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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
REED AND HARVEY PART.


Reed and Harvey, Inc, which did
a bonanza business during 1920 in the
casting of suspicion on all foreign
nations, was formally dissolved on
Washington's birthday. Reed is still
doing business at the old stand, hav-
ing kept his grip on the liabilities and
the bad-will Of the firm. But Harvey
is at the Court OF st. James praising
the English until they squirm with
embarrassment.
All this was in the nature of things
bound to happen. The moment il
was settled that George Harvey had
to go abroad to protect Mr.. Harding
from the consequences either of per-
sistent affection or of unrequited love,
1t was also settled that George Harvey
would take on, in the most garish
hue possible. the color of smart society
in the capital TO which he was ac-
credited. He Is now more English
than the English. But had. he gone
to France, who can doubt that he
would have made NJ Poincare's pa
triotism seem pale? Or if TO Italy,
that the Roman eagle would have
Mapped its wings exuberantly?
But just as George Harvey was
bound to overwhelm the English with
| his love. so Jim Reed was bound &c
stay right here and hate all foreigners
without votes. Harvey could not gs
abroad without insisting on PLAYING
the, courtier, and Reed could not gt
abroad because he long ago decid6t
that he was too good for any foreigner
The two men are sort of Scylls
and Charybdis OF American foreign
policy. For between the people VIII,
lose all common sense when the,
mingle with the eminent In European
capitals and the people who think al
Europe Is damnable and corrupt 4
Is very difficult for a patriotic Ad
ministration to combine the protection
Of American interests with polio,
OF decent cooperation abroad--Ney
York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
SUBWAY SPEECH REFORM.

II has been one OF the profound con-
vlctions of most New Workers for
many years that no human agency
could Improve the speech OF the con-
uuctors and guards uf elevated and
subway railroads Neither solemn
pleading nor numerous criticism had
any effect on the guards. who pursued
the even tenor and bass OF their
linguistic ways, deaf to all sugges-
tions of reform. In conversation with
passengers they talked Manhattanese
az fuently az the worst of us But
when IL came To announcing stations
they lapsed into tongue nobody could
understand
But now the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
ST subway management has worked a
marvel. In some cars of this system
passengers hear a voice clearly an
nounclng tho name OF the station at
which the stop IL made and the name
OF the next station at whict. the train
H. to stop. The announcement comes
from voices projected from the roofs
megaphoncs carry tho sound through
the cars and the passenger know ex-
actly where they are at.
Many wonderful things have been
accomplished by the telephone. There
are New Yorkers who are firmly con-
yinced the most remarkable OF al
these feats Is the bettering OF the
speech OF subway guards brought
about by the telephonic attachment,
by means of which the stations ar,
announced In these subway cars Per
maps in time all conductors and guard
will do as well as some now do.-Nev
| York Herald.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28

II turnip greens are fraction ~
pleasing to the palate ~ one 10
taught to believe them to be, the wpn-
der Il the dish does not become uni
versal. and that tho business Of sup
plying the market Is not taken up,
as il done in the case OF spinach or
lettuce.
The evident appreciation of a friend
of Every Evening over tho advent OF
the turnip green In an earnest that
they are very. very good, At, indeed.
for the most exacting and discrimi-
mating epicure. He is prepared to as
scrt and maintain that anyone who
does not like turnip greens Is un-
worthy OF citizenship In the State OF
Delaware and undeserving OF seat
among the regular Blue Hens Chick
ems at this season OF the year, when
the turnip is sprouting and fllling
with delightful anticipations the heart
OF every citizen In the two lower coun-
ties OF the little State. as well as the
multitudes OF people who have come
from there to make their homes IN
Wilmington.
Perhaps Delawareans. were It to d,
top, with its blossoms. az the State,
! floral emblem.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
A HEAVY PRICE.

