
port In favor Of the contention Of the
Safety First" Council.
Meanwhile. isolated action Is being
taken up and down the country. as in
the London area Glasgow. Noting
ham and Leicester have attempted to
alter the status quo on their own ac-
count. with unfattering results. despite
the intensive propagandist campaign in
furtherance Of the new idea. The Home
Office recognize that something must be
done to secure uniformity Of practice,
and they are at the present moment in
consultation with the Ministry Of Trans
port. In view Of the changes announced
for next month an early decision Is de-
sirable.
It has been urged that the same re-
suit would be obtained by reversing the
rule Of the road for vehicular traffic
and bringing It into conformity with
Continental practice. There are many
considerations to be urged against this.
The machinery and steering gear of
motor vehicles are designed with . view
to conforming to the present rule OF the
road; the staircases of public vehicles
are constructed with q like object {;
tramway tracks, points runouts. street
refugees. &C.. have been laid down and
buildings such rs car sheds have been
erected also to conform to the practice
Of keeping to the left. It IL further con-
tended that horses would need to be
rebroken and drivers retrained to meet
tho altered conditions.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
An Oil Question Answered.

"Are the people of this country
aware Of the destruction that the oil
burning, vessels are guilty Of by dis
charging the refuse into the ocean
adjacent to our shores?" asks an es-
teemed New England correspondent
of THE New YORK HERALD.
They are. 1t is not too much to
say that the damage wrought by the
unnecessary spreading Of oil waste on
shore-line, estuary and tidal river
waters has been broadcast in house.
top shouts and printed proclamation
in the entire range of vocal and visual
volume at the command Of man.
If the people of this country, par
ticularly the people Of the coastal
regions Of this country, are not aware
Of the existence of this destructive
oil nuisance then they have ears to
hear and hear not, eyes to read and
read not, epidermis to be gummed up
and feel not, noses with which to
smell and smell not.
BY all and every sensory avenue to
human consciousness the people not
only Of this but of other maritime
countries have had the fact that
waste from oil burning vessels has
been befouling beaches, killing water
fowl, killing fish, running oyster beds,
and that 1t continues 80 to do de-
spite tentative legislative fumbling at
abating the nuisance and despite
roars of protest all along our far
extended coast line.
1t is safe to give an Affirmative an
swer to our correspondents query as
to whether the people of this country
are aware OF the Oil waste nuisance.
They are. So also are the people of
England. Only within a few days
came newspaper reports Of beaches
made loathsome and of birds and fish
destroyed all along the tight little
islands shores, even as has been the
case here. II our correspondent asks
what is best to do about it-well, that
Is another matter. Some are Just
taking 1t out in swearing. But we do
not recommend that.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

mood, apparently, to make compro-
mises. Great Britains position is that
of an arbiter, but not an entirely dis
interested one, because it is matter
of vital Importance to her who shall
control this strong strategic point
directly opposite Gibraltar. LLOYD
GEORGE has something here to cudgel
his brain over. He must so appease
Spain and France in Morocco that
they will agree to a modification of
the North African policy which will
permit Great Britain to introduce
British troops into the Sudan and
the Suez Canal zone.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
The Weir Path.

Beside the mirror of the weir is a path
where I would go
That leads through brambled bracken
sprays and elderberry snow;
Tho clear cold water Of the weir would
murmur like a rune.
And there would be thrush to sing
the shut of afternoon.
And there would be a bowlder there
where two might sit apart
And breathe the sacred things that lie
deep hidden in the heart.
And II the scented twilight fell from
underneath the hill
Would drift the plaintive calling Of the
vesper p-poor-will:
And II the star of love pricked out. an
opal in the blue.
There would be words OF love to say. O
dearest one. to you,
For you would be my comrade on the
path where would go
That leads through brambled bracken
sprays and elderberry snow.
CLINTON ScoLLARD.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Teaching Young Offers to Fish.
From tho Field.

Watching from sea cliff late one after
noon I saw an otter with her cubs engaged
In fishing. Preparatory to each dive her
tail could be sccn waving like the tail of a
feathering setter. The young, three In num-
ber, kept much on the surface with only
their heads showing. Sometimes they fol-
lowed their mother In her dive. but coon
reappeared. At last the dam was successful
In her fishing and appeared with a rock
perch about two pounds In weight. The cubs
crowded round her when she appeared with
the fish and she divcd. TO appear again at
n short distance uttering a loud call. The
cubs followed In her wake. and before they
reached her she dived again. making for n
rocky cairn. where no doubt the family
lived. The mother then emerged on a small
rock. and. after calling repeatedly. dived
and was seen no more. having swum ashore
under water. Each young otter as II ar
rived at the rock which It's dam had just
quit climbed out en- II and shifted for
her scent. Then, hearing It's mothers call
from the shore. each In succession dived and
was lost 10 view for gooa.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
American bred horse to win the

American bred horse to win the
EPSON Derby. Whether Whiskaway
will prove to be the champion of the
year will be determined at Saratoga,
where Lucky Hour. Kai Sang. Oceanic
and other good colts which have been
disabled or sick will be ready to race
in the Travers Stakes.
In the meantime the owner of
Norwich is having the first test of
his sportsmanship. For fourteen
straight races, eleven by Norwich and
three by Mawricoron. Mr.. BLOCKS
colors were invincible. None could
recall a similar happening on the
turf. Mr.. BLOCK should
be grateful to the gods for what he
has received and accept defeat smil-
ingly.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Special Ds.,aten to TIE NEW yo.. H.aAI
New York Herald Bureau.
WaSh1nwkon. n. C.. Juu0 R0.

