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New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
journalistic Courtesy

To what extent should newspaper
writer's give a literal transcript Of
the speech Of persons they inter
view? Mrs. Alice Duer Miller, ad-
dressing the New York Newspaper
Women's Club the other evening,
told the women reporters that her
chief criticism Of newspaper writing
lay in the iHaccuracy with which the
Language Of persons was recorded.
She did not charge them with failure
20 communicate thought honestly,
but with failure In a fer more diff
cult feld-that Of catching the exact
turn Of q phrase, the minute shades
Of emphasis, which are the keys Of
personality. She cited as q glaring
example Of this failing the famous
speech made by "a certain candidate
for Governor" who at state con-
yention ended his speech by crying:
Il made up my mind that a man
from Park Row should be Governor,
or, by God. I'd lay in the gutter!'
This was the most interesting hap
pening Of the convention, she de-
clared. yet the New York news
papers failed 10 print Il. AS q mat
ter Of fact, failure to report this re-
mark was not due, as she indicated,
to lack Of discernment Of It's pic
turesque quality, but 20 q conception
which most reporters and news
papers have Of what it is fair
game 10 print. News values often
20 down 70 defeat from this sense o.
journalistic courtesy, q virtue IL
newspaper writer's for which they
seldom receive sufficient credit.
Nothing is more scrupulously hon
ored IL newspaper Office than the
dignity Of the individuals whose do
ngs are recorded. From q mans
acts newspaper cannot save him,
but from his diction il can and does.
Slang, profanity, grammatical cr-
rors, peeuliaritiss Of aecent-all
those little weaknesses which are 70
the fiction writer essentials OF char
aeter delinestion--are usually ig-
nored by the reporter who is dealing
not with imaginary people but with
actual men and women with names
and addresses. Perhaps such consid-
Grafton sometimes gees TOO far. But
il surely errs IN the right direction.
II is only when Z personality is
50 important from a news point Of
view that every detail, even 20
vagaries Of speech, mus. be recorded
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
A Futile Excuse

Thanks 70 six weeks Of unexpect-
odly mild weather, the threatened
coal shortage did not come 70 pass.
This, however, did not prevent a
number Of Brooklyn landlords from
refusing TO heat their tenements ade-
suately and from giving the coal
shortage as an excuse. Magistrate
Short, Of the Coney Island court.
held ten of these worthless for trial
and rouDdly lectuTed the rest Of
them. As a result the people in the
Brooklyn teaements viii have more
beat through the winter.
Thanks 70 the system Of rationing
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Early Rising for Scarsdale

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! notice In this mornings
paper L. J. b.. Of searsdale. invokes
the aid Of your good columns and the
ovcrworked New York police toward
assisting bis leisurely convenience
downtown from the Grand Central
Terminal, b. the Lexington Avenue
subway. ] wonder Why be and others
who complain insist on travelling
through this zone during the peak
morning rush from s:l5 20 9:l5.
The remedy is 80 obvious one mar
ycls Z. J. B. does rot perform II him
self b. taking the 7:42, 7:47, or 9:OS
from the town Of his choice, arriving
at the Grand Central Terminal at s:2l,
s;S2 or ESQ instead Of leaving home
at s:ii or s:si and arriving in the
wicked city .. s:5l CT s;Oe.
W.T.P.
BrerTvills, y. Y, No7. 27, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Useless Moderation


"a steer" Gays q professor o: als.
tstcs. has more judgrisnt Aeopi eAlAS
tGal tire average college BOY
The steers an abstemious eres-
ture;
On corn and on bunch grass he
feeds,
But he always takes care, as he
munches his fare,
That he never eats moro than
he needs.
He masticates oil Of the victuals
That he crops from the moor
land and fen,
Then at night in his stall this
food he'll recall
And chew Il all over again.
The steer never suffers from
collie
And never is robbed Of his rest
b. internal aches because he par
takes
OF a diet he cannot digest.
No doctors, with hands on his
pulses,
Declare he Is iaortally sick,
And say, with an air Of forebod-
ing despair,
That they better had operate,
quick.
The steer. though he often Is
'empted
By The flowers that bloom b.
the way
And the toadstoois that cling 10
the rocks in the spring.
Exclusively sticks 20 his hay.
And doubtless he tells himself
often:
III my hunger / only sssuage
On the SIMPLEST Of food, which Is
properly chewed,
I shall live to q very old age"
But as soon as he passes his child
hood
And reaches q salable weight
His dreams disappear, for he ends
his career
inside OF the packing mouse
gate.
And sll Of his temperate habits
And all Of his freedom from
aches
Don't help him at Oil when he's
hung on a wall
As the mahngs Of porterhouse
steaksl
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
The Senate and Shipping

