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4 BSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. |@urierea Datiy Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 53 to 63 Park New Turk. RALPH TOER, President, 65 Park Ro «J. ANGUS SHAW, Treaeurer, 63 Park Row, GOSEPH PULITZER, Jr., Secretary. 63 Park Row, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘The Associated Prens ts exclusively entitled to the use for republication WHEN? HE mob that lynched three negroes in Duluth, Minn., added another line to a record which is the gravest blot on civilization and popular respect “for law in the United States, No civil or military forcé in Duluth prevented ¢rime to avenge crime. No power stopped the blood- * thirsty execution of mob vengeance on prisoners already if the grasp of the law. No influence kept Gitizens of an American community from making beasts of themselves in contempt of the principles upon which their civic life and welfare depend, y Attempts to punish the guilty in such cases too “often prove half-hearted and futile. :: ome When will there be a strong, concerted movement © Of preveniion? : d In s of the country where lynchings are ~~ most frequent, there are still enough self-respecting, : law-abiding Americans to oppose a formidable mass of resistance to these sudden furies of the mob. ~ The crime and the danger of an outbreak of law- p te avenge it are usually known to the Surrounding community. | When will the decent part of thit ‘community "make a prompt and organized effort to prevent the ugly thing that threatens? +. Lynching would not'live long where public senti- - ment was actively and overwhelmingly against it. It Is the paleness. of public sentiment that em- boldens the lynchers. ~ DOES TAFT SPEAK FOR HARDING? tonal TAFT has expounded for the " Tribune the meaning of the League of Na- tions plank in the Republican platform. + That, so far as Mr. Taft is concerned, is his answer to the The Evening World’s question “What | Boes It Mean?” % ~ It is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Taft puts | # construction on Mr. Root’s creation vastly differ- ent from Hiram Johnson's. - Senator Johnson would be highly dissatisfied with the Taft interpretation. ' fié question remains: What does it mean? Harding must answer it sooner or later. he choose to offend Mr. Taft by disagree- ; g | i IN JUSTICE TO THE LEGION. a recent editorial The Evening World laid stress ‘on the damage certain to accrue to the American Legion from reports that overseas veterans to drive the trucks of the Citizens’ Transportation Committee ‘were being recruited with the aid of the Legion through its employment offices. denied by Legion officers, who not only dis- ‘official co-operation of any sort with the Transportation Committee but also pointed Out that the American Legion Employment Office ‘went out of existence on May 1. ‘The error in the original news story was further yesterday by Col. Frederick A, Molitor, ly of the 224 Engineers, who has been in of hiring men for the Citizens’ Transporta- Committee. Col. Molitor said: f _ “We have employed no men with the aid of ‘the American Legion or through American Legion employment offices. The Citizens’ Trans- portation Committee has its own recruiting offices. We have employed several former army officers and @ considerable number of former ‘ gervice men, but they have all come to us as individ~als and not in any representative capac- ity. Personally, my policy has been to give pref- erence to former service ten in the matter of employment.” ‘The Evening World gladly gives this prominence facts of the case, "~The sympathy of this newspaper with the Broader aims of the American Legion is a matter ~The warning—based in this instance on misinfor- f the dangers certain to overtake the n if its leaders let it become involved in indus- disputes, was given solely in the interest of a inder, ever enlarging and more influential future the Legion itself. A “BETTER THAN THE FRONT PORCH. 