The evening world. Newspaper, September 7, 1922, Page 22

THE EVENING ‘WORLD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922, y JOSEPH PULITZER » The Press ) New. York. 1, 69 Park Row 68 Park Row. Company, 53 THURSDAY EPTEMBER _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Entered at the Post Office at New York as Second Class Matter Postage free in the United States, outaile Gresier New Vork, One Year Six Moniha One Mouth Evening World $10.00 i Bale and einai World’... “1200 1.00 Daily Ua ee aly, 10.00 a8 ‘orld Only 4.00 a A-Week World 190 ‘Wertd Aieshaee tor 1922, 45 genta: by mall 00 conta, BRANCH OFFICES ERRP RD: YOR, Bray, cor ash | WASHINGTON, Wratt Dide., Boog Tih Ave, near] tain and Ste Higtel Theresa’ Bide | HeTROM?, 621 Ford Ride BRON, HOB. Visth St. near) eAICAGO, 1608 Mailers Bide. BROAN, 292 Washington St.| PARIS, 47 Avenue de VOpera, ‘and 317 Fulron sr LONDON, 20 Cockepur Bt. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associnied Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repnbit- fation of all news despatches cradiied 10 1 oF not otherwise credited im this paper, and also the local news published herein THREE BETTER WAYS. HERE may be excellent grounds for im- peachment of Attorney General Daugherty But what is the user How would that better the situation A President capable of appointing one Daugh- erty might be expected to appoint another, If Mr. Harding cannot find good reason for drop- ping his present Attorney he can't expected to pick a successor more desirable Any talk of a general strike. or even a twenty- four-hour demonstration strike, would be too silly to warrant serious consideration. Any such move would swing to the Attorney General most of the public sympathy he lost by his recent idiotic move for a too sweeping injunction against the striking railway shopmen Neither will it serve to “pass a law’ making such constitutional invasions criminal. Who would prosecute the Attorney General for mal- feasance? Would it be the Attorney General himself or one of his appointees’ In the current case a plea of lunacy would be a sufficient de- fense against punishment No! Organized labor has three sensible and elfective lines of procedure. All three can be operated simultaneously First is the appeal to law. Fight the Daugh- erty injunction when it comes to a héaring and ‘ appeal if necessary Second is active educational propaganda to show the ineffectiveness, the inequitable features and the dangerously subversive tendencies in government by injunction. Third comes direct and effective political ac- tion. If laws are wrong, laws can be changed by orderly processes. Organized labor, like the rest of the voters of the country, must learn to judge better the men it helps elect to office. The country had full and fair warning in the case of Daugherty and Harding. The man who boasted that he would “put over” his candidate by shifty political jobbery might be expected to “put over” such an injunction as he asks. If a man is known by the company he keeps, the country ought to have been warned by the Daugherty management of the Harding cam- paign. General be John Sharp Williams probably feels betier to-day. His decision to retire would have been a real calamity if it had meant Vardaman as a successor. “VOTES FOR INDIANS.” N_ INDIAN chief is in the East talking “Votes for Indians.’ If he can muster sufficient strength among his people, there is no good reason why Indians should not vote. Certainly the Indians are as competent to exercise the franchise as many other groups But the franchise is in large measure a State function, and many States permit the “civilized Indians” to vote. It is the tribal Indians who are barred from voting, and these are in gen- eral the “Indians not taxed’ mentioned in the Fourteenth Amendment. Most of the Indians not now allowed to vote enjoy favors from the Government. If they care to come in, on a basis of equality of taxation as well as of franchise, they will find object few to WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN GREECE? EPOSITION did not teach King Constan- D line a So it much to expect that re-election to the Greek throne would be more salutary In fighting the Turks when world, and Greece, too, is tired of fighting, Con- Stantine_was simply running true to form ing in the rut Constantine, like his father won the affection and admiration of his people by fighting the Turks. So Constantine thought to cement his election in “M20 by a fitting triumph in 1922 . But the scene has changed. Greece can no longer play the powers against each other so advantageously as when Russia, Austria and Germany were in the ring. The Greek troops are beaten and there seems to be a general policy, lesson Was 100 ata time the stay- before him her own of allowing Greece to stew in juice France, England and [te ma scramble for themselves but not tor Gree Another ind in tue light between Venizelos and Constantine might have a result very dif- ferent from last. Venizelos has been quiet of late. It may prove to be onl the quiet of the cai waiting for the motie be indiscreet BAD LUCK AYOR TIYLANS transit plan went before the Board of [stimate vesterday and an- nouncemen) was made oi live public hearings thereon, the first to be held Sept. 18. If this meant only public consideration of more proposals dealing wilh practical means and routes for transit reliel, there would be little to say against 1) Chairman MeAneny of the Fransit Gonumission has himself declared the commission's willingness to consider the particu- lar routes the Mavor