3fet? gork ?ritome Fifst t. Last?the Truth: News?Editorials ?Advertisements * V-m'r- i>f tlM A'.l.tH Bure?u of Orrtititton* | WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY J3. 1919 tfv. .,( .,?,| publtslicd iio.v bv New Vork Tribune Ine.. %t *^>v? york Corpomtinii Ocdcn llr'it. PM*ld??>t: '?? 1 -9 ? T llnjwis. V'.. !?, ,|(| ?,- n:.-|,arl II. U"' Si-vrft*rv: I *V S'.i'rr. Iru-in-r A.t;i..i. li.Vu-i,- Hu.'.ilHK '>?? \, ., v . .' ,i.?:,-r-.., ,-. Ucvkumi -?"" ?tKsci;;rno\ e.v;.- '.:. vij.i. includini I'ontat :n< in;: t .\; ,..-.-... ~ A ,;, CANADA ,>?? mi rhr*? 0t? Vnr. MOIWh. Montbli VI. iv ? & ??'" - . . .7 SJIO 00 $'. On $'7'>n ?'-J" v . s ,iii 4.0H 3 J.? ; ' - -j ,iii i -.. ?*? ?'; . . r-?|, S.00 '-'?""> ' '-'?' ' ... '.VTKS isundo < j ?:: no 5" .'" *- ;' ? -vHn OUU i. , 11 ("I 4 so L*iJ .nlj . s i.i \ lil '-'.??> ,J 'twii.m ?> .- Yniw ?* secomi ;';??. vi, v I.1 A r. A N I ?'.' ? :cvwz wl'.h attsalttt* ...-.-?,. . uiMttlsfaelUn *?? .* >n ii ...? iHr r R .-.".? n :_ ..1... ;s>* '.? ojv >o'j.' ?"??> ?avk ..pon irnu-^t. M? quiubllna. akl f'Ou nro.uili il 1 ? ..iv ..i?ei iMtl ??*? '? i.i l: ii'! . *..s. ....;?'.' i'KESS v ., :i. i I . ' ,.: \: -.-.' ? ? I iw . . ,, .,, ,.< . .; ui. :.. ? ? :? o.vi Iu ' ? l.lm i i . . ?. , for instancc, Ameriea almost suffered a transportation tie-up because cf an epidemic of epizootic thal attacked the horses. German papers say thal Theodore Roosevelt was the "area enemy" of Ger? many. This is the moRt complete and wholly satisfactory eulogy that has yet been utteved. How can the Administration expect to cope with the high cost <$f living if its membci'i.1 continue to resign becuuae they can't live on their salaries? Thoughts on a Roosevelt Memorial Additional Suggestions as to the Form the Tribute Shall Take To the Editor of Tlie Tribune. SIR: You asked for suggestior.s i'or a memorial to Colonel ' Roosevelt, l should suggest the opening oi.' a new avenue. paraliel to Fifth Avenue, between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Beginning ;.t. the Worth Jloiiuniont, at Twenty-lifth Street, nnd running north to Gentral Park and widcning out as it approaehcs the park, thereby forming an upon square. Place in the centre of this sc'iiare an heroic equestrian statue of Colonel Roosevelt. Xow, at the beginning of this new thor oughfare, at a sufficient distance from the Worth Monunient to make . it imposing, build thc new arch to the soldiers and sail? ors and heroes of Ihe World War. This ne-.v avenuo will run through Bryant Park. W. H. WARNOCK. Tarrytovvn, X. V.. Jan. 12, 1919. To tlie Editor of Tiie Tribune. Sir: What memorial could we erect that would more entirely sum up the principles that acluatcd his career and that would bc eoino. year by year a more appropriate tribute to his memor: (han by establishing universal serviee. nnd thus finish the work he so greatly began? By creating this in? stitution, his name would become ilisepa rably bound up with the very structure of our government. DAVID T. EATON. Boston, Mass.,,Jan. 11, 1919. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: When p. transcontinental route had been laid out from the Atlantic to the Pa? cific and named the Lincoln Highway, it -was i'eit thal an ideal had been achicved as a memorial to a mnn of Lincoln's type. With tlie Lincoln Highwa;*. already well defined and marked for completion, tho Roosevelt Highway ready to be outlined from the Atlantic to the Pacific. paraliel to the Lincoln, and the Washington awaiting the patriotic impulsc ol" Ihe people of the I South, our three most distinguished Presi dents would receive the tribute of immortal rcnown nnd the country would profit by bonds of ideal communication from one end I to another. FREDERICK LtXCOLN SMITH. Philadelphia, Penn., Jnn. 13, 1919. To tlie Editor of Tlie Tribune. Sir: What statue could adequately por tr.'iy f'c vii*ili**? of Roosevelt? Or what memorial arch or column would typify the greates? American since Lincoln? Xone thnt I can imaginc. What. llien. should he hi-* memorial? I believe that Gouvcrneur Mor ris's supgestion of n "Happy Hunting Ground" is tbe best one yet made. The chief fault, lo find with it is that it is so coniplicated, and really more idcalistic than I practical. I have a suggestion of nv own to make. lt. comes near to a practical realization of the "Happy Hunting Ground" proposed hy Gouverncur Morris. My idea is to rename the Yellowstonc Nationa' Park, our soenic wonder of nature, after our gycat soldier Prosident. KARL W. PHELAN. Uhaca, X. Y.. Jnn. 12. 1919. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: \\ hy not rename the Congressional Library, at Washinrrlbn, D. ('.. the "Roose? velt Library.'' since that is tbe grentcst American library? Then, again, upon what body of men should the memory of the life and character of Theodore Roosevelt have greater influence thnn upon the govcrning bodies of these United Statcs ? R. C. WORMLF.Y. Plainficld, X. J., Jan. 12, 1919. To the Editor ef The Tribune. Sir: I am a student in the Commercial High School. of Brookljfb, and my plan is to have deslgnated in each high school library, and. if possible, in every pubiic library in Ihe city, a section known ns tho "Roosevelt Division." wherein will bo placed all ot Mr. Roosevelt's works, his travels and his biog raphy in short. everything that pertains to him, written either by hims-jlf or others. GEORGE VOGEL (aged 15). Brooklyn, Jan. 12, 1919. Rescuing Porto Rico To the FJditor of Thc Tribune. SIR: Tlie great problem the solution of which is an imperativc need for the wel? fare of tbe vast majority of Porto Ricans is economic; we must have a thorough going reform in our economic aiul indus? trial life if we are to avoid a future of terrible misery. And we have no Porto Rican who can be trusted to utidertake such a task nnd honestly and efficiently carry it through. The only appointed of licial wo could trust would be one who comes from the I'nited States, with his heart and mind doniinnted by the purpose of working for Porto Rico in the spirit of the people of the I'nited State;*. Independence as a movement is wholly ' farcical. What it rcally means to the ! men behind it is that all the remaining Americans in tho government should be \ turned out and irood coreligionarios put in. It has no serious meaniug for tiie working i classes, but conditions are so bad to-day that there i.s fcrtile ground for even inde? pendence when they talk of their golden ago. As a matter of fact, political changes in the government of the irlnnd, whether it ; be territory. state or nn independent re- : puhlit, ave of secondtuy importance, The intensely important fact is this: there must. ; ho ;i great. a radical change in the island's j economic situation. That is why I want the investigating com mission to come. Let fair, honest represent atives named by the Xational War Labor ' Board iook at conditions here nnd clearly ' and fairly tell the facts of our industrial i i nd economic life. Let them say what must j be done ii' we are to be rescued from misery, : poverty and ignoranco end given a chance ? ?? :? a solf-respecting, prosperous, happy community. Action is very badly needed in Porto Rico. I sincj tho actual Commissioner of Health of the island just tho other day has stated | thal tho men. women and children sufferlrig j from tho "infhienin" conimoiilv die from : 7. vi ? on . ther than from the results of 'bu disoftoe itsc-lf. And 'here wero several i' .'?? ?! *?> : :ons who died in the in? terior of the Island withoul propor medical ! on ?." :.',? dii Incs *>?? nourishment! SANTIAGO [GLES1AS, Pl istdotit Free Federation of Labor, of > Porto Rico. i San Juan, P. R., j-y-u 8, 1919. | BERLIN ?JW WAM && U?__ ^(e^v liw?. AJW_ .PEACE. ^\ ;.. /ZZ \ , .-^. vv\ C/?V \> X ^ .''""V ^.f* V'-?' ; i ' Liftzs /U> \ff"^=&f: .jr IJ z'7^ ^ /Z . \zfik - T3^ i/^V'Vr sMWm^z}^^^^^^ ;s^H-"^i /^-^sT^lW-O ?From 77?c /,os Aiir/eJrs Times The Business Future of Flying Evan J. David in Fhe Saturday Evening Post t">VEN though tbe aeroplanc does travcl * tho shortesl route in thc shortesl time between any two given point', before a sufficient number ol' passengers can br> ituiucd t > travcl via the aerial line to inpko it financially prof'itable to the trans? portation company the pubiic must be ss sured that it is rcnsonably safe; that they can fly in comfort; and that the price is reasonablc. So let us first see what has been done and what is being done to satisfy thosp three requisitcs. The dnngers of acroplane flight have been rr.-os :ly cxaggcrated by newspapers. which record only thc unusual. Moreover. flying in tbe war /.one was done under thc most adverse nnd dangerous circumstances. Also tho machines were built I'or manceuvring ability and speed, and nol for stability and safety factors. Furthcrmore, all the scouts nnd most of tbe reconnoissancc and battle planes were driven by only one motor. so that if engine trouble developed they had to volplcne to the ground at the mercy of the nnti-aircraft guns and the aerial lighters. Fijially, they often had io land in shell scarred terrain. Naturally thc casualties were high. Indeed. tbe war in the air.was meant to be as pcrilous and dangerous as it. could be. Discomforts Overcome