Loss OF the ZR-2 on her trial trip in
England caused no halt in American
plans for the development OF naval
dirigibles, and we may be confident
that no more than momentary dis
couragement will result from the dis
aster 10 the Roma. We are building
our own ZR-1 at Lakehurst, and have
just made arrangements with the
Allied Powers to clear the way for the
construction OF a Zeppelin Of the L-70
type att fFriedrichshafen, Germany. Ii
has always been recognized that the
path TO thoroughly dependable
lighter-than-air craft would be dot
ted with a number of fame swept
wrecks. At the close of the war the
Germans admitted that of eighty
three Zeppelins sent out, no less than
sixty-six We're destroyed, though OF
these the allied armies accounted foI
only thirty-four. The British lost
their first Vickers airship in 1911 be-
fore their navy had made the slight
est use OF II. Commercial agencies
have Jared as i'll as the governments
Yet such feats as that of the Zeppelin
which cruised far south into Afrlcs
and back during the war, and of tn,
R-34 in completing a round trip be
tween England and New York, hav,
confirmed mems faith In ultimate sue
cess.
We must Craw from Tuesdays ac
cident and from the British report jus
submitted on the ZR-2 disaster wha
lessons we can for greater safety II
construction. The British built shil
was rigid, the Italian-built craft semi
rigid. In the case of the former tn
defects were plainly structural. TIL
Roma last Tuesday did not buckle
and the evidence at hand shows tha
her main structure was sound; il ap
pears that her control cable broke, an
in nosing down she struck high
tension wire which set her afire. Ha
Congress not stinted the appropria
tions, helium might have been use
and the burst OF flame and consequen
less OF life been avoided.
In time the world will learn to bull
rigid and sem-rigid diriglbles of saf
structure, even with length OF 20
feet or more. The United States 1
particular. which leads the world /
the production of helium, has no ex
cuse for using nfiammable hydrogen
New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

gress were. as Mr.. Prugh implies op-
posed to the theory OF prohibition re-.
iected in the Volstcad act. and II the
vets controlled Republican and DEM
ocratic party machinery, how did the
present dry laws get through Con-
Rreas?
That is one riddle. A greater one
confronts the enforcement officials,
who are saying In Washington that
larger quarters. separate Federal
department and greater appropriations
will be necessary to dry enforcement
Such facilities Will certainly be re-
quired Ito stop or even effectively
check the sale and importation OF red
liquor Meanwhile, the whole ques-
ton OF prohibition enforcement has
shifted TO new and dangerous ground.
In it's newer and more troublesome
form II does not grow out of the Of
fenses of bootleggers. large or small,
who smuggle whisky into the country
or peddle 1t about. Unquestionably
the most serious factor In the general
situation Is the privately operated
still.
1t is now to be found everywhere. 1t
Is III lHnuinttaDle nOfntS. IL Is DDef-
ating to turn out great quantities OF
moonshinc which are being stored In
thousands Of secret places for con
sumption or secret distribution in the
future. Some investigators estimate
that the private stills are now making
more so-called whisky than the dis.
tilleries made in the pre-volsteat
days. Unless enforcement officers ar,
given the right to raid private dwell.
ings and other buildings without motto.
or warrants they viii continue to b,
at great loss in dealing with moon
sinners. Yet that right is one tina
will not be granted them until tn,
Congress OF the United States is mad.
up wholly OF Jealous drys.
This new aspect of the dry problem
is causing q great deal Of worr,
among all people who happen to b.
sincerely interested In the prohibi
ton theory. But enforcement officer
/. say little about II. What can the,
: say?-Philadelphia Evening Puhli
/, Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
REPLY TO ~BUCK PRIVATE

Editor Every Evening-May I re-
ply to a letter by "A Buck Private"
in your issue of February "a. 1922?
Such a letter. without the writer's
genuine signature, scarcely deserves
a reply. But the stand taken by the
American Legion ON the five-fold ad-
justed compensation plan has been
attacked so often by camoufiaged or
anonymous writer's that We have long
since despaired of fight in the open.
Aside from this feature of Buck
Private's' letter. there are other
points which are TO be criticised.
AS vioe-commander OF one of the
local posts. L can assure Mr.. Buck
Private" that no issue can make a
political machine out OF the American
Legion. AS an ex-service man he
should inform himself of the activities
of that body. Does he know the part
taken by the Legion IN entertaining
the disabled veterans at Hope Farm,
| in conducting funerals of ex-service
men. IN encouraging the observance of
patriotic holidays. in organizing the
Citizens School Committee. last fall,
and in establishing the Public EN-
ployment Service?
| Mr.. Buck Private" accuses those
who are working for the Adjusted
Compensation bill of selfishness be-
cause in doing SO we ''let the wounded,
sick, widowed and orphans suffer"
Anyone who is cognizant OF the con-
ditions surrounding the Veterans
Bureau must know that the draw
back is not lack of funds, but too
much red tape. Never has the bureau
been hampered by shortage OF funds,
and L hope it never will be. Let us
also trust that these disabled and
sick veterans shall never be insulted
by such names as "gougers," beg
gars," pirates" and bonus raiders
But why does Mr.. Buck Private
object so strenuously to adjusted COM
pensation? When discharged he was
absolutely broke" but he now owns
some property. Eurekal He objects
to being taxed to help men as healthy
as himself. Well. they say health is
Everything" but how about $500
robust ex-service men who are now
out of work in this city? Their good
health does not help them. Do you
really mean to state, Mr.. Buck Pri-
vate." that you would object to any
II the following taxes which have
been proposed as a means Of financing
the Adjusted Compensation bill?:
l cent for each 20 cigarettes,
2 cents for each pound Of chewi IS
or smoking tobacco.
3 cents postage instead of cents.
2-cent stamp tax on bank checks.
l cent for each gallon of gasoline.
20 cents for each horsepower OF al
automobile
10-cent tax on theatre admissions
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
OPPORTUNITY FOR CONGRESS-.

