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New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Drying Up the Ocean

There can be no criticism of the
Harding Administration for at
tempting to enforce the Volstead act
at sea. 1t is constitutionally obli-
gated to enforce the laws Of the land,
and its legal advisers, with much ap-
parent reason, interpret this par
ticular law in this extraordinary
fashion.
But Congress is not required to
sit by and permit this attempt to
carry the Volstead act overseas. It
expressly exempted foreign ships
using the Panama Canal. There are
equally good reasons for exempting
all ships, foreign and domestic, be-
yond the three-mile limit. The COM
plications with other nations prom
Use to be harassing and irritating.
The damage to American shipping,
that the nation wants to extend, may
well be fatal.
Why does not Congress when it
assemblies frankly end an impossible
and dangerous situation by brief
amendment to the Volstead act
which will leave it uninlpaired so
far as real American soil is con-
cerned but which will end it's at
tempt to dry up the ocean?
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
What Readers Sau
Paying for Germany

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Cancellation Of the Allied debt
means we are to pay the German
reparations. The Allies will scale down
the German debt and we will scale
down the Allied debt. The United
States puts up the cash.
What are our bankers thinking Of?
What concrete facts have they as Ia
Germany's inability to pay, outside Of
the inflated currency bluff? Germany
is far better OF than France, accord
ing to figures given In The Tribune
from time to time.
It all boils down to this: It Is less
trouble for the Allies to collect from
the United States than from Germany.
Let the bankers denounce the German
currency imitation conspiracy and an
nounce her ability to pay. Surely they
must know Germany can pay. And not
only the bankers but the government
should assert Germany's ability to nav
and give its moral support to the Al
lied demand particularly France's) that
Germany pay her debts.
A. E. PLUMB.
Brooklyn, Oct. Q, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Easiest Way


n won success by working eightee
hours every day of my working life
Leader of Industry.] &.
If you're weary of being an ink
singing clerk
For bit more than nothing
day
And yearn for a fortune, you
only need work
For scant eighteen hours a
day.
Get down to the job at a quarter
past six;
Take your lunch in the pie
grabbers' line,
And stick at your desk, putting
in good hard licks,
Till the clock reads ten min
utes to nine.
Then jump for the trolley and
hustle for home;.
Snatch few hours good rest
full sleep
And start back to the shop in the
dun colored gloam
That heralds the mornings
first peep.
Don't think Of your family (;
you're out after fame!
Don't think about pleasure or
friends;
Get into the hurrying, worrying
game
And toll for ambitions high
ends.
In the days when certain great
man was boy
A youngster was up with the
dew
And worked round the clock with
soul thrilling Joy
Till the hour of ten twenty
two.
He rocked not of baseball, Of
golf or Of shows,
He cared not for aught beside
pelf.
He sighted his meals and he
scamped his repose,
But he made a rich man Of
himself.
He wasted no time in ideals and
things;
No high school or college he
knew;
He never thought thinking would
lend his soul wings,
Or figured what knowledge
might do.
A day-book and ledger was all
that he had
In the culture or literature
line;
They answered the turn for his
hard-fsted dad,
Who throye upon both of 'em,
fine!
This person has nothing but
money of course
He hasn't thought in his head,
And neither will you if you work
like horse
From the day Of your birth till
you're dead.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
When the Tide Turns

Ships under construction through
out the world on October / were
$4,000 tons less than in 1914. Pros
perity during the war has given wav
to the worst depression in a genera
tion. Vessels now being built are
not sufficient to provide for the
natural wastage due to ape and
losses at sea.
This deficiency in building is sure
to result in time in a revival, when
the demand for ocean transportation
exceeds the supply Of available ton
mage. At the moment there is a sur
plus of shipping amounting to 12.-
100000 tons in total of $4,000 600.
but nearly one-fourth of this great
fleet consists of ships more than
twenty years old--the normal age
limit.
The decline in shipbuilding is due
to the fact that comparatively new
steamers can be purchased at one
half the price for which similar YES
sells can be constructed. When ship
ping companies begin to replenish
their fleets they will order more
motor. ships and faster passenger
liners.
In 1919 the shipyards of this
country were building so per cent of
the worlds total. To-day they are
constructing only per cent. The
future of the American merchant
marine depends largely upon what
measures are taken to improve this
situation before the revival Of build
ing arrives. There are the La Fol
lette act and the Volstead act to be
amended. There is the subsidy bill
to be considered and enacted in such
form as to foster both the operation
and the building of American ves-
sells. There must be new era of
Legislation designed to upbuild our
ocean carriers, or American ship
ping will be left stranded when the
tide turns. Il
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
The Raid on the Bench

