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New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
WhitewcsI1ing the Guilty

In recent issue CT "The Free
man" an effort was made by Charles
A. Beard to shift Germany's war
guilt to the shoulders of Russia,
France and Great Britain. Mr..
Beard was reviewing a book, "Les
Responsables de la Guerre," by a
French author, NJ. Alfred Pevet, in
which the latter gave copious ex-
tracts from Russian diplomatic
papers, especially from those of NJ.
lswolsky, former Russian Ambas-
sador to France.
The thesis Of the review is that
Russian diplomats by 1908 had
firmly resolved to break up the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for
six years they bent every energy to
that enterprise" Russia had a
grievance against Austria Hungary
because of the latter's annexation Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, in defiance
Of the Treaty Of Berlin.
Russia was weak power after
the Russo-Japanese War, and that
weakness was taken advantage of by
Vienna. Russia was still weak in a
military sense in 1914-far too
feeble to have any hopes of breaking
up the Dual Monarchy and the
Triple Alliance by an offensive
against them. The Triple Entente
existed, but it was defensive in
character, not offensive. France was
poorly prepared for war. Great
Britain wasn't prepared at all, ex-
cept at sea.
Who started the war? Austria
Hungary attacked Serbia, after
presenting an ultimatum based on
the fact that the .Austro- Hungarian
apparent had heen assass;nated
on Austro-Hungarian soil by an
Anstro-Hungarlan subject. Russia
protested and declared partial mob
lllzatlon. Germany, thoroughly pre-
pared for war, then mobilized and
declared war on Russia.
In the brief negotiations preceding
the war Germany was the chief fac
tor in preventing a diplomatic settle
ment of the Serbian question. Aus
tria- Hungary struck the first blow
at Serbia-but hesitated to go fur
ther. Germany struck the second
blow, bringing in Russia and France,
and the third blow, at Belgium,
bringing in Great Britain. The two
Teuton powers were so plainly the
aggressors that their associate, Italy.
rightly held herself absolved from
the obligations of the Triple ALI
ance.
Iswolsky and other Russian diplo-
mats may have looked forward with
some satisfaction to European war.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
A New Ruling Power

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, originally conceived Of as a
judicial body with administrative
functions, and since 1907 as an ad-
ministrativc body with quasi judi
! cial duties, has become more and
more body adjudicative of great
economic and social questions.
1t was given the power by the
transportation act TO fix the divi-
sion of rates between railroads par
ticipating in joint through rate
The New England railroads there
upon applied to the commission for
larger share Of the through rate
on freight moving into and out of
New England. The commission held
a series Of hearings, and on the
evidence submitted refused to give
the New England roads larger
division.
But yesterday the commission,
after having on its own motion re-
opened the case reversed it's dcci-
sion and granted the New England
railroads an increase Of Is per cent
over the amount which they are now
receiving out of a Joint rate. This
means NO increase of rates to the
consumer; it merely takes from the
trunk lines and other connecting
railroads something which it gives
to the New England railroads.
The commission reversed itself
without calling for or receiving any
additional evidence. Furthermore,
it included not only the rates which
had been considered in the original
application, but also the rates on
anthracite, on which no evidence
whatsoever had been submitted.
Here was a long step beyond the
practices Of a judicial body.
The governments credit was ex-
tended to the New Haven to the ex-
tent Of many millions of dollars to
avert a receivership. Now another
branch of the government takes from
the stockholders Of the trunk lines
and gives to the stockholders of the
New England lines. Is this a fore
cast of the commissions attitude
toward other roads to which the
government made loans?
Probably the commission would
sidestep a direct answer by saying
that the New England situation is
immensely complicated and involves
not only the credit Of one road, but
the interests of large group Of
honest investors and manufacturers
who furnish work to large popula-
ton. The intentions of the commits
sion are doubtless excellent. but a
government body, no less than an in
dividual, once yielding to the tempta-
ton of expediency, finds it harder
and harder to resist new demands
based on expediency.
For the commission to take charge
Of the country is cf dangerous ten
dency. 1t is in the attitude Of the
government during the war Per-
sisted in, it may lead to the creation
Of bureaucratic tyranny, one of the
worst of all forms of government
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Of the chief sources of preventable

