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F 2 7 aateiateabetaime dine ™ ae - ana = r | I ' ~ 4 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1920. ' i sceeerrtnaemetenistinncsisininntne * —_ a } lance and public opinion. “Dempsey is weak in both. — But if Carpentier cares to. meet a shipbuilder instead ial Was icat ‘ ; ! by THD na of a fighter that is a privilege he has carne (Tie New York Evening World), These protests are not apt to be effective in stopping - - - —— @he_ EFA datorId. f PSTARLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZ Prolong | Publlehing , ° iF xe Sunday by the Press ” * ‘ ., {| [Published Dalty Eecet oygs Fark Now, New York ‘the fight. They may ‘make it more difficult to secure | ' y Our L l fe | RALPH TATSER tte an arena. They are rather certain to reduce the gate | - —— TOSEPH PULITZER, Jr. § receipts and so hit Dempsey where it hurts him worst. | Win or lose, Dempsey has lost the real champion- | OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sis exclusively entitled to the use for republication i ’ { } Sy apa 5 . ) } oi i c ‘i. a i. ie ee «a ae A 9m ' { —_————— eS ws published herein. THE THIRD PARTY. ARTIBS to this investigation may appear in person or by counsel, and all questions (of procedure) * * * * ® shall be left to the discretion of the Chairman unless the Committee otherwise direct. Rule 4 adopted by the Ju- diciary Committee of the Assembly to govern the trial of the five suspended Socialists: This rule is interpreted as barring Charles Hughes and his associates of the Bar Association Committee from appearing before the Judiciary Committee un- less as personal counsel for the suspended Socialists or as witnesses. ‘ This interpretation is purely arbitrary and legalistic. ‘Wits quasitrial from wheh there is no appeal should rot ‘be legalistic. The issue is not solely nor even principally between a majority of the 145 Assembly- men on the one side and the five Socialist mem- bers on the other. The fundamental principles of our representative Government are involved. Therefore, there is a Third Party to the dispute. ‘The general body of electors of the State and, more specifically, the disfranchised electors of the five As- sembly districts from which the suspended members come, have a paramount interest in the case. ® is this great and important Party which Mr. ughes and his associates seek to represent. It is smdnterest too great and important to make subject tthe discretionary whim of Louis Martin, an i "terested party and a hand picked tool of the real pooseautor, Speaker Sweet. Whts fs a case which demands justice not legalism. yen the law in certain specific cases allows the in- hip, es credited to It of not otherwise credited tn this paper | Sli] |say in such matters, and they consider that Dempsey | forfeited the title on a foul blow in the war period. | If the international bout is staged in this country | Carpentier is assured of a warm welcome and an even | break or better in the sympathies of the crowd. | Dempsey is a more legitimate target for American ea criticism than alien musicians, | THE KIND OF COMPROMISE. Se = United States Senate cannot ignore the purpose | for which spokesmen from twenty-six great or- | ganizations, national in standing and membership, pre- |sented themselves this week at the Capitol in Wash- |ington, Through the civic and industrial bodies répresented, upwards of twenty million Americans voiced their earnest desire. Twenty million Americans took this means of conveying straight to Washington urgerft, imperative demand for immediate ratification of the Peace Treaty, with its League of Nations covenant, “on a basis that will not require its re-negotiation.” The latter phrase is significant of an overwhelming volume of national sentiment as to where the line of compromise must lie, “Such reservations as may secure in the Senate the necessary two-thirds vote “must be reservations which will not prolong the exclusion of the United States from peace and from partnership in the League of Nations, In other words, the will of a majority of the people of the United States requires that Senators shall ap- proach compromise with the paramount purpose of putting this Nation straightway into the position it is “J entitled to occupy in peace and in the League. The larger concessions. must therefore come from Senators whose avowed views and aims have been such as to make amendments or reservations which would be acceptable to them least likely to be accepted by the other nations concerned. texvention of third parties jn interest. This is an in- stance in which ‘the interest of the Third Party is the principal interest. No body is better qualified to sefect this counsel than the Bar Association, a body recognized by the courts and by the law. For the sake of the effect on tine public mind. and fm the interest of practical justice, Chairman Martin would be wise to use his “discretion” to admit the Hugines Committee as counsel for the Third