Inc Endorsement of Surrogate Co
halan and Justice Lehman by the
Bar Association was to have been
expected. The Bar Association had
already recommended their nomina-
tons, which recommendation was ig-
nored by the party leaders in the
case Of Mr. Cohslan.
Our neighbor "The World" some
what belatedly, has come out in
support of the Surrogate for re-elec-
tics. This makes opinion unanimous
for him SO far as intelligent citizens
and newspapers are concerned.
There is, however, much to do be-
fore the bosses can be convinced
that they will not be permitted to
run the bench Of New York County
IS ii it wen their personal prop
prty. Lawyafs and newspapers and
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
The Golden Age of 'Bzah" By Frederick B zavr4.

AT dinner the other night two
thousand apparently sound-minded
people cheered enthusiastically the
statement that Mayor Hylan is the
greatest Mayor New York ever had or
ever will have. At the same dinner
]. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
was hailed as the greatest Mayor of
the greatest city in the world outside
New York. 5i.esa. e
The food of super1atives on this par
ticular occasion was interminable. 1t
was as though there had been made a
gentlemen's agreement that everybody
whose name was mentioned should be
described as the greatest something or
other. Charles F.. Murphy was called
the greatest Democrat the world has
ever seen, Corporation Counsel John
P. O'Brien was described as the great
est corporation counsel alive, and
when it came to the turn Of Mr..
'O'Brlen to say his piece he arose and
shrieked that his association with
Mayor Hylan was the greatest uplift-
ing influence toward higher and bet
ter things he had ever experienced.
1t was the Coronation Of the Great
King Blah.
The word "blah" is now in good stand
ing, among the more liberal essayists,
at least. 1t has been adopted into the
American language, and the fact of its
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12

adoption has some significance. 1t is
as invention, and therefore its
maternal ancestor is necessity. There
had to be some word to express the
contempt which truthful people feel
for the increasing tendency toward
hyperbole, and SO "blah" was born.
The peculiar form Of hyperbole
which answers so aptly to the name of
"blah" has individual attributes which
differentiate it from "hokun" and "the
bunk" which are its first cousins.
"Hokum" is not necessarily either insin-
cere or untrue; but "blah" is essential
ly founded on exaggeraticn, and Is
therefore primarily false, or at least
insusceptible Of proof. "The bunk"
predicates deliberate Misrepresentation,
while many of our most ardent
"blahists" are we'll meaning people
who do not strive to deceive. Usually
they are carried away by an over
whelming partisanship.
"Blah" is an evasive and vet q per-
sistent thing. It is this quality Of
evasive presidency which makes it so
dangerous. You can't control it by ap-
pealing to it's better feelings, because
1t has no feelings. There Is nothing
modest about "blah" and truth lives In
we'll. In this busy age few men have
the leisure to go poking down wells
for truth when "blah" stands at their
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12

business men owe it to themselves
and to the county to make ii clear
to every voter Just what the turning
down Of Mr.. Cohalan means and
just how much Of menace is this
attempted control of the judiciary
by party leaders.
The Republican and Tammany or
ganizations still control many votes.
The party man uninstructed as to
what has been going on is likely to
vote a straight ticket IL he is not in
formed as to the issne.
Organization and hard work by
the Cohalan supporters can uphold
on Election Day the principle Of an
Embossed bench. It is the duty Of
every honest citizen to lend hand.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Japan's Promise Made Good