'O politically minded persons we commend the diligent perusal of a news despatch in yes- iy’s papers. dame Melba, it is reported, sang in a small at the Marconi wireless works in England, concert was transmitted by wireless waves for t of miles. s organizations should make haste to avail elves of the Marconi wireless campaigner. !f voice of a songstress can be transmitted to a nee, why not the voice of a candidate? Nor Harding has already indicated his prefe: ence for a “front porch” campaign, Travel in the hot weather is disagreeable and uncomfortable. Pilgrimages to the front porch are expensive and in the aggregate cause a loss of considerable time for those attending. By installation of wireless telephone transmitters it might be possible to avoid even the hot sun of a front porch. The candidate could retire to his wire- less equipped study and tell the world and his con- stituents just what he wants them to know. Note: The apparatus should include a cut-out for use when party leaders arrive for conference, WOO. ©. ohana HARDING is the first and only nom- ince for the Presidency chosen while a mem- ber of the Senate, Other Senators have aspired to but have failed to gain the nomination, These facts are not the result of idle clrcum- stance, There are sound ’reasons. behind them, rea sons that are rooted deep in the very fundamentals of our American system of Government, reasons such as actuated the framers of the Constitution when they provided explicitly for separation of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial functions of the Government, Voluntarily and involuntarily the principle of separation has exercised its influence, No Senator or group of Senators has ever been able to over- come the almost instinctive opposition to the possi- bility of a combination control of White House and Senate chamber. “This is not to say that no Senator ever should be nominated. It might well be that a courageous and independent representative might find his way, to the Senate and by independence and defiance of Senatorial precedent might endear himself to the voters and become a logical choice for the Presi- dency. Had Hiram Johnson realized his ambition, there would have beensless feeling that he was part and parcel of a Senatorial oligarchy seeking to rule both the Legislative and Executive branches. Senator Harding, on the contrary, is a, nominee of, by and from the Senate, Senate Penrose spon- sored his nomination and placed his O. K. on the consummation. Senator Harding has never stood out as an in- dependent. His “regularity” has been invariable. He has always been amenable to the influence of the “organization.” In one tenm he has identified himself clearly if not over-prominently as one of the Old Guan. There are those who argue that this Nation has outgrown the separation of the Executive and Legis- lative branches. There are those who believe in the adoption of the parliamentary system, with the Executive chosen from and directly responsible to the Legislature. If so, let us have it directly and frankly. Let the Executive come from the Lower House, which is more immediately responsible to the voters, and not by informal comsent from the chamber least responsive to the popular will. The United States is not ready for Government by an Old Guard oligarchy sitting both in the Senate and in the White House. That would be worse than the autocracy of the White House against which the Republicans inveigh. This feeling of opposition to an oligarchy has not been reasoned out by many Republicans who are unenthusiastic over Harding. But in final analysis it accounts for much of the unusual “mugwump” attitude in evidence even in the party press. As the campaign continues and voters grasp the significance of the nomination of a Senator the feeling is bound to grow. The United States is not ready for rule by a Grand Old Oligarchy. ORPHANS VS. OIL. yN N Associated Press despatch from Adana pr'nted yesterday relays a delayed message from Hedjin, in Armenia, dated May 23, indicating that ‘the American workers there” had been forced to “surrender their compounds to the Turks.” It further states that “the fate of.the Armenian orphans at Hedjin is not known, although there are reports that the boys were killed and the girls taken to Caesarea,” The delay in this message is unfortunate from the standpoint of the historian, Armenia was in the public eye at that particular time. It would have been convenient for the historian had this de- spatch been read into the Congressional Record at the time, For it was on the following day that the Presi- dent’s message asking power to accept an Armenian mandate, commented on the Senate's resolution of sympathy with Armenia in which the Senate asked the President to send a warship to the great oil port of Batum to protect American interests, The paragraph dealing with the fate of the Ar- menian children might not have been effective, but the forced surrender of rights by American workers at Hedjin might have stirred the same Senators who later wrote into the Republican platform a pledge to “protect the rights of American citizens lawfully in’—but the’ next word is “Mexico,” not Armenia, Perhaps after all the delay is immaterial. The fate of the Armenian orphans is of no consequence, Sympathy is enough from the Senate and the “workers” in Hedjin were only missionaries, not oil operators at Batum, THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920." 