The evening world. Newspaper, March 7, 1921, Page 16

Ir., Secretary, 63 Park Row, : MEMBER OF THR ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘Mh Asnociated Press ty exctusively entitied to the ase for republication Hews Geapatches credited to tt or mot otherwise credited im this paper sito the local mews published herein. WHY NOT IN NEW YORK? ; LTOGETHER commendable is Commissioner Bnright's invitation to neighboring Police to gather at the Police Club for luncheon W-morrow to discuss ways of catching crooks. j There is no question but that there is need for a | 4 larger degree of co-operation between the pclice |) forces of the city and its suburbs and neighbors, | ~ Town and village Police Chiefs can undoubtedly " learn from their urban brothers in service. And it is not at all improbable that some of the visitors can ie Point out ways in which they do things better. Ti. For one thing, some of the guests might well strain, the conventions of hospitality and express ' oy j honest opinion of tyrannical police raids on clubs 4 Jn a small town it would go hard with the Police | Chief who staged a raid on a local dance hall, kept considerable numbers of persons in jail over night and then went before the Magistrate in the morning with a, confession of a complete lack of evidence against the prisoners. _/ Ana small town the friends and acquaintances of the victims would rise up and demand swift disci- pine for the erring Chief. | “Why not in New York? oA t ‘Whoever would have thought President Hard- t ing would lean toward “Wilsonism” by reading ~ the names of bis Cabinet selections to the Sen- ate to secure immediate confirmation? “Pre cedent breaking” was the last thing to be ex- pected. AMENDMENT ACCEPTED. TOME weeks ago an English company was re- “ ported to be considering the refitting of the ‘@ipat steamer Imperator for a dockside “hotel in en “in view of the housing shortage, The Evening ‘World suggested a similar use for the Leviathan. -onThis suggestion was amended last week by Gordon Robinson, editor of a British shipping journal. amendment is accepted in the words of Mr. _ “The best thing for the United States to do *' with the Leviathan is to tow it.out beyond Dig ce sérecmile Melt and make # 0 Seating i pewtic te customary rules for the printing : iy we italicize the new matter. the Shipping Board has not received an ade- ‘Quite’ bid for the great liner. Meantime prices have down and the upkeep of the Leviathan is a drain on the United States Treasury. But if any company will adopt the suggestion ‘Dy Mr. Robinson and can gain the consent of the Shipping Board, the Leviathan would probably » beia good buy at a price even larger than $3,000,000. ~/Beyond the three-mile limit the ocean is reported enough to float even the Leviathan. what he will consummated each expected in the first AND THE STRAPHANCERS. ‘TOR LUSK seeks new worlds to conquer, He has turned his attention to the health and | — comfort of city straphangers. ' _ Something ought to be done, he says, about “the tack of adequate service” in New York City transit, | because of which “the public is brutally jammed * Bays Senator Lusk: * “Clergymen and other reputable citizens are demanding that the State exercise its powers _ te protect <he health and morals of the travel- “ing public.” —- Se “The Public Service Commission can grant _& © 8m order for service which will force the trac: tion company to terms.” ‘That is the Lusk way to make New York subway moral, refined and healthful. It’s too bad the did not realize the menace earlier. He have endowed the present P. S. C. with the power to “force” the companies to give service,” at least in non-rush hours. ond ts true the P. S. C. was supposed to have this but it never has worked, as every New 7 Prosperous years when the orough paid 20 per cent. “‘beefsteak" dividends, p other reputable citizens” were de- hh TS manding that the State “protect the health and. morals Of the travelling public.” Yet somehow .he P. S. C, never contrived to force an adequate car | supply, even In non-rush hours when it was possible. But doesn’t Senator Lusk beg the question? Why | should the Board of Estimate be denied authoritative voice in any programme for improving the “health and moral conditions” in subways? Does Senator Lusk believe for a moment the Board of Estimate would obstruct the exercise of State power to pro- tect the public from being “brutally jammed. into | cars”? ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, 'N what President Harding said in his inaugural about the tariff appears a puzzling contradiction. First the President declares: “There is « luring fallacy in the theory of banished barriers of trade, but preserved American standards require our higher pro- duction costs to be reflected in our tariffs on imports.” That is eminently satisfactory to the high pro- tectionists. But then the President says: “We know full well we cannot sell where we do not buy.” How are we going to buy of other nations through _ high-tariff walls? And how are we going to sell to other nations if they take the natural step of retaliating against tariff barriers we may erect by building similar barriers of their own? “President Harding doubtless knows full well that his own party is by no means solidly behind an old- time Republican high-tariff pelicy at this time. There are many Republicans who, however in- clined they may be toward protection, do not favor risking the possible effects of immediate tariff boost- .) thg on the present post-war state of foreign trade. A Times Washington