me ofleI extra SESSION or Jon-
gSess accomplished It's mission when
the shipping bill passed the House
last Wednesday. The House meas
ure. involving an exceedingly modest
government commitment compared
with others Of the same nature
which Congress has stood for since
1914, viii now 60 over for Senate
action at the regular session. There
have always been enough votes In
both houses 70 make it 4 Law. The
only obstacle TO its enactment IS
Senate Ku-Klux Tlanisin in the
shape Of q filibusbT.
Ku-Klux Nanism is perytrsc and
unrcasoning. It usually accomplishes
the contrary Of what 1t sets out 10
accomplish. Most Of the Democratic
Senator'S (Nr. Underwood and q few
others have declared themselves out)
are planning TO make q lyuching
party o all their former arguments,
votes and protestations Of friendship
for an American merchant marine.
They will do this in order to curry
favor with 4 passing reaction in the
granger states to the anti-American
marine prejuaices 20 rampant q
couple Of decades ago.
viii they be able to sell them
selves and their party to this reac-
ton By choking OIL q vote on the
Greene bill? They will not. Their
own activities from 1914 10 1922 can
not be thus wiped out. The Shipping
Board is their creation. They forced
government ownership ard overcost-
~ government, operation on the
country. They built the feet which
is now q milestone around the Treas
ury's neck. They nut $4,000, 900 600
into American deep-sea carriers.
Can they expunge the memory Of
all this ~ not allowing the roll 70
be called on q shipping bill carrying
less than l per cent Of $4,000 0OO, 600
"a bill intended to make it possible
for the government 10 cell at least
c few Of its idle cotton-wrapped
ships?
That IS the real question raised
By a Senate flibuster against the
House measure. II the bill fails the
shipping situation win remain un-
changed. The government will still
own scores Of unusable ships. We
shall still be plunged up TO our cars
in the bog Of government operation.
The Wilson McAdoo-Alexander re-
gime Of spendthrift paternalism in
shipping viii be as much in force as
ever. And the foreign groups which
opposition TO the salvaging Of our
merchant marine now serves will
continue TO be served by it.
A personal grievance and q mis-
appreciation oG Alserican interests
lie behind the farmers temporary
soreness toward ship subsidies. But
the Democratic party'e opposition Is
wholly factious and insincere. In
the Senate it is apt'y associated with
the mentality and methods Of Ru-
KluX klanigm.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Who Armed Kemalp
0 tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To tho Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir; In aswer TO an inquiry made by
me recently. an eminent friend Of mine
in Paris, who has access 10 the most
accurate sources Of information,
writes me as follows with regard 20
the broadly published statement that
France supplied tho Kenalist army
with arms:
"You know that the trade IN arms
with that country Turkey is free
and that the Allied governments
simply reached an understanding not
to favor Il nor 20 take part therein
themselves. add that I. Is mostly
English Arms ard perhaps even
American Arms which supplied the
Kemalists.
MAURICE LEON.
New York, Nov. ~. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

adopted by the national Administra-
ton. plus the warm weather In 0c-
tober and November, there will be
enough coal for the six million pco-
pie Of New York, and az a very
slightly advanced price. Penurious
landlords who hope to avail them
selves Of the reported shortage for
the purpose Of profteeung are going
TO be disappointed.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
The Lantern
n OTHER TITANsi
csss.. ~ Tea gsissu. Ia. 10,

Fothergil Finch. tho Boy Bard,
called on US recently. You may re-
member that Fothergil, in despair
about ever being able TO produce or
even understand tho very latest
thing In the why Of advanced verse,
blew his brains cut some time ago.
He Is looking very well now, and
Is producing the newest new poetry
at a great rate. and selling II, too.
Here is Fothergil's latest poem
which he calls 80 Other Titans";
I sink MY teeth c.
into the cosmos they Stick
there they Stick there .
O Other Titans
have we not all
Lost our bieuspids they Stick
they stick there. -.
yes, once ] saw
a child an imbeesle
child u sweet lite
Moron biting his
Christmas tree his teeth
Stuck.
in the Cum from tho spruce
Stuck his Teeth
o other Titans do
not our teeth
Always Stick!
let as not despair
other Children lei
us keep on biting
our initials In
the cosmos
even though our Teeth
stick there shall We
not force the cosmos
10 take cognizance Of Us
alasl hear you say
my mouth Is all bald
bald bald inside a.. nay teeth
are all gone but the
little moron who bit
his Christmas tree did not
wall did not cry be
did not care II he did lose
all his teeth g.
let Us ell be little morons q.
blue sprucesl blue spruces!
what a lesson from you,
you are so gummy
And so blue!
The magazine which FotherGl
started some months ago. called The
GESTURE, Is 70 be revived soon.
It win print nothing but Fother-
gil's own poetry.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01


