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TO QUICK ATTENTION tity Week | SEMPER OF TH did (Doe Aseociarred Press te Of AL news despatch tnd sls thst to fh oF not news publlaied herein FRANKLIN K, LANE. ] S time something was de ¢ rice the Har- F E 2 HE sudden death of Franklin K, Lane cuts short fon that in the m i the career of a man who perhaps rendered ¢ country demands m han mere tals more service to the United States than any other Where is the voice of business of his generation born ouside its boundaries Instead of groaning at taxes that confiscate profits Mr. Lane was a Pri ee Edward Ishinder who, and kill: eniery Miy don't manutaclurers ass after making a name for himself as a newspape: i : Ais \ any hemselves w se {axes are for man in San Francisco aml Tacoma, was adinitted ‘ as \ fjoesn’t to the bar, became Corporation Counsel of San | ad of sinking under aie Francisco, ran for Governor of California, was industry demand relief from that of the called by President Roosevelt to the Interstate Com- burden represented by armament cost merce Commission, and liter accepted the office of Secretary of the Interior in President Wilson's Cab- inet with the strong approval of a country that had come to appreciate his worth, As a member of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission Mr. Lane examined the late FE. H. Harri man, and the resultant disclosures of railroad policy set forth in Mr. Lane’s report led to the mem- orable dissolution of the merger of the Union Pa- | cific and the Southern Pacific under a decision of | the Federal Supreme Court. Extraordinary lucidity of thought and expression lent extra force to Mr. Lane's conscientious and ex- pert work in the offices he filled, He ttas a man to whom other men instinctively tumed when a candidate for important public duties and responsibilities was sought. He was still in the matured prime of potential usefulness. There is no better testimony to the faithfulness of his public service than the significant line in the despatches announcing his death: He left no estate. | | form to the present state of our business a If business would speak its mind, we should soon Presi something more than a paragraph of orn. find lent Harding treating disarmament as mental optimism for an inaugural address. é to the call for an If industry were to add its ve international conference to consider reduction in naval armaments and expenditures, we should hear little mo ¢ about suppressing the Borah resohition because the President prefers to keep it in abeyance. There will be nothing done about disarmament so long as the greater part of the country remains su- pine and silent. Note the following: “Now that business men are cutting expenses, even dis- adverse times bave come, we missing employees, so that wo may tide our- Why. then, does it not occur to the politicians to re- selves over the period of hard times: vise the arma jents programme to niake it con- ¥ industry, the backbone of our national welfare? NEW TESTS FOR WITNESSES. “Suecess in these modern days depends largely N an unusual criminal case in New Jersey 1h police learned the details of a crime by adminis- tering ether to the victim, who was too hysterical to talk. Recently a physician announced discovery of a method of using ether which would make any one tell the truth, And not long ago a psychologist claimed to have perfected a mechanical and electrical contrivance | " which would reveal the nervous reaction which re- | Motion there. . Sults when a person tells a lie. All these indicate we are coming {o a time when the courts must make new rulings and establish on the capacity and condition of a nation’s n- dustrial plan! If these be exhausted by taxa- tion for naval armaments those very armamen deteat their own end No, it is not an American business man speaking. But it is the way all Ainerican business men ought to be speaking just now—in tones loud enough to hh Washington and cause an unprecedented com- The man who said what we have quoted was Trade Guilds and managing director of a big Jap Precedent for dealing with evidence obtained as the | anese spinning He was speaking in Japan result of scientific tinkering with the nerves and the | 2 brain of a witness, j {0 Japanese : “Etherized confessions” would seem to conflict with | Strange tatk ia a mation whose alleged dive inten. =the old common law principle under which an ar- | tions have been chief bogy for those who woul resting*officer warned a suspect that “anything you | scare the United States inlo staggering on ‘under say may be used against you.” The whole spirit of | bigger armament | our laws requires the prosecution to prove guilt | When will American busutess met wake ip to rather than to put the burden on the defendant. Vikan: anneon the ns) bvat i On the other hand, it is easy to see where a mas | Yt RHINR on the Laxey Thay crush (ein chine which would detect lies would be of enormous SENSES RLM SSE Fe advantage in preventing miscarriages of justice dus | 4/™ament drive to perjured evidence. If such a thing were possible a Why can't the industrial and business interests of “frame-up!’ would become impossible. the country