despatch yesterday reported that certain Republican influences were even being brought to bear on the President to put off the call- ing of an extra session of the Sixty-seventh Congress, lest this Congress be too precipitate in enacting a tariff law as well as in negotiating a separate peace with Germany. This apprehension is doubtless strengthened by the fact that the Republican majority in the Sixty-sixt!. , Congress showed zeal for nothing but tariff tinkering. After the great political turnover of last November would bea strange and sad anomaly if the new Republican Congress had to be held off by a Repub- lican President for fear of the harm it might do. President Harding's treatment of the tariff in his inaugural indicates that he sees a side other than that of straightaway Republican tradition. If he discovers ‘a way to frame a tariff that will enable us to buy where we sell and sell where we buy and at the same time satisfy the high-protection ele- ment in his party, he. will qualify as a politico- économie genius of the first rank. A SMOOTH JOINT. 'N one matter of foreign policy, at least, the Hard- ing Administration joins on to the Wilson Ad- ministration so smoothly that the joint is scarcely discernible, President Harding and Secretary Hughes are treat. ing the Panama-Costa Rica conflict along the lines laid down by former Secretary Colby, American interests in the disturbed territory are to be pro- tected by the presence of as many United States battleships as may be needed. Meanwhile the United States Government will exert strong, albeit friendly, pressure to induce Costa Rica and Panama to arbitrate their differences, This should be the easier since the question of the boundary between Costa Rica and Panama was itself adjusted seven years ago by a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court acting as arbi- trator, and the present trouble grows mainly out of the delay in carrying out his judgment. The chief care of the United States Government must be, of course, to use its influence to stop the row without giving touchy Central and South Amer- ican republics a chance to raise the old cry of “bully- ing” and “domination.” To bring Panama and Costa Rica to friendly arbitration and at the same time increase the friend- ship and respect in which the United States is held by Latin America is one of Secretary Hughes's first jobs. There is every reason to believe he will do it deftly and well, TWICE OVERS. af | WANT no war between England and America. Only those who have never seen'a war could have suck thoughts.” —Father Duffy . * a 5 rode half of the plans for dwellings filed this year in the Bronx have come in since the (tax exemption) ordinance passed the Board of Alder- men.”-—P. J. Racelle, Superintendent of Buildings Sor Bronx Borough. ‘ rol were treated no better, THR BVRNING WORLD, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1921. ~ The Faces at the Window! «27th. By John SSS Se SSS From Evening World Readers What kind of a 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 Ane mental ewercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. An Englishman's View. pamphlet distributed at a mass To the Exliior of the Kroning World: meeting held Feb. 28 at Madison Your editorial March 4th, entitled “The Simpler Note" is fitting of the MAN wo (the British) have learned to hold in such esteem. I do, howevers 4s an Englishman, take exception to the words “amid a world that has so changed.” | I have no hesitation in saying that we think more of him to-day than, say, up to the time he was through in. Paris, and I agree with you that the feelings of all Americans wilt be changed to one of reverence as years by. Washington and Lincoln Among us he is the type usually re- ferred to as a gentloman—a higher honor ‘no man can wish for, As a man in-thie world, I uncover my head—as I did on the day the Sen- ate played false to his hopes—in sor- row. ‘We learned to respect and admire him as one of the greatest of those who ocoupled the world’s stage dur- in the year 1919. God bless him. AN ENGLISHMAN, March 4, 1921. . “Inseparad: ‘To the Editor of The Brering W. As » subscriber and ardent readér, may I write you a line in reference to the cartoon and editorial in to-day's World, headed “Inseparable"? ‘The drawing is wonderful, the edi- torial a masterpiece. So few of us appreciate the man—so many of us who were: at one time loudest in our praises have followed the pack and have caught the contagious bray of the hounds that fow there are who fare not responsible, to a degree, for the suffering of a noble man, the President that was almost nagged to death. I suggest that the above referred to editorial be printed, with the car- toon added thereto, on paper suitable for framing, and that it be offered to the readers of The World at a nom- inal price, so that we who appreciate can have a copy permanently framed as a reminder of what the cost some- times amounts fo to be @ faithful, honest, upright public servant. Don't make it & part of a Sunday supplement—that would be a gacri- lege—let only those who want it sut fictentiy to request \t and pay there- for be the ones accommodated. Bincerely, Rareenyrcnte terrae Square Garden to endorse a resolu- tion intro®uced in the House of Rep- resentatives by Congressman Fred- erick A. Britten, | I wish to protest most emphatic- ally through the columns of your paper against the absolutely un- authorized use of my name In con-| nection with this movement, with) which I am in no sympathy what- ever. I trust that you will see fit to pub- lish this letter. | FREDERICK MULLER SCHALL JR, | No. 45 William Street, New York. March 4, 1921. | Well Done, Faithfal Servant. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I Wish you would publish this, I wrote it, in school on the Fourth of March, Hardifg’s inauguration day. It is only the work of a seventeen- year old school child, and it isn't much, but it is all I hae to offer to show my deep, unflinching love for a great man, TO,WOODROW WILSON, Farewell, “faithful servant — gray-| haired and bent, | The results of many a day hard epent In the service of your country. now ‘They laugh at the troubles they have placed on your brow! They mock and deride you and scoft +at your work! But let them. Who cares? Did you ever shirk Your duties, dear hero of heroes? ‘They'lt wake In due time to their terrible, loath- some mistake, Like Washington, Lincoln and Grant, you'll be loved With the greatest emotion that ever has moved rt of a man, And, dear hero,| Aad The when You look to the west and the setting sun Beckons you onward—when your life's work is done— Go bravely on, Wilson, He is waiting for you As He waits for all men patriotic and true, And He'll gulde you, dear hero, where | all troubles cease, Saying: “Well done, faithful servant; enter the Kingdom of Peace," AMERICAN, “will Be Heard From.” | ‘Th the Exitor of The Evening World: “Optimist” in his diatribe, whiten | FRED L. HARWOOD, No, 647 Weet 147th Street, City, March 4, 1921, s ‘To the Balter « % It has just come to my attention that my name appears among a list ot “Honorary Vio Presidente” in you published yesterday, honora you greatly and shows himself to he one Jot ‘tho wilful or unwilful enemies of lame There ia no qdention but that the 2" wiis of Americans have been fun jdamentally trampled upon, and the lpeople, the payee #0 imposed upon end which ta ita ol sovyensign, sil, nn UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake) CULTIVATE HABITS THAT ARE DEPENDABLE. If the writer of this editorial had to stop and hunt for the typewriter keys which he strikes to transmit it to paper, the writing of it would probably occupy half the day. But th pewriter, fortunately, is a habit-forming ma- chine. The fingers can be taught to fly to the keys as soon as the word to be formed comes to the writer's mind. And in consequence, provided the thought is there, the editorial can be written in a very few minutes. ' The habit of typewriting is a dependable habit. The nerves that control the finger-action act automatically. In- deed, whole words and sentences are formed almost auto- matically, so that only the subject of the editorial need oc- cupy the mind of the writer. It is dependable habits that make most of our work casy—in fact, that make it at all possible. The average writer has not a quarter of the skill with a writing machine that is piossessed by a trained stenog- rapher but he always wishes that he had—and if he had his life to live over again would take pains to acquire it, for it would save corrections after the copy is written and would prevent the wandering attention when wrong keys are struck or the fingers do not behave as they should. Any worker may save time for thought by acquiring self-acting habits. The more dependable are his habits, the more time he has to use his mind, and the better results he will get. Hands and muscles in most cases operate almost au- tomatically if they have been well trained. Vardon, the professional golfer, can hit a ball with his eyes shut and driye it two hundred yards. Many a golf duffer, who has never trained intelligently and never will, can keep both eyes wide open and on the ball and never will, save by ac- cident, drive it more than twenty or thirty feet. The well balanced man builds his habits carefully and they do all the rest save the thinking. And he can even cul- tivate accurate and careful habits of thought if he tries hard enough. But that is a matter of so much importance that we shall leave it for another article. rae of The Ages By Svetazar Tonjorof coi RE, Yo we XIL—RUDOLPH |. “I am the Rudolph of my race,” ahnounced Napoleon L sententiously When a genealogist was trying to sup~ ply him with proof that he was of imperial, or at least of royal, descent, . The Corsican bad reference to Ru- dolph 1, @ comparatively obscure but enterprising baron, who, in the last quarter of the thirteenth century, had succeeded in ingtalling himself us King of Germany and head of the e be heard from. It is one of the most discouraging signs of the times that The New York Evening World and he World should be about the only Champions of the inalienable rights of the citizens; on the other hand, it {s inspiring to find these papers’ free from the cowardly paralysie which has overtaken almost all the press of the country. It is of no use whatever to angue the question as' to whether the ma- jority is for or against Prohibition. The fact is there are some rights which the' Declaration of Independ- ence makes it clear belong to every citizen and which cannot be invaded or annulled by 4ny one men or group of men, It would serve no purpose to look for the motive of the Prohibitionist; wuffice It to aay that they act as sire of knowledge by it,—Bacon, sensibility. power and the other power, that 4# all—Holmes, Words From the Wise The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall, the de- in excess caused man to fall; but in char. ity there ewista no excess, neither angel or man can come.in danger Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same One ts the wind. water- Death is the Uberator of him ho enemies of the c muoh a hae either Anary! : Rol- whom freedom cannot release, vik, who aro ow foes.