The return OF Kiaochau in Shan
tung to China by the Japanese on
December 2 ends an international
episode. The port was originally
stolen from China in 1898 by the
German Emperor that he might
have fortress in the East, and
from him was seized by the Japa-
nese in 1915, with utter disregard
for the rights of China. The entire
Shantung episode brought upon
Japan bitter criticism and was one
of the causes Of unrest in the Far
East that made the Washington
conference necessary.
Last spring, after long and diff
cult negotiations, the Japanese and
Chinese delegates in Washington
finally made a settlement whereby
Japan agreed to relinquish all the
German leases and rights in Shan
tung except for temporary represen-
tation in the management Of the
Shantung Railroad. This meant
that japan must withdraw her
troops, but as this, of course, re-
quired time, the friends Of China
cried that Japan was merely stalling
and that she never intended to eyac-
uate Kiaochau or any part Of the
Shantung Peninsula.
But Japan went ahead and first
withdrew her troops from the in
terror, and finally completed prepa-
rations to evacuate Kiaochau, on
the seacoast. When the last Japa-
nese soldier leaves that port on De-
cember 2 she will have made good
her promises, and China may rejoice
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Brooklyn, Oct. Q, 1922.
Pedestrians Safety Suggestion

Ss~AeAAA A1c&ACIy 0QHKCSIIC0
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir' In connection with Safety
Week ! would suggest the elimination
OF the right hand turn for motorists.
Vehicles have the privilege of taking
right hand turn into an intersect-
ing street, excepting when especially
ordered to stop by traffic officer,
even though the trafac has been
stopped.
The average pedestrian does not
know this, and when traffic is halted
starts to Cross. only to be suddenly
surprised by car swiftly turning the
corner at his left. The driver Is
within the law, but tho pedestrian may
lose his life, or at least be injured
thereby.
Where traffic oftseers are eontroling
. crossing the cars turning to the
right should be regulated BY him just
the same as cars turning to the left.
"A Pedestrian.
New york, Oct. 3. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Abandoning the Pistol

The leaders of the Big -Four rail-
road brotherhoods are unquestion-
ably the ablest labor leaders in
America, just as the members of
those unions rank among the most
intelligent workers Of the country
1t was all the more deplorable that
these men should cease to be a
source of fair play and good sense
| and should take the radical and
threatening stand that they have
taken from the hour Of the Adam
son act down to the recent shop
mems strike.
1t is all the more gratifying that
these leaders now frankly recognize
that they have been travelling mis-
taken road and publicly renounce
all resort to the tactics of a general
strike in the future. AS Mr.. Lee
we'll said, the situation was loaded
with dynamite, "for the country as
well as for ourselves and the execu-
tives." And he added these n1emor-
able words, addressed far more to
the radical advisers of labor, I. w.
w. and intellectuals alike, than to
the steady rank and file Of the
unions: "No sane government would
permit any faction or class to para
lyze the transportation business of
the country and thereby punish the
innocent, who are always in the
majority"
No one has better stated the case
against the general strike or more
clearly expressed the reasons why it
cannot be tolerated. The whole
country should be grateful to Mr..
Lee for his frank and forceful
words. He speaks as a loyal Ameri-
can citizen and every American can
feel proud that this important branch
OF American labor has thus ap-
parently turned its back upon Boil
shevism and all its works. Labor
can always gain far more by ap-
pealing to the logic and sympathies
OF the American people, and what
1t gains comes to it ungrudgingly.
But The Tribune cannot see that
this decision of the Big Four in the
least obviates the need of legislation
against the strike in essential in
dustries. The pistol that was held
at the head of the government in
war time and forced the Adamson
act from frightened Administra-
ton has been lowered and unloaded.
SO far as its use by the brother
hoods under their present leader
ship is concerned, the danger can be
dismissed from consideration. We
are glad to accept the statement of
Mr.. Lee as made in entire good faith
and as representing sincere and
considered decision.
Such a pistol exists none the less
in the hand Of labor in every essen
tial industry. There are other in
dustries not less vital than the rail-
roads to the life and safety of the
/ public = the coal industry, for ex-
ample. Attention has been centered
upon the general strike, but the
same danger turks in any industry
that furnishes the necessaries Of
life. That coal shall be mined what
ever the private disputes between
operators and miners is Of quite as
much Importance to the railroad
men of the country and their fami-
lies as to any other citizens.
There is the essential point. Fac
ing this demand for the s1ecessaries
OF life there are neither union men
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Surrogate Cohalan
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Upon several occasions / served
as a juror under Surrogate John P.
Cohalan and I have nothing but the
utmost respect and admiration for the
man and for his fearless and impartial
decisions.
Party bosses affront us often enough
with legislators, state and city officials,
but all thinking men and women, re-
gardless Of party affiliations, owe it TO
themselves and their families TO sup
port candidate for Surrogate who has
proved himself independent. just and
competent in the administration OF the
law which concerns the welfare of
widows and orphans.
CHARLES II. UBERT.
New York, Oct. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12

