The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 22

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Sunday by che Prees Publishing | Pruvttahed Detty exeeht ce 63 Park Now, New York. WOLUME 60.....6 seeeeeeeeee NO. 21,300 LET LODGE DO THE STEPPING. HE President, it is announced, will leave no pro- Lodge’s doorstep. President's making. Nor did the hold-up of the Treaty gand the League of Nations vome from any overwhelm- $ng demand on the part of the people of the United Glates. The treaty wreckers in the Senate did what they did because certain Republican leaders thought it good Republican policy. | Let Lodge and his band have the full credit for what fhey have done. Let them listen awhile now to what the business interests of the country have to say about Repuslican tactics that have tied up trade, made foreign exchange still more erratic and set back the Nation Commercially no one can say how far. Tt wes Mir, Lodge who took the long step away from Me line of reasonable compromise. Let Mr. Lodge take the long step back. ‘ : CAN'T DEPORT IDEAS. ‘ 66 NOU cannot deport ideas as you deport people.”” 1 This sentence from Senator Kenyon’s address Before the Lawyers’ Club on Saturday stands out as a forse expression of one of the biggest truths in the -* work, It ought to be impressed on every zealot of 400 per cent. Americanism” who would deport every P53 ie Red—and stop there, thinking ‘he had found the cure. ¥ j Christianity, Democracy and Science are three of the ‘ greatest ideas in the world to-day, three shining ex- a. amples of the vitality of ideas. If persecution could kill or deport an idea we should have no Christian diurch, no democracy, no scientific progress, This is Mot to compare Bolshevism or Anarchy with any one of these, But each endured more repression than our Christianity, our democratic instincts and our scientific knowledge of men’s minds would permit us to apply fepressing even Red radicalism. Af an idea has truth it will win through eventually in spite of death, dungeons and deportations. If it is false, only truth and understanding can overcome it. Those who break our laws may be punished, but the ‘only way to deal with the error that led to the break- ‘ing of the law is by substituting better, truer ideas. That is the other and larger half of the problem, and MM because American democracy is better and more true than Russian Bolshevism that we can look for- ward with confidence to the future, = ie ep -_ THEY RESPECT IT NOW. EN, PERSHING'’S final report to the War De- Ad partment on the achievement of the American Expeditionary Force in France strongly confirms one Self-confidence, the will to fight as American units ~ ona plan of open offensive based on our own fighting doctrine, was what gave the American troops power fo deliver the knock-out blow to German hopes. The Same American spirit of independent initiative was ‘what caused friction with Gen. Foch and other Allied commanders until they got to understand it better— _ | and until they saw some of its results. 2 “Due to the magnificent dash and power displayed — 0 | | \ | have sister A good rule for every one to observe is always to carry some written identification. Yet it is a disquieting fact that in the Calliess case the police used such means of identification as the contents of the injured woman's hand-bag suggested, only to call up a friend of the daughter's, to whom they gave the name of the New THE CALLIESS CASE. F bury it under circumstances of deception, haste and | neglect that have deeply shocked this city. | ‘The Evening World’s disclosure of the facts in the Calliess case started an investigation that ought to begun more than two months ago. It was on Oct, 9 that Mrs. Anna Calliess, seventy- two years old, was fatally injured by a taxicab at 81st posal for a treaty compromise on Senator Street and Broadway. Her body was taken from | Roosevelt Hospital on a fraudulent certificate dated Why should he? The present situation is not of the before her death. Burial in Mount Kensico Cemetery | was expedited by an undertaker and by the taxicab company’s adjuster, who was falsely represented to be the dead woman's son-in-law—all without the knowl- edge of the woman's daughter, who lives in this city jand who was trying to find out what had become of ‘her missing mother, + How many families in New York have read this story without a shudder at the thought that the same thing might happen to a mother, father, wife, husband, or brother of their own nearest and dearest? York Hospital, though the victim of the accident was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital, In ii its every aspect the case is a grave reflection on the methods by which victims of accident or illness in this city are, so far as may be, identified and their whereabouts