There were three discomforts of air travcl the cold, the noise of the motor and -the lack of room in moving about. Elcctrically heated clothes eliminate thc cold; aeousti cons, which sl-uit out the noise of the motor but which permit the passengers or aviators to converse together, have already been iilstalled and are in universal use, on aero pla-.ies. With the increase in the si/.e of the acropla'nes ar.d the number of motors, the nacellcs and the inclosed roomy cabins can be constructed as they were on the famous Sykorsky acrobus, which was built in Russia before tho war. This aeroplane carried twenty-one people to an altitude of seven thousand feet. On this trip they had ample room to move about and to observe the sky and the landscape. On Thanksgiv ing Dav last a half do:'.eti guests of an Amer? ican aircraft factory had their turkey dinncr gcrved in a huge aeroplane above the clouds. lt is true thal owing to the cost of the acroplanes and thc aero motors, their up kcep end the number of skilled men re? quired to fly and maintain them, all aerial travcl is expensive. The two-seater train? ing machines equipped with one motor cost five to seven thousand dollars, and the huge bimotorcd bombing machines averaged forty to sixty thousand dollars. This price was due lo the necessity for hurricd construc? tion. For everything that went into the building *f tiie aero motor and the ma? chine itself and also for the labor the very highest price had to be paid. Tools, ma? chinery, factories, fields. hangars and a thousand other things had to be purchased, and a great body of skilled workmen lu'd to be trained before aircraft could be turned out in quantity, Xow nil thia skill and biliion;; of money have been invested in thc industry so that the plants in this country are ready to man? ufacture nearly two hundred a day. With thia nucieus to start a peace construction programme the price of even the biggest machines must soon shrink to that of a high-ptficed automobile or private yncht. Plenty ot sporting machines with a . mail wing tspread nnd a two-cyl'mder motor that will sell for live hundred dollars aic now boitig liiad'; and sinoo these machines can averago twenty-two mi on n "a'b n oi' gsaolemc tiie exper.se of maintaining one of those will not bo out of the irmanu of hun? dreds of Uai vouaat fliera who are now re I turning from flying on (he Wcst Kront. More? over, since there will bc no maiiitenancc of roads. rails, live wircs, nnd so on, such ns there is in the railroad and. electric road industries. tiie cost of maiiitenancc will be infinitely smaller, -0 that aerial travel may become chcaper than any other known to man. Incxpensive Flyabouts Perhaps the best indication of what wc may expect of the aeroplane as a commercial carrier is embodied in the present plans of the manufacturers of aircraft. Using the past history of thc heavler-than-air ma? chines' performanee nnd their own cxperi ence and the experience of tons of thou? sands of fliers under all imaginable circum stances and conditions as a basis. they are bu;lding various types of aircraft. More than a score of American and British firms , have already built and are putting upon the market large numbers of sports models. These machines are single and double seat i ers after the type cf thc famous Baby Nieu | ports, Spada and British Sopwith Pups. They I have a wing spread of anywhere from I | seventeen to thirty feet. The fuselage meas? ures between ten and twenty feet, Some : arc equipped with one small motor generat ing from twenty horse-power up to forty horse-povyer. Most of these motors are up right, like the. ones used on motorcycles. The whole machine will not weigh more ] than tive hundred pounds, and these models ! are able to fly at eighty to one hundred miles an hour and make an average of twenty miles or more on a galion of gas. j The price of these will depend on the de? mand, but most manufacturers believe they will sell for five hundred to a thousand dol? lars. These machines are so small that they can be landed on any road or field. Besides, thc small amount of space they occupy will make it possible to house them inexpensively and they can be used for any kind of 'cross-country flying. Tho second type of the sports model has a wing spread of twenty-six to thirty-eight feet. These wings can be folded back so that the aeroplane can be housed in a hangar ten by thirty feet, with ample room for thc owner to work indoors on thc ma? chine. Tbe fuselage i.s proportionatelv larger than that on the smaller machine. This aeroplane is equipped with a four cylinder upright motor or an