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New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
To the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The decision of Justice Pooley.
OF the Supreme Court, Eric County,
in Buffalo Gravel Company VS.. Moore.
that the Donnelly antitrust act was
unconstitutional by reason of the 1918
amendment exempting farmers and
dairymen applies equally to the con-
spiracy statutes. Sections $50 and 5s2
OF the Penal Law. This decision is most
strongly supported by the language OF
the recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in Truax
W. Corrigan.
The decision Of Justice Pooley is in
accord with tho contention of the de-
fcndants' counsel in People vs.. Ames.
which was rejected by Justice McAvov
OF the Supreme Court, New York
County. That case has never actually
been tried, SO that there has not been
an appeal from the decision. 1t may
be that the defendants who pleaded
guilty and were fined will sue to recover
rne hnes paid, now that they have the
support of Justice Pooley's decision
and the opinion of Chief Justice Taft
OF the Supreme Court of the United
States IN the Truax case to back them
up. The Federal decision intervened
between the two decisions in the New
York court
The question before the Federal
court was whether the Arizona statute.
oy reason Of the exemption of ex-em-
ployees from its prohibition, was un-
constitutional. 1t was so held. The
question before the New York court,
vas whether tho New York statutes
oy reason Of the exemption Of farmers
and dsirymen from It's prohibitions, was
unconstitutional. 1t each case all men,
ocrs OF class were exempted. It NAV
be that it Is New York law that all
members Of class may be exempted
from penalties imposed upon others
similarly situated, but the Supreme
Court Of the United States is the final
authority as to the constitutionalitv of
such statute as it is affected by the
Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal
Constitution.
liz this connection the language of
Chief Justice Taft in the Truax case.
"a it seems to affect the local situa-
t'on, is very explicit and interesting.
He said, speaking for the majority of
the court:
"1f, IS claimed, the Legislature
has full discretion to grant or with
hold equitable relief in any class
Of cases the Legislature has
the same power in respect to the
declaration of crimes. Suppose the
Legislature Of the state were to pro-
vide that such acts ~ were here COM
mitted by defendants Lhould
b. public nuisance and pun
tshable BY fine and imprisonment,
and were to except ex-employees
from, Its penal provisions. Is it not
clear that any defendant could
escape punishment under it on the
ground that the statute violated the
equality elaase Of the Fourteenth
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
Poor English
But We Should Be Grateful Ou1
Speech Is Not Worse

Speech Is Not Worse
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A letter by N. K. Weller under
the caption English as Spoken de-
plorcs the prevalence of poor English
among our grammar school graduates
and asks, "Whnt is the matter with the
methods Of to-day?"
Let Us look into the matter Speech
may be classified roughly into three
divisions: UD classic English. ~ col
loquial English, (3) vulgar or common
English
When VIC say "Our speech is poor"
we really mean poor as compared with
some standard pf excellence or as corn
pared With the speech Of previous
generations. Some basis Of compari-
son NC must have. Certainly our speech
may be adjudged poor when contras sted
with classic standards. But We doubt
II in our population OF over 100000 900
VIC could find more than 100000 using
classic speech. Fifty-seven millions
might be c'assed as using colloquial.
while 40.O0O,000 would have to be in
cluded as using vulgar English.
Let US sec how NC compare g. a
whole with previous generations. Take
day, for instance.
Scarcely onc-half Of ! per cent Of the
population could be cas sifed az clas-
sic, less than 10 per cent as colloquial;
those remaining, more than 90 per
cent, would be classified as common.
The vocabulary of the average man Of
to-day is double or triple that Of the
average man Of the Elizabethan period.
Instead Of mocking modern methods
we should be grateful our speech is not
worse than it is. The school system
OF New York City and the systems Of
its environs are confronted by q task
such as no system has ever before had
to face. This port Of ours is a gigan-
tic funnel into which pour foods Of
foreigners. Our school system is the
filter which strains out the impurities
from the agitated, many-colored liq-
uid, and because Of those potent re-
agents, patriotism and idealism, inter-
in its meshcs, precipitstes and
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
Chiropractors' Side
Seek Licenses and Regulation as
Means to Drive Out Fakcrs

