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The New York herald., 1922-07-12
WEDNESDAY. JULY 12, 1922.
Rad Signalmen Stick.

The railroad signalmen, like the
maintenance of way workers, have
done the sensible thing in deciding to
continue at work, subject to further
negotiations. If they convince the
carriers that the new wage scales
ordered by the United States Rail-
road Labor Board are unreasonable
the roads themselves can adjust the
matter with the men. If, on the
other hand. they fail to reach an
agreement with the carriers in the
fresh negotiations they still will be
entitled to go to the board for a re-
hearing of and another decision on
their case.
And the signalmen have shown
more than common sense: they
have shown good tactics. Not only
public opinion but railway manage
ment is bound to be impressed with
the sincere belief the men must have
IN the mslits of their case when they
arc wiling to test out every peaceful
usars 81 settlement before resorting
s '1e strife and violence of indus
trial var.
IL the shop workers had pursued
the course of the signalmeN and
maintenance of way workers they
<would have been in much better
standing with the public than they
are to-day, and they might have
gained concessions that it Is difficult
to see how the roads and the board
could grant now at the point Of the
pistol.
Seldom has there been worse han
ding Of labor demands than the way
BERT M. JEWELL bungled the shop
workers not only into i'll Judged and
precipitate strikes but into insulting
abuse of a highly important and
seriously functioning part Of the
UnitAd States Government. JEWELL
in fact, even dared to challenge the
honor of the board, charging it with
being nothing more and nothing less
than tool of special interests.
II the striking shop workers
unions get back into the employment
of the railroads, not to mention the
good graces of the American public
1t can be only in spite Of, not because
of, what their leader has done no less
against their best interests thar
against the best interests Of thu
country.
Meanwhile the American people II
the matter of the badly misled shol
strikers stand and will stand solidly
behind the United States Railroad
Labor Board.
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that 1t has no longer place In modern
procedure where 1t continues to exist
only as a means by which criminals es-
cape punishment. ,w ssr 1'
The historical antecedents Of the rule
and the betterment of modern procedures
will not be questioned. Nor will Mr.
whipples further remark that the rule
is consistent with the belief that prose-
cutting officers Of the law would torture
and threaten an accused person into
confession of guilt, or at least distort
his admissions in order to bring about
his conviction.
But Is that belief no longer tenable?
Is it true that times have SO changed
for the better that the scrupulosity Of
ambitious young prosecutors. In hot pur-
suit of professional success, may always
be counted upon to take no unfair ad-
vantage of an undeniable opportunity to
put an accused person OF. say, unstable
nerve poise in peril of conviction even
though ne be innocent?
Theoretically, OF course, the prosecu-
tor Is as much the attorney OF the ac-
cused as of the public. He Is as much
bound by his duty to clear as he Is to
convict. But in the light of everyday
experience are we justified in the, faith
that the prosecutors zeal for uncover
ing facts that will bring acquittal Is as
great as Is his zeal in forcing to the
front what will bring conviction? Until
there Is rock ribbed foundation for that
faith the accused. it would seem. should
have the benent Of all rules OF evidence
that throw the onus Of proof upon the
prosecution. and be privileged to remain
silent and passive. II he chooses under
the presumption Of innocence until guilt
Is proved. f. u ~
PHILADELPHIA, July IL.
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Tacna-Arica.

The Chilean-Peruvian conferees
who have been endeavoring to reach
an agreement for the settlement OF
the generation old Tacna-Arica dis
pute have resumed their sessions at
Washington with every prospect of
finally coming together on recon-
mendation of arbitration. 1t is re-
ported that the general terms of the
compact have already been drafted
and that what remains to be done is
the definition Of the specific questions
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Two Year Olds.

When two year olds go out to race
They're full of hopes and full Of grace
Sunference and Cherry PIE
Dream Star, Crochet, poor Pop Eye;
Cork Elm. Rag Doll, Irish Pat.
Possible. Maisie, Think of That.
Hourbel. Sun Dance. Better Luck
Goshawk's never in the ruck:
Susiana and Sunday Best.
Pud, Noon Hour and Ocean Crest
All. who can tell what honor lies
Round the turn where bright hoof flies
SEABuRY LAWRENCE.
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The Canal Zone.