5 gies Fs = Out in the Wash! by The Pre Bi bushing Oo (The Now York Yrentag World.) | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much tn a few words, Take time to be brief, To Gold Star Parents. ‘To the Exitor of The Drening World I have been a consistent reader of your good paper for many years, par- ticularly interested in your able edi- torlals and with which I am almost invariably in accord. I also enjoy the letters from World readers. Let me thank you for publishing the letter from “A Gold Star Father” in to-day’s issue. For all gold star parents I always feel like coming to the old salute with the old “click.” May I say to him through your columns that personall or in a public conveyance almost unconsciously search for se vice buttons, And T know that my face softens at sight of one, and if it) is silver I cannot help a little nod of sympathy and approval. For, you see, I have the honor my- self to wear a bronze VICTORY BUTTON. friendship which may be painfully embarrassing at some future date, and while it seems unjust to include the really nice neighbors in the cate- gory of the first mentioned, our in- stinct of “caution” has been so firmly imbedded in us, through experience and publicity, that we are loath to encourage what we may later regret. ALICE D. STRAT No, 392 Grand Street, June 15, He In. ‘To the Editar of The Evening World If a child is born in the United States of foreign parentage who never taken out citizen@aip pa- pers, 18 he an American? B. B. Jersey City, June 16, 1920. An Essential Industry. To the Extite The Evening World: +I see by tht morning paper that At- torney General Palmer has provided for sugar for the “essential indus- tries, those engaged in canning fruits and vegetables.” How ahout the housewife? Owing to the shortage of sugar dur- ing wartime our stock of home-made preserves is utterly depleted. We then thought {t our patriotic duty to manage. We did. We know of no canning industry more essential than our own right in our own littl kitchen, PLEASE HELP THE HOUSE- WIFE! ONE WHO FACES THE PROBLEM. Mt. Vernon, June 15, 1920. Credit for Au, ay | 7 the Editor of The Evening World |, Why is it that we hear of the gal- 1 |4antry performed by our own army and navy and never hear anything of the wonderful work done overseas by our brave U: 8. Marine Corps. 1 hav served with any branch of the service 4g I was found unfit for military duty, but nevertheless I volunteered to serve A Fate jecinm, ‘To the Faitor of The Bvenirg World In your paper as well as many other publications you are apt to find head- ings like these: “Ex-Service Men Sent to Prison, ex-Soldier a Hold-up Man,” -Soldier Murdered His Wife” “Ex-Marine Held 6s Thief." Now, everybody knows that there were all kinds of men in the service, and everybody knows that it was hard to keep some out, but what hurts me most is that there were 4,800,000 men who are having thelr characters un+ dermined for the sake of a few erim- inals who are ex-service men. I believe that I can truthfully » that more than 80 per cent. of the service men who have been convict since their discharge have had some bad record previous to entering the service If this continues as it has a good ex-scrvice man who did his bit and did it honestly and also did his bit J ; honestly before entering the service | America in her cause for freedom, 1 will be ashamed to admit that he|haven't any ill feeling toward any served in the great World War. branch of the War Department. ih view of the fact that your paper| If people will only consider what the has done so much in protesting other | U. 8: Marine Corps have suffered in the things, will you kindly protest this use| battles at Chateau Thierry and St of the words ex-soldier, sailor or ma- | hlel they will give a great deal of rine in this connection? to those boys. Not only in the late war, If it continues’ a man holding an|but in all of our wars, the Marines honorable discharge Will look at itand | have played a very important part it will seem to be a mere scrap of paper. ONE OF 4,800,000, ie ml these ren were first to leave 0 ne 16, 1920, active service, ler ne Tee eer The Commodore, June 15, 1 a for A Complaint, To the Editor af The Brening World Recently 1 was standing on the Long Your kind reader who ¢ unfriendliness of neighbors plores the in New York should take Into consideration | Island side of the Queensborough the various tyr f re| Bridge while numerous motor-driven permitted to occupy vehicles were passing to and