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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Jockeying

President Harding's difficulties in
getting the miners and operators to
agree parallel the troubles of Pres
ident Roosevelt during the coal
strike in 1902.
After the first meeting which he
had brought about between these
groups he wrote to Mark Hanna:
well, have tried and failed. /
feel downhearted over the result,
both because of the great misery
made for the mass Of the people and
because the attitude of the operators
will beyond doubt double the bur-
den on us whAAs standing between
them and social!st{c action. .
! feel most strongly that the atti-
tude of the operators is one which
accentuates the need of the govern
ment having some power of supervi
sion and regulation over such corpo-
rations"
A week later, in letter to Grover
Cleveland, whom he had asked to be-
come q member of the arbitration
committee, he said:
Both sides have resolutely per-
sisted in regarding first their own
interests and treating the interests
of the public as wholly secondary,
and, indeed, as not to be cons dered
at ALL"
Another week elapsed before he
finally persuaded both sides to agree
to abide by the decisions of the COM
mission which he would appoint, and
in the mean time to resume mining
operations.
1t is true that the opposition to
government interference then was
much greater than it is now. But
just as much as now each side in
1902 was insistent upon twisting the
Presidents proposal so as best to
serve its own interests.
But now neither side has adopted
an attitude toward the government
as independent and as insolent as
was done in 1902. Both sides now
concede that the public has right
to be considered. Each is making a
show of unwillingness to accede,
probably in the hope that it may be
able to bluff the President into load
ing the terms and conditions of sub
mission in its favor This sort of
maneuvering was to be expected.
But it may be assumed that the
President will not suffer himself to
become enmeshed-will insist on an
unconditional submission and an i'm
mediate opening Of the mines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Unreasonable

Were he addressing any one but
the Mayor of New York, the insist
ence of Chairman McAneny of the
Transit Commission that critics of
the subway should stick to the truth
would be justified
But the Mayor speaks for political
effect and the truth is often incon-
venient to him. Had the Mayor
taken the trouble to go into the sub
way after the Lexington Avenue fire
he would have discovered that the
lights were not, as he now charges,
operated on the same circuit as the
third rail, and that they did not, as
ne further charges, go out when the
power was short-circuited. He would
have discovered, also, that there was
not, as he still further charges, a
total lack of exit facilities, for he
would have been bound to observe
the elevated footway that runs the
entire length of the tube.
But these discoveries would have
deprived Mr. Hylan of valuable talk
ing points in his attacks on the sub
1 ways. Mr., Hylan, Mr.. McAnenv
5should remember, hates the subway
with all his mind and heart and
soul. He is one man who can be-
come the implacable enemy of an in
animate object. To him the subway
IS no. tracks and cars and switches
and stations, but horrid beast that
lnterferes with the introduction of
buses on all the streets of greater
New York.
Therefore, when he finds in an IN
foreseen and unforeseeable accident
an opportunity to pronounce ana
themas against it he dislikes ex-
tremely to be hampered by facts.
Facts haye in the past often irri-
tated Mr.. Hylan, but they have never
conquered him. 1t is unkind of Mr..
McAneny to plague him now by
thrusting them in his face.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
The Presidents Warning

In his proclamation forbidding in
reference with mail and interstate
transportation and announcing that
all the power Of the government will
be employed to keep the trains NOV
ing the President says all that is
needful to say.
Acting within the authority con-
ferred on it the Railroad Labor
Board, after most patient hearing,
handed down two decisions-one IA
vorable to the immediate interests
of the shopmen and the other to the
contrary effect. Not able to have
100 per cent of their way, the shop
men elected to discontinue their
work and have since in effect denied
to others the right to do it. The at
tack is not so much on railroad own
ers, now but middlemen with respect
to transportation, with no opportu-
nifty to profteer, as on the other
wage workers of the country.
The shopmen gladly accepted La
Dor Board decisions in their favor.
Not until one went against them did
they become dissatisfied, and set out
to break up an arbitral system which
has been and will be bulwark of
protection to them.
Such being the inception and the
nature of the strike, how long will
the strikers. continue to add to their
personal, self-inflicted losses? How
long will they persist in a mad en-
deavor to coerce the public? The
time can't be long. The more sue
cessful the shopmen are in endan..
gering life and in adding to costs of
living the earlier they are certain to
lose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
The Right to Privacy

