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New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
A Diamond in the Sky

When Mr.. Grantland Rice opens
his mouth tomorrow afternoon and
utters the magic words "Play ball"
into microphone at the Polo
Grounds there will commence the
strangest game Of ball yet recorded.
1t will take place not only on dia-
mond before the eyes of some $4,000
yelling fans there present in the
flesh, but before the ears of some
million or more other fans scattered
around New York within a radius
of 500 miles.
This jaded modern world has be-
come fairly we'll accustomed to the
miracles of the wireless. To take
the family off into the hills for a
picnic and to pull a mixture of
grand opera, jazz and bedtime
stories out Of the sky while the
sandwiches are being munched is
one Of those many things which the
generation now growing up will take
for granted along with automobiles
and airplanes. Instead of gaping
with wonder at the marvels wrought
by the noble imagination Of man,
Betty and Johnny will be peevish
and the day will be ruined because
the wrong Blues are jazzed or the
wave lengths are a little choppy.
But to-morrow's filing of the
welkin with baseball game will be
a genuine premiere. Mr.. Kelly and
Mr.. Casey have had their glory on
the bases and at the bat, but it was
as nothing to this stretching
single across 600 miles and into
million pairs of ears. If there
should by any remote chance be a
home run, it will be as if first base
was Boston,. second Buffalo, third
Washington; and the whole metro
politan area will cheer the hero as
he slides for home. Anybody who
can be blase before so magnificent
a spectacle had best go back to stage
coaches and FOUNDERS.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Air Power at the Dardanelles

Air power, if employed at the Oar
danelles, will dominate the situation
and dictate the result If the Turks and
the English come to blows in the
existing emergency.
The French and Italians have
evacuated Asia Minor, leaving a small
British army at Chanak on the eastern
bank Of the Dardanelles. The Turks
have seized Ez Inc, near by, and
threaten Kun Kalessi, which COM
mands the entrance to the Straits. If
they seize this latter point Of vantage,
mount heavy guns and plant mines
they can bar the Straits against the
British fleet or hold it captive in the
Sea Of Marmora should it enter with
out first securing possession of the
eastern shores and driving Turkish
batteries back out Of range. In other
words, the British feet unaided cannot
protect the small English force at
Chanak, nor can it hold the Straits
against heavy field guns. Time and
again history has proved that ships
cannot reduce forts nor Silence heavy
guns mounted and screened on shore.
Ships cannot endure the plunging
fire Of big guns. Their decks are not
armored to keep out shells falling at a
big angle. The Queen Mary was de-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
chief that they must not presen. his

chief that they must not present his
name.
It has always been the Hearst
strategy to impress Murphy by dem
onstration rather than by persua-
sion. This he attempted in the re-
cent primary campaign. He will at
tempt it two years from now. He
has bought two upstate papers al
ready and rumors are abroad that he
hopes to acquire others. He has sun
porter in William ]. Conners, who
owns two papers at Buffalo. and in
Martin Glynn, who recently denied
a story that Hearst had bought his
Albany 'sTimes-Union."
From the lonely mountain top in
California where he means to go to
witness the result in New York he
will plan his last attempt to impress
Murphy with his desirability as a
candidate for the Presidency. He
will in all probability keep his prom
Use to be regular" at least to the
extent of not denouncing Smith in
the campaign. This is sop to tbs
Tammany men who insist that he al
ways runs out" on the party.
But it must not be forgotten that
he is still a Presidential aspirant
and means to continue as one, and
that whatever may happen this fall
he will bob up with his old demand
for Murphy's support when the Ross
is picking the contingent that is to
help choose the next Democratic
nominee.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Courage and Honesty