There are only Americans, and
unless the American government can
secure those necessaries for the peo-
pie Of America it has fallen long
way from its former greatness. Mr..
Lee has enunciated broad principle
which must be enacted into the law
of the land. 1t is to the interest of
the members Of the brotherhoods.
quite MS much as to the interest Of
every one else, that 1t shall be SO
enacted.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12

elbows begging TO be permitted to ri,
in the pinch.
A lot OF the prohibition stuff on botb
sides is "blah." Before its passage ii.
Eighteenth Amendment was guarsnssa
by its sponsors to make the woYldovg
into a perfect place Of abode, espeid.
ly for the women and children Fhss
"blah" that was! The fact Of thesnsnas
ment's passage was hailed as nssisuN
declaration Of high moral principles.
"Bfah!" The amendment was passed be-
cause strong organization baeksi By
card-indexed collection of pledged
voters demanded its passage. Most peo-
plo know this, but so pervasive Is the
pernicious influence of "blah" that there
are Still several million earnest minded
folks in this country who honestly be-
lieve that Congress Is peopled almost
exclusively by statesmen who think Il
immoral TO take drink.
Much of the wet stuff is "blah." Par
ticularly "blah"is that pet wet argument
about personal liberty. The men Who
want the Volstead law eased of biz
and are working toward that end ars
not really exercised about personal lib
erty. Nine times out of every ten they
want things loosened up so they can
buy a bottle of beer or reliable high
ball without risking q Jail sentence.
poisoning or bankruptcy. That's res.
sonable enough; why "blahs about 1T
A lot of stuff that is written about
the sweet domestic lives which are
lived by motion picture stars is ''bIab";;
so is lot of the stuff that Ia written
about their immortality and slmost
everything that is written about their
salaries.
"Blah" is not exclusively American, ai-
though it seems to have here its great
est affiuence; but that may be because
of propinquity. The man who once
was German Emperor 'blahed" himssk
and his people into believing that thss
were divinely ordained to rule che snl-
verse, and look what happened!
In England they sblah" about ~
American love for the Almighty DOL.
lar. Try to persuade an Englishnsa
to part with five bob just for the fsa
of the thing. He'll pat up as tough
fight as any Yankee ever born N
Connecticut. Of course he will; vny
shouldn't he?
Some Americans take credit to them
selves as possessing sense Of husnol
which is far mora acute than fne
British. They say the British hsve no
sense of humor. That's "blahsp TOO.
'sBlah" would be harmless enough bus
for It's tendency to erect false stand-
ards ofachievement- The "blahistsa sake
too much for granted. They wish
thing, and somebody says it's 80, sno
Immediately to the "biah" mind y pe-
comes an accomplished fact. This =
the weakness which has made con.
fidence men rich and is still suppofe'
ing the boys who sell tips on tas
races. 1t also makes politicians poss
sihIe.
We know that the world is gettins
better; but we know, Too, that = &
not getting better anything like - isss
A u. Z 49, -. - - YJsav
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Make Your Own Deduction

In France colored man won the
literature prize and another colored
man knocked out Carpenter. Which
one do you suppose was carried out
of the hall on the shoulders Of the
spectators
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Merely a Prelim;naru

Albert jeremiah Beveridge has
'been chopping logs in Colorado pre-
liminary to his campaign for sena-
tor. He'll begin rolling 'em If he's
elected.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12

Yes eaa rureaass msrehsadise advertised sa THE
yht6VNE with absolute safsy--ior Y dissatssfae-
ssss to pay yeur raenss back upen request. Ne red
tsys Ne agIahiins We rfusd prsmnsiy the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
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credited to Il or not otherwise credited In this
sspeF ard also the local news Of spontaaccss origin
published heyeia
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ksrsia also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
Easily Dispensed With

In Europe ha may well be regarded
as the spareable Turk.
copyright BY James j. Montaxue,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-12
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-18
Inter-class Track Meet
SeavernS Field This P. NJ.

