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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-25

Kansas City. Sept. 25.-kansas City
made a clean sweep Of the series with
by taking the last game
here Sunday. 4 to 2, The game was
pitchers battle between Dean and
Wilkinson. THE score:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-25

Louisville 1000 o2o ooo-2 . o
Kansas City 1000 800 1cx-4 10 0
Dean and Meyer; Wilkinson and
Shinault.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Morses and Lanars

On Thursday Charles ". Morse
and twenty-thrce others were in
dlcted for using the mails TO de-
fraud, and on the same day David
Lamar, the so-called "Wolf of Wall
Street. appeared in answer to a
summons issued on complaint of a
widow who alleged that he swindled
her out Of $4,000 invested in an
oil company.
The appearance Of these two
names in the news Of one dav
shows that even the most intensive
education Of the public sometimes
fails to educate. Both men have
been involuntary guests of the
government. The sort of business
which they have carried on has
long been widely advertised. Every
man and woman able 20 read should
by this time be informed. Yet
here they are, apparently revindi-
eating the cynical maxim that "A
sucker is born every minute" Are
Americans warranted in calling,
themselves an intelligent people?
Another circumstance seems
worthy of remark--namelv, that
men of presumptive respectabilitv
who know the records of the
Morses and the Lamars, even if
their victims do not, rent to them.
deal with them, even 20 into part
nership with them. 1t is most dis
couraging to those, like The
Tribune, who maintain services to
diffuse information and to warn
the public to the degree our archaic
libel laws allow.
Every successful fraud, it should
be needless to say, works injury to
every honest man engaged in a SIM
liar line Of business. Il muddies
the waters of confidence. A large
part Of the prejudice against Wall
Street is because it tolerates the
presence Of tricksters and swim
dlers. The public finds it difficult
to discriminate. Those whose
pockets are rified involve the inno-
cent IN general condemnation.
And the decent men, in theil
way as foolish as those who are
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Horse Census Examined

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter in your issue Of Apri!
20, headed Horses in Declinc.o by
Thomas X. Gordnier, is misleading to
say the least. His statement relative
TO the decrease in the number of horses
in New York City is true, but when
analyzed different light will be
thrown on the subject.
The horse census OF New York City
in 1910 was $4,000 and in 1917 1oS,o0O
"a decrease Of 10000 in seven years.
Upward of 5000 Of this loss can be
attributed to The installation of stor-
age battery cars on the old horsecar
lines and the abandonment of others.
There is also to be taken into con-
sderation the 5000 horses that were
destroyed on account Of glanders in
fection by the Board Of Health in
its campaign Of eradication Of this
disease.
The census of 1919 shows 1900.
against the 100000 in 1917, or de-
crease Of $4,000 in two years, in CON
trast to the 10000 decrease in the pre-
vious seven years. This is direct evi-
dence Of our wartime prosperity and
not Of economic demand and value of
motors, as it is we'll known and ad-
mitte0 by those engaged in transporta-
ton management that motor transpor-
tation entails an expense Of 81 times
that Of animal drawn
Mr.. Gordnier states that ''in Ohio.
from 1917 to 1919, tho decrease in
horses was from $4,000 to $4,000. or
10000" Let me call his attention to
the fact that there was a rather serious
misunderstanding being thrcshed out in
Europe at that time, in which horses
played most important role.
His statement relative to the de-
crease Of horses on farms in 1920 is
decidedly misleading, a. he infers that
there was decrease Of 373 900 in one
year, which is anything but correct.
AS far as the average price Of horses
dropping Sl2 head is concerned it
ls III my opinion, q step toward the
return to pre-war "normalcy" and not
q Encouragement to the breeder The
future of the horse as producer was
never brighter.
ORVlLLE Z. M'KIM.
New York April &c, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29

can compel retraction and apology or
recover damages. Most newspapers
value their regulations as most per
sons do. They seldom designedly sin
against individuals or the public in
terest.
Through English and American
history the freedom Of the press has
been blessing, not an injury. 1t
has been bulwark against political
oppression and corruption. 1t has
helped TO keep the air clear and to
purge democracy Of arrogance and
hypocrisy. Tolerance Of free criti-
clsm and free discussion is an indis-
pensable sign mark Of good govern
ment
A free press may be a thorn in
the side TO political absolutists and
moral dictators. They want to rule
alone. But it is the safeguard of
the mass--of the majority threat
ened with minority aggressiveness.
1t is one of our Fundamental re-
publican institutions. To attack it
is TO attack the system Of free in
terplay of opinion and free judg-
ment on which democracy rests.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
gh-Pricees ".Shoohies"