do the same It is easy to see that a process of detecting false- They are worst suilerers trom. tunat for hood might enjoy an entirely different legal footing from any method of enforcing involuntary revela- tions of the truth. Scientific determination of truth and falsity is only in its infancy. But it does not require the imagina- tion of an H. G. Wells to see the possibility of an entire reformation of rules of evidence and judicial | Procedure. If the next century finds it can establish truth wil scientific precision, our present methods may come tu seem as at as the medieval “trial by tire’ does fo us. huge armament oullays Vheir combined voive is the surest ot al to bring Adininistration to quick atten President Handing tion FEVERJSH PROSPECTS i Wit one New York team leading | and two other teams only a few games tr | the top, it seems probable that New York fs to havé its best baseball | For ye IF BAKER HAD PUBLISHED THEM! ROTEST over the scandalous blundering in the hacker lists" to fight it ¢ the World Serie An all-New York growing. The Nation is not World serie content jo have di rated heroes, war cripples and martyred dead listed along with the yellow-streakeu crowd | is too early to ec rit probable, Bula glance a Secretary Weeks is directly responsible, so ihe | | LEE al ND 4 aed cae med party organs are rushing to his defense appen. How New York would thrab with interes eee hittea a ) How the rival eamps would for play over the Reading these excuses And explanations, one is van Ea f ne get : m ait play a ‘ihe moved to wonder what these same editors woul aun pi toed eae tab : i ball tield a he losal teams have td t ot bad weather big as all outdoors! have said under viher circumstances. For instance, Suppose Seevelary Baker had shown the poor judy ment {0 publish such a Ji Vhose sai But again the fans r means more double eaters when Marly Org: wen! 10 any extreme— . warme: i even 2 is not yet ex » direct misrepres fon—in heir campaiga, Mr, Baker mental perversion against Mr. Baker, cause big crowds to brave cold and rair a ’ r ad and rain winner, Nev Mf the early represented a York yinpathizing with th w pliysi ca] cowardice that resulted in PASO gal conscientious objec. S Can on In truth Mr. Baker's Af stn wus: Pat ha ill reveal a high baseball fe adersioad these men and took the ival an & TRoMeeulat: ons: 9 nett fig ; days arrive 1. if Mr. Baker had unjustly branded Mallison French, Brazil, Bacon and dozens ot other seriers, how the Tribune, for instance, wo raged! We should have heard the tyll details ¢rime of not chee establishing definite grounds before 1 But | TWICE OVERS. “A of ascerl have PEACE officer has no right (0 stop an auto- mobile or other conveyance for the purpose of the high | ining whether il is being used as a means of up in individual d transporting |: uor illegal aking so seri- | Newtons “s-State Allorney General | | | | | Sanji Muto, President of the Japan Association ot | — What kind of u fevier do you find most readable? tsn't t¢ the one thot gives you the worth of @ thousand tords in a couple of hundred?! There ts fine mental ex to aay much in a few words cise und a@ lot of satisfaction in trysny Take time to be brier. Ver the Com as Written. In an. hi f 1 job on an a few nd negiveting to wash ny face for a da two (to look ‘ fihem ws near ax possible? an and wear UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake ant, 10%, by foun Make) DECISION MUST BE BASED ON EXPERIENCE It is decision, or the Jack of it, that makes ference between first-class and second-class men No man is fit the dif to command an eC infantry unless he has decision Hesitation in time of war is fatal destruetive in tines of peace No man enn irmy oreven a company It is dangerous and tlways nietk sure he is right every time But the man who does this oftenest is the furthest in the world, AM important Jeaders of decision up bis mind quickly and be man who gets vetion: of thought are men of of Progr ronn Perl ving W Camrright, 1921, dy ‘Nhe ‘The New Vark | |The Pioneers By Svetozar Tonjoroft lehing Co, | ess | VIL—THE MAN WHO COOKED { THE FIRST MEAL. Our ances far back as we | have been reconstruct thelr lives by the ing, were meat. Jeaters. Lik r carnivorous ani mals, however, they varied their dict roots ard Uh the bam © tender scientists measure the prog- ress that successive races have ma) | by the formation of the teeth in the | skulls of thelr representative 5 Jetons in whieh the canine teeth are | the prominent are regarded as ng belonged to the more primitive f course, ve the discovery of a wiy to make @ fire, our ancestors: ate their meat raw The dish listed An sound dway restaurants os “Partar Kk." or “Steak a la Tare tate,” 8 the most primitive meat dist In the world, It consists of raw meit, chopped and seasoned with various condiments, iding apices | Barring yiees and probably Jail the condiments except possibly sult, “Tartar Sweak"' giv ate idea of the main dish at ty of the earlier called Palvolithie age. eLubl consisted of Th jotier things indicated | Owing to their ina meat, Hity to either tor a short t, ole original anceste oftes discovery of thre tauaki » the tim s it or for longer