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Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-13

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4 Miss Isabelle Bennett was
host to the Cecilian Club We'd
nesday afternoon and quite a
number of guests were present.
The roll call brought out mum
Der of facts and fancies concern
ing PadereWski and Rachmani-
noff. Mrs. Middleton gave an
interesting Review of Russian
Music, noting that little had
been accomplished among this
people since the>war. Mrs. Nc
Gown played an attractive waltz
by Brahms, followed by Miss
Marian holland in a Lisa Leh-
mann number, showing technical
ability and artistic interprcta-
ton. Mrs. McGaughey had chos-
en- the No. 2 Ballet Of Chaminadc
which was rendered in her usual
easy and finished style which al
ways appeals to an audience.
Mrs. Paul Burnam- recognized
the value of tin4eliness in her Sc
lection, the afternoon and
this, combined with d voice dis
tinctive. in its velvety quality
made each number of her group
of Spring Songs a musical gem
Miss Helen Bennett gave thf
closing number III a list Of cur
rent events and interesting mus
ical facts. The out-of-toWr
guests were Miss Ethel Rugs, OF
Cincinnati, Mrs. Hard, of Hun
tington, Mrs. Baldwin Britain
of New York, Miss Elise Smith
of Ann Arbor, and Mrs. Erskin,
Garland, of Huntington. The
next meeting is chedtlled tol
April %, with Mrs. G. w. Pick
els at which time will be gver
Haydn program.
Mr., Hugh Million is in Mar
tinsyille, Indiana, to take treat
sment for arlleulnatislil,f
. Mrs. Albert Tanner and son
uJalln. a. al yEl1iiliIcfesfcr, are her
for a visit to the5formet's daugh
ter, MrswIsfsselI Dykes, On East
q il Stre#. { Io g2a'la
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-13

Mr.. Walter Phelps has return
ed TO his home at East Bernstadt
after all extended stay with his
brother, Mr.. Ben Phelps, on Big
Hi avenue.
Miss Ethel Rugg, of Cincinnq-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Law School Requirements

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have been more or less inter
estcd in the question of law school
standards. | have son who is eligible
to any law school in the country.
know this, as l have been informed
that his degree from local university
admits him. But here in Pennsylvania
certain rules must be observed. and in
order to register as law student one
must have q Latin requirement., NV
son offered Latin as an entrance re-
quirement, but the board of rcristra-
ton refused him registration because
tho course completed in this university
did not require Latin for entrance. So
IN order to be registered my son must
take Latin examination, which doubt
very much he can pass, as he took his
course In Latin some time ago.
l do not think you New Workers have
any such unfair system as this. While
we all admit man is better for having
college course, yet the extra rules
arc unjust to one who has been prepar-
ing for his life work. l hope that some
time here in Pennsylvania we NAV have
less discrimination and that man
who wants to study law will not be re-
fused the right to study on a technical
ity. W. BROWNIE
pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 18, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
DESTROYING the Ships

Is the destruction of the battle
ships to be pageant, or arc the
harpies Of the shore, to paraphrase
Holmes, TO pluck the eagles of the
sea-
President Harding is said to in
cline toward A ceremonial taking
of. He would prefer to nail the
colors to the turrcts and send the
monsters out to meet the lightning
and the gale. But as steel derelicts
careening over the ocean would be
dangerous, he would have formal
sea internment, with Senator Borah,
perhaps, delivering the funeral ora
tion. He is inclined TO think the for
NAL destruction as a spectacle of APP
piled pacifism would have value.
But along come the utiltarians.
Armor plate can be rolled into
rails. huge engines can turn many
spindles. Why not break up the
ships and use the several parts Of
these dCcdands Of war for non-belli-
cose purposes? Echoing these cham
pions of usefulness, although reach
ing their conclusions by different
path, are the pacifists of the type
which attributes morality to material
things and would exit the battle
ships with coHtumely. The choral
members Of this group would have
the ships battered to pieces as they
sang about not wanting to raise
their boys to be soldiers.
On the whole the intrusion of this
last-described group tends to in-
cline the mind to the Presidents
opinion. Better anything than en-
couragemcnt Of the silly folk who
would attempt to bring dishonor on
| a profession which has served right
eousness far more effectively than
have all the professional pacifsts.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
The Seat in the Orchestra