Police Commissioner Enright's re-
quest for q force Of detectives at
$4,000 year ought to be fatty re-
fused. Supplying him with such q
force would merely provide a clique
Of high-priced pets. rewarded for
their personal loyalty to the Com
missioner.
Mr.. Enright has not shown that
he is q skillful picker of men. 1t is
not lack of money but lack Of execu-
tive ability which has kept the right
sort of detectives off the police force
With few exceptions the plain
clothes men are patrolmen in dis
guise who are wholly unacquainted
with criminal catching as profes-
sion.
Such Of the bandits and burglars
as have been caught by the police
have been either taken red handed
or run down through "stool pigeons"
and outside information. Plans to
prevent and to catch, as well as de-
ductive reasoning, are practically
unknown in the department.
No one knowing Mr.. Enright
doubts that he would use the grant
of $4,000 salaries to detectives mere
ly to promote men he happens to
want promoted. He may imagine
that these men are worthy Of more
pay, but his judgment in the matter
Is decidedly fallible.
What would happen were the re-
quest granted would be the creation
Of new "shoof1y" force at the ex-
pense Of the taxpayers and to the
irritation of the rank and file Of the
department who are obliged to walk
their beats and run the real risks in
cident to police duty.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
rained Nurse Substitutes

o the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The executive secretary Of The
Eastern Council for Nursing Education
seems to think that thu fully trained
nurse is all that is needed. The ma
jority Of patients, however, do not re-
quire such highly trained attention. nor
are they able to pay for it. But there
is pressing need Of many caretakers
who will do q fair amount Of intelli-
gent work for those who are slightly
incapacitated and do this work for a
fair remunerat
When one of my family is i'll, I call
IN the public health nurse to give the
daily bath and change sheets and carry
out any further treatment which NAV
have been ordered, and then do the rest
OF the nursing myself, as | cannot
afford the charges Of the present day
nurse. A nurse who had spent but a
few weeks (Which is all that would he
necessary to learn to use intelligence
III the sickroom) and would a ask pro-
portionate wage would be a boon in
deed. r + Ar
Newark. n. j., April %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
The Bonus Tangle

The Senate Finance Committee
seems TO be facing the same en-
barrassments in framing bonus
bill which will look like a bonus
bill and yet in important respects
not be one as were encountered
by the leaders Of the House Ways
and Means Committee The pro
gram is similar: Let US pass
bonus act which, whatever it costs,
will not entail new taxation"
Mr.. McCumber favors S4,5O0,-
00.000 bill, modelled after the House
measure. Certificates would be is
sued, on which the soldiers could
borrow money from the banks. But
Mr.. McCumber will make it point
to ask the veterans to hold on to
their certificates as long as possible
This parallels his announcement
that he will ask all producers pro
tected BY high tariff rates to avoid
taking full advantage of them. If
The government gives the soldier a
certificate or the producer q high
tariff rate, advice from Mr.. Nc
Cumber to the beneficiary will
naturally smack somewhat Of in
nocence and superAta...
Mr.. Smoot's plan contemplates an
ultimate expenditure Of $4,000, ,0O0,-
600. It gives the soldier a paid-up
insurance policy, which he cannot
dispose of or borrow upon. This
project has at least the merit of
definitely deferrinQ payments, and
thus relieving any strain on the
Treasury during the critical refund
ing period just ahead. But it gives
the soldier nothing to put in his
pocket.
The ticklishness of the situation
has all along beer in the clash be
tween the soldiers desire for cash
compensation and the Treasurv's
present inability to provide such
compensation. The money could
easily be provided by levying q
bonus sales tax. But here there is
another clash--botween the desire Of
congressman to help themselves by
voting a bonus and the fear that
they will not help themselves by
voting new taxation.
Congress didn't think the problem
cut before it took up bonus legisla-
ton. Want of thought comes back
to plague the careless thinker. In
trying to harmonize too irreconcil-
able demands Congress has pleased
n0body-least of all itself. 1t counted
on bonus legislation as d political
asset. 1t is now finding out that it
didn't recognize the difference be-
tween an asset and Il liability.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Helping College Athletes