The concentration Of the appropri-
ating power OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives within the hands OF n single
committee has released from the ar
duous labor OF pouring over statistics
and examining into the finances OF the
nation the great body Of the House
for more constructive work. 1t In an
unusual opportunity for transcendent
public service which is thus offered.
While II is undoubtedly true that the
country is now suffering and long has
suffered from n superabundance Of
statutes, there is nevertheless need
for the overhauling OF imperfect laws
for the discovery OF remedies for ex-
listing conditions throughout the Fed
eral service, for the perfection OF the
whole structure ~ the government
There are splendid opportunities IN
Congress for the student and the
philosopher not upon the floor. where
speech making is the principal indus
try. but In the committee rooms. wher,
the preliminary processes OF legiela.
ton are set In motion.
Constructive legislation for the ar
my and navy Is especially desirable
and 1t is encouraging TO see In tn,
military affairs committee OF tn
House evidences that as soon as tn
Muscle Shoals question Is out OF tn
way Mr.. Kahn will direct the attention
of his committee to some of the bust
ness pressing for attention. The worl
of Congress has grown so enormousl.
in recent years that one OF the chic
services to be rendered Is In the eift
Ing out which must go on constantl
In order that the chaff may be dis
carded and the good wheat preserved
More business and less politics In Con
gress would be sound principle I
stand upon.--Washington Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
CAPTAIN DALE MABRY, HERO.

To the list OF heroes OF the air must
be added the name of Dale Mnbry.
who. as captain of the Roma on her
last voyage. held steadfastly to the
wheel during those tragic moments
when the airship was plunging down
10 destruction. BY dying at his post
he exemplifled the ancient law OF the
sea and helped establish a fine ira
dition for captains of the air.
Captain Mabry knew the Roma as a
veteran master knows his ship He
was one of the party that went to
Italy in March, 1921. to bring the air
ship 10 the United States. Under the
Italian builders he became familiar
with every detail of the Roma. His
ability as an air navigator won foi
him the honor OF plotting her across
the Atlantic. When the flight was
abandoned his disappointment must
have been great. But he forgot Il as
soon as he entered into the work OF
preparing the craft for her FIRST trir
on this side: and there probably was
no one happier than he when the Roma
met every test In the gale that caugh,
her on the run back 10 her station
at Langley Field after her trial voyag,
and christening last December.
The survivors of Tuesdays disaster
have praised highly the skill with
which he handled the airship az some
thing went wrong and she headed nos.
downward. II fortune had been with
him there is small doubt that he woult
have brought the Roma and her crew
to earth without serious damage. Blu
fate decreed otherwise. Captain Mabr,
died like the true soldier that he was
I His devotion to duty and his courag
should inspire not only his comrades
in the service but all who read of hi
heroic, self-sacrificing act.-Provi
dence Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
CANNOT BE HELPED.