One Of the favor,te outdoor sports
these days Is starting third party
rs IL the two VIC have aren't
bad enough!
Wall Street Is reported 20 be
gloomy" What can you expect Of
a street that begins at the East
River and ends at Trinity Church
yard, and has seen many friends In
the years past crawl into both
places?
Courts exist for the purpose Of
holding up taxes. Taxes exist for
the purpose Of supporting courts.
Government agents who are in
vestigating the Ku-Klux Klan should
be able to get a certain amount Of
information from the interviews
which its leaders joyously and inde-
fatigably give 70 the newspapers.
Arbitration Is Thing Of Past,
Miners Say."--Heddiine.
So vus it usually in the past.
DoS MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
OUR OWN WALL NOTICES

sss.ssss sssssss .s's's . .
WORK
is ALL VERY WELL
If YOU HAVE
NOTHING INTERESTING
TO DO.
BUT BEFORE
YOU INDULGE IN II
PERSONALLY,
LOOK ABOUT YCU
AND MAKE SURE
THERE Is no ONE
WHOM YOU CAN
MANEUVER INTO
DOING IT FOR YOU.
THE HEIGHTS BY GREAT
MEN REACHED AND KEPT
WERE NOT ATTAINED
BY SUDDEN FLIGHT;
OTHERS
WORKED FOR THEM WHILE
THEY SLEPT
OR DANCED AND
WASSAILED
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Ihe Execution

Apparently everybody Is against
Robert N. La Toilette but the people
Of Wisconsin.
Copyright ~ James :. Mon;aszsl
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Almost a Failure

The coal miners and operators
must be bitterly disappointed. The
strike advanced prices only about
quarter q ton.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
A Common Ambition

A good many Americans arc Wish
Ing they understOod Italian politics.
So are q good many Italians.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

one terrible danger eonfronts the
Ku-Klux Klan at the present moment
/. its spokesmen are represent
ing It as so moral and respectable
that It is becoming utterly uninter-
csting.
President Harding is said 10 be
afraid the prohibition laws are
breaking down. Others are afraid
they arc not.
Sammy the Booisgger WAS in TO
see US recently, twitterlng with
anxiety.
Somebody has convinced Sammy
that light wines and beers are conf
ing 70 this country, legally, and he
sees the ruin of his business. Sammy
told Us that he would be willing TO
subscribe a thousand dollars to the
funds Of the prohibitionists if they
needed the money Tor a more inten-
sive campaign 10 keep the laws just
as they are. Every bootlegger In
America should subscribe 70 this
fund.-" said Sammy.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
The Air Mail
Copyright 1879 New loIk 7

Diego to indianapolis, q distance Of
2,io0 miles.
I. Is important 70 note that the
monoplane used By aaeReady carried
4 total weight Of 10000 poundi-avo
tons-oyer the Rocky Mountains, aud
had {. net been for faulty eonstrue-
tlon n minor particulars Go would
have reached New York without land
Ing. And the plane that carried Mac.
Ready, night and day. against head
winds and storms ,hree-fourths the
dlstsneo across The continent had but
a few days previously won the words
endurance record by remaining IN the
air moro than thirty.sII hours. This
record reveals the degree OF perfee-
ton and reliability 70 which the Lib
erty motor has been brought. and Il
clearly indicates future success IN
trnns.,ntinental nonstop lights.
No Need Of Nonstop Flights
But Il must be noted that the non.
stop flight from coast to coast Is not
necessarily essential to the success
and extension OF the air mail, nor TO
tho ultimate air transport Of passen-
gers and certain lightweight merchan-
disc in all parts Of tho United States.
In the long-distanes flight much Of the
available space and largo part Of
the weight 20 be carried must be
given 70 fuel and oil. By stopping at
intervals or the route moro weight
can be given 70 passengers and mall.
II the planes flying from San Fran
cisco 70 New York, for instance. make
two or moro stops a. designated points
along the line, the planes may bs re.
fuslsd. or the mall. passengers and
freight may DO quickly transferred 70
other planes that arc kept keyed up
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