Dean Briggs. speaking as the
Harvard representative Of the inter
collegiate athletic committee, doubts
the existence of organized bodies of
alumni to help impecunious athletes
through college.
There have been times, doubtless.
when a few wealthy men have fur
nlshed money to help good football
players through college. individuals
certainly have contributed to the
support Of athletic stars. But ther.
is nothing more than rumor to sub
stantiate the charge of organized as
slstance designed with the special
purpose Of bringing athletic ability
to the alma mater. AS Dean Briqes
points out, something more than pos-
sap is needed to prove such a charge
and while all reports are naturally
investigated they cannot be accented
at face value until proved.
The question Of helping college
athletes is complicated by the diffi-
Guilty in drawing the line between
justified and unjustifed assistanc.
No one would ask that a man he
barred from needed financial aid lust
because he is good athlete. As
matter OF fact, nearly all students.
whether athletes or not, are SUPPORT
ed IN whole or in part by outside
financial assistance during their COL
lege course.
In most cases help comes from the
boys own family. In others it
comes from scholarships or friendly
loans. To say that in one instance
such help transcends the limits Of
propriety is impossible without a
full knowledge Of the individual
case. Only the general principle
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Exempting the Wilson Fund

thursdays ruling Of the Treasury
Department not to exempt from tax
alton contributions to the Wilson
Foundation was modified yesterday
by the departments suggestion that
If the Wilson Foundation will incor-
porate, as did the Roosevelt Me
mortal Association, its funds will re-
celVe the same exemption.
Commissioner B]air's failure to
mention in his first statement how
easily the defect could be removed
was an unfortunate omission. His
attempt to draw distinction be-
tween funds for educational and
funds for civic purposes was rather
flnespun. Civics is part of educa-
ton, even as mathematics or physics
Is; and an agency with civic ends
may, it seems, be rated an educa-
tional one. II will be observed that bv
his later suggestion that lack Of in
corporation is the fatal defect Mr..
Blair materially shifts his position
with respect to the true nature of
civics.
There are, however, practical mat
ters which should not be ignored
even if the Wilson Foundation illcor
porates, as the Treasury Department
suggests. One is that in the Wilson
case the fund is raised during the
mans lifetime, whereas in the case
of Roosevelt it was not created until
after his death. There are questions
Of precedent involved which might
we'll make it unwise TO EXEMPT con-
tributions to such d fund during the
lifetime of the person in whose honor
it is created.
If any group can establish a fund
in honor Of any person and then
claim tax exemption on gifts thereto
large hole will be knocked in the
income tax.
As TO those who see little parti-
sanship in the Treasury Depart
ment's action it is perhaps enough to
say that we have among US persons
with gifted imaeinations.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29

cording TO the value Of foreign eS''
>ency, according 10 costs IL fofsis"
country ard according to the eonsc'sA''
CT citizen Of foreign country
If the American market value y
used the exchange value on feFet'
currency will have no effect on -,
duty. the market reports will shV's
accurate information TO the appraiss''
on staples, and the appraisers arc !,
kind of men who will have sources
accurate information on the prices
specialties. II they are Inaccurate ~,
are subject to our coIrts and eaa
punished whether they over or uh'''
value.
would advise any one who is sAss
teal as to the ability Of our apprs'ss.
to a6ministrate the American Vsi9'
ton principle to interview q 10"
them. He will find them expert III ="
values of surprisingly large no@'. !.
of articles and surprisingly expss.
the value of the special kind OF af''s
In which the inquirer is himself exp.
OTTO W: HEINlGM
New York, April 27, 1922. -sb
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
TO BE DECIDED

Said an oil can to cake,
As they watched fapper fair:
"She's q nifty little shifter,
And think there's petting there"
Said the calaie to the oil can:
Better tune that static out
tried her in dimbox
And she handed me this shout:
"Biouse, kid, blouse
You're ringing q false ntorm;
SoCc gouW feathers and apple souce
For Tie bimboes boch on The farm.
"i amt no green tomato,
And | hnoU poU stats like q booh;
II acasn't upstage and ritSy
I'd soon be getting the hook.
" SO cat yourself a piece Of cake
A12d loose the strangle hold,
o. lN poke you one IN the kiscus
That pW stretch you stiff and cold
TOM WEATHERLY.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
What's the Use?