periods by an ageur= a inet s0- je “vor. of the pr ors must eaten their game—their deer steak, their rabbits their or their squirrels—rather “high. ng ush- ered in the science of cookery, which added greatly to the attractiv ife Cookery and 4 appetite means of f longer without bevot “high to ttt [primitive appe of forefathers Phe our mothers, Manor the — wom itover a thee stride on t prog To begin with, Jery added enormously t ° Nine mou onty mhanced nourishment thou Since that remote time th woking food ting with a from it the un r imp wite t ousew a subject esson taught by the estor who ¢ human being ss im chet had neve ed the first a8 of not only # earliest an— ho ted the ¢ pitth of te od me di ‘ 1 t min the schuola, We 1 nation, Wil our fullest extent of the ' ee ratteat This is particularly true of vaccutives who have many we yn \ ularly tat . eason f nen under them. ‘To such men hesitation means lost time Hire ates \ pee hiindreds of hours of if, and is not to be tolerated WHERE DID YOU GET, \ » | before N But be very carefaly in cultivating decision, to it THAT WORD ? | Houses concurriy No And wha y York, May 16 ov experience ‘ Ne asks in regard to the other ft It will be anything but an advantage to be able to wake 25 AUTOMOBILE i y thi Normatey or Whatt up your mind quickly if you make it up wrong every time en ec te toe , x ‘ : : tration «¢ he y un even anid the Six Tis now the tontiy of yernuiey either you nor | would be able to decide instantly be ; : ! ; ; Say we spense-with % ; grows to meet the ens of . ‘i y tween two reports of engineers as to the best course to oun fAvention a word mixed wa 1 ar: * : se on pray a railroad ck pretix “autos.” : nee \ railroad president or general manager who was wort! neh “mobile if , his salt could decide vi short AG, “uncertaln) the ning of | : : hvented the objec a taken mikey He could do so because ve of expericnce would have eae lite kon ther bh will define its . taught him how to weigh the question and to decide for ley invent ale thy re the combination that means the castest @rades and the most nen rs 435. wenib I traffie ican people ESE voted far Vie Charvbd But we can or at least ought to he able to decide our Se cdment, 1s x 6 own problems without nyich waste of time ML a ’ ! ; airy We ought not to hesitate more than hall an hour over ' 47 votes) fy ’ oy clear the questionnasre the choice of a suit of eluthes, or more than ten seconds over F i nD. " HINELY WARWEE } 1 ed Tie ABITAGNE Y Si eaiy art te choice of a necktie Wulo vo sti Yet even to make trivial choices such as these requires obile ingans “changeable, “anes ar sett eA i hnowledge of ourselves, which is not lightly aequired pacatinn “ain a oe fon Kent Raising : : # 1 F f languu t explain, oy nee CHa and Hyde ‘ rs earn to decide, for decision means efficieney. Bur ftom tern rental ay / My ldaiiord raised my reni ia icarn to decide right, Base decision on (thought, and ox apUltutR . ae bia eae ; aaa 1 huve been he (or annnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, nnn! terns pe f {hath in the outsk . : 7 1 The . nnyeni t y Can raise my rent now a ia tut ‘ ' u fl 2 ‘ ; eatens to dot And al heroes. Practically a n 66 ) ” Ww viry angiy when ‘Asked ent. ‘The 5 1 1 nH ade Joan't pay the ived tah from Uncle Sant at sa act | wierenbouw We dis a he ave . New York, May 17, 1921 1 few mont Phese are the rea By Albert I. Soutiiwick | ‘ mate 1 ; ; ced Note, Ore old rent. | stackers 4 pood ar f Copyris n Ke t vipa ¢ ) sei 1 i yu can dispossessed sthe | have t ‘ nothin 1 eva 1 have to Ko to court and eecogmlaedd by ft oH ' ee cou 4 intiond Ww Av: EG, Ot thee In th ma deytiti nd! Engl sh by wy t w vn 1 1 @ it t reasonableness of his new | to i hey shou ‘ ; tas sf t f me) and ‘ ri . i musth OL a \ u on h 4 Popa by ilar a May L419 tor \ i x Vie “Heat Stack - Wentyelirsl yen : Miter View To the Fatitor af he Faening Wor slacker AF # baitoroi I " Instead of the War Departunent the Batu af Phe brening Wor ; ae wars in ihe BUREORS We: enone publishing the lst of the so-call Will somebody please expiiin te my ‘ aol ek emino! Heo You would not ' Which so far bas proved in-/the reason for publishing the o. tt TS, fa : breeding foreigne prot y why not publish the list wlacke Is it to honor then ive Morida, property or fight fc You would slackers--the consclence- | Tf you could look through the rec ost iieo che look to American man { the z yellow curs, who, when ords of the W Department you u Aas Spain, in 1818, ie tan voreienee ot ares je oitehivieota T mean the Would find that mast of those already , : Pes th Am any n sThous € ctors cdught are tree after serv atl r first marine insurance, accord. Ww Ny ' y sre now enjoying Jail sentences and the ne us conjecture of Suetonius, r rita ~ ¥ Uein have honeravle | F uw 4 in the year 43. It positively ox: fire bs X a ccton of the country tha : iflage on the fa Known as isted in 648. Lt way. flret mut) gts tre . op avery: attire 1A mod to ald ty the time of Government? M I Hannah,” with a daugh- operation in ‘England in 1596; in [ana works a8 4 luburer, while his wile Moat of them ave holding down | firooklya, May 16, 1921 ‘ Hannab disappeared, America tn 1731. ‘4