THE prediction Of cOlOns! Hender-
ton. chief Of tho air mail service,
that mall would bo transported from
san Francisco TO New York IN thirty
hours In the near future IS Jus
.lhsd By tho ersdltablo record Of the
ziail-plsns ayers during the last year,
as we'll as b. tho remarkable endur-
aaee and distance records Of army
aviators during TIE last few weeks.
The present sir-mail service between
New York aad San Francisco Is han
d!eappsd by insufficient appropriations,
Inadequate material in the shape o.
pttehed-up planes lack Of landing
aslds along The reats and the alb
ssneo Of properly lighted airways
which would make nlght flying safe
and practicable.
Remarkable achievements
Despite these obstacles the plueky
ard sNllful nail ayers covered nearly
two million miles and delivered about
fo-ty million letters during the last
year without a single casualty. They
stuck 20 their work under all eondl-
tiors OF weather, and reached q stand.
ard Of mora than 90 per cent eff
cheney. People along the route de-
clare ihss they can set their clocks
By the mail planes.
Supplsmentlng this achievement. the
Army Air Service eams - the front
With triumphs that elineh the evidence
in favor Of Q practicable air-nsil serv-
Zee for the whols country. Lieuten-
ant Doolittls heW from Florida 20 San
Diego With but one stop. at San An
tonic, Tex and LIsutenants Mae
Ready and Kelly broke the worlds
record IN q nonstop hiSht from San
New-York tribune., 1922-12-01

4 Word From Little Archibald
thank you
sor tie mltteu.
socks and
Eufie= for ne
knitted out %
frogs hair By one
% my admirers wh.cs
you so kindly
forwarded suppos.
the reason
got them vas that
.Aey we're too
snail for you
20 wear yourself
your for run
crime and riot
aTeiy
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
OLD GUARD IS WORRIED
: AS PARTY LINES BREAK

The weakening Of party lines in
the national lawmaking body alarms
the bipartisan: element known as
the 'old guard" For years special
interests have secretly operated as
a bloc. Nothing was ever said about
this bloc by men who are, now pro-
testing against the. formation Of
groups that defy party discipline and
publicly announce their purpose.
The senate farm bloc is the present
concern Of special interests and its
defenders. Groups representing eco
nomic interests, organized along nom
partisan lines, is the nightmare of
those who have prospered under
party discipline. :'..
The weakening of party rule marks
the beginning of r. new era in legis-
lation, and is in line with 4o-year
declarations by the A. F. of L.
The "old guard is bewildered be-
cause its orders are being ignored.
Various methods have been discussed
to check. the: new movement, but to
date nothing has been found that will
restore the good old days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
Have No Use For InteIIig lIenY

fore the committee he 80 wildly
portrayed the hazardous calling Of vs.
switchman, and SO clearly indicate.
the :vaule of the proposed Sadditto9: !
al safety appliances that Congress
Immediately enacted the required
legislation. u: Szz
Mr.. Starbird returned to his fam.
lily and his daily duty as a SWITCH.
man, but in a short time his ems
ployers found an excuse to. discharge
him. A year passed and in the
meantime Congress, appropriated q
fund to pay several safety appliance
inspectors. Mr.. Mosely, mindful OF
the knowledge Of such affairs that
Starbird possessed, sought him out,
and only: after countrywide search
found him still engaged as a switch
man on another line. Mr. Star
bird was called to Washington and
given a position as federal safety
appliance inspector. z
This sWitchman, staunch advocate
of union labor. and representative
of what real switchman can be-, was
really the father of the present fed
erat safety appliance laws. -
The railroads Of the United States
are constantly trying to keep in sub
lection such men as Starbird. In
stead of accepting the suggestion of
such men: and profiting thereby, the
incompetent, profiteering present
day railroad officials are exultaiit in
their power to crush initiative and
suppress the ecOnomica1 ideas of
their subordinates. Thus the pub.
lie is required to pay for Careless
ness and inefficiency.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
INCREASE IN INSANITY
IS TRACED TO POVERTY

The old age question: Am I my
brothers keeper?,'' is answered ~
a report Of the New York state chart
ties aid association, which says hard
times cause insanity. .:
More persons were sent to insane
asylums in this state last year than
in any previous year. At the end
Of 1921, patients in the 10 state hos
pitfalls for the insane numbered 3d.
736, an increase Of LAS over 1920.
This is 6,642 more than the hos
pitfalls can accommodate. Il,
One. of the major causes for this
condition is Unemployment and
distress, due to economic conditions"
A disregard for disabled veterans
Of the world war has filled the in
sane hospitals with these soldiers.
The report Says these soldiers were
suffering from shell shock, but their
troubles have increased during the
year.
The report indicates one. Of the
costs society must pay for its dis
regard of bad economic, conditions
.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
NIGHTS, RI
<-.E ~ - t"' D., -
BY C0viliGtOn Hall.