Wtldl tllc CSCF
1t was the man Of science,
Who TO the 1apper said,
u see a trace upon your face
Of arsenate of lead.
Ny duty is to warn you
That if you don't esclew
The powder rag you'll be a hag
Before you're fOrty-two,
"And as for paint. It's poison;
That lovely shade of pink
You dab in streaks across your
cheeks
Is carbureted zinc.
1t ruins the complexion
And kills the appetite;
At forty-three you're bound 10 be
A most appalling sight"
1t was the placid f1apper
Who heard the words we quote,
And went ahead and powdered
lead
Upon her face and throat.
Aud also daily tinted
Her full and rounded cheeks
A lovely pink with gobs of zinc
In unduieting streaks.
For happers are but f7appers,
And that's the reason why
They take advice with looks of
ice
And scorn to make reply.
And if they're old and ugly,
When they are forty-two,
They'll slap on paint without re-
straint
The way their mothers do.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29

can be stated that the purpose is to
discourage the support Ct men who
come solely to display their athletic
prowess.
There is general tendency to
make the easy generality that a
good athlete is a poor student, and
vice versa. Unfortunately, this is
true as to star students and star
athletes. The trouble comes chiefly
through an overemphasis Of one or
the other form Of activity, with the
result that the individual devotes
most of his time and effort to one to
the exclusion OF the other.
Does this not suggest that the
solution of the whole problem lies in
re-establishing a normal proportion
between studies and athletics?
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Radio for Hospitals

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] hnve relative at the POST
Graduate Hospital who is suffering
from an eye aHliction which prevents
hlm from reading. He will be there
six weeks. | wished to install q radio.
but was refused permission, because
the fire insurance companies would
cancel policies If this were done Radio
entertainment would mean so much to
hospital patients that it seems as if
romething should be done to obtain
permission to provide it.
DIR. SAMUEL SEMUEI,S.
New York, April 26, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
JoHre and the First Marre By William L. ue17Aa.n

Marshal Joffro's military reputation
Is bound up with the First Battle Of
Che Marne. He was commander in chief
Of the French armies from August l.,
1H14 TO December II. 1916. After the
NarNe he directed the French part in
the Battle Of Flanders, in 19l4; the
battles Of Artois and Champagne. in
1915; OF Nerduu and the Somme, in
1916. But he is not remembered for
these. Foch's name is associated with
Flanders and Artois. Petains with Yer
oun and Fayolle's with the Somme. The
Marine was the first and greatest vic
tory under the JofFre regime, and the
1'arshal naturally appropriated the
ma jor share Of its glory.
No other battle of the war has been
the subject of so much mystifcation
or been piastered over with so many
legends. Mention of II was "verbotcu"
III Germany until 1917. What WAS pub
ilsncd about 1t in the Allied countries
tor time was mixture Of fact and
fable. The Prussian Guard, for OK
tmple, was not engulfed in the marshes
OF st. Gond, because the marshes were
completely dried up in September, 1914.
foch'S dispatch, read all over the
world, to the effect that his two wings
were broken and his center crushed.
but that, nevertheless, the situation
was excellent and he would take the
The "decisive" attack of The 42d
Division near Fere Champenoise. Of
which we read in popular American
history Of the war that "it went through
the Guard as knife cuts through
theese'; that ut routed the Prussian
Guard. crumpled up the flank Of the
two Saxon corps; that "it resulted
IN the wild retreat of the whole Hausen
army, as we'll as that Of the Prussian
Guard'-well, that attack was delivered
cnly in the imagination of bulletin
writer. The Germans had begun their
retreat from the neighborhood of Fere
Champenoise before the 42d Division
could arrive to attack them.
There was no "miracle Of the Marre."
although the Allied publcs long
thought that there was and many peo-
PIE still think so. In the nerye-rack-
ing first month Of the fighting French
men and Englishmen were prepared to
regard Joffre's victory as the result of
an almost superhuman effort on the
part Of the retreating and shaken Al
lied armies.
A French historian, Louis Madelin,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
The 7owcr