Governor Millers remark that the
desire to occupy seat in the
orchestra OF life is one of the chief
causes of crime is an uttcrance that,
we are sure, he did not intend to be
taken too literally As a matter Of
fact, Mr.. Miller was occupying one
of the very best seats in the orchcs-
ira Of life when he expressed this
opinion. And his desire to occupy
it. instead of adding impetus to the
crime wave, gave the people Of New
York a most excellent Governor.
Ambition may be perverted and
through its cxccsscs become base
and dangerous to others. But its
existence in human creatures has
been far more beneficial than harm
full. 1t is natural for men and
women to want the fine things of ex-
istence. to covet the orchestra seats
at the intensely interesting perform
ance that we call life.
Tho pursuit Of wealth and indie
pcndsnce by intelligent Americans
has given this country its great in
dustries. 1t has developed it's re-
sources and promoted the good Of
all Few are Che men in any line
Of endcavor who would have done
valuable and important work with
out the money incentive. This is
not sordid, it is natural. When am
bition is coupled with intelligence it
never leads to crime. The adage
that honesty is the best policy has
been a great energizer of good con-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21

whom are to be weeded out and their
places filled by additions to the
lower grades. Through this process,
he said, the lower grades could be
materially improved in quality. 1t
is quality i'll the active officers
corps which counts most in the or
ganizing labors Of peace.
For some years to come there Will
be vast reserve of trained men and
trained officers. The main use of
the regular army through that pc
riod will be to create new reserves
to replace the men and officers who
got their training in the war. 1t
would be a blundcr, even from the
point Of view Of economy, to weaken
the army now in such a way as to
hinder the free development Of the
country's new and modernzed policy
Of national defense.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
The North Rim

In Arizona is a country known as
the North Rim. Those who visit the
Grand Canyon see it from a dis
tance. 1t forms the northern edge
of the Canyon of the Colorado, but as
isolated from the south as if it were
another land. To reach it requires
a ten-mile ride down into the canyon,
a crossing of The Colorado River and
then 4 seventeen mile climb from the
sweltcring bed of the river into the
cool uplands Of pine and ouaking
asp.
Until recently few have venturod
to make the journey. But it is a
journey that repays effort, for it
ends on the Buckskin Plateau, in one
of the finest virgin forests left in
America. A portion belongs to the
Grand Canyon National Park. Much
Of it is q national game preserve.
Travellers report deer as tame as cat
tic and horses as wild as rabbits. A
few last buffalo wander in lcisurelv
fashion through some of the open
pastures. Mountain lions are plcn-
tlful and wildcats sneak through the
forest, sharing with the lion the de-
struction of the game. The forest
stretches to the very rim of the
Grand Canyon. which drops sheerly
IN painted cliffs.
Just returned from this marvellous
land, Emerson Hough makes strong
appeal to have it preserved in en-
tirety as national park. Part of
the district has been set aside, but
the area of the park, he thinks,
should be increased and this mag
nifcent region, which he calls "The
Presidents Forest" preserved for
the delight of future generations.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
New Jerseys State Police

There may not be much surprise
at Governor Edwards's recommends
ton for the abolition of the New
Jersey State Constabulary. but
there is widespread and emphatic
dissent. For years the need of such
a service was keenly felt, particu-
larly in the agricultural regions of
the state, and the demand for it
was persistent. 1t was denied wear
alter year through the influence of
leaders of organized labor, who mis-
takenly supposed that the proposed
force would be chiefly used for the
coercion Of strikers in labor dis
putes. The system was adopted
last year, and has been put into op-
Grafton on limited scale. The
Governors proposal to abolish it
before 1t has got fully to work there
fore indicates disapproval. Of the
principle Of state police and not Of
the practice of this particular force.
In that the majority of his con-
stltuents doubtless hold him to be
mistaken. Logically there is lust
as much reason for a state to have
a state constabularly as for the ma
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21