Party, the Public. ON THE OTHER HAND. SPEAKER advises the National Retail Clothiers’ Association that men’s clothing will be from 25 to 40 per cent. higher next spring. If so, we venture to advise the clothiers that from 25 to 40 per cent. more suits will be “turned” next year. WHO ARE RADICALS? : 5 tiled is a ragical? The question is timely. It is involved in half a dozen controversies now before a hysterical public in- tolerant of the very word. Turning’ to the dictionary as a first ald, we find that “radical” is derived from the Latin “radix,’ a root, and “radicalis,” having roots. A radical, then, is one who desires “to go to the root of the matter,” to make thoroughgoing investigations and recommendations, Here is a list of name: worth considering: Socrates, Voltaire, Jesus Christ, Rousseau, Galileo, Thomas Jefferson, Pascal, Wendell Phillips, Christopher Columbu Martin Luther, Rabelais, Patrick Henry. Ht is a roll of honor and of glory. It spells achieve- ment and advance. Every oné of these men tried tc get at the root of things. They were radicals in the real sense of the word, And each was the object of hysterical outbursts against his “radicalism.” We hoid no brief for the so-called “radicals” of to- day. Most of them do not deserve the ancient and rorable tile, sanctified as it is by crucifixion, torture ind Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur sstracism, However, we do profess to a measure of real radi- colism. We desire the preservation of the deep-rooted tights of, free speech, representative government, per- sonal liberty, freedom of conscience and opinion in gion and politics, a free press and democratic ma- jority rule as cistinguished from autocratic majority tyranny, These are the roots of all the civilization we phrasing that fine Revolutionary radical, Patric Henry, “If this be radicalism, make the most of it.” THE LEGION AND DEMPSEY. MERICAN LEGION posts are protesting against Jack Dempsey as a proper representative of America in an international “fight,” Americans are not bartering away the sovereignty and rights of the United States, But neither are they backing a game of bluff in which patriotism is used as a cover by Senators who are perfectly willing to go on affronting other nations and postponing peace for as long as they see a chance of turning a party trick or scoring against the President. Once Senators convince the country that the bluff and the party politics are put aside and that they are getting together with the genuine conviction that the treaty they ratify must be a treaty which will not have to be negotiated all over again—once Senatorial con- ferences tend frankly to direct reconciling of honest differences for the swift realization of one definite end, there will be no more objections to compromise, The President will not reject a treaty interpreted and ratified in that spirit. : No formal obligation to stand by the product of the peace negotiations in which he conferred and compro- mised with the representatives of other nations at Paris will require the President to turn down reservations for which the Sedate is responsible, provided the reasons for them can be sought and found in honest Senatorial purpose. A college and university ballot shows that of 92,466 votes cast by students and faculty in some 400 such institutions, 65,578 favor compromise which would lead to immediate fat ion of the treaty in a form that will admit this country to peace and the League without delay. . The result of the college ballot is significant, But far more impressive and compelling is the pressure concentrated upon those who are obstructing peace by the twenty-six organizations representing one-fifth of the population of the United States, No more convincing expression of public sentiment was ever registered at Washington, The Senate is no longer in any true sense a repre- sentative body if it fails to give prompt heed to this proof of the country’s demand, CAGING THE TIGER. B tradition, the President of France has little or “nothing to do, Stephane Lauzanne, editor of Le Matin, pgophesies that Clemenceau will not have a happy time of it. He likens the office to imprisonment in an article published by the Globe, and says: He has reconciled himself to the idea of fin ishing his life in captivity, but with the mental reservation that he would break his chains and elude the watch of his guardians. But it is ey tremely doubtful whether he will succeed, and the probability is that he will kill. himself rather than the tradition, A breezy personal letter from a young American student and journalist in Paris who knows the French well presents a contrasting viewpoint; If the French bet on elections as we do, Clemenceau would have the odds on next Presi dent, And don't think the French President hasn't power. That's tradition and not Consti tution, And Clemenceau will not give a bang for tradition (nor the Constitution either for all that) The sport of caging the “Tiger” offers interesting {vorld, Why shoulgn’t they protest? Not a reason in the A championgjtle rests on a combination of perform- possibilities, Less vigorous youngsters than the fiery The real sportsmen of America have the final | | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS ‘The Hadson Tannel. To the Editor ot The bvening World; We had two great motor exhibitions in this city but not a word hus ap- peared in the newspapers in regard to the vehicular tunnel that was pro- posed over a year ako. It was to have been built from Canal Street, New York, to Jersey City and was to have been used by motor cars, Are they doing anything about it? J.C. A. 505 Greenwich Street. N. Y., Jan. 12, 1920. , A Grave Mistake. To the Kditor of The Evening World I read with great interest your edi- torial im to-day’s issue entitled Grave Mistake.” By their action in expelling the five Socialist’ Representatives, the New York Assemblymen have put them- selves in a more perilous and con- victing position than are the Réeds—/ Anarchists, They have undone the everlasting confidence of their fellow | citizens, They are showing the peo-| ple of this country, and egpecially the citizens of New York State, that the “law” can be exceeded, something | which the Reflg have been trying! in vain to accomplish. It is a good example for the Reds, | but what about our real American citizens? Are they going to allow this excess of authority? Clear mind- ‘and honest American citizens, regardless of their political affilia- tions, will admit this gross injustice. We do not know whether or not the five Socialist Assemblymen are guilty or innocent of the charges placed against them, However, we do know the law allows public judgment and this opportunity shall be extended to citizens of this State next Novem- ber. The method employed by the Assemblymen causes both unrest and resentment, It provides’ ammunition, Mi ary ammunition, to further the doctrines and propaganda of the Reds, I. W. W. and other alien enemies. Phere must be a reconsideration of lis BYOSS Miscarriage of authority. If the facts of the case prove the xpelled Members to be guilty, then, {New York Assemblymen, if you are |\lberty loving and law abiding citi- zens, give your Socialist members a fair ‘tral and at the same time you will prove to the people of this State and country your intentions are really to uphold the law. Thus you can re- gain the confidence of the people. 1 want to state that I am not a Socialist; neither am I a member of the Dentocratic or Repubhean organ- izations, I am merely stating my views on this subject, which ought to appeal to my fellow citizens, I want to state that The Evening World editorials are unbiased and for that reason I have always had implicit fuith in your editorial writings. ‘They always “hit the nail on the head.” ARTHUR N. SWARTZ. West 116th St. Jan, 9, 1920, th A Constructive C To the Editor of The Brening World; for the good of the country I trust you will continue until this very im- Portant proposition is put to a popu- lar vote, or at least modified, ° Whatever good may come of Pro- hibition will be offset many times by evil and death resulting from the use of “Prohibition whiskey,” manufac- tured and drunk in out-of-the-way places, to say nothing of the im- properly made home concoction! most of which I believe deadly. Then another very important feature is the state of mind of the countless thou-| sunds who do not want or believe in Prohibition and consider that their nts have been stolen from them by Misrepresentatives in Congress. Taking into consideration the pres- ent state of unrest and general dis- satisfaction, it is very dangerous to allow the Eighteenth Amendment to; stand. Whether or not Prohibition is} good or may eventually prove so, has nothing to do with the seriousness of | this. It is a bad precedent, dead} wrong, and un-American as well. Here's a suggestion, Have the Government control the manufacture and sale of strong drink, place a high tax on it to discourage its being drunk as a beverage, and sold only by espe- cially licensed dealers by the bottle. Allow the retail sale of good beer and good ale only under sanitary and well governed conditions (not as hereto- fore). The people would then be contented (take for example the man who wrote the letter headed "A Sneaking Trick,” in your to-day’s issue) and in the mood to do an honest day's work, and I dare say even the Prohibitianists would then have no just cause for complaint. Alcohol is not at fault, The chiet trouble has been the manner in which it was allowed to be sold, also the poor quality, TBR, Boston, Jan, 7, 1920. ou Kind and Helpfal Criticiam, To the Editor of The Evening World The Cartoon, jot = American Born,” in to-night's (Wednesday's) >) ing World certainly caps the climax of a long series of brutal and disgusting pen pictures, have read your paper for a long time and was attracted by the articles. by John Blake, “Aliaifa Smith,” Herman Stich, although your general policy (as exemplified