Tc the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In his TRADE against chro-
practors, published in The Tribune Of
January 81, DR.. Charles Norris. chief
medical examiner. unwittingly. no
doubt gives the chiropractic cult All
excellent free advertisement. He states
that they "had almost 100000 pa
tients who paid them more than $780,
100000 year. If that Is true, and
such a large percentage of our adult
population arc willing to have chiro
practic and pay for it, and keep on do
ing SO. surely there must be some vir-
tue in It. Folks are not all fools, and
in these trying days money is not be-
ing carelessly thrown away
Not all chiropractors are competent.
and the representative members of the
profession arc constantly striving to
have legislation passed to supervise,
under competent authority, the grant
ing of licenses to those only who are
thoroughly qualified to give chroprac-
tic adjustments Medical practitioners,
individually and through their various
organizations, have opposed all their
efforts along these lines, claiming that
they, who know little or nothing about
chiropractic, should have final say AS
to who should be allowed to practice
chiropractic and how it should be prac-
ticed. Could anything be more alb
surd?
Medicine for the medical practition-
crs -- chiropractic for chiropractors.
The public has the right to choose be-
tween the two or reject both as it sees
fit, and it is useless for Dr.. Norris
and others to attempt to deny it its
right to do so.
THOMAS l.. SEXSMITH
New York, Feb. 16, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
The Civilians Bonus
he Editor OF The Tribune

y tno CultVE Oh me tribune.
Sir: The question as to how the
money shall be provided for the sol
dlcrs' bonus has raised another ques-
ton in the minds of at least few
persons. What fund is being used to
pay the bonus of $50 month which
has been paid for three years or more
TO civilian employees Of the Federal
government? l am informed that thou
sands Of these civilian employees have
drawn for three years successively a
bonus Of $40, amounting to = total of
$720~a liberality far beyond anything
suggested for our veterans.
DlSINTERESTED.
New York, Feb. II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
The Salutary Fear

'f'on' 1hs Philadelphia Eucxtmo Ledoerj
a New York legislative committee. in
an effort to halt the crime wave. makes
interesting suggestions in legal pro.
cedure, but fails to stress the one i'm
portant fact: The severity of sentences
Is no deterrent when the law provides
possible loopholes for escape; but the
certainty OF swift punishment would
assuredly have 8 beneficial effect
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
A Common Failing
From, 7he wo.h,an,. o..

fFrona 1Ne Wdshtn0ton StaY)
occasionally statesman mildly in
Inmates that some newspaper writers
do not always report facts and de6ne
motives with absolute accuracy. But,
for that matter, neither do all dinlo.
mats.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
A Hopcles. Fight
Prom Tae Tol-1o elod.

Between January / 1921, ard y.-
vern0er 30 following tie American
smokers increased .heir consunpsioa
Of cigarettes in exces. Of seven BIZ.
lions over the sam. period os the 7.av
before. A number Of states hav. ont.
lawed the cigarette. Several soci..
ties have devoted a great deal o. e.
ergy to describing II. horrors. One.
in a while you hear Of professional De.
crees against the thing in .h. smaller
seats Of learning. And yes-.he de.
arctic habit grows. In making over
his neighbors the reforne- has % hold
his head every little while and nu,-
mur despa!ringly, What's The use.7
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

the New York ship canal first, then
the United States and Canadian, or
that other waterway from the Great
Lakes to the mouth Of the Mississippl.
ALEXANDER u. MAYER.
New York, Feb 1s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
Maxim's 8 Pen in Hand
English as Spoken

leaves behind foreign un-Au.~.
doctrines.
The resulting fltrate at tb. ho...
Is the contribution Of Am.y;... s'''a
the making to Americas maxim, =,
marvel Is that the sltrat is st ~,
c'saf NJ R. KNlTEf.
New York, Feb. 9, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
eutonic Pride

fFronA Ths Philadelphia North Amertcon)
Germany is giving magnificent rep
resentation OF nation being too proud
to pay.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
First Catch Your Dollar

(F~o,7 L.fsJ
The new silver peace dollars resuss
to stack. That is the trouble We al
had with the old dollar bill.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
Have Your Wood Floors Mad.

brand new: price very reasonable; planed,
scraped cleaned with chemicals and highly
polished. c. Adams, Main 1857, 635 st. NV
So
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by any one other than myself.
J. X. EvERSON
432 Kentucky ave Sc ~
Evening star., 1922-04-04
RADIO CONCERT PLANNED
FOR PARENT-TEACHERS
Association of colum mbia Junior
High School to Have Supper
and Bazaar.