Of the chief sources of preventable
blindness. Many public health agencies
are directing their energies to the
elimination Of social diseases, another
Of the leading causes of preventable {
blindness and deterioration Of sight;
efforts being made along other lines
are too numerous to enumerate here.
Recognition of the fact that blindness
from preventable causes has de-
creased during the last decade de-
spite the unusual consequences, di-
rect or indirect, Of great war
should encourage not only to con-
tinued effort, but to an even greater
output of energy to eliminate every
possible cause OF needless deprivation
Of the power to see.
W1NNIFRED HATHAWAY,
Secretary National Committee for
the Prevention of Blindness.
New York, Feb. II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Too Much Tolerance

No intelligent person doubts the
social value of organized invest
ment markets. Honest speculation
performs q public service. ELM
mate Wall Street, and business stag
nation must result The desire for
, profit is not only natural but whole
some, for 1t enerriZes the machine. It
Is this desire that causes some men to
embark in important business enter
prlses and other men to see!. part
nership IN these enterprises by pur-
chasing their securities. The buy
ing and selling of stocks is as ncces-
sary to prosperity as the buying and
selling Of grain, or of cattle, or of
merchandise, CT OF real estate.
Most of the den1agogic attacks
epon Wall Street are thus wholly
unjus.itied. Most of them are made
by men who know nothing oI eco
nomics and have no understanding
of business. They have, however,
gradually built up prejudice
against the stock exchanges and
the boards of trade which IS shared
by many thousands of people.
This prejudice is stimulated by
every disclosure Of crooked opera
tions such as those which have been
lately made concerning the bucket
shops. Bucketshop swindlers, it is
true, victimize only the foolish. But,
unfortunately, the foolish still exist
In very large numbers. Their folly
Is hardly an excuse for bilking
them.
No fair-minded person will charge
that the stock exchanges are direct
ly to blame for the existence of
swindlers who infest the Wall Street
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Boston's $ First Mayor
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 tno Edlt0r Of The Tribune.
Sts; Allow me to correct the state
ment IN your issue Of February 13 that
Tudor jerks. author and attorney, was
the great-grandson Of Phillips Brooks,
hrst Mayor OF Boston" John Phillips,
who died May 20. 1923, was the first
Mayor OF Boston and the great-grand-
father Of Tudor jerks. Phillips Brooks,
who died January 2S, 1898, a clergy
man and later Bishop of the, Episcopal
Church, was kinsman and never mar
ried. ANNA PHILLIPS WILLIAMS.
Boston, Mass, Feb. 12, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
The Coal Strike Threat

In his statement on the eve CT the
assembling of the convention Of TIE
United Mine Workers John l.. Lewis
president of the organization, re-
vived hopes rec ntly dropping by
saying that the miners do not desire
q strike and will do all they can to
avert one
Yet, in spite of this mild and non-
provocative declaration, the prospect
IS gravely menacing. While the
miners will probably Withdraw thei,
demand for an increase in wages, no
sign is given of any Willingness to
accept Il reduction. On the other
hand, the operators are grimly get
ting ready for a protracted struggle.
The outlook is that they will insist
on lessened production costs as a
foundation for the lower coal prices
70 consumers deemed necessary to
develop a volume Of business that
will give larger net profits than a
small volume
If there is strike on April the
question, on the answer to which viii
probably determine the stri,, s sue
cess or failure, is the one of whether
or not the miners are entitled to
their present wages. Superiic ally
their case is weak. 1t is no longer
seriously denied that living costs are
down and that wage rates generally,
although the downward movement
has been slower, are also down. Why
IS the miner, it is asked, alone de-
serving of war wage rates which
others no longer get? In the main,
what he pockets comes out of the
purses of other wage-workers.
But the case is not so simple as at
first appears. Mr.. Lewis, taking the
yearly income Of miners as his basis
of calculation, is able to show that
the miners average weekly compen
sation is not up SO much as is COM
monty supposed. The operation of
the mines is irregular. The wage
rate may be high, but idleness keeps
low the fund the miners wife has
to spend. The public, not distin-
gushing between what a man gets
per year and what he gets on some
days, is confused.
The truth seems to be that the
mining industry, especially in the
bituminous fields, is overmanned
Unless miner is able to secure
other work or has a garden or small
farm on which to labor, he is otter
in a bad plight. Yet to induce me1
TO change their accustomed occupa-
tions is serious business. 1t can,
be done overnight.
With each side looking at it's spe,
cial grievance and the public keenly
findinC fuel costly, an all-around
soreness develops which makes set.
tlemert difficult. Never was there
greater call for ministry of good
will or more need for calm valuation
of complicated facts.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