and condition reported to their family or friends. The Police Department, the Health Department, the hospit als and the private undertaking establishments should each and all be ade to feel their responsibility in the face of such conditions as those revealed by the Calliess case. The $100 fine or one year's imprisonment which the law provides for a person found guilty of falsifying a It is takers death certificate—there were several false names en- tered on the death certificate made out for Mrs. Calliess —seems hardly adequate punishment, an appalling thought that unscrupulous under- have been regularly on the watch for business that means taking a body from a hospital on a from trumped-up certificate and burying it off-hand for a fee somebody who has an interest in quickly and quietly disposing of it. Let us, find out where taxicab company adjusters or the like have furthered this abominable trade, UNCOVER THE SWINDLE. MERICANS—even those who do not agree with How the President—will rejoice that his health is mending. yever, there is no reason to expect that Dr. Grayson’s announcement that the President is walking about a bit will be believed at the @ther end of Penn- sylvania Avenue. Senators will be loth to abandon the Fall report that the Presidential limbs did not shimmy during his interview. conclusion follows that Grayson is lying, or else if the President is walking it must be on some one else’s legs. May we suggest that Senator Fall should pre- pare? He should arm himself with a long, sharp hat- pin. Maybe Dr, Grayson has deceived the Senate by If not then, why now? The providing artificial limbs. Perhaps the President would not manifest annoyance if the Senator prodded a ; on the field of Soissons by our 1st and 2d Divisions,” 145 leg : Gen. Pershing states, “the tide of war was definitely] “1 i. now in order for-Senators to discover the fraud. " furned in favor of the Allies.” ‘That same dash and} |. } Sa con argument when Gen, Per- Fach doubter should procure a spy-glass and a step- ever Supp vincing : ladder, False beards for disguise might uphold Sen- shing stood out against the Foch plan of separating the American forces into groups which would have become mere assistants of the French Armies in the Meuse- Argonne and St. Mihiel operations, That the French military experts learned to appre- Giaie American fighting methods and the American in- ___ Stinct of independent action becomes evident in several néwly-published books written by French officers. One of these is called “The American Army in the Buropean Conflict,” by Col. de Chambrun and Capt. de Marenches, both of whom were attached to Gen. Rs Pershing’s staff. This book in its French edition has | ! | > been made required reading in the public schools of | France. It says: By “The eminently aggressive spirit which the ft oo Amer‘can soldier brings with him to the firing Mine will not have failed to impress our French observers. “In this connection, one question may be asked: ‘Why was the American officer unready to profit by the veterans’ experience unless he found that it accorded with his own?’ “To this we may reply that, with the mentality of this new army, each individual chief, to gain and maintain ascendancy over h's men, was obliged to show an unflinching confidence in his wn personal ability. “The men also were eager to show their commander whet they could do unaided. Both » had the desire, perhaps unacknowledged, of owing to themselves above all that conscious- ness which the good soldier must ever possess— his superior'ty over the foe, Fine and martial spirit of a people that has never known defeat!” the spring of 1918 the French military com- atorial dignity, Then they ought to climb into trees commanding a view of the sick room. It is incumbent on them to let the country know on whose legs the President is perambulating. P, S.—Just a friendly word of caution to those who may accept this suggestion. Trees in the White House groun 7 dition hire a ful se fered. take ably meanders undoubtedly thought Gen, Pershing pre- f , Bure, exactirig, But the ‘to ‘oe bes! ds are full of squirrels, Safety first, MORE SMILE IN THE VOICE, LEPHONE officials, admitting that telephone service is inadequate, excuse the wretched con- on the ground that the company is unable to sufficient number of operators, As a result the girls employed are unable to render efficient and care- rvice in the calls they are able to handle, The explanation is hardly complete, The company is unable to hire sufticient operators at the wage of- The amendment makes the explanation clearer but injures its value as an excuse. If competition in the labor market has disturbed the supply, the remedy does not lie in overworking the operators available but in paying a wage that will attract more girls to