The most vexing material problem
IN the United States to-day is the
problem of money. How are income
taxes and state taxes and real estate
taxes, direct or indirect, to be paid?
How are dwindling incomes to cover
living costs? What expenses can be
cut? What extravagances can be
dispensed with?
The national government is seek
ing to solve this problem. and with
some success. The state government
las done a great deal toward its
solution. But just as there dawn a
prospect of reduced tax bills and a
growing opportunity for individual
thrift a raid upon the city treasury
is organized, which, if carried out,
. will send taxes soaring again.
The city budget has risen from a
pre-war figure Of s200.000,000 to
$3.50 900, ,OO0-with S5O,00O00O more
in obligations trickily postponed.
The probable cost Of the city admin
istration in 1922 will be more than
$4O0 900 900. And this budget does
not include many necessary expendi-
lures, such as millions for the
schools, not included so that the
budget figures may make a better
showing.
To this gigantic sum added expen-
uitures are planned-such as the ex-
tension of the water system and the
spending of more than $2,O00,0 900 on
police stations. If these expendi-
lures are authorized the raiders will
be erboldcned to make other grabs.
In all, S6O,000,OO0 is asked for spe-
cial projects.
Cities, as we'll as firms and ind-
viduals, can be bankrupted. New
York is rich, but its resources are al
ready mortgaged for all they will
bear. The money to pay the bills
run up by the administration comes
from the individual citizen. He may
pay them in direct taxes, or in rents
or in the cost of what he eats and
wears, or in all Of these ways. But
he pays them, and he cannot afford
10 pay more.
A careful business policy could dc
much to relieve the citizen Of this in
tolerable burden. Retrenchment in
state and nation is more Difficult,
than in city, hut it has been found
possible. Public officials in Wash
ington and in Albany realize their
duty to the taxpayers and are doing
IT. Only in New York does there
still exist the policy of "spend all W.
like and let the public foot the bill"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21

stars, but observed through telescope
enc appears rather different from the
other. Pollux is brighter than Castor,
the latter being more than twice as far
away as the former, and Castor is Of a
greenish white color, while Pollux has
an orange hue. Then, Castor is a
couble start is really two suns
whereas Pollux is multiple star, be-
ing at least Six suns. With respect to
the actual distance % Castor. that ap-
proXimates somewhat more than one
hundred light-years, or, in other words,
somewhat more than six hundred trjl-
lions Of miles. Since the distance %
our own sun is only $4,000, 600 miles. it
takes his light rays only 499 seconds to
reach our earth. But the light rays
which are reaching US tonight from
Castor left the surface OF that sun
about the time of President Jefferson's
second administration.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Newton, Mass. Jan. is, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
duct, no matter how much super
moralists rail against it.

duct, no matter how much super
moralists rail against it.
George Washington, Benjamin
Franklin. Abraham Lincoln, Henry
Clay, Daniel Webster all desired
orchestra seats in lifc-and they got
them. Perhaps at the same time
men of perverted ambitions were
eclling these same seats. But they
we're criminals before they went
after them, and not because they
went after them.
Ambition should be fostcrcd
rather than discouraged. The old
red schoolhousc doctrine that every
boy ought to want to be President
has made great many Presidents
and has made many more fit to be
Presidents. 1t has. we arc very
sure. made no criminals.
The causes of the present spread
Of crime are deep and complex. We
shall know better what they are
fifty years from now than we know
to-day. Certainly the ambition to
get on in the world, to be somebody
and to enjoy the comforts and tha
luxuries of life is not important
among them
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21

ton to have an army or for city
to have police force. Practically,
there is just as much need Of it.
Not to have il means that the entire
state outside Of the cities is to be
without police protection Of any
kind, and that there is to be nobody
to patrol the highways or to inter
fcrc with the pcrnicious activities of
rural burglars and other criminals.
1t was for such service as this that
the rural dwcllers Of New Jersey
wanted the constabulary.
In New York and Pennsylvania
the state troopers have been found
to be Of immense benefit to the
cause Of law and order. If there
have occasionally been abuses of
their power, these have been no
more frequeay than similar faults of
tn city police. That in either case
such errors have been sufficient to
warrant abolition OF the force is
not for moment to be maintained.
New Jersey. lying between these
two states, often invaded by law
less persons from the great cities,
with her highways thronged day
and night by touring cars and by
valuably laden trucks. and with her
rural regions rich in things for
which thieves have itching fingers.
has no less need of the service which
hcr ncighbors are finding so useful.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
The Strength Of the Army