Within the strip of territory, fifty
miles long and ten miles wide, which
constitutes the Canal Zone is one Of
the strangest completes Of govern
ment In the world. Few Americans
are acquainted with the conditions
under which 1t is administered.
Describing the peculiar legal status
of government there Judge CHARLES
KERR Of the United States District
Court for the Canal Zone said in a
recent decision: "The Government of
the United States exercises much the
same control over the territory 1t has
acquired tCanal Zonel and over those
that enter thereon as any landlord
might exercise over his tenants"
The Canal Zone has no local legis-
lature, no elections-and therefore no
local politics-no local taxation. no
newspapers, and. with very few ex-
ceptions, no private business enter
prises. For It Is not simply In its
government that the Canal Zone is
unique but in its commercial and in
dustrial status as we'll.
Many persons are under the i'm
preston that the government OF the
Canal Zone is military" 1t Is not.
The Canal Zone is administered by
the President, through the Secretary
OF War and civil Governor. Con-
gress. or the President by authority
of Congress, makes its laws. The ad-
ministration of the Canal Zone is
Independent of any department of the
United States Government. 1t has its
own quarantine service, postal SER
vice. school service, police service
and customs service. The War De-
partment as such bears no relation
to the canal, and the Secretary Of
War acts merely as assistant to the
President in matters pertaining to
the canal.
There are no private land holdings
in the Canal Zone to-day. When title
to the Zone passed to the Government
fully half the territory remained un-
der private titles. but by treaty ar
rangement with the Republic Of
Panama the United States has ex-
tinguished all Of these titles. The
only private buildings are on land
held by revocable license. Recently
the Canal Zone administration has
made an effort to interest its West
Indian employees in farming on
twelve acre plots, for which licenses
will be granted.
The Department OF Commerce in
one Of its trade information bulletins
describes the operation Of the canal
as the sole industry of the Canal
Zone, but as an industry which has
many ramifications. There is the
work of putting ships through the
canal, and of furnishing fuel, chan
dlery, food and repairs for them.
There Is the work OF housing, cloth
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Colossal Cost of the Strikes.

A million and quarter to a
million and half of wage earn
ers are on strike. They are in
the main Of the most highly
paid crafts in the world. The ma
jority of them have had an earning
power, even during industrial de-
preston, Of from $35 to s45 a week.
The other skilled workers now on
strike have fallen somewhat short of
such earnings only because general
business was slack. And just when
business had got we'll started again,
when it was picking up speed. those
high pay craftsmen took themselves
out of work with their strikes.
Taken all together the earning
power Of those 1,250,O00 to $500. 900
striking workers, their earning
power for themselves, could be aver
aging now. If they were not on strike
but we're at work, scarcely less than
So a working day. But IL it were
IS. see what 1t means as measured
in terms of wage earnings alone. 1t
means not less than $4,000. 900 every
working. day. perhaps more than
$500. 900.
And II you take It at s7.ooo.o 900 q
day It meahs at the rate OF more
than two billions Of dollars a year.
A two billion dollar a year earning
power for the workers themselves
stopped dead short. A two billion
dollar year spending power in the
domestic markets abruptly relaxed.
But that is not all. The industrial
production and the industrial service
Of those striking wage earners are in
part lost to the economic energy and
the business building Of the country.
This secondary loss, this loss to the
whole country, may equal now, and
in time 1t might surpass, the direct
primary loss to the striking wage
earners. II it is no greater than the
immediate loss to the strikers, the
two together would range between
$12, ,00O, 900 and $15. 100000 day!
This is an Industrial loss. finan-
cial cost, an economic wastage that
no war on the face of the earth ever
reached, ever Appropriated, until vir'
tually the whole world went into the
recent war, which wrecked the eco.
nomic stability and all but paralyzet
the industrial powers of the OLD
| World.
Strikes that cost more than any
war ever cost, except the one incom
parable war, are destructive forces t.
be we'll pondered and carefully dis
cussed before men get into then
as well as after they have gone into
them.
Strikes costing at the rate of fif
teen millions Of dollars day! Car
they be worth it?
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ing, feeding and furnishing commu-
nifty activities, and of providing pub
lie amusement. The canal admins
tration runs department stores, cattle
ranches. machine shops, warehouses,
dry docks, wharves. coal and fuel oil
depots, hotels and restaurants. a
railroad across the Isthmus and a
steamship service to the United
States.
The stock Of the railroad. incor-
porated under the laws Of New York
State as the Panama Railroad Com
pany. is owned by the United States
Government. The directors are
either employees of the Government
or of the railroad.
1t has been the policy Of the Gov
ernment to exclude private business
from the Canal Zone generally since
the completion of the canals CON-
struction. Exception Is made In the
case of businesses which have to do
oOlCAy WIal lHO Sdh0is buNA 90 ShS
steamship agencies, cable ofiices and
fuel oil depots. Recently private re-
tail business was again authorized to
limited extent, when the Govern
ment restaurants passed into private
hands last May.
The population of this State con-
sists of about 5000 white civilians,
who come from all parts of the
United States; $500 soldiers and
$4,000 West Indians, who are ne
groes. 1t constitutes an interesting
incident of national life with which
Americans generally would do well
to familiarize themselves, as the cost
of its maintenance is considerable
annuA charge against them.
The New York herald., 1922-07-12
The intercollegiate Regatta.