Governor Miller has supported
the prohibition law vigorously since
ne has been in Office, as he has sup
ported all other laws which his duty
required him to support. Only
when the Prohibition party sought
to make him it's candidate in rec
ognition of what he has done to UP,
hold the national and state dry
measures did it develop that he Is
not Prohibitionist.
1t would have been easy for him
to accept the tender. 1t would have
gained. him votes. Many another
executive in his place would nave
accepted the nomination crate
fully. But the Governor did nothing
OF the sort. He declined it promptly
on the ground that he is not q
Prohibitionist, does not believe in
the principles of the party and could
not, as a consequence, run on its
ticket.
II could no. Afford" he said IN
his letter of declination, "to be put
in the position of seeking votes un-
der false colors."
Governor Miller may lose the
votes Of the Prohibitionists because
OF this attitude, but if they are fair
minded he will not suffer the loss or
their respect, and he will gain tire
respect Of all citizens who admire
honesty and courage. two qualities
for which he has been conspicuous
since the beginning of his 'careec.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
A Good Word for Millwood

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: During several visits to the
s-orse aid and rest farm at MilIwood,
N. T., found the horses, goats. cats
and dogs very we'll treated. These
visits were entirely unannounced.
I am not member of this society
and in no way connected with. it. |
am writing as resident Of West
chester who appreciates the kind treat.
ment and excellent care my three dogs
received all last winter at the horse
aid farm. They were returned to me
very much better looking than when ]
left them.
Kindly print this letter that it NAV
IN small way, correct misimpressions
that may have been caused by recently
published criticisms.
MARY D. DAILY.
Briarcliff, N. Y. Sept. 80, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03

us $1,000. 100000. This in itself
makes their fate of concern to our
people.
Can they pay us; and, If so, how
And If they do, what will be the
effect upon the business Of the
world? These and other questions,
at first quietly ignored or thrust
aside, are now coming up for con-
sideration, and before the assembled
bankers of the nation are to be the
subject Of discussion by some Of the
ablest financiers in this country and
Great Britain.
That Sir Reginald McKenna will
present the British point Of view is
naturally expected. That Messrs.
Lamont, Kent and others will dis
cuss certain aspects of the question
from Americas point of view is also
expected. But perhaps even more
important than the views Of any
men or groups is the fact that repre-
sentatives of the banks from all Sec
tions of the country will thus for
the first time have the opportunity
of giving their earnest attention to
this serious international financial
problem and be able to judge of the
relative merits of proposals which
are the outcome Of careful delibera-
tion by experts in international
finance.
The seeds here sown may bear
fruit that will be Of great value in
the economic rehabilitation of the
world,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Musical Horrors

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Were my pen as fluent As sAs
Of Mr.. Fairfax Downey in his "soots
ing the Savage Breast,' I should lla
to tell the world, or that portien ~
it who enjoyed his article with y
much joyful retrcspection as ! dia
of one other device with which we, w
sets Of brothers, set out to do iisss
soothing on our own account
! was at the time employed IN !
musical instrument store. and, being =
musical turn of mind, l haa W.
reptitiousIy blown, twanged, ssfsps
and beaten about every known insW
ment, from an Irish harp 70
ocarina. Ah! there was an inssrups
the world had never been sufneie1S
acquainted with.
The ocarina, that small black ep'ss
resembling sweet potato. oessS
quite proficient on the smallest "
,, proficiency consisting In emitting : !.
shrillest possible sound that couiS :.
got out of the thing. thea
listed the services Of the qausss,
fitted them out with suitably s'
accompanying instruments, anu
deavored to get together such haIn's.i
as the world had never before hss's,.
to. Were we encouraged BY eus =
| miring families? We were notl
In despair we repaired carly &
morning to an old graveyard, ioa. !.
disuse, and there we started pfaesss ~
Started, and that was all. A salss ].
in nearby house was hastily n.y.. .s.i
| and raucous voice shouted to Y 81 s.
| unless we desisted and disspps''.s q
immediately the owner would eo'us
there and do us bodily injury.
Not long after that we hss ID d
temerity to render selection ~ 81
the door, at q soeiable held Is S
little vestry of the church SasN
had been wont to cast @sheeps s'v : ),
at the blushing damsels. But sas s 1,
ception accorded our earnest eaV. s.r,
please was not such as to ene9ss. 4,
us to continue along that lins = .,s, n
deavor in soothing tbs savage g z, sss 'ss
wise breast. q. Ws
New York, Sept. so. 1882.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03

ing control to city officials should
pass. Mr.. Smith would be about
the last man in the world to wish
to see port development intrusted to
Mr.. Hylan and Mr.. Craig.
The plank is there, however, for
the candidate to stand on or to leap
across. It is foolish and danger
ous plank. It's adoption was one of
the ironies Of convention in which
Mr.. Murphy's statesmanship was
kept busy operating simultaneously
in two opposite directions.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Continuous Performance