Special Dtsyotch 10 The NEW YoEx dxnALn.
New York Herald Bureau
Wsshiugton. d. c.. June ee.
Five of the ten members Of President
Harding's Cabinet have expressed In
writing to Representative Kelly (Pa.)
their complete sympathy with the pur-
Lose Of his bill permitting them to speak
in the Senate and House.
They objected to the clause directing
them to be present In Congress two days
each week and to being involved In
debates, aside from answering questions.
they pointed out that because Of the
exacting duties Of their departments this
added burden would be intolerable. Rep
resentative Kelly expects to hear from
the other five Cabinet officers within
the next few days. All will be favorable.
he predicted, because of the concurrence
of opinion at the Cabinet meeting Fri
day that the plan will tend toward closer
relations between the executive and leg
islative branches of the Government
The bill is now in the Judiciary Com
mittee and 1t is not thought any action
will be taken on 1t until autumn, when
the House convenes to consider the
tariff and ship subsidy bills. Hearings
will then be initiated and Mr.. Kelly
thinks a favorable report will result.
What action the House will take on the
bill IL purely speculative. as few MEM
bers have read or considered 1t.
Here are the expressions of the Cab
lnet officials in part
Postmaster General Work-Referring
to H. r. 8345 l beg to say that ap-
prove Of Section 1 and believe 1t will
open sh avenue OF communication be-
tween the departments and Congress
that may be used to expedite business
~ ofa ario oil 1v I
approve, because Of the mandatory order
that Cabinet officers attend two days
each week, which would be physically
impossible because of other exacting
demands upon their time. Two days In
Cabinet and two in Congress would be
an intolerable burden in connection with
the routine office duties which we are
compelled to handle.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover-I be-
lieve this resolution proposed by you
comprehends one Of the most construc-
tive steps that can be taken in further
ing the development of our Government
tai machinery. The growth Of the popu-
lation and the increasing complexity Of
social and economic life, the greatly in
creased burdens of Congress and the
Administration make 1t almost impera-
tive that we should have some close as
sociation between the executive and
legislative branches In the solution Of
these matters.
There are in my mind overwhelming
arguments that can be introduced in
favor Of this change in our traditions
/ do not believe that any fundamental
criticism can be directed against It ex-
cept by those who would deliberately
exaggerate 1t as an attempt to estab-
lish a form of parliamentary govern
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Opposing War.
Good Judgment Of n Bit Of Propa.
ganda Questioned.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The Ma
tional Council for the Reduction of
Armaments has sent me some of its
literature, among 1t a little sheet of
stickers containing sentiments against
war attributed to Grant, Napoleon.
Franklin. Lloyd George and others. ]
find no fault with these sentiments or
with their distribution, but I do OBJ
ject to the first sticker. which is as
follows:
We believe that the time has come
when those who hate war should defi-
niteiy decide that they will never take
part In II again.
That is an invitation and an encour-
agement to the coward. the Stacker and
the traitor to desert their country's
cause In even the hour Of its direst
need. II Is an insult to the memory
of Washington and Grant and the pa
triots who fought with them for free
dom and union, and TO the men. living
and dead, who fought for world free
dom In the recent war. J. p. READ.
WASHINGTON, June rs.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

How shall / know which road is mean,
for me
When all the finger posts say different
things?
Upon Content" O little brown bird
sings,
Adventure" bears a picture of the sea
Round Love" the roses droop their
vivid wings,
or gold and fire and sunlight is "suc-
cess
But which of these will lead to Hap
piness"7
Which to the Land Of Disenchantment
brings7
Who knows where he can nnd his heart's
desire:
Who knows his heart and dares to take
its way?
Or who beholds the glancing phantom
fire
And thinks 1t is the burning light OF
day7
One way is mine and II is mine to choose
And. having chosen. follow. win or lose
ABIGAIL Crnssov.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

That SUZANNE LENoLEN, the French
tennis star, Is In physical condition to
defend her title at Wimbledon is for
tunate. The Incidents OF her Ameri-
can tour last year and the conversa-
tions which have marked the progress
of tennis this year have produced a
painful impression. This impression
would have persisted. unJustly perhaps
had Mile. LENaIEN not been able to
play this season. Her appearance on
the courts will afford the opportunity
for her to show the quality of her
craftsmanship.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
TUESDAY. JUNE 81. 1922.
When Fordney Goes.

Representative FoRDNEY, chairman
OF the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and father of the strange
progeny, the Fordney tariff, the
Fordney valuation plan and the
Fordney bonus bill, announces that
he will quit Congress after this term
to give his whole attention to his
lumber business.
The Joseph w. Fordney lumber
businesses gain will not be the coun-
try's loss.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
An Encyclopedlc Arkausau.