When crime has been committed
citizens lose to some degree the
right to privacy. The public be-
comes entitled to know all that they
know about it. This is very ancient
law. 1t is of more concern that the
perpetrators of the crime, whatever
it may be, should be caught and pun
ished than that any individuals
natural desire to be "let alone"
should be respected.
The insistence on the right of pri-
vacy of many of those who have in
formation that may throw light on
the killing of Clarence Peters made
a scandal of the Ward case.
After young Ward confessed to
the shooting-which he did almost
week later than he should have done
every one with any knowledge of
the blackmail plot he spoke of should
have given all the facts to the
authorities. Instead they evaded
summonses and when called into the
grand jury room refused to answer
questions.
1t was largely their attitude that
put young Ward into Jail and kept
him there for number of weeks on
evidence which Justice Seeger now
says is insufficient to convict him of
murder.
Blackmailing is a crime. The
Westchester Grand Jury was entitled
to straight and complete story of
the entire plot, no matter who was
involved by it. AS a matter of fact.
1t was the business Of the young man
who says he was its victim to reveal
all ne knew of it long before he
found it necessary to make a per
sonal issue with one of the black
mailers. The state could and should
have attended to that for him.
No political influence, no CONNER
cial Importance, entities any one to
insist he shall not be brought into d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Symbolism of the Flag
, the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: For the space The Tribune has
so freely devoted to the discussion
over "The Star-Spangled Banner" we
should be deeply grateful. I would
like to add, as briefly as possible, one
further viewpoint, probably an unusual
viewpoint-that of a student of sym-
bolism: for the grandeur Of the sym
bols Of Old Glory is unsurpassed in
any flag on the earth.
Consider first the stars, telling Of
patience and infnity, set in their field
of blue--the great blue vault of
heaven. The canton is at once recog-
nized as the symbol of majesty, great
ness, patience, steadfast purpose, the
illimitable.
Then the main field of white, close
held to heart-rcd bars"--white, the
emblem Of purity. and red, symbolic of
love. The straightness of those bands
is a token of integrity and sincerity;
to the artist the horizontal lines speak
Of peace and calm.
1t seems to me that q great nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

rs German Sees the Hyphen By nagta~Drsnasn

The German publcist Alfred Kerr,
as original a thinker as Harden, but
unfortunately handicapped by sim
gle track Teutonic mind, visited New
York during the first weeks of May of
this year and now publishes his OBJ
servations in the "Berliner Tageblatt."
These glimpses are in the form of
short, more or less sketchy pictures,
always interesting and striking, some
times seen from new and original
angle, but often badly out of focus.
To start with Kerr's final conclusion:
The war, he states, broke the neck of
American Germandom." Mark the term
American Germandom" Kerr SHES
at that WORKOUT and much discredited
label an-Americanism." IN the
newly invented trademark he puts
America frst-but there is a hyphen
nevertheless. Leading up to this
statement, which doubtless is a severe
shock for Germany still believing
in the myth of German -Americanism M"
ne asks with appreciate candor: "Ysn't
America entitled to expect of her i'm
migrants that which the Germans have
demanded of the Poles, the Danes and
the Lorrainers?"
Kerr, who has been over here be-
fore, could not fail to be impressed by
"an internal change that is taking place
in America" AS he strikingly puts it:
Before the war America was a coun-
try; now It is nation!" 1t could not
escape him that the wealthy, educated
and ambitious German families with
drew from Germandom." In parenthe-
ses he carefully states: "Of course,
rot all of them" But Germans, social
ly ambitious, he points out, no longer
restrain their children from becom-
ing ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Americans. He speaks Of tho sons of
German parents who voluntarily went
to war against the Fatherland, and,
greatly impressed, mentions "the agony
suffered by their pro-German elders"
No matter how much it hurts him,
Kerr does not overlook the fact, that
many Of those whom he terms
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" do not want to go
lack to the Fatherland. Having
breathed Americas free air for scores
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Restoring Santo Domingo