Tie AontlnuouS performance ,
Whenever the nations Of Europe
Sit down for an era Of peace;
When the war flags are furled in
that neck of the world,
And the battles and butchery
cease;
When every ones weary Of fight
ing
And of riot and discord and
roar,
And thinks in his heart that he's
played his last part
In the turbulent drama of war.
The Continents certain to waken,
Some evil-starred morn, with a
jerk,
And hurriedly run for the sword
and the gun
To put down the troublesome
Turk.
Then all the old feuds are forgot
The statesmen who only last
week,
With clenching of fists or
Slapplng or wrists,
Were yielding to spasms Of
pique,
Shake hands and declare they are
brothers,
Retract the hard words they
have said
And mutually plan to go after
the man
With the red little fez on his
head.
And soon all the armies of Europe
Have Joined in the popular
Of making a hash of the reckless
and rash
And basely belligerent Turk.
They get him--they're certain to
get him;
They quiet him down for a
while,
But decade or two gets him
going anew
In the same old provocative
style.
Once more does he buster and
threaten,
With scowl on his battle
Scared face;
once more must war be arranged
for before
They can batter him back in
his place.
he always seems thoroughly wal
loped,
AS home to the harem he
creeps,
But he's out by and by with the
same warlike cry,
For they never quite lick him
for keeps!
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
The Pors SkradesIa

The port development plank in the
Democratic state platform is a
straddle between the views of the
Hylan administration and those of
the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. Two years ago, when Mr..
smith was running for reelection,
the Democratic platform said:
I'VE owe it to the nation to or
ganize and develop the Port of New
YORK. 10 that end we favor a COM
pact or agreement with our sister
state, New Jersey, which shall pro-
vide for the creation of a port dis
trict and port authority, with ade-
quate powers to develop the mort
comprehensively, and with proper
protection for New York City over
the public ownership and develop
ment of its water front and COM
mercial facilities"
This plank explicitly recognized
the state, interstate and national
scope OF the port problem. 1t favored
the creation of q port district. in
Guiding parts of New JERSEY. and
OF bi-state port authority to di-
rect the enterprise.
Mayor Hylan and Comptroller
Craig repudiated this program and
reverted to the idea of dog-in-the
manger, go-it-alone development
undertaken by and limited to New
York City. They have fought the
Port Authority all along the line.
They want to build a Narrows
freight tunnel of their own, paral-
leling and rivaling the Port Au-
thoritys proposed tunnel from
Greenville to Bay Ridge. Fortu-
nately, the refusal of all the trunk
railroads with terminals in New
Jersey to use such tunnel has
squalched this separatist undertak-
ing.
II the Mayor and the Comptroller
mad had their way at Syracuse the
platform would have demanded the
abolition of the Port Authority. But
Mr.. Smith, a member of the board
and stanch supporter of the COM
prehensive plan for the port. was
to head the state ticket. What could
the resolution writers do? They
favored "the most comprehensive
and judicious development Of the
Port of New York" of hat part
of the port only which lies within
this city's boundaries. But as a SOP
to the Hylan administration they
insisted that sthe elected officials of
the City of New York shall
by statute have the right to desig-
nate two of the three representatives
of New York States delegation to
control the undertaking and direct
the scope of the Improvement"
The undertaking is national, BIZ
state and state, not municipal. The
Governor and the Legislature have
complete jurisdiction over it, SO far
as New York is concerned. There
Ia every reason why no statute ced-
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
The Right Atmosphere
the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial headed "Art in
Trade" Is In a very worthy cause. A
sanitary, roorny, comfortable and
artistic home is enc Of the major aids
to the pursuit Of happiness.
The atmosphere Of house and its
rooms is wholly produced by the use
OF right proportion and harmony of
color. II house is to be restful the
atmosphere must be right. Can il be
it there ia any pretense In it or its
equipment? Any diffusion. therefore.
OF knowledge that will aid the public
IN detecting pretense by showing them
what are the true things is to be COM
manded.
Rnglsxoad, Msis SerA. 40. saca.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
What Readers Are 7hinRing