in your editorials on the League of Na- tions and Prohibition), is nauseating. ‘To-night’s cartoon by Cassel is ab- solutely repulsive but, I presume, 1s merely an expression of a deformed mentality, resting not only upon the human structure of Cassel, but also of equal intelligence to some of his co-laborers. I am not a Bolshevist nor a Socialist, but a young American who served Unele Sam for eighteen months (held here to train men in the Field Artil- lery by no fault of my own, and de- spite repeated efforts to get over, thwarted by the cesmtion of hostilitics contemporaneously with the signing of the Armistice), but I am sure the general policy of your paper its re- PROCRASTINATION, When we You don’t get the putt And once it gets you, you have got a long, hard struggle ahead, or you are gone. The difference between the man who succeeds and man who doesn’t is that the man who succeeds drives him- self—the failure has to be driven, A great editar once said that every man is as lazy as he This particular editor must have been a great coward where laziness was concerned, for nobody ever saw dares to be. le, Hi him succeeded, tasks. These gentlemen are still working in the same place, and for the same salary. A successful engineer makes it a rule to search among the tasks ahead of him the most Mifficult and dis- agreeable, and do them first. “I leaye the rest for dessert,” he says, pleasant to look forward to. tempted to put them off till to-morrow,” UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. (Copyright, GRAND say that procrastination is the thief of time we let that criminal off too easily. only the thief of time, it is the thief of contentment, the thief of ease, the thief of success. ‘b never puts off anything—no matter how disagree- able, aud what is more he never permitted anybody working for him to put anything off—during working hours Some of his employees caught Z Others worked while his eye was on them 48 soon as he went away began putting off disagreeable 1920.) LARCENIST. Procrastination is not ng-it-off habit. It gets you. the fear of laziness, and and out “and they are here is little danger of being This is a wise rula for anybody. ‘The job that is put off till to-morrow is too often again put off till the day after to-morrow, and the result is that it never gets done at all. What you have simply got to do, you will do, of cours You would soon starve to death if you didn't. It you do not absolutely need to do that you put off is wha , and it is veylan of Colums ‘iy stated that diving ona plane of 40 or it. pluysicad efficwency. Dr wil 8 Copeland, Health Commissioner oF New York, asserted practically the same thing, Heening World sabinitted their statements to a number of leading piysicians of the country and asked their views as lo rules of health and ny essential to promoting long- Dr. George b. bia Universtty rece wat men of totam at tne Physical Etficiency. 1 By Co. Chartes Lynch, M. G,2U, Si A. Covr: 120, The Prew Publishing Oo. * New York Evening World.) 1—Disabuse your mind of any thought that you can rely on any get-rich-quick scheme to increase your physical efficiency or to pro- liong your lite. Ponce de beon did not find the Fountain of Youth, and neither can The human bod is a complicated machine, Furthef- more, your age, living condition and you character of work all have important influences on what you should or should not do so as to safeguard your health 2-Consult a doctor yearly in order that you may learn from him what 9 your specific needs are. , 3--Follow his advice. 4-Seck dental attention every six months, 5—Stand for efficient health ad- ministrations in your community, State and county. The average man and woman's physical efficiency and longevity depend on measures taken by central health authorities rather than on what they do individually. 6—Stand for better teaching of per- sonal hygiene in our schools and col- s. The instruction of children improved of recent years, But many people know the every- 8 which would en- | care of their own | Very few! A good health |.department can only go so far, It | needs the help of every individual and this will be more than repaid to the individuals concerned. i—Take advantage of any practteal course in personal hygiene which may be available to you. S—If you are unfortunate enough to be taken sick, call in a doctor at once. Amateur doctoring is more dangerous than amateur lawing 9-—Moderation in work, play, exer- drink ed cise, food and sirable. High sp will wear out your body just as they do any machine. 10—Keep clean in body, clothing and morals as well us in the water you drink and in the food you eat. From certain recent investigations made by Col. J. G, Cumming, M. /Wes.2 myself in order to pre- | respiratory diseases, including | pneumonia, the captain of the men of is highly de- id overioading jdeath, it appears this cleanliness | must be extended to eating utensils | which must be washed habitually with boiling water. 