Pressure for economy has forced
The enlisted strength of the regular
army below the 10000 mark Con-
Sress appropriated only enough
money for l92l-'22 to support an
average Of 10000 men. and the
year started with an excess because
Secretary Baker had gone ahead
with recruiting and had tried in
other ways to maintain his own big
army views against the retrench-
nent views Of Congress.
General Pershing now asks that
the 10000 limit be retained The
army has been adjusted to it. For
the Philippines 1900 men are re-
quired, for Hawaii $4,000, and the
Canal Zone 1880. Only 1o5,5oo
are left for continental United
States--about one-tenth Of / per
cent of the population. Under the
last army reorganization act the
strength of the army on peace
footing was put at $50, 900 We
may not soon get back to that stand
ard. But merely for police pur-
poses and for the working out Of the
new system Of rational Preparedness
which the War Department has in
itiated 100000 men at home is
pretty nearly an irreducible mini
mum.
Officers arc needed more urgently
than men are. The officers corps
is the real link between the standing
or expeditionary army and the sup
Elementary forces. Enlisted strength
can be skeletonized. but the regu-
lar army cannot prudent,y be left
under -officered. At the House Mill
tary Committee hearing General
Pershing produced letter from
Marshal Foch emphasizing this
point. A surplus Of officers is an
anchor cast to windward against
time of rapid expansion.
General Pershing recommends the
Of $4,000 officers, 1000 of
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
All for Two Cents

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This morning, through the
United States mail, ] received an en-
velope bearing the mprin: of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue, Custom
House, New York, containing two
elaborate forms, neither of them
signed nor bearing any other evidence
of authorization by person of re-
sponsibility.
One of the documents, headed NO
ticc and Demand for Tax" intimates
that there is balance due of two
cents on my "19lS tax" The missive
states that if payment is not made
within ten days a penalty Of per cent
OF the amount Of tax will be added,
plus interest at the rate of I per cent
month. 1t is not stated that in de-
fault of payment imprisonment will
fellow, although logically that would
seem to be a necessary incident to
enforcement Of a demand of such mag
nitude.
The second form, headed "Notice,"
sets out that if payment Of the amount
shown to be due. g., two cents-has
been made the amount Of check in
which it was included. with numerous
other details, should be furnished-to
whom is not stated.
And it is for the maintenance of this
sort of thing that those of US who
have to work for a living are paying
taxes. Surely comment would be su-
perfiuous. A SALARlED MAN.
New York, Jan. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
The ranchisc in Mississippi

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Frederick l.. Perry's second let
ter on the franchise in Mississinn;
calls TO mind a man we once knew who
was known about town as "S'posin'" Ed
nunson. Granting thas his figures
taken from good Democratic source
are correct, it still is quite evident
that he is building his entire argu
ment on the supposition that fear on
the part Of the negro voter to exercise
the franchise accounts for Mississippi
casting fewer votes in the Presidential
election than did Kansas.
The Southern negro is so entirely
different from his Northern brother
you cannot fully appreciate the work
lngs of his brain. His failure to vote
is traceable directly to his utter in
difference and not his fear. Coming
from a state whose negro population ex-
ceeds Its white, we arc acquainted with
the negro. He can vote with perfect
safety, but doesn't want to and won't.
Let's get down to brass tacks, forget
the Mason and Dixon line and quit
dealing in sentimental gush. Until the
Northern belief that the negro is down
troddcn is replaced by real and
thorough understanding of the actual
facts and circumstances surrounding
the relations existing between the two
races, the North cannot expect the
South to consider seriously its critical
attitude. S'posin' we quit s'posin' and
know our ground.
O. NJ. MCCULLOUGH.
New York, Jan. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James ]. Montagu.
The Big Chance