The revival of the annual report
that Poughkeepsie may lose the an
nual intercollegiate regatta seems this
year to have some basis in fact.
Stewards of the Intercollegiate
Rowing Association declare that
the don't care" attitude of the mu-
nicipal authorities and the Cham
Der Of Commerce of the city on the
Hudson, as well as of the New York
Central Railroad, has made them feel
that they have outstayed their well
come on the Highland course.
They are considering the advisa-
bility of accepting one Of the several
invitations which have come to them
recently, particularly one from the
pleasant little city of Geneva, N. Y, a
town which would do almost anything
within reason to get the rowing clas-
sic and stage 1t on splendid three
mile course on Seneca Lake. Hobart
College offers dormitories for the
oarsmen, Geneva promises royal
welcome and two railroads beg for
the privilege of running observation
trains for spectators.
This is in complete opposition to
the conditions which have been pre-
sented at Poughkeepsie, where the
city fathers refuse what the stewards
regard as adequate financial as
sistance to the regatta and the New
York Central is reluctant to run
an observation train, even though 1t
comes ready made from the New
Haven road. which uses It for the
Harvard-Yale race at New London.
Plainly. It is q situation which
threatens to result In the loss Of the
regatta TO New York, for the races at
Poughkeepsie are regarded as metro
politan affairs. 1t would be cause
for real regret II the stewards were
forced to abandon the Hudson course
The regatta without question would
lose color and Importance as spec
tacle: thousands of New Workers. and
others in the metropolitan district
would find the contest beyond theil
reach: Poughkeepsie might conceiva.
bly, regret it's failure to entertain the
collegians more enthusiastically.
There should be an immediate con.
ference of all those concerned-a
conference at which. with good viii
on all sides. there ought to be little
difficulty In ironing out small dif
ferences that exist. Poughkeepsi'
needs the regatta perhaps more thar
the regatta needs Poughkeepsie-
and the railroad officials might over
look the slight Inconvenience Of ons
afternoon in the interest Of a grea
classic Of international sport and FOL
the benefit of thousands of those who
ride on the observation train.
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Have Balances Abroad.
At skokie.

The divots carvers now convene
At Skokie
And they'll combine to make the scene
Quite pokey.
They'll poke the CUTIE here and there,
They'll break the brassie. and they'll
It's hot: but hotter still the air
And smoky.
Each golfer will by fate be crossed
At Skokie.
He'll tell us II he had not lostA
That stroke, he
Had broken all the records played
Since old Tom Morris used to shade
The figures at St. Andra's made
An oak. he!
There's Hagen, Hutchison and Barnes
At Skokie;
While Duncan. Mitchell. say the yarns.
Are o. X
Some think that Walter, Jim or Jock
Is certain sure to lead the flock,
But should George do it! What a shock
BY hockey!
MAURICE NORRIS.
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Britain Prepares to Float Loan Here.
Cabinet Discusses Financial Situation, With Special
Reference to Germany and United States