11—Patent medicines Sire made for jthe millions, The chan tting your need a ' speak of the ¢ contain potent drug: are pure fraud® 1 et Advice made for th mill specific application has about the same value as a patent medicine, By resorting to either, you may permit dangerous delay in seeking a doctor who can tell you what you and not what some other fellows need. 12—Don't worry. Worry acts like sand ip all your Dearings. i Daylight Saving Sweeps the Country INCE New York adopted its Day- light Saving ordinance, which was strongly supported by The Evening World, the measure has swept across the country despite the National veto. Cities. everywhere have seen the value of the added hours of daylight, and even agricultural communities have begun to favor the idea, To date the following cities have adopted Day- light Saving: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Hartford, Conn; Plainfield, N, J.; St. Joseph, Mich. ; Worcester, Mass, Surveys of commercial organiza- tions are in progress in Massachu- setts, New Jersey, Delaware, Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ten- nesaee, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wis- conain, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Minneapolis and Kentucky, to ascer- tain the sentiment of their members with regard to daylight saving. Many smaller cities, tow lages have adopted. th throughout the country vie organi- zations are pushing the idea pulsive, not only to myself alone but uso to thousands of others, This letter may sound false and 1 have been tempted many times to compliment you on your untiring octogenarian have played havoc with» precedent—in ance and elsewhere, . » a lah ty thai BAO. 4 48 efforts against Prohibition: War ‘Time and the Jan. 16 vane! en you'll probably think it was written by an Anarchist, but I doubt if there are many who are better citizens than 1am. N ‘The principles upon which the elder these extra’tasks that make the diffe still and going ahead. The word “Manana,” which means most often heard word in Mexico, and nobody Mexico of progress or enlightenment. Get the vice of procrastination out of At least do not put that off till to-morrow. ae nnn NAN RA AAAAAAARAN AAA noe day. Pulitzer founded The World have surely been lost in your mad rush to amass wealth, I have no doubt many of the ad- vertisements and articles appearing in your columns are “subsidized”— that is, propaganda, ‘Well, I'll close as I must needs go out and attend a “Legion” (American Legion—not Anarchists) meeting. Purdon the sloppiness, but I hope you publish this ALFRED C. THOMPSON. New York, Jan, 7. ‘The Soldier Dead. To the Eiiitor of The Brening World; I can't help writing a few lines to your most valuable paper in regard to different articles written by”gold star mothers, and my heart certainly nes out to them, I can understand (heir feelings in wanting the,seturn of the bodies of our beloved boys. I have’ given this subject thought ' mnee between standing is the would accuse to-morrow, your system to many a time, I myself having had a husband in France, and while it hurts to think that our boys are lying in foreign goil and so far away, isn’t it a better thing to look at it this way? Just think of the awful unsanitary task that will be put up to men un- earthing these precious bodies and the many mistakes that will be made In returning these bodies to their own. I was talking to the chaplain of my husband's regiment not so many days ago and spoke of the matter to him, He related to me that he himself had buried over four hundred men and has heard since that every one of those bodies had been removed to a different resting pl: Mothers, don’t think I'm hard hearted. ‘I know how you fel, but just think over w have written and just see if [ hot thinking wisely as wo wuat shail be done about the return of our beloved heroes, A WIFE, ‘New York, Jan. 9% The fact that farmers are in- terested in the plan is shown by the ‘act of the New Hampshire State Grange in refusing to go on record as opposed to a daylight saving act, Washington, D. C., is planning day~ light saving, but only contemplates a two months’ period of changed time Most of the plans follow the New” York City principle, ordering that the clocks shai? be set ahead one hour on the last Sunday in March and turned | back one hour on the last Sunday én October. Worcester, Mass., has solved the railroad schedule problem by declar- ing that the hands on all clocks, exs cept those of the courts and railroads, | be set ahead. | i aaa CONSOLATION. Cleveland H. Dodge, during the President's visit to his Riverside Drive mansion, talked about war pro- duction disapointments, ures ation in these disappoint- ments?” he said, “Well, I'don't tale Much stock in consolation, It always + 3 to me rather unsatisfactory, » consolation always ren me of the Judge who said consollagie to the transgressov whom he had just Sentenced to twenty-eight years: “'Oh, well, you know, my m: we've all go to be somewhere,’ ". troit Free Press.