The Gear did not, The Russian gov
ernment didn't begin the war. Nor
did the Triple Entente will the war.
1t certainly wasn't ready for it when
it came. Germany had been labori-
ously keyed up to the great venture.
These are the plain facts of history.
They cannot be altered by scat
tering evidence that some Of the
Entente leaders felt that the Ger
man attack could not long be STAYED
oft and were beginning in a loose
way to organize against it.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Drug Facts Wanted
Doubt That Prohibition Has In
creased Use of Narcotics

A~OoOA ltdl lOIuDltlCH IIaS III
creased Use of Narcotics
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: noted in The Tribune the ac.
count OF the meeting of the Womcn's
Democratic Club, at which Miss Elisa
beth Marbury, the chairman, made the
statemenU-t was reported-that nro-
hibiticn had increased drug addiction
| should be grateful to Miss Marbury
If she would tell us on what she bases
this assertion. I am national legis-
iatlve chairman for body represents
ing 300 600 members interested in laws
affecting drugs. Several years ago I
heard that prohibition had increased
drug taking in the South. went nv
self to Richmond, Va. and to Charles
ton, S. c., and got the records, which
showed that drug arrests had net in
creased under prohibition there.
1t is my belief that. generally speak
ing, men come to alcohol by the road
OF pleasure, to drugs by the road of
pain. They are. IN the main. different
propositions.
AS for the lady who declared that
she never drank till prohibition if
that fact were quite sufficient reason
to overthrow law passed in ORDERLY
fashion by Congress and ratified by
torty-tive states-I most earnestly ask
her Of she was reported correctly) to
think what will become of a country
that has no respect for majority rule,
but puts in its place onc-man nreiu-
clcc Such country cannot survive.
and IT the idea of the Democrats is to
run campaign on the extolline of law
breaking, can the Democratic party
survive?
am not Democrat, but I have
seen much vision without which the
people persh) arise from the Demo-
cratic party.
therefore ask the women who would
lead it whether they think their meet
ing sent out to the world that which
the Democrats claim to have-the Wis
lon, without which the people perish ?
ELIZABETH TILTON.
Legislative Chairman, CONGRESS- of
Mothers and Parent-Teachcr As
sociations
MAJ 1olehead, Mass, Feb. II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
California for "Old Fellows

California for odd Fellows
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: You give DR.. Copeland as
authority for the statement that in
1921 241 more persons died of cam
Ger and GOA more Of heart disease
than in 1920.
AS a druggist and a close observer.
sixty-five years of age, give it as my
opinion that cancer and heart disease
are not affected by sanitation, but by
activity and dieting-that the nros-
perity Of New York is the reason of
these increases in the death rate.
4he younger and more energetic do
not realize this as much as older per-
sons, many of whom have experienced
heart palpitations of more or less
serious nature. Advise your old fel-
lows that have begun to experience
some irregularities Of heart motion
to come out to California, where thew
can jog around outdoors everv day
in the year. OF course, they will have
TO wear rubbers and rancoats some
days, but will not fall on the
| ice. believe California wetness
does not contribute to heart failure as
much as New York wetness. L. s.
whittier, Calf, Feb. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Cheer Up Man

You weaken in the grip Of flu,
Your pulses throb and jerk;
Your funds are low, your rent IL
due.
You can't get down to work.
A headache makes you want to
yell,
Your tongue is white and
furry.
A friend drops in and says,
well. Well.
It will not do to worryw
You slip and break your collar
bone
And bruise your blessed head,
And think with a despairing moan
Of six long weeks in bed
Your friend comes up and sayA
cold scout,
No virtue in repinirg;
Although you're down. you're
never out;
SO seek the silver lining"
The girl you thought was fond
and true
(Such incidents occur)
Decides that she cart ,n~r,v you
And weds her dads chauffeur.
Your friend observes, x neer up.
old chap,
No cause at all for sorrowl
1t all is for the best, mayhap;
SO better luck tomorrow"
81
AS long as his luck isn't bad
And he is safe and sound
His friends can count upon this
lad
10 scatter sunbeams round.
HIS optimism is sublime,
The noblest instincts fill him;
In spite of which, you mean some
time
10 take an AK and kill him.
Tough Outlook for Mr.. Anderson
Pretty soon there Will be nothing
left to prohibit but prohibition.
Nobody Will Object
Alaska Could Pay for the War;"
Secretary Fall. Well, why doesn't
it?
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
The Vanished Smile