to the squadron sdjutant at Miller
Field, Staten Island, between and 4
p. m. Saturdays. Recruits with engi-
neering or mechanical experience are
most desired. A high standard of
character and intelligence is required,
inasmuch as it is hoped that our
future flying officers will come from
our own ranks.
LAURENCE L. briggs,
Lieutenant Colonel N. Y. G.. A. S.
New York, Sept. %, 1929.
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Keep Tn tha ;hr,~;a.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "Down With
Education" in to-day's issue goes close
to the heart Of things. If the stream
OF intelligence is to be damned at it's
source it is high time the political
beavers were trapped or investigated
The devotion of Tilden. Lenox
carnegie and others to the cause of
education must not be ignored. They
knew the light of truth and beauty was
not meant to shine only in high places,
bus is or should be the property of
those In sequestered and dark places.
The Public Libraries should be faith
fuliy' upheld by public opinion and
the power Of the press.
JOSEPH BENNETT.
New York, Sept. 2s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
A Call for Flying Recruits


Sir: Among your readers there are
perhaps number who are interested
in the practical problems Of aviation
who would welcome an opportunity to
become identified with an operating
flying unit, organized In preparation
for national defense. The l02d Squad
ron OF the 9th Division, now in
process Of recruiting to authorized
strength, offers such an opportunity.
Squadron headquarters and airdrome
are located at Miller Field, near New
Dorp, S. 7. The squadron equipment
furnished by the Federal government,
Is on hand.
The flying personnel of the squad
ron consists Of commissioned In
structor competent to supervise all the
tactical and technical phases of the
work. He has been detailed from the
army service and Ia stationed perma-
nently on the airdrome. Sixteen fy-
ing otficers-pilots and Observers
commissioned in the National Guard,
and STAFF Of commissioned adminis-
traitors are active. All the commits
STONED personnel Of the squadron are
men with war records, many Of them
Of exceptional distinction.
Active flying operations began on
Staten Island on the 18th of septem-
Der, and will continue throughout fair
weather. The squadron meets at the
airdrome for flying, drill and technical
instruction in rigging, motors, arma-
ment, radio, Photographic and aero
dynamic branches each Saturday at 2
p. m. The members are dismissed at
$3.50 D. m. Enlisted men are assigned d
to airplane crews and are detailed for
flights as observers from 2 p. m. to A
p. m. A safety first rule is rigidly
maintained.
/ The organisation has Atty vacancies
in the enlisted grades and should be
recruited to full strength at the
earliest date. This Is the first attempt
to maintain aying as part Of the Ma
tional Guard and the organization
must necessarily be built up from the
ground.
Racruits should apply 2or enlistment
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
UNIFORMED CIarnor

The thing to be amazed at in the
clamor for American intervention to
restrain the Turk and keep him out
Of Europe is not its prevalence but
its unabashed indifference to the
realities of the Near Eastern stu
alton. The average American will
say cheerfully: "The Turk ought to
be kept out of Europe; our govern
nent should help to keep him out"
But at the same time he has only
the faiatest idea of the circum-
stances under which the Turk is re-
turning to Europe and of the forces
which are driving him back.
1t is misconception that Amer
lea has an opportunity at present to
cooperate with the European pow
ers in confining the Turkish state to
Asia. The only European power we
could join in that effort would be
Greece, and Greece doesn't count for
much nowadays. We haven't recog-
nized any government in Athens
since Constantine was recalled and
Venizelos was deposed.
Who are bringing the Turk back
to Constantinople and Thrace? Great
Britain, France and Italy, the major
powers which defeated Turkey in the
World War and thereby won the
right to write the conditions Of
peace. The British and French gov
ernments back in 1920 also took the
stand that the Turks tenure in Eu-
rope ought to be ended In the orig
inal Seyres Treaty, never fully exc
cuted, they excluded him from the
Continent. giving the Sultan as
Caliph vaticanized status in Con-
stantinople.
But they found presently that the
destruction of Turkish sovereignty
over Constantinople was an Asian
and African as we'll as European
question. Their Islamic subjects
were resentful and agitated for the
restoration of the Caliph's temporal
power. France yielded quickly. The
British government held out until
last spring. Now Great Britain,
France and Italy are pledged to
make Constantinople and most of
Thrace Turkish once more.
We have no justification for inter
fering. President Wilson kept us
out of war with Turkey and thus de-
prived US of any legitimate voice in
the Turkish peace settlement. If we
wanted to expel the Turk from Eu-
rope we should have qualified at that
time to take hand in his election.
If we failed to strike blow against
the Infamous Young Turk govern
ment of 1917 and 1918 what excuse
could we have now for making war
on Kemal Pasha?
1t adds to the airy unreasonable
ness of the present clamor that most
of the clements engaged in it OPP
posed war on Turkey when we were
fighting Turkeys allies. They also
have been strong for disarmament,
for reduction Of the personnel of the
army and the navy and for re-
lapse into unpreparedness. But now
they want to send the army and the
navy forthwith to halt an adjust
ment to which we declined to be a
party, and to embroil US, on the
ground that we are Christian ma
tion, with three other Christian ma
tions which have decided to allow
Turkey to remain a partly European
state.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
What Happens to Them,