= Preparations for giving a radio
phone concert which is to feature a
bazaar and supper of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Columbia
Junior High School Thursday night
in the school auditorium are being
completed today by members of the
radio club of the school. Herbert
Bryant, president of the club, is
making arrangements with Navy De-
partment officials to have the naval
broadcasting station at Anacostia
send out a special program between
$40 and $50 o'clock Thursday night.
The Columbia Junior High School
Radio Club was organized at the be-
ginning of the present scholastic
year under the direction of Howard
j.. Stafford. instructor of practical
electricity at the school. The club
now has sixteen members. two of
whom are licensed operators. Eff
forts are being made to have all the
club members secure a license, ac-
cording to President Bryant. The
club also has applied to the Depart
ment of Commerce for license for
an experimental station.
The radiophone receiving set at the
school consists of single circuit
tuner with a two-step amplifier and
two large magnavoXes. The antenna
is in the assembly Nall of the school
building. The equipment for the set
was loaned to the school by various
electrical firms in Washington.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
Fleeing Man Caught After Receiv.
Shot in His Side,

Two colored men seen near the
store of j. p. Vansickler, zoos Florida
avenue. this morning about o'clock
attracted the attention of Policeman
John Nicola of the eighth precinct.
The men separated and ran in differ
ent directions when they saw the DO
iiceman, John Miles, twenty years old.
lil4 Seaton street. one of the pair.
making an effort to disappear in an
alley.
Nicola went in pursuit of Miles,
who: he stated, dropped a bag con-
tanning bread that had been taken
from box in front of the grocery
store. Turning and thrusting his
hand in his hip pocket as if to draw
weapon. the colored man caused
the policeman TO hesitate. but the Of
ficer got behind telephone pole.
from where he discharged his pistol.
The bullet lodged in Miles right
side. Miles quietly submitted to ar
rest and was taken to Freedmen's
Hospital. After receiving first aid
the wounded man was transferred to
Washington Asylum Hospital. where
he is being detained to answer a
Charge of theft of the bread His
recovery is expected.
Evening star., 1922-04-04

fused as a conferee to sign the con-
ference report because of his objec-
ton to the agreement as to salaries
Representative Byrns. Tennessee
ranking democrat on the appropria-
tions committee. also criticised the
salaries compromise.
MI Wood said he was convinced
that the men who would be paid the
salaries objected to by the House
would be confronted with a problem
the ike OF which the nation had never
known.
Asks for "RespcctabIe Bnsis.'
IF you wish to see a merchant ma :
you must enable the Shipping Board
70 get its affairs ill shape said Mr..
WOOD. He severely criticized the ad-
mlnistra ton of the boards affairs by
ofhclals in charge during the Wilson
administration.
Action of the House in recommit-
ting the conference report prevented
a vote on the question of extending
through the coming fiscal year the
authority of the board to use funds up
to $55.0o0.000, received from Iiquida-
tion of its assets. A year ago this
fiscal year. Reporting that only ap-
rroximately one-fifth of this amount
had been realized, Chairman Lasker
appealed to Congress for extension of
the authority.
Provision for the extension was
made in the bill by the House appro-
priations committee, but the section
was knocked out by the House, to be
reinstated later by the Senate. Mr.
Wood has announced he will suggest
as a compromise that the board be
authorized to use during the twelve
month period beginning July l. not
exceeding s35.0OO.00O derived from
of it's assets
Evening star., 1922-04-04

SPRING PAINTING HINT: BRUSH-NU RE-
news your brushes. cleans floors, saves a coat
of paint or yarnish. It's mild powder used
in water. Mixed thin. half pound-35e-
makes six gallons Of PAINT SAVER or mixed
thick half gallon Of BRUSH-NEWER AND
FLOOR CLEANER. A pound makes twice as
hardware stores. Geo. R. Gill, Distributor,
642 Pa. Sc. Phone Lincoln 6H00
Evening star., 1922-04-04
INDORSE LARGER GROUNDS
FOR KENILWORTH SCHOOL
Citizens Take Steps for General
Improvement of Conditions
About Building.