fro, Pie in the average motoreycle officer was busily engaged to-day. Little regard 19 pald,to the | handing out tickets, and I took par- 4 character or habits of the occupants. | ticular note that pf ajl summonses ise If the prospective tenant has suf- ficient income to guarantee his lease agreement he is gladly admitted as a tenant. On that account it Is not to be won- sued not one violator happened to be driver of a pleasure car, when in my nonest opinion they were the chief of- fenders. It seems lawful for the operator of a pleasure-car to commit any offense are reluctant to acquaint thems with thelr nelst A onaual no mow and thes may encourage a he Im prosoouted Only recently in the trouble with Mex- |} UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by Jobn Blake.) DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE MEN WHO STAND STILL. A young man has just been in this office grieving be- s he has cho- cause he finds so many failures in the busine sen, “Why,” he said, bitterly, “there are fellows in that office who are getting the same salary they got fifteen years ago, and it isn’t a very big salary either. What kind of a business is that to be in?” “Are they the only men in the office?” I asked him. “No, of course not.” “Are there any men in the office who are getting twice as much as they were fifteen years ago “Yes; a few—maybe a dozen [wo or three.” “Well, think about those two or three, doing it. ahead, and find out how they went ahead. still without asking anybody how it is done. He looked thoughtful, and went back on the job. have hopes of him. In any business under the sun you will find men who But they You can be just as unprogressive as they are by employing the same methods, do not progress. Every office is full of them. need occupy little of your attention, wh.ch are chiefly inattention to the job, or laziness, But to emulate the other fellows, the men who are going ahead, you have got to work, and work hard. Get acquainted with them, if you can, work, Note their methods. about, not the fixtures. And don’t be in too great a hurry to get your salary You may not be storing up wealth in the bank at the start, but if you store it up in your head you And raised, either. will be able to raise your own salary by ‘and by. when you start raising it, you will get the habit. Naturally you want to progress. with horror on your office mates who haven't progressed. But take your eyes off them and keep them on the men who do progress, and the first thing you know you will be going ahead too, * re there any who are getting five times as much?” Don't bother about the fellows that are standing still, or why they are Devote yourtattention to the men who have gone You can stand Watch them They are the fellows to worry Naturally you look ent city administration permit inctions? This question can be satisfactorily answered only through the medium of the ballot } FRANCIS X. M'GOWAN. New York, June 14, 1920. to the other side of the ally the Si te of Maine The Other Side of the Fence, ‘To the Exitor af The Brening World 1 wonder if your rather stand on the subject of the Bigh ‘Amendment will allow you to print the views of ono who is on the other side of the fence? of the pioneer dry States? capita in Kansas of the United State that 80 per of the § farms” s have I notice from time to time in your | cupant onty columns letters about the disastrous | mean effects of prohibition—wails of despair | jails of mo: from calamity howlers who et | wh: the speedy depopulation of our tive land—sobs of anguish from th nin ate years? ears? due to the Improved conditions among unable to get er classes, are full extent of the law, Why doealte the oaping, == | dn prohibiti ae, untey le *] gas baa Bt Do these writers who show such touching solicitude for the welfare of our beloved nation ever consider it worth while to give a serious thought question? ‘Their first and last argument is usu- look at what the prohibitionists did to her. Do they ever stop to consider Kansas, also one Do they realizo that there is more money per any other Do they know not had an oc- Does g to a State to have the | than half tts counties | tely VACANT for.ten consecu- I never voted the Prohibition ticket in my life, but at least I am not too narrow-minded to see the good points HUMBARD UD. SM1TH Brooklen. June 1k 1000 of Great Novels ——-BY——_ Albert Payson Terhune » 95—ADAM BEDE; George Eliot. Hetty Sorrel and Dinah Morris we dear friends, And this was odd. For, in all England, thera were not two girls more unlike, One point only did they have in common; namely, Dinah’g secret love for big Adam Bede, the carpenter, and Adam's