the work. The Public Service Commission seems disposed to np this factor of poor serv Actual facts in regard to wages, hours and conditions of service prob- will show why the company is having trouble in hiring operators, ‘I'he public as well as the operators suffer from a niggardly policy that takes the “smile” out of the voice, Prices of Christmas trees will bear watch- ing. A rising market is the forecast. The ple of the absolute limit of “heart- teering” would be a charge of “all the will bear” on the rallying point of holt- sain Ott FICIAL inquiry begins to-day to find out what laxity of municipal law or regulation made it possible for persons to gain possession of a dead | woman's body to which they had no claim, and to | All They Want In NING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER Our Flag! 15, 1919.) « Tatiy,, By JH. Cassel | (Tue New York Evening Word | PRE-WAR SALARIES OF RAILROAD HEADS The Financial World Prints Interesting Official Figures Showing the Pa) High Kai! executives Drew. When the railroads are returned to private management it seems prob- | able that there will be a general revision of salaries. Under Federal management salaries of operating officers were cut at the same time that wages were raised, In several instances regivnal directors receive smaller salaries from the Government for managing several roads than they did from private owners | tor managing a single road. Chairman Simms of the House Comimittee on Interstate and Foreign ' Commerce has an official list of salaries paid to railroad officials in 1917, There is some question whether Congress, may not limit salaries. The) Financial World in its’ current issue prints this list omitting the odd cents which in many cases appear in the official list. , The following men are credited with pre-war salaries of more than $50,000: | obert S. Lovett, Chairman Executive Committee, Union Pacific... $104,104.00 Bgwrura P. Ripley, President, ‘Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fi . 400,00 | Jacob 120,732.00 M. Dickinson, Receiver, Chicago, R. I. & Pacific. Walker D. Hines, Director, Chairman Atchison, ‘fT. é& 5S. F SF... 77,210.00 Marvin Hewitt sr., Chairman Board of Directors, Chicago & } 6U,460,00 Jullus Kruttachnitt, Chairman Executive Committee of Board Directors, Southern Pacific Transportation System 88,860.00 Runnells, President, Pullman Co.... 60,500.00 r& KG. Ste, M J § Oh Markhams' President,” Ilinola Central Henry McAllister jr., General Counsel, Denve! E, Pennington, dent, Minn,, St. P. & 8. jamuel Rea, President, ‘Pennsylvania System Thomas M. Schumaker, President, Bl Paso & A. H, Smith, President, New York Central . President, Southern Pacific E, B. Th airman of the Board, Lehigh Vatiey. W. H. Truesdale, President, Delaware, Lacka, & West Frederick D, Underwood, President, Erie Ralirwoad Richard H. Alshton, President, Chicago & North L. M. Bell, General Counsel, Chicago, Rock Idand & Pacifi ; W. G, Besler, President and General Manager, Central R. R. of N George F. Browell, Vice President and Gen, Solicitor, Erie Ry. H. B Byram, President, Chic,, Milwaukee & St, Pau®, Garter, Ledyard @ Milburn, Gon, Counsel, Den. & R, Chi urne & Shores, Counsel, Denver & Rio Grande. my, Barling, President, Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paulos... 0.005 iam F, Herrin, President and Chief Counsel, Southern Pac “Just how salaries of these officials are fixed,” notes the Financial World, “is not known, but it is believed the directors pass upon and fix the compen- vation. Wall Street banking interests, which have been credited with exer- cising the control of many roads, doubtless have something to say. In the case of railroad receiverships, the Federal Court which first exercised juris- diction fixes the compensation of the receivers and other officers, and in the list we have given it will be seen that the Judges have not been niggardly; tn fact they have been quite liberal.” ‘Wall Street, railroad officials and the country’ at large are wondering how many of these salaries will be restored. -. % FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | The Calliess Case. New York, Dec, 13, 1p. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World; You deserve the thanks of every re- spectable citizen for your exposure of the disgraceful state of affairs con- nected with the death and burial of Mrs. Calliess, It is hard to believe that the like could occur in this great and civilized city, ” What does Dr, Norris mean when he says that “an overzealous under- taker overstepped himself?” It is preposterous to assume that any undertaker in this city is iggo- rant of the law relating to burials. If there is such 4 man, ignorance does not excuse him and is strong evidence that he is unfit for his calling. But in this affair there is the appearance of something more sinister than ignorance. fe Protitee record of having sold goods cheaner than any other concern in thi ket and fulfilled its sales with more precision, integrity an ceney than any other mill in the cou: try. While [am not a customer of that particular concern, I dislike to ree anything wrong conveyed to the public, as T feel animosity and mis- understandings jead only to more Bolshevism, ‘The dividends and melon-cuttin your editorial mentions are cumulated profits from war contrac! and have naught to do with prose: profits on civilian clothes. For ma) years this very corporation ~has struggled against tough odds and we should not now begrudge it a well deserved prosperity, Men like Wil- liam M, Wood are needed in this country, else we should lag further behind than we do now. He is a very energetic and brilliant merchant and has shown with the organiaation |! which he has built up that he is wel fitted for the eminent position he and his corporation occuples, in ghe Woolen Trade. New York, Deo, 12, 1919, To the Kaitor of The Brening World; to your ned editorial “Liy marvel being able to do what Wood has done, If profiteering is golng which | dispute, it is done by oth and sought Woolen Company. Y our line of business an old plunder-+ and that is th These geutry ure the mod and use On one end of the game they rob the| where nill Wit) al) sorts of discounts, com | pany sinc: UNCOMMON SENSE : By John Blake. Copyright, 1919, GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH YOURSELF. Ask the street cleaner if he would advise a young man to follow his trade and he will emphatically say, “No. The difficulties of succeeding in the art of street clean- ing are, he will point out, such that no ordinary youth can overcome them, Furthermore,.the rewards are b® no means adequate to the terrific effort required in the business. Ask the writer if he would advise a young man to fol- Jow his profession and he will make much the same reply as the strect cleaner. Street cleaner and writer look back over ‘their early struggles and feel that no one less courageous, less talented could have stuck to the grind long enough to win. Both gentlemen are of course engaging in what they call on Broadway “peddling the bunk.” The street cleaner ought to know that any man of muscle and endurance can learn to sweep pavements. The writer ought to know that any man or woman with natural talent can become'a successful writer, The obstacles that must be overcome hélp success, instead of hindering it. Street cleaner and writer are normal human beings, no greater, no wiser than any one else. If they would take the trouble to get acquainted with themselves ‘they would find that the qualities they think are unique are the common property of the large majority of human beings. A m who really wants ta, succeed will succeed, whether his ambition is to be a street cleaner or a novelist, provided of course that he begins with the physical ability to swing a broom or the mental ability to string words to- gether. Success comes through hard work, and anybody can do hard work if he grits his teeth and settles down to it. Actors, plumbers, writers, financiers, bricklayers, law- yers, editors, chauffeurs, doctors, carpenters, painters, blacksmiths, college professors and statesmen are too prone to discourage other men from following in their’footsteps. It is no more difficult to get to the top to-day than it was fifty years ago, And there is no more reason to suppose that the ambitious youth who applies to the successful man for advice is any less lacking in courage than the man to whom he applies. If every man will make his own intimate acquaintance he will come to understand just exactly why he is what he is. And he will be far more helpful to others because of this knowledge. The wbolishment of the commission | houses would bring about a great re- rs| form in the manufacture of woolens Ameri Woolen /and the reduction of the cost of are evils in’ the| goods, and that is what a man of elsewhere to William Wood's type has uccom- in the 1 The commission -housé is a needless parasite upon the pocket- book of the consumer and is need- bsorbing profits that are un- pysary. pw ure the records, arket where mot by the There business than There p commission a indeed, in thi business, ‘They the commission firms individual mills in hook, |ever helped a m » for all they are worth. | cords ure filled the American Woolen its reorganization by W | | Your Vocation By Max Watson Vocational Adviser Re-employment Bureau, N.Y. C. Below is given an article of The Evening World's Series of Aw alytical Descriptions of Vocations Suitable to Young Men entering trades and business. Study theae carefully, weigh your quatifica- J tions, und find the work for ' which you are