A petition for the enlargement of
the grounds of the kenilworth School,
with view to the future needs of
the community, and other school i'm
provements was indorsed at a meet
ing of the kenilworth Citizens AS
sociation last night in the Kenilworth
School. with President S. Joseph
Clarke in the chair.
The motion for the Endorsement of
the petition was presented by DR..
Mcleod Harvey, chairman of the ed
ucatiOnal committee. A rest room
for the teachers and for children in
case of illness also was included in
the recomme ndations for the i'm
provement of the Kenilworth School.
Another item advocated was the
placement of screens in the windows
of the schoolrooms to protect the
children against flies.
The association also went on record
favoring the cleanup campaign and
Will cooperate In 1t by taking steps
looking toward the Identification of
Kenilworth.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
D. c. POLICE CAPTAIN.
URGESPLAY SPACE.
L. j. StolI, 9th Precinct, Tells
Stanton Park Citizens of
ChiIdren's Needs.

THE police have to drive the boys
and girls from pillar to post in their
eHorts to Keep them from playing in
the streets and private lots" de-
clared Capt. l.. J. Stoll Of the ninth
precinct, in an address before the
members of the Stanton Park Citi-
zens' Association, at the Peabody
school last night, In which he advo-
Gated more playground space for the
children of Washington.
ask you to be considerate of the
cniidren In your complaints to the
streets and vacant lots, for / never
receive complaint without feeling
sorry for them," said Capt Stoll, in
explaining that he instructed his men
always to try to find place for the
thlioren 10 play, If possible. when
they round them on the streets.
Dealing with, Dootleggers.
Stating that he was trying to cope
with crime in the ninth precinct to
the best of his ability, Capt Stoll
sad that bootleggers were bringing
whisky into the city more rapidly
,han they could get rid of it. Six
DootlesSers were arrested Saturday
ana one big still confiscated yester-
day. ne said, bringing the attention
Of the members to the fact that it
was necessary to wait two hours for
a warrant before the police could
make the arrest. Even though the
police know of various Irregularities,
evidence must first be procured de-
clared Capt. Stoll.
He urged the people to make use
of the city street cleaning department
in the coming cleanup week, and
call on that department for any as
sistance in the way of removing
garbage.
The~association indorsed a resoiu-
tion Presented by A.~Gregory, chair
man of the school committee. declar-
ing "Muzzy's History" a fit text for
use in the public schools of the Dis
trict. The resolution was based on
the fact that 1t was the most widely
used book in the public schools Of the
country and had been passed on by a
thoroughly competent committee on
history.
Miss Vera Adams. secretary of
health and physical education of the
Y. w. Z; A. told the members Of the
proposed and present efforts of the Y.
w. c. n. to give proper entertainment
and social clubs for the girls of WASH
ington. LonesomeneSs and no place
to go were the chief troubles OF the
much discussed "fiapper." pointed out
Miss Adams, who asserted that be-
cause of the great influx of girls in
Washington wfose homes are in other
cities. WashingtOnians should see that
fit places of recreation and amuse-
ment are provided for them.
Telephone Demonstration.
Miss E. Cannon and Miss 3. Steinour
of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company gave a demonstration
of the work carried on by a telephone
operator.
S. r. FrantZ, president of the asso-
citation; e. +. Stull secretary. and II.
+. Lowe, delegate to the federation
discussed the necessity for a course
in the fundamental principle of laws
ard economies as requisite for
graduation from high school. Miss
NJ. G. Young. principal of the Peabody
School, advocated wider teaching OF
ciyics.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
POLICEMAN USES HIS GUN.

Copyright National Newspaper Service. }
Evening star., 1922-04-04
REVIEWS PROTEST
OF 0NE-MAN CARS
North. Washington Associa-
ton Emphasizes Objections
by Advocating Bus Line.

