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i e i “ee ; ¢ ‘ , ; pie mn | thousands of people in the United nage in} am ee ee yosern PuLitzer, * day by The Press Publishing ‘D> ‘Publitmed Dally Hxcept Company. Noe. D3 RALPH PULITZER, President, 68 Park Row. | 4 J. ANGUS SHAW. Trenaurer. 63 Pork Row. & 3OREPH PULITZER, Hecretory, 63 Park Row, heretm, . WHAT WOULD BE MORE JUST. HE Railroad Labor Board made ‘a mistake and overlooked an opportunity in dealing with the wages of the ‘shopmen. The mistake was in extending any relief to employers who could not show “clean hands.” The overlooked opportunity was ‘in’ failure to use what little coercive power the board. has in bringing outlaw employers to book. Shopmen have a just grievance against em- ployers end the Labor Board. Several railroads have evaded orders of the Labor Board and, in spite of the protest of the board, are “farming out” repair work to private contractors, A contractor leases the repair shop from the tailroad. The railroad discharges its shop em- ployees. The contractor hires them at reduced wages and under less favorable working rules. “This violates both the spirit of the Transpor- tation Act and the rules of fair play. The Labor Board would have done better to have taken into consideration the sharp practice used against the shopmen. By skipping the re- quest for/lower wages in the shops it could have put indirect pressure on the contract-evaders. Indeed, the Labor Board would be entirely justified in refusing to consider any wage cuts,at all until the offending railroads had ceased to pursue such tactics. “HAVE TIMES CHANGED? wt pleasure we note that the Herald ‘and’ Tribune are advocating American par- ticipation in the League of Nations. : The news comes somewhat indirectly. But it is ‘authentic—af least, as authentic as the assut-, ance that Harry Daugherty,didg't have anything to do with getting a pardon for Morse and didn’t get any fees for what he didn’t do. Our source of information is the same, Senator Jim Watson of the Indiana G. O, P. Speaking on the tariff—the tariff, mind you— Watson. identified opposition to the Fordney- McCumber schedules with free trade, and “free trade is an internati proposition that goes hand in hand with the Ueague of Nations.” “Times have changed. The spirit of interna- tionalism is abrokd in the land. The League of Nations hes been discussed. Tremendous efforts have been made:to drag us into“all the entangle- ments and all the brotls of Europe, and if it eannot be done politically in one way there are~ in- eluding certain papers in New York, who intend to do it in another.” | And there you have it., The secret, is out. The | Herald and the Tribune have opposed the Ford+ hey-McCumber tariff and are guilty of interna- tiSnalism, Bolshevism, anarchy, atheism, meastes, bigamy, rationalism, the pip and every other ‘thing objectionable to the Old Guard. ; Senator Watson's speech was heralded as mark- ing a change in Republican tactics on the tariff. | Republican spellbinders are now to talk back -and condugt a grand revival of protectionist faith. ? : One question we would ask. Why did Senator : ‘Watson say, “Times have changed”? His gpeech doesn’t show it. A But maybe they have. Senator Watson didn’t identify opposition to the McCumber schedules with sympathy for secession. That is a consitl- erable advance, Senator Watson may yet be ‘revealed as a Progressive. asd A PERFECT FIT. Addressing the assembly of Mayors at Pough- keepsie, Gov. Miller dwelt on the extra dif- culty the municipal problem presents in cities where “are congregating more and more great masses of people who are unfamiliar with our institutions, unfamiliar with our manners and customs.” “These masses of people offer an in- centive, if you please, or certainly an opportunity, for the self-seeker, the dema- gogue, the charlatan, to appeal to their prejudice and their ignorance, not for the purpose of serving their needs, not for the purpose of advancing public interests, but for the purpose of promoting the oppor- , tunities of those who take these measures ! to secure place and position.” The City ‘of, New York is acquainted with two men who fit that coat extra well at the present time. One is just now lunching and ‘ dining with the British aristocracy, The other i is on a little trip to Poughkeepsie. LILLIAN RUSSELL. HERE was no brighter, fairer figure for the memoryyof this