various Governments. after which 1t Will
be ample time for NJ. Poincare to come
to London. 1t is pointed out that he
promised to come after the 18th" and
there Is no reason why his visit should
be advanced. In view of the need for
clarifying the entire German situation
before the Allies can arrive at de-
cisions.
SO far as can be learned no informal
exchange of the Views OF London and
Washington has occurred. though Sir
Auckland Geddes undoubtedly was
present at to-day's session Of the Cabi-
net to give the beneht of his recent
observations of the trend of American
opinion.
1t is understood that he has con-
frmed the Cabinets Judgment that the
time is certainly not yet. II It ever Will
be. ripe to propose on this side any
thing like AN all round cancellation OF
debts. although 1t is reported that there
has been considerable growth OF the
opinion among American bankers and
others directly interested that 1t will be
best to come to such conclusion uiti-
mately and the sooner the better.
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Dogs and Horses.
Their Faithful Service Sometimes
Repaid With Ill Treatment.

To THE New York HERALD: The
home Mrs Edgar Saltus Is building
for dog lovers deserves support If
people would only stop to realize the
tremendous debt we owe to horse and
dog We should hasten to wipe the
debt out completely.
How many owners of racehorses
think or care what Is the end of the
beautiful. intelligent creatures which win
such vast sums for them? Lower and
lower they sink in the equine scale until
they are to be found In a van, or,
often in England, the disgraceful worn
out horse traffic with Belgium-not even
a paddock for life or a merciful bullet.
How many men owe their lives to
the wonderful war dogs, which, often
wounded. carried vital messages when
for man to go would have been ut
terly impossible? Many Of these dogs
were left behind to strangers. for
eign unknown tongue to understand
and this was their reward. because the
powers that be couldn't spare the ex-
pense of bringing them back. To real
lovers of animals 1t seems contempti-
BILE to exploit something that cannot
defend itself but is absolutely subject
to the will and whim of man and
woman.
Ono Of the greatest lessons the loss
OF money can give is to know your
friends. AS a rule their memories be-
como a complete void where one is
concerned. and 1t is a heavy blow to
ones pride to know 1t was only your
one comes to appreciate the wonderful
love of dogs.
Poverty has no fear for hhem IL they
can only behold the beloved master or
mistress. Such love must contain an
element Of the divine. bearing all things,
enduring all things, seeking not its
own. F. NJ GORDON LENNox.
\ EAST CROYDON, England, June 25.
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schools In the State will be open
evenings for one week in October to
enable applicants for registration to
obtain certificates of literacy. N
1t Is of the utmost importance to
new applicants for registration and
voters. whether native or naturalized,
that the new requirements of the Con-
stitution and the statutes should be
made known to them. The provisions
affecting them in this respect do not
apply to persons on the poll list In
1921 or in previous years.
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Sand for Subway Fires.