2 Now that the country, by compacts
which in all probability will be rati-
fed by the Senate.-elthough assur-
edly with "reservations"-has COM
mitted itself to the policy OF liberal
lection is being advanced to the prac-
teal completion Of the proposed plan
OF reduction. In all probability. sew
eral existing navy yards will have TO
be closed.
The closing of navy yards would
mean a large reduction in the navy's
working personnel. and naturally
there is howl of objection from
those who would thereby sacrifice
comfortable positions. including navy
officers as we'll as ordinary workmen.
All want to continue on the govern
ment payroils, especially as prevail
ing conditions are not encouraging to
securing profitable employment in
other lines.
But no matter what hardships may
result-and there win be some-they
must be endured. The reduction of
naval armaments means reduction in
all lines OF navy service. The plan
was agreed to by representatives OF
this country, Great Britain, France
and Japan, not only as a move in the
direction of world peace. but as an
equally decisive move In the reduc-
ton OF government expenditures, sc
as to allow Cor the greatly needed re-
ductions In taxation. SO. while many
may suffer. tho general public in each
country will derive benent- And In
time. when all governments are able
to turn aside from extravagant wal
preparations and settle down to peace
and business, conditions will become
normal and general prosperity vii
be greater than ever.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28

December ~, 1881. was sincerely
mourned by all. Queen Victoria trea-
sured hia memory throughout the re-
maindsr- Of her long life and never
gave thought to taking another
husband. BY this union was founded
her long line, four sons and Ave
daughters having resulted from the
marriage.
And no. tender memories OF this
memorable royal wedding minEle with
the felicitations that are 40 generous
ly and generally extended to those
who today were Joined In marriag e
within the sacred precincts OF West
minister Abbey.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
PROHIBITIONS RIDDLES.

Incomplete reports of an address de-
livered at Pittsburg by Mr.. PrEgh
chairman Of the Allied Prohibitionists
in this State, Will cause an upward
rustling of eyebrows among people
everywhere who have been panied and
puzzled by the failure of Volsteadism
to live up to its original promises
Prohibition" said Mr.. Prugh, came
to us by the wrong road. Instead of
putting a party pledged to the prohi-
bition idea in power and then enact
ing the necessary legislation, we pass
ed the laws and then put them In the
hands of their enemies for enforce
ment. We failed to realize that the
vets controlled the major party ma
Chimes
II the TWO parties dominant in Con.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
TURNIP GREENS IN SEASON.

The announcement in Every Eve
ming, a few days ago. that turnip
greens are almost at the right stage
of development for eating, will bring
delight TO hundreds OF Delawareans
if they have not already shifted in the
recent balmy days this cheering as
surance. Whatever charm there must
be about the spring growth that
sprouts from the turnip, with the
passing OF winter, one cannot tell,
unless he has feasted on these humble
appearing greens at the close of a
long season during which fresh vege-
tables have been more or less strang-
ers from the menu; but those who
have eaten of the early sprouts as
sure us they are the best thing OF
their kind in the whole catalogue of
/ foods.
Especially are our fellow citizens
]
/ from the lower counties addicted to
the spring habit of eating the tops
Of turnips, and one can almost pick
out Kent or Sussex countian in the
passing throHg by reason of the happy
expectant look he wears envisaged,
from this time forth until the sprout-
ing turnips will have advanced be-
yond the tender age Of greens into
the stage Of tough pepperiness that
causes them TO be banned from the
table.
The turnip green is. indeed, almost
a stranger above the Mason and Dixon
line, and is cultivated with loving ap-
probation in but a compare lively
small section OF the South. But those
who have eaten them when cooked
just right-while nesting In boiling
water beside a jowl Of pork--declare
there is nothing comparable to these
sprouts. They discount hog and hom-
my so per cent. Just why many
other sections Of the country have moi
J discovered the delights to be derived
! from the turnip growth one canno
! understand unless 1t be that Della
! wareans know better than almost an,
other people the best OF good things /,
eat.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
MONEY SECONDARY THOUGHT.