BY :Covington Hall.
Might was right when Christ was
:>+ hanged @,<
Besides the Jordan's foam:
Might was right when Gracious bled
Upon the stones Of Rome;
And might was right when Danton
=. fell,
When Emmett passed away.
- 'Tis the logic Of the ancient world
And the gospel Of today"
Might was right when spartacus
Went down in seas Of blood,
And the Commune persisted
In the 'self-same crimson flood;
And might was right at Cripple
Creek,
AT Homestead, Grabow-yea
"'Tis the logic OF the: ancient world,
And the gospel Of today"
Might is right when children die
BY thousands in the mills,
When jeweled hands reach down and
take
The gold their blood distills:
ana might, 1s right when maidens
give
Their love-dreams up for pay.
"'Tis the logic of the ancient world,
And the gospel of today"
Might was, it is, it e'er will be
The one and only right;
And so. o hosts Of toll, awake!
INIT Y~:k TIL
IT'S freedoms only way.
"'Tis the logic Of the accent world,
And the gospel Of today"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14

In the early 9o's when the auto
matte air brake was first introduced,
and it's benefit to humanity was being
heralded by railroad employees, the
railroads fought tooth and nail
against its adoption.
/. A few years later, when: other
safety appliances were being advo-
Gated and the Interstate Commerce
Commission, through Secretary Mos
ely, was attempting to have Congress
enact legislation requiring some of
the present day safety appliances,
such as safety applied and standard
1zed hand holds, gran irons and sill
steps, the railroads became so bit
ter in their efforts to stifle the
growing demand for safety devices
that 1t was next to impossible to get
representatives of the railroad la
Dor organizations to testify before
the congressional committee investi-
eating the merits of the various de-
vices.
At this time Secretary Mosely was
seeking among the train service en-
ployes" some union man who would
willingly give his testimony before
the committee at Washington.
George starbird, then in the prime
OF life. father of a lage family. was
switching cars for the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Roalroad in
Chicago. Mr.. Starbird was: a
thorough switchman and member
of the switchmen's union. Hearing
Of Mr.. Mosely's request, he rendered
his services and was readily accept
ed. He went to Washinton, where be-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
HOW VETERAN SEA.DOG !:
CURED 4 SICK SAILOR

However few and far between,
there still remain a few shell backs
of the old schoo1-the genuine sea
dogs with sailors voice and the
dee p-water swing-who, after pain
stalking diagnosis, prescribes the an
Gent remedy of a substantial pro-
ton of Epson salts for every known
i'll in the shipboard, says the Sea-
mems Journal: And the remedy
never varied, whether the urfortu-
nate one, had a lapse OF memory, a
colored nose or a. kirk in the back.
Were any testimony needed in sub
sanitation of the effective resultz
obtained in each and every case, even
in the modern times. it would be
unnecessary to look further than the
recent tale in the New York Tribune.
Captain Thomas Marsh, of the
British tramp "Haliartus," bound for
Buenos Ayres. said by wireless to
the liner "Vestris," $50 miles astern:
: Have a man aboard who is ser
1ously ill. Would consider it Ereat
favor if you would tell mo If nv
treatment is correct. Severe pains
abaft left breast. Fever 1O3. Have
given him two ounces Of caster oil;
two grains of fcalomel, ten grains
of Dover''s powders and one ounce
Of Epson salts. -..
Said DR.. Rice, of the "Vestris:"
Patient probably has pneumonia.
Mobilize left side with adhesive plas-
ter.
Said Captain Tom 30 hours later:
Patient> somewhat better. What
do you mean by mobilizing chest
with adhesive plaster? 49,.
The ancient remedy prescribed by
modern methods in due time i'm
proved the sailors condition on board
the ''Haliartus." but, Captain now
modestly insists that his dosage and
not the mobilization did the trick.
Armed with a gallon Of soap lini-
ment and a barrel of castor oil, the;
Master from the old school would
guarantee to take a battleship squa-
dron around the world and not lose
a man. Doctors! Surgeons! Bah!