To THE New YORK HERALD. Two or
three pals Of sand, or, better still, COM
pressed air and sand. would have put
out the recent Are in q subway train at
its inception and would have prevented
the panic in the subway,
why not inclose those electrical con-
nections In sand where there is danger
of the insulation being burned of and
thereby causing short circuit?
Buckets of sand used to be always at
hand where danger Of fire was immi-
nent. Why not now7 ptR
JOHN G. WEAVER.
RUTHERFORD, N. j., July IL.
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Prof. Milton Loomis wiz lecture on ..Re-
suits OF the Washington Conference" Gould
Memorial Library. University Heights. 1880
A. NJ. H1.H1 s"~ q
Union Theological Seminary, second annual
conference for ministers and workers. Broad
way and l20th street. morning and after
noon. 4
Board of Education. Meeting, Park avenue
and Fifty ninth street. v. NJ.
American Paper Goods Company. dinner.
Hotel Pennsylvania, p. M.
Goldman Band, concert, the Green. Column
bia University. S:i5 =. M.
Prof Rufus u. Smith will lecture on The
Government of New York City," Gould Me-
mortal Library. University Heights $40
T. M. .ia -,s
Harlem Tenants Association. mass meeting
to discuss lower rents. Harlem House, Sli
East 116th street. 8 p. M.
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Rules of Evidence.
Objections to Sherman L. WhipplS's
Proposed Changes.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In his ad-
dress before the Maryland Bar, Associ-
alton. to which you recantiy made edi-
torial reference. Sherman L. Whipple's
criticisms of certain long esta blished
rules Of evidence, while In the main, to
the lay mind at least, based on sound
common sense. appear In some particu-
lars to be rather too sweeping.
In much that he said many lawyers
and more laymen are likely heartily to
concur. That the rigid exclusion of
communications between husband and
wife and between counsel and client Is
more likely to conceal than to expose
the truth is hardly to be questioned.
With discovery OF the truth the prime
objective in legal inquiry, technical bar
riers across avenues by which the truth
may be reached must have very sound
foundations in public policy to be
tolerated.
Mr.. Whipple believes that exclusion
Of marital and lawyer and client COM
munications Is unjustinable on such
grounds, and ne even goes so far as to
condemn the rule which forbids COM
pellng a person accused Of crime to be
examined under oath unless that person
elects to testify In his own BEHALF his
silence not to weigh against him. At
this. Mr.. Whipple says. our common
sense revolts. r
The reasons advanced in support Of
this view will hardly find as ready ac-
ceptance as those against exclusion OF
communications between husband and
wife and lawyer and client. When a
person accused Of crime pleads not
guilty he has already denied culpabllity.
II forced to 60 on the witness stand he
can only reiterate his first plea or con-
fess guilt. The severe examination to
which he would be exposed might well
become neither more nor less than
public third degree ordeal.
The latitude prosecutors allow them
selves in cross-questionlng witnesses. a
latitude which courts not infrequently
are criticized for tolerating. Is notorious.
In cases Of nicely balanced evidence II
IL easily conceivable that an innocent
person, temperamentally susceptible to
being confused by cross-examination tao
tics, may be tortured into making so un-
fortunate an impression as greatly to
weaken his denial OF guilt.
Mr.. whipple remarks that this rule OF
optional appearance Of an accused per-
SON on the witness stand dates back To
an age Of brutal cruelty. oppression, and
disregard for human rights by those ex-
srcising governmental authority. ou'
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly
cloudy to-day and tomorrow, probably
scattered thunderstorms little change
In temperature. moderate southeriy
winds
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy to-
day and tomorrow. probably scattered
thunderstornas little change In te1npera-
ture. Moderate southerly winds.
For Northern New England-Partly
cloudy to-day and tomorrow. probably
scattered thunderstorms somewhat
warmer to-day. Moderate south and
southwest winds. s,.s
For Southern New England-Partly
cloudy to-day and tomorrow, probably
scattered thunderstorms somewhat
warmer to-day. Moderate south and
southwest winds.
For Western New York-Partly
cloudy with scattered thunderstorms to-
change in temperature. Moderate south
and southwest winds.
WASHINGTON. July 11.-Pressure con-
tinued high Tuesday over the Atlantic
and east Gulf States and off the At
lantic coast and It was relatively high
and rising over the northern Plain
States and the northern Rocky Noun
tain region. while 1t was lower over
southern Canada and the Southwestern
States. The temperature was somewhat
higher to-day In the middle Atlantic
States. the northern Rocky Mountain
region and the north Pacific States.
while cool weather prevailed In the
upper lake region. the Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys and the plain
States. The weather will be partly
cloudy tomorrow and Thursday In the
lower lake region. the Ohio valley, Ten
nessee and the Atlantic and east Gulf
States and more or less general thun-
dershowers are probable. except in the
middle Atlantic and north Atlantic
States. where they will be scattered. The
temperature will not change materially
during the next two days. .
observations at United States Weather
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Every pog Its Day.
From the Kamsas CITY star.

From the Kansas Cifv Star
when I went to town luther day passei
Of my dogs sorter sneaked along after me.
lust to be going some'rs. reckon" related
Gap johnson Of Rumpus Ridge. They hain't
'peared to enjoy being In town much lately.
b'cuz the Internal town dogs generly kept
'em fighting for their lives. But seems
like the mayor has whirled in and made
tho folks in town muxxle their dogs. and
wien my dogs seed their enemies with their
mouths Gagged shut they liked to a-wore
themselves out whippin' 'em. And when they
got homo they went strutting around. SO
proud Of theirscives that you couldn't hardly
do nuth'n' with 'em. Why. when the baby
went to slashing one Of 'em with an ak
heive, like he's always doing. burhung II
the varmlnt didn't mighty nigh eat him up!'