THE ETERNAL QUERY
IT'S hard to tell why thoughts of
- you
Possess my mind the long day
through;
Or why, in every dream at night,
Your face appears, vision bright
That bids faint hope take hope anew.
Where Cupid got his entrance cue
To make my heart his rendezvous;
If meant in play or done in spite.
It's hard to tell.
Yet still | know that this is true:
Loves cherub and his blessed crew
Overwhelmed me quite and bound
me tight
In tender mesh of tabled might.
But have they made you love me, too?
It's hard to tell.
MICHAEL GROSS.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29

encouraged that view in an early STUDY
Of the battle There is more magma
tion than reality in it. The Marine was
& stuperdous check TO what had begun
| to look like an irresistible German at
tack, /. emphasized She breakdown of
the original German war plan, drawn
by Count Schlieffen and slightly modi-
fed by the younger Moitke. But it also
marked a natural rebalancing of forces
thrown temporarily out of equilibrium
1t vas q battle Of arrest. II repre-
sented an adjustment Of errors OF
strategy committed by both combatants.
1t involved German relapse and ar
Allied "comc-back.'
Since 1917 French military writer's
have been coming more and more to
see that if the German armies passed
the Marne and almost isolated Paris it
was the French General Stats initial
misjudgments that allowed them to do
so. German attack on France
through Belgium was true Moltkian
conception. Many signs pointed to
German commitment to this movement.
Galllenl was convinced that the real
danger lay in the north But JotFre
and the General Staff were incredulous
The northern border was left made
Quately guarded.
The August French offensive into
Alsace played Germany's game. SO did
the otensives into Lorraine and into
the Ardenncs. These ali flashed in the
pan. They did nothing to delay the
great cnveloping movement Of Won
hluck's and Won BUlow's powerful
armles, which were rapidly turning the
Allied left wing. When the British
sxpedltionary army was outaanked and
Lanzerac's Fifth Army was overpow-
cred 1t was too late for JotFrc TO re-
construct his frontier lines he had to
abandon the northern departments to
the enemy, retreat until he could re
form his armies and make his final
stand near the upper Seine. in a vast
convex arc stretching from Paris east
ward to Nerdun- The territory sur
rendered was not to be recovered for
four years, and its loss to France tied
her down for that period to heart.
breaking defense of her own soil and
capital
1hlS precious area passed out Of
French hands in a war ot open move
ment' 1t had TO be regsined through
a war OF trench deadlock. With what
New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Three Essentials

One. Payment by Germany, born
of willingness to pay, of the $l4,-
000.000,O00 which, after prolonged
investigation, she has been adjudged
able to pay.
Two. The establishment in Russia
Of a civilized government which
both Russians and non Russians
shall be able to trust not to interfere
with industry, to keep its agree
ments and to respect honestly &C
quired private property.
Three. Stoppage of the money
printing presses and the fixation of
currency values on q stable gold
basis. All countries, both Ally and
non-Ally, which have been plunging
deeper and deeper into the morass Of
iatism must lift themselves out.
The Genoa conference has done
nothing to further these great essen
tjals. On the contrary, it has done
much to delay their arrival. Hence
its fasco.
1t is plain there can be no peace,
or spirit of peace, on either side Of
the Rhine while Germany is encour-
aged to default. It is equally plain
there can be no genuine going to
work IN Germany while the German
mind is occupied solely with the idea
that she can dodge her obligations;
nor can France settle down while op-
pressed with the fear that on her
alone IS to be placed the burden of
restoring her devastated regions;
nor can other countries regenerate
themselves while they do not know
what calamity the near future may
develop.
Russia goes from worse to worst
because in the grip of regime
whose rule means starvation and
death. Yet Genoa devotes itself TO
talk which implies that this regime
IS 70 be strengthened. How unut-
teraaly foolish are proposals to de
Vel00 trade when there is less and
less TO trade in, How can there be
normality while the industry of al
countries is disturbed by Bolshevist
propaganda?
Finally probably the worst evil Of
all are the floods Of paper money
which water and falsify values.
\ How can any one, employer or en-
? ployed, do we'll when no one knows
tWenty-four hours ahead what he is
t. get for his goods or what his
wages viii bring? 1t is not easy to
de.iquiGate and 10 drive foundations
Gown below the quicksands of fiat
Ism. but, as Greeley said long ago
The way to resume is to resume .
The craftsmanship manifest at
Genoa is bankrupt, If there is an
other conference it must be different
from the present one. 1t must be
orc that will recognize that the eco
nomic damage done during the war
has been far exceeded by the dam
age done since the war closed. Uncle
Sam can't drag Europe up. 1t must
do the work itself, for its problems
are European and for the greater
part national, and not susceptible of
solution except by national action.