best adapted. - ie 1 jaa VN i t T survey of 750 boys in ‘ York schools, who were | given working certificates two years previous to the survey, de- | veloped the startling fact that 66 2-3 | per cent. of them were working’ in lind alley jobs" which offered nc definite future This shows clearly [en danger of haphazard selection of tany “job” by the young man or young | woman jeaving school, If he jumps at the first “job” he can get Ne is apt to [Gnd himselr at ts age of thirty ea- Jactly whove he started ten years be | fore—making no special skill and cothing ahead Unat wil ake it pos sibie for lim to muintain a home of his own, Of the boys included in the sur- vey 107 we Some clerical ponitions lead to { jobs, but with. vul special uining the future is questionable 14 were messengers, 55 office boys, 38 stock boys, 37 wagon boys, 11 drivers, 31 packers and wrap- pers, 7 bell be Wy out of hin many ca » fucts, given to The Even- World by Georre H. ‘Chat. ”* Assistant Di Attend+ « Pal of the © Public ¢ is and in change of all voca- “+ tional guidance work in the schools 7h of New strate and ang voth p young York City, the need for long, tical study on the rents and children t an or young woman goes gow aj Quati- cation, personality, fit vary types positions. right man in the wrong plaee will not sue- ceed, The Evening World to-day begins | a series of analy 1 dese ions of vocations suitable young men en- business, my mpiled demon Srudy these ' we'gh your quali- 1 work for which ted Bookkeeper. 1, Opportunitie In most bookkeapers receive | their training in schools and enter pé- {sitions fitted to take up definite work. For this reason there is usually mo training on the job similar to an prenticeship, although it ts possible for a clerk to beco! familiarizing himsel f the concern, and gradually develop into a first-class man. There is always a demand for boys who ¢ had training, although the tn- nt is not of the best. There is | serious danger of a “blind alley” job, which gives no opportunity for ad- vancement beyond a nominal salary. 2 Schooling Required. A course in bookkeeping in a com- mercial school is usually necessary before it is possible to obtain a posi- tion. A general education is always desirable and if possible, the Bboy should have schooling equivalent to high school. 3. Salary. The sclary for a beginner is usually from $18.00 to $25.00 per week. The ulti mate salaries for a straight bookkeeper range from $30.00 to $60.00, It is al- ways possible to specialize in some branch and obtain «ier salary. 4. 7: of Boy Best Suited. ‘phe ea purely commercial position and the boy who Is mechanically t- clined or adapted for active outs! work should not consider it, It is a “white collar” job and 1s best suited {for the precise, studious type of boy. 5, Description of the Duties. Al bookkeeper keeps a systematic record of the transactions of a busi- ness, either in a set of books or on cards, and takes a trial balance at certain periods from these records. | 6. Qualifications. He must be a good penman, have a good memory, ‘ang understand vari- ous forms of general bookkeeping, stich as single and double entry, 7. lemarks, oh hae pee | For a bookkeeper to become - | countant, he mus, take up spectal | work, as there is a great difference } between bookkeeping and accoumt- ancy. It is always possible for a bookkeeper to become the head of a 4 department, or to be promoted to such * a position as cashier, or treasurer of | the business. In large organizations, } it is very easy for a bookkeeper to / become lost in the machinery of the organization; and find it very difficult +. to assert his capabilities. Courses in bookkeeping are given in the public schools, both in the regular commercial schools and special night schools, ¢ |“ special bookkeeping courses extend over a period of from ten to twemty | weeks. Wade Sea CHARITY BEGI AT HOME. lee 1E Gerr:: :s," said Senator j [ Williams, “frankly pursued for forty years a policy that fatal Maw in it, rmans were like the chap 1 in a sanctimonious tone one to his wife ow happy tam this evening, I have done three good deeds ut ure they?” said his wife, "On the Way to business,’ said he, ‘Teaw a young woman seeping on @ church step with a baby on her knee. Ll asked he what the trouble was. and she said that walked seven miles to huve her baby chris- 1, und now found that she had | fer money on the way. | 1 told her to cheer uy, handed her l= her have ing me the aid gratefully—and thu three good deeds Grant me the privilege of forlsing ) The loalauny aad antagoni 8 Gla lou pubis he 10th _| it ue dc? ene SPOT sm in| mission charges and other extrag too| jan, M. W: are # | Hume - ood assisted, helped and brought to wealth hundreds of ob- scure tas an acy of charity; a little ehild tn the way it got four