10 the Edltor Of The Tribune,
Sir: Chauffeurs concerned in fatal
automobile accidents are frequently
held on charge of homicide. What
happens to such chauffeurs? Do their
cases ever come up for trial? II SO,
what disposition is made of them? Why
don't the papers give as much publicity
to the trials of such men as they dc
to the accident? Would not publicity
serve as deterrent to other drivers
inclined to recklessness Is there any
record of any chauffeurs having been
convicted in New York Countyf
WILLIAM SULLIVAN.
New York, Sspt. az, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
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yes car purchase merchandise ADVERTISED In THE
t,ea ses,. a +. nSsoss.s snepi,, r,'satae-
tees to pay yexr money back ppen REQUEST. No red
ssee. No autshiisa. W. refund promptly II the
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Strictly Business 8

The man who, after passing you
by Tor ten years, suddenly greets you
oy your name hasn't been reading an
editorial on courtesy. He has Just
been nominated for something.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Nature Note

In Maine and the Adirondacks
mother deer are teaching their fawns
to look as little like guides as pos
sible.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
In the Air

The eclipse of the sun was few
nours late, the delay being doubtless
cue to a sfdereal shopman's strike.
Copyright by James T. Mortagna,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-03

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A REVIEWER
This DANIEL weekly judges nine
or ten
Young Lions flung into this DANIELS
den.
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DEDICATED TO THE CENSOR

Sail on! Sail onl o Union strong
and great
Sail on! Sail on! O Censorship Of
States
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-06-29
NOTICE

Pursuant to a resolution Of date May
5th, l, w H. Airey, President of the
Police Jury of Natchitoches Parish,
La. hereby give notice that the Police
Jury of Natcnitoches Parish will or
Monday, July 10, 1922, receive and
open sealed bids for the construction
Of l5O-foot, or less, steel span, pile
driven bridge across Bapou Pierre at
Jordan Ferry. contractor to furnish all
materials for said construction.
The bridge to be paid for jointly by
the Parish of Natchitoches and the
Parish of Red Riyer. The contractor
to accept at par in payment for Match
itOches Parish's part certificates of
Indebtedness, aggregating in amount
not to exceed both principal and in
terest the sum of $500. 90 per year.
Plans and specifications on file at the
Office of the Police Jury from and
after the 1st day of July 1922.
Each bidder shall enclose with his
bid certified check for per cent of
the estimated contract price, which
check of the successful bidder will be
retained until the bidder has given
satisfactory bond, and if failure to
comply with his bid to be forfeited to
the Parish of Natchitoches. The
checks Of the unsuccessful bidders will
be returned to them upon the rejection
of their bids.
Bids will be opened at II O'Clock
q. M, July. 10th, by the Police Jury
in regular session convened. The
Police Jury reserves the right to &C.
cept or reject any and all bids.
Thus done and signed this 9Th day of
May 1922.
w. H. AIREY,
President Police Jury.