proposes Mr. MeAneny has said frankly “It may well be thar some of the modifica. Hons suggested would improve the routers the commission has already laid ont and made public.” Unhappily, the Mayors aim and action mean notoriously nothing of the sort The Mayor is still “promoting” himself for a showy fight with the ]ransit Commission. The Mayor knows perfectly well that he can score no knockout on the State authority Which the Tran- sit Commission holds Yet he is perfectly will- ing to stage himself in a silly sparring contest, while the people of this city wait for even a on the new subways they so sorely need New York is playing in bad luck Here is an important moment in its. transit development that calls for tact and wisdom in its City Hall It finds folly start there only rambunctiousness and IT CAN'T LAST. LAIHS from wood alcohol Brooklyn since last Sunday morning a total of twelve. Fach succeeding holiday gives an extra boost to the steadily mounting numbers of persons killed by the deadly concoctions that circulate under Nation-wide Prohibition. To the Anti-Saloon League these death lists are merely regrettable but inevitable accompani- ments of the great triumph which decrees that no man in the United States may lawfully buy even a bottle of real beer. It doesn’t matter ‘if hundreds or thousands gc blind and die, provided Prohibition tyranny pre- serves its power to curtail personal liberty. It doesn’t matter if bad liquor under Prohibi- tion kills more than did good liquor before Pro- hibition, so long as the Anti-Saloon League maintains its grip on the country. Persons who take a drink under Nation-wide Prohibition deserve to die. How long will intelligent Americans put up with this doctrine? How soon will they open their eyes to what is happening in the neighboring Canadian Province of Quebec, where the carefully restricted sale of pure, guaranteed liquors under strict Government supervision has done away with the abuses of the liquor traffic without abolishing personal freedom or exposing people to the danger of being poisoned? We still refuse to believe that even the Anti- Saloon League can make a fool of the United States indefinitety in this poisoning reached Explaining his “recapture” proposals, the Mayor makes a strong point regarding the saving to patrons of the B. R. T. who now have to pay another nickel in changing to the Interborough and vice versa. Strangely the Mayor ignores the other props able effect of his plan which would require extra fares in changing from one Inter- borough line to the recaptured line. The shuttle service at Times Square handles a good many persons daily. ACHES AND PAINS Will some of our miltion or more readers please tell us where we can get a real oyster stew—not a blue-tinted milk and water affair with a few wrinkled bivalves floating somewhere in its depths, graced with a dab of oleomargarine—but a rich, creamy compound, well packed with choice shellfish from York River or the Chesapeake? Does such exist? Short skirts are becoming to short girls but not to the tall variety, The proportions get lost and the effect is to accentuate the l-gs—which are thin apt to he General Strike has never been a very yood Com mander in Chief of Labor's army . The announcenent that New York hua been “tit up” incandescently for forty years is a sort of sur- prise. Modern mapic all too soon becomes a matter of course Perhaps Summer intends to pay ua @ Fall visit . How quiet it is with neither Llold George nor George Harvey saying anything! . We wish they would settle the fuas over Bmyrna so Turkish fige would de plenty and cheap again. JOHN KEETZ. - Playing With a Loaded Gun! Ve ye Conyright, 1922, (New York Evening World) by Press Pub. Co. Penn rete wget Fe onto a re From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Ian't it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? Why Is the Taxicab 1 ced? To the Editor of The Evening World This State recently passed a State agency. Instead of being a boon to society the agency is a detriment, in- asmuch as it monopolizes the means of securing employment for which it Highway Law compelling the taxicab] extorts a handsome premium the operators to carry a casualty insuranc The unfortunate job-hunter has policy or a bond. This law had the ap-Japsolutely no yecourse whatever to and Proval of every thinking man who walks the streets of New York or drives a car, and is following along the lines of similar laws in Western States, which are rigidly enforced, The average taxicab driver, however, pre- fers to make less money and keep out- side of the law rather than make more and comply with its require- ments; he continues to try to take the buttons off your coat without killing you and missing your running board by @ quarter of an inch. ‘A friend of mine was recently knocked down and badly bruised by a taxicab. On investigation he found the operator had no insurance, had only made a payment on his car and had no responsibility whatever, I am also informed that not more than half of the operators in New York City have combat this force which enslaves hint to the employment agency. Can't some body of men invoke the law to curb these profiteers, or, better ‘still, do away with them forever? A. LIONEL LEVY Where Is Itt To the Editor of The Evening World Is there a station on any of our railways named Normalcy? Even a coaling station? If so please inform the syndicate of “great? minds here in Washington who promised US so much before the elections. DILLY DALL) Washington, D. C., Sept. 1, 19 An Opinion. To the Editor of 