open adoration for Hetty. Dinah was an evangelist, a “fair Gospeller,” who went apout preaching in public. Hetty was dairymaid on the great Donnithorne estate. ‘Hetty was deaf to. Adam's love pleas because her silly heart had been wholly captured by handsome young Capt. Arthur Donnithorne, heir to the Great estate on which she worked. ‘One evening as he returned to work, Adam chanced to see Hetty and Ar- thur saying goodby in a forest gl He saw Arthur kiss the girl, who ran off in confusion at sight of Adam Arthur came lazily forward to greet Adam, but Adam would have none of his greeting, and -called Donni- thorne a scoundrel for trifling with Hetty Sorrel's heart. Arthur resented such talk from @ mere laborer, and struck the carpen- ter in the face, Adam rushed in on him and gave the gallant captain the thrashing of his life. ‘Then he forced Arthur to write to Hetty, saying everything was over between them, Arthur wrote the let- ter and then went away to rejoin his regiment. And for months he did not return to his home neighborhood. When at last Arthur came home, he found a heap of letters awaiting him. Carclessly he opened ono of these le! ters. From the written page these words flashed forth at him: “Hetty Sorrel is in prison for the crime of child murder!” Madly, Arthur galloped away to the nearest authorities, to learn what he could of the case and to use all his influence to save the girl whose life he had ruined, Deserted by Arthur, the unhappy girl had gradually Jost her mind. ‘When her baby was born she put it to death, not realizing what she was doing. | As Hetty lay in jail, awaiting death, ah Morris was her faithful com- ion, soothing the unhappy prison- jer'’s terror and holding out hope of Divine forgiveness, “It makes no difference, Hetty,” she sald, “whether we live or die. We are in the presence of God. Let us kneel together. He is here. Let us pray to the God of all mercy!” At the last moment Arthur was able to get Hetty’s sentence wommuted to life transportation to the Australian penal settlements. Adam Bede went on with his work, believing his heart dead, but in time he turned to the waiting Dinah for consolation and for love. Each of them was a fitting mate for the other, And in time poor Hetty ae only a sad memory to them by Ten-Minute Studies of New York City Government. Coporight. 1920. by The Prees Py e'New York Evening World.) O™ By Willis Brooks Hawkins, TMs ts the seventh article of a series defining the duties of the ad- ministrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York City Government. THE SINKING FUND COMMIS- SION HIS board, composed of the | Mayor (Chairman), the Comp- troller, the Chamberlain, tho President of the Board of Aldermen and the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen, is charged with the duty of admin- istering the several sinking funds of the city, which provide for the re- demption of the city debt and the payment of interest. It is also the custodian of the city’s real and per- sonal property. A quorum consists of four members of whom the Comptroller or his representative must be one. The Sinking Fund Commission is empowered to fix rates of interest on the city’s bonds and stock; to ell, lease or exchange (except parks, markets, wharves, piers and land un- der water) and to hire property for public use; to adjust disputes be- tween the city and private owners with respect to boundary Lines; to establish the line of high water; pass on plans for improvement of the water front, on the acquisition of property by condemnation for dock purposes and on issues of cor. porate stock for the Department of Docks and for the purposes of the Armory Board; to approve dock Jeases and ferry franchises, and to cancel upon the written certificate of the Comptroller taxes, assessments and water rents that are a lien « the real estate of corporations en- titled to exemption. The mee Sinking Fund Commission tn room 16, City Hall, every Thursday at 11 A. M.'at the call of the Chairman, John Korb is the Secretary of the board. His office, on the seventh floor of the Municipal Building. is open daily from 9 A. M. to § P. M, Saturdays, to 12 noon. >-—- Mineral Oil in China, It has been known for some time that, there were oil wells near Yenchang, in Shensi, near the Shansi border, where sev- feral small oil wells give about 6,000 gallons @ month, and a emall Chinese refinery makes a fairly good product, marketed locally, and at Sianfu. Hy in ever, as engineers sent over by an American company in 191) reported that oil did not exist there in sufficient quantities to make exiensive development profitable, little hase bean at tempted, ae +