Hungry Bend correspondence Hardy Herold.
Tom T. Stephens 10 frequently called upon
to settle disputes as to dates because Of his
remarkable memory. II Il said Mr.. Stephens
can tell the birthday OF every person born
IN Hungry Bend during the last twenty-five
or thirty years; that he remembers the score
Of every baseball game played in that vicin-
lty and that he can tell the number Of votes
received by every candidate elected In that
county during the last quarter of century.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Cloudy to-
day; showers tonight and tomorrow:
mild temperature. Gentle east a1A
southeast winds.
For New Jerscy-Cloudy with showers
to-day and probably tomorrow: mild
temperature; moderate southwest to
south winds.
cloudy to-day, tomorrow unsettled,
probably showers; mild temperature;
gentle variable winds.
For Southern New England-Partly
cloudy to-day. tomorrow unsettled,
probably showers: mild Temperatures;
gentle east and southeast winds.
For Western New York-Cloudy and
somewhat warmer, with showers to-day;
tomorrow clearing; moderate SOUTH
east to south winds. a
WASHINGTON. June 26.-The tempera-
ture was lower tonight in the Middle
Atlantic and New England States and
the Ohio and lower Mississippi Valley
and somewhat warmer in the regions of
the Great Lakes and the upper Missis-
sippi Valley. There were frosts this
morning in northern Michigan. Warm
weather continued generally west OF the
Rocky Mountains. In New England and
eastern New York the weather will be-
come overcast tomorrow and be fol-
lowed by showers tomorrow night and
Wednesday, with q continuation of mild
temperature. In the Middle Atlantic,
South Atlantic and East Gulf States the
weather will be unsettled. with local
showers and no material change In tenn
perature tomorrow and Wednesday.
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
n nj "A -
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
The Price of Our Shipping Laws.

Chairman LAsKER of the Shipping
Board continues to hammer home
with admirable frankness and clar-
ity the cold truth about the American
merchant marine. The United States
Government now has the greatest
merchant fleet the world has ever
known. There is no chance, how
ever, that the Government can oper-
ate these ships successfully and prof
itably. 1t is up to its neck in fail
ure and loss and will stay there.
There is no doubt that private
ownership and management could do
much better with the ships than the
Government ever could. Yet, at that,
there is no chance under existing
shipping laws and economic condi-
tions for private ownerships and
managers to operate the merchant
marine as whole without heavy
losses.
The Shipping Board Is anxious to
get rid Of its colossal white elephant.
But 1t cahnot sell the ships when they
would be a disastrous investment to
anybody that bought them. 1t can
scarcely give away the ships when
they could only lose money for any
body trying to operate them.
But the United States laws require
that the Government shall operate
the ships on certain trade routes
until they can be sold to private
owners. That is the dilemma of the
Government burdened with a mer-
chant marine costing 1t in round
numbers a million dollars a week,
without taking into account depre-
citation, interest and insurance. 1t
is the dilemma Of the American peo-
,le, who have to put up the taxes to
cover all the deficits.
There is no sound reason, THE New
YORK HERALD contends, why Amer
lean shipping laws should be contin-
ued in a form which makes Amer
ican ships nothing but appalling
money destroyers. It is not good
business and it Is not plain American
sense to legislate excessive operating
costs, maintenance costs and other
costs into American shipping-costs
so much higher than the costs of for
eign ships that our ships cannot COM
pete with those Of any other mari
time nation. And 1t Is folly to shut
our eyes to the fact that 80 per cent.
Of the British shipping is busy to-
day, even with world trade condi-
tions what they are. while 70 per
cent. Of our shipping is tied up.
But II Congress will not change
those impossible shipping laws,
though they scuttle American ship
ping as a business proposition, then
there is nothing to do but to tax the
American public the price that must
be paid to keep the ships afioat-the
price Of the deficits the national
Treasury must cover II the Govern
ment operates the ships or the price
of the subsidies II private ownership
operates the ships. For SO long as
those shipping laws are what they
are the American public, in this mat
ter of staggering losses on our mer-
chant marine, stands between the
devil and the deep blue sea.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MRS. HUTCHINSON mas SON.

A private cable dispatch received here
yesterday announced the birth in London
on Sunday of son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Hely-Hutchinson. Mr.. Hutch-
inson Is we'll known In this city. His
wife, formerly Miss Meita Keppel. Is a
daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Keppel.
They were married in London In the fall
Of 1920. This Is their second child.
Their first. girl. Marie Elizabeth. was
born in 1921.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Sunset.

From, fhe Konsos City stor.
We who see a thousand sunsets stain
the sky.
A glorious pean OF color in the west
Who see the flaming riot fade and die,
AS though some quiet hand its dying
blessed:
wb who sleep and wake and toll In
noisy fray
When night her sullen banner has
unfuried--
We know that throbbing sunset seen al
close ofsday
Is Gods own evening blessing to His
world.
PHYLLIS NoxEs VAN SLYcK.