AS part of the fall training for the
track men the second annual inter-
class track meet will be held on Sea-
vern's athletic field this afternoon. 1t
is hard to predict winners in the
events especially as they have not
been out enough to get in condition.
Franscn, who was the high point
winner In the Freshman Sophomore
meet last week is expected to put in a
good bid for first place In the dashes.
high jump, and shot put. He scored
% points last week and is expected TO
co pa couple firsts today MCGOWAN
and White, both freshmen, are going
to make someone run in the dashes
and six hundred yard run. These boys
have been stepping along with the
best of them. In the distances there
will be a merry time with Barnes,
Taylor. Fasce Paine and Laughton all
starting. White has ben throwing the
discus as far as anyone and it would
not be surprise to see him cop first
place in this event.
Coach Ryan announces the following
program, three hundred yard rum six
hundred yard run. three mile run, one
hundred yard dash, running high
jump. pole vault, shot put, discus
throw and 120 yard hurdles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-18
MONTvIL.LE

Mr. ami Mrs Bert Baker and son
were In Augusta and lewiston last
week ON business.
Mrs Lizzie Watson of Skowhcgsn
attended Waldo Pomona Grange at
ThorndIke and gave lecture.
l. Griffith of Freedom was Ia Thorn
dixie last week.
Mr.. Slmeroe went TO Augusta
Wednesday on busVess.
Mrs. Louis Five of Freedom visited
her mother, Mrs. Alice Penney. last
week
Alien Colby has returned to L. OF
Orett I. Robinson was IN Thorndks
Saturday.
Rev and Mrs. + J, Hooper have
gone to Massachusetts to pass the
winter.
Mrs. Joslyn Of Milford Mass. Is in
town. the guest OF Mrs. Sarah Bryant.
Mr., and Mrs. Orren W. Ripley were
at Thorndike last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hardness have re-
turned to their home in Boston after a
short vacation in town.
Elmer Colby has gone TO Boston 70
attend an automobile school.
Miss Eta Gilman ~ visiting in
Boston and Lebanon. y. II.
1t is reported that Henry Vose OF
Knox has purchased the Cora Wood
bury farm. near Halldale. on Freedom
road
David Twitchell was in Thorndike
and Freedom, last week.
Miss Inez Barker is visiting in
Ialcsboro.
quite a good number OF trucks and
teams arc hauling apples TO II. +.
Jackson's cider mills.
Mr. and Mis-. II. Colby OF Sunset,
who have been visiting in this county.
have returned home.
Charles Stephenson is having water
piped into his house from q nearby
spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-18
Portland Is State
Hqtrs. Ku Klux Khan
ORGANIZED in Bangor

Portland. Me-, oct e,--The Ku
Klux Khan is organized in Portland
and Westbrook. with 50 members.
Portland is the State headquarters.
another branch being situated in
Bangor. according TO Roger Il. Ores
sey. of 81 Grant street, who tonight
said he was a member OF the order.
Mr.. Cressey declined TO divulge the
names OF any other members Of tn.
organization or OF any OF the OH
cers.
There is clan In Portland" HI
said, and as far back as last May
tierc were few men in the city who
lclonsed. but there was not local
organization. The work Of orgaclz-
ing here began in the middle of Sep
TENDER and has been going along In
fine shape since then. IL STATED
with five members and now there are
about 90. Now members are being
ADDED every day" -
In regard To the organization Of the
Khan. he said: In Bangor. tie work
Of organizing started earlier than II
CID here, and as result IL has pro-
crossed further. Portland .is the
Headquarters for the State. however.
The membership is increasing rapid
H. in nearly every state. the tncreds"
in the country being at the rate cf
about 1000 members Il day"