air-tpoled ro tary motor of the Gnome style with nine or elcven cylinders, generutir.g Up to ninety horse-power. Some also have two small twenty horse-power cngir.es geared to the one propeller so they can be throttled down, or in case one stalls the other can take the fliers to their aerodrome without being forced to land. Some models have two mo? tors on the smaller machines. Theac air? craft will sell for about the price of a medium-cost automobile. Naturally no manufacturing industry can exist without a potential market. Aircraft manufacturers are sure the majority of'the twenty thousand fliers and hundred thou sand aero mechanics who have learned their trade in the great War will want to flv either machines of their own or of Bomebody ohe ' . r of some trans-aerial company. The aero nautical enginecrs have, therefore. daaigned | the sports type for thc young foliovv, who wish to i-ace in thc air, travel from, country town to country town. "ror.i lalto ro river, or tj commutc from countiy to citv. SinP.>' Lhcso machines fly fast r thnn tha fasteil bird or the fieetett anlmaj they will affoi | iojt 'i : gunners. Jndoe-l, the ma- ! a i7- Itavo already b?en i.-e.l wiiii suah di :.. ti 6us- effects r.pon Ihe bird that man I huntara say it i.s not good aportaman-ihin to flunt from them. To W. Hohenzollern, on Continubtg The Conning Tower " ; Well, William, since I wrote you long ago? As 1 recall. one cool October mcrning? I have The Tribune liles. They e'early show I gave you warning Since when I penned that consoquential ode, The world has seen a vast amount of slaughter, , And under many a Gallic bridge has flowed A lot of water. 1 said that when your people cca ed to strafe, That when you'd put an end to all this war stuff. And all the world was reas< nably safe I'd write some more stuff; That when you missed the quip and vanton wile And learned you couldn't bear a Tower less season, I quote: "0, I shall not be petty. . . , I'l! Listen to reason." Labuntur anni, not to say Ehc i Fugaces! William, by my shoutders glistening! I, have the final iaugh, for it was you Who did the listen ing. .Speaking as one who used t" bc of those who were known a-- swivel chair ofiicers. we hereby gd on record thal be? tween October ., 1017, and last nighl we sat in never a 3wivi I chair. In honor of thc far-famed Fourteen Points. it bad been our intention to run this Minarct of Militarism in 1 I pt Wilson. but. Mikc, the demon mukc-up, says that'd never . So, instead, the column is 1 1 ems wide. V'ariation 867 "I was with Grant," the soldi "And 1 don't mind tellii 7 ' That I had lunch with Grantlan I l\ :e One day at G. II. Q." Aged readers will recall Old 1)"? Merz. of thc un-Midan touch. They will remember that Mr. Mcrz journoyed tn the Mexican border and arrived there just as the war erumblcd; that ho then became managing editor of "Harper'" Weekly." which melted away under lns scorching jurlsdiction; and that, in June, I'.Mi>, he secretaried for the Progri party. "I wonder," Lieutenant < . Mcrz writes from Paris. "if, when ,-. ? 1 nw by the papers that Gennany I ad ig icd an armistice. you said to yourself: Well. Docco's gone and pulled another one.' Speaking as an authority 011 7; . I n ishes, 1 may say that while thi |vu ticular war lasted a littl than the Mexican and 'Harpcr's '? Progressive affairs, its actual eame as speedily as any dcathbed r ni I've ever sat. in on." "Things are pretty elegunt for us now," continues Lieuti nanl M< "From our windows al i Place tlo la Concorde. thc Peace Mi sicn llea ters. wc have a go< tl vii w of ? brick wall, some two feet away, and wo have a little French stove that keepa thc room s=o hot we havi to ' cep thc win? dows open and darn near freeze to On our desks we have a number cf v\ne trays, suitable for mat-hc-, handki chiefs, etc And there is a push-button system which works very . imply. If you press the 'Stenographer' button, an orderly appears, and if you press the 'Orderly' button, nothing at all happens. . . . Herb Swope arrived to-day. and took general charge of a good deal. I was planning to send yon _ome snap-shots of myself; but they'vfe been in a French camera store only nin days, so they're not finished yet." The t'osmic Vrgr in ( edar Itapid* [Frem The Motion Pli lure M . 1 The Mortgaged Wife, with D Phillips; Well liked by pati picture. Drew well. Beginning to thi: k folks like sex stuff. Isis Theatre, Rapids, Ia. There was a luncheon club that met every Tuesday in Washington. At one of the November luncheons the names of two candidates, Major Raymond Pull? man and Major Arthur Train- a position nobody commented