Reiterating its opposition to the use
OF one-man street cars on North Capt.
tol street, the North Washington Citi-
zens' Association at a meeting last night
at the United Bretheren Church went on
| record in favor OF establishing motor
bus line on Rhode land avenue, rum
ming from 18th street northeast to the
downtown section.
w. Z. Lang. chairman of the public
utilities committee Of the association
said he understood several more ore
man street cars were to be placed on
the North Capitol street line and that
ultimately all the cars used on that
street would be one-man cars. For this
reason. he said, the association should
take favorable action looking toward
announcement of the proposed bus line
on Rhode Island avenue. President
Mayors said he had solved the problem
in his own mind by refusing to ride on
the one-man street cars.
Aids Test Of Utilities Board Power.
Several members of the association
said 1t was time some organized citi-
zens' body questioned the right of the
Public Utilities Commission to fix
rates for gas, car fares and electric
light and power. The association
voted to contribute $40 toward the
| campaign of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association, which is in
| tended to challenge in the courts the
right of the utilities commission to
! fix such rates.
Lieut.. Nina c. Van Wrinkle. head
| of the womens bureau of the police
department, explained the work of
her bureau and asked the support of
the association for two vice-repres-
sion measures which. she said, are
| now pending IN Congress.
Mrs. Margaret Eek was the author
| of a resolution, passed by the asso-
| citation. which asked the District
Commissioners to allow the women's
| bureau to handle all cases relating to
women and girls.
Life" was shown under the auspices
of the United States public health
|
Evening star., 1922-04-04
GAMING RAKE-OFF
PROBE IS ORDERED
Upper Marlboro Jury Gets
Instructions From Judge
Fillmore BeaIl.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, April 3.-At
the opening of the spring term of the
circuit court here today Judge Fill
more Bcall. in charging the grand
jury. stated that reports had reached
the courts ears that gambling was
carried on quite extensively in differ
ent sections of the county, and that
these violations are taking place with
the knowledge of some of the officers.
"Of course" said Judge Beall, II
have no proof of such violations, but
I deem it my duty to pass these re-
ports along to you for investigation.
Continuing, the court said: The
rumors that are in circulation rela-
tive to the so-called gambling joints
GERS of the county receive rake
down" from the proprietors for the
protection" they give to the gam
blers. I think this is a proper sub
ject for your investigation. and If the
truth of these rumors can be shown
the officers receiving money for this
protection ought to be punished. but
If the parties circulating these rumors
are simply casting reflections upon
these officers. then the persons circu-
lating the rumors ought to receive
such punishment as the law provides.
"The fact that such rumors exist
at all casts a reflection on the good
name of the county. and the grand
jury ought to go to the bottom of the
matter and clear it up
Judge B. Harris Camalier was on
the bench with Judge Beall. Otway
B. ZantZinger. a prominent real es-
tate broker, is foreman of the grand
jury.
Cases Before Court.
There are twenty-nine cases to be
Investigated by the grand jury,
among them being murder cases, a
number for assault and battery with
intent to kill, a case of desertion of
wife and minor child. several cases
of larceny, a case of destruction of
private property and several bastardy
cases.
The civil docket contains 1854 cases,
but only small percentage of these
will be tried, among them being three
removed from Montgomery county.
There are twenty-five appeals from
justices of the peace. and a number
of cases where the parties are out on
bond awaiting trial
1t is expected that the grand jury
will finish it's work this week, but
court will probably be in session more
than three weeks.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
ADDS 81 TO THE ROLLS.
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Announces Membership Growth.

announcement that total of
thirty-seven new members have been
taken in by the Washington Chamber
of Commerce since January IL was
made yesterday afternoon at meet
ing of the membership committee al
the City Club. Ivan c. Weld, chair
man, presided.
A new plan for securing new men,
hers was adopted. Under this plan
each member of the chamber, after
he has secured at least three applica-
tions for membership, may appoint a
small. membership subcommittee of
his own choosing.
Thomas NJ. Stearns, the first to pres-
ent three applications after the adop-
tion of the new proposition was made
chairman of the first subcommittee.
Secretary A. E. Seymour predicted
the addition of one new member to
the chamber for every day in the
present year. President Albert Schulz
tets congratulated the committee on
its activity. 1t was voted to hold
monthly luncheon meetings.
The board of directors of the cham
ber will meet tonight in the Homer
building, o'clock, when applications
for membership will be acted on.
Evening star., 1922-04-04
When Ice Was an
"Efen1inate Luxury"

During the reign of Henry III
of France, the use of ice was con-
sidered "an excessive and an ef-
Terminate luxury" The trade was
heavily taxed 10 support an ex-
travagant court. At the end OF
the century dealing in snow and
ice became a free trade, and the
price was raised only by a mild
winter or a hot summer. Today,
ice is necessity. The price is not
affected by heat or cold, for ice is
made and stored in the winter to
meet summers demands.
The american Ice Company has fac
plants in Washington, 7c0rkiTg 7oiHfer
and summer. The uc7oest plant at 18Th
and AZ streets has capacity of l80 touS
daily, and q storage capacity Of 1900
tons. So aohatc1cr the 7craiIrfy 1mer-
iedH can take care Of its customers.