| the physician of him whom medi- the Association Against the Te forter of him whom time cannot tion Amendment, t. ‘consol tom, Naw Xork, Maoh 4, _ eof ores, | Holy Roman Empire, It was Napo- leon's dream, in the same manner, to found an imperial dynasty. ‘The story of Rudolph I. furnishes an excellent illustration of successful baronial ambition for pelf, power and pretension. His family originated on the summit of a oliff on the River Aar, in what is now the Swiss Can- ton of Aargau, Here bad built for themselves a frowning wt id which acquired nif ~ cant name of Hablohteburg, or the “Hawk's Nest.” From this nest the Habichtaburgers (afterward and to thie day the Haps- burge) were in the habit of ewooping down upon the chickens of the neigh- borhood, whether they were smaller barons or peasants tilling the soil, or tradesmen trying to lay by a little money fora rainy day. With this retail method of getting rich the Hi regs had contented themselves until Rudolph I. arrived upon the scene of their thrifty en- deavors, Then began the wholesale period of their operations. Rudolph acquired great riches and extensive territories, first by marry- ing Gertrude, Countess of Hohenberg, then by getting himself elected Em- peror on the plea that he was too small a fellow to do anybody any real harm, and then by the old and accepted method of waging war. Ottokar, King of Bohemia, was the gentleman who objected to Ru- dolph’s elevation to the more or less fictitious throne of the Roman Emperors. Rudolph defeated him in the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, and not only took Austria, Styria, Carin- thia and Carniola from him, but also deprived him of his life in the course of the engagement. The théory of the self-determina- tion of nations had not been Invented in that day, and Austria, Styria, Car- Inthia and Carniola remained the property of the Hapsburge until the aigning of the Treaty of St. Germain, the year before last independent, piecemeal robbery going on at the hands of the barons, the Emperor-King Rudolph decided to consolidate the business and take [t over in person, So he organized a great, house-cleaning expedition, killed thirty nobles, burned sixty cas- tles like the “Hawk's Nest” and then settled down to reap the rich reward of his enterprise. But the taxes, exactions and int posts which he levied upon the burgh~ ers and the peasants after he had suppressed their “private” oppressors caused many of them to sigh with re- gret for the good old days when the barons exploited them on a smaller acale. Yet these taxes and exactions—to- gether with profitable marriages like Rudolph’e—contimued in Rudolph’s line for @ spun of more than eix cen- turies, en the “Hawk's N, levelled to the ground by thi bined man-power, machine-power and money-power of Western Burope and the United States. Which teaches us that no system of preying upon mankind, however highly perfected and efficient, can be regarded ag a permanent arrange- ment. FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENTS. Fourteen Presidents were the sons of farmers or planters; three were the sons of clergymen, Andrew John- son's father was a sexton and oon- table. eee Fifteen Presidents were of English descent, six Scotch-Irish, three Scotch, two Dutch, one Welsh and one Scotch-Dutch. . com- Virginia is the native State of eight Presidents, while Ohio comes second with seven, including Hard- ing. Three were born in New York and two in Massachusetts. see At the time of their induguration nineteen Presidents were lawyers, three were statesmen and two were soldiers, Roosevelt was a public official. Harding is the first newspa- per publisher to hold office, ‘6 © Nine Presidents attended no ocol- Three graduated from Har- yu. end William and Mary, and two from Princeton, 28 Wilitam Henry Harrison wae the oldest man to take the Presidential office, He was sixty-cight years old at the time of his inauguration. Theodore Roosevelt, at forty-two, was the youngest, Six Presidents served exactly eight years in office: Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, rant and Cleveland. Cleveland was the only President to resume office after another had served, William Henry Harrison served only one month. John Adams Kved the longest of any President, and died at the age ed; he was forty-nine when he was sassinated. F: ee Buchanan was the only bachelor President, Cleveland was unmarried when he took office, but was married a year later. Jackson married a di- vorcee, and the following were mar- ried twice: Tyler, Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, Roosevelt and Wilson. a6 Wives or widows of those Prest- dents are now living: Cleveland, Ben- jamin Harrison, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. 8 @ Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley were assassinated while in office, Jackson was shot at, but his would- be assassin missed aim; Roosevel\ was wounded in Milwaukee in 1912. * 8 6 On taking oath of office, Cleveland Kissed the open Bible at Psalms cxil,, verses 5-10. Garfleld's first act mother, oo The sixth President, John Quine: Adame, was the son of the second, John Adams. The twenty-third, Ben- jamin Harrison, was the grandson of the ninth, William Henry Harrison. was to kiss his . Deciding that there was too muche of ninety. Garfleld was the shortest~/ Lincoln was the firat President to + ‘wear a full beard, se Grant pe On bo-queak & a i ay wig