generation than Lillian ' Russell, Nobody took her place when She retired | from the stage. There is no one to take it now ' she is dead, : A She was something more than a vision of love- liness, She had “the grand manner.” She be- longed to an older school that could make an Offenbach opera a thing pf sumptuous joy in- *. stead of mere thin and wavering revival. She _ Nas a more soul-satisfying Grand Duchess than | But for the older part, at least, of the present “The Old Guard hopes he will be good—or at least FTHE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1992.7! any real one that ever lived. She could walk down a stairway with a radiant graciousness that made every male beholder long to be in frilled shirt-front and satin knickerbockers—on bended *knee. She was a sparkling dream of beauty, carrying ‘herself with a poise that no.one else could even imitate. She reigned supreme, she reigned alone. i The most beautiful woman on the American stage became in her later years a sotial welfare worker, played a modest part in political cam- paigns and was appointed bY President Harding a special investigator to study immigration con- ditions abroad. Her sound and sensible report on the latter subject was the last .work she did before she fell ill. To the end of her life she.retained the whole- some vitality, amiability and magnetism that were the accompaniments and preservatives of her great beauty. Whenever in recent years she appeared in benefits, she had only to walk on the stage to receive the biggest, heartiést dyation of the performance. y There are many fair women left in the theatre. . es al t al ni bi generation one of its most brilliant and cherished lights has been extinguished. AND NOW IOWA! “THE Republican Old Guard at Washington must be getting into much the same mental attitude as the Kansas farmer who noted the rapid approdch of a cyclone cloud, locally known as a “twister.” - The farmer prayed: “O Lord, for that which we are about { receive let us be thankful.” The “twister,” it is recorded, did its worst. It whisked away the farmer’s herd of cattle. But the storm had picked up some equally fine pigs, and these dropped from the cloud undamaged, bi and study her ways. Institute an much to the defffht of the farmer, 4 abtya! search. Stop, look, 1 The farmer had had a sign painted on his barn Find out the facts just as they are, teading: “For Sale, Durham & Jersey Cattle.” and then, by further investigation, After the “twister” passed he revised, it to read: “For Sale, Duroc-Jersey Hogs.” It was neces- sary to change only a few letters. ~ The farmer, being a devout man, was thankful that the new livestock was not of the Poland- China breed, which would have required more painting. . Each new primary seems to be a “twister” for the Administration. But after the storm passes, the Old Guard always finds something for which it may be thankful. ‘ Mr. Brookhart of lowa is welcagne to the fold. Pi o! a c a o1 not too unruly. What's this? Col. Harvey too sensitive to appear in knee-pants? Since when has the Colonel turned shy about his understanding? From Evening World Readers; What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn’t if the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying fo eay much in few words. Take time to be briet. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake Woprright. 1922 by John Blake) OVERLOADING TO-MORROW. THE SOUTH NEEDS MORE LIKE THESE THIRTY. HIRTY citizens of High Point, N. C., are reported to have joined in the defense of tlie jail when a mob demanded a negro suspected of an attack on a white woman. These thirty men deserve credit for their act. The South needs many repetitions of the inci- dent. : ; In this instance the Chief of Police of the town says that three suspects have been arrested, none . of whom, he believes, is the man responsible. If the mob had had its way, one or more of the suspects would have been lynched, in which case the man actually guilty would probably have escaped. Some Southerners defend lynch law on the ground that it is swift and sure, strikes terror and so deters repetition of the crime. But if the lynchers get the wrong man in one case, doesn’t the escape of.the real miscreant de- prive the warning of all its effect? If a Negra is criminally minded, one miscarrtage of justice will suggest that he too may escape the conse- quences of his act. The Wadsworth Bill. }o