(From The Topcka CapisaD
Mayor Hylan of New York ordered
New Workers to "carry smile" while
he was gone. But with Hyian not there
what has New York to smile at!
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

Yea eas purehsse m.rcnaad.s. adserts.e Ia TNE
TRlSUkc With ahsc,ute sa!ety-for II dissstisfac.
fion -sso!s In any case THE TRIBUNE eusran.
tess 10 pxy ysas money back rrsusst Ne red
taps. No clubbing. We refund promptly II the
advertiser does net
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
u,aes,-s o.. ,,4,. ,ssoc,.rr, ,,,,rss

Tho Associated Press IS exclusively ,ntitc. To
the fnr rr.ub sticrl I'll 4 spatci,es
credited TO (. not otherwise credited IN this
payer ard s<a tx local news q spontaneous o,igin
pabiislc,. herein
Al rixhis x rrpsbca'ir, ot 81 other matter
hes7,sr e,sc rc-crved.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

II you aoould haze me love you, swect,
Until my flesh IN dust doth rot
And hfe's grim cycle is complete---
Then loUc me not.
II you would haze me kiss you, sweet,
When night has overtaken day,
With t1Oinklin0 oyes-thcn lift your feet
And alln GWay.
If you womld have ,nc speak, mn love,
The arords that are for yow alone,
Giue n,e, | pray, the number of
r Your telephone.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
The ower
YEARS OF DISCRETION

YEARS OF DISCRETION
before the bleak era by Provi-
dencc set,
When arteries harden and blood be-
comes chill,
| And feminine Ylances no longer begct
Tho ancient, acquisitive, intidel thrill;
Ere old man Scnility works his grim
WILL
And exercise holds a continual threat
OF anguish sciatic or similar ILL.,
And Folly, alluring, no longer Is met;
Before bright Temptations provocative
eye,
limiting Of things that man shouldn't
do,
Peers at my vsagc and passes me by,
in hue;
Before the ablution Of bootlcggcrs
brew
Leaves my csophagus arid and wry,
formerly knew
Find my old eyes unresponsivc and dry;
Elc JOY has been vanqushcd by
Quavering fears
And lure Of good liquor, Of lyric and
lass
Arc gone, and my ancient and wither-
ing cars
No longer prick up as the April winds
pass,
And swift the sand ebbs in the empty
ing glass,
And sombcr and gloomy existence ap-
pears;
And sit and ! moan that all flesh Is
rope I've been dead for some seven
teen years.
"YheU might settle this here bonus
question" says Uncle Abimelcch Bo-
gdrdus, Of Preakmcss, ". J., "by tnkiM
10 per cert Of the profits every ma,l Of
tghtin' age MADE out of the 1car.'
III iSpct'L'OuS u UiStOTN become
wcarsomc after a whole. Here's Will
Liam Jennings Bryan making motions
as though he were about to run for
Office again, and the last good joke in
this connection was used up early in
1904.
Maybe he's thinking Of running for
Senator instead of President mcrely to
sho'o his scorn Of the principles Of
crolution.
The persistence with which the fire.
quently implorcd customers continue to
send in stamps makes US waver in our
adherence to the theory Of an educa-
tional development Of humanity from
the clod.
We're against this move to limit the |
speed of homicidal motor trucks to fif- !
teen miles an hour. If it's got to hap
pet to us we'd rather have it over
with as quickly as possible.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
inexperienced

Young John D. says it is hard to
give away millions. He ought to
have taken a short course Of instruc-
ton from the United States Ship
ping Board.
Copyright by James J. Montague
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
PHILIP.

Now it's some one in Chicago who
has got the life savings of hundreds
by promising 40 per cent interest, and
we wonder that Mrs. Sanger doesn't add
to the articles of her creed the restora-
ton of the birth rate to one every
minute.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

With the sunlight of the last week
SO diluted with murk and mist and
slect and rain, it's strange that the
weather man hasn't been mobbcd be-
fore this.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

Mr.. Cush steers clear of serious
dramas He goes to the theater to Be
amused, he says. Ho ia fond of mu-
seal comedy, but finds so little of it
"clean" that he once was moved to write
a letter to his favorite paper on the
subject, signed PRO Bono Publico."
The paper published three paragraphs
Of 1t and since then Mr.. Cush has read
the dramatic criticisms with patron
izing air.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

Of course, he might come out and
shift responsibility by offering s10O
bounty on ground hogs. F. r. v.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
GUARAkT TY

Adhered a. sno pt-,oHrc< At New orf a. Secoud
Casa Mai Matter
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