That the President is not in sym-
pathy with the unjustifable seizure
OF Santo Domingo by Mr.. Wilson is
obvious from his latest plan to effect
the withdrawal of American forces
from the republic. The delay since
Mr.. Harding took office has been
primarily due to the slowness in
agreeing upon a method of evacua-
ton.
The new plan provides for pro-
vis'onal government, composed of
Don1inicans and chosen by Domini-
cans. The American authorities will
turn over to the provisional execu-
tive the National Palace and will
concentrate the American troops of
occupation in one or, two places,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Closing the Incident

No breach of international rela-
tions will result from the victory of
Mile. Lenglen over Mrs. Mallory.
The United States Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION, which promptly cabled
congratulations to the French Fed
Grafton, reflected American feeling,
Partisanship ran high for a time.
Neither principal, we take 1t from
recent printed utterances, is yet
completely placated, but there is a
cooling off.
The two nations which stood TO-
gether SO valiantly in a great war
will not be torn apart because they
have given to the world two excel
lent tennis players. We will still
remember Lafayette and Foch, and
the French will not forget Pershing
and the cleaning up at Chateau
Thierry and the Argonne.
France is dear to us, and we have
still much in common with France.
Her statesmen and our own must
meet at many a conference table be-
fore the wounds of the world are
healed. Her merchants and our
merchants will have deal of COM
merce to revive before business is
on the old pre-war footing.
No temporary estrangement over
what the sporting writer's call a
met tilt" can set US by the ears.
The people of both nations will be
pleased that the tennis war is over
that the Lenglen-Mallory incident
is happily closed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

him will be more or less unkird, Eos'
and, alas, frequently brutal.
I know of what l write, ana W.
it to be expressed and carried eve
where in most emphatic terms. ins
is no post requiring more inseiiise"'
good judgment and knowledge OF =
than that of warden. His seiess','
should be a matter Of greatest noa'''
as upon him devolves the greatest
sponsibility. and, further, the prss'
and ultimate welfare Of the men =
women who are in his power 1or :
or many years or lifetime.
BEVERLY ROBINSON, NJ. =
New York, July 9, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

of years, they are sick and tired of the
none commissioned oficerism of German
officialdom. mo one who has ever
been in America would stand for that
any longer!" he says.
These American Germans don't want
to go back, first of all for economic
reasons. mill hands earn SIPS q
week." an educated" manufacturer
told Kerr. Even if they don't earn
quite as much as that, they get more
than the nickel an hour which their
German brethren receive in Saxony and
Lower Silesia.
The German Press
A newspaper man, Kerr naturally
took great interest in New York's "two
big German dailies." He speaks very
hopefully of 'the consolidation" of two
papers, but he fails to draw the con-
clusion that this Consolidation" only
proves that German Americanism has
changed to what is but slight i'm
Observation-Disclosures Germandom.
1t seems that visit to the editorial
rooms of these two big German dailies
was as near as Kerr ever came to the
still surviving German-American as he
lives, in pure "kultur," In the Vereine,
IN German singing societies, bowling
clubs and "pinochle universities" Like
Rudolph Herzog, Won Wolzogen, Fulda
and other German literasi Kerr was
shown only the gilded fringes of
American Germandom Of this, he
notices only that it suffered on &C.
count of what Won Papen, Boy-Ed and
DR.. Albert did. That it suffered only
because 1t had constituted itself
German Americandom, Kerr apparent
ly does. not grasp. He seems to be
laboring under the delusion that the
ex-German, naturalized in America.
owes more than purely spiritual al
legiance-an actual semi-political al
leglance-to the old country. All
through his article Kerr deplores that
Germany lost something In America
during the war which by rights should
never have existed--the force of Ger
man-Americanism. This shows that
the Germans still don't understand the
oft-puzzling problems of Americaniza-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James J. Montague
The Average Citizen