the Editor of The Kvening World: We wish to express a word of ap- preciation for the editorial éntitied “Airplanes Disturb Open Air Cere- monies," printed in The Evening World June 1. You recognize the mecessity for qesulation, We urge that you lend all assistance possible in facilitating passage of the Wadswogth bill pro- viding for the regulation of commer- clal aircraft in interstate and foreign commerce and establishing a Bureau of Civil Aviation in the Department of Commerce. . This bill has passed the Senate and is pending in the House of Rep- resentatives. It has the sympathetic indorsement of the National’ Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the chiefs of the army, navy and air mail sei vices, and we believe of the Depart- ment of Commerce. Such legislation as is: proposed in this bill has been recommended by the Administration, and had been urged by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, which represents the manufacturing, operating and allied interests in the atreraft industry throughout the United States. Pass age of national law alone will pre- vent a recurrence of this condition. APRONAUTICAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF AMERICA, INC. New York, June 2, 1922. much if not more than the Majestic. The Leviathan was run by Ameri- cans. Is the Majestic? Give the United. States Navy credit. FRANK A. WISEMAN. Brooklyn, June 1, 1922. [Editor's Note.—The Majestic is, in fact, slightly larger than the Levia~ than, algo built by Germans and named the Vaterland, Number of passengers and quantities of supplies for the Leviathan used 98 a trans- port are not fairly comparable with similar figures for the Majestic used in commercial sei The record of the Leviathan isin np way minimized by statement of the facts regarding the Majestic, which 1s of slightly greater tonnage.] The man who expects to do great things to-morrow will do well to provide the time for doing them. Most of our to-morrows are already overloaded with the work of to-day, yesterday and the day before yesterday. When they arrive this work has to be got out of the way before we can start the Big Job. ? By the time they are clear we are too tired and sleepy to undertake it, + The men who get things done are the men who arrange in advance for,the time in which to do them. . No lawmaking body can provide a day with more than twenty-four hours in it. If six or eight of those hours must be spent ¢atching up with past’ work there will be no time for what, in legislative parlance, is called “new business.” Rest and recreation are so attractive and delightful to most of us that we are tempted to take them, when we can, borrowing the time from the future. Borrowed time is even more bothersdéme than borrowed money, for it must be repaid, and there is no possible way to create a surplus out of which to pay it. ~ It is quite possible if you have borrowed a hundred dol- lars that you can make repayment by and by with little inconvenience te yourself. But if you take away three hours from next Thursday. only that exact amount of time will be available next ‘Thurs- day, and the chances are a hundred to one you are going to need it for something else. The to-morrow that is not overloaded, that is a clean page on which to write fresh needs, may be the turning point in your career, The \to-morrow whose time is all mort, which principal and interest must be repaid Te ane fe little use saving for “making up” lost time. : ‘The worker who counts his dayg ahead that each shall be allotted its eight heey of fn iiraoen find himself getting ahead and accumulating the leisure in which fo do the big, important things as we all want ra do. The man whose to-morrows are all overloaded is going to find each of them more wearisome and more nerve-rack- ing than to-day. Popular Opinion gnd Prohibi To the Editor of the Evening World: Replying to Arthur Barnhart's criticism of my recent letter attack- ing Prohibition, he makes himself very ridiculous when he tries to prove that the people have voted on the question of Prohibition. I stated: “His kind (referring to E. J. A. and reformers) do not dare put it squarely up to the people to vote"— with the emphasis on squarely. You know the people have never voted on it individually and they never will if the reformers can pre- vent it. “So the popular sentiment is over- whelmingly in favor of Prohibition!" Yet a trial of