"YbeU might settle this here bonus
question:" says Uncle Abimelcch Bo-
gdrdus. Of Preakmcss, ". j., "by takim
10 per cert Of the profits every man Of
tghtin' age madc out Of tho 1car.'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
ThrOckmorton at Play

+. +. v: In the fierce light which
beats down upon her more famous hus-
band Mrs. j. Throckmorton Cush is
sometimes overlooked, but not, how
ever, b. Mr.. Cush himself. In fact, in
Tic household budget system which
they have kept religiously ever since
they found out what the word meant,
the sum of $3.50 week is frankly set
aside for "amusemcnts and recrea-
tions." Instead Of "dribbling it away
in small sums" they have found that
they get much more fun by saving it
up for zone big spree" every month.
On these affairs they are joined by
their friends and ncghbors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Blump, the foursomc calling them
selves the "Just-Us Club" At S O'Clock
on the fatal day Mr.. Cush says to Mr..
Elump: you go up and make sure
they've saved the tickets and III 20
over to the train and meet the girls"
Mr. Blump is the comedian of these
excursions. While waiting in the con-
course for the 1901 he reduces "the
Ci1ls" almost to Mysteries by giving, in
an undertonc, perfectly killing imi-
tation of a train caller. On New Years
eve they dined at zone Of those little
French places" where paper caps were
given away as souvenirs, and on the
train going home Mr.. Blump insisted
on putting his on, right in the car.
Mr.. Cush smiled tolerantly, but when
they got home Mrs. Cush and he agreed
that Mr.. Blump had gone Just little
too far Mr.. Cush even talked seri-
ously Of cutting out these wild par
ties altogether" and saving the money
for trip to Bermuda, but in the morn
ing they wisely agreed "just to let the
matter DROP" PHILIP CURTTSS.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

The repetitions Of history become
wcarisomc after whole Here's Will
as though he were about to run for
Office again, and the last good joke in
this connection was used up early in
1904.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

We're against this move to limit the
speed of homicidal motor trucks to fif-
teen miles an hour. If it's got to hap
pel' to US we'd rather have it over
with as quickly as possible
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

Maybc he's thinking Of running for
Senator instead of President merely to
shoao his scorn Of the principles Of
crolution
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Nobody Will Object

Alaska Could Pay for the War;"
Secretary Fall. Well, why doesn't
it?
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

The persistence with which the fire.
quently implorcd customers continue to
send in stamps makes US waver in our
adherence to the theory Of an cduca-
tional development Of humanity from
the clod
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15

You weaken in the grip Of flu,
Your pulses throb and jerk;
Your funds are low, your rent IL
Evening star., 1922-10-08

At righ t:
Catherine. aged
FIVE. and Helen.
aged three. prize
winners in the
recent southeast
b a by S h o W.
They are daugh-
ters of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Ellis.
4lo 18th street
southeast.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-10
PRICE INVESTIGATION
IN STATE COMPLETED
BY FEDERAL AGENTS

Investigation of the prices of
food and clothing in New Mexico
has just been completed by the IT,
S. department of justice and data
collected in the investigation has
been sent to Washington, according
to A. r. Gere, special agent of the
department of justice. No figures
on the investigation were made
public.
Complete investigation into the
production costs and the retail
and wholesale price of the ordi-
nary articles which contribute to
the cost of living was made. The
agents collected data on the pro-
duction costs of beef and poultry
to the grower, the price the pack
ers pay and the price the consumer
pays, Similar data was gathered
on other staple goods, for coal and
wood, mems and women's clothing
and shoes.
The government is conducting
the nationwide investigation in an
effort to learn If profiteering is be-
ing carried on and to locate the
offending parties. Results of the
investigation will probably be Civ.
en- out from Washington.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-10
AMERICAN LEGION AT
MEETING ELECTS NEW
OFFICERS FOR 1922

The annual meeting and election
Of officers of the American Legion
was held last night in the banquet
room of the Y. w. c. A. The dinner
was served at $50 O'Clock. The
meeting was called to order by
Frank Westerfeld, post command
err.
The followin election results
we're announced last night: Ken
meth Balcomb, post commander;
Ralph Whiteside, vice post COM
mander; NJ. +, Biersmith, post ad-
iutant: Earnest A, Polansky, post
finance officer; Charles Houchen,
post historian; Rev Winfred Zeig-
Ter chaplain; A, e. Nye. sergeant
at arms.
All committees made their re-
ports after the election.