We have partially bought the
piano
eve purchased the music out
right,
We still are in debt for the din
ing-room set,
But freedom from that is in
sight.
Next autumn we wind up the sofa
And the rack and settee in the
hall,
We are two months ahead on the
four-poster bed,
And SO that collector won't
call.
We still owe a lot on the auto
The upkeep's a little bit high
And we get sort of blue when the
payments are due,
But We'll own the whole car by
and by.
We have paid for most all of the
dishes
And a third of the washing ma
chine,
We have got a receipt for the
silver, complete,'
Excepting the tray and tureen.
1t isn't so bad when you've
started,
You get the things bought one
bv one.
And there'll soon come a time
when we've paid the last
dime
And every installment is done.
. And what is the pinching and
saving,
Although it may gall you a lot,
When you look for the day, if you
only can pay,
That you'll own everything
that you've got?
No money to keep for the icebox,
No pennies to save for the
Wait!
We thought for a while we could
sit back and smile, :,
And fancy we'd triumphed DER
fate.
But it's only two months, we re-
member,
Till the first of September
arrives,
And we think, with chill, Of the
income tax bill
Well get that the rest of our
lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

already loaded. II the burden is in
creased, If he is compelled to insure
against joining lodge or displaying
other masculine weaknesses, will
bachelorhood become more common?
Will the prospective bridegroom
balk? II he does, will he be Vol
steaded and become bonded hus-
band whether he will or not?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
The Warden and Prisons

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR; 1t should be plainly understood
by every citizen that the warden is
practically chief in power in prisons.
You may have state or city commits
sions, visitors. inquiries. or so-called
Investigations, but, after ell, the
warden cannot be interfered with to
any great degree. His word and doings
are really law in the prisons.
AS is the warden, so are the keepers.
II the warden is good, kind and con-
saderate to every one, so the keepers
VIII soon be. If the contrary spirit,
prevails at the head, the men under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

We tried to read "a Young Girls
Diary" one of the three confiscations,
most diaries are. Now, two fears
obsess us: One, that the boredom the
volume eH9Scd may have been inspired
by ous AuAppnscious mind working in
tune with NE vice hunters; the other,
that maybe we got discouraged too
easily and did not read far enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

criminal affair II he can by any word
or act help to clear It up.
There is no right of privacy in
matters which concern all the people,
and crime, whether 1t be blackmail
or murder, is certainly such q
matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Viii the Old DAYS Return?

Kerr took along with him pictrsl
of deplorable condition that is al
prevailing over here so far as GernH'
as political entity is concerned.
spite of his recognition Of an eutireI
changed situation, through the whdI
of his article sneaks the vain hope 70,
the dayH of before 1917 will retu1
Thesafalse hopes should be crushed
Germany for her own best interests
for that OF those over hero who, UNI
vited and of their own free will, ta5
out their naturalization papers.
course, for Kerr, g German, it wc3
be hard to break this bad news to
own compatriots, but the duty OF tha
ex-Germans over here-and in Y
their German-printed papers sno5
lead them-should be to enlighten 4
Germans Of the Fatherland on y
point.
After all, Kerr is German and
soIutely entitled to speak as Germ
and take sides with Germany. And
the sams reason he ought to be Civ
credit for sizing up so aptly and cles'
the remnants Of former Germands'
In the United States-only he sho'
not deplore that things are as they
to-day. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" oa
and for ell. ended will greatly help
stabilize Washington's relations VIA
onr GArranv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
What Readers Are Thinking

whose flag Is so transcendently SYM
ooiic OF majesty, purity, love and
peace the qualities dominating the
neart of the real American-that such
nation cannot be represented by 8
ribald song of impure birth, whose
words breathe hate and war.
FRED E. SCARLETT.
New York. July II, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
The Tore,