7! ning World I note from an article in your paper taken out insurance and are simply Fi Bi tax taking advantage of the test case now] Of the ‘6th inst. that “Appeal for ee in the courts to dodge all lability. The| Funds to Prosecute’’ the assasins of jaw ts plain and has been upheld in(the Herrin massacre is: being made by two cases, Why does not Pollee Com- [Preachers stating that appeal follows} 3 abil the Governor's veto of appropriation. missioner Enright check these men up ald Some seh? and protect the public? It may be your turn next to get hit by a reckless} Both are radically snd morally driver. ROBERT LEB. |.vrong. I maintain that the party who New York, Sept. 4, 1922 should be made to pay is the so- Z called “union,’’ for they were the ied From Many Books, murderers, although they may try to fool themselves as braves They make the honest working folk pay in taxes for their rascality and To the Editor of Th The daily inst the Wise” is, I presume taken from Employment Agencies. their heads pile feed many of the peoples of Europe utilized, set the world ahead hundreds of years. piled high with wasted hours and abandoned intentions and misdirected effort. how to keep, gi of one's Fatural ability to keep promises to himself that he may make hereafter. own advantage goes to that useless and growing mound— which unlike the garbage pile is never of value to any one in this world. viewing its’ melancholy proportions learn how much time, Sy anne how many resolutions, how many good intentions they have crtll Yon please print the name ot} Whe Gin the ether poor telows: |} wasted, ‘and thus receive the shock that might help them HB. OU position? Would they think they to be less wasteful in the future New York, N. y should be murdered?) ‘Do us you The most efficient use of li will get for most of us would be done by’ does not enter! % ouiy a little happiness. To bestow any of it to the scrap UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by Bell Syndt ON THE SCRAP HEAP OF TIME. In some American cities contractors pay for the priv- ate, Inc.) ilege of collecting garbage. From the huge heaps which they accumulate in out of way places they gather tidy profits. Far more than crumbs fall from the tables of a careless wasteful people. And even the crumbs can be converted into useful products through the aid of modern scientific machinery. What the people of prosperous nations waste would What they waste in time and energy would, if properly Almost every citizen has his own private scrap heap, He little realizes how much he contributes to it and each contribution lessens his chance of happiness. Good resolutions, broken because they are troublesome o to the. scrap heap, and with them goes a little Hours spent in idleness, merely because idleness is less on the energy than work, follow the good resolutions help to swell the total of assets that are gone forever. Probably seventy-five per cent. of the energy and the ity that the average human being could utilize for his As it grows the value of the people who contribute to ishes. What they give it they And unhappily they ‘can can never recover never inspect it, never by is more than the ablest of men or women can afford. he Editor of ‘The Evening World So IT say make the “causer’’ pay, as The auestion of employment agen-|¥ou would any one who smashed your cles in a serious problem with those}Window, &¢. ‘The strikers wore who are forced to eek employment|the ‘cause’” and should pay the/ human happiness as Mr. Ferris would through these channels widows and fatherless children—or| pave us think, one may be sure thut ‘The employment agency has rapidly | their blood will ery out against the} something besides an alcoholic drink grown {n favor among employers who} murderers For vengeance, | would have been made out of the . are either too lazy to interview th Sees Por ae STICK, aktay ut awick prospective employ r too stupid to bs 2 is With all good th ngs there. is sume rk Evening make a prudent selection. The tack ra P ‘ evil, So there is evil in drink an q rating the tanto the-daunimiett whe Wey ot riodsentta : church, Bither, taken to excess, pro- caeardiag to the HRA phen ass Cal- entirely with the agency. Competition gene Ferris quotes Matthew in| duces abnormality, and the lesson eee oon the meedionte) robs them of the time that should b@] bolstering up his Argument for Prot |-| Christ gives ts the lesson of modera-} tN ut tll oo tt oe devoted to verifying the applicant's} bition, but one must thank him for his] tion in the use of all good things. He SD eee aowa toa Ine ae mite ability. ‘The result is that a man’s ex-|admission that it (Matthew xviil, §-|did not preach the hateful Oe a en ie ane or ae perience is taken ot his own sayso|9) might be used for many other pur-| that seems to be the keynote oMsome) yy tf and he is rushed to the employer's there is also some move modern sects. whose bellefs are pr lar chart office to get in ahead of these who are anent the drinking of Wine ly based upon His teachings Lecminap ah (ie liallanulennacs ent by other agencies, ‘This ts not said Matthew there is a way that seemeth Fight) i atone."’ is @ thin, emaciated giving justice to the men on either stianity ts fundamentally] unto men, but the way thereof is he] nt tee that side of the employment transaction the use of force us un] way of death.” Take the way Clirist {00 man, Mie t There is also # class of job hunters nt of reform, and we know that|shows you if you think total absti- Ji in s , a which turns to th 4 Christ made wine » know that He|nence is a good thing: no one w Pi oat Jneré Compass, said to hav: resort, and these could just as easily have made beet-[you, but don't cuttoff the other fel- DG Matinarie Compaen, #51 to-heve no chance to make a suitable connec-| steak out of the water; and if wine] low's hands and feet just because you} been ivan ied “he Une ot tlon, ‘fhe better jobs are held over|and other naturally fermented drinks] don't agree with him as u fa 3a for those who religiously patronize the (such as beer) were as destructive of WILLTAM-L, WILLICH improved at Naplos in 1802; Epoch-Making BOOKS By Thomas Bragg Onprriaht. 1923 (New York Ey by Press Publishing Armed “THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.” In the year 1831 the Beagle, a stout old wooden warship of ten guns, saited out of the harbor of Davenport, Eng- land, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy of the Royal Navy. The Beagle, notwithstanding her ten guns, sailed forth in the interest not of war but of peace, her business be- ing to survey the coasts of South America and to make certain chrono- metrical measurements of the earth On board the Beagle was a youn, man named Charles Darwin, the ‘‘nat- uralist’’ of the expedition, who was to “receive no salary, but to be without expense. The young naturalist kept his eyes open during the voyage and picked up 2 vast amount of information about Nature and her workings; the infor- mation was pondered over for some® twenty years, and in 1860 there ap~ peared the book entitled, ‘The Origia of Species."” bs Cuvier asked, “Shall not naturat /F *') history some day find its Newton be: Cuvier did not know that at the very | oh time he was asking that question the ee “Newton of Natural History’ had ja been born, and that his name was $1 Charles Darwin. In Darwin's epoch-making book [} °° there appeared, among others, this: an “amid the struggle for existence it’ which has always been going on te among living beings, variations of bou- im lly conformation and structure, it in J on any species, will tend to the pi To vation of that individual, and will gen erally be inherited by its offspring.’ th It was the mos! momentous state- on ment ever written by the hand of th. man! That paragraph was to revo- A lutionize the thought of the world. pie In religion, philospohy, ethics, in ev- re ery department of human thinking, it to make things new."’ No man with any brain at all think ‘o-day as neariy all men thought be- fore 1851, the year of the publication dal of ‘The Origin of Species."’ ce We of to-day could no more wear th the intellectual forms of the pre-Dar- be wintan days then the full grown man th could wear the firet suit that hu mother made for him. The ancient way of thinking Is dead forever, and it was Darwin's book that dealt it the death blow. Other books there have been that have modified or totally changed’ certain features of human thought, but ‘The Origin of Species’’ com- pletely destroyed all ancient formulas, so that in thinking of God, creation, Christ, religion and morality wo are obliged to think just the reverse of the old way, For weal or for woe—it is not for me to say which—Darwin did for the intellect what Columbus did for geography, gave us a new world; forced us to change our views on all the great transcendental themes, and to rewrite our religious, ethical and philosophical creeds from end to end. It does not yet appear what Is to be the sequel, but this we know, that the old interpretations of things are gone, never to return, ‘What tho new is to be when fully developed remains to be seen. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 209—SAFFRON. The word ‘saffron’? comes into the English dictionary from the Arabic. ‘The Arabs use the word ‘‘zafaran'’ to designate a species of crocus with light purple flowers which develop in autumn. The plant grows in parts of Asta and in the south of Europe. The Arabs use it to color a dish of” boiled rice flavored with honey. When served, this dish is a rich yellow, ‘The natives of India use the saffron or “zafaran’ flower as a remedy in cases of fever, melancholia and ca- tarrhal affections. In America its use is generally re- stricted to the kitchen, the drug store and dye house Vanishing Birds THE BIRD ROCK. When Jacques Cartier discovered Bird Rock and Little Bird Rock, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in 1534, there were so*many sea birds of va- rious kinds there thet his party killed more than 1,000 of them, and to quote Cartier: ‘We put into our boat ‘ as many as we pleased, for in dt than an hour we might have fi~d | % thirty such boats with them. 4 ‘This teeming bird population has been sadly thinned out, but in 1919 the Canadian Parliament made Bird Rock @ bird sanctuary. The bird life on the rock, as it was at ite best, represented in a remarkable repro duction in the “Bird Rock Group’’ in the American Museum of Natural History. ‘The group, minute in its faithful; ness (o details, shows seven of the species that swarmed on the rock when Jacques Cartier came upon It, and were still amazingly numerous when Audubon visited the rock three centuries later. Byi governmental care {tt is hoped to restoré the bird paradise on the rock in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. is = er riations’’ noticed in its “dip ping’? in 1576 Gunpowder w. invented by a Schwarz, a German monk, in 1320 or =| 1830, It was first made in England Fe in 1418. . oe e # Weights. and measures were in- ¥ vented in 869 B. Cj fixed to a standard in England in 1257 “ Rice wan first cuitivared in Seth Carolina in 1102, .