Not only are the proponents of the
soldiers bonus plan insistent upon It's
authorization by Congress regardless
of ways and means for meeting the
enormous expenditure involved, but
many members OF Congress, upon
whom rests the responsibility Tor inn
mediate action and provision for the
future, seem to be Of the same mind.
They are intent upon passing the
bonus and leaving It's fate to the
future.
These members OF Congress seem
to be between the devil and the deep
sea-" and all because they are unable
to bring themselves to a rational and
practical consideration Of tho problem.
II they could think and act sensibly
they would realize what a burden the
bonus would place upon the people,
dhu theti SoiiSiucA NheNhti II Wouiu
be right to impose this burden. But
most OF them seem to fear that oppo-
sition to the bonus will bring political
disaster upon them at the fall elec-
tions, and they also have n dread that
the imposition OF additional taxation
to meet the burden will bring the
condemnation OF thousands OF tax
payers, already burdened far beyond
their patience sor their financial ca
pacity.
1t is amazing. however, that these
uncertain and troubled members OF
Congress should believe for an in
stant they can deceive the people
friends of the bonus as we'll as It's
opponents-by any such silly subter-
fuge as passing bonus measure with
no financial arrangements for makins
it effective. Such a course would
bring upon them the wrath OF both
friends and opponents OF the measure
There are some members OF Con
gress, OF course, who fully realize tn,
situation. and those among them VIII,
believe the soldiers should be finan
cially rewarded for their war services
win supplement their votes IN favo
OF the bonus by proposing and sup
porting measures to meet tho cos
thereof. But It is probable that thos
who take this practical view OF tn
problem are far from a majority.
So It seems probable the countr.
will witness the farce OF Congress
authorizing the payment OF the bonu,
Or adjusted compensation" as 1t I
styled, without making provision fc
raising the necessary money by taxa
ton. Then It would devolve upon tn
next Congress either to supply the de
ficiency or abrogate the bonus au
thorization.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
NAMR FOR THE HIGHWAY.


Editor Every Evening--.Your timely
editorial on the naming OF the new
east-side boulevard" In Saturdays Is
sue clearly brings to public attention
the advisability Of giving some name
to the new highway TO Philadelphia.
May l intrude these views upon your
attention?
1.--There will always be a point Of
divergence In Wilmington for all
through traffic coming from the north;
and there will always be point Of
conycrgcnce for all traffic from the
south. and that point of convergcnce
must be in Wilmington. A simple
solution fixes Church and Fourth
streets as the point. Traffic to the
harbor front; the river front south Of
Wilmington and down State" will un-
doubtedly use the Third street bridge.
Traffic to Baltimore and Washington
VIII turn west into Fourth street. As
Church street tthe proper widening OF
which to 240 feet in width Is pending)
Is the west boundary Of old Christine
hamn," where the first swedes settled
In America, II seems proper that the
HuIflb boNeT1DT IIlntZ highway
should be applied to that highway; for
thence to the north, over the unnamed
Boulevard" laid down to the city
line January, 1929, will go all through
traffic to Philadelphia and the north
In the years TO come. The existing
Philadelphia Pike to be used for pleas
ure traffic and as an auxiliary route
2.-The highway, starting as close
to "Christinehamn" as it is humanly
, possible TO start It. is to end at Pen.
rose Boulevard, G50 feet wide) a,
close to the Delaware river bank
, opposite Tinicum Island, as engineer,
ing skill can possibly locate it. Sine,
; Johan Printz decided "Christinehamn'
was not suited for the protection O
! the New Sweden" trading rights, ant
: chose Tinicum Island therefor, an,
. there built the first governors man
sion, etc, II Is to be hoped that m
half baked idea TO honor Governo
Printz by the naming of the existini
Philadelphia Pike after him will b.
allowed TO appropriate that name ant
thus deprive the logical road, suite
y by engineering design. as the high
. way Wnlcn ought 10 DE named
commemorate Swedish activity.
3.---The name "Old Swedes" is mean
y ingless. In Wilmington 1t Is a teri
= of endearment: but through the in
tervening section north It's use woul
cause derision.
4.-The highway starting opposit
!, "Christinehamn" and ending opposit
Tinicum Island Is TO represent prot
y ably fifteen millions Of dollars, Iai
out for the greatest Industrial highwa
in America; and the little two-by-fou
n idea of leading IL into Wilmington owe
n an 80-feet-wide street is a joke. Print
! was sent to New Sweden 10 proter
II trade; Prints name should go on til
.e greatest industrial highway. not bs
n cause of Prints ability, accomplish
- ments or record; he may have bee
$. without ability, devoid OF accomplish
h ments. and colorless and procrastinat
2 ing in his activities. but he stood fc
something. He stood FOR the Swedis
n government: that government stoo
e to protect the right OF tho Swede
l. first here, to deal with the Iroquo
u north OF Wilmington, and the Minqus
lie south Of the Christiana river.
~ Holmes Jones.
Is Wilmington, February 81. 1922.