THE DAGUERREOTYPE
r SEE her din1ly Through silver
A. haze,
A faint, elusive smile; q girls
smooth brow.
i hold the picture to the light and
now,
From out the mists Of vanished
yesterdays,
A fair, sweet ghost comes back to
meet my gaze.
She left, tits said---I know not
why nor how
Her April world, the bird, the
budding bough
And reckoning Love for strange and
untried ways.
But you have now her eyes, her trick
Of smile,
And, eager, drain Lies brimming
cup of bliss.
A haunting tale untold; a song
unsung
To you she seems. who lived little
while,
And yet, somewhere-strange l
should think of this
Perhaps she pities you. She
still is young.
MARY JANSEN DUBOIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

The Society for the Suppression of
Vice may be vital part of the body
polite, but years of residence in this
community have led US to believe that
its efforts should be held in allegiance
until it could be made q subsidiary of
larger organizations Society for
the Identification of Vice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Feeling at Home

From The Kansas city star)
A Senate investigating committee has
reported that the American govern
ment committed some plumbers in
Hayti. That is easily explained-the
government evidently thought Hayti
was part Of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Pretty Tough

Apparently, globe trotters will
have to get along as best they can
without viewing the sunset from the
top of Mount Everest.
Copyright by James J. Montague)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

The Society for the Suppression Of
Vice has found indecency in three.
more books. Among our objections to
the above-cited society is it's method
of operation. The character Of its
three most recent finds leads US to be-
lieve that if it had only kept quiet
about them it eventually could have
purchased all three editions, prscti-
cally intact. from the publishers for
20 cents q volume.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

Tbs Associated Press is exclusively entitled 20
TIE use for republication o. all dispatches
credited 10 II or not otherwise credited iB this
paper. and ssso the Ioc ii Of spontaneous orsin
published herein.
Al rsh,s Of republication Of all ether matter
herein also ere reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
Still Efficient

The Germans have found a way to
get the ink off printed paper, and
now their marks can be turned into
labels for American liquor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
High Time

Governor Cox has gone to Europe
to find out if the League of Nations
is as great an institution as he said
it was in the last campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13
REVISED VERSION

Vice is creature hidden in book,
cor which the public is not prone to look.
And hardly anybody sees or minds 1t
Until the 8. S. V. goes out and finds it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

New Hampshire hotelkeepers are
complaining that their best paying
guests are likely to be snatched away
from them at any time and given
free board in Jail for playing Sun
day golf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

"The word Pullman" Frank Os-
born, the we'll known etymologist, an
nounces, was born during struggle
with one Of their car windows"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

INTERESTING INSECTS
The fea's q funny critter. His
Behauior's queer and quaint;
You try to hit him Where he is,
And there, By gosh, he anti
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

Voc cas- purchase MERCHANDISE advertised In rhE
TRIBUNE With absolute ssfety--fer N dissaHsssc.
tlcn results In any cass THE TRIBUNE euarsn-
tses to pay your monty back upon request. No red
tsee. Ne au9bbias. We refund promptly II the
advertiser does net.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

Eight comets are due, but it is
possible, of course, that a sidereal
shop workers. strike may delay
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

Perhaps Mexico thought it would
be easier for the United States to
recognize her if she began behaving
normally again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

Perhaps Congress raised the tariff
on peanuts in order to restrict the
product of type of politics of which
they are one of the chief ingredients.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-13

ton and its most perplexins r!til
hyphenism.
This hyphentsm is best fllustrs,
by the position taken by the Germs
American press when the League
Nations controversy was on, n
they very strongly came out agsa1
any American policy that would u
to commit the United States TO q
tangling alliances" But al the TIL
while fighting the League Of Natas
these same papers committed tbs
selves, and thus indirectly tried
commit the Washington goveruns5
to a kaiseristic, militarist.c, pan-Gs
man policy. In this they were dais
exactly what they always denounss
other racial groups, especially !
English, for trying to DO.