Prohibition has proved to.the contrary, Has there ever been a time in the history of our great country when there was more defiance and disrespect of all laws? The juries even sympathize with the lawbreak- ers. Consequently a failure of prosecu- tions, and why? Can the people obey a law they do not respect, such as the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead act? The reform element always avoids the important question; Is beer or wine with a little more alcoholic eontent than one-half of 1 per cent. intoxicating? I will ask again, If the majority of the people want Prohibition why has it cost our Government and people so many millions of dollars in at- tempts to enforce it? WILBUR, B. GRAHAM, New York, June 192: Sir Arthur said himself there was trouble in those dinosaurs. * ACHES AND PAINS There will be a sigh and a tear for Lillian Russet among those who remember the blithe damsel who sang brisk songs in Tony Pastor's Theatre in the cor- ner of Tanumany Hall, where Tony himscif croaked “Blige a Lady" and like archaic airs, Then came her * brilliant showing in the “Sorcerer.” The rest most jolks know, She came of able stock. Her father was a famous printer in Ohicago and her mother was a progressive in skirta, Majestic and Levinth: ‘To the Editor of The Evening World An article in your paper in regard to the 8. 8. Majestic says It carries the largest number of passengers and the greatest store of food, This te not correct, as we have the figures to prove. In the first place the right name of the ship is Bismarck, built by Germany. ‘ou iaferred that thi wonderful boat was built by the Eng. lish. ‘1 But compare it with the Leviathan. During the war this ship carried at least 12,000 troops and a crew of 2,000, maicing a total of 14,000 at a trip. Here are some figures of Levia- than supplies to compare with those of the Majestic: Turkey, 150,000 Ibs. hams, 80,000 tbs. pork loins, 80,000 Ib frankfurter + $0,000 Ibs, Mr, Untermyer having proven by Judye Gary that the United States Steel Corporation Nas several dollars the best of it per ton, the Federal Trade Commission gravely pretends that its new rival will be unfairly competitive! Why laugh? ¢, ° “Labor conquers all,” says the Lath proverd. The United States Supreme Court seems to be excepted. . residence of King Mar! Taolde. Bp s oe \ “The Bill of Exclusion” was one which passed the English House of Commons in 1679, proposing to ex- clude the Puke of York from the throne because he was a Roman Catholic; but, as James II., he began to reign Feb. 85. ° “That’s a Fact’’ By Albert P. Southwick foserriens, Mate Pests Gxt ‘The Punjab, or Punjaub, ‘the great India territory in Asia, derives its nume from two Persian. words signi- fying ‘five rivers.’’ The five afflu- ents of the Indus which. give rise to the name are the Jhelma, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej. ee beet, 440,600 bacon, i pork sau- 200,- Puzzle: Find the “increased service” on the subway around 9 A. M. ‘ . “Devil's Wall’ was the name giyen to the old Romap wall dividing England and Scotland, so called by those living in jthe vicinity because they thought, from its durability, it must have been built by Satan. . An Automobil A Its Wheels, To the Editor of The Evening World: When an automobile ts travelling at high speed around a curve which two qwheels leave the ground, those on the inside. of the curve or thase on the . It would be fine to run away From the land of work to the land of play; To lay aside the heavy loads And linger along the pleasant roads! . Tintagel, (Tennyson calls it “Tin- tagil,’’ In his poem of Guinevere), is a ruined castle on the west coast of nwail, England, famous im -ro- nance as the birthplace of King Arthur and the seat of his court. it i» also noted as the tradit~onal 60,000 tbs. potate 250,000 i e navy beans, 1,000 bage, t aH t te banking © ‘These figures show the Majestic '#/ 3" <2 9 based, not a world beater, and thot there \# A E, YEANDLE. another sbip that can acoomplien eat’ Woodhaven, L. 1, May 18, 103%, Fort Griswold is a ruined fortifica~ tion near New London, Conn. It was attacked and-captured by the British in September, 1781, The quati ia aatd to have lesa sagacity than any other gdfje bird. Yet dt perstate better than the wiseat of , . JOHN KEwrz, called Francis Bacon the “wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind." It is gertain that Bacon was one ofthe wisest and brightest of men, but it ip 5 not so certain that he was the meat. — nd it has forgotten the pk thinking of\the splendor that before it. that he was the father of the Induge tive Method, so far’ at least as modern time Is concerned. He was antiot- pated, of course, by Aristotle and by, Novum Organum, or “New* Method, set men to thinking along the Ines that were to lead to our wonderful _ twentieth century science. theoties, the facts had not a ghost of.a chance. If the facts contradicted the theory, then so much the worse for the facts; facts, and let the theory conform to those facts or perish."’ . suggested to men the way in which § the facts were.to be found. That is to say, he suggested the METHOD. with dreaming. session? the upper Adam's fall? How old ts the How old {s the human race? were the hilis piled up and the riyere made? maze are great forces, the perpetual is evidenced by the harmony and hold in Nature—and what are tilose forces? Novum Organum. to say, the fictions and delusions of men regarding things—began to dle- appear, with the asking of these questions, slave man began to be her master, ‘The foundation was laid for modi science and for that sovereignty man over the material world which is the crowning glory of the age in which we live, self made but few contributions to | sclence,, but it cannot be denied that || he was the cause of the enthusiasm for science in other men. Nature and way from the physical abstraetions of the men and bringing about the scientific know!- edge which was to be of such inéal- culable benefit to all mankind. pearance of being pure Anglo-Saxon. But it 4 origin and smacks of the magic prop- erties of medieval medicine. Latin against the bite of serpents or against | poison of any kind, Greek ‘‘theriakos,"’ belonging to or venomous animals (“therion,” wild beast). y the spume of su; jes, obtained its name from. its posed resemblance to the ancient pound in appearance, or from its gup- , however, came into the English langauge? rectly through the French form, ‘hr i acle."’ : at Phantassie, Haddingtonshire, Eng-! land, on June 7, London on Oct. 4, 1821, He obtained | ventor ‘of Later he studied at. Edinburgh Uni-? versity, where his brilliant worl fa _ mathematica and physical science-at- | tracted much attention, influence of his inétructors he was) commissioned chinery, through the success he achieved, by > substituting iron In parts that uf toy his time had been made of wood. +He} became famous, however, as a eivil engineer, and on his work is based much of the science of land reelaim- + ing, harbor building, and bridge erect- » ing. harbor works at Hull, the Londoit Bast India docks and the dock yards of Portsmouth and Chatham, Epoch-Making BOOKS . By Thomas Bragg Copyright, 122, (New med World), By Preas Pubtt THE NOVYM ORGANUM. The poet, like David in his haste, st., Bacon's ifs star went dows im louds and darkness, It is .true; byt he world is both sensible and just, ” Bacon's fame rests upon the faot is. great namesake, Roger Baupn, ut {t was Fraricis Bacon who, in . Before Bacon's time men had their — and before those theories yut Bacon’ said: ‘First find your But Bacon did more than that+he CTIVE - In substance -he said, ‘Don't stop Go out into Nature ind out what the facts mean.’* Ts disease the result nf devil-pos- Does man chew by moving jaw? Are the planets ushed along their orbits by banks f angels? Is death the result. of a | What makes the wind, blow? nd the tides rise and fall, and the // rops grow? Back of all the mighty: | nd never-failing presence uf which rderliness that we everywhere \be- Such are the questions that. were suggested to men by Bacon in the The “idols of the théatro’—that Is and from being Nattfe’s 4s it is perfectly true that Bacon him- © His ook caljed men's attention to n that way assisted , in ¢ WHERE. DID--YOU GET THAT WORD? © 478—TREACLE. The word “treacle’’ has every ap- strange to say, of classic In the language occurs the word ‘theriaca,"’ or “‘therfaice,” an antidote 4 This, in turn, originated from the Treacle, which is, strictly speaking, in sugar refiner- é:: medicinal properties —w! + do not exist. The +1. ——— WHOSE BIRTHDAY \ JUNE 7—JOHN RENNIE was born’ *i = 1761, and died’ in' his training under Meikle, the “in-, the threshing mactifne. - Through’ the: to erect milling ma-t and became prominent) Among his famous works Waterloo and London bridges, ey