Seward and Stanton and Blaine.
Bayard and Root and John Hay,
Foster and Franklin K. Lane,
Harmon and Hennery Clay
All Of them served with distinc-
ton and grace
The people composing the ma
ton.
But none Of EN- ever was offered
place
AS the boss Of a film corpora
ton.
Washington did fairly well
In war, and thereafter in
peace,
But he never was chosen to tell
How good was the latest we
lease"
His record. historians hold, was
sublime.
But the thing we are seeking
to prove is
That he lacked the good luck to
be born in time
When he hadn't a chance with
the moves.
Hereafter person who seeks
A brilliant financial goal
Need serve but a half dozen weeks
In a Senate or Cabinet role.
No up-to-date statesmen expect
to remain
At the Cabinet table as fix
lures.
There are always far greater re-
wards they may gain
BY going to work for the pic
lures.
Thus doubly delightful is fans:
1t brings the great man a ca
reer
AS the head of the cinema game
At humping big stipend a
year.
No longer the chance TO selveI
ably the state
Is the publicist's goal Of ambi.I
ton;
He knows that ere long he can
grow truly great i
In some glorious fillum position7 Z
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
The Aerial Torpedo
British Writer Points Out Its Limi
tations as a Wcapon


tatlons as a Weapon
TO the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: On various occasions recently
considerable attention has been given
in the press, especially in America, to
the question Of aerial torpcdocs. The
term "acrinl torpedo" has been used in
these cases to connotc an airplanc
without pilot. carrying a torpedo, and
controlled by wireless either from q
SHIP land station or another airplane.
There seems to be an undue tendency
20 Glorfy this particular type of weap-
on and thus divert attention from other
aerial weapons which are Of vastly
superior usefulness. Il may be worth
while. therefore, to point out certain
objections to the aerial torpedo which
appear to show that it is not worth
while experimenting with.
First of all let us consider aerial
torpedoes controlled by wireless from
ships or from land stations. In this
case they can be controlled only so
long as they are visible. That being
80, they are considerably less useful
than big gun, for the usefulness of
the big gun is limited only by visi-
bility and nct by distance. In fact, the
Germans in their bombardmcnt of
Paris showed that the extremely long
range gun is useful far beyond the
limits Of visibility and when aircraft
attack has failed.
Aerial torpedoes used beyond the
limit Of visibility arc practically use
less in that Ca they are easily detected
by wind currents and, even if controlled
dircctionally by relay from a gyroscopic
compass or some similar apparatus,
their range would be considerably more
affected by a head wind or tail wind
than would the range Of she'll: and
Sh) as they carry no crew they would
be very easily shot down either by anti
aircraft gun or by defensive airplancs.
There remains, then, the aerial tor
pedo controlled by wireless from an
other airplane. the assumption being
that one controlling airplane would
direct small feet Of aerial torpc-
does. In this case there is hc.objcction
that II the controlling airplane be
shot down by anti-aircraft guns or
defensive airplancs tho whole fleet Of
aerial torpedocs would be left without
control, and it is quite possible that
they might be so diverted from their
course, either by wind currents or pos
s'bly b. wireless operated by the de-
Tending force. that they might
turn round and distribute their Of
fensve load on the force which dis
patched them.
Possibly these points may be of in
tcrest to those who arc interested in
aerial warfare. c. G.. GREY
Editor of "The Acroplane.
London, Jan. 7, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Less Noise
To the Editor of The Tr;bun,

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: am writing to suggest drive
against unnecessary noises in the citv.
II am not mistaken, there was an
an1l-no'se society that got after this
sort of thing some years ago.
Something should be done to elmi-
nate unnecessary noises during the
night, such as cut-outs in motor trucks
and cut-out horns, which arc used SO
extensively. Also ] think something
could be done to make the delivery of
milk during the carly morning hours
a less noisy affair.
The elimination Of unnecessary
noise is very vital thing on account
OF its effect on the general health of
the dwellcrs in the cities. | trust that
something can be done.
r. d. WHITMORE.
New York, Jan. 19, 1922.